European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 12,1995 . The stars and stripes Page 5 Chicago apr regular mammograms significantly reduce the risk of dying of breast cancer for women older than 50 but offer Little lifesaving Benefit for women in their 40s, researchers said tuesday. The researchers who published their findings in wednesdays Issue of the journal of the american medical association arrived at their conclusion after reviewing 13 studies. The same Issue of the journal includes a separate Cost Benefit analysis of mammography screening that concludes that Standard health insurance should not pay for the procedure for women younger than 50 or older than 69. Neither study changed the minds of the american medical association or the american cancer society which continue to recommend that women get a Mammogram an a Ray technique to detect breast tutors before they can be seen or Felt every year or two starting at age 40. An Ama spokesman said the issues involved Are Complex the studies reviewed varied in design and conduct most were done outside the United states and most failed to consider factors other than death rates. A these reviews should not be used atone As the basis for denying screening mammograms to women aged 40 to 49,�?� said or. James Allen Ama vice president of science technology and Public health standards. The american cancer society agreed saying it reviewed the same studies that the researchers examined and found no reason to change its View that women Ages 40 to 49 should be screened every year or two. In 1993, the National cancer Institute stopped recommending that women in their 40s get regular mammograms saying there a no evidence the examinations significantly reduce breast cancer deaths in that age group. A a a a. A7 a authors of the review of 13 studies said they  find any significant evidence either. A this study a important message for women is that those 50 to 74 who underwent screening mammography had a 26 percent reduction in breast cancer deaths compared with women who did not a said the Lead author or. Karla Kerlikowski an assistant clinical professor of Medicine and epidemiology and Bio statistics at the University of California at san  routine mammograms yielded an insignificant reduction in breast cancer deaths in women Ages ,40 to 49 after the same length of follow up a seven to nine a ears her team found. The reduction was 7 percent it researchers could not be sure the number Wasny to due to Chance. In the Cost Benefit analysis researchers at the Rand corp. In Santa Monica calif., estimated that a health plan covering 500,000 people would spend $11.9 million Over six years to give biennial mammography is to All women aged 50 to 69 and would save 11.9 lives per year. Screening women Ages 40. To 49 every two years would Cost an additional $11.7 million Over seven years and would save Zero to 1.1 lives per year said the researchers led by or Herman Kattlove. Rand is an Independent think tank. A screening women Ages 70 to 74 would Cost $1.6 million Oyer three years and would not save a significant number of lives the researchers said. Or. Melody Cobleigh director of the comprehensive breast Center at Rush Prysby Tyrian St. Luke a medical Center in Chicago said she will continue to urge women younger than 50 to get mammograms. A Over the weekend i went through the records of patients id seen newly diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994,�?� she said tuesday a in our 120 cases there were 50 women Between Ages 40 and 50. Thirty five percent were diagnosed on the basis of screening mammography a three a a crowd three husky Shepherd puppies vie for position As they Peck at the outside world from inside a wooden Kennel on a pickup truck near  Mont. The Kennel keeps them warm but offers a Lousy  faces fondling charges Syracuse . A a Parish incr at a roman Catholic Church has been accused of fondling eight women during the a sign of peace Quot part of the mass when people Exchange greetings with those sitting near them. John Jureller 60, was charged tuesday with 22 Misdemeanour counts of sexual abuse for allegedly touching the women a breasts during services at St Lucy a Catholic Church last year. Jureller told officers he said a Nice sweater to one woman after touching sex Hud chief admits Rolein v a Washington a former Hud Secretary Samuel Pierce admitted wednesday that his conduct contributed to the Federal housing scandal of the 1980s, but the sex Cabinet Secretary Irv the Reagan administration avoided criminal prosecution. V. A in a Deal capping the governments investigation Federal prosecutors released a statement in which Pierce said his meetings with friends who were lobbying for Federal housing funds a sent signals to my staff that such person should receive  a these meetings and conversations and my following discussions with staff members created the appearance that i endorsed my friends efforts a said pierces statement dated dec. 15. Pierces statement ends a criminal investigation by Independent counsel Arlin Adams that resulted in 16 convictions of former High ranking officials and businessmen. The probe has brought $2 million in criminal fines Adams said pierces poor health was a Factor in not pursuing an indictment and trial a a. A a a a a a pierce�?Ts1 two Page statement placed much of the blame on his aides. A i failed to Monitor and control a Hud program to rehabilitate housing for people with moderate incomes the statement said. Deborah Gore Dean a pierces former executive assistant a was convicted in 1993 of 12 felony counts of defrauding the government taking a payoff and lying to Congress. At Deans trial prosecutors said she was at. The Center of a a partnership in crime that enriched her family and friends including John a Mitchell former attorney Genera for former president Nixon. Convalescing Quayle to run for president pollster declares Washington a a Texas pollster says there a no longer any doubt about whether former vice president Dan Quayle will enter the contest for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination. A a he a running a David Hill said tuesday in a Telephone interview from what he called a Quayle Headquarters the Quayle Home in Indiana. A a in a going to help Dan on his Campaign for president. I.  be Here if there Wasny to a  a a a a.  a a Quayle was released from the Hospital monday after an appendectomy. A a we re finding out How quickly he can get Back in the swing of things a Hill said. By the end of the month Quayle will be on the Campaign Trail Hill said. Among his first destinations will be Iowa and new Hampshire where the first presidential caucuses and primary Are scheduled in february 1996. Marilyn Quayle stood in for her husband monday at a speech in Hammond ind., and used the forum to Bash potential rivals for the nomination. She did not go so far As to declare her husband a Cany dilate but said he would announce his plans in a couple of weeks her breasts a out of All the women i intentionally Only touched the breasts of two because i thought they were attractive Quot he told police. A police said the women first approached their pastor about Juresh cry a behaviour. The pastor suggested that Jureller get counselling and asked him to apologize to the women. The women met with police last week after they Learned that Jureller was suspected of fondling a mentally handicapped woman in a separate incident a woman Falls from drawbridge Miami apr. A pregnant woman Clung desperately to the Edge of a drawbridge and finally fell 50 feet onto the sidewalk after the tender of  mistakenly raised the Span As she was walking across. The 25-Ycar-pd woman whose identity was not released miscarried after the fait tuesday and was in critical condition. She had been six months pregnant. ,. The Bridge tender Willie j. Burns said he could not hear motorists and passers by screaming at him in his bulletproof soundproof Booth on the Bridge. Burns told police he did t see the woman when he raised the Bridge Over the Miami River  Span. Kimberly Coleman a spokeswoman for the state transportation department called the Accident a a horrible a horrible