European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 20,1989 the stars and stripes Page victim s Kin says burning distorts truth yellow Springs Ohio a a brother of one of three voting rights workers killed in Mississippi in 1964 is unhappy with the re enactment of the slayings in the film  the movie is terribly dishonest and very racist said Stephen Schwerner whose brother Michael was one of the victims. It terribly distort the realities of 1964." the executive director of the National association for the advancement of coloured people Benjamin Hooks agreed. Mississippi burning rewrites history and reeks with dishonesty deception and fraud he said. Blacks in the film Are portrayed As cowed submissive and Blank faced. They Are used As a backdrop when in reality they were the Princi pals. This is a Gross libel on the Many Black mississippians who even knowing they could be murdered with impunity and nothing would Ever be done still sought time and time again the right to  Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chancy disappeared i Neshoba county miss., after they were arrested and jailed briefly for speeding on june 21, 1964,while they were trying to gather information on a Church bombing. Their bodies were found buried in an earthen dam about two months later. A Deputy sheriff and six others were convicted of conspiracy charges. The movie s director Alan Parker has emphasized that Mississippi burning is fiction. But Schwerner said so Many details of the film Are factual that the distinction Between fact an fiction is intentionally blurred. Citizens medal awarded to 38 exemplary americans Washington a in one of his last official duties president Reagan presented the citizens medal to 38 people including three leading congressional republicans and posthumously to the late ambassador to Pakistan Arnold l. Raphel. The awards to Senate minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas House minority Leader Robert Michel of Illi Nois and South Carolina sen. Strom Thurmond for Mer president pro tem of the Senate and the chamber s senior member were made at a ceremony in the cab inet room with reporters present. The other awards were made in the East room to which reporters were not admitted. The citizens medal is awarded to recognize . Citizens who have performed exemplary deeds or serv ice for their country or their fellow citizens. Raphel was killed aug. 17 in the crash of a military transport plane that also took the life of Pakistan president Mohammad Ziaul Haq. In the Public ceremony Reagan said of Dole the senior senator from Kansas and a combat Veteran of world War ii whether on the Battlefield or Capitol Hill senator Robert Dole has served America  Reagan said Michel was the Man who could always be counted on by his president his constituents and his  turning to Thurmond Reagan said he worked to appoint conservative judges and Strong proponents of constitutional  Thurmond responded i appreciate this coming from the finest president since George  the medal recipients were accompanied by their families. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Rea Gan personally selected the recipients. President Reagan at the ceremony wears a smaller Bandage than he had a week ago after Finger surgery. Gar a May repel cancer As Well As friends Carlucci has one final try on Dod funds Washington a garlic an onions can put a crimp in your social life but they also could provide unexpected Protection against cancer Accord ing to a study published by the National cancer Institute. The study compared foods eaten by stomach cancer victims with the diet of healthy people in Linqui China. Re searchers found that the Strong smelling vegetables can significantly reduce the risk of stomach  published this week in the journal of the National cancer Institute the study says researchers used questionnaires to compare the dietary habits of 685 patients with stomach cancer with those of 1,131 other people matched by age Gen Der occupation and education who had no diagnosed cancer. People in the control or cancer free group each year consumed at least 25pounds and sometimes More than 50 pounds of allium vegetables a Genus that includes onions garlic Leeks chives ramps and scallions. The cancer patients generally ate Les than 25 pounds of the vegetables. The study also found that the risk of stomach cancer declined As the habitual consumption of such vegetables in creased. In other words the More onions and garlic you eat Over a lifetime the Les your chances of stomach cancer. Persons in Linqui tended to be exposed to mild doses of allium vegetables Over Long periods Likely beginning i childhood the study said. Our study suggests that All or part of such exposure has resulted in a reduction in stomach cancer risk starting at an Early age. And continuing throughout  the anti cancer effects of onion like Root vegetables have been suggested i studies dating Back to the 1950s. A 1979 study for instance found a reduce amount of stomach cancer among Resi dents of a Georgia county famous for growing Vidalia onions. A study in Greece showed that gastric cancer patients usually ate fewer fresh vegetables including onions than those who were cancer free. Several experimental studies have suggested that compounds in allium vegetables can protect against cancer in lab oratory animals the Sci journal study said. It said a variety of studies have shown that chemical compounds extracted from onions and garlic tend to reduce alter or prevent cancer in Laboratory rats mice and hamsters. But the study said the precise anti can cer element in allium vegetables has no been a pinpointed. Bundy Appeal denied execution set Lake City Fla. A a state Cir Cuit court judge thursday refused to Block tuesday s scheduled execution of triple killer Ted Bundy who faces his fourth execution Date. Judge John peach denied three claims in Bundy s Appeal filed in the North Florida City where Bundy abducted his last victim. It s time. We re approaching the11th anniversary of the death of Kimberly Leach and Ted Bundy is still alive said Columbia county state attorney Jerry Blair who prosecuted Bundy for the 1978 murder of 12-year-old Leach. Unless he wins a stay the 42-year-Oldformer Law student once on the Fri s most wanted list As a suspect in As Manyas 36 sex related murders and disappear ances is scheduled to die in Florida selectric chair on tuesday. I think we should have won but Well win because his claims Are valid said James Coleman a Washington attorney representing Bundy. He said the Cas would be heard Friday by the Florida supreme court. The Appeal entered on three issues Bundy s competence at the time he rejected a plea bargain agreement that would have kept him from the electric chair ongoing litigation in a separate Case in which Bundy was convicted of murdering two Florida state University sorority Sisters and claims that the Origi Nal trial judge received material from the prosecution that the defense did t know about. All were rejected by peach who hear the arguments after circuit judge Wal lace m. Jopling disqualified himself i response to a motion by Bundy s attorneys. Bundy s attorneys say he should be Given time to reveal what he knows about dozens of unsolved slayings but gov. Bob Martinez says Bundy is just trying to foil Justice. Bundy whose Case was depicted in the television miniseries the deliberate stranger was sentenced to death for the february 1978 murder of Leach from Lake City. He also was sentenced to death for fatally bludgeoning two Florida state University sorority  s civil attorney Diana Weiner of Sarasota on wednesday told the governor s death penalty lawyer Andrea Smith Hillyer that Bundy was committed to revealing All he knew about unsolved murders. Weiner did t Specif which cases. Ted Bundy feels morally compelled Ashe faces death to do the right thing in terms of resolving any investigations she  it May satisfyingly close the Book on the Florida cases the immediate execution will effectively cripple Law enforce ment agencies around the  Washington not defens Secretary Frank c. Carlucci made a final Appeal to Congress wednesday for resum ing the growth in military spending that was halted late in the Reagan administration. He said the soviet Union still is a threat and that National Security could be impaired if military budgets were Cut or fro zen. It is imperative that we resume a commitment to stable moderate grow thin defense funding Carlucci said in his annual report to Congress made publicly the Pentagon wednesday. The report which accompanies presi Dent Reagan s $315.2 billion military budget for fiscal year 1990, has been an important document in outlining the administration s global strategy. Under Carlucci s predecessor Caspar. Weinberger it provided the strategic political and philosophical underpinnings for major spending increases. But Carlucci will be in office Only until noon Friday and his final budget is nearly certain to face cuts by Congress. Thus his last report is less of a Blue print for the future than a summation of Reagan s $2 trillion military program. In Large part Carlucci reported on the successes of the Reagan buildup. The de sense Secretary also spelled out some of the gaps left in the armed forces despite eight years of massive spending and pointed to the difficulty of maintaining the size of the military that Reagan built. Under Reagan the military budget grew steadily for four years after accounting for the effects of inflation. Although the budget continued to grow for the next four years beginning in fiscal year 1986 the increases were smaller than the rate of inflation