European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 mrs. Reagan earns new twist in martial arts Nancy Reagan gets a lesson in the martial arts during a visit thursday to a Grade school in Washington. With the Aid of an interpreter Yoshimi Inouye shows the first lady a few moves. She also received a mural from the school and will deliver it to the Nagata Cho school in Tokyo where she and president Reagan will attend an economic Summit in May. A photos lower inflation May save Pentagon billions by Norman Black a military writer Washington thanks to a dramatic change in inflation estimates the Pentagon reported thursday the estimated Cost of its major weapons programs declined by $41 billion during the final three months of 1985. The Pentagon releasing a report required by Congress said it now expects the 88 weapon programs that form the heart of president Reagan s military buildup to Cost $732.3 billion to Complete. That reflects a reduction of $41 billion or 5.3 percent compared with a sept. 30 estimate of $773.3 billion for the same 88 programs. Robert Helm the Pentagon s comptroller said thurs Day the defense department actually had been Able to reduce the weapon Cost estimates by $44.7 billion because of continuing Low inflation rates and reduced inflation estimates. That figure was offset to some extent however by in creases attributed to such things As hikes in production quantities and stretching out production schedules he said. On the inflation front Helm said the Pentagon had benefited tremendously from reductions in what the Pentagon Calls special commodity adjustments. In the Early 1980 she explained the Cost of certain Large specialized projects such As the construction of ships was rising fas Ter than the annual inflation rate. In response the Pentagon in 1983 began hiking its own annual inflation estimates for those programs by an aver age 30 percent. The latest report reflects an end to the use of those special add on because those program costs Are now rising at the same rate As the Economy wide inflation Helm said. The new estimates Are contained in a quarterly study known As the selected acquisition report. The report is designed to provide Only a Broad gauge of How Well the Pentagon is doing in managing its weapons buying. Nonetheless Helm said the latest report shows that if the effects of inflation and Quantity changes Are Dis counted the Cost of major weapon programs actually dropped from december 1984 to december 1985. While the decline was Only 0.7 percent that contrasts with a High of plus-14 percent in 1980 and represents for the first time a real  this is a significant statistic. And it s a Good trend which the department is clearly heartened to see Helm added. The new totals contained in the report exclude an additional reduction of $5.3 billion in projected expenditures attributed to the cancellation or completion of four other programs chief among them the army s sgt. York air defense gun. Also not included in the totals Are eight new programs Worth an estimated $36.3 billion that Are being added to the list for tracking in future years. . Wiff embargo uncertified italian wines official says t a i w to. T a or a a t it pc Washington a responding to tainted wine deaths in Italy the . Will embargo italian wine imports lacking certificates assuring they re not laced with Metha nol the director of the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms announced. Even with the certificate of analysis at will pull representative samples of the wine for testing in at laboratories said the director Stephen e. Higgins. Meanwhile Safeway stores based in Oakland calif., ordered its managers nationwide to pull italian wines from their shelves. Scattered supermarkets elsewhere were re ported to be doing the same. The Washington state liquor control Board also or dered All italian wines pulled from shelves. Higgins said in a statement released by his Bureau there is no evidence that the methanol contaminated italian wines have reached this country. To this Point however the italian government has not been Able to give us any real Assurance that none has been exported to the United states he said. We Are taking All Steps to guarantee the safety of the american  the italian government itself has told that nation s wine Sands of time manufacturers they cannot Export to the United states or other countries without certificates that say the wine does not exceed italian Legal limits for Methyl alcohol also known As methanol. As Many As 20 people have been killed and 60 More hospitalized in Italy after drinking relatively cheap table wine that apparently had been laced with methanol to increase its alcoholic Content. Higgins said Federal alcohol control officials also have begun telling american importers and wholesalers to Send samples of italian wines in Stock to commercial laboratories for methanol testing and then Send the results to his Bureau. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago  style diet of fish Oil May prevent heart attacks. 12, 1946 hungarian citizens caught in a vicious Cycle of inflation Are risking life imprisonment by dealing m dollars instead of their National currency. The Dollar worth10 million Pengos last month is now valued at 25 million Pengos. 30 years ago today. April 12, 1956 Clarence Ginger Beaumont 79, one of baseball s All time great outfielders and first Man Ever to Bat in a world series died in Burlington wis. 20 years ago today. April 12, 1966 defending Champion Jack Nicklaus and a pair of outsiders  Brewer and Tommy Jacobs capped a wild give and take masters Golf tournament in Augusta ga., by finishing in a three Way tie with the second highest score in the event history. To years ago today. April 12, 1976 sen. Hubert Humphrey a possible contender for the democratic presidential nomination has been treated with an anti cancer drug to prevent the possible spread of a chronic bladder ailment the Washington Post reported. Boston up eating an Eskimo s diet of fish May help prevent heart attacks and strokes by reducing a substance that helps form blood clots researchers said thursday. A new study found that feeding men Large amounts of fish Oil to simulate the diet of Eski mos who have Low heart attack rates resulted in a significant drop of a substance in the blood known As Throm Roxane. We re very enthusiastic but we re not Mak ing a recommendation that people Rush out and drink fish Oil said or. Howard r. Knapp of Vanderbilt University in Nashville who published his findings in the new England journal of Medicine. Researchers suspected a polyunsaturated fat in fish  would re Duce Throm Roxane which aids in the forma Tion of blood clots by clumping platelets to Gether. Although clots Are needed for Healing they also cause heart attacks and strokes when they Block arteries that have been narrowed by cholesterol buildups. Platelet activity also is believed to thicken arteries. Knapp following up on earlier research con ducted by others fed six men with atherosclerosis and seven healthy men three Tablespoons of fish Oil a Day equal to eating about 12 ounces of Salmon or tuna. At the end of the month their urine and blood were Analysed. Urine tests found Throm Roxane Levels were reduced by an average of 58 percent for those with atherosclerosis and about 50 percent in the healthy patients. Blood tests showed the level of platelet activity had also been reduced significantly for those with atherosclerosis commonly known As hardening of the arteries