European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes sunday april 21, 1991 on women s Washington apr the government said Friday it will launch the most far reaching study of female health Ever undertaken involving hundreds of thousands of women. Or Bernadine Healy the new director of the National institutes of health said the study would look at the major causes of illness and death in women cancer heart disease stroke and osteoporosis. A women have a right to know How they can prevent and ameliorate the health problems attendant to growing older a mealy told a Senate subcommittee. A the new initiative. Will go far toward providing these  7 a a v a a a a 7 a a. She said the study would begin with planning and design Over the next six to nine  could Cost As much As $500 million Over 10 years. Healy said recent years have brought a an important Awakening to a simple fact namely women have unique medical problems that need greater  she said women experience More disease and debilitating illness than men. A the Good news is that women live longer the bad news is that their Quality of life from a medical and behavioural perspective is not what it could be a she said. A a a a a Healy spoke about the study at a hearing of the labor and human resources subcommittee on aging. The subcommittee Chaj Man sen. Brock Adams d care wash., called the hearing to focus on the need for More research on the health of older women and the effects of menopause. Menopause and the loss of ovarian hormones Are thought to play a key role in the emergence of illnesses such As osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease in older women he said. Some 35 million women about one third of the female population have gone through menopause. A women will continue to be at unnecessary risk until the study of the health concerns of midlife and older women become a top priority in the United states a Adams said. Rep. Pat Schroeder d-colo., told the subcommittee that menopause for too Long has been treated As a joke rather than a legitimate health concern. A we have never really looked at menopause As a health Issue fully and its been treated As something that one should not discuss in polite company a she said. 7 a 7 7 7 a a a a a a  a the Nih study will be coordinated by the institutes office of research on women s health. Healy said the study would track the health of several Hundred thousand women. It also will evaluate the medical treatment that women receive and look at the effects of strategies such As diet restrictions diet supplements including Calcium and vitamins quitting smoking hormone replacement therapy in menopause and exercise. A Man gets a firsthand look at part of the new museum on Alcatraz Island better known As a the Rock. Museum of infamous Alcatraz prison san Francisco apr Jan Tarantino grew up on a the  one of about 60 children who grew up on Alcatraz Island during its heyday As a Federal prison Tarantino sometimes tied a bed Sheet to her roller skate and let fierce Island winds carry her across the smooth playground. Tarantino whose father was a guard lived on the Island with her family from 1946 to 1951. A it was Home Quot she said. A if i could live Here again 1 would do . Family life is one aspect of the islands history explored in a Alcatraz and the american prison experience a a permanent exhibit that recently opened. Built among the Cannon casimates of a civil War Cra military building on which the main prison sits the new museum is part of a $250,000 National Park service and Federal Bureau of prisons  More than two years prison and Park officials have kept a secret inmates have been Back at a the Rock a working on the first phase of the overhaul on thursday about 100 rangers administrators and former Alcatraz guards got a preview of the renovated prison and the museum. A time line traces prison history front 1787 when Benjamin Rush began advocating a modern prison system. It includes the creation of the Federal prison system in 1907 and the 1990 construction of Colorado a new maximum Security prison. Artefacts include a sub machine gun and a tear Gas emitting Billy club both carried by Alcatraz guards. The museum includes an  Section which tries to dispel some popular myths about the Island prison in san Francisco Bay. One common talc is that the Birdman of Alcatraz kept Birds in his cell. He actually raised Birds while imprisoned at Leavenworth Federal prison in Kansas but gave them up when he was transferred to Alcatraz the islands history extends far beyond its history As a prison. It was a military outpost in the 1850s and officially designated an army prison in 1907, in 1934, it became a Federal prison and Over the next three decades housed some of the nations most notorious criminals including a1 Capone. The prison closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to maintain. The National Park service set up a tourist Center on the Island in 1972. About 1 million people visit each year. . Mail sorting machine wreaks havoc in Houston from wire reports Houston a a state of the Art mail sorting machine can t read properly creating problems for Northwest Houston residents. Complaints of misdirected lost and delayed mail prompted postal officials and a congressional staff member to meet with angry residents. The problem is the machine which is designed to sort ,30,000 pieces of mail an hour compared to 1,500 an hour by humans cannot Tell the difference Between a 9 and a 4. A the machine does no to work very Well a said Diane Brooker assistant to rep. Bill Archer  a a a a 7,. 7 a a a a a  a a a postal service spokesman Mckinney Boyd told residents glitches occur from time to time in the High tech scanners which Cost $75,000 each. Goose flies into air plane Savoy Iii. A a Canada Goose flew through the window of a Small Midway commuter plane and slightly injured one passenger. The dornier 228 Turboprop was taking 14 Pas sen gets from Chicago to the Willard Airport near Savoy when the incident occurred thursday night said airline spokeswoman Sandra Allen. A it was on visual approach to the Airport at about 1,500 feet when it flew through a frock of Canada geese a she said. A one of the geese flew through the. Right rear window. And Bingo struck the male  the plane which was not pressurized since. It is a commuter flight landed safely. The Impact of the collision killed the Goose. The unidentified passenger was treated at an area Hospital and released. Accident injures 28 Allentown a. A Bales of Hay fell off a truck into a bus Friday causing a collision that injured 28 people heading for a polka convention in new York police said. Five of the injured were hospitalized and the others were treated at hospitals and released state trooper Mike Tenuto said. The Accident in upper Macungie township occurred when the truck swerved causing Bales to drop off the Back Tenuto said. They smashed through the Windshield of the bus he said. The Hay trapped the bus Driver Donald Frank Hauser 59, of Chester Springs and four other passengers police said. Frankhauser was in critical condition at Lehigh Valley Hospital Center in Allentown Tenuto said. The other hospitalized passengers were 7 in satisfactory condition the said. The dance group was on its Way from Phoenix Ville to a polka convention in Fellsburg . Thief drops French vase Baltimore a a 19th Century vase was destroyed when a Man suspected of trying to sneak the valuable artwork out of a gallery dropped it officials said Friday. Gallery officials said the French Sevres porcelain vase valued at $6,000 to $10,000, had been displayed As part of period decor in the 19th Cem Tury artwork Section of the Walters gallery of art.3 police said a Man allegedly hid the vase in his overcoat and tried to walk out of the gallery wednesday. He  by Security officers. Officials said As the museum Security officers tried to question him the vase fell from beneath his coat and shattered on the pavement. Nathaniel Thomas 56, was arrested and charged with theft. Maine to get disaster Aid Washington a president Bush declared a major disaster in Maine on Friday ordering Federal Aid to help state and local recovery efforts in the Remote Northern part of the state hit by severe ice jams and flooding earlier this month. In a Brief announcement the White House said Bush s action makes Federal assistance available to the affected local governments in Aroostook county for the repair or replacement of Bridges and Public facilities damaged by the ice and flooding