European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday. January s1,1990needs transplant sue Argabright a tiddly her 4-month-od son Andy As she Speaks to reporters in Roanoke a Argabright has lied a suit against the child s father to Force him id donate Bone marrow id save the boys life Andy is expected to live is to 12 months if he does not receive a transplant according to the storms Batter Texas then move on Dallas apr storms with High winds that spawned at least three tornadoes moved out of Texas saturday leaving in their Wake a Trail of bal cred Homes and several feel of Snow that snarled traffic in the Panhandle at least two people were injured in one of the twisters authorities said. Both were listed in stable condition at a Hospital in Lulkin Southeast Texas. One Tornado flipped Over a Mobile Home and knocked out Power lines Friday in nearby h Hudson. In Northwest Texas heavy Snow that began falling thursday night caused at least Ore traffic death. Benjamin Thorpe. 60, of big Spring died when his tractor trailer Rig slipped off a Bridge near Lubbock. Snow drifts of 3 to 4 feet were common in the Panhandle and the state Highway department a strongly discouraged Quot travel in the area Friday. Two stale highways were closed but one was later reopened As skies cleared. In Ihrcke Dallas suburbs High winds lore a roof Oft a restaurant and damaged buildings and houses. A you r roofs Over in our neighbor s Yard Here Quot a cashier at a Webb s Barbecue restaurant in Duncanville told Dallas radio station Keld. A i just saw things a Garland police officer reported sighting a funnel Cloud but much of the damage was blamed on storm winds. Damage in grand Prairie occurred along a path stretching several Miles authorities said. An undetermined number of houses were damaged by the twister that struck Hudson. About 200 Homes in the area went without Power for several hours authorities said. Quot it s quieted Down. But a lot of Power lines arc still said Lupe Laird a dispatcher for the Angelina county sheriffs department late Friday. The twister downed electrical lines at a subdivision housing i Sou people near Hudson. It would be about two Days before Power could be restored she said. The National weather service posted Flash Lood watches and River flood warnings As the system moved eastward. Rice joins oat bran in study that finds no cholesterol merits Houston api a first the Good stuff about oat bran was debunked in a prestigious medical journal. Now Rice is taking its lumps. And the Rice Industry fooled the Bill. A researcher from University of Texas health science can scr has just finished a $162,000 study paid for by rite Industry backers and says if Rice bran has any cholesterol lowering benefits he has t found them. Instead he advised people trying to lower cholesterol Levels to reduce fat intake get to a Normal weight and exercise Rice Industry which has disassociated itself from the study says the report by nutritionist Jim Hickson and partner Mark Clason is inconclusive. Rice Council of America spokesman Kris of Brien said three other studies have shown Rice bran Quot docs have a positive effect on referring to Hickson a study of Brien said Quot we Don t think it s proper to say that since his lest did t show anything the other three studies arc wiped Hickson said Quot the companies were not Happy a they were very unhappy Quot in the study about 64 volunteers spent 15 weeks eating foods prepared by the University health Center. In the first 10 weeks the diet included 50 Grams of Rice bran daily most of it concealed in bread. Researchers monitored cholesterol Levels. Quot we knew by week six or seven nothing was Hickson said. At week 10. The Rice bran intake was increased 1o 100 Grams a Day. Hickson said he questioned whether 100 Grams of Nee bran a Day a about two cups a was a realistic amount to consume. Chicago a High life to get higher by the los Angeles times Chicago a the City Council has unanimously approved construction of a Superior or that will Rise 15 stories higher than Chicago s scars Tower the worlds tallest building. The proposed 125-Story building is the dream of Migli Citler developments a Chicago real estate company which still must obtain financing for the building. The project approved by the Council without debate is expected to Cost up to $500 million. Two japanese businesses a an insurance company and a construction firm a and an american pension fund adviser have approached the developers about investing in the project. Quot the cite of big shoulders will be raising those shoulders a Little taller Quot Miglin a Citler a president j. Paul Bill or said in a statement. The 1.950-foot building designed by architect Cesar Pulli will Rise above downtown Chicago and will House 12 floors for parking a health club and 1.2 million Square Teel of office space. Miglin Beitler Hopes to break ground in september and celebrate completion in 1993. Quot this unique project of great significance will further define the impressive Silhouette of Chicago a Skyline and make it look fresh again a Pulli said. In addition to the Sears Tower downtown Chicago is the site of the Amoco building and the John Hancock Center which rank among the five tallest buildings in the world along with new York s world 1 Rad Center and the Empire slate building. The scars Tower was recently on the auction Block. But its owner. Sears. Roebuck amp. Co., chose to refinance the Structure when the company failed to Bud a buyer willing to pay More than $1 billion for the 110-Story building. Stateside Survey proves pets really part of the family new York up a . Pet owners Are somewhat. Us strange. And a Survey of 10,500 of them around the United states seems to prove it Usa weekend has reported. For example 91 per cell of those answering the poll said they talk baby talk to their Pels and buy them Holiday girls. Sci Only on percent said they carry photos or their pets and 14 percent Send them postcards when they re pm vacation. Fifty seven percent said they talked to their pets on the Telephone and 88 percent said they believed their pets understood English. Ninety five percent said they believed their pets could read their moods and 36 percent said watch television. The traditional split Between cat and dog lovers was right Down the Middle. More men however leaned toward dogs As did people Over 55, the Survey Falls to death at science project site Oracle Ariz. Apr a Glazier working an the biosphere ii project fell to his death the first of any accidents on the $30 million habitat Experiment. Kathleen Dyhr a spokeswoman for . Ulmer inc. Contractors or Tucson said Joseph Wayne Arrington 36, of Catalina Ariz., was installing Glass panes on a 65-foot-High, Strei and Glass a space Frame Quot when he slipped. The Frame will enclose the 2-Acrc project in which eight people plan to spend two years Cut off from Earth a atmosphere. They will depend for Tood water and oxygen on natural recycling after construction is finished in in landmark Case Over cigarettes Dies Newark . Apr Antonio Cipollono. Whose landmark lawsuit against three cigarette companies resulted in the first jury award for a smoking related illness has died. He was 66, Cipollono a retired italian immigrant steel worker was admitted to Community memorial Hospital in Toms River ., on Jan. 4, a Day before the 3rd . Circuit court of appeals overturned a $400,000 judgment awarded by a Federal jury Here in june 1988, said his wife Dorothy Quot it did no to seem to concern him in the least a she said. A the never got uptight about anything Quot she said Cipollono died Jan. 10 of pneumonia and heart failure. He had had a quadruple bypass operation in 1986.Moscow drama students to visit . Arts school Winston Salem . Apr Moscow theater students will take part in an Exchange program with the North Carolina school of the arts. The program will feature a joint production of Anton Check ova a play a the sea Gull Quot As Well As separate versions by both Moscow and North Carolina students. In april the Winston Salem students will Lake their own production of the Chekhov classic to Moscow. Over the next three weeks 22 soviet students will attend classes go on sightseeing Tours and join their . Hosts around to sets to watch the super bowl football championship. A this is an excellent Opportunity to get to know each other a Yulia me Shova a student at the Moscow Art theatre school said through an interpreter. Quot until several years ago this kind of thing was
