European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes Friday March 23,1990sealing it with a kiss a 300-Pound Seal named Winston plants a kiss on her 25-Pound Newborn Pup at Marine world in Vallejo Calif., wednesday. Officials said they won t name the Pup until they determine its gender. Hold it done to throw out that oat bran Cereal just yet  Orleans apr two new salvos wednesday in the confusing War of research Over fiber come to the same conclusion it s Good for you. Both studies looked at water soluble fiber the nutrient that has been credited by some with almost magical Powers for its seeming ability to lower people s cholesterol Levels. Some dietary experts recommend that people add oat bran is allium or other foods that arc High in this form of fiber. However soluble Fibert Saura was tarnished recently by another report suggesting that it Only helps if it takes the place of fat in the diet. In one of the new studies doctors found that a twice daily dose of the laxative metamucil which is made from is allium appears to lower blood cholesterol Levels by about 5 percent even when people Are already on Low fat diets. The study found that the fiber helped those with mildly to moderately elevated cholesterol Levels. And while the improvement was modest it might be enough to bring some Peoples cholesterol into the Safe Range. Quot i think its an excellent adjunct to a prudent diet a said or. Eleanor g. Levin of Kaiser permanent a medical group in Santa Clara Calif. Levin a cardiologist conducted the study while at George Washington University medical Center in Washington. Both new studies were presented at a meeting of the american College of cardiology in her study. 58 volunteers were randomly chosen to use either metamucil or identical looking packets of insoluble fiber. Before they started however icy went on the american heart association diet and lowered their fat consumption to 25 percent of their daily calories. This alone dropped their cholesterol Levels 40 to 50 Points. When they started using the powders which Are dissolved in water their cholesterol Levels were still above 200, the level considered to be Safe. Over 16 weeks the cholesterol Levels of those using metamucil dropped almost 6 percent while those of the comparison group did not change. Another recent study reported a greater cholesterol reduction from powdered is allium in patients who ate much higher fat diets. Levin said this suggests that its effects Are less when people improve their diets to fight heart disease. One drawback to using metamucil and other kinds of fiber is their effects on the digestive tract. In Levine a study patients in both groups complained of flatulence and Loose stools. Quot it lakes getting use to a she said. A people changed their idea of what Normal  another study presented wednesday revived the debate Over oat bran. Recent research conducted at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston found that those who eat wheat Cereal lower their cholesterol Levels just As much As oat bran Consumers do. The reason High consumption of both cereals lakes the place of such fatty foods As Bacon and sausages. In the latest work. Or. Michael h. Davidson and others from Rush medical College in Chicago did not directly answer this criticism. In a study involving 140 people they found that those who ate two bowls of oat bran lowered their cholesterol Levels More than 9 percent. However it was t Clear How much they changed other parts of their diet to offset their High daily consumption of Cereal. As a comparison 15 people in the study ate Farina which is Low in soluble fiber. While their cholesterol Levels did not change much their consumption was much lower than the comparable amount of Oatmeal that seemed to make a difference. Stateside copter a Rotor Blades strike kill army Pilot fort Irwin Calif. Apr an army Pilot stand ing by an observation helicopter was struck and killed by the Rotor Blades officials said wednesday. The Accident which occurred tuesday afternoon at fort Irwin and involved an oh-58 Kiowa Heli Comer killed 1st it. Billy c. Perry jr., 29, of fort Campbells ky., said maj. John Wagstaffe an army spokesman. A the Accident was under investigation. Fort Irwin located in the Mojave desert is a major training Center for army units brought in from around the nation.17 poles hiding in truck seized at Canadian Border Detroit apr a group of poles hiding in a tractor trailer were arrested As illegal aliens when the vehicle tried to Cross the  Border. The poles a 13 men three women and a 6-year-old boy a had temporary visitor status in Canada and will be returned to that country said James Montgomery District director of the . Immigration and naturalization service in Detroit. They faced detention hearings thursday. The Driver of the truck a polish citizen with . Residency was arraigned after his arrest tuesday on charges of smuggling illegal aliens. He faces deportation up to five years in prison and $2,000 in fines on each of the 17 counts. Poles May be trying to enter the . Illegally because immigration rules changed last year when Poland moved toward democratic elections said Paul Odrobina president of the polish american Council of Michigan Japan firms buying Stock in troubled 7-eleven Chain Dallas apr two japanese firms will buy controlling interest in debt Ridden Southland corp. The worlds largest convenience retailer and its 7,000 7-eleven stores in the United states Southland announced thursday. Ito Okado co. Ltd., Japan a second largest supermarket operator and longtime Southland affiliate 7-eleven Japan which Ito Okado controls would take three quarters of Southlands common Stock under the Deal Southland said in a statement. Southland spokeswoman Cecilia Norwood said the total acquisition Cost is not yet known but the leading japanese financial journal Nihon Meizai Shimun on thursday estimated the Deal would be Worth about $1 billion. Suffering disappointing sales and earnings growth Southland has been strained by debt associated with its $4.9 billion leveraged buyout in 1987, which gave Dallas Thompson family control of the  virus leaves Nusu students smoking Raleigh . Apr North Carolina state University a computer labs have been hit by a virus which leaves the message a your computer has been stoned. Legalize  the virus is known As  it first popped up in Wellington new zealand in 1988 and slowly has been wreaking havoc on computers across the world. On the North Carolina state Campus the virus has wiped out some students work in computer labs. A it has been nightmarish a said Tracy Carver a lab assistant in the humanities computer lab where a a stoned became such a menace that the lab had to shut Down for a Day and a half this past week. Computer labs across Campus Are requiring users to Check their floppy disks at the door so they can be scanned for a a stoned to make sure it is kept under control. Sex habits on Campus Little changed poll finds Boston apr College students arc More Likely to use condoms these Days but otherwise sex habits on Campus have changed Little since the Advent of aids according to a Survey. The Survey conducted at Brown University found that College women reported just As much potentially risky sexual behaviour last year As they did in 1975, before aids and some other sexually transmitted diseases became concerns. The results a indicate that Public health campaigns have not had a substantial influence on the habits and behaviour of these Well educated Young adults Quot the researchers wrote. The study based on questionnaires filled out by College women was conducted by or. Barbara a. Dibuono and others at Brown. It was published in thursdays new England journal of Medicine. In 1975, 12 percent of women said their partners always used condoms. This increased to 21 percent in 1986 and 41 percent in 1989. In general health officials recommend that adults use condoms avoid anal Intercourse and limit their number of sex partners to reduce the risk of aids. The study found no significant difference in the number of sex partners or the frequency of anal sex. In 1989, 9 percent of the women engaged in anal Intercourse and 21 percent had had More than three sex partners in the previous year. These figures were virtually identical to those in 1975. Besides aids cases genital herpes and chlamydia have since emerged a important sexually transmitted diseases. A these data suggest that despite the existence of major new infectious to cases sexual practices among these co lege women did not change markedly 14 years with respect to the nuts Sci sexual partners or specific sexual acts the researchers wrote