European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 18, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 actor to Jonathan Pryce a new York apr actors equity reversed itself thursday and said it would allow a White British actor to play a eurasian in the $10 million Broadway production of the hit London musical a miss  the vote to approve actor Jonathan Pryce came at a special meeting of the unions 70-member Council. E a the meeting was called in response to a petition from More than 600 equity members outraged by last weeks decision to bar the actor. Some 54 Council members took part in the meeting which lasted nearly six hours. A the Council determined that indeed mister Pryce qualifies As a Star in accordance with the criteria established in the agreement Between equity and the league of american Heaters and producers a said Alan Eisenberg the unions executive Secretary. Star performers from other countries usually Are Given automatic approval to perform in the United  unions reversal was taken As a sign of a  by producer Cameron Mackintosh who had scrapped the musical s Broadway engagement after equity a initial vote. A Over the next few Days i will Confer with members of the creative team and with Jonathan Pryce to determine if it will be possible for the production to be reinstated for Broadway Quot Mackintosh said late thursday. A final decision was not expected until sometime next week said Mackintosh spokesman Marc Thibodeau. A miss Saigon Quot was to begin previews Here in March. Equity had denied permission for Pryce to repeat his London performance As a eurasian Pimp in the american production because Quot the casting of a caucasian actor made up to appear asian is an affront to the asian  the controversy began after equity a committee on racial Equality received complaints about the show s casting from playwright David Henry Hwang who wrote the Broadway hit a pm. Butterfly Quot and asian actor . Wong. The committee decided a it should take a stand Quot said Chuck Patterson its chairman. At a news conference thursday Patterson said Mackintosh did not allow asian american actors to try out for Pryce s role in the new York production. A spokesman for Mackintosh said the British actor already was the producers first Choice to play the part on Broadway. Mackintosh is one of the most successful producers in London and in new York. Among his other hits which Are still running in both cities arc a cats a Quot los miserable so and a the phantom of the  a miss Saigon is a love Story about an american Soldier set during the closing Days of the Vietnam War in 1975. The musical has lavish special effects including a helicopter that lands on stage and takes off. Pryce will leave the cast of the London production of a miss Saigon at the beginning of september and his replacement will be another White actor Hilton  says exercise would Cut deaths by heart disease Atlanta apr heart disease in this country could be reduced considerably if americans would just get some exercise the National centers for disease control said thursday. For instance the cd said More than 22,000 deaths a year in new York state alone Are attributable to a sedentary lifestyle and coronary heart disease. Earlier this summer the cd released a 37-state Survey showing that 57 percent of those questioned did no to get As much As three 20-minute sessions of physical activity a week. The Agency then calculated for 11 different states the number of coronary heart disease deaths that could have been prevented with exercise. The formula took into account deaths from heart disease in 1987, the percentage of people getting Little or no exercise and the probability that sedentary people Are 1.9 times As Likely to die from coronary heart disease. In addition to the 22,000 in new York the cd projected 12,000 preventable heart disease deaths in Florida 10,000 in Ohio and 5,000 in Missouri. Even tiny Rhode Island had More than 1,100 heart disease deaths that could have been prevented with proper exercise the Atlanta based cd calculated. Not All states were included a just those which have launched physical fitness heart disease programs. And such data projections a must be interpreted with caution a a the cd said. But a the estimated number of preventable coronary heart disease deaths calculated from these data arc substantial a the report  co defendant gets 10-year plea bargain term heavy editing Al it Fanny Reed a Chicago transit authority ticket worker studies a defaced aids awareness poster on a transit platform thursday after vandals submitted it to some extensive rewrite during the night. The poster one of 80 pasted on City buses and cat plat forms Only the Day before depicted two homosexual couples and one heterosexual couple locked in kisses under the message a kissing does t kill Creed and indifference  not every Chicago commuter thought the posters Clever. Tampa Fla. Apr a co conspirator and key government witness against deposed panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was sentenced thursday to 10 years in prison As part of a plea bargain arrangement that could see him freed in three years. Enrique a. A ski kit pretext acknowledged conspiring with Noriega to take bribes from Tampa based drug smugglers to help ferry colombian marijuana through Panama and disguise the protits. . District judge William Castagna agreed to a government sponsored Deal that could help the 47-year-old panamanian jeweler win parole in As Little As three Vears. The judge told him to return after he testifies in Noriega a drug Raeke steering Case. Pretext a a attorney George Tragos said his client got a Good sentencing Deal because prosecutors in Noriega a drug racketeering Case in Miami wanted his cooperation. A a he a going to be fairly devastating to the Noriega defense a Tragos said. A a he a probably the Best witness the government  a Federal prosecutor from Miami told Castagna that pretext was expected to be a substantial witness at Noriega a trial next year. Noriega in prison near Miami is accused in a february 1988 indictment of taking $4.6 million in bribes from colombians Medellin drug Cartel. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 18, 1950 a Senate and House committees approved legislation aimed at providing $85 to $125 a month for the support of families of enlisted services Nernberg in the three lowest grades. 30 years ago today. Aug. 18, 1960 a Francis Gars Powers Pilot of the u-2 spy plane downed Over the soviet Union pleaded guilty in a  court to a charge of espionage and said he was sorry he had piloted his plane or the country 20 years ago today. Aug. 18, 1970 a vice president Spito f. Ague w it he turd dial a so tailed a Send the War proposal pending in the Senate was a Bizovi nut Lor losing the \ let Nam War. Such legislation would ruin chances Tor peace in Southeast Asia Lor the rest of the Century he said. 0 years ago today. Aug. 18, 1980 a armed Federal sky marshals were ordered onto Sulci Ted commercial aircraft after a record three hijackings to gut n one Day