European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes Friday. October 3.1986 24 task forces will help fight crack crisis. Washington up two dozen special task forces will be formed to combat a cocaine crack crisis of epidemic proportions in some of the nation s largest cities attorney general Edwin macs told Congress thursday a government report called the deadly cocaine derivative a user s Nightmare that can Lead to Naddic lion in just Sii to 10 weeks. The attorney general in a report on crack by his National drug enforcement policy Board said 24 new crack task forces would be set up in major metropol Itan areas to improve enforcement at the stale and local Levels. Top priority cities targeted by a recent study by the drug enforcement administration and cited by Melesc included los Angeles san Diego Houston Atlanta bos Ion Octroi Kansas City Miami new York , san Francisco Seattle and St. Louis. Special drug trafficking problems require special efforts a Csc said. And we believe that new Steps arc appropriate to help in a number of areas that have serious crack problems. Especially when this Indus try is expanding in such rapid  in july Congress asked the policy Board which Etc Heads to develop a plan to assist local govern ments in their efforts to combat crack. Trafficking of crack primarily manufactured at the local level and sold almost exclusively by Low level retail dealers with no widespread wholesale or import networks naturally lends itself More to local and slate Law enforcement solutions the report said. Although conceding statistics were scarce the Siudy said those that do exist support what Many Pip crts claim is a crisis of epidemic proportions in  the rapid increase in the drug s popularity is mainly due to its Low Price relative purity and the fact that it is smoked rather than snorted through he nose the report said. Available at one tenth to one half of a Gram for Between j10 and s50, crack fumes Are inhaled into the lungs the most efficient Way of absorbing cocaine into the body at purity Levels ranging from 75 per cent to 90 percent. According to the Federal National Institute on drug abuse the study said crack users Are usually addicted after just six to 10  Many experts however believe the Onset of dependency occurs even More rapidly the report said. The crack task forces will be made up of local and. State police and Dea agents. The study said the Aba plans to hire so new a Genii to help staff them new Bridge in London to ease Road traffic across River thames London a the River thames is to get an other Road Bridge in the greater London area to ease one of British traffic s worst chronic bottlenecks. The $124 million Cable stayed Bridge will Cross the thames at Danford on London s Eastern fringe where the City s multilane Ballway meets the River. The Tunnel presently serving the Beltway is heavily congested regularly causing traffic jams several Miles Long. The 1,460-foot toll Bridge will be built by a subsidiary of Trafalgar House a private concern and no Tan payers Money will be needed. Transport Secretary John Moore told a news conference monday. High wire artists who defected from Moscow make . Debut Miami a nearly three months after slip Ping away from the Moscow slate circus High wire team Nikolai Nikolski and Bertalina Kou Ivkovi got a standing ovation at their american debut and said they had no regrets about defecting. Considered one of the finest High wire acts in the soviet Union the husband and wife performed with circus Usa near Here to a packed audience of 1.000, who sheltered beneath a traditional big lop tent wednesday night. Sure we miss our families but we have no re Grets Kozakova said through an interpreter after the show. The crowds Are very different Here. The Yare not afraid to Tell you what they think. Coming to this country was the Best decision we Ever  the husband and wife both 35. Defected from inc Moscow circus during its annual tour in Argentina on aug. 4. They went to the . Embassy in Buenos Aires find asked for political Asylum which they received soon after they were flown to Miami. They shunned the big ring ing Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus which performs in Large indoor Arenas. Instead they chose to per form for a month with the Miami based circus Usa then work on their own booking Dale across inc country. The couple said they believed they could earn mop Money As an Independent act. A standing ovation greeted the soviets As their incl was introduced while the circus band played America inc  they performed several walks across inc wire 40 feel above the sawdust covered Center  one Point Nikolski climbed up and Down a ladder balanced on the wire. As a finale Nikolski walked slowly across the wire blindfolded with his wife standing on his shoulders. We were very shaky very nervous Kozlav Kova said. Ap0honikolai Nikolski and Bertalina Koch inn stand under the big lop of the circus Usa Lent when the couple ended their act the to again stood to cheer them and other circus per formers gathered in the Center ring carrying american flags and sparklers. To end the show set up at a Small shopping mall a 3j-fool-Ong american Flag was unfurled from the tent s lop. Study links fish Oil heart health Boston up cod liver Oil reduced the amount of hardening of the arteries in pigs in 3 new study providing More evidence that eating fish May help prevent heart attacks and strokes in humans re searchers said  Are certainly nol in a position to recommend thai people Start talking lots of fish Oil said or. Peter Lovinc director of the blood research Laboratory at in Worcester memorial Hospital. Bui this does rep resent one step in inc right  for the study 18 pigs were fed a diet High in artery clogging cholesterol and fat seven pigs also received two Tablespoons of cod liver Oil each Day. After eight months the pigs arteries were dissected. The pigs hat received cod liver Oil had about 8 Quarter As much fat buildup on their arteries i be never had results come out so Crystal Clear said Levirne in a Telephone interview the results were published in the new England journal of  researchers cautioned that consuming Large amounts of cod liver Oil could be dangerous because in contains vitamins a and a which can accumulate an become toxic. In addition too much Oil can cause dangerous thinning of the  Don t think we have enough evidence Tor millions of human beings to go out and Start taking cod liver Oil said or. Ira s. Ockene a professor of Medicine who participated in the study. But there no question it s Good to eat More fish and More fish  previous studies have found people who eat Large amounts of fish such As eskimos in Greenland were less Likely to have heart attacks and  believe a  fatty acid known As  acid in the oils of certain fish makes red blood cells less Likely to clot and clog arteries setting the stage for heart attacks and  said purified forms of fish oils Are being developed that contain no Vitamin a or d that would be safer to consume in Large amounts "11 would be Nice if we could come up with an Addi Tive that would reduce the risk of  hard ening of the arteries Levine said. Teens prefer to Date non smokers study finds new York up non smokers were voted most popular by teen agers who said in a National poll that they would rather Date people who Don smoke according to a report released thursday by surgeon general c. Everett Koop. The Survey results Are being used by the american lung association in a Campaign to counter a perceived belief among teen agers that smoking cigarettes makes them appear mature and popular Koop said. He likened the anti smoking Campaign to the nationwide Effort to prevent american Leen agora from abusing illegal drugs. People who abuse drugs frequently Start with to Bacco Koop said at a news conference. If we Are going to talk about drug abuse we Are going to have to talk about tobacco abuse  the Survey of 266 teen agers by the opinion re search corp. Showed 78 percent of the boys and 69 percent of the girls preferred to Date non smokers while Only i percent of All teen agers were actively seeking a sweetheart who smoked the rest said it made no difference whether their dates smoked or not. Blacks were More Likely to prefer a non smoker As a Date than were whiles the Survey stated. No Black surveyed said they would prefer to go out Wilh a smoker. Meanwhile Only 3 percent of teen agers who smoked wanted a Banner who did the same. The majority often age smoke a said it made no difference while 10 percent said they would prefer a non smoker even though they Uno ked themselves. James Swomley managing director of the american lung association said the Campaign is aimed at America s youth because the vast majority of lifelong smokers Start the habit As teen agers. He said cigarette advertising appeals to Young peo ple by making smoking appear glamorous. Dating is the kind of question that Brines out the real feelings on the Issue Swomley said. We want Togel this message out to the the Conj. They Are not going to gain popularity because they  also handed an award to Winston Salem county1 shool Board in the heart of North Carolina s tobacco Bell for voting  to ban smoking in their High  other american lung association awards were bestowed by Koop including Onet to Banket Ballila Kareem Abdul jabber and rep Henry a. Wat Man Scalin for their work in discouraging Youn people from smoking