European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 25, 1988 the stars and stripes Dolphin Nemo who hid been ailing in Cairo seems happier As he arrives in Antibes. Dolphin waifs find Asylum on French Riviera Paris a Leo and his ailing partner Nemo two performing dolphins that spent year in a hotel swimming Pool in Cairo were spirited to Sanctuary in France Early wednesday slipping through a Legal net. The dolphins were whisked out of Egypt on a special pc Dawn flight and Are now convalescing in a Pool at Marine land Cote d Azo in Antibes Pend ing the outcome of a Legal decision. They re in very very Good spirits. They re eat ing extremely Well eating High Quality  said or. David Taylor a veterinarian who accompanied them on the flight out and if All goes Well 1 expect each of them to be pump and have double chins by  from improper transport in the past Taylor added. Both animals had grown lethargic after a year or swimming in circles in la Pool of Cairo s Mcredic hotel./.,.the dolphins were brought to the Meridian year ago to perform in the main Pool for guests during the Winter season. But then they became stranded. The hotel said it could not continue to House he abandoned dolphins but their owner the International Dolphin show co. Headed by Bruno Lien hard of Switzerland said it had nowhere to take them. /. -. The Meridian Mold s general manager edouard speck said the hotel is taxing the dolphins owners to court to decide their Fate and a hearing was scheduled for sunday in Cairn. Speck said wednesday that four Days ago the hotel obtained permission from the agriculture ministry for inca Olphin to leave on wednesday the hotel was informed of a court injunction cancelling the departure order but meanwhile they were already out of the country speck said. While the hold says its Dolphin contract expired May 31, a Enhardt claims thai the Deal runs through May 1989. He said the my Ridden told him in april to get rid of the dolphins so the Pool would be free Tor summer guests i travelled everywhere to find a suitable Pool Tor the dolphins Wenhardt said from Cairo. "1 could t find anything in one  Taylor said travel plans for the dolphins on air France were changed when he Learned of the in Junction. We decided we. Would Haw to dissemble Taylor said we busily found another Smalt excellent Airliner in  19.3 Bush determined to slash Dod spending aide says Charles w. Corddry x the Baltimore son Washingtton president elect George Bush is determined Mcnearry out Pentagon reforms that could eventually Raj Liz As much As s30 billion in an Nual savings on Curry to military programs according to his White House Cour Tel c. Boyden Gray. Gray says that cuts Ink Pentagon spending would involve the array of proposals Laid Down by me i9b6packard commission on delete management some of which already Are being implemented and could Lead to a 10 percent saving on the j30q billion military budget. I by such Stern measures the incoming administration apparently Hopes that it can sustain torrent . Military Power which otherwise would need ing budget increases of s6 billion 10112 billio those real increases would be on lop of a 1 $ 12 billion just to cover inflation. Almost As if o Challenge such Hopes hoi Lucr the i Hilly will extensive analysis that says in effect the defense budget will Rise or . Defense a crating costs where they Are could drop the  increase to i percent instead of 4 percent. But Congress at Best seem Vickly to hold the Bud get where it is with perhaps in Rhum allowances. For Mer presidents Ford and Carter  that approach to Bush on monday. Such a course As the co suggested could Lead to a reduction in . Defense capabilities Over the next few years and in turn to reductions in some of the nation s global military commitments. Ubu re too old to quit smoking not so researchers of Sadver Boston a you re never too old to quit smoking say researchers who found that even people in their 70s significantly reduce their risk of heart at tack and death when they kick the habit. Their study disputes the notion that old people have already suffered too much damage from smoking to Benefit from quitting.,". They found that Over six years the death rate of older folks who continued to smoke was 70 percent higher than that of people who had recently quit. The study was based on people who already had clogged heart arteries a condition that affects an Esti mated 3.9 million americans Over age 54. Other re search is under Way to see if older people with healthy hearts also live longer if they Stop smoking. The message is thai it s never too Lale to quit said Bonnie Hermanson. Older people with heart disease have just As much Benefit from quitting As younger peopled. The study conducted by Hermanson and colleague from the University of Washington and the Mayo clinic was published in thursday new England journal of Medicine. It was based on men and women older than 54 who took part in the coronary artery surgery study or Cass a major review of coronary bypass surgery. " cigarette smoking is considered to be the chief avoid Able cause of death m the United Stales. According to the National centers for disease control smoking was responsible for 320,515 deaths in 1984. About one third of them were smoking related fatal heart attacks strokes an cardiac arrest. /. R. There is some feeling that it s Loo late for older people to quit because they have had too much dam age Over the years said Hermanson. However there is very Little data dealing with elderly people. Most smoking studies arc done on those no Are Middle aged or younger. Or. John h. He Brook of the University of Utah said the new study shows the advantage of quitting i people whose heart disease has been carefully  matter How old you arc no matter How Long you be smoked there s a Benefit to quilling be said and As far As heart attack is concerned the benefits begin to accrue within a few  the risk of lung cancer another major Hazard of smoking also drops when people Stop smoking Al though the reduction is not As last As the fall in heart attacks  the latest study was based on a comparison of 807 people who had quit smoking within the previous year and 1,086 people who continued to smoke. During six years of follow up 210 of the quitters and 391 of the continuing smokers died the differences cannot be blamed on More severe heart disease among those who continued to smoke. Infant the quitters were actually sicker than the smokers the researchers said. Or. Bernard j. Gursh a co author of the study Al the Mayo Zinic said the Tower death rate among the quit ters resulted largely from fewer heart attacks. Among the study s conclusions after the researchers adjusted their findings for severity of heart disease Hose who continued to smoke had a 70 percent higher risk of death. Thirty eight percent of he smokers died during the six year period compared with 28 percent of inc. Quitters. -. V among those Over age 70, so percent of the quit ters died during the follow up compared with 6s per cent of the smokers. The greatest difference in survival was among those with moderate degrees of heart disease. The benefits of quitting were similar for men an for women. ,.v\ the advantages of giving up smoking that were seen in older people were virtually the same As los in Middle age people. -. 0n the basis of these results the researchers wrote we believe that it is worthwhile for physicians to encourage their elderly patients with coronary artery disease to quit smoking As strongly As they do their younger  .-,.-j.