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WOWING 1500, SCREAMING ladies at the Ladies Night Spectacular heid last
Thursday at the Hyatt Regency is North Shore's own Ted Cotter. Obviously enjoying
himself, Ted was one of the winners in the Vancouver's Most Eligible Bachelor
competition. In addition to the 23 contestants, the women were entertained by the
considerable talents of a well-known male exotic dancer, Patches. (Ellsworth Dickson

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WASHINGTON (UPI)
The Food and Drug Ad-
ministration ‘“recently  or-
dered an investigation to
-determine whether the drug
Depo-Provera can be safely
marketed as an injectible
contraceptive good for up to -
three months ata time.

The drug, which has been,
linked to breast cancer in
test animals, is widely used
overseas where by some
accounts it has been given to
an estimated 5 million
women in.70 countries.

-One year ago, however,
the FDA turned down an
application from _ its
‘manufacturer, the Upjohn
Co., for permission to
“the shot” in this

the animal tests and noted
the the drug can also cause

HOW HOW YOU CAN |

Trend to drinking ‘light’

By JOHN SCHREINER

One trend has dominated
the wine-drinking world for
several years now: ~ the
demand for white wines is
running well ahead of the
demand for reds. Last
summer, during the B.C.
beer strike, British Columbia
wineries sold out their stocks
of popular whites. Some
brands were unavailable for
months.

This year, demand for
whites has surged again.
““Phore~hawe~been—-dramatic

general manager of Andres.
“We're looking at increases
around 60 per cent.”

Ste. Michelle’s Bob Holt
reports their Chenin Blanc is
selling four to five times
more quickly than had been
expected and the label may
be out of stock later in the
year. ,

Evans Lougheed has the
same concern about
Casabello's Fleur de Blanc,
which sold twice as many
cases last year as the year
before. The 1978 vintage of
this wine, a blend based on
Okanagan Riesling, is off to
a strong sales start this
season.

Why this trend? “There’s a
big trend to cold, to people
drinking cold) wines,” An-
dres Berry says. “We are a

cold beverage continent,”
agrees Ste. Michelle’s Holt.

In North America, there
has been a steady trend since
the 1960's toward beverages

. which are regarded as light.
White rum took over from
dark rum. Light whiskies
began replacing full-bodied
ones, The taste pendulum
has just kept swinging,
finally clicking onto white
wines. Most recently, there
has been a paralle] demand
for lower-alcohol wines, also
with lightness 1 in mind.

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“Okanagan vineyards- ‘are
‘increasing the acreages of
grapes for white wines.
Meanwhile, to meet -the
anticipated demands of
. Summer, B.C. vintners are
importing California whites
to be blended with their
products (like Ste Michelle's
Rhine Castle, now selling at
three times the expected
volume).

At vintage this fall, British
Columbia wineries likely will
be allowed to import more
than the usual 20 per cent of

their grape supply, and this
will bring more white grapes
north from the Napa Valley.

White wines are not only
to be enjoyed on their own,
but are being mixed into
cocktails. There is a famed
French wine cocktail called
Kir, a mixture of a dry white
and a blackberry liqueur
called cassis. For a less
volatile version, try adding a
few dollops of Ribena, a
delicious blackcurrant syrup
from Britain, to a ary

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During a recent German
tour, Holt noted that one of
the most popular was white
wine mixed half and_ half
with sparkling mineral
water.

“T'll bet you five you see it
take off here,” he says.

(John Schreiner is an in-
dependent wine con-
nolsseur).

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‘severe "

~ mm enstrual
irregularities in women.

- The FDA said it was

‘convening a public board of

inquiry to invéstigate the
drug’s use as a contraceptive
and render a decision which
can then be acted on by the
FDA commissioner.

‘Upjotm had asked the
FDA to establish such a
board. It has also said it
continues to believe Depo-
Provera. “is safe and ef-
fective” when used at
recommended doses and

that the tumors in monkeys

on which the drug was tested
appeared related to the
amount of the dose, not the
drug itself.

,

The National Women’s

Health Network, which
opposes the drug, charged

Full information on ail
aspects of assistance to the
refugees by individual
citizens or groups is now
available from a_ special
Coordinating Centre set up

last week by the City of
Vancouver.

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last month that about 10, 000
American women are being
given Depo-Provera each
year as an—injectible. con-

traceptive despite the fact— ..

‘that. it is not approved for
that purpose.

The drug is available to
doctors for. other purposes - |
most notably the treatment
of inoperable uterine cancer
- and some doctors are

.¥eportedly continuing to
prescribe it as a con-
traceptive.

The women’s group said
its investigation showed
some public health clinics
across the country ‘were -
administering “the shot”. It
also said other side effects of
the drug were infertility,
possible sterility, hair loss,
suppression of sex drive,
weight gain and depression.

The phone number of this
City Coordinating Centre is

873-4455.

located at

The centre is

-3170 Cambie
Street (at 16th Avenue).

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