European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday july 19,1990 news updates i. Mystery solved to Angeles apr the mystery of the missing manhole covers was apparently solved when some of the More than 185 purloined lids turned up tuesday at a local scrap Metal Yard. The Case had police and City workers baffled with the covers disappearing at a rate of More than 25 a Day for the past week. A number of the cast Iron manhole covers which weigh from 50 pounds to 200 pounds it were found to have been mixed in with truckloads of higher Grade Iron sold to the downtown Metal Center a the manhole covers Are pretty Flat so they can hide them Well said Center manager Robert Kel Man. A basically they were used to weigh Down the since the covers Are Worth Only $1.50 each at scrap Yards police and City officials figure out Why anyone would bother with the heavy unwieldy objects. One of the More unusual theories was that the covers were being stolen by fans of the teenage mutant ninja turtles to series. The turtles use manhole covers for Shields. Japan repays loan Washington up a Japan made its final loan repayment monday to the world Bank the multilateral organization that helped the asian nation rebuild from the devastation of world War ii the $7 million payment was made by the Japan Highway Public corp., which used a $75 million world Bank loan in 1965 to build a Section of an expressway Between Tokyo and the japanese Industrial City of Nagoya a Bank spokesman said. Trl scout upper Heyford England a Dan Nealle m. Brister a member of senior troop 79, has been presented the Gold award the highest Honor in girl scout Ine for her Gold award project the 18-year-old organized a group of volunteers to clean and paint the upper Heyford child care Center. The Croughton High school senior has been involved in girl scouting for 10 years and is the daughter of master sgt. Howard and Martha Brister. To earn the Gold award a girl scout must fulfil requirements in leadership career exploration and self service skills. This includes completing a Community sen ice project that usually involves at least four months of Effort. Army oks unfinished autobahn As possible chemical arms route by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Miessau West Germany a the army has Given the Green tight to the use of an autobahn that is still under construction As a possible route for the transport of chemical weapons this summer. Autobahn 62 is the shortest route available to the army when its trucks begin moving 100,000 artillery shells filled with deadly nerve agents from the Clausen army depot to a Railhead at Miessau. During the 25-mile trip the weapons would use autobahn 62 and then autobahn 6. Another Likely autobahn route is a 37-mile stretch using autobahn 8 toward Wei Brincken then autobahn 6 to Miessau. Citing Security considerations officials will not announce the exact routes and times of the transport. A each Day the West German police will determine the route to be taken a said Brig. Gen. Dennis l. Benchoff commander of the 59th Ord brigade which controls the weapons. Autobahn 62 also has the advantage of being located within the state of Rhein land Pfalz eliminating the need to traverse another state an army spokesman said tuesday. Citizens in neighbouring Saarland have expressed concern Over the weapons travelling in their state. Army officials initially doubted whether autobahn 62 could be used for the first leg of the journey because an 8-mile stretch of the Road remains incomplete. Although there is a solid roadbed in place on one Side of the unfinished Highway the top layer of Asphalt has not been Laid and there Are no guardrails or solid shoulders along the Road. In a test run tuesday morning an army Convoy was delayed by an Auto Accident Between the towns of Ruppert Weiler and Munchweiler. Once the route was cleared of the mishap and the Convoy prepared to depart one of the trucks Start and had to be replaced causing a second delay. Otherwise the Convoy proceeded without a hitch officials said including travel Over the unfinished part of autobahn 62. A a from the american Point of View the route was excellent a Benchoff said. A while the time it took was longer than planned it was done spokesmen said autobahn 62, in addition to being a Shorter route was Good because it bypasses both Kaiserslautern and Lan Stuhl and does not require traffic to be stopped. Currently the chemical shells containing Sarin and vex Are being packed in steel containers and loaded into army vans. From Miessau the weapons Are to travel by train to the North sea port of Norde Nam and then head by ship to Johnston Island 700 Miles Southwest of Hawaii. Fra orders makers a a to Stop a Washington apr the food and drug administration has told about 60 manufacturers of fish Oil capsules to Stop claiming their products help lower cholesterol and the Chance of heart attacks. After consulting experts at the National institutes of health the Agency sent letters to the companies telling them a that although there have been some studies that fish Oil at some level might be useful for cholesterol lowering for these amounts in typical capsule use there Wasny to sufficient evidence for them to make these claims a Fra spokesman Bill Grigg said monday. The action arose out of an earlier Eda warning to Stop claiming that the Cap Sules were Good for arthritis and other disorders. The companies agreed but argued that the. Cardiovascular benefits were established enough to justify the claim. A it was that argument that the Agency has now ejected Grigg said. Several studies in recent years have suggested that fish oils containing a component called Omega-3, such As those from Mackerel and herring can lower blood pressure and cholesterol reduce damage from inflammatory processes such As arthritis and lower the chances of other problems such As diabetes and heart attacks. Already the Fra and others agree that a there Are studies that show fish diets May be helpful a Grigg said. Quot we said its quite conceivable that further research May justify an assertion of the capsules health benefits Grigg said. But such results Are several months Down the Road a if not More a he added. The assertion of a health Benefit makes the fish Oil capsules qualify As drugs. The manufacturers can continue Selling their capsules As foods without health claims if they can convince the Agency that the products have been used As foods in the past and Are a generally recognized As Safe a the spokesman said. This might be easily done for some because a for cod liver Oil and some of the others there is a Good record a Grigg said. God liver Oil forced Down the throats of millions of protesting Young children for decades because of its Vitamin d Content is not one of the oils High in Omega-3. Commissaries getting american beef we Brocken West Germany a amps a More than 600 tons of american beef will be delivered to army and air Force commissaries in West Germany Belgium the Netherlands and the United kingdom this week. The meat was to be in All the stores by the close of business wednesday the . Army troop support Agency in Europe announced monday. The shipments Are the first full delivery of . Beef after a test shipment to 1 stores earlier this month. Beginning with this delivery . Beef is being shipped to 72 commissaries in Europe every week said Denise Gomes a commissary spokeswoman. Because commissaries must sell remaining european beef in Stock before putting the . Beef on Sale customers May not see the american variety on the shelf the same Day that its delivered to a particular store Gomes said. The Only commissary that will not get its , beef this week is the army store in Hanau West Germany. That a because a refrigeration unit on the beef Laden Van destined for Hanau malfunctioned in the United states and its contents were undeliverable Gomes said. Hanau a 33,000-Pound weekly requirement for beef will be filled with local purchases until the next shipment of american beef purr act ending cauliflower comes Home by Ron Jensen staff writer cauliflower the cat and Kathleen Slater the sergeant Are together again after nearly a month apart. And their reunion was possible because of a German computer science student who loves cats. Michael Sanders found cauliflower a White cat with one Blue Eye and one Green one wandering near his Home near Stuttgart weeks ago. On the cats Collar was the Telephone number of an animal clinic in Leesville la. Sanders called and was told the owners name was Kathleen Slater an army sergeant assigned in West Germany who had recently had the cat sent to her. A they give me any address a Sanders said tuesday. A a so the resident of Nur Titgen called several military numbers in the area including a military police station but received no help. He next called the . Embassy m Bonn which also could not help. Sanders finally called the stars and stripes where an editor was Able to track Down Slater at her assignment with the 159th aviation Reglin Nellinger. Sanders delivered cauliflower to his owner on monday. A i was shocked a said Slater who had been looking for the cat every Day since it disappeared. A i searched All Over. The cat had walked 20 Kilometres. I done to know How he got so far cauliflower had been in West Germany for Only a month when Hie disappeared. Fortunately for him and Slater he was found by a cat fancier. A i love cats Quot Sanders said. A we had a cat that just died a year ago. It was very so he understood How Slater must have Felt about losing cauliflower. A i can to believe All the trouble they went to to return my cat to me Quot Slater said of Sanders and his family. 0 cauliflower is in for a wardrobe change now that he is Back Home. A i Haven t had time to make a new tag with my German address on it Quot Slater said a a in a going to do
