European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes thursday May 10,1990 Small claims against Iran near settlement stage Washington apr the United states and Iran Are close to settling about 2,600 Small claims americans filed against Iran after the 1979 islamic revolution. The state department said tuesday. The Progress has been made Over Many months and has no connection with the recent release of two american hostages or the Fate of other . Citizens still held in Lebanon officials said. Quot a package settlement of Small claims has been under discussion for some time and differences have narrowed considerably. But we have not yet closed this  said spokeswoman Margaret Tut Wilcer. Tutwiler noted that the meetings Between . And iranian Legal experts have been held about once a month since last fall with another session set later this month. The United states is represented at the talks at the Hague in the Netherlands by judge Abraham Sofaer the state department s chief Legal adviser. Tutwiler was twice asked whether the Progress represents a Good Faith gesture or signal from the Bush administration to improve relations and effect the release of All the hostages held in Lebanon. She did not respond directly Quot the Way that i answered it. Was to Point out to you that this discussion of a package settlement has been under discussion for quite some time a she said. Another department official who spoke on condition he not be identified described the talks As a fairly serious fairly Businesslike and Devoia of references to the  the talks Center on resolving the claims of . Corporations individuals and the government each for $250,000 or less for property seized contracts voided and debts unpaid after the revolution. Settling the claims would remove an irritant for both the United states and Iran that has endured since the islamic revolution and the 1981 release of hostages held at the . Embassy in Tehran. Under the 1981 Algiers accords which resolved the hostage crisis the Iran United states claims tribunal was established to arbitrate claims Between the two governments and their citizens. The tribunal has awarded More than $1.3 billion to american claimants and about $130 billion to iranians the state department said. The tribunal also has ordered the return of $492 million in iranian funds held in escrow after Bank claims against the Money have been  the Stock bum the Stock pan am employees on strike chant a Burn the Stock outside a hotel in Miami on tuesday. About 300 joined the protest As the annual meeting of pan american corp. Stockholders took place inside the  to get Tough with White Collar felons by the Baltimore Sun Washington a attorney general Dick l. Thornburgh insisted tuesday that he will press for Tough sentences for w Hite Collar criminals and angrily rejected suggestions that such criminals avoid jail. In March the department of Justice withdrew support for Tough new mandatory sentencing guidelines under consideration by the . Sentencing commission saying later that they had not been thoroughly reviewed when Deputy attorney general Donald Ayer gave the department s endorsement. The action was reportedly followed Strong lobbying of the Bush administration by major companies that oppose the guidelines As Well As intercession by White House counsel c. Boyden Gray. Testifying before the Senate judiciary committee tuesday Thornburgh said Quot we do not repudiated the guidelines. Heatedly he asserted that he favors Strong penalties for White Collar criminals who he said have the capacity to undermine essential institutions at a time when struggling democracies Are looking to the United states for leadership. Sen. Howard Metzenbaum a Ohio complained that Quot White Collar criminals done to go to jail in this country because department of Justice prosecutors Are a Wheeling and  a a you a have a hard time explaining that to Woody Lemons a Thornburgh shot Back. Lemons former chairman of the Vernon savings and loan in Texas was sentenced last month to 30 years in  of oils on diet disputed Chicago apr contrary to previous reports the Type of unsaturated fat in ones diet May be unimportant say researchers who found no advantage in Olive Oil Over com Oil for maintaining Quot Good cholesterol in the blood. Previous research has indicated that monounsaturated fats found in Olive Oil and Peanut Oil have the beneficial effect of lowering Bdl cholesterol so called Quot bad Quot cholesterol without lowering its counterpart Hal so called a a Good cholesterol. Polyunsaturated such As in com Oil and safflower Oil by contrast lower a a Good cholesterol along with their beneficial ability to lower a a bad cholesterol research has indicated previously. Excess total cholesterol in the blood is one of the three main modifiable trails scientists have linked to an increased risk of developing heart disease. The others Are High blood pressure and smoking. Hal cholesterol is called Good because it is believed to protect against heart disease Bdl cholesterol is called bad because it is believed to contribute to fatty deposits in the arteries that promote heart disease. Researchers in the new study Analysed data on 20 women and 19 men who were All put on a Standard diet for two weeks then divided into groups for 12-Wcek diets alternately Rich in Monou Satu rates and polyunsaturated. The Standard diet was one recommended by the american heart association which Calls for 30 percent of total calories from fats in contrast to the 40 percent that the average american eats. The test diets provided the same proportion of calories from fats Overall but restricted saturated fats a the kind found in meat and Dairy products a to 10 percent. The other 20 percent were polyunsaturated or monounsaturated. Blood Levels of Bdl cholesterol and Hal cholesterol did not change significantly with changing fat types the researchers reported in wednesday s journal of the american medical association. Cholesterol a effect on the body _ a a a a cause of de amp Tri in the United states. The repercussions of this blockage can be seen in Many ways several vital organs and Wood vessels can become blocked with plaque from chef Estrol and Tal the a jogging of arteries in the heart and other vital body organs b the tearing e 4 stroke of the carotid artery he primary blood vessel carrying blood to the brain can result in dementia or stroke. Senility Burup of plaque in Capa Aries throughout he brain reduces the Bow of oxygenated blood nutrients to tissue. Reduced memory functional capabilities. Coronary he blockage of Eart i heart disease _ vessels interferes essential blood Row and Ives the heart Muskie of oxygen can result in angina Chest pain sudden heart attack. Castrol Testina is Ordera High fal wet has Jen Inifi cried in Many disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and Colon cancer evidence is mounting that dietary fat including cholesterol increases the risk of Colon cancer. Circulatory diseases Tho blockage of major arteries in the legs can Lead to reduced Eketu Iarion of blood and restricted movement leg cramps even amputation. Oth amp cd experts Are still studying several other conditions that might have a Ink with High Wood cholesterol. These include breast cancer sexual dysfunction diabetes and blindness. Soft pcs own Curty Briw and Annua 1m& Krten inf graphics . Asks soviets to join in airlifting food to Ethiopia amp Washington apr the United states has suggested a joint Airlift with the soviet Union to provide food for Ethiopia where famine threatens hundreds of thousands of people a state department official said t tuesday. The department is awaiting a response from Moscow said Henman j. Cohen the assistant Secretary of state for Africa. Cohen said Secretary of state James Baker presented the idea to soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze at their recent meeting in Bonn West Germany. The famine stems in part from a civil War Between the marxist government of president Mengistu Haile Mariam and secessionist rebels in the Northern provinces of Zigray and Eritrea. Mengistu has Long received military hardware and to tical Aid from the soviet Union but Cohen said the a Viets direct involvement in the War appears to be tapering Oft. Cohen and others told the House select committee on hunger that the food situation in Ethiopia is better than it was two months ago but that it remains precarious. Eritrean rebels captured the strategically located port of Massaway in february and agreed to a truce that would allow the food to pass through the port. The ethiopians have not agreed to the truce. However Cohen said the ethiopians May be a slow 1 coming around to see that food Relief is a humanitarian Issue not a military one. A three million people Are still at risk a said Andrew Natsios of the Agency for International envelopment a until Massaway is open none of us can sleep comfortably at  while recent efforts to deliver food through Sudan and the government controlled port of asset have helped the situation remains grim Natsios said