European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 31, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9florida leads . In cancer deaths. Tallahassee Fla. Up Florida has the highest death rate from cancer among the 50 states a almost 200,000 deaths during a seven year period a and the number of cases continues to grow a state study showed. \ a about 1 -in-3 floridians can now expect to develop cancer in their lifetime a or. Charles Mahan the states chief health officer said wednesday. A the tragedy is that so much of the illness and the mortality is  Mahan was commenting on the results of a seven year study of cancer statistics by the state department of health and rehabilitative services according to the study cancer is the Only major cause of death that is continuing to increase. The report based on figures compiled by the Florida cancer data system showed More than 191,000 deaths from cancer during the study period. No other state reported More cancer deaths during the same reporting period. It David Adams an information officer for the health department said there Are two reasons that account for the states High cancer rate. A one of them is population a he said. A Florida has a High percentage of older americans and when they reach their 60s and 70s and 80s, they simply Start seeing a lot of illnesses that they Haven to had  the other reason is lifestyle Adams said. A add certain lifestyle factors to age a smoking drinking fatty foods exposure to the Sun a an Rathe Odds for cancer increase a he said a a the longer you ignore the risks the better the Odds that you la get  according to the study the number of new cases of cancer in Florida increases by about 2,500 annually or nearly 5 percent. The mortality rate varies according to the Type of cancer. Some highlights of the study which Cost ered the years from 1981 to 1987, include a almost 60,000 new cases of cancer Are diagnosed in Florida each year. More than half of them occur in the elderly population. A cancer while rare in children is second Only to accidents As a leading cause of death front birth to 15 years of age. Children in that age Range account for about 300 cases of cancer annually. A an average of 9,088 new cases of lung cancer Are diagnosed annually and an average of 7,849 of those cases result in death. Rates for lung cancer rates Are higher among men but increasing among women. A an average of 6,713 cases of breast cancer Are diagnosed each year. A an average of 7,965 cases of Colon or rectal cancer Are diagnosed annually. A prostate cancer is diagnosed in 5,428 men each year. A an average of 744 cases of cervical cancer Are diagnosed each year and 239 of them result in death. A an average of 1,603 Oral cancers,-1,366 non Hodgkin a Lymphomas 1,573 endometrial cancers 2,876 bladder cancers 1,058 ovarian cancers and 187 testicular cancers Are diagnosed annually. Mahan said More than twp thirds of All cancers can by prevented by changes in lifestyle a such As not smoking reducing alcohol consumption and using protect lion from excessive Sun exposure. Early detection is also important Cape daily in the Case of cervical breast and prostate cancers Mahan  at your own risk for a amps Seamon Candy Pitt evening Rush hour took on a whole new dimension in Catania Sicily earlier this month when a crippled Navy f/a-18 Hornet lumbered Down City streets. Pedestrians gawked and traffic backed up for More than a mile while the Jet fighter was towed from Nas Simonella to the City sport for eventual shipment to Jacksonville Fla. The Hornet had landed at Sig Oriella after suffering in flight structural damage during a routine training Mission in Early january but it was determined that the Craft could not be repaired  closes Detroit schools other buildings Detroit a dozens of schools and other Public buildings were closed thursday by the failure of a City electrical system strained by aging parts and hot weather. The outage occurred about 8 30 . Wednesday when two Power cables and a breaker in an cast Side substation failed said George. Casco Deputy superintendent of the Detroit Public lighting department. The failure blacked out traffic signals and Street lights on the entire East Side and closed Detroit City Airport for about six hours. A Homes and other private property served by Detroit Edison co. Were not affected hut All types of Public buildings were. Some used emergency generators. About a dozen lire stations lost Power but remained open. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a classes were cancelled thursday at three Detroit High schools 20 elementary and Middle schools and the Eastern Campus of Wayne county Community College. The main Detroit Public Library and  of arts also closed. Police said they had no reports of increased crime or traffic problems. Casco blamed the outage in part tin the heavy Load placed on the system during this weeks hot weather. Much of the failed equipment also had been scheduled for replacement he said. A a we re in the process of upgrading some of our older  he said.  just a matter of getting to it. We be had parts on  of Lauda air crash Points to engine failure Bangkok Thailand a a preliminary investigation indicates that engine failure May have caused a Lauda air jetliner to crash a West european aviation expert said thursday. A most attention is now focused on the possibility of an engine implosion a said the expert who spoke on condition of anonymity. Lie noted that the Wing to which the suspect engine was attached is 12 Miles from the rest of the wreckage and significantly intact. That would indicate the Boeing 767�?Ts Wing broke off first and that the twin engine Airliner continued on As it fell to Earth. But several aviation experts stressed that the findings were preliminary. Previously speculation had focused on a bomb. But the european expert said a no evidence of any sort of explosive device had been found. Another aviation official agreed. A we expected to see a. Larger area of debris a Don Smith regional manager for the . Federal aviation administration said from Singapore. A if it had been an explosive device you would expect a larger area of  thai air Force group capt. Danai Nan tha Siri said the planets flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder would be sent to Washington for examination. The Jet crashed sunday in Northwest Thailand 16.minutes after Takeoff from Bangkok. All 223 people aboard the plane were killed. About 150 relatives of the victims visited the Jungle crash site about 100 Miles Northwest of Bangkok which has been picked clean by looters and buffeted by Monsoon Rains. They also went to a Bangkok morgue to try to identify the victims from photographs. Visitors to the crash site which is accessible Only on foot or by four wheel drive vehicle have said thousands of local villages swarmed Oyer the wreckage monday and took everything they could carry. A the pillaging has probably destroyed the investigation a said one International aviation Security expert in Bangkok. Slick super fast trains hit the rails in Germany by the new York times a a Bonn Germany a Germany a state owned Railroad system entered the High Speed age wednesday. Slick computer controlled trains capable of speeds of 250 Miles an hour carried 4,000 guests to a coming out party in Kassel a8 Crossroads City lying almost precisely at the country Scenter. President Richard von Wei sticker officially started the Deutsche bundles Bahny a new infer City express service at noon by pressing a Button on a computer control panel. More than two dozen inter City express trains will begin regular service sunday morning on a newly built line linking Hamburg Frankfurt Stuttgart and Munich. The network will be expanded to include Berlin and other destinations and. If will eventually be part of a planned Western european High Speed train system. Development of the network began in 1973. The system which included creating special rails Boring Miles of tunnels and building the roadbed a Cost $ 12 billion. The new trains can carry up to 751 passengers at an average Speed of 150 Mph. They will Cut travel time from Hamburg to Frankfurt by one hour to 31/2 hours and will shave two hours off the trip from Hamburg to Munich making it about seven hours. A one Way ticket Between those two. Cities will Cost $1?6 in first class and $117 in second or 14 percent More than regular express train fares. Each train which costs $30 Milium is sealed and pressurized like an Airliner. Passengers can listen to music channels or radio on headphones. Small television sets Are imbedded in the backs of some seats allowing passengers to watch videos