European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday december 13,1991 Little Progress reported in breast cancer Battle by the Washington Post Washington a despite two decades of intensive research most women a chances of dying from breast cancer Are scarcely better today than they were in the 1970s, and the risk of developing the disease is much higher. That was the conclusion of a Federal study released wednesday and the assessment was echoed by breast cancer researchers. A we must conclude that there has been no Progress in preventing the disease a Richard l. Linster director of Banning and reporting for the general accounting of ice told a House government operations subcommittee. Moreover he said the study group had a Noi commen nations to offer for How to improve breast cancer patients survival a except to urge More widespread use of mammography to detect Early breast cancers. In 1973, there were 82 cases for every 100,000 women. By 1988, the rate had risen to 110 cases per 100,000, according to the Gao report. It is now estimated that about one of every nine american women will develop breast cancer during her lifetime. This year about 175,000 new cases will be diagnosed and about 45,000women will die of the disease. The reason for the Rise is unknown. Genetic risk Early Onset of menstruation late menopause late childbearing excess of oestrogen and possibly High fat diets All seem to play some role. Some of the increased incidence of breast cancer can be attributed to better detection of the disease today though Quot it would be Foolhardy to assume that these data we must conclude that there has been no Progress in preventing breast cancer. A Richard l. Linster of the  office. Do not reflect real increases in substantial part a Devra Lee Davis an epidemiologist at the National Academy of sciences Tola the committee. The risk of death from breast cancer is not spread evenly across the population of american women the study showed. Between 1973 and 1988, mortality dropped 13 percent for White women under the age of 50, out increased 17 percent for Black women in that age group. The death rate for Black women of All Ages Rose during that 15-year period As did the death rate for White women Over 60. The Best explanation for those statistics several experts testified is that Young White women Avail themselves More frequently of the most effective diagnostic technology a Ray mammography. Rates of breast cancer Are much higher among americans and Western europeans than africans and asians. Differences in the fat and fiber Content have been invoked As possible explanations. Study casts doubt on warming caused by greenhouse effect Washington api a nights have been getting gradually Wanner but daytime temperatures have increased Little in the Northern hemisphere Over the last 40 years a government study said wednesday. The findings by the National oceanic and atmospheric administration suggest that Man made pollution May be less a contributor to a warming of the Earth than some environmentalists and politicians have asserted. Quot causes for these uneven warming trends Are Uncertain but evidence suggests that changes in Cloud Coyer a and not Man made pollution a a played a direct role a the Agency said. The study said an examination of daytime and nighttime temperatures at hundreds of climate stations showed that average High nighttime temperatures increased  degrees fahrenheit during the last 40 years. Meanwhile the average daytime highs were found to have barely changed. Seasonal extremes also have increased at night but stayed generally constant in the daytime the researchers said. The study said that virtually All of the warming that is believed to have occurred in the Northern hemisphere during the last four decades can be attributed to the increases in the average nighttime highs. Clouds tend to act As an insulator that blankets the Earth thereby allowing less heat to escape. The study suggested that much of whatever warming there has been a at least in the Northern hemisphere a May not be attributed to so called Quot greenhouse gases primarily releases of Carbon dioxide from the burning of Fossil fuels. Quot increasing nighttime temperatures imply either that the warming of a considerable portion of the Northern hemispheres land mass is affected by non greenhouse forces or the computer climate models Are not accurately simulating changes in daytime versus nighttime temperatures Quot said Tom Karl of Noaak a National climatic data Center. Karl headed the International team that examined temperature data from nearly 747 weather stations in the United states soviet Union and China. The researchers said the latest findings from actual monitoring demonstrate that Quot we Lack an adequate understanding of the causes of the differences in temperature averages and  teens using More Ltd study says Atlanta uple a Ltd and other hallucinogenic drugs Are making a comeback in . High schools a drug researcher said. Or. Marsha Keith Schuchard quoting results of a Pride Survey of alcohol and drug use said Ltd and other hallucinogenic drugs surpassed cocaine and crack in use by High school seniors in the past school year. The Survey by the Atlanta based Pride organization showed that 6.3 percent of seniors surveyed had consumed a hallucinogenic drug in the past 12 months compared with 4.4 percent who used cocaine and its widely publicized derivative crack. The results of the nationwide Survey of 26,606 High school seniors were released tuesday by Schuchard a Pride researcher at a san Francisco conference called to discuss concerns about a National resurgence in Ltd use. The conference is sponsored by the Justice department and the drug enforcement administration. Pride stands for parents resource Institute for drug education a nationwide organization founded in Atlanta in 1977. The Survey has been used in grades four through 12 in More than 5,000 . School systems. Schuchard said that in just two years Ltd and other hallucinogens have moved ahead of cocaine and crack. Since the 1988-89 school year cocaine and crack use by High school seniors has dropped from 6.5 to 4.4 percent while Hallucinogen use Rose from 5.7 to 6.3 percent the Pride Survey showed. White males in the study were found to be three times More Likely to use hallucinogens than Black males. White females were also More Likely users than Black males. The group least Likely to use hallucinogens were Black females. Schuchard attributed the increase to the popularity of �?T60s cultural icons and sophisticated marketing techniques. Messages reminiscent of the a a acid culture of the �?T60s, regularly appear in teen magazines skateboard marines movies music and teen fashions Schuchard , 4 passengers die in wreck of tour plane from wire reports Las vegas a a grand Canyon sightseeing plane slammed into a Mountain East of Here in bad weather killing All five on Board authorities said wednesday after finding the wreckage. The Las vegas airlines plane with a Pilot and four passengers aboard disappeared from radar tuesday afternoon. Helicopters airlifted Crews to the crash site after ground Crews spent the night combing the mountainous area in Mohave county ariz., 40 Miles East of Las vegas. The crash occurred on mount Wilson. The Pilot was identified As Perry Smallwood an air Force Veteran from Henderson Nev. The names of the four passengers were not released pending notification of  bans car chases Omaha neb. A police car chases have been banned in Omaha because the City faces More than $10 million in lawsuits filed by people who claim they were injured during pursuits. A 10-year-old Law makes local governments liable for injuries and deaths connected with pursuits even if officers were not negligent. A Btl Here will be no police pursuits in the City of Omaha for any reason. Period a a police spokesman said tuesday. Five of the lawsuits were filed from october 1986 to october 1990. Five More a seeking a total of $7 million a were filed last month All in connection with the same  has problems Washington a because of Quot a combination of a lot of unlucky things a the Hubble space Telescope has gone into a protective Mode and shut itself Down. Engineers Are issuing radioed computer commands and expected to restore the Telescope to full operation thursday said de Weiler nasal a chief Hubble scientist. Quot basically it was a Fluke in the computer control system that apparently has happened Many times but conditions were not just right to cause a problem a Weiler  Back on shelves Sacramento Calif. The Cacique cheese co. Has been allowed to resume its manufacturing and sales after a recall prompted by discovery of a potentially deadly bacteria. On dec. 3 the City of Industry company voluntarily recalled its Ranchero Brand soft White mexican style cheese with the Quot sell by dec. 5, 1991�?� Date and stopped production As a precaution because listeria Monocyte genes bacteria were found in two samples of the cheese. Dairy foods specialists from the states milk and Dairy foods control Branch conducted an investigation at the Plant taking environmental product and ingredient samples. Listeria bacteria Are responsible for producing Lister Osis a serious and sometimes fatal infection that can result in miscarriages or  not ousted Al Centro Calif. A the chairman of the Imperial county Board of supervisors survived an attempt to oust him after he refused to apologize for a verbal barrage that some called racist Japan bashing. Supervisors debated heatedly for More than an hour before voting 3-2 tuesday to let James Bucher keep his Job. Bucher made repeated references to Quot japs at a Board meeting last week in a tirade related to the 50th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor bombing. A a in a getting sick and tired of these japs trying to take this country Over a Bucher said. A a they la do it one Way or the other. Through their sneak attacks or through their