European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes wednesday december 12,1990 contraceptive implant that works for 5 years approved for . Use Washington a the Pood and drug administration has approved the first major new method of birth control for american women in three decades a a Long acting contraceptive implant called norplant. Women a health groups said mondays approval gives americans a contraceptive Choice already available to women in i it other countries. But they said it also highlights How few birth control choices american women have a in Many ways this is Good news but its Only the first new method in 30 years and we arc going to have to see How it plays itself out a said Jannic Rosoff president of the Alan Guttmacher Zinsli Tut a group that researches Contra Cep five issues. Norplant consists of six silicone rubber rods about an Inch and a third Long. They Are inserted in a fan like arrangement under the skin of a woman s inner Arm above the Elbow. The minor surgical procedure is done with local anaesthesia in a doctors office or a clinic. The rods contain a hormone that a released slowly Over five years. The implants can be removed any time and Fertility is quickly restored. Norplant is 99 percent effective for women weighing less than 150 pounds. It May be less effective in heavier women according to the new York based Popula stateside Tion Council which developed norplant. The contraceptives major Side effect is menstrual irregularities including prolonged periods and spotting Between periods. About 15 percent of women who have the implant have it removed because of bleeding said a Wayne Bardin vice president and director of medical rur search for the Council. Other Side effects include occasional headaches mood changes nausea and acne the pad said. It will be marketed by Wyeth ayerst laboratories of Philadelphia and company officials expect the Crug to be available commercially in february. The company has not said what it will charge for norplant and women a health groups say Cost will be a key Factor in How widely the method is used. Planned parenthood will train its physicians and other health professionals in implanting the device but the contraceptives availability at the federation s clinics will hinge on How affordable it is said or. Amy Pollack associate medical Diree Tor for planned parenthood federation. Bardin said the Price would Likely Range from $200 to $300, not including the Cost of implanting the  unknown is whether women will accept the surgical procedure and How Many health care personnel will be trained to insert the capsules because norplant consists of six Smalt silicone rods that Are inserted in a woman sarm. Americans tend to be a More skittish about shots than others Rosoff said. A a it a going to be interesting to watch what kind of reaction norplant gets among the Public and physicians a she. Said. A there Are going to be some women for whom this is a godsend. The numbers we done to know yet but any new addition that is Safe is desirable.�?�. The last important contraceptives were introduced when the birth control Pill was a approved in i960 and when a new generation of intrauterine devices or ids became available in the Early 1960s, family planning experts say. Norplant was first approved in Finland in 1983, the population Council said. Half a million women have used it outside the United states and 2,400 women participated in safety and effectiveness studies in los Angeles san Francisco and new Brunswick . The hormone in norplant Leonor Gas Trel a synthetic progestin has been used safely for years in Oral contraceptives. As with Oral contraceptives norplant should not be used by women who have acute liver disease unexplained vaginal bleeding breast cancer or blood clots in the legs lungs or eyes the Fra  Mazurki who played bully Dies g Lund All Calif. Up a Mike Mazurki a blacksmiths son who turned his Fame As a heavyweight wrestler into a movie career in the 1940s Attl �?T50s has died. His age was variously listed As 80and 82. / Mazurki died at Glendale adventist Hospital where he had been since nov 30, a Hospital spokeswoman said Mazurki was admitted for a a possible cerebral vascular Accident a and died of heart failure. V he played mostly gangsters and bullies and sometimes american indians. One Hollywood correspondent in 1971 described his battered face As a an eroded slag Heap. Traversed by  source books give his birth Date us Doc. 25, 1909, but the Hospital records list the year As 1907. The sources also differ on his place of birth with some giving it As the soviet unions Ukraine and others As Austria. Prices of condominiums in Manhattan falling new York up a in another sign of a weakening local  Market the average sales Price per room of a Manhattan Coop or condominium dropped to $80,435 last month from $83,100 the previous month. The Halstead property co daid monday. The real estate concern which issues monthly surveys of the Manhattan apartment Market said Sellers got 73 percent of the asking Price for Manhattan properties in november Down from 74 percent in october. Despite the weak Market buyers still Are try ing to unload High priced properties Halstead reports. The company said there cd gently Are 919 apartments for Sale in Manhattan Wilh asking prices of More than $1 million. Clark Lla Stead head of the company said the Steep decline in prices during november reflected the fact that a the Market has been falling like a  of safety Law san Francisco a the City a Board of supervisors has Given initial approval to what could become the nations Only Active Law regulating video display terminals in the  measure tentatively approved monday would require employers with 5 or More employees to provide adjustable work stations mandatory-.15-minute Breaks and safety education for workers. Private and government offices would have two years to comply with the vat safety rules if the ordinance is approved a second time by the supervisors and signed by mayor Art Agnos. 7 a this is the new age of safety and health legislation a  Nancy Walker she compared the vat safety ordinance to landmark Laws at the turn of the Century that set work standards such As eight hour Days arid compensation for overtime a we Are once again on the cutting Edge of something that others have been unable to do a she added. Quot and we re taking heat from  the Only other such ordinance in Suffolk county n.y., was successfully challenged by business owners who said Only the state could impose such rules. The san Francisco ordinance passed 8-1. Supervisor Tom Hsieh cast the Lone dissenting vote saying it was too costly and More information on vat problems should be gathered., the National Institute for occupational safety and health said vat workers often Sutler headaches Gen eral malaise eyestrain and Tuscul skeletal problems caused by poor workstation design that results in awkward hand head and limb position sin. I Pacific Bell operator Becky Hogue who wears wrist braces said repetitive Strain injuries cause debilitating a pain. A a a  a a r a its been frustrating because my Bosses basically done to believe in a hurting a said Hogue 30. A maybe this ordinance will Force people to do something they should be doing  a a a . Under the ordinance vat operators would get a 15-Minule break every two hours. Work stations would have to have proper artificial lighting and be out of direct sunlight adjustable swivel chairs and document holders must be provided. Computer terminals would have to have detachable keyboards and adjustable no Glare screens among other safety features. Additionally businesses would have to provide works at their request with Arm wrist and foot rests that Aid in proper placement of limbs and joints while work ing on a vat. Jim Lazarus vice president of the san Francisco chamber of Commerce said the business group opposes the ordinance because if would Cost too much to comply a especially during an economic  i City budget analysts estimate it would Cost san Francisco about $1.6 million to retrofit vat work stations. Private businesses would probably pay some $36 million to comply with the ordinance they said. Key West Fla. Up a the Navy and coast guard searched the Gulf of Mexico on tuesday for two missing pilots whose aircraft collided while on training missions from the aircraft training Carrier Lexington. The in flight collision of the two ta-4 sky Hawks occurred at 4 . Monday about 85 Miles Northwest of key West said i. Cmdr. Ray Kempisty spokesman for naval education and training in Pensacola where the Carrier is based a. The Navy identified the pilots As cmdr. Philip f. Palmatier jr., commanding officer of training Squadron vt-25 from Nas Chase Field in Beeville Texas and ens Ign Troy a Moore Moore was a student Pilot assigned to training Squadron Vi-24, Chase Field. Palmatier was the flight instructor. A a a. A a a a. Their Ages and hometowns were unavailable one of the  found after the crash but the other was missing Kempisty  a a a a it was not known whether the pilots ejected before the Nhi if t hit a i a