European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january13, 1988 the stars and stripes Pago 7 list of 10 Healthiest cities has surprises Portland Ore. Api ii May come is a Surprise to people who think of Pittsburgh As a smoke belching steel City with a fuel polluted River but a pair of Oregon researchers say it s among the 10 Healthiest Arras to live in in the nation. Carl Abbott a professor of Urban studies and planning at Portland stale University and Joan shark or an Urban studies graduate student will publish the results of their study in the March Issue of health Magazine a Marine. Tor he fitness conscious with a circulation of boo,000. A Bolf and starker who did nol Visil inc cities they surveyed relied on statistics from the Bureau of census Federal health agencies and private health organizations. They weighed various factors such As alcohol consumption legislation that limits smoking in Public places the Opportunity for regular exercise air Quality pollen count Access to outdoor activities cancer Rales. Inc Rale of violent crime traffic and accidental deaths the availability of Hospital Beds and the number of physician per capita in com piling their list. Pittsburgh ranked on the list in part because of its strict regulations on smoking in Public. Seattle made it into the lop 10 partly because 25 percent of its residents Are trained in emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation or car the researchers said. Rochester n.y., was ranked in part because it is the Only City in the nation to conduct citywide cholesterol screen ing they  of the cities were East of the Mississippi River and an eighth min Neapolis is. Paul straddles the missis Sippi. The Only cities in the West tomake the list were Seattle and Honolu  were some surprises said starker. For instance most people think of Rochester As cold and snowy in the Winter but it is a thriving health  pair Are publishing their find Ings Abbott said because they want to Bridge academically structured and popular research by making their re sults available to the general Public. The study lined Only the 10 cities and in no particular order. They were Rochester Scranton Wilkes Barre a. Boston Pittsburgh Richmond a. Greensboro . Milwaukee Minneapolis so. Paul Seattle and Honolulu. Guests Bare All before to talk show audience new Haven. Conn. A five nudists two men and three women dropped their Robes and went before a television talk show audience monday wearing Only necklaces and watches telling Host Sally Jessy Raphael they like to feel natural and Are not exhibitionists. The five nudists spent an hour on a stage during inc taping of a show to be broadcast feb. 5. The studio audience had an unrestricted vow of the nudists but television watchers will Sec Only their Heads and shoulders. I d like you All to be undressed  Sharon Mcmahon of Phoenix. Ariz., told the studio Audi ence of about 200 people. Kurt Zimmerman who lives in the Chicago area said he fell completely natural sitting naked in front of people and cameras. Also appearing on the syndicated show was Dan Nii Craig Smidili author of a Book entitled grow ing up without  Smith wearing a business suit said his study of children of nudists found they fell no discomfort about their bodies. At one Point audience members yelled take in off to Smith. When one member of the audience expressed admiration for guest Robert Nelson of Phoenix he replied we Don l gel older we gel Betler  Raphael who was clothed expressed some Dis Comfort Over the situation and Al one Point asked inc nudists where do you look we All feel belter with something on she said later. Raphael did a show with nudists about three years ago when her show was based in St. Louis but App twid talk show Host Sally Jessy Raphael Field audience questions during taping of show featuring nude guests. There was no studio audience that Lime executive producer Bun Dubrow said. He said the favourable experience with the earlier show led him to decide to do a similar taping before an audience. He said he did not know if any other talk show has Ever had a segment with nudists appearing in the Buff. Dubrow said inc original nudists scheduled for the show decided late last week not to do the taping because of pressure from Peers and others. He said show personnel spent a frantic saturday lining up inc five guests to appear two Days later. Zimmerman and his wife Jan who arc also nude Art models told Raphael thai nudists arc not exhibitionists. Well never walk into a clothed Beach and take our clothes off said mrs. Zimmerman. If a person joins a nudist organization because if voyeurism that person would soon be escorted of a Camp said Trish Yeager also of Phoenix. Mcmahon Cuger and Nelson Are part of the Shangrila family nudist resort in Phoenix Accord ing to information provided by inc show. Roughly 20 percent of the original studio Audi ence decided not to attend the show when members were advised of its contents by letter Dubrow said. Replacements who were also old about the show s contents were found to fill the empty scats do brow said. Audience member Jim Luehs of Milford said he enjoyed the taping but did t find it particularly fascinating. You go Down to the Beach and you Sec the same thing in a much More arousing atmosphere he said. New Orleans symphony suspending its season new Orleans a the new Orleans symphony saddled with a j3.8 million debt decided monday to suspend its current season after sat urday s Young people s performance. The symphony Board voted 15-11 to suspend the season which was to have run through May 28. As of the close of business sat urday we will be closed  Board spokeswoman Rosemary James said. The closure is just for this season she said and the symphony will open a new Scanson in inc fall it will be the longest shutdown Foric symphony now in its s2nd year. Twice previously orchestra members walked out when they weren t paid. Despite financial problems the symphony was Riding a Crest of Artis tic Success under conductor Maxim Shostakovich who Drew enthusiastic reviews after last week s fourth Classi Cal concert of the season. A surge of Money came in at the endow the year to cover the 150,000 a Wick payroll for inc musicians for the last two weeks of 1987, Board president Adelaide Benjamin said. In addition she said some of the unpaid salaries from the past were paid. She has cited a $3.8 million debt in the past bul would not specify Mon Day exactly How much would be needed to cover the current season s 13.s million budget. That Budge was reduced from 15 million a year ago through cutbacks in staff and the number of performances. The financial crisis has been building for Yean blamed by current Board Mem Bers on mismanagement before the sym phony hired a full time manager in 1986. Interest payments alone Cost More than . Public financial support eroded be cause of lie financial troubles. Subscription renewals dropped and the reduced staff had few resources for tapping Cor Porat Eor private donors officials said. Poor supervision cited for child stuck in Well m1dland, Texas a toddler jes Sica Mcclure was t adequately supervised by her Mother and aunt when she tumbled into an abandoned Well where she was trapped for 58 hours . The letter dated oct. 30,1987, was sent by inc Texas Ijean Mcnol of human re sources to Jamie Moore Jessica s aunt in whose Yard the Well was located. Jessica then 18 months old fell into the Well oct. 14 and was freed in a dramatic nationally televised Rescue two Days later. The Well has since been capped. The Texas department of human re sources has found there is reason to believe inc child s injuries and the Lime spent in the Well arc the result of negligent supervision by child care provider Reba Mcclure Jessica s Mother Carolyn Langendorf. Day care licensing regional director said in the letter. Langendorf also wrote that there was Rea son to believe Moore should have made Sun the Well was capped. Langendorf told inc associated press such letters arc sent alter every department investigation. Moon never requested an administrative review on the Agency s findings Langendorf said. Moore stopped operating a Day can Cen Ter soon after the investigation was initiated in october Langendorf said. Moore s num Ber is unlisted so she could nol be reached for comment by the a but she told an Odessa television station that the Well should have been capped by previous owners. She has denied she was running a Day car Center. Under state Law. A baby Sitter has to apply for a License As a Day care Center operator if he or she cares for More than three children. The Agency advised Moore that because her Home was unlicensed continuing to orc for children would be a violation of criminal and civil penalties As tone As she s not caring for Over three children thai was the end of our licensing  in Gundorf said. But St said if Moore applies Tor a Day care License the Well incident would be taken into account Lancendorf said she believed the letter was released 2 it months alter it was sent to Moore because of necessary Legal clarification to Moke sure releasing it would nol violate privacy rights. The letter was released monday in response to Media inquiries she said