European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 18, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 food giants yield on unhealthy oils new York a a multimillionaire who has crusade against the use of highly saturated Coconut and Palm Oil in processed foods declared Victory this week As five More major food companies said they would Stop using those fats. I am elated this has happened said Phil Sokolof who announced that general Mills inc., Ralston Purina co., Borden inc., Pillsbury co. And Quaker Oats co. Have agreed to switch to vegetable oils with less saturated fat. How much i have had 19 do with this is for the Public to decide said the Omaha businessman who spent $2 million on nationwide newspaper ads to promote his cause. I know we seeded it  the five companies joined four others that earlier said they would Stop using the so called tropical oils in their food products Kellogg co., Sunshine biscuits Pep Beridge farms and Keebler. Saturated fats increase blood Choles Terol Levels which Are a risk Factor for heart attacks. Sokolof 66, blames High cholesterol for the near fatal heart at tack he suffered 22 years ago. None of the companies gave timetables for the reformulation of their products but Many said that removal of tropical oils had been under Way before Sokolof launched his Campaign. In the earlier announcements some of the companies denied that Sokolof had any influence on their decision. Kellogg s even denounced Sokolof As irresponsible for placing the full Page ads which warned of the poisoning of America through tropical oils. But the latest announcements in the form of letters to Sokolof Over the past week were cordial. The elimination of tropical fats from Pillsbury products is a major priority said a letter from that company released by Sokolof. Thank you for your efforts on behalf of the american  Sokolof said two major food processors general foods and Nabisco brands have not supported his cause completely. With nine of the top 11 players in the Field i guess the Battle has been won he said. A Nabisco brands spokeswoman said the company a division of Rwjr Nabisco inc., is testing its products to see whether tropical oils can be eliminated and that 32 out of 35 products it has introduced in the past few years have been free of these oils. We Are not a holdout she said. But it is not something you can do that quickly without making sure the taste and Quality is not  Sokolof said that Many Nabisco products contain lard which also contains saturated fat. Fee said the review of its product formulations was aimed at determining whether lard could be removed. General foods a division of Philip Morris inc., told Sokolof in a letter that it was eliminating tropical oils in All its products except Cool whip. It said it believes it May not be possible to re formulate the desert Topping to eliminate tropical oils. Sokolof s initial advertising Blitz singled out Kellog s Cracklin oat bran Sunshine s Hydro cookies Pepp Ridge farm s goldfish crackers Keebler s club crackers Nabisco s triscuit crackers Procter & Gamble s Crisco shortening Carnation s coffe mate and Borden s Cremora for their Tropi Cal Oil Content. While most people think they Are contributing to their better health by avoiding foods that contain animal fats Many do not know that the Tropi Cal oils Are As bad or worse he said. Palm Oil has 25 percent More Satu rated fat than lard. Coconut Oil has 100 percent  policeman roughed up in Effort of expose racism Long Beach Calif. A a Black policeman who was shoved through a plate Glass window by a White offi cer during a private Effort to expose alleged racism said monday the officer used violence As a first resort. The officer in this situation was not responding to any threat upon his person said Don Jackson 30, who set up the filmed expose on a Long Beach Street saturday night for a Knic to camera Crew. The officer simply used  Jackson a sergeant who has been on stress related disability leave for More than a year from the suburban Hawthorne police department said he targeted the Long Beach police department because of complaints to a group called the police misconduct lawyer s referral service of los Angeles. Long Beach police would not comment on the Inci Dent said it. Mike Hill. The department has asked to View the unedited tapes. We will pursue it aggressively City manager James Hankla said. If there is evidence of brutality we will act accordingly. We will conduct an internal investigation of the incident and i won t have any definite comment till the investigation is  Jackson Rode As a passenger with Jeffrey Hill 30, an off duty state corrections officer when they were pulled Over by police in a High crime area of the City 20 Miles South of los Angeles. The men said they were pulled Over for straddling lanes which they denied. Jackson got out of the car after it stopped and police approached it. During an obscenity laced curbside argument Long Beach officer Mark Dickey ordered Jackson to face a building and put his hands behind his head. Jackson complied and moments later went through the window. I m All right. Of no problem Jackson said on the  police chief Kenneth r. Stonebraker at a news conference monday criticized Jackson for join ing forces with the television station. I submit that if or. Jackson had stayed in the vehicle As did the Driver this incident would not have occurred Stonebraker said. But he added As a police chief i do not for one minute condone the unlawful officer Don Jackson left and corrections official Jeffrey Hill discuss their confrontation with White policemen. Use offered or police  Jackson who alleges racist slurs and actions forced him from the Hawthorne department and has a stress disability lawsuit scheduled for trial on March 7, said monday that Dickey did not have to use Force. I already cooperated and told him he could search me. I had already had my hands up and was turned to the window and he slammed my face in it Jackson said. Jackson who said monday that his Back was Hurt in the incident added that he was handcuffed when Dickey allegedly threw him against the police car. Police booked Jackson for investigation of interfering with police and challenging a police officer. They set his bail at $12,000, then reduced it to $250 and finally re leased him on his own recognizance More than six hours later. Hill was issued a traffic citation and released. David Lynn of the police misconduct lawyer s re ferral service said that 50 misconduct complaints have been lodged with his group against the Long Beach police department. Of those 27 were filed by Minori ties and 24 of those involved confrontations with White officers. Judge rules nun can be sued in 1 St of kind adoption Case new York a a roman Cath Olic nun who pressured an unwed woman to give up her Newborn girl May be sued for social work malpractice a state judge ruled. State judge Diane Lebedeff ruled in the state s first such Case that Maureen Dunn could sue sister Rosalie Gilson of Hicksville and her Long Island Agency the Catholic Home Bureau for dependent children. Dunn 30, of Wellesley mass., filed a $5 million suit charging the nun and the Agency with wrongful deprivation of  the judge s ruling denied Dunn s at tempt to add Cardinal John o Connor of the new York archdiocese to the suit As the effective head of the Agency and its employees. Dunn gave birth to a girl on april 6, 1986. Four Days later the child was placed with Mark and Diane finnican of Hicksville. Dunn said she was reassured by sister Rosalie that she could get the child Back within 30 Days if she changed her mind about giving her up for adoption. But Dunn did not regain custody of the baby until March 1987 when she won a bitter court fight. A state appeals court ordered the baby Kara returned to Dunn after find ing that she had signed surrender papers under duress and perhaps even fraud in a Busy diner on May 1,1986. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 18, 1949 scottish police reported that All 20 airmen aboard a . B-29 returning to its base in Britain were killed when the plane crashed in a desolate Section of Argyllshire Scotland. 30 years ago today. Jan. 18, 1959 during a meeting in Washington president Eisenhower told soviet Deputy Premier Anastas i. Mikoyan that the United states and its allies were determined to preserve their position in West Berlin. 20 years ago foe a. Jan. 18, 1969 Mark Spitz the 18-year-old California swimmer who won four medals in the 1968 olympic games in Munich announced that he would begin attending Indiana University later in the month. 10 years ago today. Jan. 18, 1979 More than 1,000 people were killed and hundreds were injured when an earthquake struck Northeast Iran in the same Region where a quake killed 25,000 people five months earlier