European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 13, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Coffee drinkers risk heart trouble study says Baltimore a a person who drinks five or More cups of Coffee a Day has an almost three times greater risk of having heart problems than someone who does t drink Coffee according to a study of More than 1.000 doctors findings from the study which tracked 1.130 White males who graduated from Johns Hopkins medical school in Baltimore Between 1948 and 1964, were presented monday in Washington at the 58ih scientific sessions of the american heart association. Information for the study was obtained from the graduating physicians at five year intervals for up to 25 years. No information was obtained on whether the Type of Coffee was Cafici Natch or decaffeinated. A person who drinks at least five cups of Coffee daily has a 2.8 limes greater risk of having heart problems than inc non Drinker the study found. Even when other risk factors smoking High blood pressure cholesterol Levels and age arc considered the study determined there is still a 2.5 times increased risk the researchers reported. Other studies into possible links Between Coffee con sumption and coronary heart disease have resulted in contradictory findings said or. Thomas a. Pearson an associate professor and director of the Johns Hopkins precursors stud. Some found a link while others did not. Bill Brooks a spokesman for the National Coffee association said 10 of 12 major studies found no relationship Between Coffee drinking and heart disease. In one of the two studies that did. The findings Valci were reversed he said. The bulk of medical literature does not support a finding that Coffee is a risk Factor in the development of heart disease he said. American Coffee drinkers consume an average of 3 i. Cups a Day the association said. The Hopkins researchers were interested in looking at Coffee drinking Over a lifetime taking into account the changes that occurred Over that lifetime said researcher Andrea Lacroix. Such a study required a unique population with a High rate of participation she said. Lacroix and Pearson said they could Only speculate about inc possible causes of inc link they found Between Coffee and heart disease. Coffee consumption May increase the occurrence of irregular heartbeats leading to heart attacks icy said. Several recent studies they said have suggested that Coffee consumption increases cholesterol Levels. Pearson said he saw a definite link Between Coffee drinking and cigarette smoking. During the time of the study physicians were quil Ting smoking at great  he said. At the Start of the research about 54 percent of the doctors were smokers. By the end. Only about 14 percent were smokers. The interesting thing is hat those people who drink More Coffee were More Likely to remain smokers he said. Because Many people drink Coffee and smoke it is difficult to disentangle i hair effects when they occur together. Lacroix said. To avoid heart attacks. Pearson recommended limit ing Coffee consumption to iwo cups a Day quilting smoking and having blood pressure and cholesterol lev Els checked. Astronomers record first naked Eye View of Comet Pasadena Calif. A two Cali fornia astronomers were inc first to Sec Hallcy s Comet on its current visit without the Aid of telescopes or binoculars an astronomical reporting Agency said monday. It s the first naked Eye sighting to my knowledge Brian Marsden director of the Central Bureau for astronomical Tele Grams said during a Telephone interview from Cambridge mass. The Bureau is a Clearinghouse for such sighting worldwide. It is operated by the smithsonian institution for the International astronomical Union. Astronomers Steve he Borg and Charles Morris said they saw the Comet without the Aid of binoculars or telescopes Early Friday from the 7,000-foot level in the san Gabriel mountains near mount Waterman about 30 Miles Northeast of los Angeles. Edberg and Morris were observing under extremely Good conditions at High Altitude and they know what they re  Marsden said. The general Public is not going to be Able to see it with inc naked Eye for a Long  perhaps for weeks. No other reports of naked Eye sightings have been received Marsden said. Morris found the Comet first with binoculars and then identified it on the sky with Oul the   said in a report filed with the Mallcy s Comet computer in formation bulletin Board at Arizona state University. Greyhounds of Iowa track catch lure abandon race passers by pause at the broken window of a jewish owned store in Brooklyn. Dubuque Iowa a the ninth race at Dubuque greyhound Park was scratched and wagers were returned when the Lead dog. Honoured roman caught the lure. The lure motor slipped because of the ice explained race spokesman Don Hess. Despite a Snow Shower Hess said inc race got off As scheduled but the pack caught up with the lure a Large fuzzy while Bone and stayed with it rather than race to the finish. The dogs which arc trained to Chase Sands of Tim jewish stores hit by vandals on Kristal nacht anniversary in the stars and stripes lures seemed pleased to catch the Bone. Mess said. Honoured roman he said was one Happy Guy but we weren  in addition to refunding Money on the race bets were refunded in the super six Wager in which bettors try to name the win ners in races five through ten. Hess said the Iowa racing commission has Given the Park permission to run an extra race saturday to make up for lost revenues. New York up a group of mar chants is offering a $ 1,000 Reward for information on vandals who smashed windows of 14 stores owned by jews in Brooklyn. The police dip ailment s bins unit is investigating the incidents which occurred Friday night and saturday morning on the 47th anniversary of Kristal nacht when nazi storm troopers smashed windows of jewish shopkeepers and Tore apart synagogues in Germany. So far detectives say they Are stumped. Officials said vandals lung rocks through the windows of stores in Borough Park a pre dominantly jewish Section of Brooklyn. About 100,000 jews live in Borough Park 85 percent of the population there and it has the City s largest concentration of Sui visors of nazi death Camps. Police said they Are not sure whether the vandalism had anything to do with instal  they noted that this was the first time such an incident had occurred on the infamous night s anniversary and there were no swastikas or anti semitic epithets on the establish ments ranging from a wig store to a pizzeria. But Community leaders said they believed the vandalism was anti semitic. There is no coincidence Here that win Dows were smashed on these two dates which recall the beginning of terror against the jews of Germany said democratic assemblyman Dov Hikind of the 48th District. He noted that Banks and other non jewish stores were not touched that was the night of arc scr. Classi i was the Day of broken Glass in Borough Park and my Community will not sit idly Fay and allow such acts to be chalked up As simple vandalism he said. 40 years ago today. Nov. 13, 1945 Jerome Kern 60. Died in new York s doctors Hospital after a we Klong illness. The composer wrote inc music for the film swing Lime with actors Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Some of his Best known songs were "ol1 Man River and smoke gets in your  30 years ago today. Nov. 13, 1955 the annual poll by the Independent film journal in new York named Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly As Best dramatic actors and top Money makers in the film Industry this year. Kim Novak and Jack Lemmon lopped the most promising new personalities list. 20 years ago today. Nov. 13, 1965 former president Eisenhower s Chest pains have been diagnosed As a heart attack by his doctors in fort Gordon. A. 10 years ago today. Nov. 13. 1975 nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov said he has been denied Permis Sion by soviet authorities in Moscow to travel to Oslo to receive his Nobel peace prize