European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 02, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 2, 1980 the stars and stripes Page s nurse cleared Las vegas net., mine a in Adams smiles As she heirs a murder indictment against her dismissed. Nicknamed death s Angel she had been charged Stith causing the death of a patient by tampering with lire support equipment. But judge Michael Wendell ruled the stale failed to pro Iida enough evidence. Flanking Adams Are her attorneys Mel tin Belli right of san Francisco and Gary Logan of  vegas. A questions raised by heart specialists no fat reduction advice criticized new York not government experts on nutrition and health in several agencies have sharply criticized As inadequate and misleading a report on diet issued by the food and nutrition Board of the National Academy of sciences which advised no reductions in the intake of Choles Terol and fat by healthy americans. The report prepared by a sin member unit of the Board said there was not enough evidence available to make a general dietary recommendation aimed at reducing the risk of heart disease. It s True thai not All the facts Are  said or. Robert Levy director of the National heart lung and blood Institute a division of the National institutes of health. But to recommend doing nothing in the meantime is inappropriate. The exist ing information indicates that americans should hedge their bets and seek a diet lower in saturated fats and cholesterol at least until More evidence is  in response to the criticism the six Mem Bers of the study group defended their conclusions saying they were based on a Long and careful review of existing studies. However government officials have raised these questions about the members and their procedures important scientific data were disregarded by the Board particularly a vast number of  or population bomb thrown from car Brussels up an explosive de vice was thrown at the saudi arabian embassy in Brussels bul apparently caused Only limited damage police said. The bomb was thrown from a passing car and exploded in front of the embassy. I n and of time studies that link a diet Rich in fat and cholesterol to a High risk of heart attacks. The Board which has no members who arc epidemiologists cardiologists or Public health experts and which consulted none for the study docs not have the bal Ance of experts needed to evaluate such data properly. The Board is composed largely of biochemists and nutritionists. The Board has Strong ties to the food Industry. Two Board members Are food company executives and some Board Mem Bers from universities serve As paid Consul Tants to food companies including egg producers. Although the Board receives Federal contracts for specific projects the Board s Basic support comes from food Industry contributions which were used to finance the diet report. The Board s recommendations Are in consistent saying on the one hand that it is scientifically unsound to make single All inclusive recommendations to the Public about diet and then doing just that with regard to Salt and alcohol intake. The 20-Page report concluded that since clinical studies had not shown a life saving Benefit from eating less fat and cholesterol it was unwise to Issue Broad recommendations on these nutrients. The Board noted that  studies showed Only coincidental associations Between fats cholesterol and heart disease not cause and effect. However the report emphasized the importance of maintaining a Normal body weight and suggested a reduction in fat in take and an increase in exercise As the Best ways to lose weight. The report also stressed the advisability of consuming no More than the equivalent of three mixed alcoholic drinks a Day and restricting Salt intake to three to eight Grams a Day. Currently the average Macri can consumes about 10 Grams of Salt a Day. What came out was another report of opinions rather than any new facts said Levy. Those who wrote the report have expressed those same opinions for the last 10  the Board chairman. Or. Alfred e. Harper and the head of the group that wrote the report. Or. Robert e. Olson have on numerous previous occasions said that there was no adequate evidence on which to base dietary guidelines for the general population to reduce the risk of heart disease. I believe our report was done in a very objective Way Harper said. Levy who says he does not advocate drastic dietary restrictions noted that americans had been changing their diets in recent years toward one lower in saturated fats and cholesterol. This is not a time to go backwards he added. Or. Wayne Callaway chief nutrition specialist at the department of health and human services said although the report was written to reduce Public confusion it will probably contribute to  in the stars and stripes. 30 years ago today june 2, 1950 defense Secretary Louis a. Johnson asked Congress for a three year Cal Calion of the draft act with no strings attached. 20 years ago today june 2, i960 Serpent expert William e. Haast 49, so often Billon his blood had been used As Snake bite scrum survived his 63rd attack. 10 years ago today june 2, 1970 the army said it had investigated but found thai there was no Kun flux klan a Lavern existing at any army Post in West Germany. They roam White at Home o or All the world s foam Eldersburg my. A three Maryland men 53-year-old childhood friends spend every tuesday night inside a cozy Den trying to Circle the Globe by sipping from All the world s Beers. So far they have tasted 1,244 Beers from 62 countries. Their aim is to taste 2,000 Beers from 100 nations. For the most part tasting brews from far and wide is a pleasant pastime. It has become an obsession said Gordon Matulonis. But not always. Often Matulonis and his buddies Eddie Budelli and Casimir Razulis pause to reflect when they hear that another brewery has closed. We stand and we Salute another brewery gone said Matulonis. It s sad said Budelis. We keep a Book of obits added Razulis. Almost every tuesday the three As semble in Matuk mis Den for what they View As a scholarly study of the Golden beverage. We d hate to see someone in our family ill or in the Hospital on a tuesday night said Matulonis who once startled passersby in Toronto when he got Down on hands and Knees to pay homage outside the Molson brewery. The men carefully log their evaluations of each sip in notebooks and Index All the Beers they taste. We keep Good records because some of this Huff you Don t want to drink twice said Razulis. They have tasted Stork Beer from Senegal Beer Sheba from Israel mar athon from Greece prestige from Haiti and Rosy Pelican from India As Well As brews from Fiji Gambia and the azores. The Walls of Matulonis Den Are lined from floor to ceiling with empty remind ers of their thirsty work. But Matulonis Budelis and Razulis stress that they Are not Beer can collectors. We collect Beers not junk said Razulis. At 7 . Sharp and rarely a minute before Matulonis Calls the meeting to order at the bar in his Den. His wife Elinor who serves As bar tender and referee when the scholarly discussion becomes heated produces three tall tasting glasses each con Taining a few inches of Beer and the evening s research begins. Matulonis Budelis and Razulis then Start sipping pausing now and then to discuss the merits and demerits of the brew in question. We have an inventory of about 30 untested Beers. We never know what we re drinking said Razulis. Only mrs. Matulonis knows and she brings out the empty bottle when the tasting and discussion Are Over. The amount of Beer consumed is not great. In the course of about two hours they will taste six bottles of Beers among them. Moderation is the Rule said Razu Lis. The men have a few harsh words for american Brewers predicting that the decline of local breweries bodes ill for . Ctr drinkers. The big ones arc devouring the Little ones said Matulonis shaking his head. They also believe Many . Brewers emphasize marketing Over the Quality of their product. Advertising has destroyed it. A Small brewery can t buy a half a minute on the super bowl said Matulonis. The three Don t agree on everything bul say with some degree of Harmony that German Beer is tops. Germany is still the Valhalla said Matulonis. And they agree that russian Beer is not. They put a special Effort into Mak ing it bad Over there said Budelis