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Show FTC Wants New TobaccoWarning World Briefs Hostage Comes Home SUCCASUNNA.N J UPI A young Peace Corps volunteer who was held hostage in Salvador returned to her New Jersey hom the weekend and quietly slipped away nun: disclosed hideaway. her family says Deborah Loff 25 has “gone away now.” her 17-year-old brother Gary said Sunday. “I can't Say where. but it sure feels great having her back. WASHINGTON urging Congress warning label (UPI A teder agency Is to consider rotating different cigarette packs with each The Congress w commission consider a system the Federal Trade Commission said in its annual report to Congress day night and, at a news conference at Newark Sweden's 2-vear-old system provides for Debbie back present,” said Miss Loff's mother, Carol Miss Loff returned to the United States Satur- International Airport. promptly announced her engagement to fellow Peace Coprs volunteer George Like of Portsmouth. Ohio, who returned from Central America with her A smiling and tanned Miss Loff told reporters at the airport that she was not bitter about her experience in El Salvador She and 10other peo: ple were taken hostage by leftist guerrillas Dec 16 as they worked in the central marketplace of San Salvador. the nation’s capitol The guerrillas released thc hostages last Fri day after winning economic concessions for workers in the marketplace Miss Loff, a health care advocate in the country for the last 14 months. said she was treated well during tivity and added she intendedto return to E] Salvadorsoonto “finish mywork.” Animals Pose Hazard SALISBURY, Rhodesia (UPI) — Commonwealth troops arriving to monitor Rhodesia’s truce have been warned that wild animals could be just as dangerous as landmines, boobytraps and rogue guerrillas in the bush Snakes that can kill in seconds, elephants and man-eating lions are just a few of the other hazards “Some of you maybe going to areas where lions have tasted humanflesh,’ W. R. Thomson of the National Parks Boardtoldthe first group of troops. ‘Others may encounter herds of elephants on the road or a rhin» in the bush. But don’t be afraid. Just stay calra.”” The statement drew nervouslaughter and one wry comment “You don’t hear that when you arrive in Belfast,” one of the group said. ‘I’m used to landmines, butlions andelephants. Nosir. that’s a bit too much to imagine.” The troops havebeen sent to monitor the truce signed Friday in London between warring factions in Rhodesia. The ceasefireofficially ends a seven-year civil war. All of the arriving troops, who come from countriesin the British Commonwealth, receive the samebriefing on the dangersof meeting wild animals whiie on duty in the sprawling Rhodesian bushland. The main objective of the lecture is to impress on them that most animalswill not attack humans unless provoked. The quickie course in animal psychology includesuseful advice such as‘don’t sleep next to water holes unless you want to get stepped on by an elephant,” and‘keep a fire going to frighten away hungry hyenas.” Polls Perk up for Carter NEW YORK(UPI) — A Time magazinepoll shows President Carter's handling of the Iran crisis has made him the solid favorite for renomination and re-election. Time said most of 1,041 respondents in the Yankelovich, Skelly and White Inc., sampling said Carter has dealt with the crisis “just right.” The telephone poll of voters, conducted aking it unlikely that ™ e Warning any longer rent danger mmends that of rotating label imilar to the present Swedish is our Christmas Having curr ent janger labe one mentioning specific health hazards such as heart dd isease. bronchitis and er ent warning cigarette labels with eachpac! ents on featuring eitie diseases n Gen te Smoking Is The report citing a Roper Organization sur vey for the tobacco industry. said 66 percent of labe i $875 d to arette smokers would like to quit wkers surveyed indicated The FTC governme and health, and h Suasive reasons for q é onthe effects of smoking problems. z are per Survey also was quoted as ‘nee of the non-smokers. rights 1 the most dangerous development viability of the tobacco industry that t t recommended tha \ propria > the put ation cai Boy Comes Back to Life After Long, Icey Dunking CHIPPEWA FALLS. Wis. (UPI) — At first doctors thought Darven Miller was dead. He had been under the freezing water of Duncan Creek for 30 minutes, his skin had turned a deep blue and his body temperature was 82 degrees But the 11-year-old boy with the heart “that wants to live’ will be home for Christmas in good physical and mental condition. Miller broke through the ice of Duncan Creek Dec. 13. The Chippewa Falls Fire Department recovered his body an hour later. He had been under water for 30 minutes. His lungs full of water, Miller was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in ChippewaFalls. His pupils were dilated. He was not breathing. His heartbeat wasvery low and erratic. His body temperature was 87 degrees andfell to 82 When he camein. he was by clinical evaluation dead.” Dr Bruno Rahn said He said Miller was given shots of adrenalin andanelectric shock to revive his heart, but he was very cold. His body remained a deep blue color “T told the staff, if there's any chance to do some good, we're going to haveto get someheat backinto his body Rahn said The staff wrapped the boy’s bodyin a heating wrapthatcirculated water heated to 105 degrees aroundhis body, gave him more injections and two more jolts of electricity. The monitor showed an erratic bleep. and one hour and 10 minutes after Miller had been broughtto the hospital, his cardiopulmonary system began working “First, whenhestarts to get a heartbeat back, you say. ‘Oh my God. he’s been dead 20 minutes. Whatif he survives?’’” Rahn said “You can't play God. Here's a heart that wants tolive so you supportit Then the boy's pupils responded tolight Rahn said We had another branch put back on the tree, so you're now supporting something of a nervous system you're now supporting circulation. too so again you can't quit,” Rahn said ‘We got nothing then except little bleep as we kept working “he said ‘And! think it was the godsendthatkeptus from facing the ultimate decision: Are we saving a vegetable or what are we doing?” The boy was reported in stable condi- tion. He has a normaldiet and his mental condition was reported good His hands remained swollen and unable to grasp objects. but his personal physi: cian, Dr. Romeo Sangalang, predicted the boy would make full recovery Ditched Flier OK but Stranded HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (UPI) — Anunexpected Christmas visitor, a downed American flier. dropped out of the sky for a stay on a Soviet weather ship stationed in the icy waters of the north Atlantic Ocean. Paul Golastern of Austin, Tex.. was forced to ditch his small plane in the Atlantic while flying to Ireland. The Russian weather ship Georgy Ushakov picked him up but since the ship was on stationary duty, Goldstern does not know whenhe will reach land again Unlessa passingship stops for him, the pilot will likely spend Christmas in the company of Soviet weathermen and sailors, 750 mileseastof St. John’s, Newfoundland. Canadian authorities said Sunday the Georgy Ushakov is assigned to take weather readings in the area and is not due to dock in Canada —or anywhereelse — for perhaps eight months. “That ship just sits there.”” dian Forces Capt. Don Robson. ‘He's just stuck there until a passing vessel might take him on board. Ships that pass in the night, shall we say. They'll have to contact one of them and wherever it goes, he goes.” Staple Gun Helps Find Heart Ills BALTIMORE (UPI) — Researchersat Johns Hopkins University say they hope tests that they are developing. including one using a modified staple gun,will help them learn more about the reasons some people are susceptible to heart disease. Dr. Phillip R. Reid. director of the university’s Sudden Death Prevention Program, said the staple gun test may provide an easy wayof determing whether a person has a high risk of contracting tachycardia, an abnormallyfast heartbeat that can cause death. _ Reid said the procedureis performed by firing an unloaded staple gun into the patient's chest to provokethe heart to beat faster, Doctors havefoundthat if there is more than one extra heartbeat the patient is susceptible to tachycardia, Reid said. He said the test is far simpler than a more risky test that most cardiologists now use. 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