European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 15, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5mcdonald�?Ts fights Back attacks newspaper and by new Day the big Mac has attacked Back. Mcdonald a corp., in a sharply worded letter to More than two dozen major newspapers last week scolded them for publishing an and that accuses the fast food Chain of serving food that contributes to a the poisoning of  a the assertions contained in the advertisement Are false and misleading a the company said in the four Page letter written by Joseph a. Califano jr., the former Secretary of health education and welfare who represents the Oak Brook 111., Chain. Without changes in the and the letter said a any further publication. Would be considered  the full Page and which appeared on april 4 in the new York times Usa today the Washington Post and other papers contends that Mcdonald so Ham urges have too much fat a and Calls on it and other fast food chains to reduce their buyers fat Content to help people Cut cholesterol Levels. The and says that Mcdonald a unlike Many other fast food chains uses beef tallow to Cook its Fries. The letter disputes the ads Contention that a big Mac and an order of Mcdonald a French Fries contain a total of 25 Grams of saturated fat saying it is 30 percent to 65 percent lower. A we do not believe the papers would have run the and had they known the facts Quot Califano said in a Tele View. Ephone inter Phil Sokolof an Omaha businessman and crusader against cholesterol who paid for the and said he had no immediate plans to run More ads but that Mcdonald s letter would not affect his Media Campaign. A a in a not intimidated by Mcdonald s. In my opinion Mcdonald a is trying to intimidate the american press a he said. Spokesmen at the new York times and the Washington Post said the papers had reviewed the ads facts before its publication and were satisfied that they were accurate. As a result of the complaint by Mcdonald a the new York times will review any future ads submitted by the advertiser William Adler a times spokesman said. To camera watches Helmsley write Ore. Students $42 million Check for 1989 taxes suspend a for flagpole sit in Sarasota Fla. Apr convicted tax evader Leona Helmsley made out a Check for $42,065,000 to the internal Revenue service on National television Friday to show she pays her taxes. Helmsley said the sum will pay off the 1989 joint personal income tax of she and her husband real estate and hotel magnate Harry Helmsley. A and we be already paid $22 million which brings it to a Gross of about $65 million for this year alone a she said. A we paid our taxes in the past we paid them now and Well pay them in the future a she said. A i want the Public to know that we re Good  Helmsley wearing a White Blouse Black Slacks Black and Gold sandals and a Gold necklace also noted that she and her husband have Given $143 million to Charity. In addition she said they paid $29.7 million in new York City and state taxes. Helmsley 69, was convicted last year of Federal income tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison but is free on Bond pending Appeal. She still faces state charges that she her husband and two former employees falsified $3 million Worth of business and tax records from 1982 to 1986. Her attorneys have asked that those charges be dismissed but the judge has not yet ruled. Helmsley faces up to four years in state prison if convicted. Her 80-year-old husband was found mentally incompetent to stand trial in Federal court and is seeking the dismissal of state charges on the same grounds. Helmsley said she agreed to be videotaped by the syndicated television program a a current affairs while vacationing at her Harley sandcastle hotel on Lido key to show that she pays taxes like everyone should. The segment aired later Friday. Helmsley has steadfastly maintained she is innocent of tax evasion. She said an Appeal will be filed april 25 asking for a new trial. A a we be had a very hard time a she said. A a it a been close to five years of them persecuting us. Its constant badgering constant courtrooms constant attorneys constant  Leona Helmsley makes out her Check As Dennis Dillon catches the event for to. Terminally ill judge seeking re election Pascagoula miss. Apr a terminally ill judge who is expected to live less than a year is seeking re election and vows hell be Able to serve out the four year term. T son county circuit judge Robert l Mills who has Asbestos related lung cancer said thursday he has not slowed own despite doctors prognosis that he Nas Only nine months to live. A i ran for re election last year and plan to serve out this term a Mills said a and i am planning to run for re election again and serve out that  Mills who is on the ballot for a june 5 primary was re elected last year. He has served on the Bench for nearly 10 years. Mills is one of More than 3,000 asbestosis victims most of them former employees of Ingalls shipbuilding in Pascagoula who Are suing 18 Asbestos manufacturers in Mississippi courts. Asbestos frequently used As fireproof ing and insulation was used As structural reinforcement material at Ingalls. The company is not named As a defendant in any of the suits. Mills claims he contracted mesothelium a after working 22 months at Ingalls in the late 1950s and Early 1960s to get Money for Law school. His lawsuit filed in december 1988 and amended last August seeks $20 million. The lawsuit says the Only cause of mesothelium a is a exposure to Asbestos fibres from Asbestos containing insulation products and  Eugene Ore. Apr thirty five mid dle school students have been Given two Day suspensions for staging a sit in when school administrators refused to let them lower the schools Flag to Mark the death of aids victim Ryan White. The students planned tribute wednesday coincided with White s funeral in Indiana. The teen Ager who was a Haemophilia a died a week ago from aids related complications. He had contracted the disease from tainted blood products. When school officials declined to lower the Flag a number of students left their classrooms and sat around the flagpole. Assistant principal Carl Ilc said administrators had scheduled an Assembly to Honor White wednesday morning but the students wanted More. Eugene schools superintendent Margaret Nichols said she made the final decision not to lower the Flag based on the . Flag code. Nichols said she did not have the authority to Grant the students permission to lower the Flag. However she said she supported their right to disagree with the decision. Despite her support students who refused to return to class were assessed a two Day suspension Ilc said. A a it a like we can bum the Flag in protest but our kids can to lower it for 15 minutes. I done to get it a said Kathy Dennis whose daughter Michelle 13, was among those suspended. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 15, 1950 a the state department said it was waiting for a More Complete report from defense department officials before replying to a soviet protest that a . Plane fired on soviet fighters Over Latvia. The plane in question was believed to be a missing Navy patrol bomber. 30 years ago today. April 15, 1960 a in an Effort to bolster Western defences the state department announced that the United states was considering providing Polaris missiles to some nato nations. 20 years ago today. April 15, 1970 a the Apollo 13 astronauts narrowly escaped death and headed on an emergency course to Earth after an explosion crippled their command ship Odyssey some 205,000 Miles from Earth. 10 years ago today. April 15, 1980 a two inter National red Cross officials examined american hostages and the rooms in which they arc being held in the . Embassy in Tehran Tran