European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday january 30,1990 red Dye banned in some products Washington api the food and drug administration has banned some uses of the color additive red no. 3. Saying studies have shown that very High doses cause cancer in Laboratory animals. Today s action prevents further use of this color additive in about one fifth of its uses in cosmetics such As lip Sticks in externally applied drugs and As a pigment form called lakes in food drugs and  the Fra said in a news release. It said that because studies showed the risk from red no. 3 was considered Small Consumers could continue using existing supplies of products containing the color additive. The Fra also said it was in the pro Cess of extending the ban to cover uses for which red no. 3 was still approved. Som products use both the straight form of the Dye As Well As the Lake or tint. Form. It is the lakes that arc being banned so products that use both forms will have to Stop using the tints but can continue adding the straight Dye. Products for which use is banned in clude shampoos lipsticks powders skin products baking mixes Wax coatings for cheese chewing gum. Confections and Frost Ings Gelatin puddings fillings hard Candy herbs spices seasonings processed fruits and juices drug Tablet formulations and liquid drug preparations. Catherine j. Bailey consumer safety officer at Fra said products for which some use is still approved include soft Candy breakfast cereals hard Candy juices meat products chewing gum Maraschino cherries icings cake Decora Tion cakes Plant protein products can Ned puddings and Sweet Rolls. All uses of red no. 3 in cosmetics Are being banned. Other red dyes Are approved for use in foods drugs and cosmetics the Fra said. The Fra has been studying red no. 3 for 30 years. Under pressure from Indus try groups and members of Congress the Agency has been reluctant to impose aban. The actual risk posed by red no. 3 is extremely Small. However Federal Law in this area is Clear said or. Louis Sulli Van Secretary of the health and human services department. There have been Laboratory studies which showed that very High doses of red no. 3. Administered directly in the diet caused cancer in rats he said. I these circumstances Small As the risk is we have no Choice under the Law but to end the provisional listing of this product he said. Sullivan said the Fra s action illustrated the Law s rigidity. Congress he said should consider updating the stat utes to reflect advances in the methods of scientific assessment that were not available when the Law was originally passed in i960." the risk of gelling cancer from red no. 3 is no larger than i in 100,000 Over a lifetime of consumption the Fra said. In comparison the risk from natural disasters is about 70 in 100.000. From such disasters As Railroad accidents and air crashes the risk is about 6 in 100.000, the Agency said. Rabbi cards hitting Home run far Faigin kill intr and other jewish students base Ball cards can t reach first base when compared with these collector s items. The Miami girl is proudly displaying part of her Hoard of More than 100 rabbi cards. The cards which feature famous rabbis come in both color and Black and White. Couples images of each other often make believe study finds Amherst. Mass up married couples who View themselves As partners in honest intimate relation ships May be fooling items Clvis a new Siudy indicates. Rather than confronting the truth Aboul inc roles they play marital partners seem contend to create views of each other that May be far from reality according to the study detailed in the Book identity and intimacy in marriage a study of  Susan Wilbournc. A University of Massachusetts psychologist and co author of the Book said marital partners play mental gymnastics to come up with opinions of themselves that paint a Rosy picture of their relationships. What plays out is that the spouses come out Wuh a self image of. I m a Good wife i m a Rood husband " Saul a hit Hourne. Author of six books on identity and adulthood. Thucie Are some couples who Are a my out this Hollo Hie. It s not necessarily that they re hurting. It s just that they Don t profit from  Whitbourne said. In their study. Whitbourne and co author Joyce be Meyer. Studied 40 predominantly White upper Middle income couples who had been married Between five and 21 years. The average age of the men was 37 an the women 35. All were from upstate new York. The psychologists conducted face to face interviews with both spouses together and individually. They also taped Brief Corn Cru ions Between the spouses. The researchers discovered that Ponien overwhelmingly viewed themselves As Good wives because they Felt their husbands were Good men. The men however believed they were Good husbands simply because they were married arid not because of their partners. During interviews with one couple a Husum de scribed what the couple did on weekends As mostly a lot of chores and is uni  i he wife  the couple liked to in around. Ion into Cuch others eyes cd Tor  Anil talk hit bout no said re married teach  Louin l i cute they w Urne said. Sin was to. Imarie. Hut hat it really i Sci Ray hones arid a May be the Only  i Nayes that to ruler on Tai we came up with Jin u to create the romantic ast discrepant " Lake believe sell inures or the problem of  one. Married couples think they re honest and i to. They re not Whitbourne said. Of you re not honest with outsell obviously of re not going to be honest with some Hod  total number of major quakes Down in 1989 Washington a the number of significant earthquakes was Down last year despite the world series quake in California and total deaths were Well below average the . Geological Survey reports. Earthquake fatalities worldwide totalled 526 last year Well Clow the Long term average of 10.000 deaths per year. The oct. 17 California quake which has been named the  Prieta quake killed 62 people injured an estimated 3,500 and caused damage Tota Lingat least $5.6 billion. In 19x8, tremors claimed some 2k.ooo lives most in the earthquake that struck soviet Armenia on dec. 7 of that \ ear. Overall there were 55 significant earthquakes last year six fewer than in in 88. On average the world has about 60 significant quakes a year. A significant quake is defined As one that registers at least 6.5 on the Richter scale or one that has a lower Reading but which causes casualties or significant damage. In addition in the world series quake there were five other significant quakes in the United Stales last year including one in the los Angeles area on aug. 8 that claimed one life. The others were fell in Hawaii on june 26. Southern California on Jan. 19, Alaska on sell. 4 and the Aleutian islands on oct. 7. Last year s deadliest quake occurred Jan. 22, killing 274 persons in the tajik Region of the soviet Union. Ninety died in Iran in a quake that struck on aug. 1. The strongest tremor of the year occurred May 23 in the South Pacific. It measured 8.3 on the Richter  scale measures the strength of earthquakes As shown by ground motion. Each increase of one whole number indicates 10 times More ground motion. Thus a quake of 6.3 is 10 times More powerful than one of 5.3. Moderate earthquake jolts Homes in Central new Mexico i of unas . A a moderate earthquake jolted Central new Mexico strongly enough to Raillo furniture monday morning but no injuries were re ported. Pal Jorgenson of the . Geological Survey in Menlo Park. Calif., said the Survey s National Earth quake information Center in Golden. Colo., measured the tremor at 4.5 on the Richcr scale. The epicentre of the 6 16 . Quake was 40 Miles South of Albuquerque. Sex aide to for Dies no diam. Mass. U l la retired vice Pirn. John 1. Act Rea. A former  Side in i tem Ilent Franklin 1 r sect. Iliad Lasi Meek at ins Home a published i poll   lie was i Ivl i Jira Duac of the i s.  Academy. My Ria ser cd As first commanding officer of the Battle ship Iowa and transported Roosevelt to meetings in the Middle l Asl Mcc Rea also served As a naval aide to Roosevelt at the Casablanca conference and on sever Al inspection hours