rapists jailed
Twenty-five percent were
dismissed because the eomplain-
sex otienders, once caught, usu
ally do not repeat their crimes,
but those who do repeat are
likely to commit other violent
crimes.
In reviewing the reasons for
dismissal of rape charges, the
study found that 7 percent of the
cases were dismissed because
the story of the witness “was im
plausible or contradicted by
other testimony.
ing witness did not show up.
Another 3 percent were dis
missed for “lack of prosecutive
merit,” 9 percent for “evidence
problems,” 4 percent for "ele
ment of offense missing,” and 6
percent for “problem with an es
sential witness.”
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Aggies now are able to test their abilities to
cope with the forces of nature. The Physical
Education Department offers a series of sur
vival, backpacking and shooting sports
courses and furnishes much of the equipment
required. The class shares any extra expenses
that may occur on the weekend trips.
Battalion photo by Craig Rogers
Survey shows Soviets
are expanding arsenal
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LONDON — The United States
a Stockpile of more than twice as
my nuclear warheads as the
oviet Union, but the Soviet
arlwnds pack a heftier punch and
irir number is growing fast, the au-
loritative International Institute
ir Strategic Studies said recentK .
[in its annual "Military Balance”
urvey the Institute said the two
ipeqwnvers, unable to add to their
niories of missile launchers under
le 1974 Vladivostok agreement be-
een former President Gerald
ordand Soviet President Leonid I.
rezhnev, are concentrating on
modernizing and in some areas ex-
anding their nuclear capabilities.
Tlie Institute is an independent
itemational center for information
ad research on problems of secu-
ity, defense and control in the nu-
tear age.
The survey did not make any as
sessment of relative nuclear
strengths of the United States and
the Soviet Union.
"The United States," it said,
"concentrated on improvements to
the existing triad of intercontinental
ballistic missiles, sea-launched bal
listic missiles and bombers and con
tinued to fund development pro
grams for new systems for deploy
ment in the 1980s.
“The Soviet Union,” it said, “con
tinued with broad modernization of
intercontinental ballistic-Iaunched
ballistic missiles and bombers.
In actual nuclear warheads the
Institute said the United States
could launch more than 11,000 —
almost twice as many as a decade
ago. The present Soviet warhead ar
senal, it said, is 4,500. But this will
soar to more than 7,500 in the early
1980s, and the “individual warheads
have significantly higher yields than
U.S. ones.”
On the ground in Europe the In
stitute said the discrepancy between
Communist Warsaw Pact and North
Atlantic Treaty Organizatior
strengths continued to widen.
The Soviets, the Institute said,
have added 7,0(X) tanks of all types
during the past year to bring their
total from 43,000 to 50,000 — more
than three times as many as NATO.
NATO’s tank strength remains
“fairly constant, the survey said.
But it said the West has partially
offset its weakness in tanks by in
creasing its armory of anti-tank
missiles.
The survey said the overall bal
ance of Western and Communist
bloc forces in Europe is “moving
steadily against the West.”
But it said “the overall balance
still appears to make military ag
gression seem unattractive.
Experts say cancer s start
may be in today s suntan
WASHINGTON — Experts who
iave completed their review of the
ink between skin cancer and expo-
in e to the sun say their concern is
lot a matter of this summer or next
-but what happens to your skin 20
to 50 years from now.
It can take that long for today’s
ose of sun to show up as skin
mceror other changes in the skin.
That is why the scientists who re-
lewed the situation for the Food
nd Drug Administration have rec-
Immended that products which bill
lemselves as sunscreens carry a
'arning that too much sun can
luse skin cancer or prematurely
;ed skin.
They have also concluded that
iinscreen products do work, and
ley can help in reducing the inci-
ence of skin cancer. Currently
about 9,000 Americans develop
lalignant skin cancer each year,
nd another 300,000 develop benign
in disease.
While the report officially rec-
mmends that the FDA require a
statement on sunscreen labels say
ing that “liberal and regular” use of
sunscreens can reduce the chances
of developing cancer, the suggestion
was not a unanimous one.
Three of the seven outside ex
perts the FDA called together to
make the report disagreed with the
warning recommendation. The con
sumer representative on the panel,
who did not have a vote, also dis
agreed with the advice.
The reason, they said, is that the
language would suggest to users that
skin cancer can indeed be pre
vented by use of sunscreens, and
that it doesn t take into account the
fact that some persons may already
have had too much exposure to the
sun. The minority report concludes:
“Because data are not yet conclu
sive that skin cancers are prevent
able by these over-the-counter
products, the minority suggests that
a claim of may reduce harmful ef
fects of the sun is acceptable, but
the final step of preventing cancer is
unwarranted at this time. ”
The FDA has published the re
port for comment and will make a
final decision on whether to propose
a label warning later on. It noted the
disagreement among the experts
and said special attention must be
given to make sure consumers are
not misled by whatever stejrs it fi
nally takes.
The panel’s report noted that
damage to the skin is “cumulative
and 20 to 50 years may pass before
skin changes including skin cancers
appear.” Persons who do develop
skin cancer are advised to use sun
screens by their doctors, it added,
not to correct the situation “but to
prevent skin cancer from today’s ex
posure from appearing 10 to 20
years hence.”
The report gives a clean bill of
health to several sunscreen ingre
dients, including one of the most
common — aminobenzoic acid, or
PABA.
“For over 40 years aminobenzoic
acid has been known to be an effec
tive sunscreen,” the report states.
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