European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes wednesday july 3,1991actress Lee Remick Dies of cancer los Angeles up a Lee Remick the Cool seen Linual leading lady who was one of the last of a Long line of a screen aristocrats died tuesday of cancer. She was 55. Remick a Veteran of some 30 feature films who once complained that she never had an Opportunity to play a a Down and dirty role died at her Home in Brentwood with her husband and other family members at her bedside said her agent Joe Funicello. Remick was diagnosed with kidney and lung cancer several years ago and had undergone surgery but the cancer returned said Dick Winters her publicist. The actress whose four decade career began on stage appeared periodically on television during the 1950s, mostly on Robert Montgomery presents but was Seldom seen in the 1960s, As she turned her concentration to film. She began to favor the Small screen again in the 1970s, appearing in to movies dramatic specials and minis pics including a a Vii the Blue Knight and mistral a daughter. Through it All Remick remained a member of that sorority of movie stars whose Demeanour was impeccably Ladylike aloof unattainable and everlastingly Cool. Charles Bronson who lost his wife Jill Ireland to cancer last year starred with Remick in Telefoni in 1977. A Lee was 100 percent professional a Beautiful and talented actress. She was a warm Friendly woman who made the world a better place to live in a Bronson said. Gregory Peck who starred with Remick in the Omen in 1976, introduced her aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach last May when she was honoured by the International Churchill a society for her portrayal of Winston Churchill smother Jenny Jerome. A Lee was up and smiling a Peck said. A she had tremendous guts handling her illness. She kept going and was upbeat and cheerful. A she showed the ultimate courage t hat night i said a there  be an american actress better suited to play Jerome by her Beauty High spirits and Intelli  More than that she had a rare Quality a depth of  Remick made her motion picture debut in a face in the crowd in 1957. Her final appearance was in the two character play love letters at the Canon theatre last i summer. Over the years Remick Ico starred with such leading men As Paul Newman and Orson Wells in the 1 Long hot summer Jimmy Remick. A Stewart and George a Scott in Anatomy of a murder Montgomery Clift in wild River and Rod Steiger in no Way to treat a lady among others. In 1963, she portrayed an alcoholic in the poignant drama the Days of wine and roses a role for which she received an Oscar nomination. A Jack Lemmon who co starred with Remick in Days of wine and roses called her  a knowing and working with Lee will always remain one of the most joyous experiences of my life a Lemmon said. A she was precious and certainly the embodiment of  her physical appearance always strongly suggested Grimness and propriety and she was often seen As the Well bred woman in peril. A it. It suppose actresses Are More or less East by thei Rapf Yearance she told up in 1984. A a in be played a bit of a slut on occasion and a sexpot when the script called for it. Those parts however have been few and far  Remicka a career began on the stage with her Broadway debut in 1953 in the production be your age. She also appeared in stage productions of wait until dark bus Stop and i do i do. She was nominated for an emmy in 1987 As Best actress for her portrayal of a scheming heiress in Nutcracker Money madness and murder. She lost that year but won an emmy the year before for her portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt in Eleanor in her own words broadcast on pm so american playhouse series. Her other films include Sanctuary in 1961, Experiment in terror in 1962, baby the rain must fail and the hallelujah Trail in 1965, a severed head and loot in 1970, sometimes a great notion in 1972, a delicate balance in 1973, the Omen in 1976, the europeans in 1979 and tribute in 1980. One of her most noted television roles was As Kay Summersby opposite Robert Duvall a Gen. Dwight Eisenhower in the 1979 miniseries Ike which touched on the reported love affair Between Summersby and the general during world War ii. A Aborn in Quincy mass., on dec. 14/1935, Remick was the daughter of a department store owner. Remick and her first husband producer director William Colleran divorced in 1969 after 11 years of marriage. They had a daughter Kate and son. Matthew. She married English producer William a a Kip go wans in 1970. A memorial service was  can be relieved doctors stress Washington up More than 1,200 doctors and researchers monday converged on Washington to give the headache a Little respect. A no condition is More shrouded in myth and mistreatment a said or. Joel super president of the american association for the study of headache. In general headaches Are a not caused by stress a personality disorder or parents a Saper said. It is also a myth that headaches Are psychosomatic the physicians said. They Are the result of a brain disorder and Are usually inherited. A millions of dollars Are wasted and needless suffering is caused by needless and inappropriate treatment a Saper said. He cited As common mistreatment hormonal manipulation allergy shots neck pull and even uterus removal. He also said patients complaining of severe headaches face rejection cynicism and repudiation by insurance companies and employers. One of the problems is that insufficient researchers show an interest in the disorder said or. . Welch president of the International headache society a it is hoped that As a result of this meeting we will Alert More scientists to do much More sophisticated research a Welch said. Infrequent headaches Are Normal and can be relieved by aspirin the experts said. The severe traumatic headache caused by improper blood flow in the brain is treatable with other drugs. A it should no longer be an embarrassment to have a headache. There is treatment a Saper said. Here is a breakdown of other headaches. A migraine headaches Are characterized by throbbing intense pain lasting anywhere from an hour to several Days. About 14.6 percent of women and 4.8 percent of men in the United states suffer from migraines. During an attack the pain develops in one or both sides of the head and is often accompanied by nausea vomiting and sensitivity to lights and noise. A promising new migraine drug awaiting Federal approval is Suma Trystan already in use in the Netherlands. It is expected to be available in the United states by 1993. A Cluster headaches can last about 30 to 45 minutes and can occur once or Many times a Day Over a certain period. They affect about 1 percent of the population mostly men. Researchers discussed a study showing a dramatic improvement in Cluster headache patients using capsaicin the Active ingredient in red Pepper. It seems to work when administered to the nostril on the Side of the head where the headache occurred. A tension headaches cause a tight pain around the Scalp Back of the neck and forehead. Many migraine sufferers experience these Vise like pains Between migraine attacks.$21 million awarded to girl left paralysed by physician s mistake los Angeles up a a jury awarded $21 million monday to a 4-year-old Pomona girl left a quadriplegic by an obstetricians mistake during delivery. Attorneys for Ashley Hughes said the invested funds could provide her with $460 million Over her lifetime a making it the largest medical malpractice verdict in California history. The suit was filed against or. Neil Jouvenat who delivered Ashley at Pomona Valley Community Hospital on March 31, 1987. Jouvenat admitted before the trial that he negligently used forceps during the birth causing a severe spinal Cord injury. During the four week trial the jury found that two paediatricians or. Andrew Hsu and or. Yushen we told the girls family that the infant could not breathe or move her limbs because of a hereditary disease that would kill her several months after birth. The doctors attorneys could not be reached for comment. The Hospital named As a defendant in the original lawsuit reached a settlement three years ago. Ashley lives with relatives in Claremont. She was born to a teen age Mother who was unable to Deal with her disability anti a father who disappeared. Computer woes tie up phones in two More major . Cities by the Washington Post Washington a Telephone service in the Pittsburgh area was paralysed monday by the same sort of computer software failure that knocked phones out in the Washington area five Days ago. Bell of Pennsylvania lost service in the 412 area code which comprises Pittsburgh and the southwestern Corner of the state said Bob Valentini company president. A the outage affecting 1.3 million customers began just after 11 . And ended about 5 15 . Later monday service was disrupted for several minutes in san Francisco. Officials attributed the disruption to the same problem. The failures in Pennsylvania happened As Bell Atlantic corp., the Parent company of both Chesapeake amp Potomac Telephone cos. And Bell of Pennsylvania was trying to find the cause of Washington a disruption. The Pennsylvania problem also was the third major disruption to hit a major metropolitan area in less than a week. On june 26, los Angeles lost phone service for much of the same time that 6.3 million lines were out in four states served by a amp a. Each problem is linked to the same Type of computer switch and software that allow phone companies to offer sophisticated services. The switch and software Are manufactured by dec corp. Of Plano Texas the largest supplier of such equipment. On monday customers in Pennsylvania As in Washington found that they had difficulty calling across town and making toll Calls to nearby exchanges. Dessi Plutis who lives in Pittsburgh ran up against the problem when she tried to make a Call across town. A the line was Busy Busy Busy a Plutis said. A i assumed they took the phone off the  what really was happening was a near replication of a major software glitch that affected the Washington area. In that Case a computer switching system called signalling system 7 broke Down in Baltimore and quickly affected thrice other computer switches that route and set up Calls. The computers went into overload and shut Down after reacting to a flood of maintenance messages in the system. These messages Tell computers that some congestion or some other problem is being experienced. The flood of these messages prevents other Calls from going through. A spokesman for dec said the computer did what it was supposed to do a shut Down when overloaded. He said about 200 people Are working a around the clock to prevent further outages