European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 28, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9abortion-breast cancer link by news Day a study of women younger than 45 suggests that those who have had an abortion have an increased risk of Devegh Oping breast cancer. The study done by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson cancer Center in Seattle looked at 1,806 women and found that induced abortion was associated with a 50 percent increased risk of breast cancer a in other words increasing a woman a relative risk Over a lifetime from a a a Normal Baseline of 1.0 to 1.5. This increased risk did not vary with the number of abortions or whether the women had a completed pregnancy. But it was higher if the abortion had been performed on women 18 or younger a increasing their risk 2.5 times. It also was higher in women who had an abortion at age 30 and older their risk Rose to 2.1. The risk for women 18 and younger was even higher if the abortion was performed after eight weeks gestation or if the woman had a family history of breast cancer although the numbers of women in both categories were Small. A no increased breast cancer risk was associated with miscarriage. Other experts however cautioned that the results of the study based on interviews with 845 breast cancer patients and 961 healthy women Are preliminary and that it is unclear what link there might be if any. A there Are hypothesis raising studies like this one published every Day. This would probably not even be covered except that its abortion and breast cancer a said or. Lynn Rosenberg who wrote the editorial accompanying the study to be published next week in the journal of the National cancer Institute. A on the whole other studies have found no relationship Between breast cancer and abortion a Rosenberg professor of epidemiology at Boston University a school of Public health also said an increased risk of 50 percent is relatively modest. A a a in epidemic logic terms its a very Small increase. In terms of the individual 50 percent is Small a she said. By comparison heavy smokers have a 3,000 per cent increased risk of getting lung cancer Rosenberg said. There Are few subjects More potentially incendiary than the possibility of a link Between abortion and breast cancer. For some time anti abortionists have been calling attention to epidemiological studies that have suggested women who had abortions were at higher risk of developing breast cancer. Quot it certainly has been no Surprise. That it abortion is physically a bad thing for the body a Robert Mcfadden Washington Bureau chief of the and hoc committee in defense of life an anti abortion group said recently. A a. The True connection has to become part of the debate Quot Hubble Telescope poses Riddle on age of universe Washington by new Day astronomers using the Hubble space Telescope have estimated that the universe May be billions of years younger than its oldest stars a a finding that has cosmologists scratching their Heads. That logical impossibility which is suggested by previous ground based observations As Well poses a serious Challenge to theorists. If the new data Are proved Correct in further observations either the accepted methods for calculating the Ages of stars Are wrong or the Standard big bang theory on the birth and evolution of the universe needs to be revised experts said wednesday. Either Way they said it is expected to be a Lively scene As scientists try to resolve what is being called astronomy so Page  using the Hubble a precise measurement of the distance to a Remote Galaxy the new study calculates that the universe is anywhere from 8 billion to 12 billion years old depending on the amount of matter it contains. Last month another team of astronomers using a ground based Telescope in Hawaii reported an estimated age of 7 billion to 11 billion years. The problem some ancient stars in our Milky Way Galaxy and elsewhere have been calculated to be about 16 billion years old. The eagerly awaited Hubble findings were to be published thursday in the journal nature. They were discussed at a Nasa briefing wednesday. A team of scientists led by astronomer Wendy Freedman of the Carnegie observatories in Pasadena calif., used the Hubble to estimate the distance a 56 million Light years a to a Galaxy called m 100 in the Virgo Cluster. A Light year the distance Light travels in one year is about 5.88 trillion Miles. Accurate distance measurements Are crucial in calculating the size and age of the universe. If the Hubble findings Are confirmed and if the age estimates for ancient stars a based on How Long their nuclear fuels Burn a do not change then revised models of universe evolution May be needed scientists said. A it might Lead to a revolution actually in cosmology a said Alexei Fol Pipenko an astronomer at the University of California Berkeley. The quest for accurate determination of the age of the universe is one of the great goals of modern astronomy. The late Edwin Hubble a the space telescopes namesake a discovered in 1929 that the universe is expanding with far off galaxies receding from us at a Speed that is proportional to their distance from us. Big wheels South Carolina gov. Carroll Campbell third from left accepts the keys to a special first edition Bow 3181 with Vendor number 1 at the state House in Columbia on wednesday. Presenting the keys were a Kinzer president of Bow manufacturing Corpora Tion left and Helmut panic chairman of Bow holding corp. The car made in the special Blue of the Palmetto states Flag will be displayed in the state museum. Bow recently began producing cars at its new Plant in Spartanburg county. Lawyers clash in Crane murder Case Phoenix apr Bob cranes sidekick left behind a Trail of circumstantial evidence when he killed the Hogan s heroes Star 16 years ago prosecutors said wednesday during closing arguments. But the defense attorney for John Henry Carpenter said the state failed to prove its Case citing inconsistent testimony from witnesses and a Lack of hard evidence a including the murder weapon. Crane was killed in his sleep june 29, 1978, in a Scottsdale apartment where he lived while performing in a dinner theater production. Prosecutors said he was killed with a camera tripod like the one allegedly missing from his apartment. Deputy county attorney Bob Shutts said Crane was killed by someone he knew Well because there was no sign of forced entry or burglary. He said Carpenter had easy Access to cranes apartment and was there the afternoon before the actor was slain jurors were expected to begin deliberations thursday. A a a a a a a a a v. A ���.��. Shutts said Carpenter killed Crane because the actor wanted to end their Friendship cutting off carpenters Access to women attracted by cranes  grown son testified that weeks before his fathers death Crane had told him that Carpenter had become a nuisance and a Hanger on. On . By Scripps Howard news service a new set of proposed standards for teaching history has touched off an acrimonious debate Over who and what should be studied in the nations Public schools. Critics of the new standards contend they dwell too much on the failings of democracy and too Little on its heroes and  standards Are from a 271-Page Guidebook issued this week by the National Center for history in the schools at Urcla. The Guidebook was written by 30 classroom teachers with assistance from historians parents and Community leaders. The Guidebook is part of a National Campaign to establish teaching standards in All academic subjects and was developed with Grants totalling $1,390,000 from the . Department of education and the National endowment for the humanities. Lynne Cheney who headed the endowment during the Reagan and Bush administrations criticized the Guidebook last week As too negative about american society and too inclined to glorify contributions of women Blacks and other minorities. She complained that such heroes of science As Thomas Edison Albert Einstein and Jonas Salk Are not mentioned at All. A we Are a better people than the National standards indicate and our children deserve to know it a she said. Marshall Smith undersecretary of education said the Guidebook should be seen As a a starting  a the imperfections inherent in a document of this nature will be sorted out. And the result should be a balanced View of american history that reflects our Best traditions and values a he said. Albert Shanker president of the american federation of teachers called the Guidebook a a useful first step and said it includes a Strong sections on the founding of the country and the views of Blacks and others who traditionally have not been included. A unfortunately a he said a was it moves into the present the history becomes More contentious and less balanced. In one particularly egregious omission the Section on the causes of the cold War does no to even mention soviet aggression in Eastern