European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 18, 1988 the stars and Stripe page3 the surf is up Mark Wildman slays ahead or the huge wave that is crashing around him As he a Nevers for position during the Mam pipe line masters surfing championship on thursday the ride helped Wildman of Kai the Competition that was being held on he Lua Hawaii win an Early elimination heat in North Shore of the i hawaiian Island of Oahu. Ads crack Down on egg scare sweeping Britain by Dave Diehl  scrambling to help its ailing egg Industry the British government began a $930.000 Campaign Friday with full Page ads in National newspapers to try to reassure a Public worried about getting sick from eggs. The and is titled eggs the facts and quotes Don Ald Acheson the country s chief medical officer. It reports that people who cat any or the 30 million egg consumed daily in great Britain have very Little risk of suffering the effects of Salmonella a bacteria common to poultry. The egg Industry s problems began last week when then Junior health minister Edwina Cupric said in a television interview that most of country s egg production was infected with Salmonella bacteria which can cause intestinal discomfort and severe diarrhoea. Members of parliament called for Currie s ouster or resignation. In a letter to prime minister Margaret Thatcher Friday Currie resigned because of the up Roar a ministry of health spokeswoman said. The government says there remains some cause for concern citing this year s total of 49 cases of Salmonella poisoning directly attributable to eggs. It says 1,000 people have suffered from its effects. All fresh eggs sold in military commissaries in Brit Ain arc produced locally. The commissary at Raf la Ken Heath has shown no drop in egg sales. However at Raf upper Scyford commissary egg sales were Down 15 percent last week and sales of egg substitute products were up a spokeswoman said. A spokeswoman for the National Farmer s Union in London said the organization estimated a so percent drop in egg sales across the country. The Farmers said that the scare is overblown and that Currie s statement single hand edly devastated the egg Industry. At current risk Levels the average person would come across an infected egg once every400 years said Cathy Ruddy the Union s senior press officer. The Union has been asking the government to try to counter Currie s statement Ruddy said. In addition to the and Campaign it has asked that Farmers and egg producers be compensated. Friday s and reads for healthy people there is very Little risk from eggs which Are  it warns that elderly and sick people babies and pregnant women should be especially careful to ensure All eggs they cat arc Well cooked. It urges that people avoid raw eggs and uncooked foods made with raw eggs like Home made a Yonaisy and mousse. It adds As with All cooked foods egg dishes should be eaten As soon As possible after cooking. And if the dishes arc not for immediate use they should be kept in the fridge Jack Haylock an egg Farmer in Holywell Row near Raf Mildenhall said he is losing up to $2,000 a week since the scare hit the news. He said his sales usually up by about 20 percent near the holidays were Down As much As 40 percent. Haylock whose 16,000 hens produce about 5 Mil lion eggs a year dug into his pocket last week and look out ads in local papers to announce that his chickens have been checked regularly for 40 years and have never been found to have Salmonella bacteria. I know that my Birds Are Salmonella free he said. Haylock said he thinks people have overreacted. I know there is a problem but nothing on the scale that Edwina Cupric ally Gas he said. New toys can f derail old fashioned Model trains Wilmington Ohio up de spite All the publicity Given new Christmas toys like space gadgets and video games old fashioned Model trains refuse to give Way to the newcomers says an Ohio train expert. Or. Robert Frey a Wilmington College Dean and published authority on american railroading says toy trains Are still a Wel come gift under the Christmas tree. Frey says the popularity of toy and Model trains has grown so much in re cent years that a revitalized Lionel corp. Has doubled its business in the past three years. Currently sales of toy trains in America arc Topping a million sets a year. In 1987, americans spent More than si80 million on toy and Model trains up from $133 million five years ago note Frey. I think that shows there is an in Terest in toy and Model  Frey who said he received his first toy train when he was 2 years old believes there arc several reasons trains have continued to be popular while new toys come and go. One it s a kind of father son thing he notes. The father May have grown up with toy trains and he passes that interest on to his son. We All know the old cliche about the father who buys a Model train and then plays with it himself while the son standby watching. There May be some truth to that. Secondly trains represent Power that we can control As human beings. There s not much the average person can do about controlling a space shuttle for example. Nor with Modem air planes get Ting to be so huge can we really do much with them. But a train represents Power that we can  Model trains also can be educational. One of the world s great electrical Wiz Ards or. Charles Steinmetz credited Atoy train he had As a youngster for launching his scientific career. Also trains can help in geography Points out Frey. Reading the names of the various railroads on the sides of the toy freight cars provides a Good grounding in Geog Raphy for some youngsters he says. When you Sec a car that has Delaware and Lackawanna written on its Side you want to know where Delaware and Lack Awanna  the history of toy trains goes Back almost to the beginning of railroading itself notes Frey. Early toy trains were made of Wood and were pushed or pulled along the floor. Metal toy trains began to be made in the 1830s. One of the Early toy train companies was Robert h. Ingersoll and brother which also made a famous Dol Lar watch. Electric toy trains came on the Market in the Early 1900s and the Golden age of Model trains began. Companies like Lionel and american flyer became Well known makers for a growing Market. Frey says world War ii was the High Point of american railroading As the nation depended on rails to move vast ship ments of troops and War supplies from one part of the country to another. After the War As air plane travel expanded Many americans lost their inter est in trains but some still kept the Faith and toy and Model Railroad fans never wavered says Frey