European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday july 28,1988 newlyweds alive and Well after vanishing act Chicago a a newlywed couple who vanished in april their luxury Auto left running in a downtown Alley Are alive and Well and have contacted their parents from a West coast Loca Tion police said  College students Scott Swanson 23, and Carolyn Maclean 22, had been the subject of an exhaustive two state investigation. Investigators had noted that some of the circumstances surrounding their disappearance the couple had been secretly married a week earlier and talked about trips to exotic locales indicated they had planned to  have information that the parents have heard from Carolyn and Scott both by letter Andy Telephone commander Ettory Divito of the police department s youth division said at a news conference  Are disheartened that we d expended so Many Man hours on the Case Divito said. Police said they believe the couple is in the san Diego area. The Maclean and Swanson families notified police this morning that they had heard fro their children police said. The parents Are in route to the West coast said a police depart ment spokeswoman Tina Vicini. Police said they did not suspect foul play inthe couple s disappearance. They refused to comment wednesday on Why the couple dropped out of sight or on what they might have been doing in the four months  two were returning from a visit to Mac lean s grandmother in Flint mich., on april 2and had planned to Stop for dinner in Chicago before heading for Swanson s Home in Elgin about 40 Miles outside  told police the two were saving Money for a trip before their car was found in the Early evening of april 2. New no calorie sweetener gets approval from Fra Washington up the food and drug and you see signify administration Mew wednesday a new no Cal cant results Leffert Orie sweetener called Sunette for use in chewing gum puddings dry mixes for drinks and in tablets and packets for the table  product known Genen Cally As aces Fame potassium was discovered in 1967 by scientist with the Hoechst celanese corp. Of Somerville n j it is already being sold in 20 other countries but a consumer group said it believes the product causes cancer in Laboratory animals. The White powder which is about 200 times sweeter than sugar differs chemically from aspartame and saccharin the two artificial sweeteners now on the Market. Unlike the Low calorie sweetener aspartame aces Fame potassium is not Chemi Cally based on amino acids. It is a cyclic organic molecule that is a ring shaped molecule of Carbon oxygen nitrogen Fulfur and potassium according to Pat Mclaughlin food safety officer for the cd Mclaughlin said she had sampled the product and detected no aftertaste or tastes other than  Starr president of the research division and chief technical officer for Hoechst said the water soluble compound is stable at High tempera Tures unlike the other  said the company is now preparing petitions to the Fra for permission to use the product in soft drinks and baked goods. He said the Sweet ener has no calories and is Safe because it passes directly through the body without being broken  the Center for science in the Public interest a consumer advocacy group had grave reservations using established cancer in Sciples the Case that aces Fame potassium causes cancer is Strong said Lisa Leffert staff scientist for the group. In one study you see lung tutors in another twice As Many mammary tutors in test animals Asin controls. You see effects increasing with dose How Sweetis Sweet calories in calories per flavor equivalent of 1 Teaspoon of sugar sugar said. But a statement from the Fra said detailed analysis of All the data. Including data from other studies using these strains of Ani Mals showed that any tutors found were typical of what could routinely be expected and were not due to feeding with a Esul Fame  the Agency said units review of the safety data it applied a100-fold safety Factor in making its safety assessment that is the Agency found that the maximum amount consumed by human would be less than one Hundredth of the amount that caused no toxic effect when fed to  Starr said Sunette would be priced to be competitive with other artificial Sweet Eners but was Uncer Tain when it would be on store shelves. He said this depended largely on the interest of food manufacturers. There May be some test marketing by the end of the year but that s really speculative Starr said. I think you la really see it in 1989." sweetness compare to sugar saccharin 300 x sweeter Cycle mate \ 30x\ sweeter aspartame \ j 180 sweeter Chicago Tribune graphic sources Chicago Tribune news reports calorie control Council Fra Senate panel oks $2.5 billion for child care Washington a Congress inched Forward on the politically potent child care Issue wednesday when a sen ate committee approved a $2.5 billion initiative designed to expand and improve Day care. The Senate labor and human re sources committee approved the act for better child care services or Abc Bill on a voice vote with no audible opposition. But the vote followed a pledge by committee democrats the major Force behind the Bill to try to work out a bipartisan version of Abc before it reaches the Senate floor. Sen. Orrin Hatch a Utah sponsor of a less expensive child care Bill called for the bipartisan cooperation after Declar ing that we re just playing  he urged committee members to approve the Abc Bill and then Well sit Dowland work this thing out and do what s right for families and  Abc proponents agreed to talks but made no promises. He s Laid open a very interesting Challenge said committee chairman Edward Kennedy a mass. Whether we re going to be Able to meet it or not is a real  he has my commitment for a solid Good Faith Effort said sen. Christopher Dodd d-conn., chief sponsor of theaby Bill. I m hopeful we can do some thing. Maybe we won t be Able  three quarters of the Money under theaby Bill would help families making less than 100 percent of a state s median in come pay. The remainder would go to states for improvements to Day care Cen ters and Homes staff training staff Sala Ries and administrative costs. A National advisory committee would develop minimum safety and staffing standards which states would have to adopt and Only Homes and centers con forming to the standards would be Eligi ble for the Federal Money. Some democrats would prefer that theaby Bill be passed intact reasoning that a presidential veto could Only help their candidates on the Campaign Trail this fall. Hatch and other republicans Are seeking a More modest bipartisan Bill that gop candidates can tout in an elec Tion season coloured by family concerns. Hatch complained that the Abc Bill would Cost an enormous amount but would t do much to ease the National Day care shortage. He said Abc would subsidize Only 700,000 Day care slots while California alone needs 1 million. Hatch s own Bill one of a dozen proposals pending on Capitol Hill would provide $250 million to states to expand or improve care including Aid to poor families $100 million for liability pools and $25 million for capital improvements. States would have to develop and adopt their 9wn standards. Busi Nesses would receive tax Breaks for starting Day care centers. If the Abc Bill reaches the Senate floor in its present form Hatch said he would offer three to four weeks Worth of amendments because there Are that Many criticisms that can be lodged against it. Medal puts son in touch with father s pow past by John Sullivan Houma la daily courier Houma la. The american pow medal does t weigh much Only a couple of ounces and in terms factual Dollar value probably does t Cost much either. For James Marcel though the Small medallion depicting an Eagle surrounded by barbed wire and attached to a red White Blue and Black ribbon is almost priceless. Marcel recently received the medal on behalf of his father Levy j. Marcel a world War ii Veteran who died in 1967.for the younger Marcel getting the pow medal some 44 years after it was earned meant touching his father s past. Levy j. Marcel was a Tail gunner on a b-24 of the98th bomb group in 1944. On aug. 10, 1944, his Liberator bomber was shot Down while attacking the nazi held Plesti Oil Fields in Rumania. I heard a lot of stories about what had happened but it never really Sank in until i received the medal Marcel said. After Marcel was captured he was sent to Luftwaffe stalag in near the German town of Gross Chow on the Baltic coast. There he met another Houma Man Ray Marcello who had also been captured by the germans. It was or. Marcello who told me that my dad had this medal coming to him and what i had to do to get it for him Marcel said. He showed me All kinds of clippings from when the two of them came Back Home in 1945, and he was very  after the two Terrebonne Parish men met at the prisoner of War Camp they and the rest of the prison ers began a slow painful March of almost 600 Miles towards the Western Border of Germany. The Story is that my dad or. Marcello and a third Man broke away from the germans and hid under Ahouse for three Days Marcel said. They then just started out and were eventually found by the Antish  the american pow medal is authorized by con Gress to be worn by any . Serviceman who was captured and imprisoned by the enemy during wars this Century. Or. Marcello told me what forms to fill out and did and sent them in and got a letter Back from the government saying the medal would be mailed As soon As possible Marcel said. I figured being the government that could  about three weeks after mailing the forms in the package with the medal for his father arrived he said. The american pow medal will now take its place with the other medals that master sgt. Levy j. Marcel won during world War ii the Bronze Star purple heart air medal Good conduct medal world War ii Victory medal and numerous Campaign ribbons. I know my dad would be proud to have this medal and i feel like i be helped him by getting it for him Marcel said. I think he would really like  John Sullivan in City of Tor of the Houma la daily courier. This article was distributed by the new York times news service