European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday december so 1993jury orders insurer to pay $77 million Riverside Calif. Up a jury has ordered health net to pay $77 million in punitive damages to the family of a breast cancer patient who was denied coverage for a Bone marrow transplant. The verdict against the Woodland Hills based health maintenance organization was added tuesday to $12.1 million in compensatory damages that jurors awarded last week to the family of Zelenc Fox. She died in april. Health net which said it will Appeal the verdict had refused to pay for the Bone marrow transplant saying the $150,000 procedure was experimental. Fox underwent the procedure Only after raising Money through a massive Community fundraising Effort launched by family and friends but family members said it was too late. Attorneys said the award is the largest Ever against an insurance company for refusing to provide insurance benefits. Health net attorney Steven Meadville told re a orters that the verdict if upheld would strip Calth net of its entire Worth which he estimated at $57 million. Removing polyps found to Cut Colon cancer risk Boston a a Long awaited study provides the first conclusive evidence that finding and removing pre cancerous growths can dramatically lower the risk of deadly Colon cancer researchers say. Hunting Down these growths known As polyps has become a Cornerstone of Colon cancer prevention in recent years., but until now there has been Only circumstantial evidence that it works. The new report found that removal of polyps cuts the Colon cancer risk by 90 percent. Colon cancer will strike 152,000 americans this year and 57,000 will die from it according to the american cancer society. It is the second deadliest malignancy trailing Only lung cancer. Colon cancer starts with precancerous growths called Aden Matous polyps. Various methods of looking for these growths have become routine parts of physical exams for older americans. The tests Are performed on the common sense belief that removing the growths will prevent cancer from developing. ,. A there has not until now been evidence to support that a said or. Sidney j. Winawer the study a principal author. A a we have provided evidence that now makes that be Lief a  the study is unlikely to change medical practice but it provides reassuring evidence that doctors efforts to remove polyps Are worthwhile. 1 a we have been waiting for this for a Long Long time a said or. Helen m. Shields of Bostons Beth Israel Hospital. Quot we Are finally supported by data that will stand the test of  Winawer a researcher at memorial Sloan Kettering cancer Center in new York conducted the decade Long National polyp study with physicians at six other . Hospitals. The results were published in today a new England journal of Medicine a the cancer society recommends that doctors perform digital rectal exams on patients annually after age 40. For people 50 and older it urges annual tests for blood in the fees which can indicate cancer or polyps. At this age it also recommends examining the lower Colon with a tube called a sigmoid scope every three to five years.400 More . Troops exit checked bit by bits amps John Bomar f-15 Eagle fighters based at Zuburg a Germany undergo a closes next october. Before beginning the nose to Tail checkup painstaking inspection process before being shipped to Florida workers take 24 Man hours to remove More than 15,000 screws by Burgh a entire beet of f-15s must be checked before the base attaching More than 200 panels to the aircraft. Dra to sales set for january in Germany two defense re utilization and marketing offices in Germany have announced january sales of surplus government property. Used furniture appliances household goods clothing and recreational equipment will be sold at a Cash and carry Sale in Kaiserslautern next week. The Sale will be held tuesday thursday and Friday from 8 . To 9 30 . Merchandise must be removed by 11 . On the Days of the Sale. The Sale also will be held wednesday from 11 . To 12 30 . A items must be removed by 2 . Thursdays Sale is open to the Public. The others Are open Only to . Id card holders. Additionally sales Are held on the first monday of each month from 8 . To 9 30 . They Are open to the Public. Payment is in dollars Only for information about Kaiserslautern a sales Call 0631-411-8691 or 0631-411-7391. The demo in Grafe Wohr will open its retail store from noon to 3 . Jan 20. The store is open to the Public. Items can be paid for in dollars or German Marks and must be removed by 3 . On the Day of the Sale. For information Call Harriett Winder at 0964182-7146 or 09641-82-6384. Mogadishu up the final contingent of . Troops to withdraw from Somalia before new years flew out of the Mogadishu Airport wednesday. The 400 troops were from the 507 corps support group the 16th Field service co and the 364th Supply and support co a . Military official said. Most of them were based at fort Bragg . A More than 8,000 . Troops in the . Peacekeeping Force in Somalia were scheduled to depart for Home by the March 31 deadline set by president Clinton. The deadline was set following the killing of 18 . Peacekeepers in october in confrontations with clan Leader Mohamed Farrah aided a a militia. More than 70 . Peacekeepers have been killed since May. As the troops flew out of the Eastern african nation the . Ship american Condor carrying equipment steamed out into the Indian Ocean for the journey Home. About 3,000 . Troops who arrived in the Horn of Africa last december to bring Aid to thousands of starving somalis already have been withdrawn. . Col Steve Raush told reporters tuesday that few soldiers would depart Somalia in january and february but More would leave in March. He said the deadline would be met. Despite threats of a new outbreak of clan War Between various somalian groups several countries including Italy Germany Turkey France and Sweden have begun pulling their troops out of Somalia. Former Dodds substitute teacher technician Dies in Mannheim by the stars and stripes a former substitute teacher at Mannheim elementary school in Germany died sunday after surgery a school official said. Michael e. Vargo 46, died sunday at a German Hospital in Mannheim where he was being treated for a cancerous Gall bladder said David Witte an assistant principal at Mannheim elementary. Vargo had returned recently from the United states where he had received treatment for cancer Witte said. On the Day after Christmas Vargo complained of pains and was admitted to the Mannheim a Linimum. Vargo is survived by his wife Cynthia a teacher at Mannheim elementary and daughters Rebecca 21, and Abbey a seventh grader at Mannheim Middle school Witte said. The Vargos have been in the Mannheim Community for nine years. During that time Michael Vargo had worked at the elementary school As a student teacher substitute teacher and a Media Center technician. Most recently the native of Detroit had worked closely with the department of defense dependents schools As an education sales manager for a extra a computer company that Sells equipment to . Schools Witte said. A memorial service will be at 4 . Wednesday at Mannheim a Benjamin Franklin Village Chapel in lieu of Flowers the family requests contributions to a scholarship account at merchants Bank number 487446518. For More information Contact Mannheim elementary school at Dan 380-6081 or 380-7505