European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stateside the stars and stripes june 1985 up photo running for a cause Ultra Marathon runners Malcolm of and Marvin of new York Cross a symbolic finish line in Chicago after arriving with 65 Days of running behind them and 27 More they have run Miles so far from in route to the total run of Miles was organized to raise funds to Benefit the Amy trophic lateral sclerosis commonly known As Lou Gehrig the two runners plan to arrive in new York on july Reagan nominates Chesney As surgeon general of of Washington a president Reagan has nominated Murphy Chesney for promotion and assignment As the next air Force surgeon defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger the president also announced the current air Force surgeon Max will retire on 1 after More than 34 years of Active Wein Berger Bralliar has served As the air forces top medical officer since August is the air forces Deputy surgeon assuming the Senate approves his he will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant the Pentagon historic City Shepherdstown bans television satellite dishes a television satellite dishes have been banned within the City limits of this which has been declared a historic District in the National were trying to keep the historic value of the mayor Audrey Egle said of the City Council vote to Stop the spread of what she believes Are she said the dishes clash with local historic the mayor says Shepherdstown is following the Lead of the City Council in neighbouring historic harpers which banned dishes there last researchers say Nutrasweet May damage infants Washington up two researchers say Many pregnant women who consume the popular sugar substitute sold As Nutrasweet in soft drinks and other May have babies with permanent brain in a Contention rejected by Nutrasweet Louis Elsas of Emory University in Atlanta also said he believes a key aspartame component can cause similar damage to infants if they ingest it in the six months Fol lowing theres no reason Why the pregnant female should be taking Elsas and theres no reason Why a child less than 6 months old should be taking spar he said the damage May not show up for lawyers for a 5yearold boy who a research team said became uncontrollably and wildly emotional after drinking Nutrasweet products have filed a million damage suit against the products Searle the filed three weeks ago in charges that aspartame is an unreasonably dangerous and harm Ful food additive that causes permanent effects when combined with glucose and Given to children under 6 years it was disclosed last month that the general accounting office is investigating the manner in which commissioner Arthur Hull Hayes of the food and drug administration approved aspartame in 1981 Over the objections of several Agency who challenged brain tumor officials of Searle which last year sold More than million Worth of Nutrasweet for diet soft drinks and other products dismissed the i think quite clearly the data on aspartame does sup port the safety of the Roger Searles associate general said in a recent Lewis a professor of paediatrics and Bioche mistry at the University of Iowa with funding from performed some of the Pivotal studies that supported Fra am i concerned about the safety the answer is would i like to see additional stud ies done of that what science is All Richard vice president for nutrition and medical affairs of Searles Nutrasweet said aspartame has no Adverse effects on the behaviour of children with the exception of a select group who Are alerted to the contents in warning director of medical genetics at and Reuben professor of paediatrics and genetics at the University of Illinois medical have yet to Publ ish any findings that specifically refer to but they said they have extensively studied Phenyl Ali a key component of the and they consider it a Hazard for fetuses and the scientists said in interviews that they approached Searle in the 1970s about their concerns and they believe company sponsored studies of aspartame have not adequately tested the substance for its effects on the human they dont want to Elsas the people at Searle would like to have you think that nothing happens As Long As the phenylalanine level is below the tenfold Elevation level that is the fads safety Elsas also said that women who consume the substance while nursing could present a similar risk to their babies because the extent of phenylalanine in mothers milk has yet to be Elsas and Matalon said consuming even moderate amounts of Nutrasweet raises the concentration of Pheny Kalinine in the Matalon said he was not too concerned about older childrens consuming aspartame be cause the effects on them should be reversible through dietary who began a study april 1 with a Grant from the National institutes of said one in 50 women is particularly sensitive to High phenylalanine consumption and if she ingests aspartame during pregnancy it May cause birth defects such As mild he said the defects would be a matter of concern be cause 8 million to 10 million american women Are believed to be sensitive to explosion Levels storage Bunker at ammunition factory in Texas Texas a a munitions Plant blew leveling a Concrete storage sending a fireball into the sky and spewing chunks of Concrete and Light explosive charges for hundreds of smaller explosions followed the main blast just before and Johnson county sheriff Eddy Boggs said monday that officials planned to let the explosions continue before trying to enter the were just going to let the fire Burn itself out and the explosions run their he the goes ammunition which makes explosives for both Domestic and military was closed at the and no one was he the Plant is in a secluded area about four Miles East of he said the a satellite of a larger operation at nearby made class a including hand grenade fuses and plastic no one knows what set it the sheriff he said the blast appeared to have occurred in a partially buried Concrete storage firefighters from several communities were on the scene and had grass fires under control in less than an authorities residents of nearby towns said they Felt the explosion and could see the fire from the homeowners Miles around reported the blast blew out their Alvarado is 25 Miles South of fort Alvarado police officer Eddy Puckett was on patrol when the Bunker blew it was like there was a fireball in the he after the Flash there was a mushroom then the Boom reagans critics now face response desk7 Washington a Patrick by the combative conservative who recently look charge of White House comm is setting up what he Calls a response desk to counter attacks by the presidents when the administration comes under As very often it does by outside groups or organizations or think then this group will be Able to draw on the re sources of government and the White House and answer it with some defense in Buchanan his mention of think tanks research institutions As potential foes was a re minder of past statements by the onetime strategist for former president appearing before the Senate committee investigating the watergate breakdown that led to Nixon resignation a dozen years Buchanan said nonprofit foundations and institutions often Are Liberal strongholds for the democratic i really think that part of the function of the communications shop is to defend the president when Hes under fire from All Dif Ferent As he naturally is Hes a focal the former columnist and commentator said in a recent interview with the associated and so were going to return a Little who also served As a Nixon speech said he plans to add More writers to the White House Public affairs office to produce speeches and newspaper opinion Page articles on behalf of senior members of the presidents Reagan already has a special speech writing shop within Buchanan Buchanan has taken Over the communications functions formerly handled by Deputy chief of staff Michael who resigned last he acknowledged that reagans second which began with the departure of Many of the presidents longtime got off to a rough Start with a number of legislative defeats and the Public relations disaster Over the presidents visit to a Ger Man military cemetery at theres no doubt about it we went Down a country Road during a lot of rocks in the Buchanan but he added that Reagan appears to have recovered from has improved his standing in Public opinion polls and has moved quickly into a tax Reform plan which was one of the most successful proposals the presidents Ever communicated to the american Reagan has spent much of his time in recent weeks campaigning for his proposal to overhaul the income tax and last week he won a legislative Battle to re sume Aid to the nicaraguan a fight he had lost by two votes in the House Only weeks i told the folks in april that we would reverse this vote on the antigovernment contras when it came and we re versed the Buchanan Hes right about the character and nature of the sandinista and in their actions there going to reveal that character and a and when they and As they the american people Are going to Rea Gan was right he