European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 2. 1990 the stars and stripes Page set on Iraq official says Washington apr the United states is placing new restrictions on exports of items Iraq might use in its development of missiles or chemical and biological weapons. Assistant Secretary of state John h. Kelly told Congress on tuesday. And he said the Bush administration also has under Quot Active consider Alion Quot a return of Iraq to the . List of nations that sponsor or support terrorism such a step would carry additional economic sanctions. Iraqis threats against neighbouring Kuwait and its massing of troops along the two countries disputed Border arc just the latest moves by president Saddam Hussein that cause a grave concern Quot in the United states Kelly told the House foreign affairs Middle East subcommittee. A Iraq is a major Power in the Region. This Power carries responsibility with it a he said in a statement. Kelly a comments were the most detailed Public explanation yet of administration moves against Iraq. They came a Day before the full foreign affairs committee was to vote on much tougher legislation proposed by rep. Howard Berman d-calif., imposing a Range of sanctions on that country. The state department has asked the Commerce department for restrictions on Export of items with potential weapons uses. They would be much like the curbs already in place for Mic Lear technology according to Kelly a testimony and to congressional sources briefed on the moves. Arline Bronzaft Aims her noise meter at passing traffic in new York City monday. What a Dat screen each a new York apr new yorkers May not have heard the news Over the screech of subway trains the Boom of oversize car stereos and the Wail of firetruck sirens but the nations noisiest City is getting even louder. A we re losing our hearing and we done to even know it Quot says anti noise activist Arline Bronzaft a Lehman College psychology professor who s conducted research on the effects of noise. On a recent morning she stood at an upper East Side intersection Decibel meter in hand trying to be heard Over the rumble of trucks and buses. A a we re getting 90 decibels and this Isnit even Broadway Quot she shouted. She crossed the Street to where a Jack Hammer was pounding a sidewalk. The meter hit 100. A noise is where cigarette smoking was 30 years ago Quot Bronzaft says. A everybody knows its bad for you but a lot of people done to do anything about  prolonged exposure to 85 decibels or More can damage your inner ear and cause permanent hearing loss increase your blood pressure and cholesterol give you ulcers and indigestion she said. Even on a Side Street with no traffic Bronzaft a noise meter ranged Between 70 and 75, Tike a room with an loud air conditioner or a quiet vacuum cleaner. Although there is no scientific evidence that new yorkers Are particularly hard of hearing studies have indicated that people living  settings tend to lose less hearing Over a lifetime than those who live in cities. Samuel Stempler director of the City a Bureau of air resources says new York is considered the nations noisiest because of its population density 14 times that of any other City. And its getting noisier because of increased traffic and construction. Such increases boost the average noise level in the City by As much As a Decibel a year according to some experts. Record . Murder toll feared Washington apr the nations murder toll is headed toward a record High this year with an 8 percent expected increase in the number of slayings that is attributable mainly to drug related crime the Senate was told tuesday. Quot if this Pace continues a and there is every reason to believe it will a 1990 will be the bloodiest year in american history Quot said Senate judiciary committee chairman Joseph r. Biden a Del. The committee issued a forecast of 23,220 murders in America this year at the present rata. That is 2,000, or 8 percent Over the 1989 toll. The total would also top the previous record of 23,040 murders in 1980. Scarce supplies of cocaine in the nations major Cit ies have contributed to the carnage causing drug pushers to fight each other for turf the committee said. It also blamed the proliferation of assault rifles. A these firearms have become the weapons of Choice for drug dealers and the weapons of doom for Law enforcement personnel a said a report prepared by the panel. It said a third cause is a fresh wave of teenagers the offspring of the so called baby Boomers entering the High crime years. The projected toll would make 1990 the third straight year of increasing murders in the United states. A the murder toll actually dropped 18 percent Between 1980 and 1985 but has increased 22 percent since then the committee said. Campbell soup to stay in Camden . Trenton . Up a Campbell soup co. Said tuesday it will keep its corporate Headquarters in Camden . At the same time the 11 pm indicated it will lease space in a new waterfront office Tower rather than build a new Headquarters of its own. Quot Camden has been our Home since Campbell was founded 121 years ago and it will continue to be our Headquarters a chief executive officer Dav id Johnson said at a joint news conference with gov. Jim f Lorio. Johnson said Campbell and dam properties corp., a Lawrenc Vilic .-based Developer will be partners in a new 14 or 15-Story Tower. The building will be constructed on the Camden waterfront next to the $42 million stale aquarium already under construction just South of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to Philadelphia. Campbell will sign a $20 million lease on 100.000 Square feet of the 275.000-Square-foot, $40 million building and the slate will consolidate several of the Treasury department s South Jersey offices in another 50.000 Square feet. The joint partnership will lease the. Remaining space to other tenants. A about 300 Campbell employees who now work in Cherry Hill will be transferred to the new building but no decision has been made on what corporate offices to move from the company a existing 1,200-employee Campbell place Headquarters Johnson said. Johnson said he was not sure whether his own office would move and that the company considers the entire City its Headquarters rather than a specific building. Construction on 13 acres that is now a general electric parking lot is expected to begin next july with completion scheduled at the end of 1992 and occupancy in Early 1993. Be will be Given land North of the building in Exchange for the  and state officials had feared Campbell might move its Headquarters after the company announced in february that it was scrapping 4-year-old plans to build a $50 million world Headquarters on the waterfront. The decision to lease rather than build comes As the company is trimming expenses in order to improve a lagging financial return for investors. Among the Steps was the closing in March of the company a historic Camden processing Plant where condensed soup was  Dat Bank to list disciplined dentists doctors Washington apr a computerized Dat Bank of actions taken against incompetent physicians and dentists will open its electronic Doois sept. 1, health and human services Secretary Louis Sullivan said tuesday. The National practitioner Dat Bank is intended to prevent physicians and dentists who have been disciplined from moving to another state and setting up new practices without detection he said. The Dat Bank will store reports of malpractice actions lice sure disciplinary actions by state medical and dental boards and actions by professional societies hospitals and other health care entities after a formal peer review process. The Ralph Nader founded group Public citizen has been critical of the data Bank because members of the Public will not have Access to the information and retroactive reporting will not be required. The Public citizen health research coup recently Pul Oul its own information m a Book called a the 6,892 questionable doctors disciplined by states or the Federal  it lists the names of physicians and dentists who have been disciplined. A i he reports must be made beginning  actions before then do not have to lie Rej sorted. Hospitals will ix.1 required to Check the Dat Bank when a physician or dentist applies to join the medical stall or receive clinical privileges Sullivan said. Also hospitals will in. Required to Cheek the Dat Bank every two years concerning physicians and dentists on their staffs