European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . Cuts condom Giveaway 2 nations removed from Federal program Washington apr the worlds biggest distributor of condoms a the . Government a is handing out millions fewer this year and the smaller of two sizes is being phased out. . Agency for International development officials say the reduction does no to mean people around the world Are having less sexual Intercourse. Nor does it Point to any anatomical trend in the More than 70 countries served. The Aid Agency distributed a record 849 million condoms last year but is sending out several Hundred million fewer this year because Large programs in Pakistan and Bangladesh Are being Cut. Pakistan no longer qualifies for . Aid because of questions about its nuclear program. Bangladesh will get european condoms. The two countries had been getting about half the . Supply. Other countries arc taking 7 percent to 10 percent More condoms this year both for population and ant aids programs said Carl Hemmer who Heads the Agency a commodities division. . Government distribution had More than doubled since 381 million were sent around the world in 1987. The programs goals Are to assist family planning and once in the morning Hairdresser Edith Craig gives a comb and curl to Walter Bartlett dressed As Santa Claus on Friday in Macon a. Bartlett has his Beard spin cd up every morning at the Cut no lip Beauty shop before heading to work at the Westgate mall. Stem the spread of aids. A most americans would be very proud of the program if they knew More about it a Hemmer  condoms come in Plain wrappers and in two sizes one measures 1.96 inches across when Flat the other 2.08 inches. The smaller ones Are no longer being used for new programs. Quot its just tradition that called for use of the smaller one in several asian countries he said. Another major task is to Tell How Many condoms each country needs a a difficult figure to determine. A . Contract officer Brice Atkinson said in the current Issue of the Magazine Mother Jones that its difficult to get honest responses when it comes to sex. One report a couple of years ago estimated couples around the world average sex 100 times a year with the rate differing among countries. But Hemmer said such information is unreliable. Condom distribution is More acceptable and open in Many parts of the world than it is in the United states. A a you la see billboards and All kinds of explicit advertising in Many countries that you normally  see Here a Hemmer said. A a it a not considered is matter As it is  such a private tiny Texas town draws requests for holy postmark Nazareth Texas apr at the tiny Post office in this namesake of Jesus Christ a Hometown postmaster Stephanne Dobmeier turns on Holiday music and puts on a pot of Tea to gear up for her Holiday task. She and two helpers on saturday began stamping hundreds of Christmas cards by hand with a special nativity scene postmark. The cards Are to be mailed by midweek. A you know that the people want it and their Christmas will be a Little More special a Dobmeier said. The postmark shows Mary and St. Joseph adoring the infant Jesus. Two doves encircle the figures with a ribbon that proclaims a a love and  the process is tedious Dobmeier said As she carefully inked the Stamper and pressed it onto an envelopes top right Corner. Standing offers the Only comfortable working Angle she said. A you have to pretty Well watch what you do a clerk Angela Acker said. A you want a Good Clear  Nazareth received More than 5,000 postmark requests in 1990, the last time it offered a special Holiday stamp. Fewer requests came this year because the town had less time to promote the postmark Federal postal officials approved it just two weeks ago. The farming Community of 300 residents is located in the Texas Panhandle about 60 Miles Southwest of Amarillo. It was named by a German priest who settled there in 1902. A amps thousands complain about breast implants Albuquerque . A the food and drug administration received thousands of complaints Over the past 14 years about silicone gel breast implants although most were tiled after problems were publicized. The Albuquerque journal through a Federal Freedom of information act request obtained copies of 14,259 complaints filed with the Fra from 1977 to june 1992. Most of the complaints were received after 1990, when publicity about the possible negative effects of breast implants increased around the country Eda officials said. About 66 percent or 9,374, of the complaints were filed after 1990. A a there a a lot of stuff that we a done Quot As a result of the reports Elizabeth Jacobson acting director of the Fra s Center Lor devices and radiological health in Rockville md., said sunday. A it s not like we got All these complaints and just sat there and said a of  a Jacobson said the reports have led to several studies and panel meetings and have been used As criteria for requiring companies that make breast implants to conduct scientific studies of their products. Quot the sheer magnitude of them underscores that the i a was right in moving these to the front of the line to get systematic data on these devices a said Joseph a. Levitt Deputy policy director of the of Day Scenter. But or. Mare a. Lappe an Eda consultant and a professor of health policy and ethics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago said a the real Issue is that Eda has been asleep at the switch for it  gets infection from cancer treatment from wire reports Boston a former . Sen. Paul e. Tsongas fighting his second relapse of cancer was being treated for an infection caused by chemotherapy a Hospital spokeswoman said. A the former democratic presidential candidate was admitted to Dana Farber cancer Institute on thursday said spokeswoman Gina Vild. He was listed in Good condition sunday. Although the infection is serious Vild said it was a common Side effect of chemotherapy treatments. She said she did not know How Long Tsongas would be hospitalized. Tsongas resigned from the Senate in 1984, when he was diagnosed with cancer. The cancer went into remission after extensive treatments including a 1986 Bone marrow transplant. In 1987, doctors removed another cancerous Node. A growth in Tsongas Abdomen was diagnosed As cancerous in late  meddling expected Virginia Beach a. Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson will not interfere with the Content of his new radio news service the managing editor said. Beginning in february Standar news will air seven newscasts an hour from a Bureau in Washington said John Rodman the managing editor. The service will offer separate broadcasts for religious and for secular stations. A the companies who own news organizations respect the Bottom line a Rodman said last week. A anybody stupid enough to spin the news Isnit going to make Money. Advertisers Arentt willing to be associated with it. Radio stations wont put it on the  said Robertson a i want to have an objective news source that a balanced in the coverage of the news. There is a need for perhaps some More objective reporting particularly on family  gun not Worth it fort Lauderdale Fla. A the gun Jack Ruby used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald the suspected Assassin of president John f. Kennedy is on display for the first time. But few spectators Are plunking Down the extra fee to see it at the fort Lauderdale gun show. After paying $4.50 for admission to the show at the Broward county convention Center and $1 for parking Many gun enthusiasts said paying an additional $3 for a peek at the historic weapon was too much to ask. A a guns a gun. That a basically it a said Robert Kaynes of fort Lauderdale who went to the show to buy a gun. A they use it As a draw to get you Here and then it becomes a sideshow. Out of curiosity i would have liked to see it but not for  damage from quake Palmer Alaska a a Strong but deep earthquake jolted residents of Amchitka Island in the aleutians on sunday but caused no damage or injuries the Alaska tsunami warning Center reported. Guy Urban of the centers Observatory said the quake struck at 5 52 . And registered6.1 on the Richter scale. A it rattled doors a he said. The quake also failed to generate a seismic sea wave Urban  Park repaired Everglades National Park Fla. Hundreds of workers have restored the Hurricane damaged facilities at Everglades National Park for today a reopening. Hurricane Andrew compounded an environmental disaster in the Parks 1.5 million acres of Hardwood areas mangroves and saw grass Prairies experts said. Decades of pollution development and drainage have weakened the wetlands and an invasion of non native Plant species has displaced once abundant natural forests. Now. We be got to look at what happened As a result of everything being stirred up by the August storm said Robert f. Doren a research director at the Park. T he Park s nature trails boardwalks roads and campsites have been cleared of debris and restored a More than 300 National Park service workers