European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes saturday june 22, 1991 sleep disorders afflict 36% of adults. New York apr feeling pooped if its from Lack of sleep you re in the same bed with More than one third of . Adults. A Gallup poll released thursday found one in three americans can to sleep a and that affect concentration memory daily tasks Aifa relationships. The poll also found that few insomniacs seek professional help even though insomnia cripples their abilities including conversation. Sleeping disorders affect 36 percent of american adults with 27 percent of them suffering occasional insomnia and 9 percent reporting chronic problems snoozing according to the poll. The insomniacs among 1,000 adults interviewed in the study during the second week of May most often complained that they woke up in the morning feeling drowsy or tired. A majority of them also said they awoke during the night and had difficulty falling sleep. The study also found that insomniacs struggle to remember and that they have significantly More difficulty with minor irritations. Other findings to try to get to sleep 28 percent of insomniacs have used alcohol 29 percent tried Over the counter medication 12 percent used both and 40 percent have used neither. One in five have taken prescribed medications. A chronic insomniacs Are 2vt times As Likely As non insomniacs to report vehicle accidents in which fatigue was a fac a Tor a a y a. A one in 10 chronic insomniacs fall asleep while visiting friends. A Only 5 percent of insomniacs have visited a health professional specifically for their sleep problem. Also family and social relationships Are harmed tasks become difficult to. Complete and physical health is worse than for those who can sleep Well the pollsters said. The study noted that the results done to differ much by age education income and race. Or. Thomas Roth president of the los Angeles based National sleep foundation which commissioned the poll said the results Are common sense. A if you done to sleep at night that a going to have consequences the next Day a he said. A yet Many people refuse to attribute their daytime problems to Lack of sleep. A people done to realize that if you done to sleep adequately you will sleep during the Day a he said. R the foundation recommends the following ways to sleep better a avoid caffeine within six hours of bedtime. Avoid alcohol and smoking one to two hours before bedtime. A exercise regularly. Get vigorous exercise in the late afternoon. But Stre Nous exercise before sleep May actually impair sleep. A done to Nap. A establish relaxing pre sleep rituals like a warm Bath or a few minutes of Reading. A do not use the bed As an office or a place to watch television. A get up about the same time every Day regardless of when you fall asleep. The poll respondents were selected at random with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage Points. But to get a big Pool of insomniacs in the study it was based on follow up questions asked of 700 people who reported having had difficulty sleeping and a control group of 300 who indicated no sleep related  Drunken Drivers buckle up Survey finds Atlanta apr a new Survey finds that driving drunk Isnit the Only risk alcohol imbibing Drivers take. Most done to Wear seat belts either. The National centers for disease control in Atlanta reported thursday that a study of motorists involved in fatal crashes showed non drinking Drivers were More than twice As Likely a drinking Drivers to be wearing scat belts. A the High proportion of unrestrained Drivers in fatal alcohol related crashes suggests an association Between drinking and driving and other risk taking Behaviours a the cd said. The study was conducted with the National Highway traffic safety administration. It used data from fatal crashes filed by Law enforcement agencies. It showed that seat balt use soared among both drinking and non drinking Drivers during the 1980s, when states began passing mandatory seat balt Laws. In 1982, according to the Survey 6 percent of non drinking Drivers were buckling up while 2 percent of drinkers were using seat belts. By 1989, 54 percent of non drinking Drivers were buckled up compared with 20 percent of the drinkers. The cd noted two limitations in the study data on seat balt use Are not available in All crashes and some surviving Drivers involved in traffic fatalities May Tell police they were wearing seat belts when they weren to. The total number of americans killed in motor vehicle accidents increased slightly Between 1982 and 1989, from 43,945 to 45,555. Traffic safety researchers said tougher Drunken driving jaws and greater seat Belt use has helped keep the number Down. Among All . Drivers about half now Wear seat belts compared with 14 percent in 1983, the National Highway traffic safety administration said. Army s Vuono retires with nation s gratitude attending world forum former . President Ford accompanied by former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Speaks at a news conference thursday at the 10th annual american Enterprise Institute world forum. The forum is being held at Beaver Creek resort in Colorado. More than 100 business and Industry leaders arc participating this year. Fort myer a. A Gen. Carl e. Vuono army chief of staff retired on Friday after 34 years of Active service and a Salute from president Bush for forging a an army that is the finest in our Long  a you have my gratitude and that of All americans for your vision your dedication and your leadership in shaping the army of today and tomorrow a Bush said m a letter read at the general a retirement ceremony. Vuono is succeeded by Gen. Gordon r. Sullivan. A in the midst of an Era of great Challenge and change you have forged an army that is the finest in our Long history a the army of just cause and desert storm a which now stands As a dauntless Symbol of our nations determination to defend the cause of Liberty a Bush wrote. During the four Star general a tenure As chief of staff he was Best known for his reorganization of the army a training programs. The general a often said that no Soldier should Ever die in defense of his country because that Soldier did not receive proper training a said Deputy defense Secretary Donald Atwood who spoke at the ceremony and read Bush a letter. A the value of that training was evident on the ground in Iraq. The swiftness of our Victory in the land War can be attributed in Large part to the foresight of Carl Vuono a Atwood said. Vuono a Monongahela pa., native is a graduate of West Point. He became chief of staff in 19.87. He is a Vietnam Veteran holding command positions at the . Army training and doctrine come in fort Monroe va., the 8th inf div Mech in Europe the . Army combined arms Center at fort Riley Kan and the 82nd airborne div arty at fort Bragg . At his retirement Vuono was awarded the defense distinguished service medal. It is one of the military a highest awards granted by the Secretary of defense for. A exceptionally meritorious Sery ice in a duty of great  his other awards include the legion of Merit the Bronze Star and the army commendation medal. Aids victims marijuana Cut off Panama City Beach Fla. A an aids afflicted couple said thursday that the Federal government has stopped giving them marijuana cigarettes perhaps because they were promoting the drug to other aids patients. Kenny Jenks a Haemophilia a who contracted aids through a tainted blood transfusion and his wife barbra received the medicinal marijuana for four months through an experimental program. They joined the program after they were tried for growing marijuana. The drug relieves intense nausea and other pain caused by the illness and treatments used to fight it. The food and drug administration abruptly refused to authorize continued shipments to their pharmacy they said. No notification or explanation was Given. A we Are stunned a Kenny Jenks said. A when our pharmacist phoned Fra he was told someone would get Back to Nim next week. These bureaucrats Are playing fast and Loose with our  Fra spokesman Brad Stone was reported out of his office in Rockville md., and unavailable for comment. A number of other patients in the experimental program also a Are being subjected to unannounced Supply disruptions a said Robert Randall president of the Washington  Alliance for cannabis therapeutics. The group supports the couples Campaign for Access to medicinal  flight test lights up California sky Vandenberg fab Calif. A the air Force launched an unarmed minuteman missile creating a Light show visible hundreds of Miles away spokesman said. The glowing twisting smoke trails from the launch thursday night lit up the California sky. Vandenberg received Calls from As far South As los Angeles said air Force staff sgt. Tom Clements. The missile hit its target near the Kwajalein Island in the West Marshall islands of the Pacific Ocean and about 4,000 Miles West