European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Sunday july 3, 1994  a r eur Battle bands the 53d ask is hosting the 1994 Usa eur Battle of bands on saturday a a. It it july 23rd in bad Kreuz Nach. Germany. The winning bands a will represent Usa eur in a the fourth annual army Battle of bands contest finals september 1 2 17 at v. Fort Hood. Texas. A the contest is open to a. Active duty army military Only contestants  by a _. A _. I. July 1 0th, entry categories ,. Include Rock no Roll. Country Western Ano specially. Technical rehearsals begin at 9a.m. On saturday. July 23rd atthe a bad Kreuz Nach Century club bldg. 5.35 1, Rose. 1 Barracks and the Competition a a begins at 2 . A for More information and registration Contact your local entertainment Branch. Office or Call Kathleen Cole at the 53d ask Dan 490-5909 of Civ 067 1 -792909. Oestrogen May help women Washington apr oestrogen the female hormone that can. Protect older women from Brittle Bones and heart disease May also help make the mind Keener and the memory sharper a researcher says. Though oestrogen does not create sudden Genius or. Uriel Halbreich of the state University of new York at Buffalo said there is a Clear and significant improvement. In mental tests among older women who take the hormone. Quot we showed that oestrogen replacement therapy is not Only Good for osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease prevention but also it can improve the cognitive function a Halbreich said. The scientist presented a paper on his research last week at a National meeting of the american College of no dropsy Cho pharmacology. Or Lon s. Schneider an associate pro Fessor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Southern California said  a research is consistent with other studies that have suggested  some patients think better. Schneider said there have been random reports that oestrogen seems to Aid the memory of alzheimer a disease patients and that one study suggested that oestrogen therapy among older women lowered the risk of alzheimer a. Women naturally produce oestrogen until menopause. Ail artificial version of oestrogen now is often Given to women after menopause because the hormone helps prevent osteoporosis the Brittle Bone disease and Lowers the risk of heart disease. This is called oestrogen replace ment therapy. Halbreich said that the difference May not be evident in Day to Day routine life but that the mental improvement was clearly evident in the Laboratory studies american classic Norman Rockwell a triple self portrait is one of five new Stamps issued by the u.1s. Postal service on Friday to commemorate the late Illustrator for the saturday evening post., the Stamps were issued at the Norman Rockwell museum in Stockbridge mass. Hope soars for Oil Bald eagles Church Creek my. Apr an american Bald Eagle that was nursed Back to health after breaking its Wing was released from Captivity thursday marking the return of the species from the Edge of extinction. In a ceremony commemorating the . Fish and wildlife service is decision to remove the Bald Eagle from its list of endangered species the Eagle named Hope narrowly cleared a Cluster of Pine Trees and then soared Over the marshes of the Blackwater National wildlife Refuge. Mollie Beattie director of the service said the eagles recovery symbolized the Success of a Long Campaign to save the Bald Eagle. Hope was nursed Back to Calth after being found last Winter with a broken Wing. A we Are celebrating something that seemed impossible 30 years ago a she said the Majestic Eagle was of the Edge of extinction in the Early 1970s when its numbers declined to fewer than 800 adult nesting Birds in the lower 48 states. Today there Are nearly 8,000 adult Birds in those states. The Interior department announced thursday that it was seeking to upgrade the status of the Eagle from endangered to threatened. A final decision will be made within a year after a 90-Day Public comment period. A. A it decrepit boat carries 140 cubans to safety Miami apr the largest single Boatload of cubans fleeing their Island since 1980 a 140 men women and children a made the 90-mile voyage in a Rusty fishing boat. The coast guard monitored the 75-foot boat for several Days As it made its Way near the Bahamas. The passengers arrived Friday and were taken to a Miami organization that helps refugees. Driven by a deteriorating Economy at Home cubans have been coming to the United states this year at the highe Date since the 1980 Mariel boat lift when Fidel Castro threw open prisons and hospitals and let thousands leave. The group represents the largest Boatload since then. Coast guard spokesman Luis Diaz said. Holocaust victim s $ 17 million suit derailed Washington a a 71 year old holocaust survivor s Effort to make Germany pay him $17 million for his suffering in nazi concentration Camps was  Friday by an appeals court the 2-1 ruling by the . Court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit against Hugo Princz of Highland Park n.j., reversed a lower courts decision. The appeals judges held that the foreign Sovereign immunities act of 1976, if applied retroactively to the years 19421945, does not Benefit Princz. If the act docs not apply retroactively the majority found then the court lacks jurisdiction. Quot we conclude that none of the exceptions to Sovereign immunity provided in the Psia applies to the facts alleged by or Princz a the appeals court wrote. Princz a attorney William Marks took heart from the dissent by judge Patricia Wald who concluded that Congress never intended with the 1976 Law to Quot slam the door on holocaust  Marks said Princz Likely will Appeal but will wait to see whether president Clinton raises the Issue with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl at an International meeting in Naples Italy this week. Rep. Frank Pallone . Said he would ask fellow lawmakers to sign a letter urging Clinton to do just that. On thursday the House judiciary committee approved legislation that would make it easier for Princz and others like him to  countries in . Courts. The Senate is considering similar legislation. Princz the son of a naturalized american father was living with his family in Slovakia in 1942 when the germans sent them to the Maidanik concentration Camp in Poland because they were jewish. His parents and sister were later sent to the Treblinka Camp in Poland and killed. Princz and his two Brothers were sent to Camps at Auschwitz Poland and Birkenas Germany As slave labourers. His Brothers died of starvation before Princz was sent to Dachau Germany. He was liberated by . Troops in the final Days of the War