European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday August 27, 1988 changes urged for school lunches main dishes called too High in fat Washington a too Many school lunches rate a a Grade because of their High fat Content a consumer nutrition group said thursday urging cafeterias to serve healthfully modified meals such As Chili atop baked potatoes instead of hot dogs. Ellen Haas executive director of Public voice for food and health policy said her group spotted encouraging trends toward fresh fruit and vegetables in a Survey of school menus. But she said the main courses served in school cafeterias far too often Are Fried foods and other dishes High in saturated fat. Our Young children Are a captive audience. Behave an Opportunity Here Haas said. We be got to establish lifestyles that have healthy eating  the Denver based american school food service association called the report shallow and said school lunch is again getting a bad  the $3.7 billion school lunch program serving some27 million children is run by the agriculture depart ment. Surplus commodities purchased by us a account for 20 percent of the foods used in the program. Therein lies the Root of the problem according to Public voice because the commodities Are often High in fat sugar or  Congress has compounded the problem by bowing to the milk producers lobby and requiring that schools serve whole milk with Low fat milk optional it said. Public voice recommended among other things that us a set limits on the amount of fat sodium an sugar permitted in school lunches and distribute heal obituaries Thier commodities to schools. But Suzanne s. Harris Deputy assistant Secretary of agriculture for food and consumer services said in a statement that it would be irresponsible to let commodities purchased by the government As required by Law go unused. Furthermore she said the scientific Community does not support setting absolute Levels for sugar fat or we hear complaints that students won t eat this stuff. We just Don t buy that Ellen Haas of Public voice sodium at this time because current recommendations regarding children Are controversial. Nutrition strategies warranted for the general adult population May actually be harmful to children particularly Low income children during periods of growth and development Harris said. Pat Bayer executive director of the american school food service association said the Public voice report offers a shallow View of research that is an overreaction to Calls by the surgeon general to reduce fat intake. The association represents 65,000 school nutritionists and school lunch  think that it is patently ridiculous to blame school lunch for obese America Bayer said. The fact is that school lunches Are often the Healthiest and most balanced meals some children receive All , Haas said the National science foundation the National institutes of health and the american hear association agree that fat should not constitute More than 30 percent Ofa child s daily caloric intake. And she said the average school lunch contains 39 percent fat. Public voice listed several examples of traditional menus heavy on Fried Chicken and fish mashed and Fried potatoes and Sweet prepared deserts. The group compared those with healthfully modified menus adopted by some school  example in Kennesaw ga., students got baked Chicken breasts with Lemon and garlic steamed Broccoli and carrots a homemade whole wheat Roll and fresh fruit. And in Denver one meal was a baked potato topped with Chili accompanied by raw Broccoli and carrots and Sweet potato  hear complaints that students won t eat this stuff. We just Don t buy that Haas  school districts won Praise for serving Low fat milk and homemade Low fat salad dressings buying the ingredients themselves to substitute for higher rat commodities from  urged the department to help keep nutritious meals affordable by adapting the commodities pro Gram to More closely meet us a s own 1980 dietary guidelines. Texas Price Daniel is dead at 77 Liberty Texas a Price Daniel who served Texas for 40 Yeasas state legislator attorney general,. Senator Gover nor and Jurist died thursday at his ranch in Southeast Texas. He was 77. George Chris Tian former press Daniel Secretary and executive assistant to Daniel said Daniel suffered what was believed to be a massive stroke at his ranch and was taken to yet tie Kersting Hospital at Liberty 35 Miles Northeast of Houston where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Longtime friends and former political foes praised Daniel s Devotion to Texas where his varied career As a Public serv ant placed him alongside 19th-Century revolutionary hero Sam Houston. Daniel and Houston were the Only texans to quit the . Senate to run for governor a position Daniel said he would rather hold than the presidency of the United states. Daniel married hous ton s great great granddaughter Jean Baldwin Houston in 1940. Court allows Dewillers to keep records closed Dod legislative assistant Dies Washington a George , a former congressional aide and reporter who became a defense depart ment executive in 1987, died thursday after being stricken aboard an air Force plane in route to Europe. He was 60. A Pentagon statement said Allen was taken ill aboard a c-5 transport that had taken off wednesday night from Dover fab del., for Ramstein a West Ger Many. Allen a Deputy assistant defense Secre tary for legislative affairs who specialized in the House of representatives was flying to Germany to meet a con Gressional delegation he was scheduled to accompany in Europe. Allen was appointed to his Pentagon position last october after 17 years on Capitol Hill with the staff of the House appropriations committee. He had served As the panel s minority staff assistant responsible for defense matters. Attorney Percy Foreman 86, Dies Houston a flamboyant de sense attorney Percy Foreman who bartered a guilty plea for the life of the Man who assassinated the Rev. Martin Luther kingjr., died thursday at the age of 86. K  Foreman died of mrav a cardiac arrest said Foreman methodist Hospital spokeswoman Brenda Koch. Family members did not wish to re lease further details she said. Foreman once estimated he had tried1,500 death penalty cases but of his clients Only one a restaurateur name Steve Mitchell was executed. Mitchell was convicted in 1952 of shooting his wife and Foreman who consistently opposed the death penalty said later Mitchell deserved to  can t win Emall Foreman said of the Case but later confided he blame himself. He persuaded James Earl Ray to plea guilty to the 1968 slaying of King the Nobel prize winning civil rights Leader in Exchange for a 99-year sentence. Ray charged later that Foreman pressured him into the plea by saying the Odds were 99 percent certain he would Goto the electric chair if he faced a jury m Tennessee. Miami a Maria Dewillers  give up financial records of donations for her dying son s liver trans plants a judge ruled thursday dismiss ing contempt motions that could have landed her in jail. Forcing Dewillers to give up the re cords and items allegedly bought with some of the $690,000 in donations to the court appointed curator of her son Ronnie s estate would tend to in Criminate her said Dade county probate judge Francis Christie. I m very Happy said Desil lers who while awaiting the ruling gave her age As "33, the same As Christ when he was  during the two Day contempt hearing her attorney Roy Black argued that de Sillers had a fifth amendment right against self incrimination because prosecutors in Dade and Broward counties Are investigating her for possible Crimi Nal violations. Lawyers for curator Karen Giever Shad no immediate comment. Dewillers received massive publicity last year after the theft of $4,000 that her 7-year-old son s classmates had raise for the boy s liver transplant. Donations poured in including$1,000 from president and mrs. Reagan and $200,000 from Miami Beach industrialist Victor Posner. Ronnie died in april 1987 while awaiting a fourth trans Plant at children s Hospital in Pitts Burgh. Dewillers handling of the Money came under question when the Hospital sued for the $262,000 balance of the boy still. She refuses to pay claiming Ronnie received improper care a charge the hos Pital vehemently  before the ruling thursday Dewillers former Fiance Jose Castillo was handcuffed and whisked away As he stepped out of the courtroom where he been accompanying Dewillers. Metro Dade detective Barry Garafol Asaid Castillo pawned two ism computers monitors and printers Worth $4,000.one of the computer sets had been stolen in March and the other has not been traced the detective said. As he was led away Castillo called the charge  his bail was set at $ 1,000 per count on a charge of Gran theft and another of dealing in stolen property. Detectives said they could not say if Dewillers was involved. She was devastated by the arrest said Frank John son another of her lawyers. Gievers a lawyer was appointed bythe court in March to oversee Ronnie s estate after the charges arose that the Money might have been misspent by de Sillers. Gievers said Dewillers apparently spent some $200,000 of the donations improperly including $ 13,500 for a used Bow and $ 11,000 for jewelry. The Cura Tor had sought the records to confirm her findings. Christie froze the estate assets which Are to be used for outstanding Bills or to help other needy sick children. He also repeatedly ordered Dewillers to give up financial records and to hand Over Pur chases allegedly made with the donations. When she refused Gievers sought the contempt of court citations punishable by fines or jail time. Christie declined to elaborate on his Brief order thursday rejecting that  portrayed his client As an unfairly maligned and generous woman who handled the publicity Money and her Only child s death As Best she could. Heals said that some of the donations were meant for Dewillers personal  m not saying people gave it for Maria to buy jewelry. But if she bought pickup truck for $20,000, which is what they Cost today nobody would have criticized her he told the judge. You d think this was lifestyles of the Rich and famous this is not a woman who deserves to be humiliated Black said