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Congregations from bomb-damaged churches join on Palm Sunday
■ BOMBING: Patrol cars and
mounted sheriff's deputies led the
procession of palm bearers
OKLAHOMA (TTY |AP) - Hundred,
of worshiper* who*e chunJum were dam
aged in the federal building bombing ear
ned palm frond* to a makeshift chapel nmr
the bleat *tte for a Palm Sunday Mrvtce
"We are determined that evil will not
triumph over good.' Mid Rev Nick Har
ris a* worshipers huddled together in the
37-degree chill, waving palm fronds and
shouting "Amen*"
The April 19. I«U5 bomhmg damaged
several churches in the blocks surround
mg the Alfred P Mumh FwteraJ Building
The First Methodist Church and St
Joseph 's (,dihedral, which stand imme
diately east and west of the bomb site, were
the worst hit.
The Roman Catholic cathedral wa*
reatored. but Ham* *atd he plan* to build
a new. larger church that will incorporate
the parking tot now occupied by the Heart
land Chapel.
That i* our commitment to thi* comer,
to thi* pU« Ham* «aul. pointing to the
raised bombing *ite
The multi denominational chapel,
which ha* been * magnet (or *ight«eer». i*
‘imply a email roof held up by po*t*
(tenches surround a plain altar that held
(eddy beam, flowers and small American
flags at Sunday's service
Patrol airs and mounted Oklahoma
County Sheriff's deputies led the parade
in a nine block procession from Si. Luke s
Methodist Church to the chapel
As the group passed the trundling site,
cheerful conversations were muted out of
respe* t for the tttO people killed in the
bled
Mutant gene
linked with
heart disease,
adult diabetes
■ RESEARCH The gene n
its altered form appears lo
inhibit the conversion of
certain fats to energy
PAULAS (AP| —- Researcher*
say they have found a gene that
for the first time can tie directly
associated with coronary artery
disease and adult diabetes
The study "opens wider the
possibility of genetic testing to
assess a person's risk profile
more specific ally. Dr Xing Li
Wang and his colleagues said
Their report appear* in
today's edition of the journal
Circulation, published by the
Dallas-based American Heart
Association
The gene targeted by tie*
research is a mutant or changed
form of one that tells the body
how to make an enzyme that
turns fats in the bloodstream
into a source of energy.
In the study of 475 men and
women, people carrying Die
mutant gene were 1,73 times
more likely to have coronary
arteries blocked by fatty
deposits, reported Wang and
Dr* D E L. Wiltken and K M
Met .redia
Carrier* of the gene also were
three times mure likely to devel
op diabetes as adults
The degree of coexistence of
the gene with the two diseases
"was far more than that by
chance alone." the authors
wrote
However. Wang said further
study is needed
The findings, while "not a
breakthrough," do provide a
starting point for further explo
ration of the link between genet
ics and heart disease and
adult-onset diabetes, said Dr
Abhtmanyu Ciarg He is a profes
sor of internal medicine at the
University of Texas Southwest
ern Medical Center at Dallas
(iarg emphasized that increas
ing evidence of a genetic link
makes it important that carriers
of suspect genes control known
risk factors such as a high cho
lesterol diet, obesity ana physi
cs! inactivity.
"We can't take an approach,
'Well, it is all in the genes, what
can we do?"* Gaig said
The study was conducted in
the Cardiovascular Genetics
Laboratory of Prince Henry Ho*
pile). Sydney. Australia
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