European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes thursday april 23, 1992 risk of underweight babies rated High among smokers by the los Angeles times Washington a pregnant women who smoke Are almost twice As Likely As non smokers to give birth to underweight infants a major risk Factor in infant mortality according to a report. The report released tuesday by the department of health and human services also found that the danger to newborns rises in direct proportion to the number of cigarettes their mothers smoked during pregnancy. _ women who smoked 1.5 to two packs of cigarettes daily were about one third More Likely to give birth to underweight babies than those who smoked half a pack a and 2.5 limes As Likely As non smokers it said. The greatest risk for an underweight Newborn a a baby weighing less than 5 pounds 8 ounces is Respi medics attend to grand Duke Vladimir Kir Illovich Romanov heir to the russian throne who collapsed tuesday at a Miami news briefing and was pronounced dead later at a Hospital. He was 74. The grand Duke was stricken after saying he believed the Imperial Fame changes advised in Washington up a american doctors need to completely change the Way they treat asthma a report said tuesday. Asthma should be treated As a chronic serious condition and not Only when a patient wheezes or has other symptoms of the Airway inflammation according to an International panel of experts whose findings were reported in the journal of the american medical association. Currently popular medications to treat asthma attacks should be sidelined in favor of inhaled corticosteroids or other anti inflammatory drugs that May have better Long term results the report said. Treatment with such medications As corticosteroids May be Able to prevent irreversible Airway obstruction by the new York times Bethesda my. A in a test of a new Federal policy to Speed approval of desperately needed drugs an advisory committee to the food and drug administration recommended tuesday that a new aids drug be Given a conditional approval. The committee recommended that dec or i doxy by tiding be marketed for use in combination with another drug at or . Although recommendations made by advisory committees Are not binding the Fra almost always follows their advice. The committee made the decision on the basis of oratory failure the report said. A despite massive education efforts there Are still segments of the population who done to understand the message or think it does no to apply to them a said health and human services Secretary Louis w. Sullivan. The report prepared by the division of vital statistics was based on data collected from 1989 surveys by the National Center for health statistics. The highest risk group comprises teen age mothers 18 and 19 years old who Are heavy smokers the report found. Teen agers account for on fourth of All smokers. The infant mortality rate for 1991 is estimated at 8.9 per 1,000 live births Down 2 percent from the 1990 rate of 9.1, Sullivan said. He noted a a Long downward trends because of new drug treatments rather than a healthier behave or in pregnant women. By could be re established in Russia because hundreds of letters were urging his return a journalist reported. Romanov a father was a Cousin of the last Czar Nicholas ii and the grand Duke was directly descended from Czar Alexander ii who ruled from 1855 to 1881.asthma treatment which can occur when the body a immune system responds to Airway inflammation. A possibly by treating the patients very Early with anti inflammatory agents we May reduce these Lon term Side effects a or. Jean Bosquet of the University de Montpellier in France told the journal. Corticosteroids Cro Molyn sodium and be Dobromil sodium were among the medications the experts recommended As first line prescriptions for asthma. Be Dobromil is not yet available in the United states. Asthma has been an increasingly serious problem in the United states especially among inner City dwellers and Blacks. The reasons for the increased incidence of asthma have not been established but experts believe air pollution plays an important role. Preliminary data and specified that the drug be removed from the Market if firmer data from continuing studies failed to uphold indications that it is beneficial. The manufacturer of dec Hoffmann la Roche inc. Of Nutley n.j., said it would begin Selling the drug As soon As the Fra gave formal approval but or. David a. Kessler the commissioner of food and drugs said it might take months to work out what must appear on the drug s Label. Or. David Feigal a drug analyst at the Agency cautioned that dec was no Panacea for aids instead he said it gives patients another option.  denied parole from California prison from wire reports Corcoran Calif. A Charles Manson Mastermind of the 1969 cult murders of actress Sharon Tate and seven others has been denied parole. He is serving a life prison term for one of the most notorious slayings in . History. The state Board of prison terms on tuesday denied parole to Manson for the eighth time and urged him to improve his behaviour behind bars upgrade his vocational skills and participate in educational and therapy programs. It was the first parole hearing for Manson in Manson three years and he will next be eligible in 1997, Board spokeswoman Phyllis Scott said Manson 57, has denied Ever taking part in the killings but he was convicted of being the instigator of the killing spree that shocked the  official charged Washington a a former senior official of the Agency for International development has been charged with 14 counts of bribery obstruction of Justice and Money laundering m connection with alleged payments and Loans from two Central american companies that performed work for the Agency John c. Kelley 44, who served As the aids Deputy director of information resources management from 1984 to 1989, was arrested monday by italian police in Rome according to a statement released by . Attorney Jay b. Stephens. Kelley is currently an official of the United nations. The indictment charged that Kelley demanded and received $70,000 from one company and asked another company to forgive a $20,000 personal debt he owed it state to ban jail smokes Rutland it. A Vermont will become the first state to Issue a ban on smoking in All its jails and prisons a corrections official said. Corrections officials said the ban which begins july 1, was prompted by heightened awareness of the dangers of smoking a both for smokers and those who breathe secondhand smoke. More than three quarters of Vermont a inmates  site to be cemetery Washington a the defense department announced tuesday that much of an army Post it is closing next year will be used As part of a National cemetery. It said the Northwest Side of fort Sheridan in Illinois will be turned Over to the department of veterans affairs and be used As an Annex to an already existing burial ground. The announcement said 329 family housing units on fort Sheridan will be transferred to the Navy. An army Reserve Center on the Post will be retained in service and will be supplemented with a new Reserve facility to be constructed  getting new Home Portland Ore. A the 82-year-old alzheimer a patient found abandoned at an Idaho dog racing track will be sent to Kentucky under the guardianship of a son who Hasni to seen him in 15 years. John Kingery will be flown to Morgantown ky., As soon As a bed becomes available in a care Center there said Holly Berman his Public guardian. Charles Kingery one of five children from John Kingery a first marriage said he was looking Forward to the reunion. John Kingery was found March 21 at a greyhound track near Post Falls Idaho. A sack of diapers was attached to his wheelchair along with a note incorrectly identifying him. Investigations by state welfare and local sheriffs officials have focused on sue Gifford of Hillsboro Kingery a daughter by a second marriage. A grand Duke Dies panel urges Fra to approve new aids drug