European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May a 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 pro cry Homos a Lin met put it we Pofitu Prattt Longfe family Hemn for Tom i Tor. 1h7  i  i in Man Comly. Oil. Hwy Long Cam. Pm Wonc he. 101 1104013 Home ownership called impossible for Many in Ca if. Los Angeles up rising prices have put Home ownership out of the reach of More than two thirds of California s households a real estate Trade group said monday. The National association of realtors in its monthly housing Altor ability Index said the median Price for a Home in California Wassi 51.725 in March putting it out of the reach of about fi9 percent of California households. One year ago the median Price was $134,954, in March a California Home was within the financial grasp of about 32 percent of stale households. One year ago the figure was 35 per cent. In determining the statewide Index the real estate Trade group assumes Hal the household scan make a 20 percent Down payment and spend 3d percent of income each month for housing. At the March median Price a household needed a minimum annual income of $46.325 to qualify for a mortgage Wilh monthly payments of 11,156, including property taxes and insurance. The monthly payment is based on an interest rate of 9.0b percent. Thai s the National average of fined and adjustable rate mortgages As reported by the Federal Home loan Bank Board Dur ing the month of March. The highest median Home Price in California Urban areas was si93,563 in Orange county followed by the san Francisco Bay area with a median Price of 184,309. The los Angeles metropolitan area was third at 11 13,840, followed by the san Diego area al1136,483, Riverside san Bernardino area Al 196,536 and Sacramento area Al 189,444. The median Price of a single family Home in the United states in March was 138,700. Explosion ruled out As cause of 85 Newfoundland crash Ottawa up a senior . Forensic expert has ruled out reports of an in flight explosion or fire in Hie 1985 crash of a charter Airliner near Gander Newfoundland Hal killed All 248 american servicemen and eight Crew members aboard or ref. Glenn Wagner operations chief or the . Armed form Institute of pathology s forensic science department Lold United press International in a Tele phone interview monday Hal reports of an explosion were  there was no evidence of an in flight fire no Evi Dence of an explosion Wagner said from his Washington office news reports in Canada and the United Stales have accused the Canadian aviation safety Board which is investigating the crash of the dc-8 charter plane of covering up evidence of lethal Levels of Hydrogen cyanide in the blood of Many of the crash victims. Miami based Arrow air was ferrying inc soldiers Home o fort Campbell ky., after a tour of duly in the Middle East when he plane crashed shortly after take of from Gander. Irving Pinker a san Diego based explosives expert hired by Arrow air s insurance company told the Ottawa citizen newspaper he found evidence of an on Board explosion when he combed the plane s wreckage. Other reports said the presence of High Levels of cyanide in the bodies confirmed Hal the plane was on fire before in crashed. But Wagner who was involved in the recovery of the plane s wreckage and in autopsies conducted at Dover fab del., said Hal the aircraft was Impact until in hit the Blufland broke  even though the bodies were strewn Over a Large area the victims would continue to inhale Carbon monoxide and Hydrogen cyanide a by product of burning Puslis and Wool if their injuries were not immediately fatal Wagner added. Wagner said Hydrogen cyanide can also be produced in decomposing bodies. The bodies had been Frozen thawed then Frozen again he said. This could cause significant increases in the level of Hydrogen  he wit1 the investigation indicated the plane was airborne for Only one or iwo minutes before it crashed at the end of the runway. Or. David Elcombe head of the medical investigation for the Canadian aviation safety Board said in was rare to find positive values of Hydrogen cyanide in the blood of crash victims adding its presence would depend on the individual s level of respiration always elevated during a crash. Respiration also increases he said when an individual is exposed to Basra. In a related matter Bernard disc Hines former president of the Canadian aviation safety Board dented reports he was forced to resign from the Agency be cause of internal dissension Over the investigation. In an interview front his Montreal Home disc Hines said he informed the government of nil intention to resign nine months ago but wailed until this Spring so he could Complete the Agency s annual report. It was not related to the investigation said do Schenn Desch�nes acknowledged thai there was dissension about the Gander inquiry among Board members but compared the dispute to an appeals court. There s a majority View and a dissenting View. I Hope my Succes Sor will be Able to achieve a  disc hence also categorically denied Hal the Agency had tried to cover up any evidence collected during the investigation such As the presence of Hydrogen cyanide in the bodies of crash victims. This is the most major investigation we have car ried out no Stone was left uni Umed disc Hines said adding that Al possibilities were investigated but we had 10 decide which scenarios were credible and which were  Zumwalt still has no regrets he ordered agent Orange used new York not adm. Elmo r. Zumwalt jr., who ordered the use of the defoliant agent Orange in South Vietnam in 1968. Has no regrets about his Deci Sion he says although his son has cancer and his grandson has a brain dysfunction afflictions that both inc Admiral and his son believe resulted from agent Orange. I am absolutely confident he said in a Telephone interview Hal thousands would otherwise be dead or maimed including perhaps his son. As u 23-year-old Navy lieutenant the son patrolled Rivers and canals along the cambodian Border where snipers inflicted heavy casualties unlit their Jungle hideouts were wiped out by the herbicide. A television dramatization of the Zumwalt Story my father my son based on their Book of the same title will be broadcast in lie United slates May 22 from 9 to 11 . Directed by Jeff Blockner the movie stars Karl Maiden As the Admiral and Keith Carradino 4s hit son. Before Reading the Book and the script. Maiden said the other Day that he was appalled by the Char Acter be was to play. "1 thought the Man who gave the order to release agent Orange this is a Terri ble Maul Bui the actor came to real ii. He said hat there Are no Blacks and whiles but a lot of  you can t say one is All bad or All  Maiden said. He s a wonderful  the drama in t about Vietnam. Maiden said. I Call it a love Story Between a father and a  newly developed eggs Don t raise cholesterol Las vegas. Nev. A scientists have developed eggs thai Don t raise human cholesterol Levels like regular eggs and Are trying to prevent heart Dis ease by identifying food chemicals that reduce blood cholesterol. Both efforts at making Dicks healthier were outlined monday Al the annual meeting of the federation of american societies for Viperi Mcneal biology. Suk y. Of an associate professor of nutrition and colleagues at the univer sity of Utah added fish Oil to Chicken feed. Hens that ate the Oil enriched feed for eight weeks Laid eggs Hal reduced blood pressure and blood fats in a group of 12 people and unlike regular eggs did t raise cholesterol Levels. The eggs taste and Smel like fish but of said that can probably be avoided by feeding hens Codor Icid fish Oil. If of s preliminary findings arc con firmed in a larger study consumption of such eggs will not increase the risk of developing coronary heart disease no matter How Many arc consumed he said of said fish Oil enriched eggs could join existing Low cholesterol egg substitutes in markets by summer 1989, but because of the Price of fish Oil the eggs would probably Cost about 40 percent More than regular eggs. The american heart association recommends people eat no More than 300 milligrams of cholesterol daily because High Levels of the fat Ike substance in blood Are linked to increased risk of hardening of the arteries heart attacks and strokes. A regular egg averages 274 milligrams of cholesterol. In the other study nutritional sciences professor Charles Elson and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin found that daily consumption of 140-Milligram capsules of lemongrass Oil a spice com Mon in thai food reduced blood Choles Terol More than 10 percent in More than one third of a Small group of people with unhealthy High Levels. Elson now is testing other foods con Taining chemicals called Isop Renolds to learn if they also can inhibit the body s formation of cholesterol from simpler fats. We re looking in Beer wine Citrus Peel and Oats he said we be found compound in Barley. Any or Van Plant has similar compounds and some also arc in milk. If we re Correct we could create diet composed of a variety of foods con Taining factors Hal work together to control  of and his colleagues fed hens fish Oil enriched Chicken feed because the Oil contains Omega-3 fatty acids. Previous studies suggest that people who consume cold Walcer fish which contain Omega-3fatly acids have a lower risk of heart attack and stroke. In of s study 12 healthy people with Normal blood Levels of cholesterol Pandiri Glycerides fatty substances that also contribute to heart disease were divided into two groups. Each person ate four eggs dully for eight weeks. The first group ate fish Oil enriched eggs for the first four weeks which significantly reduced their blood pressure and Kepi blood cholesterol virtually unchanged. When they switched to regular eggs Tor the Lasi four weeks their Choles Terol Levels increased 5 percent to id per cent their blood pressure Rose 10 Normal and their  Levels Rose significantly. The second group started on regular eggs which boosted their blood Choles Terol significantly when they switched to fishy eggs their cholesterol level dropped to Normal and their blood pres sure and triglyceride Levels fell significantly