European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fra to ban 111 diet Pill ingredients Washington up a the food and drug administration moved on monday to ban 111 ingredients in Over the counter diet pills saying there is no proof that they work and that one of them May cause choking. However the proposed ban on weight control ingredients does not include two widely used appetite suppressants that have been sharply criticized by consumer groups a  or spa and Benzo Caine. The Agency said it is still reviewing the safety and effectiveness of those ingredients based on information submitted by manufacturers. The Fra said it decided to ban 111 ingredients in non prescription diet drugs because manufacturers failed to submit data to show that they worked. Steve Jenning staff director for rep. Ron Wyden d-ore., who recently held a series of congressional hearings on health hazards posed by diet products said he is pleased that the government is taking action to pull useless and hazardous ingredients off the Market. A but this Only Speaks to part of the problem. We continue to have Strong concerns regarding spa and Benzocaine a Jenning said. A Uppa is the most ubiquitous Active ingredient in any Over the counter diet preparation. And should be closely watched because of its capability to cause Nasty Side effects like seizure heart muscle and kidney damage psychotic responses hypertension and  in 1989, americans bought More than $370 million in diet drugs and such products Are the fastest growing segment of the diet Industry with sales jumping about 13 percent annually Jenning said. About 2 million of the estimated 48 million americans who Are trying to lose weight Are using diet pills says the calorie control Council a Trade group representing the diet food and drink Industry. Ingredients the Fra wants to ban from diet products include alcohol com syrup dextrose guar gum kelp pineapple enzymes Rice polishing saccharin Salt sodium bicarbonate Vitamin c and wheat germ. Guar gum a substance that expands when exposed to water supposedly creates a full feeling in the stomach. This summer the Fra asked makers of diet products containing guar gum to pull them from the Market after receiving 17 reports of Throat blockage among people using such products. Although guar gum and similar water soluble substances would be banned in diet drugs the Fra would continue to allow such ingredients in bulk laxatives like Uiberall metamucil and Perutan and in Antidia Rheal products like equal actin and Mitrofan. However the Fra wants to require All non prescription drugs containing guar gum Karaya gum Syl Hilum or other water soluble substances to Bear a Label warning about the possible choking Hazard. Wednesday october 31, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 600 vehicles wait in a six mile line for a ferry to take them off Ocracoke Island.600 cars line up for ferry to return to . Mainland Oregon Inlet . Apr tempers flared As tourists stranded on North Carolinas outer Banks by a Bridge collapse waited in a 600-car line for ferry rides Back to the Mainland. Volunteers eased the tension Early monday by handing out snacks and blankets to motorists who were waiting in the dark in 40-degree weather. A people in the Community have brought. Sandwiches and Coffee and spiced Tea and such a said Julia of Neal who works in the Ocracoke Island ferry office. A traffic backup that had stretched up to six Miles sunday from the jumping off Point on Ocracoke Island dwindled to 275 cars late monday. Officials expected to empty Ocracoke of outbound traffic by later monday. While tourists groused about Long lines some natives complained that visitors were using up gasoline and other supplies. Relief efforts got into full swing sunday with the National guard flying in 1,500 meals. Other emergency supplies including fuel water blankets and food were brought onto Hatteras Island which has 5,000 permanent residents. Hatteras and Ocracoke islands were Cut off from the Mainland Friday when a dredge dragging an Anchor in heavy winds and Waves rammed the Herbert c. Bonner Bridge Over Oregon Inlet. A 370-foot Section of the 2vi-mile Span collapsed. State sen. Marc Basnight said sunday that the Bridge May be repaired in 45 working Days. Officials earlier estimated that the work would take six months. Four ferries capable of moving 150 cars every six hours Are the Only Means off the two islands. People have had to take one ferry for the mile trip to Ocracoke Island then another 30 Miles to the Mainland. The Complete trip takes about 3/2 hours. A How can we get to the governor about this a asked Dorothy l. Salmon of Greensboro. A they should have told us on Hatteras we were going to be Here All night. There a diabetics out there with no sweets. There a babies with no  Robert Ashwell a visitor from Virginia was disgusted that so Many cars were allowed onto Ocracoke considering the limited capacity of the ferries. A it does no to take upper level math to figure this out a he said. Dugan s Extension of duty criticized by Senate panel Washington apr the Senate armed services committee criticized the defense department on monday for allowing fired air Force Gen. Michael Dugan to remain on Active duty until he can retire with a pension increase of $17,000. Although the panel and the full Senate during the weekend approved presi a a Dent Bush a nomination of Dugan to retire As a full general the committee said it had serious questions about the process. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney fired Dugan As air Force chief of staff on sept. 17 after Dugans Public comments about contingency plans to unleash massive air raids on Iraq and to target iraqi president Saddam Hussein personally. Under Dugan. Current Law Dugan would have been demoted to major general 90 Days after his firing and would have been retired on dec. 17 with benefits based on the lower rank. However Bush nominated him to retire As a full general on Jan. 1. Major general is two ranks lower than general. The committee did not say what Dugans pension would have been had he retired at a lower rank this year or what it would have been had he retired As a full general this year. It noted that a full general a Basic annual pay goes from $78,199 to $97,814 on Jan. 1, and that retirement As a full general on that Day Means an increase in Dugans pension of $17,625 Over 1990 retirement As a major general. Earlier when Dugans firing was announced Pentagon officials estimated his pension at $60,000 in the four Star rank if he retired then. Dugan remains at the defense department As an assistant to air Force Secretary Donald Rice. Although the committee acknowledged Dugans 32 years of distinguished service it disagreed with Cheney a decision to keep Dugan on Active duty beyond the 90 Days. A the committee is concerned not Only about the circumvention of the generous 90-Day transition period but the effect that such a favored decision for one senior officer could have on the perception of All other military personnel of the fairness and integrity of the personnel system a the panel said. A number of generals Are being retired before Jan. 1 and Are not eligible for the higher retired  time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 31,1950 a nationalist rebels fired on the governors Palace in san Juan puerto Rico and attacked police stations in several Small towns using bombs and bullets in what government officials considered an organized uprising.30 years ago today. Oct. 31, 1960 a a a chartered plane taking the Cal poly san Luis Obispo football team Home to California crashed in dense fog at the Airport in Toledo Ohio killing 22 people and injuring 26.20 years ago today. Oct. 31, 1970 a the american forces network in Frankfurt West Germany announced a switch to satellite broadcasts from the United states in an Effort to improve  0 years ago today. Oct. 31, 1980 a Richard Allen Ronald Reagan a chief foreign policy adviser quit the Reagan Campaign amid accusations that he used Nis previous position in the Nixon administration for personal gain. The move came despite a statement from Reagan s chief of staffed Meese that he had investigated the accusations and found no basis for a any allegation or implication of improper