European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes Friday november 2, 1990cold sufferers have Little in common Pittsburgh up a its called the common cold but a nationwide Survey released thursday shows there is Little common ground when it comes to attitudes and treatments for the ailment. Men favor whiskey As a Home remedy and women like juice spouses think they re Nice to their mates when the other is Down with the sniffles and sneezes but done to think they get an equal return in the pamper department when its their turn the Nice National cold Survey found. Smithk Jine Beecham of Pittsburgh makers of Nice sore Throat lozenges commissioned the study of 150 male and 150 female adults. An equal number of people were surveyed in the Northeast North Central Southeast South Central and Western states. The Survey found 73 percent of males and 76 percent of females reported having a cold during the last 12 months with the average being 2.2 colds and Little difference Between the sexes. Females said they were bothered More by nasal congestion but males said Overall aches and pains added to their misery. Nine out of 10 respondents named a specific symptom rather than the fact that they Are forced to function while being sick. Men and women Are Likely to go to work when sick and feel miserable about it but men Are More Likely than women to say they feel a a virtuous about it the Survey found. Although both men and women believed they Are Nice to their sick spouse they said they do not receive the same attention in return when they Are ill. Chicken soup May have been the remedy of the past for the common cold but the Smith Kline Survey found Tea the Choice elixir of 21 percent of both groups. A Good Belt of whiskey a a hot toddy in More passive terms a was favored by 27 percent of the males and 13 percent of the females mentioned juice. Chicken soup though was the Choice of Many moms for treating a child a cold. The Survey found that men and women agreed that when they get colds a men turn into grizzly bears and women become  those living in the Northeast believe they get More colds than people in any other Region but so do those living in the North Central states. Those living in the Southeast South Central states and West agreed they experience fewer colds. But not to be outdone folks in the Southeast and South Central states say their colds Are More miserable than those in other regions. Dod backs Down on opposing Bill Over Lack of Croton funding by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a defense Secretary Dick Cheney apparently has decided against recommending that president Bush veto the military construction appropriations Bill because it lacks funding for a new air base at Colone Italy. The final decision is up to Bush but a we expect that the Bill will be signed a Pentagon spokesman Bob Hall said at a news briefing thursday. The defense authorization Bill states that funding for Croton will not be approved until nato re evaluates the need for the base and answers questions about costs. The appropriations Bill which provides Money for projects authorized by the House and Senate armed services committees flatly ruled out any funding for the base in fiscal 1991. Hall said the defense department changed its position because lawmakers did not go so far As to kill the base outright. A the intent of the appropriators is not to kill it but to place a moratorium on . Funding while nato re evaluates the need for the base and Dod comes up with a More austere program Quot for construction Hall said. Cheney never recommended to Bush that he veto the Bill but rather indicated that he might have to if Congress tried to permanently eliminate . Funds for the project. Last week sen. Jim Sasser d-tenn., chairman of the Senate appropriations defense subcommittee sharply criticized what he considered to be extravagant construction at the base. However he said Congress would be willing to consider funding a scaled Down version of the project in fiscal 1992. A Are we Happy with that a Hall said. A no but we will go Back and work with them on  the base meant to House the 401st tac fighter Wing that must leave its Home at Torrejon a Spain by the end of 1992, is expected to Cost Between $800 million and $900 million. Last year Congress capped the . Portion of the costs at $360 million the Normal share of the . Contribution to the nato infrastructure fund. The rest of the Money will come from other Alliance nations. Congress finished work on the fiscal 1991 defense Bills last weekend but has not yet sent them to the president. Once Bush receives the Bills he has 10 Days to sign them into Law veto them or let them become Law without his signature when the 10-Day period expires. Fite Dick Cheney car crash victim crawls for 3 Days before getting help Oil City la. Apr a 17-year-old girl with a broken Arm broken ankle and other injuries suffered when her car ran off the Road crawled for three Days before passing motorists finally spotted her. Jean Anne Kel Leher underwent surgery late tuesday in a Shreveport Hospital following her ordeal in which she also suffered dehydration exposure multiple cuts and bruises. Kelleher was spotted tuesday afternoon by Leona and Hart Clawson Kelleher of Jefferson Texas when they saw her beside the Road and called Caddo Parish deputies for help. Kelleher was driving Home saturday night when she swerved to avoid a Deer on state Highway 2, ran into a densely wooded area near Oil City and was thrown from the car said her Mother Debra Kelleher. Mrs. Kelleher and her husband Harold reported their daughter missing sunday and started searching for her. She said the family drove past the area where the teen agers car was wrecked More than 10 times while searching for her. A tree broken by the Impact covered the car deputies said. Mcdonald s doing right thing will phase out plastic packages Chicago apr bowing to pressure from environmentalists Mcdonald a corp. Announced thursday that it will phase out plastic foam packages for its big macs and other food. A although some scientific studies indicate that foam packaging is environmentally sound our customers just done to feel Good about it a Mcdonald Susa president Edward h. Rensi said. A so we re  the decision was hailed by an environmental group that predicted Mcdonald a will set an Industry trend. A a Mcdonald a understands that the future is Green Quot said Fred Krupp executive director of the Washington based environmental defense fund. A i think other companies will follow  his non profit group has worked with Mcdonald a since August to devise the phase out plan Krupp said. He joined Rensi at the company soak Brook 111., Headquarters for the announcement. A i think its a big Day for the american Public a Rensi said. A a we be been studying this Issue of environmental problems and Mcdonald a is not interested in doing anything but the right  Rensi said the company will begin eliminating its foam Sandwich containers within 60 Days. The plastic boxes will be replaced by paper products manufactured in a new process that preserves the foods temperature and freshness Rensi said. The company is trying to determine suitable replacements for plastic cutlery and the plastic cups in which Coffee is served he said. He said that the Sandwich containers account for nearly 75 percent of the fast food chains foam use and that the move would mean a a significant reduction in the volume of Mcdonald a packaging. Some communities have banned polystyrene containers outright putting additional pressure on Mcdonald a 8,000 . Restaurants to eliminate the use of foam. Police Stop random print checks after Gainesville students complain  i f Fla f  a a i a Gainesville Fla. Apr police patrols will cease taking thumbprints from people stopped at random in the area where five College students were slain two months ago authorities said wednesday. Robyn Blumner executive director of the american civil liberties Union of Florida said two students complained about the random thumb printing last week. Her organization then complained to the task Force investigating the killings. Florida Highway patrol troopers did most of the thumb printing during the evening she said. Monday night after the Acle complained a memorandum was circulated among patrol officers saying they could not Stop and thumbprint anyone unless the person was believed to be involved in criminal activity said John c. Carlin chief assistant state attorney for the 8th judicial circuit. Highway patrol maj. Ernie Leggett said saturday that troopers were taking thumbprints of suspicious looking people who were in the neighbourhood after dark. Two University of Florida freshmen both women were found slain aug. 26 in the apartment they shared near Campus. A few hours later a student at Sante be Community College was found decapitated in her apartment. The next Day two More University students were found slain