European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars an d stripes w onday april 24,1989 looking for Spring in the presidential new Hampshire s presidential mountains unfold behind haute u Emyan nil i he hutches Humet Grouard Cleara my snow1 Tram Lite mount Washington Auto Road. A total of 12 fed of Snow Fellon he 6,288-Roo pm k flu Rinju lie win Ter Bill officials Hope to be Able to Ope the Road by the middle.1 of May. America gears up for cholesterol countdown new York Apt free cholesterol and blood pressure checks will he available at hundreds of Hospi tals across the nation wednesday As part of  Down  april 26 is the second annual countdown Usa the National blood pressure and cholesterol Check sponsored by voluntary. Hospitals of America a na-1 Lional association of nonprofit hospitals. More than 400,000 people look the tests last year. Cholesterol Levels and blood pressures will be checked at 470 hospitals and of her Sites. The tests will be free at most Sites but  $5 Al others in addition the via will offer copies  Tirol Low fat Low Sale recipes created by chefs associated with the James Beard foundation to promote cart healthy diets. Last week the Hospital group Raj eased the results of a Survey that found thai the number of americans who know their cholesterol Icycle has nearly doubled in a year and. More than four in 10 say they have changed their eating habits to Cut their cholesterol. Among. 1,016 people age. Is. Or Over polled by he Gallup organization in january 31 percent  knew their cholesterol jewel. A year before when Gal Lup asked the same question just 17 percent knew.  increase in awareness clearly indicates lha people Are gelling the message thai Choc Sterol can con Tibule to heart disease said or. Dewilt s. Good Man head of an advisory Board on cholesterol for Viia which commissioned the Survey the Survey conducted jan.9-22, found that about two thirds of respondents said they had undergone a blood test to Check their cholesterol level and four in 10 said they had changed their diet or eating habits inthe past to years to reduce their cholesterol. The poll had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three Points. Bush reportedly of d Aid to defeat Noriega Washington a .. Presi Dent Bush signed a secret intelligence directive to provide More than s10million in Aid to opponents of Panama s Gen. Manuel Noriega in that country s up coming elections a published report says. Bush signed the directive called a finding in february according to the May 1 Issue of. News and world report. The Magazine quoted unnamed sources As saying hush personally lob bied the plan  ssi onal intelligence Tom Meiwes and won approval fur the Cia to provide More than $10. Million in Aid including printing advertising transportation and communications to Noriega s opponents. Reagan set a similar program in to lion one Jea Rajjo the Magazine said. Asked about he report on saturday White House spokeswoman Alixe Glen said i can t comment on intelligence  she added that the United slates offi Cial position remained opposed to Noriega but that the government docs not Back any candidates Here. Our position remains the same. We want to return democracy to the Pana Manian  she said but added. It  panamanian people that  panamanians go to the polls May 7. Noriega who is accused in a. Dip. Trafficking Case in Miami is been the Central american country s de Facto ruler since february 1988, when he orchestrated the ouster of president . A Onega Hiis denied the. Criminal charges dclvalk1 had tried to fire Noriega a military Leader. Washington still recon  pc Lyalle. As Panama s president and president  in 1987 Cut of military and economic Aid to the coun try Bush shit month extended. Iho sanctions which include Sharp restriction on. Companies doing business in Ana a a hold on the panamanian govern ment s assets in the United Stales and ii prohibition on tax payments by. Organizations to Panama. Us officials have raised the possibility Hal the sanctions could be eased if the May 7 elections arc deemed fair. Mail Carrier s remarks temporarily cancel Job Columbus Ohio a a Rural postal Carrier who called bulk rate advertising junk mail in newspaper interview and said the Best pans of his Job were payday and quilling time will he suspended for two weeks without pay. Richard Mcnac Mihall a 23-year vet Erin of the. Postal service will be suspended from May 20 to june 2 for conduct unbecoming a postal pm  according to his suspension document i. The suspension will Cost i Manhout is ,300 in pay he said. Mend Thail 47, says some of his co workers at the Xenia i Osl office use junk mail to describe Many of the third class mailings lie delivers each Day. The Public Calk it junk mail but the Post office wants it called bpm bulk rate business mail mend Chmait said by. Telephone saturday night from Xenia a town of about 24,000 i was t bad mouthing he Post office or anything. I just was saying what Oiher Peop e say. An entry in the third College Edi Tion of websters new world dictionary defines junk mail As advertisements or solicitations mailed enlarge quantities often by third class and addressed Only to occupant " Zerila postmaster Joyce Clay Sand ers refused to discuss the suspension. Kent hallway an offi Eia in Trie labor relations division of the Dayton Post office which has authority Over the Xenia office also refused to com ment. A March 27 Story in the Xenia daily Gazette quoted Mendenhall As saying he had not adopted the Post office s preferred term for his daily Load of bulk Raic advertising. Mendenhall estimates tit to he car Ries 800 to 900 pieces of junk mail including Rala logs on his 47-mile daily put. He also stirred the ire of his supervisors by saying his a vote parts of the Job were payday and quilling Lime. Mendenhall docs not belong to Union but he said he would file a grievance with his supervisor this week