European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes thursday november 15,1990 to linked to higher cholesterol in kids Dallas up a the More television a child watches the More Likely the youngster is to have High Levels of potentially artery clogging cholesterol a study showed tuesday. Researchers from the University of California Irvine said their study of 1,066 Young people Ages 2 to 20 found an Quot amazing correlation Between How much time was spent watching to and cholesterol Levels. A watching two hours or More of to daily turned out to be a stronger predictor of elevated cholesterol in children than any other Factor we looked at a said or. Kurt Gold co author of the study. It also examined family medical history obesity diet and exercise. About 8 percent of the children surveyed had blood cholesterol Levels of 200 milligrams per Decilier a a 10th of a liter a or greater. Another 13 percent had Levels Between 176 milligrams and 199 milligrams per Decilier. The american Academy of paediatrics considers a cholesterol level greater than 175 milligrams per Decilier in children High enough to warrant dietary changes. Children who watched two or More hours of to daily were twice As Likely to have cholesterol Levels above 200 than those who watched less. The situation was even worse for those youngsters who watched four or More hours of to per Day a they had four times the risk of having cholesterol counts above 200 As those who watched less than two hours. A since cholesterol Levels tend to Rise somewhat As a child reaches adulthood Many of these children could have dangerously High Levels later in life a said Gold whose findings were presented at an american heart association meeting. Excessive Levels of cholesterol Are associated with atherosclerosis a narrowing of the arteries that greatly increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. Researchers do not know precisely Why greater amounts of to watching Are linked to higher cholesterol Levels in Young people. However they speculated that heavy to watchers tend to eat More High calorie snacks be exposed to More commercials for High fat a a junk foods and exercise less than those who done to spend As much time in front of the to. Whatever the association Between to watching and High cholesterol Gold suggests that paediatricians routinely question parents about their children a to viewing habits and run cholesterol tests on children who Are heavy to watchers. A i think these findings give us an Opportunity to make a real difference. We might be Able to identify a lot More people with High cholesterol a said Gold who thinks children should watch no More than two hours of to daily and should be encouraged to exercise at least 15 minutes a Day. The children surveyed had an average age of about 7vi and lived in Orange county calif., an affluent suburban area near los Angeles. A mayor Tony Senecal wants to discourage panhandlers from pestering people in Martinsburg . Mayor wants City s beggars to Fork Over $50 for License Martinsburg . Apr mayor Anthony Senecal has his hand out to panhandlers hoping a proposed $50-a-year licensing fee will persuade them to move on. A a in be always been appalled that people who come downtown to shop Are always being asked a have you ?? you not 50 cents a a Senecal said. That s Bull. It in t right. Pretty soon they re going to Stop coming downtown to  Senecal wants to require Street beggars to buy a $25 License every six months. Violators could get a $500 Fine and 10 Days in jail. The City Council is scheduled to consider the ordinance thursday. James Tobin 63, who says he a a Panhandle some a doubted the ordinance would do much Good. A i Panhandle when i go broke a he said. A i guess ill buy a License it 1 have to but it ainu to right. It just ainu to  Robert of Brien spokesman for the state chapter of the american civil liberties Union called the proposal preposterous and said the group May Challenge it. �7ro Wrt Bastress an expert in constitutional Law at West Virginia University said panhandling is a form of commercial speech. A the supreme court has recognized that commercial speech is entitled to some Protection under the Constitution not As much As other forms of speech perhaps but some Protection a he said. The idea came to the mayor after three men asked him for Money during the three Block walk from his tobacco shop to City Hall. A we can to afford having people on the Street giving people who come downtown the bumps Rush a Senecal said. A some of these Guys get right up in your face if you  Al Nen said the ordinance wont solve the problem Are go ing t0 take their government Check said int a 5? k then Panhandle freely a he or uni win has Ben living in Washington d.c., and is moving Back to Ohio and runs out of was and needs to Panhandle to get enough Money to get Home is the Guy who is going to get  Senecal said the ordinance Isnit aimed at the working poor. He said the salvation army a Bel ringers and other charities also would be exempt. A what in a after Are the winos who make a Good Livine off government checks and beg for Money thl final 8 weeks of every month after abdss1 ment Money a Senecal said. Govern i3 ooh less shelter usually2ispfiirani�39eof the Beds at the Quot Mon were occupied on a recent night Crowe said there s no reason for anyone in Martinsburg to hum Money or meals or anything else a Crowe sad a ass serve meals 24 hours a Day seven Davs week vhf 6 people Are just living off the bottle. They just drink and Dunk and it us and then Start pan hand Gumore Senecal said he does no to know if his Dlan we in i m a cities like los Angeles Detroit and new York the biggest difference Between us and new York City is we know All our bums a he said. Stateside runaway plane crashes into Airport building ind1antown, Fla. Apr a single engine plane slowed into an Airport office after the frantic Pilot was unable to climb aboard As it circled. C �?o.g11il was go ing to kill me a said Pilot Lamar Smith. A it made about six circles with me hanging out the  Smith was not Hurt and no one was in the office when the plane rammed it. A a it a just embarrassing a he said. The plane a 1964 Champion narrowly missed another plane before crashing into a soft drink machine in front of the building. A Wing sheared off a wooden support beam. The aircraft began moving without its Pilot because of an old fashioned starting system that requires the Pilot to open the throttle and then go to the front of the plane to Crank the propeller. Smith 50, of Tequesta chased after it but finally decided to get out of the Way. Smith said he had planned to do some work on the plane but repairing it now probably would Cost More than the $13,000 its  makes Safe Landing a but at wrong Airport Jackson miss. Apr a Continental express Frigli from Houston to Jackson landed at a private Airfield seve Miles from the commercial Airport where it was due. The plane was carrying 33 passengers when it landed at Hawkins Field rather than Jackson International air port in nearby Rankin county airline spokeswoman Peggy Mahoney said. She said the Crew was grounded while officials tried to determine what went wrong. Hawkins Field had served As Jackson a commercial Ai ppr until 1963, when the other Airport opened. I t tas frying into the area for the first time a a to n administration officials said. This sort of thing is unfortunate. It happens once ii a while said Jacques Lon Chambon an operations in Spector with the Faa in Houston. Mahoney said passengers on flight 2682 were Takei to hotels or to Jackson International  Driver s son Dies after falling from cab los Angeles up a a toddler Riding in the Seeper compartment of a big Rig truck opened the Natch and fell to his death on the freeway As his father Rove on another 10 Miles before noticing he was missing authorities said. Trucker was driving southbound n the Golden state freeway when his 2-year old son apparently awoke and unlatched the compartments  a cd Tornia Highway patrol officer father had put tape on it thinking that was going nun Safe. But it Wasny to enough a Ellis said. The a a tumbled out onto the freeway near the interchange in me san Bernardino freeway in Boyle Heights. As soon As he hit the ground he died a Ellis said. Nief father whose name was withheld until the child Orpie a a notified continued driving Down the freeway unaware of the Accident