European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday March 28,1989 controversy sizzles Over cooking oils Washington a a dispute Over cooking oils is Healing up As farm Szalc lawmakers and consumer groups join ranks on Capitol Hill in what they say is literally a Light Tor the hearts of americans. But underlying it ail is a Batik that has gone an for months among agricultural producers. The fight matches . Soybean Farmers against foreign Palm and Coconut growers. La s a symptom of increased inter National Competition that we hive today for All  says Dan ecu acc a spokesman for the american soybean  far the dispute has produced legislation As Well As a War of words in advertisements by both sides. A Issue in Congress is a proposal by. Hep. Dan Glickman. D-kan., and sen. Tom Larkin a Lbw to require More nutritional information on food pack Ages 10 help Consumers know what vegetable oils Are used in products anyhow much cholesterol raising saturated fat they contain. At Issue for producers is their share of the  Dollar . And in Lorna tonal Market for edible oils which Coyer everything from salad dressings to Cook ing Oik and Margarine. According to he agriculture depart ment soybean of accounts for More than70 percent of the edible oils used in the United Siales while the so called tropical oils Palm Palm Kernel and Coconut oils represent 4 percent but tropical oils dominate internationally and the Industry worries that its worldwide sales could suffer if the current health scare moves overseas from the United slates. The . Farm group by its own admission helped Start the fight by persuading lawmakers to introduce legis lation in 1987 targeting tropical oils a sources of cholesterol raising saturated fats. V we d be lying if we said we Haven taken advantage of the health Issue Here to Market our crop Reuwee said. Bui it s what any Good marketing organization  growers from Malaysia the leading producer of the Oil arc striking Back with a Campaign to promote their product. " we the i no we re getting a pretty bum rap from statements Inal Palm Oil raises cholesterol when there in t any evidence whatsoever that this is True  Phipps a spokesman for the. Malaysian Oil Palm growers association. The latest development came this month when Glickman and Harkin introduced a new version of the Regis lation. The lawmakers said some products claim to have no cholesterol of arc made Wilh "100 percent vegetable shortening although they contain cooking oils with his Levels of Satu rated fats. The american heart association which supports the legislation says Consumers can reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering inc amount of Satu rated fat in their diet. Lard is 4 Percy no saturated fat by weight. Palm Oil contains 51 percent saturated fat and Coconut Oil has 92 percent compared with it percent in Sunflower Oil 13 percent in Corn Oil 14percent in Olive Oil and 15 percent in soybean Oil. In general the legislation would re quire food labels to clearly list All Cook ing oils in the product or disclose do failed nutritional information including the amount of total fat cholesterol and saturated fal. The previous Bill would have required labels to identify tropical oils As a saturated fal Glickman and Harkin dropped that provision in an Effort to avoid continued opposition from Tropi Cal Oil producers who blocked inc orig Inal Bill by arguing  represented an International Trade Barrier. " Phipps contended however that inc new legislation still will Hurt producers of tropical oils it is Safe to say that it docs not really help their predicament he said. Forcing a  to put Palm. Oil Coconut or Palm Kernel Oil Down As a sole source Oil probably would be somewhat of a deterrent for food com  he said negative publicity has Al ready Hurt the Industry. In fact the National heart savers association Ted by a millionaire from Omaha neb., i conducting a National advertising Campaign against tropical oils under the Banner headline the poisoning of  a dozen Large food companies such As general Mills and Pillsbury have already announced that they have slopped using or arc phasing Oul tropical oils in their products. Some products now carry labels saying they contain no Palm or Coconut oils. Palm growers have countered Wilh full Page ads of their own in some of the nation s largest newspapers decry ing the smear Campaign against trop ical oils. The Industry also has commissioned 30 scientific studies including several at . Universities on the health effects of Palm Oil. Last year the food and drug administration opposed Labelling legis lation saying that tropical oils contrib Ute less than 8 percent of saturated fat intake by american Consumers. In con trait 70-7s percent of saturated fats in . Diets come from consumption of meat poultry milk cheese Butler and eggs heart pancreas transplant patient expected to recover que fast Washington a a Silver Spring md., Man i a i received what was believed to be. The nation s first successful heart pancreas transplant saturday could be Oul of the Hospital in a few weeks Hospital officials said sunday we think his recovery will be quite fast said or Jimmy a. Light Washington Hospital Center trans Plantation services director. If his recovery is uncomplicated we expect he will be discharged within two or  Harry Kalz 45, a senior scientist for the strategic defense initiative program was. A severe diabetic whom heart and been damaged by the disease to the in in Thattil no longer functioned properly this is a Young Man who heart was basically destroyed by 25 years of diabetes bul he was basically i Cully otherwise Light said. He was a very Good candidate for a heart  is the pancreas to Stop producing Insu Lin a hormone that regulates the metabolism of sugar in the body. Doctors decided that Kan is diabetes was so severe  would result if Only his hear were replaced. Kal7. Was admitted to inc Hospital Friday Hospital officials said he was within Days of death and they decided to do both transplants on saturday. The Hospital Center proceeded with the operation although it lacked official permission from lire District s slate health planning and development Agen Cylo perform pancreas trans plams that Agency must approve new services and technology offered by local hospitals. Hospital spokeswoman Jarc Giorc said the Hospital filed an emergency application with the City last week id do pancreas transplants but Mil not received official approval the Washington Post reported. Fibre said that if the Hospital had waited Kat would have died. Condor egg brightens easter 1.0s Angeles a a Pate Aqua egg was founding the Nisi Boi 0f a pair of nearly cd lint California condors at the los Angeles zoo. The egg measuring 5 inches Long and 3 inches in circumference and weighing about 10 ounces wits found Early easier sunday. Zoo workers look the egg to an incubator while the parents Cinema and Cachura a. Ruif of 6-year-Olds,were away from the nest. Vav two an easier aug Laid of spot swoon Debo Rah Pollack. If pc Rife god willing it will Hatch in 5-4 to 5 s  the pair had an egg last month that proved to . Zoo officials also took that egg away for artificial incubation in Hopes that Ca Chumil would Dou ble clutch or Lay a second egg. We have High Hopes for his egg because since the Lime of the last one they have definitely improved heir mating technique i Ollor said. La s a big egg. A Nice egg la looks Good but we won t know for Surit Lor another  she added that there were no cracks in the Shell. Stateside Small plane hits Mountain killing 4 foreign students Pittsfield Masi a a single engine plane crashed into a. Forested Mountainside in turbulent weather killing four foreign student aboard authorities said. The four seat plane was in route from bed Ford mass., to Albany n.y., when it crashed saturday night on the eastern1 slope of the  Mountain Range authorities said sunday. Or. Jeffrey Ross a Berkshire county medical examiner said the students three men and a woman. Were studying in the Boston area an were from latin America Indonesia and Africa. Dukakis thanks backers for Campaign support Boston a gov Michael s. Dukakis thanked about 300 greek americans for their support during his failed presidential Campaign As Mastric Hustu. Dukakis was welcomed with a standing ovation in the Massachusetts House chamber where guests greek dancers and other participants gathered. He rewarded them with a slight hint thai his political career May not be Over when he Steps Down As governor in january 1991. Whatever happens in the future i Don t think i will Ever have inc kind of experience i had when 1 made that run and especially the support i received from the Creek Community Dukakis said. Even though we did t win in a very real sense it seems to me the greek Community not Only came of age but people stood up and were proud of their Rita Sci t Man accused of making false pan am bomb threat new York. A a Man was arrested after Falich reporting that he had plated a bomb aboard a pan american world air a s flight from new York to London police at John f. Kennedy International Airport said monday. A pan am spokesman said Llic threat was determined to be a Hoa and the flight was unaffected the Man called the port authority police in formation Center Al Kennedy at 9 44  sunday and told the operator he had placed a bomb on pan am flight 102 to London said a port ,Sal bar desc. According to Borseso the Man said " i Avant is million or Many people will die. 1 put a bomb on pan am flight 102 o London it s already in the air. Sorgese said the caller never gave a reason for the threat or Idoni Ifield him self As belonging to any group. The operator turned the Call Over to police officer who Kepi the caller on the line while the Call was traced 10 a pay Telephone at the pan am terminal in the Airport Borges said. When uniformed officers arrived Al the Telephone they found a Btl Sasonkin 23, who was still on the phone talking to the police officer he said. The threat was determined to be false Borg Csc said. Pan am spokesman Jeff Kriendler said Sasonkin later retracted his Story and denied that he had put a bomb on inc plane Kriendler said inc flight was already in the air Ai the Lime of the Call and was not affected by the hoax. Sasonkin of Queens Wasi charged with attempted grand larceny falsely report ing arc incident and aggravated a mss Mcm Borgise said. It was not known whether Sasonkin had a ticket for Ahe flight he said nor was in known whether Sashkin had prior record