European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday december 20, 1987 just get through holidays is tops advice  staff writer Hanau. Germany holidays Are known for excessive excitement expense and eating. Little can he done about inc first two but with up support said capt. Nora Patterson chief of inc nutrition care division for Heidelberg s Hospital. As dieticians we Don t have time to do that a Ien Sivc follow up which is very critical to Long term Success As Long As people arc following approved   feels Liniai group it Highl lion is a major Factor in getting people to lose is Cess weight and to keep it off it s a Good support group and they give you rewards for wig he loss she said. Tops really recognizes their people during conferences Wilh differ ent incentives. Kings Queens and the biggest losers Are named. You become a Lille family in your local group Tomczyk said. Everyone helps each other and cares. You know everybody there has the same problem you do overeating. They Aren t going to put you Down for being overweight. New tops members pay $12 to join and receive a monthly Magazine and lots of support. Tops groups exist in several military communities in Europe. Hospitals clinics Public affair offices Community and family service offices May be Able to provide information for specific communities. Men women and children Are encouraged to  Tomczyk said. We even have a few gis who Are on the weight program with  tops was rounded in 1948 in Mil Waukee where ils Headquarters is today. By 1980, there were 12,399 tops groups All Over the world with a local of 347.sb4 members Tomczyk said. Iranian speedboats attack danish Tanker in Gulf Manama Bahrain up three iranian speedboats fired several rocket propelled grenades saturday no a danish supertanker in the Southern persian Gulf shipping officials said. The three gunboats attacked the 337.700-Lon Karama marsk at 9 . While it was steaming off the United Arab emirates the shipping officials said. The vessel was Laden with Oil and was travelling out of the Gulf. The attack on the danish supertanker the ninth iranian strike on shipping in the Gulf in As Many Days caused minor damage to the giant 10-year-old vessel and there were no casualties the officials reported. Danish radio reported thai the vessel requested assistance from a British warship patrolling the Southern Gulf but the report could not be immediately con firmed by Gulf shipping officials. One senior shipping executive said the danish Captain of the Karama maintained radio silence for several hours after the strike South of Abu Musa the iranian Island used in stage strikes on Independent shipping in the Gulf. On Friday iranian speedboats fired the rockets at the 140,277-ton norwegian Tanker Happy Kari Friday As it Fer ried a cargo of kuwaiti crude Oil through the Strait of Hormuz. The Captain proceeded at full Speed after the attack despite a fire on the deck that his crewmen extinguished and the Tanker passed through the Strait Friday evening the shipping officials said. Pentagon officials denied reports that an american warship the guided missile frigate gallery escorted inc vessel through the Strait of Hormuz into the Gulf of Oman after the attack. The gallery was escorting the my Patriot a military chartered Tanker used to Supply fuel and Oil to american warships protecting  vessels in the Gulf in inc Strail on Friday inc . Officials said. Soviets to launch Mir Relief Crew pods Check finally arrive Moscow up the soviet Union announced saturday a three Man Relief Crew will be sent into orbit Mon Day to replace the record breaking cosmonaut Crew headed by Yuri Romanenko who has so far spent 315 Days on Board the Mir space station. Radio Moscow said the As yet unnamed replacement Crew will blast off from the Bai honour launch site in soviet Central Asia Al 2 18 . Moscow Lime on monday. In said the Proton Booster that Wilt Lake their soyuz to spacecraft into orbit has already been fuelled in anticipation of monday s Blastoff. The cosmonauts will Dock with the or Biling Mir Complex on wednesday. Radio Moscow said Romanenko and his partner Alexander Alexandrov who has spent five months in space will remain on Board the Mir for a week Wilh the replacement Crew before returning to Earth. 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Romanenko shattered the previous space endurance record of 237 clays set by soviet cosmonauts Leonid Kizim Vladimir Solovyov and Olesak Tov in 1984. Alexandrov joined Romanenko last july during the first joint soviet syrian space Mission and stayed on Board the Mir re placing Romanenko s original partner Al expander Lav Eikin who was ordered Back to Earth with heart trouble. Soviet space officials said that Roma Nenko and Alexandrov Are in Good health. Long term weightlessness has a. Debilitating Ella cd on the body. In saps i ilium from Bones making them Brittle and unable la support regular body weight for the past week the Cost Tonaus have european weather simulates Earth s Gravity. The suit peeled Loaid readjustment. Soviet space officials now believe that a six month period in space is the optimum. Teachers awaiting payday in Italy finally received their checks saturday a teachers Union spokesman Laid. Thai s the Good new said Ernie Lehman executive director of the Over seas federation of teachers. The bad news ii Liat they Are dated dec. 21, and can t be cashed until monday. Air Force finance officials had tailed to make Good on a Promise to have the late paychecks in the hands of about 400 teachers Friday in Italy. The department of defense dependents schools teachers who begin their Christmas vacation monday went with out their dec. 14 paychecks because of commercial transportation problems a regional school spokesman said. Aging Council exec Dies Rochester . A Garson Meyer who helped found the National Council on aging has died Ai the ftgcof91. Falor an of Gilr Arabi. Sopoci l lot sunday Cloudy wry rain or Druzila and Fourr Kiriy Raj to 6 Bankim. Putty wind in us pity in Cossiah and Iwon Tam avg ionic hnn40-52. K�4 4$-40  sunday at 24. Lun rih monday it b21. Out two for momus  with Rol blk Akka Shovari m a Bornetun and Northern through a Rrt Ril Germany. 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Citizens or local citizens. Army commissaries will close at 2 . Dec. 24 and at 4 . Dec. 31. Army commissaries with mostly Ger Man employees will close poll Day dec. 26, while stores with a majority of . Workers will observe Normal operating hours that Day. Army commissaries in the German states of Badin Wintemberg and Bavaria with mostly German employees will be closed Jan. 6. Three Kings Day. Customers should Check with their local commissary for specific closing Days and limes in their Community