European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday november 24, 1992 a . The stars and stripes Page 7 panel assails Fra for drug policies Collagen silicone retin a targeted in limbo during recess fourth graders Kelly Lappin and Joe Gernigin appear Bent out or shape As they do the limbo at St. Mary a school in Alton Iii. Classmate Audrey Hinrichs keeps the line taut. The limbo which originated in the West indies requires dancers to Bend As far Back As possible to pass beneath a bar or in this Case a rope. Washington a the food and drug administration has been slow and weak in protecting people from products they think will give them pouty is or make wrinkles vanish a congressional report says. The House government operations committee said these treatments arc not Only ineffective but also possibly harmful. At Issue Are injections of Collagen or silicone for cover girl lips or use of Kevin a to rub out wrinkles. A in the three examples discussed in this report it is Clear that physicians were not concerned that they were prescribing drugs or devices for uses that were not approved by the Fra a said the report which was to be released monday. Quot in fact expert testimony indicated that at least among dermatologists prescribing drugs for off Label uses is so common that it causes virtually no the Fra approves a drug for a specific use or set of uses which Are listed on the drugs Label. It is against the Law to promote the drug or prescribe it for other than its labelled purposes. It is also against the Law to prescribe or promote non approved drugs. Collagen a protein derived from the skin of cows has government approval for treatment of acne scars or wrinkles. It is injected under the skin and women have used these injections to make their lips bigger and seem pouty. Some consider pouty lips a sign of Beauty but the effects of the drug done to last More than a few months and studies indicate that used in such a manner the drug could cause muscle damage. Injections of liquid silicone Are not approved for anything in the United states Lum Crous medical studies have found that silicone can Migrate to other parts of the body with harmful and possibly fatal effects. Controversy also has surrounded silicone breast implants which some critics say arc linked to diseases of the immune system. Actin a is a Vitamin a derivative Cream approved for treatment of acne. However it appears to have at least a temporary effect of making facial wrinkles go away. It poses a risk to pregnant women and its Long term effects on people Are undetermined. The committee found a history of endorsements by seemingly Independent experts who failed to mention that they were being paid by manufacturers of these drugs it also found that companies and physicians were willing to do As they pleased because they believed that the Fra lacked the authority or the will to Stop them. The committee recommended that Congress give the i a greater authority to get documents from drug manufacturers or court files. The panel also found that the Agency May impose far higher fines than it does and should be More aggressive in seeking criminal doubts Herod order led to Many deaths san Francisco a the biblical account of Herod so massacre of the innocents a often exaggerated beyond the Point of credibility Likely occurred on a smaller scale scholars say. The Hollywood images of soldiers slaughtering hordes of infants in a futile attempt to kill Jesus ignore the historical reality that there were probably no More than 15 male children 2 years old or younger in the Village of Bethlehem Paul Maier told the nativity conference ii Over the weekend. However historical evidence from the gospel of Matthew and the first Century jewish historian Flavius Josephus shows Herod would have done almost anything at the end of his reign to destroy a possible successor to his throne Maier said. A is this the sort of person who could have ordered the elimination of a dozen or so babies in Bethlehem unquestionably a said Maier author of in inc fullness of time a historian looks at Christmas easter and the Early Church. A statistically considered he put to death a greater number of victims within his own Royal family and court a Maier said. The nativity conference ii was held in conjunction with the annual joint meeting of the american Academy of Reli Gion and the society of biblical literature. It was a follow up to a 1983 conference on the nativity of Jesus held at Mississippi state University. Jack Finegan professor emeritus of new testament history and archaeology at the Pacific school of religion said Meier a presentation was a great. I think it fits All that we know with Herod a standards urged for teachers of the future Washington a a committee of College and University presidents monday called for tougher admission standards and a stronger Liberal education for teachers who will enter classrooms in the 21st Century. Quot Many characteristics of learners who report to school in the year 2000 will be very different from students for whom today a schools were originally developed Quot said the presidents commission on teacher education of the american association of state colleges and universities. Quot there have been Many Calls for Reform in teacher education. Little Reform has actually spelling out the changes it thinks Are needed the commission said Quot professional schools of education will review student admission standards and procedures to ensure that Only students with outstanding personal qualities and High academic qualifications will be in addition it said a a a Strong Liberal arts Core will be required for both elementary and secondary teachers with rigorous requirements in language arts Fine arts mathematics science social sciences and the commission said Many of the expected changes in school student bodies already Are beginning to take place. It said one California school for example has students representing 76 nationalities. Quot a diversity of cultural backgrounds will be the Norm and not the exception a said the presidents. Quot for Many students English May be a second language if it is spoken at to Deal with such changes the report said schools Quot will Likely be Community Sci vice centers serving Tjie entire a governments and other funding sources will be required to ensure the preparation of the very Best teachers who will have Access to the most current resources a the commission said.2 teens deported to Mexico while parents remain in . Omaha neb. Apr Federal immigration agents yanked two High school students out of class and deported them to Mexico while their parents stayed behind in the United states. Immigration and naturalization service officials said that 17-year-old Ambrosio Lopez and 15-year-old Augustin Antunez were in the United states illegally and that the agents operated within the Law. But some school officials decried the arrests this month As irresponsible and demeaning to the boys. Quot they had no regard for their sife to a said Jim Ramirez a Community relations specialist with the Omaha school District. Quot they left them at the Border like two stray pups they wanted to get rid immigration officials arrested Lopez and Antunez at Omaha South High school on nov. 6, the Omaha world Herald reported sunday. Lopez was summoned from an English class held at a detention Center Over the weekend and then flown to Southern Arizona where he was escorted across the mexican Border. He had Little Money and no change of clothes. Lopez has been staying at a hotel in Juarez Mexico with an 18-year-Oid brother who left Omaha voluntarily last month after a deportation order was issued. Antunez was deported with his 21-year-old brother Francisco who was arrested the same Day at his restaurant Iob. They Are staying with their Grandfather in Mexico. Antunez had been in the United states since 1988. His parents Are permanent . Residents under the 1986 Federal amnesty Law. Lopez had been in the United states since 1984. Maria Lopez a single Mother said she is trying to change her temporary residency status to permanent residency under the amnesty Law
