European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes saturday july 20, 1991more in . Buckling up report says Atlanta apr an annual Survey of the unhealthy things americans do indicates fewer Are failing to buckle seat belts before driving but most still Arentt exercising enough to lose weight researchers said. The National centers for disease controls latest Quot behaviour risk factors Survey of 39 states plus Washington ., shows a trend toward Tore seat Belt use and less drinking and driving but no trend in weight loss or More exercise. The data reported on thursday did no to Surprise or. Robert Brackbill an epidemiologist in the cd cd a health promotion Center. Quot wearing or not wearing a seat Belt is specific behaviour its easier for somebody to do a Brackbill said. A closing weight and exercising Are More Complex behaviour. Its just harder to have Public health interventions to modify  the state by state results compiled from random phone interviews conducted in 1989, done to add up to a National Sample. But they do show some states with healthier habits and others with More than a Little room for improvement. Twenty eight states showed a decrease in the percentage of people ignoring their seat belts compared with the previous years study. And residents of 21 states reported less drinking and driving. But just 13 states reported improvements in exercise habits. And while 24 states reported a drop in the prevalence of overweight people in 14 of those states the decreases were less than 1 percent. The percentages of respondents who were overweight a calculated according to a height weight gender formula a ranged from 16 percent in new Mexico to 27 percent in Pennsylvania. Only California Missouri and Wisconsin reported decreases that were statistically significant the other decreases were too Small to matter cd statisticians said. The percentages of people with Quot sedentary lifestyles a fewer than three 20-minute sessions of exercise each week a ranged from 45 percent in new Hampshire to 75 percent in Washington  A the percentage of people admitting to a seat Belt nonuser ranged from 6 percent in Hawaii to 62 percent in South Dakota. Maryland was at the Low end of the scale with just 1 percent admitting drinking too much and driving at least once in the preceding month. North Dakota was at the other end with 6 percent confessing to driving drunk. The results were compiled from 40 separate surveys of a total of 66,867 people with the margin of error from each Survey generally less that 3 percentage Points the cd said in other areas the interviewers found the percentage of people who had a cholesterol test ranged from 48 percent in Alabama to 64 percent in Connecticut 24 of 37 states in that study reported  stress hits they do real juggling act St. Louis apr mantras and the Lotus position arc Fine but if you really want to relax and forget your troubles try juggling. That advice was heard More than once Here As 1,000 of the nations Best jugglers gathered thursday for a we Klong convention at which they la discuss the Fine Points of keeping balls Bowling pins and flaming torches in the air. It highly recommend it a said Brian Rohlfing of St. Louis. A if in a stressed out or worried or whatever i grab a couple of rings and it focuses my Energy and my breathing gets  Michael Bruneau a professional from Houston said juggling definitely can be spiritual. A a at one Point i was considering writing a Book about zen and the Art of juggling its that sort of experience a he said. At least one Juggler disagrees. A a it a not relaxing for me a said 18-year-old Anthony Gatto of Las vegas who juggles 10 balls or eight clubs at a time in his Casino show there. A when you get that Many things going its not meditation. Its  Gatto took a break from the show to attend the International jugglers associations convention at Washington University. The group began 47 years ago As a spinoff of the International brotherhood of magicians. It has 3,000 members in 21 countries. Association officials say about 1 million americans do some juggling. The conventions workshop topics include safety with yet Ai i a a5 Brian Rohlfing of St. Louis juggles rubber chickens. A torches math and juggling and five balls the easy Way. A representative from the guinness Book of world records is on hand to witness record attempts at esoteric events such As the 100-meter Joggle running while juggling. Distance joggers can compete in the mile five Kilometre and mgt be relay saturday. Obstacle course jogging is also scheduled. The associations members include a team of joggers that has run a mile relay in under four minutes and a Jogger who ran a mile in 4 43 while keeping three balls going. Gatto can run the 100-meter dash in 13 seconds while juggling. Those in the know Call juggling a object manipulation a and there a almost no limit to the number of objects enterprising jugglers can manipulate including Cigar boxes hats plates a even rubber chickens. Especially rubber chickens. These Days its More profitable to be a Juggler with a shtick. A juggling to me is a vehicle to achieve belly laughter a said Dale Jones of suburban St. Louis who claims to be the worlds Only professional one handed Juggler. A i do impressions and tricks  Jones 35, lost the use of his left Arm in a childhood fall from a Jungle gym. Using his right Arm head legs and other body parts he can juggle five balls at a time. He Hopes to hit the big time with an act in which he juggles and eats a head of lettuce. Not the kind of juggling sunday night to viewers Are used to seeing. A red Sullivan is gone. There Are no More six minute shows set to music a Jones said. A a it a a Good time a tax fuelled Road Bill unveiled space station vets care get Senate approval Washington a calling for a a Nickel for am Ricau gasoline tax increase a bipartisan House coalition began work on a wide ranging transportation measure that contains a provision establishing 16 new Highway a corridors of National significance a House leaders on thursday unveiled the five year plan that Calls for higher outlays for highways and mass transit than proposed by either the administration or the Senate. They brushed aside the possibility that president Bush might veto the measure because it includes a tax increase. Rep. Robert Roe d-n.j., chairman of the House Public works and transportation committee said he will try to push the legislation through the House be fore Congress recesses for its summer vacation in August. He said the 5-cent-a-gallon tax would produce $6.6 billion a year or $33 billion Over the five year life of the authorization measure. The Federal gasoline tax currently is 14.2 cents a gallon. Along with its other provisions the measure includes 180 to 200 so called a demonstration projects a requested by individual members for transportation ventures in their states. Roe said the Price tag for these projects is $6,2 billion. But he said All of them relate to the new 155,000 mile National Highway system created by the Bill. Cafe gets Heads of fake cows Back Braintree mass. Up a the cow Heads have come Home to the Hilltop Steak House. The six Heads that vandals sawed off life size fibreglass cows outside the restaurant last weekend have been returned along with a life size fake calf that was Cut off at the hoofs. Authorities said four unidentified vandals told a radio disc jockey in Boston where the final three Heads were wednesday after they were promised anonymity. The other three were found earlier this week. Deejay Mark Parenteau of station a bin said the vandals told him on air that they did not intend for their prank to a get this  the vandals then dropped the cow Heads off near the station and Parenteau on thursday turned them Over to Gerard Gillis a Hilltop official. Earlier the other three Heads turned up at Revere fort in Hull the Boston Herald and one at a bin. Parenteau said the vandals Early sunday sawed the Heads off the fake cows because showings of the movie terminator 2 were sold out at a local theater and a they were bored and looking for something to do. They re sorry they did it and they want amnesty. Gillis said that the restaurant would consider not pressing charges if the vandals Are first offenders and publicly admit their guilt. Washington apr Nasa gets its space station veterans get a 10 percent increase for care and the savings and loan bailout fund gets $12.4 billion More than president Bush requested in a 1992 spending Bill passed by the Senate. The $80.9 billion Bill for veterans housing and space appropriates about $1.2 billion less than Bush a proposal and $50 million More than the houses version. Committees from the two houses now will negotiate the final amounts. The Bill passed on a voice vote. It appropriates Money for the fiscal year that begins oct. 1. Despite lobbying by major scientific groups who oppose the space station the Senate without debate gave the project the full $2,03 billion asked for by the president. It will enable the National aeronautics Ana space administration to move from the design stage to purchasing flight hardware. There also was $10 million for a new space dynamics lab at Utah state University in the Home state of hem Jake Gam a Republican member of the appropriations committee. The largest sum in the Bill is $32.4 billion for be Arment of veterans affairs including $13.5 billion or medical care a an increase of $1.1 billion from tis Cal year 1991. Flt