European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pafl9 6 the stars Ano stripes sunday november 1,1887 government gives us air of on Piedmont merger Washington up the transportation department it Ersing an earlier decision has approve Dusair group s jl.59 billion proposed Purchase of Piedmont aviation the most expensive Domestic air line acquisition in history the government said Friday thai the merger of the two East coast airlines i not Likely to substantially Lessen  us air the country s seventh largest airline asked the department in a March 9 application to approve the  is headquartered in wire Lon Salem n.c., and flies to Many of the same cities is us air. Ronnie Yoder. An administrative Law judge in in transportation department said last month that he acquisition would substantially reduce Competition i numerous markets including Washington and new  the department said that after a thorough re View and analysis it concluded the merger would note anti competitive or inconsistent with the Public  the department s ruling marked the first Lime it has reversed an administrative Law judge s decision since being authorized in january 1985 to Rule on merger  merger was opposed by America West inc., a Phoenix Carrier that provides service from Baltimore Washington International Airport and would Tike to provide service from Washington National Airport secret probe clears Donovan of allegations he wed to panel Washington a former labor Secretary Raymond Donovan was cleared Friday in a secret investigation of allegations he May have lied when he testified 5 i years ago that he knew nothing about Kickback scheme involving his construction company. A special panel of Federal judges released a report by Independent counsel Leon Silverman that said that Donovan had planned to invoke his fifth amendment right against self i Crimi nation if called to testifying the investigation because Donovan s attorneys advised he in dependent counsel on oct. 8, 1987, that Dono Van would take the fifth amendment if subpoenaed the Independent counsel did not cat him before the grand jury Silverman s report said. Silverman s report said that no indictment was warranted in the inv Esli. Do Aown gation and that a Federal grand jury in new York has declined to indict Donovan. Silverman. Who directed an earlier probe of Dono Van s activities was reappointed in june 1985 to probe Donovan s testimony. In that testimony the tonner labor Secretary denied knowledge of  and an alleged $15,000 payment to Nimby a former supplier of Schiavone construction co. The Federal grand jury testimony in question came on may11, 1982, and was part of Silverman s first investigation. Donovan was acquitted by a jury in new York last May 25 on larceny and fraud charges in connection with a new York subway construction project. Silverman s report saturday said that the Independent counsel has concluded that while there was som evidence to support an indictment of Donovan Lor perjury false statement or obstruction of Justice Aris ing from his testimony it was unlikely that a conviction. Could have been obtained. The report focused on payments to a supplier firm columbian for structural steel us on a Section of the 63rd Street subway project. The steel sold for 1538 per ton of which Hodgson s steel Al ironworks Ltd. Of Niagara Falls Ontario can Ada received $490 for making the steel and another firm columbian steel co. Received $ 10 As a commis Sion with another $16 going for storage and delivery to the Job site. The Only explanation offered by any of the witnesses for the allocation of the remaining 122 per Loo was that of two witnesses who said that we bulk of the Money we intended to be paid to Donovan Asa kick Back,11 the witnesses said that after $15,000 had been delivered to Donovan the Money was used to pay additional and unexpected storage and handling expenses incurred by  however Silverman said there would have Bee serious problems with obtaining a conviction including witnesses with memories which have faded Over the years a Lack of sufficient credible and corroborative  Silverman said that the prosecution s main witness would have been Gerald Meyer president and a co owner of columbian who Sillan ailing and aging Man whose recollection of evenly which occurred More than10 years ago was often clouded and  the other key witness said Silverman was another co owner and officer of columbian Ronald Singer who was not present at any of the meetings with Donovan at which kickbacks were discussed or paid Silverman said. Stateside $ 12 million Mark reached in Bush s Campaign fund Washington a vice president g Onje Bush s presidential Campaign has. Raised More than $ is million. Bush has consistently led All other presidential contenders with the last formal reporting period through sept. 30 showing he had raised ji2.7 million at that Point. The nearest competitor was former television evangelist Pat Robertson who is also vying for the gop Nomi nation and reported receipt to Date of $11.7 million. The Bush Campaign said it has received Money from 57,000 people with thursday so mailbag the heaviest Ever la contained 7,000 responses to a recent Campaign mailing an Campaign officials estimated that some two thirds of those responses would include checks. Boesky s stocks pledged to Sec take a beating new York a shares that Speculator Ivan Boesky pledged to the Federal securities and Exchange commission in his 1100 million settlement with the government have taken as2i million beating in the world Market decline a newspaper reported. Boesky who awaits sentencing for making a false statement to the Sec made some of his settlement in Cash but Llie major part was 14.3 million shares of cambrian & general pc British investment company. The holdings were Worth $57 million then but have fallen now to $36 million. New York new Day said Friday an Sec spokesman Lold the paper the commission was t concerned about Day to Day Market fluctuation. Group Calls Neo nazis menace to minorities Chicago a gangs of shaven headed youths wearing Neo nazi insignia Are preaching violence against Blacks jews and other Minori ties and have become a menacing presence in several . Cities a jewish group charged Fri Day. In the past two years the gangs have threat ened to Lynch a Black woman in san Jose a vhf. Beaten a Black Man outside an Orlando ru.,music club and distributed threatening anti jewish leaflets in Chicago according to a report n  the anti defamation league of b Nai b Rill several Hundred skinhead activists Are engaged in violent discriminatory activities nationwide and their numbers Are growing said Burton s. Levinson Al s National chairman. New treatment drastically Lowers cholesterol san Francisco a a new triple drug treat ment lowered blood cholesterol to unprecedented lev Els among members of a lest group and researchers said the results could Lead to a reduction in heart Dis ease. The treatment involves use of the new cholesterol treatment drug Lov Stalin in conjunction with Macin a b Vitamin and coolest ipod. A bile acid binding resin. The latter drugs Are a common treatment for people suffering High cholesterol Levels which is linked to coronary artery disease. The combination reduced cholesterol Levels by As much As 7 j percent in a study of 22 people bringing some of the patients far below the ensling average inthe United states according to the study appearing saturday in the annals of internal Medicine. No one s Ever reported anything this effective of this magnitude and it May Lead to seeing actual regression of coronary artery disease said or. John Kan of he University focal Fomia san Francisco s cardio vascular research Institute one of the rehear Chenu what this study and several other recent ones show is that we re now entering a new Era of reducing Coles Tirol said Basil Rifkind chief of lipid metabolism at the National heart lung and blood Institute in be Thesda my. One could be pretty optimistic that this treatment and others will begin to show actual reductions of the fats in the arteries said if Lind a National authority on cholesterol treatments. High cholesterol Levels in the blood result in depos its on artery Walls where plaques form obstructing and eventually blocking the flow of blood a condition known As coronary artery disease. Blocked coronary arteries can Lead to heart attack. And. When an artery supplying blood to the brain is blocked it May result in a stroke. Or. Mary Malloy another of the study s authors Anda professor of paediatrics and Medicine at san Francis co said the Neil phase of the research is to tee i improvement in coronary arteries actually occurs in Palie its receiving the three drug treatment. Kane said animal studies show this occurs in Rhesus monkeys whose metabolisms Are similar to humans when cholesterol Levels Are reduced to about i to Milli Grams per each 10 liners of blood. Inane Malloy paediatrician Peggy Tun and biochemist Steven Kum Tate found that Lov Stalin independently inhibited cholesterol synthesis in cells coolest ipod forces the liver to take in cholesterol from the blood and Nia Eio is thought to inhibit the production of Low density lipoproteins the most dangerous form of cholesterol. The us san Francisco researchers studied 22 patients with a severe form of an inherited disease called familial  which Cal Wei High lev Els of cholesterol in die Wood and frequently leads to clogged arteries Early in life and heart attacks by mid dle age. The average cholesterol level of the patients before the drug treatment was 420 milligrams. The three drug therapy when combined with a Tow cholesterol Low saturated fat diet reduced  average of 184-190 milligrams. One patient Choles ural Tel from 500 to 135,73 percent. The average cholesterol level for a Middle age Nunin the unil Cal stale is Between 200 and 220 Milli Grams the doctors also reported thai the treatment Low ered Levels of Low density Lipoprotein from an avenge of 326 milligrams to 112, about 65 percent. In one Case the Levels fell 79 percent