European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 15, 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 7 bubbling enthusiasm eleven year old Michael Kennedy views the world through a i it Aap Bubble in Blantic Conn. A gentle Breeze a lot of soap and a Bubble Mutina St Lek were All he needed far his fragile creation. Nutrient deficient . Cot foods have improved says researcher new York a commercial cat foods that had been found to cause a feline heart ailment that kills Lens of thousands of cats in this country Ach year have been changed to make them Safe a researcher says. In a report published in science Magazine. Or. Paul Pion and colleagues at the University of California at Davis said that the cat foods caused the ailment by failing to provide enough of an essential nutrient. Cats with inadequate amounts of the nutrient Tau Rine in their bloodstream developed dilated cardiomyopathy. Treatment with taurine cured the disease said Pion a veterinarian. The disorder is similar to a. Human ailment that can be treated Only with a heart transplant or an artificial heart. The cat research might one Day Lead to discovery of the cause and a treatment for the human disease called congestive heart failure Pion said. What we have found applies directly Only to cats he said. Whether there s a human component Wedon t know yet. We have people who Are looking at  Pion said the products found to cause Low taurine in cats have been supplemented Wilh taurine. There s no blame Here and there s no Way anybody could have known taurine deficiency caused this Dis ease Pion said. Taurine is found in fish and meal he said. Roy Martin director of science and technology atthe pet food Institute said we re confident today that the amount of taurine in most foods is adequate to meet the requirements for inc Pels we Are  according to the Washington.  Institute which represents makers of Pel foods . Families own 56.2 million cats. The foods that had in found to produce Low Tau Rine Levels in Pion s s1, by were Hill s cd Hill s Sci ence diet maintenance Hill s he Purina cat Chow 9 lives beef and liver Blue Mountain Kitty o s and Carnation fancy feast beef and liver according to the science Magazine report. Pion said Hal he believes the formula for Blue Mountain Kitty o s has been changed and All the other products have been supplemented with taurine. He said taurine deficiency is a major cause of dilated cardiomyopathy and possibly the Only cause. "1 Haven t seen an exception yet he said. Or. Richard Thoma a veterinarian and head of the american association of feline practitioners said that the disease is a moderately important health problem in cats. We Don t Seea lot of a but it certainly is one of the More important cardiac diseases that we Sec in the cat he said. Pilot charged with murder in plane crash los Angeles us of the Pilot of a Small plane thai crashed in Malibu in april killing in passengers was charged thursday with two counts of second degree murder and flying under the influence of alcohol. District attorney Ira Reiner said at a news Confer ence Hal lie Case appears 10 be inc first Lime hat the Pilot of an aircraft has been charged with murder Tor reckless  the Public does not tolerate reckless driving on the streets and should Niqi have to tolerate Simitar conduct in the air Reiner said. Roger Amiran 23, was arrested at his Home wednesday evening in suburban Encino on a War rant charging him with involuntary manslaughter. Hut Reiner decided Early thursday to upgrade the two manslaughter charges to second degree murder his conduct was so aggravated Wai so bad Hal we fell it was More appropriate to file second degree Mur Der charges said Deputy District attorney  who will prosecute ii Case. Am Iron s rented four scat Piper Cherokee Warrior crashed into the Ocean april 9 about 500 Yards off the coast of Malibu near the exclusive Malibu Colony Community. He and passenger Laurie a. Thur 22, of Simi  Ley managed to escape through the door and were later rescued by a coast guard helicopter. But two other passengers John t. Harris of Northridge and Malhew Fry of Agoura both 23. Drowned. Reiner said Amirin had been drinking Beer with his three passengers before the crash at a restaurant bar at the suburban  Guys Airport. Amirin then rented the Piper Warrior and hand his three passengers flew to the Long Beach area where they circled around the Queen Mary Ocean liner then headed up inc coast toward Malibu. Along the Way Reiner said Amirin began showing his friends tricks with the air plane. When they arrived a few Hundred Yards off the Malibu coastline about 9 p.m., he allegedly decided to show them one More stunt. Watch the Spray come Over the Wing  he allegedly said As he brought the plane Down close to the Waves. One of the wings then apparently dipped into inc water and the plane crashed Reiner said. If convicted of second degree murder Amiran could be sentenced to 15 years to life in stale prison. He remains free on s3,000 bail pending arraign ment. In a similar Case Lasi month a Massachusetts Pilot accused of flying while drunk when his plan crashed into an interstate Highway in new Hamp Shire killing two passengers was convicted of Man Slaughter Jeffrey Tucker �1, of Beverly mass., was found guilty july 30 on a counts of manslaughter in the deaths of John Gosling 31, of Danvers mass., and Catherine Larivee 36, of Peabody mass who died in the crash last labor Day. Authorities said Tucker s blood alcohol level at the time of the crash was .155. Far above the .05 Legal limit for pilots. Stork Sailor charged in 2 bludgeoning deaths Jacksonville Fla. A a sail or from the guided missile frigate Stark arrested in Virginia for being on unauthorized leave was flown to Florida on thursday and charged in the bludgeon ing deaths of another Sailor s wife and daughter authorities said. Walter Thomas Taylor jr., 21, was being held at an undisclosed location by the Cuvaj county sheriffs office after arriving in Jacksonville on a commercial Light escorted by naval investigators Duval county sheriff Jim Mcmillan said. Taylor had the deck watch on the night of inc missile attack that killed 37 Stark sailors said an Riccio a Navy spokesman at Mayport is. The sheriffs office did not file specific charges which arc expected to be filed by the slate attorney Mcmillian said. No court hearing was set we re still building the Case against him Mcmillan said. Right now we have an open charge of murder and we May be presenting evidence to a grand  Taylor was picked up wednesday in Kua nuke on a charge of being on unauthorized leave from the Stark he frigate attacked in May by an iraqi warplane in the persian Gulf said Roanoke police it. Rus Gwaltney. The murder charges were based on statements Taylor made to Navy investigators in Salem va., about the weekend slaying of Paula Smits 21, and her 4 year old daughter Amanda in their Jacksonville apartment Mcmillan said. Mrs. Smitis and Amanda were bludgeoned to death police said. Mrs Smits had been tied up with shoelaces and had a puncture wound to her head her 4-month-old daughter Rennes was found alive but dehydrated. The baby was released from a Hospital tues Day. Mrs ernits was the wife of Steve Smits a Sailor aboard the aircraft Carrie Saratoga which was in the Mediterranean sea at the time of the  said Taylor had been to Trio Ducco to mrs. Smits at her apartment Complex. He had been missing since monday after completion of a four Day leave. Taylor was arrested wednesday afternoon in Woods behind an apartment Complex by two officers from the naval investigative service and a a lice Detec Tive. Authorities had been searching for him since tuesday. Taylor enlisted in March 1986 in Richmond a. And was transferred to the shark five months later. Our i cards indicate he was an aver age  said Riccio. Relatives Baid tuesday that Taylor had been in the Roanoke Valley for a few Days. Hrs to incr Shifley Crim la. Liy in Salem and he has three Sisters living in the Kano pc Valley