European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 28. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 bearly balanced Yalu Dan Iscenko practices a routine on skates with Voma the Polar Bear for circus in Kharkov ,. Vomm and other Polar bears arc being trained by Yulia and a father Alexander to ride sleds dance and perform aerobatics. Booze May get warning labels in Massachusetts Boston a in this season of spiked egg Noe Champagne and gift wrap Ped bottles Massachusetts lawmakers Are considering a Bill that would make the stale the Fin to require somber health warnings on every bottle of Beer wine and liquor sold. Providing Consumers especially Young people with this information is essential to reinforce inc truth that alcohol abuse is destructive of self and others said the Bill s prime sponsor state rep. Suzanne bump. Despite objections by the Industry the Bill cleared the House last week on a voice vote without debate and awaits action in he state Senate. The legislation is considered unlikely to pass the Senate before the 1987 legislative session expires at Midnight on Jan. But bump says she and her supporters plan to refile the Bill immediately in 1988 and push harder and earlier for passage. She said she hoped the labels would contribute to Public health Educa Tion much like warnings that already appear on i Marctles and Many Over die count or drugs. Jonathan Howland an assistant pro Fessor at the Boston University school of Public health and an expert on changing health habits said such warnings can be effective in the right circumstances. My feeling is that first of All. Some people will actually gel some instruction out of this Howland said in an inter View scion Day i think these things serve As a behavioural trigger he said. Proba Bly most people know that drinking impairs driving ability. Seeing that right thereon a can of Budweiser might trigger an awareness that might otherwise re main latent. Thirdly legislation along with other cues tends to contribute 10 the process of habit formation. Thai s really where you want to gel to. When you re dealing with a habit the policeman is inside your head. You become your own  Howland acknowledged thai Many who drink would not read or would Sim ply ignore health warnings. But hey Are not inc intended targets. Howland who has studied the demise of spitting and the Rise of bathing As examples of changing health Behaviours said the warnings could contribute to change among members of the healthy literate mainstream if they change habits and create a new Norm of accept Able behaviour More will follow. The proposed Law says every Container of alcoholic beverages sold in Massachusetts would have to carry a Label warning of the health hazards of alcohol. Violations by distillers Brewers and bottlers could be punished by fines up to 110,000. If enacted the Law apparently would be the first of its Type in the nation. Simi Lar legislation has been proposed in con Gress out has not won approval. California has passed legislation re Quiring warning signs be posted inside bars restaurants liquor stores and other places where alcohol is sold. But that Law does not involve bottle Labelling. Earlier this year at a Public hearing on the Bill representatives of the liquor lobby argued that the warnings were unnecessary because there is no evidence that drinking in moderation causes health problems. Someone who answered the Telephone on Christmas by at the distilled spirits Council in Washington said "1 think it s fair to say the Industry is opposing the legislation but he declined to elaborate or identify himself. Animal protectionists disrupt scores of Fox Hunts in Britain London up animal protectionists saturday fanned out across Britain s Hills and Dales to Lay Down false scents and blow Hunting horns o disrupt some 80 Fox Hunts a spokesman for the protectionists said. Four arrests were reported. The spokesman from the Hunt saboteurs association said the anti Hunting Campaign was mounted to hamper hums on the Post Christmas Holiday of boxing Day Radil tonally a favorite Day for the staging of Fox Hunts when packs of hounds Are set on their Quarry trailed by horse mounted Bugle blowing Hunters. Tradition makes this one of the biggest Days in the Hunting Calendar and we Are determined to Stop them ruining the season of Good will the spokesman said. We want to save foxes from the jaws of the  he said four Hunt saboteurs were arrested by police Tor trespassing on private land to try to hamper the Hunts. Bands of the saboteurs used cat and mouse tactics to disrupt the Hunts tooting bugles to summon he pianist composer Dies los Angeles a pianist Josef Myrow who composed Many popular songs of the 1940s and 1950s. Has died at the age of 77.the soviet bom Myrow com posed such popular hits As five o clock whistle autumn Nocturne Vou make me feel so Young on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City and Kokomo  hounds away from their Quarry or laying Down false animal scents to help hide the hunted beasts. Hunt organizers said a total of 350 Foi and Rabbit Hunts were staged nationwide saturday attracting up to 1 million spectators and participants and they de scribed the disruption As minimal. We try to i the saboteurs follow us without inhibiting them in any Way said Hunt woman Norma Frenton who participated in a Hunt which was harassed by saboteurs in the county of Lancashire 200 Miles Northwest of London. And we would like to feel that they would let us carry on with our chosen  but Angel maj Jenik who helped Lead the saboteurs in Lancashire said the group aimed to save the lives of defenceless animals and each Hunt disrupted was a Victory. The hounds were Onlo a Hare earlier on she said about a disruption action. They chased the Hare for about maybe 600 Yards but the saboteurs intervened and called them off it. So that saved one  British Hunters Are among the most ardent in the world. But Britain also has among the most dedicated animal Protection organisations including the Hunt saboteurs and a guerrilla group known As the animal liberation front which has raided farms to id Ani Mals free and placed firebombs in the fur departments of clothing stores to discourage inc Selling of furs. Boning Day always observed the Day after Christmas is a National Holiday in Britain and is named after a i9lh Century tradition when the Rich gave their servants boxes of presents and left Over food from Christmas dinner. Rights monitors targets of abuse new York a human rights activists became victims of abuses worldwide during 1987, especially in Chile Czechoslovakia South Africa and the soviet Union a coalition . Based monitoring groups reported sunday. Human rights watch grouping the americas Asia and Helsinki watch committees said in a Survey that 10 human rights monitors in five countries were killed. Five of the killings took place in Colombia and two in Al Salvador others occurred in the soviet Union Bra in and the Philippines the group said. Two More disappeared m Peru and Guatemala and hundreds More were tortured imprisoned or otherwise harassed elsewhere according to the report tilled the persecution of human rights  the report said most of the cases occurred in Chile Czechoslovakia. South Africa and the soviet Union. Human rights Waich outlined the goal of human rights activists As follows by embarrassing governments with the records of their own misdeeds human rights Monitor generate the pressure that promotes respect for their International commitments Oral least promotes a reduction or mitigation of  the Liu nun rights Rno nilus Are drawn from a variety of segments of to dirty in their countries. Some Are priests Heads of social organisations lawyers or journalists others Are businessmen or scientists