European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes . Saturday March 6.1993 chances of vaccine slim for Gulf linked disease los Angeles apr a study shows it will be hard to develop a vaccine to prevent a potentially deadly disease that afflicted some . Troops in the persian Gulf War and millions of other people worldwide. The disease leishmaniasis is caused by the let Soma Junia parasite which infects humans when they Are bitten by Sand flies that carry the parasite. Vaccines make people immune by using part of the disease causing organism to provoke the body s immune system into fighting the disease. The study by or. Steven Reiner and or. Richard Locksley and colleagues found that the same part of the Leishmania parasite that makes some mice immune to leishmaniasis also can make other mice sick and die that Means the same part of the parasite can trigger both protective and deadly responses by the immune system. The findings published in Friday s Issue of the journal science  eventual vaccine to prevent senator seeks action to end baseball Quot Carter by Cox news service Washington sen. Howard m. Metzenbaum on thursday forecast Quick congressional action to end major league baseball s exemption from anti monopoly Laws a step he said should expand the number of teams and make More games available on free television. The Ohio Democrat who chairs the judiciary committees antitrust subcommittee made the comments As he introduced legislation to repeal the exemption. A baseball owners Are a legally sanctioned Cartel who cannot be held accountable for conduct which hurts Consumers or harms Competition Quot Metzenbaum said a giving the baseball owners free rein to decide what a in the Best interests of the game is like giving the members of open free rein to set world Energy  Metzenbaum said the full committee will conduct a hearing on the Bill by the end of next month and that he expects it to pass the Senate this year. Similar legislation was introduced in the House earlier by rep Michael Birlirakis a Fla. A Birlirakis aide said House judiciary committee members Are interested in scheduling a hearing soon Metzenbaum unveiled his Bill at a news conference with Florida a senator Democrat Bob Graham and Republican Connie Mack they said their bipartisan Effort enjoys widespread support. Mack and Graham Are upset that the baseball owners blocked a move of the giants from san Francisco to the Tampa Bay area and have not Given the area an expansion team. If the owners did not enjoy an unregulated Monopo a a a a Jer by Metzenbaum said they could not hold the number of teams below what the free Market would support and  impose As Many restrictions on televising games they might even face Competition from another league As football and basketball Nave he said. The other professional sports Are not exempt from antitrust Laws and have expanded More rapidly Metzenbaum said. Leishmaniasis could make the disease worse in some susceptible people who became infected by the parasite said Reiner an immunologist at the University of California san Francisco. So the vaccine would have to be administered to susceptible people in a special Way or in combination with another drug to protect them from the disease Reiner said. An estimated 12 million to 16 million people worldwide Are afflicted by leishmaniasis with roughly 400,000 new cases and 500,000 deaths each year. In Milder cases patients develop disfiguring skin sores. In severe cases known As  Azar patients waste away and die unless treated with compounds of the toxic Metal Antimony. Leishmaniasis was detected in 28 . Troops who fought in the Gulf War the army said last year. None died. Blood for Bosnia Jalena Branica a retired doctor from Croatia donates blood at new England Baptist Hospital in Boston during a blood drive for two bosnian War victims Branica is in the United states for a five or six month visit with her daughter in Westboro mass. Nunn says hell fight for military budget Washington a the chairman of the Senate armed services committee said Friday he will oppose any attempts to Savage the military budget As the Clinton administration looks for savings to Cut the Federal deficit. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., said administration officials had assured him that if expected savings do not materialize the military budget will be protected from additional cuts. Clinton is calling for military cuts of $127 billion Over five years including about $11 billion for the fiscal year beginning oct. 1. Nunn who challenged the president in january Over his plans to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military listed several concerns and questions regarding the and ministration s budget. Nunn said that if Congress rejects a defense depart ment wide pay freeze which is expected to result in $18 billion in savings the administration has assured him it will leave the budget intact and not seek cuts in personnel w weapons programs or other areas. The senator also said the budget should be protected even if there Are changes in inflation or if Clinton a proposed Energy tax hits the defense department hard. The tax would be based on the heat Content of fuels. Nunn also warned his colleagues in the Senate who might push for further military reductions saying Congress has a history of whittling away at defense even after lawmakers agree on a budget number. Nunn said the final defense number that the Congress will agree on next week a must be not Only a ceiling but also a floor and i will be fighting for that  murderer of baby Sitter executed in Louisiana ,. From wire reports Angola la. A a Man who raped and fatally torched a baby Sitter was put to death Early Friday in Louisiana a first execution by injection. Robert Sawyer 42, went to his death shortly after Midnight after the . Supreme court refused to hear an Appeal. There was no recorded dissent Sawyer was condemned for the 1979 murder of 23-year-old Frances Arwood a baby Sitter working for Sawyers Girlfriend in suburban new Orleans. Prosecutors said Sawyer and an accomplice Charles Lane raped her beat her poured scalding water on her Ana set her afire after a night of drinking. She died weeks later. Lane was tried separately and Given life in prison. Skater reported beaten Pittsburgh a figure skater Christopher Bowman who won a National championship last ear and finished fourth at the olympics was eaten at a hotel in a seedy neighbourhood according to a police report. Bowman was treated tuesday morning at Meity Hospital for injuries to his ribs and head according to police. An ambulance took him to the Hospital. Bowman refused to talk to the police officer sent to the Hyatt hotel by dispatchers police cmdr. Edward Patterson said. The officer whom Patterson would not identify said he heard Bowman Tell paramedics that he got into a fight at the Ellis hotel in Pittsburgh a crime Ridden Hill District at about 2 30 . Tuesday. He called for an ambulance after returning to his room at the Hyatt  in his room Bowman said the police report was wrong. He said he lost his Wallet on a downtown Street and he was never at the Ellis hotel. He said he called for help because he was sick. The popular skater known As a Bowman the showman Quot is in Pittsburgh with the ice Capanes he planned to skate in the show which runs through sunday at the civic Arena cancer fighters found Washington a human immune cells linked with special antibodies have turned into biological smart bombs that target and Kilt Colon cancer cells according to researchers who tested the technique in mice. Or. Hiroshi Takahashi of Massachusetts general Hospital cancer Center in Charlestown mass., said thursday that although the method has been tested Only in mice it could develop into a powerful therapy for human cancers. A report on the study was to be published Friday m the journal science. Takahashi said the technique uses powerful killer cells that Are present in the human immune system. The cells have been shown to be extremely toxic to Colon cancer tutors in test tube experiments. In clinical trials with patients however Takahashi said the cells mount Only a weak attack on the  May face fees los Angeles a Drivers would pay for each mile they drive under a plan proposed by California transit agencies to help pay the costs of Federal regulations and increased demand. A report by the California transit association re the ads a be of one fifth of a cent per mile or about $24 a year for a Motorist driving 12,000 Miles annually the los Angeles times reported thursday. The Money would be used to reimburse transit a u1 Are facin8 a projected $4.1 billion deficit by the year 2000, the report said. The fee would be enforced by checking mileage when cars come m for their mandatory smog checks every two years the report said. S to tone Slature and gov. Pete Wilson would have to approve the unprecedented fee. 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