European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 29, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 is a drink a drink to say wine Beer firms san i Francisco a the . Beer Industry is planning to join Domestic Winc makers in criticizing the Seagram s id Tampa in Phil argues that ave fac Servings of Beer wine my spirits Eon lain virtually inc Simc Amoun lol alcohol. Donald h . President of the . Browm association called Seagram s widely advertised drink is a drink is a drink Campaign misguided and  the information is wrong. Fallacious Shea said. Shea said in an interview that the entire Beer Industry including Brewers and wholesalers will join the wine Indus try to prove that a drink is not a drink even though chemical analysis might show certain amounts of the three beverages would produce the same amounts of alcohol. The wine Industry s message in general is that the ads ignore the body s absorption rate of alcohol in wine Beer and spirits and that it is highest and fastest when consumed As hard liquor. Shea said the Beer Industry plans to Contact the appropriate regulatory agencies to Correct what we believe is misinformation. To legislators and regulators alike for weeks winegrowers of California a quasi Public Agency has been taking swipes at the Seagram Campaign calling it dangerously Over simplified and  the Seagram Campaign ignores the fact that wine Beer and liquor produce significantly different rates of absorption blood alcohol Levels and resulting intoxication when abused said winegrowers spokesman Robert Hart 7cll. This omission is dangerously  in a plea to the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms Hartzrll said there is a vast amount of medical evidence that indicates the alcohol in wine and Beer is absorbed into the bloodstream at a significantly slower rate than spirits and that much higher peaks of blood alcohol Are achieved with liquor whether a person has eaten or  Canada based Seagram the second largest producer of wine in the world after Gallo is required by Law to contrib Ute to the winegrowers of California and its efforts to Spike the Seagram Campaign. Both wine and Beer Industry representatives said the Campaign w hich Seagram Calls Public service Advertis ing is actually meant to bolster the liquor sales of one of he world s largest distillers. Sales in the liquor Industry have gone Down 14 percent since 1978." Shea said. According to 1984 figures. America s annual per capita consumption of Beer  23.95 Gallons wine. 2.35 Gallons and hard liquor 1.80 Gallons. Edgar f. Bronfman jr., president of the mouse of Seagram said in a widely disseminated Magazine article we have decided to do something about the dangers of Misino Malion and mistaken Public attitudes associated with the fact of Alco hol equivalence. It s in our self interest of course but More importantly it s clearly in the Public  celebrity sing along entertainers Burl Reynolds left and Frank Sinatra join first lady Nancy Reagan in singing at the close of a testimonial dinner for her thursday in los Angeles. Mrs. Reagan was honoured for her efforts in combating drug abuse. Lawyer says Navy doctor used acceptable methods Washington a a lawyer de fending Navy heart surgeon Donal l. Billig against charges thai five patients died from his negligence described Billig As a dedicated doctor who used scientifically acceptable operating methods. La. Cmdr. Stephen p. Baker also said that if the Navy provides the Opportunity Many patients might be willing to express satisfaction with the care Billig provided. Baker made the assertions to Navy com Moore h. James Sears who is hearing testimony in a defense Effort to prove hat the Case against Billig does not warrant a full court martial. Billig 54, chief of heart surgery at be Thesda naval Hospital has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the deaths of five patients he treated at the Hospital. If convicted he could be sentenced to More than 26 years in prison. Scars reserved a decision on the defense request for the names and addresses of the More than 220 patients Billig treated during his tenure at Bethesda from january 1983 to november 1984. The defense is seeking the names in an Effort to find people who might be willing to Praise Billig s work. According to several fellow surgeons who have testified Billig was incompetent and needed close supervision in the operating american airlines fined $1.5 million by Faa for maintenance violations Washington a the Federal aviation administration in the biggest penalty Ever levied against an air Carrier fined american airlines si.5 million Fri Day for maintenance irregularities that among other things led to an engine falling off a Boeing 727 during flight. American the nation s second largest air Carrier has undergone rapid expansion Dur ing the past two years. The company has agreed to pay the Tine its part of a settlement in which it does not specifically admit to any wrongdoing. The penalties covering 26 separate cases Stem from an investigation last summer in which Faa inspectors fond a variety of maintenance flaws including failure to per form timely maintenance or sufficiently Monitor aircraft the Agency said. The investigation was prompted last june by several widely publicized incidents involving american jetliners. In one a Boeing 727 engine broke off the aircraft during a flight to san Diego and was later found in the desert. At the time the Faa already had taken action against american for using a plastic Wing part instead of alumni num contrary to Federal regulations. In some cases cited by the Faa mechanics postponed specific maintenance work on aircraft for two or three weeks while the planes were allowed to continue flying according to Faa officials. Faa administrator Donald Engen said that american has taken prompt action to Correct All deficiencies uncovered by the inspectors and that he is confident the air line is operating and will continue Looper ate in accordance with the highest Stan Dards of  the Faa called american s Overall maintenance program essentially sound. In a statement issued in Dallas where it is headquartered american said the deficiencies found by the Faa have been corrected. It called the government s decision to assess fines  the si.5 million penalty is the largest Ever assessed Agai nil an airline by the Faa. The highest until now was a $500,000 Fine also levied against Ameri can in connection with maintenance irregularities discovered after the crash of an american dc-10 in Chicago in 1979. In which an engine fell off the plane. Editor faces hearing or Banning military ads Detroit a the editor of Wayne slate University s student newspaper will face a disciplinary hearing for her ban on military recruitment advertising in the paper the newspaper s Board of directors says. Patricia Maceroni could be reprimanded suspended or fined for the ban after the University s student newspaper publications Board hears formal charges against her sunday said Board spokesman Steve Raphael. We Are confident that the Board s charter gives us the right to run the paper he said. In an editorial opposing . Involvement in Central America Maceroni banned Mili tary recruitment ads saying accepting them would contradict inc paper s editorial stance. Raphael said the Board Hopes to reach a Compromise in the dispute but Mace Roni has said she will refuse to end the ban. Room. Baker asserted however that there were no strategic errors in Billig s operations and that his client used procedures that Are still scientifically accepted  he said Billig was a hard working doctor who came to the Hospital Early and left late a living breathing doctor. Who cared about his  Baker said the Issue is riot whether Billig was rough handed but whether he was grossly  according to Baker the mortality rate among patients undergoing open heart sur Gery at Bethesda was about 8 percent Dur ing Billig s tenure a rate he said w As roughly comparable to those in civilian hospitals. Col. Robert a. Albus. Chief of thoracic surgery at Waller Reed army medical Center testified his facility hid a Rale of about 6 percent in 1984. Albus testified that surgeons at Walter Reed were helping their colleagues at be Thesda perform heart operations and that he was told by a fellow army doctor thai Bil Lig was in a position where he was not completely trained and therefore might need  in addition to manslaughter the Navy has charged Billig with failing to heed an order that he perform heart operations Only when a qualified surgeon was present. Albus testified. I was not aware of any limitations on or.  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago . 29, 1945 Gen. George ration was ordered to report to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower immediately informed sources in Frankfurt said. Patton s administration of Bavaria had been criticised by the press who charged that for reasons of expediency nazis were in jobs of economic influence. 30 years ago today. Sept. 29. 1955 in Denver president Eisenhower s physicians ordered the oxygen tent removed from his room bul they planned to return it nights while he slept. 20 years ago today. Sept. 29. 1965 Pakistan proposed that the United nations Send an International Force of troops from african asian and latin american countries into Kash Mir. 10 years ago today. Sept. 29, 1975 the chairman of the House intelligence committee said United states intelligence had grown so ineffective it might not be Able to warn the country of an impending attack