European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 1, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 Odd acquaintance it s a meeting of the tall and the Short the big and the Small As fuzzy sues up Nelson. Fuzzy a i i Pound poodle Chihuahua mixture. Is the Pel of  Price. Nelson a Iso Pound newfound land belongs to master sol. Teddy Rucker. The dogs won biggest an smallest honors saturday in a pet Festi Val at the american military Community in Butzbach West Germany. The Festi Val was sponsored by the recreation Cen Ter and youth sen ices organizations. Singapore May be temporary base Dod says Washington a the Bush administration has offered to step up its military cooperation with the strategically located asian City state of Singapore Pentagon officials say. We be told them that we re prepared to Send a Small number of fighter aircraft there on a temporary basis said a High level Pentagon official who spoke on condition he not be identified. Singapore with a population of 2.6 million in Anarea about the Sie of Chicago is positioned on one of the world s most strategic Waterways the Strait of Mal Acca with Access to both the Indian Ocean and the South China sea. The United states has Strong economic tics with the increasingly influential nation which has a predominantly chinese financial Center. The . Offer comes As the administration is preparing to enter potentially difficult talks with the philippine concerning extending the lease of six . Military bases. The pact is due to expire in september 1991. Philippine president Corazon Aquino said thurs Day she has accepted Bush s offer to begin the talks but she said there can be no certainty that the negotiations will produce agreement. Any agreement must be ratified by two thirds of the23-Mcmbcr philippine Senate where opposition is Strong. At least 12 senators have called publicly for the bases to be closed while others have demanded that . Payments increase dramatically. Vice president Dan Quayle said during his visit tothe Philippines last week that he was confident the two sides would reach agreement and guarantee the Long time involvement of the United states in the Philippines. The Pentagon official stressed that the United states has no interest in replacing its philippine bases with those in Singapore primarily because the facilities there arc limited by the size of the tiny nation. About 40,000 american troops civilian employee Sand military dependents arc stationed at the six . Philippine installations including Clark a and Subic Bay naval  would make available facilities on a Mil itary base that is being vacated by new zealand the official  United Stales would use the facilities to Posi Tion aircraft there make ship Calls and do some repair work the official said. It would involve a Small number of people 100or less the official said. The United states is aware that such a developments not necessarily desired by Singapore s neighbors Malaysia and Indonesia the official said. Even the Small amount of cooperation is expected however to please the Singapore government the offi Cial  s really not As much As they would like the official  said publicly Over the summer that it was interested in playing Host to the americans. In june a military Survey team visited the Island and submitted a report to the joint chiefs of staff and other agencies on the feasibility of increased military cooperation. The two nations have a military agreement allowing for . Navy ships to make port Calls and air Force planes to refuel. Some joint military Maneu vers have been  has had a Strong anti communist heritage and is a staunch regional supporter of free  1987 per capita income of $7,400 ranks it 19th in the world. Fra questions safety of 3 new fiber cereals Washington a the food and drug administration said it has serious concerns about amounts of Agrain used in three new breakfast cereals and manufacturers claims that they can help lower cholesterol. The Fra on Friday told general Mills maker of Benefit Cereal and Kel Logg co., maker of heart wisc and Bra buds to submit scientific data to the Agency showing that the Levels of the Grain in their products Are Safe. The cereals have husks of is allium which contain soluble fiber that the companies say is Safe and has been shown to help reduce cholesterol. Benefit also contains sugar beet fiber and the Fra asked general Mills to submit data showing it also is Safe. Spokesmen for both companies said that their cereals arc Safe and that they would submit the requested data. Bran buds has been on the Market for a year. Benefit is being sold in selected test markets but heart Wise is not yet on the Market. The question Over whether is allium is a drug or food additive was raised by Procter & Gamble co., which uses is allium in its metamucil laxative. The company had asked the Fra to pull Benefit off the mar Ket because the Cereal had not been subjected to drug testing requirements. Procter & Gamble had asked the Dato let it make cholesterol lowering claims for metamucil but was told More study was needed. We Hope the Fra will take further action to eliminate the inconsistency in allowing these new cereals to make cholesterol reduction claims while Matamu cil cannot a company spokesman said. The Fra outlined its concerns in sep Arate letters to general Mills and Kel Logg. We recognize that recent recommendations concerning diet emphasize the need for Consumers to increase their in take of fiber containing foods the Fra letters said. We generally Sec no prob Lem when this increase is accomplished by the consumption of foods High in naturally occurring fiber. In the Case of an ingredient that i intended to be added to various food products to increase the Levels of fiber i those foods however we believe there arc some serious concerns that should reconsidered  the Fra said there Are Well know safety concerns associated with use of is allium including possible allergic re actions. The Agency noted that general Mills has warned on its Label about this possibility provides instructions for its use on the package Label and advise that the Cereal be consumed with Ade quate liquids and that consumption by children be  the Fra also said that unlike a drug product a food is subject to unrestricted consumption and such unrestricted use to reduce scrum cholesterol Levels or for any other purpose has never been approved by  Agency said it would address its concerns about the potential misleading nature of numerous health claims on the cereals labels once the safety Issue i resolved