European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. October 8,1989page 21 / the stars and stripes sunday october a 13os army warns against clinic s diet pills a by Janet d Agostino medical writer. West Germany army medical officials  Aboul potentially dangerous diet pills i harsh  by a wig he loss clinic in Belgium. A the warnings made by Frankfurt but regional medical Center officials were prompted by Nam reports of americans using the pills. Harmful Side -. Feels from inc pills can include Antic by  rapid pulse elevated blood pressure or irregular heart beat according to or. Ronald r. Blanck an army colonel who commands the Frankfurt Hospital. Blanck and v corps nutritionist Lynn Man obtained samples of the pills and a copy of the prescription and diet plan used by inc clinic. The pills were Analysed by the Hospital pharmacy with assistance from a West German pharmacy and a criminal investigation come Laboratory. Of they were found to contain 16 subsumes including iwo amphetamine like drugs thas Arfre Classi fied As controlled substances in the United Stales because they arc potentially added tvs. Additionally the pills contained herbs Mil Are known to be toxic in animals  organs and thy roid preparations Nour Tomally used to treat obesity in otherwise  pills Ujj Rico Maince diuretic1, which remove fluids from me system and cortisone a Type of steroid. To concern that we have in t so much thai i everyone takes them they re going to be poisoned fid die. Because that s certainly Over reaction Blanck , the pills arc potentially dangerous for some people he said. He gave As an example woman patient who suffered dangerously Low potassium Levels by taking the diet pills in conjunction with High blood pressure Medicine. Or. Iven Coesens the doctor who  in Belgium previously practice in -. Many where he was under scrutiny ,"ttiibswcslfalcn state chamber of Ritof Lucians a co Iamb uiiii4tjy mov ing Stair place to place and eventually 1 Coesens refused to answer any questions about himself or the clinic when contacted in Belgium by the stars and  american living in the Frankfurt area said she went to the clinic located in Eynatten Belgium to obtain a prescription for the pills and used them even though she Reali cd they might cause Side effects. In was Worth in for me said inc woman who asked that her name not be used. "1 was not going Home to the states weighing 247 pounds till woman who paid about s1to for a two Mont prescription of pills Lobl about 40 pounds while experiencing Only mild Side  said she Felt constantly tired and had stomach cramps while taking the diet pills but endured trios a was l Blanck said the pills  loss in some people bccauyifcpp3mphetammc-Likc sub stances which Uiman finc appetite. But the weight loss is  and the pounds arc eventually a Miil Felien the person stops taking the pills and Flack to old eating  Don t  he said. I can make anybody lose weight if i want to. That s not the problem. Keep ing it Oil  to lose weight permanently a Well planned nutritionally balanced diet should be accompanied with changes in eating habits and a regular exercise pro Gram Man said. The diet that accompanies the belgian prescription is not nutritionally sound and docs make sense she said. For example the diet Calls for patients not to East but does not say Why. Mint contains a Sac late yet other Malicy Lac compounds such  she said. The diet  cola but Coffee intake disallowed in Small que Jcj a Sand other substances con Taining caffeine Are  foods such As  arc limited despite recent weight control Rah Ducat show that carbohydrates arc filling  loaded with calories. The diet docs not Mentio tals which arc higher in calories than any other food. Blanck and Man recommend that people not use the diet pills. People intent on taking them should notify a doctor if they suffer any ill effects. Those with chronic medical problems such As High bipod pressure should notify a doctor before taking the pills Planck said. Re Star presented to re Bers to take Over at Sembach Abi maj. Gen. James e. Cha. A cd it. Gen. Robert l. Ruthc commander of 17th air Force officials said  has been Deputy chief of staff for operations for Pacific air Force sat Hickam fab Hawaii since septem Ber 1987. The change of command Cere Mony will be oct. 23. In a Surprise ceremony Friday night Aspan Dahlem a Safe s command Gen. Michael j. Dugan  Thetford with the third Star olw8otcn ant general. The generals we Abiff Spang Dahlem for the sex carte pair exercise award ceremony Jujj Orthe 50-year-Olddwmhcrford has been the 17th air a blk s commander since april 1988.jbfricxt position will be air Force Doji chief of staff for program Sand a of forces at the Pentagon. Before Chambers Rutherford taking command at the 17lh, he was Safe Deputy chief of staff for operations. A command Pilot with More than4 000 flying hours in fighter and Trainer aircraft Rulherford also had assign ment Al Kunsan a South Korea Kaduna a Japan and Ubon Royal thai to Thailand. Chambers 52, is also a command Pilot Wilh More Llian 5,500 flying hours in f-l05s, f-4s, and f-15s. He flew com Bat missions Over Vietnam Laos and Cambodia. His previous assignments have included a Puly director for opera Lions Al . Pacific come in Hawaii an assistant Deputy chief of staff for plans at liar come at Langley fab va.wtiiwliimbc479lh tac fighter Wing at hollomanvwfcjim., he served Succes sively As dip ult Miander for operations vice . About 30,000 scr i _6,500 civilians arc assigned to tout 17th air Force one of three numbered air forces in Safe. Seventeenth air Force is responsible for Safe s tactical units in West Germany Belgium and the Netherlands. Ten major installations fall under its direction. Juhmj.1 Kim to c  l4ke Ciui    Bosany Lonj Mrija Liml of a c w vib t a 4i 7? 54 76 51 b6 65 65 in 63 00 72 5, 70 47 i 10 57 46 jul it Sik maroc . 41 is i 54 39 54 45 pro ii Cion h3 . Hulk. I Jimile Tuhn. I High Low it 70 Mormeit r69 46 Moko c 43 27uvocit 63 Lof Onu. U 63 a c of p Wal ttutl.�. A Coutt. C Sun by the Chicago up a Federal jury on Friday found pulitzer prize winning author Seymour harsh innocent of Labelling India s former prime minister Morarji Ducsai by calling him a Central Intelli gence Agency informant. Ducsai sued Llesh for Sion million contending his reputation was damaged by Hersh s 1983 Book the Price of Power Kissinger in the Nixon White  in the Book harsh said Ducsai received$20,000 a year from the Cia beginning in the Johnson administration and continuing through 1971, during the Nixon administration. The jury which deliberated for two Days said Desai s attorneys failed to prove Hersh either knew his information was false or acted out of malice in claim ing Ducsai was a Cia informant. Hersh testified in a trial that opened sept. 25 before . District judge Charles Norgle that he had six highly placed . Government sources for his information. Each had independently named Desai As an informant and he had no reason to doubt what he had been told harsh said. The 93-year-old Ducsai who was Loo frail to make the trip to the United states to testify in person accused Hersh in a Thatcher to meet Bush on november . Visit London a prime minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain will go the United Stales twice next month first to address the United nations in new York and then for a meeting with president Bush at Camp David her office said Fri  will address inc general As Sembly nov. 8 on environmental Issue Sand will have informal talks with Bush on nov. 24, her office said. It will be her first address to the United nations in five years. She last saw Bush at the seven nation economic Summit meeting in pans in july a month after he came to lond onto see her on his Way Home from a nato Summit in Brussels. Videotaped deposition of being employed by the soviet secret police and intelligence service. On monday former Sec relay Osl Lehenry Kissinger said he doubted that Ducsai was a Cia informant. However Kissinger admit cd that head not been Given the names of . Intelligence sources for the years covered in Hersh s Book. During closing arguments wednesday Desai s attorney Cyriac Kappil charged Hersh with using his pen As a sword to assassinate Desai s reputation. When you Call somebody a traitor you better have proof Kappil said. With the stroke of a pen or. Harsh assassinated his a copulation his Honor the Only thing he wants to take with him to the grave. He used his pen As a sword Kappil charged. Bernard Nussbaum Hersh s lawyer Lold the jury that Ducsai s at Orneys had failed to show that Hersh knew the information he was Given was false or that he had acted out of malice