European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday december 16,1987 Many alcoholic beverages pose cancer risk group says Washington api the Center for science in the Public in Crest. A health advocacy group said tuesday there Are various amounts of a cancer causing contaminant or Chanc. In Over 1,000 alcoholic Bever Ages especially bourbons and wines. The Center issued a 70-Page report tainted boo7c," in which the alcoholic beverages Are identified by Brand names and the amount or or Chanc contained in them is Given. Mich id Jacobson Center executive director and co author of the report told a news conference thai More than 100 wines and liquors sold in the United states contain or Culhane at Levels thai were declared illegal two years ago by the Canadian government. The Center said that based on studies on Rais and mice tip 10 4,700 of every i million people who regularly drink moderate amounts of or Chanc contaminated liquor the equivalent of two shots of Bourbon a Day May contract cancer from the Carcinogen during their lifetimes Jacobson said the food and drug administration has not removed any beverages from the marketplace or even publicized their names. The Fra had no immediate comment on the report and Jacobson s statements. A spokeswoman for the distilled spirits Council of the United Stales which represents some 90 percent of the Industry said this is much ado about nothing. There is nothing new Here this Issue has been going stateside lighted Cross removed called unconstitutional Jackson miss. A a lighted Cross has been removed from a contractor s Crane on Post Al property with the postmaster calling the Cross display unconstitutional. It s not allowed on government property postmaster . Bailey said. It s Down and that s Althal mailers. It s not to be up  Bailey said the Cross display in downtown Jackson was unconstitutional. The Cross had been placed on the Crane by an employee of contractor Ike Bracey bul the Crane was at the site monday without the Cross. It do things of this gesture when we arc reach ing certain Points i n a project or when it is a certain period of the year Bracey said. I Hope we did t offend anyone. That was not the intent. Failure of valve causes emergency at nuke Plant Vernon Al. A a reactor Cooling valve failed tuesday at the Vermont Yankee nuclear Plant prompting officials to declare a Low level emergency. Plant spokesman Gordon Bristol said Plant workers had shut Down one of the Plant s two diesel generators and were testing he Cooling valve when the valve filled. Simultaneous loss of the Generator and the valve was considered an unusual event under nuclear regulatory commission rules he said. He said the Rales require that if one of the two problems in t corrected by 4 15 . Wednesday the Plant will have to be shut Down. The unusual event is the least severe of four stages of possible nuclear emergency under arc classifications. The other three in order of wors ening severity Are an Alan a site area Emer gency and a general  missing tugboat Crew found Safe on Island Miami up five men missing at sea since their tugboat Sank last week were found unharmed on a Small unnamed Island off the coast of trin Idad where they had drifted in a life raft local authorities called us and said they found them. Everybody s of no injuries . Coast guard h. Cmdr. Jim Simpson said monday. Trinidadian officials picked up an electronic emergency signal from the tugboat Pam Alario of new Orleans on thursday and asked the . Coast guard to join the search. On for two  in san Francisco a spokesman for the wine Institute Sam Fossom said there is no scientific evidence that this is a cause of cancer in  Jacobson said. People should be Able to drink with out imbibing powerful  the report said the most heavily and frequently contaminated products arc bourbons sherries and fruit brandies. Contaminated beverages include certain Gallo and Christian Brothers sherries. Almaden and Paul Masson table wines Jim beam old Taylor and Early times bourbons and Foster Beer according to the Council s Booklet. In addition to the beverages that exceed the Canadian limits the Guidebook lists hundreds of other whiskers table dessert wines brandies and liqueurs that contain measurable and potentially hazardous amounts of the Carcinogen. Only a few Beers arc contaminated. Jacobson and Marvin Schneiderman a cancer specialist formerly at the National cancer Institute said that no one knows what causes or Chanc in alcoholic beverages but that it develops during production and is not an additive. It occurs in both Domestic and imported products Schneiderman. Who is now with the Board on environmental sciences and toxicology of the National Academy of sciences National research Council told a news conference there is no doubt whatsoever that or Culhane poses a real cancer risk to regular  what America drinks in Gallons per person for 1985 Askew to run for Chiles Senate seat Tallahassee a. A former gov. Rubin Askew will run for the . Senate scat being vacated by Lawlon Chiles next year a spokesman said monday the announcement was made by Jim Bacchus Askew s press Secretary during the two term governor s bid for the democratic presidential nomination in 1984. Reubin Askew will be a candidate for the . Senate he will make a formal announcement of his candidacy to the people of Florida very soon Bac Chus said. Chiles stunned supporters last week by announcing he will not seek a fourth term in 1988. The democratic chairman of the Senate budget committee said he was tired of what he was doing. A Call to Askew s Law office in Orlando was nol immediately returned. A spokeswoman who spoke on condition of anonymity said Askew had approved Bac Chus announcement. David Levin a boyhood Friend and former Law part Ner said Askew called him shortly after noon monday to Tell him of his decision i was just tickled to death Levin said. The Only thing that i Felt would have kept him out of the race was i he closeness to h is wife j Donna  mrs. Askew did t want to go to Washington when Askew was a Trade ambassador during the Carter administration and he commuted Between Miami and the capital. Askew 59, served As governor from 1971 through 1978. Edict against Long haired men protested Lakeland Fla. A students at Florida Southern College say they la tight an administration demand that Long haired males get haircuts or Transfer out. Twelve Long haired male students were pulled out of line during preregistration last week and told they could t sign up for Spring classes unless their hair was Cut during Christmas vacation. Those who promised to visit the Barber were Al Lowed to Register. Others were promised tuition re funds and told to find another College. Freshman Mike Rodriques of Lakeville mass., said he would rather switch than Cut his shoulder length Ponytail. "1 Don t feel it s right for me to give  he told the Ledger in Lakeland. If that s the Rule if there s no room for Compromise. I la go  they let the girls have really Short hair and far out hairdos said freshman Mike Derosimo of water Bury Conn and the policy does t specifically say what an extreme is. I think that Short hair is  student body president James d Lough said the hair ultimatum was  he said the student government would push to abolish the Rule or at teas make it More specific so hat students will know what constitutes an extreme hair style. It s very subjective he said. Any College official can interpret it any Way they want  the conservative methodist College has regulated students dress and appearance for decades said assist ant Dean of students Frank Szabo Szabo along with Moran decided which students needed haircuts. The Rule is that men s hair should not touch the Collar of a dress shirt Szabo said. The two defended their decision. I think we re trying to teach and train students for life after College Moran said. There la always be slight adjustments that have to be made to do the things they want to do or be the places they want to  hiccups result in teen s fatal shooting gloce5ter. . A a High school senior shot his Friend to death in an attempt to cure his hic cups by scaring him police said. David e. Duquette 19, of Glocester was arraigned monday Oft a murder charge. District court judge Victor j. Beretta released him on $40,000 Bond and the Case was referred to a grand jury. Police chief Joseph a. Green said Nicholas level i 16, also of Glocester died after he was shot in the Back of the head at Duquette s Home. Duquette told police he was holding the revolver that killed Lovell bul he said the gun went off Acci dentally. In i Hurt. Carl Levin of the attorney general s office described the shooting based on Duquette s statement. Duquette told police he and Lovell were working on a computer when Lovell began to Hiccup. Levin said Duquette went to his parents room and took a revolver which he assumed was unloaded and held the weapon to the Back of Lovell s head. Hoping to scare away the hiccups Duquette shouted bang Levin said. The ,38-caliber handgun went off a moment later killing Lovell. Duquette ran outside Yelling for help. He said there had been an accidental shooting and to Call police Green said. Duquette was taken into custody and held Over night. Defense lawyer Paul Baillargon said the shooting was undoubtedly an unfortunate  Baillargon said Duquette had no arrest record