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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 15. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 belgian government resigns to pave Way for new coalition a photo Mac tical s. La run k Al and Joseph i. Goldstein of the i Niu Rosity of Texas in Dallas. Two americans win Nobel Medicine prize , Belgium a the gov Crement has resigned paving the Way for the formation of a new Center right coalition monday 24 hours after prime min ister Wilfric Martens government in creased its parliamentary majority in general elections. Martens stepped Down because in a parliamentary democracy the election of a new parliament requires the formation of a new government. The Interior ministry said final result1 gave the four government parties of Chris Tian democrats and conservatives each split into dutch speaking and i Rench speaking Camps 115 of the 212 parliamentary seats a gain of two. The prime minister offered King Bau Douin the resignation of his  said Marc Van Crane. A spokesman for the Royal Palace. Van Crane said Martens meeting with the Monarch lasted about 45 minutes lie said the King will consult the leaders of All political parties before assigning one of them to form a new government. It was expected he would ask Martens to form a new government which could be in place Early next month. In the election the communist party lost its two scats and disappeared from the legislature for the first time since 1925. The nationalists lost scats As Well. The return of a Center right government ensures the installation of the remaining 32 Stockholm a two american researchers won the 1985 Nobel pric in Medicine monday for research which Nobel officials said could Lead to new treat ment of cholesterol related  blood pres sure arteriosclerosis heart attacks and strokes. Michael s. Brown and Joseph i. Gold Stein both molecular geneticists at the University of Texas in Dallas were credited by Nobel officials with research which had revolutionized our knowledge about the regulation of cholesterol metabolism and the treatment of diseases caused by Abnor Mally elevated cholesterol Levels in the  for such diseases professor Lars a. Carl son a member of the swedish Assembly which voted on the 1985 winners told journalists after the announcement there arc around the Corner new and effective forms of  Brown and Goldstein discovered that human body cells have receptors on their surfaces which affect the intake of Choles Terol containing particles called Low density Lipoprotein Bdl which circulate in the bloodstream and regulate the amount of cholesterol in the blood. A person with Many receptors can cat More cholesterol Rich food such As eggs with less risk of ill effects. The receptors on the surface of cells pick up packets containing cholesterol absorb them and break them up. All cells have receptors but the Livar is especially of 4k . Cruise missiles in Belgium. The socialists had vowed to Stop the deploy ments if they could join a government after the elections. Within the winning coalition Martens own Christian democrats won six scats for a total of 4"remaining Belgium s largest political party. His French speaking Christian demo cratic partners gained two scats going to 20. The r ranch speaking conservatives remained at 24 seats but the dutch speaking conservatives lost six of their 2s scats. Socialists in dutch speaking Flanders gained six seals for a total of 32, while the Walloon socialists remained the largest party in French speaking Belgium with 35 seats. The ideologists who first appeared in parliament after the last elections on nov. 8, 1981, More than doubled their scats to nine from four despite a Low profile Campaign. The nationalist dutch speaking people s Union lost four of its 20  and the democratic front of French speakers lost three of its sri seats. I he remaining two seats were split be tween two extreme right Wing parties. As the results came in. Martens said it was Clear that the voters voted in favor of continuing the austerity program Belgium s King , who received Martens resignation will review the ballot ing with leaders of All parties. Important Nobel officials said. Brown and Goldstein who started their work together in 1972, Are credited with research showing that Lack of functional receptors figured in cholesterol related ill Ness including  an inherited form of High cholesterol Levels which cause High blood pressure and which can cause heart attacks even in children. The discovery of the Bdl receptor has broadened our understanding of cholesterol metabolism considerably and explained the mechanism behind familial hyper Coleste Rol Mia the citation said. The discoveries made by Brown and Goldstein have drastically widened our understanding of the cholesterol metabolism and increased the possibilities of preventing or treating atari sclerosis and heart at tacks it said. But their discoveries have even More far reaching implications the document said noting that their research might eventually Lead to medication which could in crease the number of Bdl receptors and thus in connection with diet changes re Duce the risk of cholesterol related illness. American scientists have captured All the Nobel Medicine prizes alone or jointly since 1975, except for 1982 when it went to two swedes and 1984 when it was shared by a Dane a West German and an Argentine. The Medicine prize is one of a series of awards set up in the 1895 will of swedish dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and presented since 1901. 78% of poles cast ballots in election officials say Warsaw up the polish govern ment monday announced thai 7h percent of the voting Public cast ballots for parliament the lowest turnout since 1947 when the first parliamentary elections were held. Some 20 million out of 26 million eligible poles voted for candidates for 460 scats in the scam or parliament despite a Call for an election Boycott by the outlawed Soli Darity Union. Hut it was the lowest turnout since 1947, when Poland held its first parliamentary elections which were won by the communist party. Turnouts since the communist takeover have traditionally approached 99 percent. Government spokesman cry Urban said preliminary official figures show 78 percent of those Clig Jalc cast their ballots. The figure was slightly belter than the 75 percent turnout the government reported for elections last year for local office the first after martial Law was imposed in de Cember 1981. But Solidarity founder Lech Walesa said monitoring by Union activists showed less than 50 percent voted in Gdansk the birth place of the Independent Union and in two nearby Hal tic cities. In wroclaw another Solidarity stronghold in southwestern Poland the turnout was closer to 45 percent activists contended. In Uny Case Walesa said the election figures no matter How High they arc won t show the real opinion of the society nor the directions which it  such elections Are not a plebiscite for or i against the  he said. They Don t make anybody  at a news conference. Urban attacked Walesa s claims of a lower turnout. This is not a responsible statement based on any knowledge but merely efforts of a propaganda nature he said. Solidarity had called for a Boycott of the elections because All candidates were approved by a communist dominated election committee and no Independent candidates could run for parliament. The government conceded less than one fourth of Poland s 20,000 roman Catholic priests voted but said the government still hoped to develop Good relations with the Church. 4 new Eagle scouts in Europe Are announced by the stars and stripes tour boy scouts in Europe have earned the rank of Eagle scout according to trans Atlantic Council boy scouts of America officials in Mannheim Christopher j. Lyon 15, of troop 811. Developed a program called caring Lor Community which involved locating the Homes of More than 5.000 military families in the rap Binl Waters Woodbridge area. The information Lyon gathered was put on map and made available to various organizations on rap Binl Walcha England. . A student at Woodbridge High school is the son of it. Col. Thomas j. Lyon Squadron commander of 509th tac i High tar so. And Eli Beth a. . Christopher pounds with the cooperation of the Security police conducted a fingerprinting and identification program for Young children in he Community. The program is designed to help find children who arc lost missing or kidnapped. Pounds 16, is a member of troop 156 and a Junior at ram Stcin High school. Ramstein a. Germany. The new Eagle scout is the son of master sgt. Charles pounds and Stella pounds. Two Brothers attained the rank of Eagle scout last april. Jon Dereha of Aviano Ali Italy installed several bus stops at various places throughout the base for his Eagle project. He is a Junior at Aviano High school. His brother Ore do Cridla graduated from Aviano High school  Pring and now attends the  of Tennessee George  led the a ,s4 project Christmas Basket for needy Community families As his  scout service project. They Are the sons of it. Col. George decor cola and Jeanne Herl Helot do Grulla  
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