European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 1, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 vacation Wise . Is nation of driving ambition Joys of citizenship displaying his Joy after becoming a . Citizen Richard Viet Silver 5, Ash land ore., holds a Book explaining the american heritage during naturalization ceremonies at the Jackson county courthouse in Oregon. The Vietnam ref Ugee was among 33 people sworn in from 13 countries. I i Washington up the 1978 Vaca lion Rush to the wide open spaces is on. And this year looks even bigger than 1977, the latest year in an upward swing under Way since the 1975 recession. Virtually nothing not even higher Gas Oline prices will Stop the average Ameri can from hitting the Road at some time this year and there will be More than 20 Mil lion foreign tourists clogging the paths will them the government predicts. Statistics gathered by the . Travel data Center in Washington indicate that 39.s million american families will be vacationing by car this year 1.4 million More than last year. Our research team has found that the Impact of rising gasoline prices will be minimal says James Imwold marketing operations manager for the 3m National advertising co. Less than one in 10 Auto vacation households anticipate shortening the duration of their vacation if prices in crease in 78." indeed said Imwold it is not uncommon. To find households that Are taking set Weck vacations with passenger cars or recreation  it looks very very Good All Over the country said assistant Commerce Secre tary Fabian Chavez who pointed to travel agent business up 16 percent Over last year. Where is everybody headed Way out West mostly including Alaska where hordes of camera toting souvenir Hunters will be in evidence for the next few months. Predictions differ but very few tourist de Clines Are foreseen for any area of the nation. The nation s capital traditionally a tourist Magnet will again show an in crease various authoritative sources say. By and Large vacations will last about 13 Days statistics indicate. Both in people and dollars Imwold said Auto vacations endure As the largest single segment of the total vacation  Fra wants protein product warnings even the rats could t survive diet Washington a the government put 200 obese rats on strict protein diets similar to those blamed for the deaths of 16 women and 95 percent of the animals died within a month. The rats deaths seemed to Bear striking similarities to those of the women who the government said were victims of a popular liquid protein modified fast. The 16 women All Between the Ages of 25 and 44, died suddenly generally following cardiac arrhythmia which Are irregularities in heartbeat seemingly similar to those observed in the rats. The food and drug administration has attacked the liquid protein diet As being potentially lethal. Fra commissioner Donald Kennedy said however there have been no recent reports of deaths linked to the diets. A spokesman for the Fra said preliminary results of the study of fat rats Indi Cate that females Are dramatically More susceptible to diets of this kind than males although we Don t know  the study also indicates that vitamins and minerals particularly potassium pro longed the life of the dieting rats for a few Days but were not sufficient to keep them healthy. Fra spokesman Wayne Pines said other Early findings of the study include a Pat Tern of sudden death possibly due to heart attacks. He said scientists also observed that calories do count As a Factor because a group of rats fed twice the calories in the form of protein As other groups tended to survive longer. Only 11 rats All of them male were still alive on Friday one month after the diets began. Pines said. The tests Are still under Way. The Laboratory findings were disclosed As the Fra prepared to Issue a new set of warnings it plans to require on labels of liquid protein and other dietary protein products. Last december the Fra proposed to order All liquid protein products and Simi Lar diet aids to display prominently warn Ings that said very Low calorie protein diets May cause serious illness or  and it proposed warning Consumers not to pan am strike averted new York a pan american world airways prevented a strike by reaching a tentative contract agreement with a Union representing about 5,800 ground workers the company announced. But air bus and seaborne passengers also will be on the upswing studies show. As for accommodations once you reach your destination John Lesure a partner in the marketing firm of Laventhol and Hor Wath said hotel occupancy will Range be tween 68 and 70 percent of capacity this year a slight increase Over 1977. Campers will have plenty of company. The . Park service expects 270 million visitors this year to the More than 7150 National Parks. Two tips from a Park sen ice official try going during the off Peak months of May and september and try exploring the lesser known Parks that frequently offer the same attractions As the More celebrated areas. Most foreign tourists As usual will be canadians. They will comprise almost 64 percent of that Market. Beverly Shipka of the . Travel serv ice an Agency within the Commerce department says statistics also forecast a marked increase in the number of tourists from Venezuela up 20 percent from last year. Overall the number of foreign tourists will increase More than 8 percent to 20.1 million. Chavez said general Confidence in the . Economy is partly responsible for the crush of travel by americans. As for the influx of foreign tourists Chavez said the decline of the . Dollar against other world currencies makes travel in the United states a very Good buy and agents Are pushing that reasoning Over seas. The United states is the tourist Destina Tion buy of the whole world Chavez said. At the american automobile association Public information manager John Jennrich said one tourist volume weather vane requests for Road maps shows All kinds of travel increasing. Last year he said americans made 740.8 million personal trips including Busi Ness and pleasure stays away from Home for at least one night. That s an average of about three trips a year for every Man woman and child in the country and a number that soon will Rise. Use the products without medical supervision. The proposals Are still pending final action and no warnings have yet been required on these products. Protein supplements usually sold in powder form by health food stores for people who want to increase their Normal intake of protein would have to carry the warning about the danger of very Low Calo Rie protein diets and advice not to use the supplements for weight reduction. Pines said that on the basis of comments received after publication of Fra s pro posed warnings the Agency now plans to require a third warning for some powdered protein products that Are intended to re place Only one or two meals a Day on an otherwise balanced  the Fra s announcement that it received numerous reports of deaths among people on the stalled protein sparing fast the Agency observed a marked drop in sales of liquid protein  Are no reliable figures on How Many people tried the regimen but the Book that  it the last Chance diet by Philadelphia Osteopath Robert Linn had More than 2 million paperback copies in print when the govern ment launched its attack. Theondo of time May 1, ims greek minister of Justice Christos ladas was gravely injured by an Assassin who attacked Lanai with a Gre Nade and killed a policeman. Martial Law was proclaimed throughout Athens u a result of the attempt on ladas Lile. May 1. 1958 the Western Auter have agreed to accept uvula s demands for separate pre oui Emu talks with each of the three Western ambassadors in Moscow a British foreign office spokesman an  1, ims gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller of new York who Pound a flood of write in votes Only noun after Anno nning us candidacy Lor the rep Nucara presiden tial nomination won the Massachusetts primary today in a startling upset