European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 18, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9 world big Bear departs Village after Bingo dentist visits from wire reports St. Anthony Newfoundland a a Polar Bear who lumbered along Newfoundland a South coast terrorizing villagers has been flown to an Island near an ice pack. But not before a dentist fixed his broken tooth. Bingo so named after he disrupted a Bingo game in St. Joseoh a spent the week in a makeshift trap on the Northern Peninsula waiting out a Spring blizzard. He had been taken there after breaking into a living room in Trepassey on april 2, then scratching on the door of the Bingo Hall late last week a apparently attracted by the Aroma of fish and chips. On thursday he was drugged and a dentist did 20 minutes of free work on his Mouth. Wildlife officials then Slung the 675-Pound Bear under a helicopter and ferried him to uninhabited Bell Island in the North  diver killed in fall Sydney Australia a a Man plunged to his death thursday when his Parachute failed to open during a practice jump for a world formation sky diving record police said. The 44-year-old Man fell from 13,750 feet during the jump at a Small Airport on the new South Wales Victoria Border. Senior Constable Mick Corboy said the Man was an experienced parachutist and was practising with a woman for an attempt on the world formation record when the Accident occurred. A group of about 50 sky divers watched the Man fall to his  saves 4 in Alps Cervin a Italy a a Swiss Rescue helicopter Pilot Friday found four italian Mountain climbers Safe after they had been reported missing for two Days in bad weather officials said. The quartet part of an Alpine guide class that was led by an expert climber were lifted to safety and flown to Cervin a on the italian Side of the matterhorn. Rescuers said the climbers resorted to the classic Alpine survival method of digging a Hole in the Snow to keep  eggs a Hazard London a microwaved eggs can explode and cause severe Eye injuries a doctor warns. In a letter in the april 18 Issue of the British medical journal or. R. Corridan of the Birmingham and Midland Eye clinic said a microwaved egg exploded after removal from the oven and burned the eyes of a 22-year-old woman. The explosion he wrote is due to rapid expansion of Gas formed inside the Yolk. He recommends scrambling or poking the Yoke to avoid a  crash kills 35 mar Del Plata Argentina a at least 35 eople were killed and 25 injured Friday when a is loaded with easter weekend travellers col idea with three cars on a foggy Highway linking Buenos Aires and this Atlantic Seaside resort police said. Most of the victims were passengers on the bus which exploded in flames after colliding with a three car pileup that had occurred minutes earlier officers said. Mar Del Plata is a popular resort 250 Miles North of Buenos  gun injures fan Bremen Germany a a 38-year-old German Man was in critical condition thursday after he was hit in the Chest by a signal rocket at a soccer game. Police said the Man was injured during the first half of the winners cup semifinal in which Bremen beat Brugge 2-0 wednesday evening. Police said a signal rocket shot by Rowdy fans at the game Tore into the left Side of the Many a Chest causing life threatening lung injuries. Three belgian fans were arrested in connection with the shooting police said. A signal flare gun in their Possession was confiscated. Japanese woman wins landmark harassment suit by the new York times Tokyo a in a decision that marked the first successful Legal action against sexual harassment in Japan a District court ruled thursday that a company and one of its male employees had violated a woman a rights because of crude remarks that drove her to quit her Job. The action by a local court in Fukuoka in Southern Japan was featured As a main Story in newspapers and television broadcasts thursday evening As a startling Triumph for Japan a Small feminist movement that could have far reaching effects in the workplace. A this is the first Case in which verbal comments by a Man have been found to constitute sexual harassment a said Yukiko Tsunoda a lawyer in the Case. A sexual harassment is a big problem in Japan and we Hope this will Send a signal to men that they have to be More  the Active women a movement in Japan is minuscule compared with those in other countries and has had few Legal victories. The Issue of sexual harassment has risen Only in the last three years As one of the few major issues the movement has tried to Advance. Women a groups and indeed women generally say that sexual approaches by men a from suggestive remarks to touching a Are the Norm in japanese workplaces. Some 40 percent of japanese workers arc women but most hold clerical jobs in which they Are known As a office  the defendants were ordered to pay the woman $12,500 a less than half what she asked for a and it was unclear whether they would Appeal. While the names of All the parties in the lawsuit including the 34-year-old plaintiff have been withheld to protect their privacy the associated press reported that the defendants were the Kyu Jikaku publishing company and employee Hidenori Hirotsu. The suit involved an unmarried woman employed by a Small publishing company in the City of Fukuoka who argued that one of her supervisors had spread rumours about her saying she had a reputation for promiscuity. She tried to get him to Stop she testified but was advised instead to quit. In an interview with the new York times in 1989, the woman said that she had taken her complaint to two arbitrators a Man and a woman who told her that she should be flattered by the Many a attentions. The lawsuit was the first Ever filed in Japan charging sexual harassment. It set off commentary across the country about sexual harassment stirring debates among men and women in the press and in offices. Many male columnists ridiculed the idea As a passing fad from the United states saying such lawsuits would spoil the Harmony and sense of fun at the workplace. The author of a weekly Magazine column for a office ladies Quot said she opposed lawsuits except in cases of rape or assault. Researcher ranks Yuppie flu As illness not just depression London apr further evidence this time from a Small scottish study suggests that the so called a Yuppie flu is a physical illness distinct from depression. A the enormous implication of this study is that Yuppie flu is a biological organic disorder and not just depression a said or. Peter Behan a professor of neurology at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. The study is published in today a Issue of the British medical journal. People who suffer from Post viral fatigue syndrome Lany people strikes after a virus. Get out of ded. The prolonged illness sceptics claim the physical symptoms mask underlying depression. Behan tested the Impact of an anti anxiety drug bus Pirone on 15 Yuppie flu victims 13 depressed patients and 13 healthy volunteers. The purpose of the study was not to see How the people Felt after taking the drug but to study the drug s effects on brain chemistry. Bus Pirone boosts prolactin a brain chemical. Behan took blood samples from All volunteers and measured prolactin Levels before and after taking bus Pirone. Prolactin peaked much faster and reached significantly higher Levels among the Post viral fatigue patients compared with both depressed and healthy people. The depressed and healthy patients showed similar patterns of prolactin. Prolactin is the chemical that stimulates milk production. However in this Case doctors were interested in prolactin because it is influenced by brain chemicals that affect emotions. Behan said his study indirectly measured these chemicals by measuring prolactin Levels. The results he said suggest that Yuppie flu sufferers have defects in brain chemistry different from depressed people. Spicy food lovers May just be hooked London apr spicy food May be an and id taste according to an australian study of a pain inducing ingredient. Diction not an acquirer capsaicin the hot ingredient in red and Chili peppers May boost a pleasure chemical in the brain said or. John Prescott at Cairo senso research Center in Sydney a National research Center. The pleasure chemical endorphin has been linked to the so called a a runner a  for years scientists have been trying to figure out Why some people crave capsaicin laced food which is like swallowing fire to most people. Prescott a findings Are based on a taste test he gave to 35 spicy food junkies. Other experts commented it is a huge leap to give a taste test and speculate about brain chemistry. A summary of the australian study is reported in the april 18 Issue of the new scientist a British science Magazine. Prescott gave 19 volunteers 32 sugar solutions with varying amounts of capsaicin. The other 16 participants drank Salt solutions with varying amounts of capsaicin. In both cases volunteers picked solutions with the most capsaicin As the ones with the most intense flavor. Prescott told new scientist that the blast of flavor May be due to endorphins. Endorphins he said create a sense of Well being so eating is More pleasurable and the person thinks the food tastes better. Broken Channel Cable disrupts . Links London apr a broken Cable beneath the English Channel Cut Telephone lines and snarled communications networks at Banks and other financial institutions for nine hours in Britain officials said Friday. The Cable which carries electronic data to a satellite relay station in Paris broke wednesday about 13 Miles off the French coastal town of Dieppe said Mercury communications Ltd. Mercury and British telecoms Britain a Telephone company both use the Cable which runs 80 Miles be Neath the English Channel. Mercury said in a statement that it reconnected its customers to the satellites around Midnight thursday by temporarily using two other Cable links. It said the cause of the break was being investigated. British telecoms declined to discuss the effect of the outage on services citing customer confidentiality. The break prevented the British National news Agency press association from transmitting news reports to subscribers. But the Agency said it switched to a backup system during the disruption