European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 22, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5search intensified in cholera outbreak by the los Angeles times los Angeles a the number of passengers from an Aero Lineas Argenti Nas flight from South America showing symptoms of cholera grew to 23 thursday. Health officials meanwhile worked furiously to locate other passengers in order to limit the repercussions of the disease. Nearly half of the 52 passengers contacted in los Angeles county have shown symptoms of the disease in the outbreak which is known to have killed one officials said. There were 336 people aboard flight 386 from Buenos Aires and Lima Peru to los Angeles on feb. 14. The High incidence of symptoms in those contacted so far could mean even greater numbers have been afflicted with the disease officials said. A we have to presume that something on this plane a food or water a caused this exposure a said or. Shirley Fannin director of disease control for the los Angeles county department of health services. A we have to find out what went the infection a which normally is spread through food and water contaminated with human waste a has killed almost 3,000 in Peru since an epidemic began there a year ago. Health officials said the California outbreak poses Little threat to the Public at Large but people living with those who have the disease Are at risk. Fannin stressed that cholera can be treated effectively if diagnosed quickly. But if left untreated a the time from Onset of symptoms to demise can be Only a few hours a she said. A a it a hard est on those who Are most fragile a Young children the elderly and those with chronic the Only fatality confirmed thus far is 70-year-old Anibal Cufre who was admitted sunday to methodist Hospital in Arcadia Calif., and died tuesday. Fannin said that since the outbreak among the flights passengers was confirmed wednesday health officials Here and overseas have been working to find those who Are infected and Rush them to treatment. Customs documents show that 320 of the 366 aboard the plane disembarked at los Angeles International Airport. Of the 320, 211 listed final destinations in los Angeles county. By midday thursday health officials in los Angeles county were Able to Contact 52 of the 211. Twenty three of those contacted reported the sort of gastrointestinal problems that can indicate an Onset of the disease Fannin said. An additional 40 from the flight Are believed to be scattered about California a 15 in Orange county seven in san Diego county three in Ventura county three in san Francisco two each in Monterey san Mateo Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties and one each in Santa Barbara Riverside Kern and Kings counties. The Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta is attempting to track Down seven people in Nevada and two in Arizona said Pete Wizer a spokesman for the state department of health services in Sacramento Calif. He said there May be a few other passengers from the plane scattered throughout the United agree on new Airport site for Chicago from wire reports Chicago a after years of studies weeks of haggling and Days of political wrangling Chicago mayor Richard m. Daley and Illinois gov. Jim Edgar agreed thursday that the City a third Airport should be built in Lake Calumet. Officials said the new regional Airport located in the Gritty Industrial area 14 Miles Southeast of downtown could bring 200,000 jobs to the City a economically depressed Southeast Side and ease traffic at of Hare International Airport. An 11-member commission is scheduled to vote on the plan monday. It will make its recommendation to the . Transportation department by next Friday. Federal officials have said they will abide by the commissions consensus on the airports location. The Airport is expected to Cost about $10.8 billion. Part of the site would straddle the Indiana Border displacing about 9,000 residences and businesses in both states. Consultants have estimated it would Cost $3.7 billion just to remove hazardous waste from the polluted 9,800-acre Lake Calumet site. Indiana officials prefer a site in Gary ind., about 10 Miles away. But Edgar and Daley Between them control seven of the 11 votes on the two state commission. The panel a comprised of four members appointed by Edgar four by Indiana gov. Evan Bayh and three by Daley a has rejected three other Rural Sites in Illinois. That left Only the Lake Calumet site and Gary. Edgar did not support the Lake Calumet proposal earlier this week but later signed on after receiving concessions. Daley questioned Edgar a commitment to the project and made Clear that he wanted his support in writing to ensure that the project is not tabled in some future state Agenda. Edgar has veto Power Over any Illinois site. In Exchange for Edgar a support Daley agreed to establish a regional Airport authority to oversee of Hare Midway Airport As Well As the new site which is not expected to be completed for at least 10 years. Chicago now runs of Hare and Midway. A regional authority is expected to provide Relief for suburban communities frustrated for years by congestion noise and Industrial sprawl around of Harc the nations busiest Airport. Quot this agreement Marks the Start of the economic revival of Chicago Illinois and Indiana a said Daley an Early Backer of the site. A everyone recognizes the importance of a third Airport a said Edgar. Bayh issued a statement expressing disappointment with Edgar a decision. A the vote on the committee apparently will break strictly along state lines a he said. He added that although his panel members will vote for Gary do their Best to cooperate with Illinois. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 22,1982 a state governors gave a mixed and often sceptical reaction to Reagan administration arguments that there will be no winners or losers under president Reagan so new federalism proposal. The proposal would give states authority Over programs currently run by the Federal government. 20 years ago feb. 22,1972 a president Nixon had a serious and Frank discussions with chairman Mao Zedong after arriving in peking. After a meeting with Premier Zhou Menlai Nixon asked the chinese to a Start a Long March with the United states toward peace. 30 years ago feb. 22,1962 a after his three orbit trip around the world astronaut John Glenn began telling doctors and scientists what he saw in space and How he reacted to weightlessness. Meanwhile soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev proposed that the soviet Union and the United states Pool their efforts in the exploration of space. 40 years ago feb. 22,1952 a american Dick Button four time world Champion won the Gold medal for menus figure skating at the Winter olympics in Oslo use of breast implants urged by the new York times Bethesda my. A a panel of experts appointed by the food and drug administration recommended thursday that the use of silicone gel breast implants be substantially restricted. They recommended that Only women enrolled in experimental trials would be eligible to get the implants. The panel said All women getting reconstruction after breast cancer surgery would be eligible As would All women with serious breast deformities. Women who want implants simply to enlarge their breasts however would have to apply to doctors conducting the trials. It was not immediately Clear How Many of them would be Able to obtain implants. The panels findings similar to those of another hearing last year said there Worl d War ii was insufficient evidence to show the implants Are Safe and effective. A major goal of the experimental trials will be to determine whether the implants Are linked to diseases of the immune system As some critics have charged. David a. Kessler the Fra commissioner is expected to act on the panels recommendation within 60 Days. Usually such panel recommendations Are adopted though sometimes with modification. After the vote Kermit Campbell a vice president for Dow Corning corp., the nations leading maker of silicone gel implants said the decision augured a a smaller Market in the future a Market too Small for the four companies that Are in the business he said the company had not decided whether it would a stay in the Dow Corning has about 30 percent of the nations breast implant Market but implants amount to Only about 1 percent of the company a sales. Campbell called the action a helpful to the women who really need Access to implants. He added that the company would continue the implant studies it announced wednesday regardless of whether it stayed in the implant business. The panel did not say How Long the trials would last or address any other details it left that task to the Fra. But it said that women should get implants Only from doctors enrolled in the clinical experiments. Those doctors would have to agree to a set of requirements including monitoring the women a health with follow up examinations. 50 years ago today feb. 22 1 942 president Roosevelt orders Gen. Douglas Macarthur to leave his american and filipino troops besieged on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island and Transfer his Headquarters to Australia. In Burma japanese troops launch a Strong attack on the British forces defending Mok Palin in an attempt to capture the important Bridge crossing the sitting River. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith a publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp1981 a year ago Day 37 feb. 22 president Bush demands that Saddam Hussein begin withdrawing his forces from Kuwait by 8 . Saturday if he wants to avoid a ground War. The White House says the withdrawal must be completed within one week and prisoners of War released within 48 hours and pledges not to attack withdrawing iraqi forces. Iraq denounces the ultimatum As the White House says Saddam has launched a scorched Earth policy in Kuwait. A
