European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday August 25,1990 a models walk tin.1 re Many in a fashion show at the National association to Advance fat acceptance convention in Chicago on Rhi Irskay. Also of fired at the gathering were belly dancing aerobics and dieting workshops. Group tackles heavy Mission in Battle against bulge Bias Chicago apr a convention her smorgasbord a of fat people funny right not so Itic National association to Advance fal acceptance said thursday As its members met to discuss Progress in their Battle against Bias. The group which claims sonic 3,000 members nationwide is dedicated to improving the Quality of life for the obese or nearly so through Public education advocacy and support. Personal testimonials topped thursdays Agenda As some 250 conference participants listened and applauded to the travails and successes of their fellow members. Catherine Johnson of san Diego described the embarrassment of luring to ask for seat Belt extenders alien travelling by air. Then there Are the problems buying clothing. Quot when you ask for a 44i> Bra sales clerks look at you and say a Well have to Check in the Hack a Johnson said As members laughed. Fat is serious business said Rob and Linda Sponau Glt of Atco . They showed a letter they received from hallmark agreeing to discontinue some greeting cards and a Eollo be Mug offensive to fat people. A it s your birthday and tons of women want you a said Oncy of the cards on the outside. Inside was a picture of two fat women in Down costumes. A these Are the women Quot the card said. I ranges while a 340-Pound belly dancer from san Francisco told attendees her six member dance troupe performs at private panics festivals and restaurants. A we Call ourselves the voluptuous jewels a the 47-year-old while said. A we perform anyplace any rime a us Long As we get paid a j. Among those attending Oie session thursday called a your victories Public and private a was a Baltimore woman who recently had to take a Drivers test for a second time to prove she was not too fat to function behind the wheel. A a in a not phony a said Regina Guy who ran into trouble with the Maryland motor vehicle administration after being pulled Over because of faulty car headlights Quot in a not afraid to say in a a fat person a said Guy who Lias threatened to sue Over the july incident another woman said her fight for the rights of fat people goes to the . Supreme court this fall. Sharon Russell a former nursing student sued a Rhode Island College where she said she was forced to sign a weight loss contract and then told to leave the school when she failed to shed weight. Russell now 25 and a paediatric nurse was awarded $44,000 by a lower court. The Case against Salve Regina College goes to the supreme court in october on Appeal from the College. The Money was not the important part she told the crowd which gave her a standing ovation. A it s More important that people recognize that size discrimination is a valid Issue a Russell said. A a there a nothing in the Law right now about size. It Only lists race Creed religion the groups convention running through sunday included a fashion Showa presentation on the dangers of dieting and workshops in aerobics and belly dancing. Stateside head injury drug useless Over Long term study says Boston apr a widely used epilepsy drug reduces the risk of seizures by 73 percent during the first week after a serious head injury but is in effective after that a study concludes. Seizures Are a Hazard of serious head trauma and doctors routinely prescribe the drug dilantin for up to three years after the injuries. However some researchers in recent years have questioned whether that treatment works. To help resolve the doubts the latest study tested dilantin known generically As phen Stoin for one year. A the study a provides convincing evidence of the effectiveness of phen Stoin in preventing seizures during the first week after serious head injury a the researchers wrote. An estimated 500,000 americans suffer head trauma resulting in brain injury each year. About 2 percent suffer recurring seizures As a result. The study directed by or. Nancy r. Tymkin at the University of Washington in Seattle was published in thursdays new England journal of Medicine. It was financed in part by Warner Lambert Park Davis which makes dilantin. Fruit juice firms in the . Uncorking French Market Washington apr health conscious French arc beginning to turn from wine to fruit juice with a made in the .A.�?� on Many of the labels. . Juice sales to France during 1985-88 jumped nearly 40 percent to $ 10.7 million a a said Edwin Porter the us. Agricultural attache in Paris. Porter and Marline Brunet a marketing specialist wrote an article on the subject for the agriculture departments a exporter Magazine. They said an increasing demand for healthful food and a declining consumption of alcoholic beverages Are driving the fruit juice Market in France. Orange juice is the favorite with the French preferring their juice in Glass rather than paper con liners. American Grapefruit juice also is popular. Porter and Brunet said. The French import nearly All of their fruit juices. A in 1988, the United states shipped to Fiance 10,798 tons of fruit juices and concentrates Worth $11.2 million of which Orange juice and Orange concentrate accounted for $7.95 million a Porter and Brunet said.37 arrested in protest against Redwood logging Eureka Calif. Apr More than three dozen demonstrators opposed to the logging of ancient redwoods were arrested at a lumber company officials said. Deputies responded to complaints by the Pacific lumber co. And found 37 demonstrators with linked arms circling a tree said Humboldt county sheriffs spokeswoman Teona Mendenhall. The Redwood summer rally Drew activists to the Remote site about 30 Miles Southeast of Eureka. It Quot As one in a series of anti logging demonstrations sponsored by the environmental group Earth first three people were arrested for trespassing and released. The 34 others w Cre arrested on charges of trespassing and resisting arrest Mendenhall said. Twenty four of the protesters who refused to identify themselves remained in jail pending arraignment she neighbors Chase kill robber in Bronx new y Jerk apr a robber posing As a policeman was chased a angry neighbors and then beaten and fatally Sla blvd As he slashed his victim. Alter the stabbing the crowd of Bronx residents dispersed and police were unable to identify those involved . James Mulkev said thursday. A a j hey re tight lipped a said of people m the crime Ridden neighbourhood. A they saw a. Group of people struggling. Period. They done to want to get t he dead Man found with stolen jewelry in his pocket was identified As Jose Abreu 49, of Queens police said. The incident started when Carlos Rosario and hts wife Lei two men into their apartment late wednesday alter the robbers celled Quot open up. Its the threatened with a gun the couple were robbed and the thieves tried to tie them up. A struggle Between Rosario and the robbers ensued allowing his wife to flee Down the fire escape. Her screams alerted neighbors. The Rob Beix tied followed by Rosario. The two men split up and Rosario followed the one he believed had his wife a jewelry Malvey said. About 10 men joined in the Chase and descended on Abreu after Rosario caught up Wuh him about two blocks away. Rosario said Abreu slashed him on t shoulder during the so utile prompts 1�?Tiini to Roll out of harms Way. Rosario told police he did not see w stabbed Abreu. And witnesses declined help investigators although officers i Hove the killing was justified. The other robber got away. was treated Tor a knife wound at a Hospital. No h a to
