European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A thursday july 25,1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5 Washington apr about $300 million Worth of excess food and related items purchased for troops in operation desert storm is being distributed to needy americans. The Giveaway dubbed a operation desert share a will be carried out in three phases the first of which has already begun said Richard g. Austin administrator of the general services administration. It involves distribution to 180 food Banks around the country of about $3.6 million in Frozen or chilled meat fish and produce from the Norfolk naval base in Virginia and port Elizabeth . The food Banks serve 42,000 soup kitchens Church giving War surplus to America s poor pantries senior and Day care centers drug and alcohol treatment centers homeless shelters and other non profit food programs. On tuesday supplies from Norfolk were headed for cities including Birmingham Ala. Atlanta Savannah and Augusta a. Orlando and Miami Fla. Winston Salem and Charlotte . Oklahoma cite and Tulsa okla. New York City Verona a. Flint Mich. Louisville by. Cincinnati and Canton Ohio Indianapolis East Haven Conn. Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington . The food would have been used to feed soldiers. It is being distributed to the food Banks by the second Harvest food Bank network with assistance from the Federal government s inter Agency Council on the homeless. Unused meals ready to eat the freeze dried foods for troops in the Field will be distributed in the second phase of the Giveaway next month Gas said. These will go to state government agencies for distribution to the poor. The third phase will include More res and other foods that Are still in saudi Arabia or on ships heading Back to the United states. These foods will be distributed by Federal agencies to the needy. The non food items that will be Given away include toilet kits and medical  rate near atomic arms lab to be studied Shawnee Garrison shares a moment with her of her daughter Bonnie Lee Kerns. Son Adam Mills while holding a picture los Alamos . Apr a photograph taken a year before she died shows Bonnie Lee Kerns 2vi, peeking out from under a wide brimmed Straw hat with a captivating Grin. A she had a personality that  quit. A magical Quality a Shawnee Garrison recalls of her Only daughter who died in May 1987, More than a year after doctors discovered the first of two Large tutors in her brain. Garrison was jolted recently by ques tips raised about the incidence of brain tutors in los Alamos Home of nuclear weapons research since world War ii. The Federal department of Energy which operates the los Alamos National Laboratory has agreed to study the subject m los Alamos a Community of 18,000 about 30 Miles Northwest of Santa be. Los Alamos has produced millions of Gallons of radioactive and toxic waste Oyer the years much of it dumped in ravines and canyons. The environmental Protection Agency has listed More than 1,800 los Alamos Sites that must be inspected for possible contamination As part of a proposed $2 billion cleanup. A driving Force behind the upcoming investigation is sculptor Tyler Mercier who conducted a private probe of his own. Mercier has collected 48 names of pos Pennsylvania governor suffering from disease that killed 2 mayors Harrisburg Robert p. Casey a. A gov. On tuesday denied rumours that he has cancer but admitted to having a less aggressive form of a fatal disease that killed the mayors of Pittsburgh and Erie. The 59-year-old Democrat was flanked by two physicians and had a third on the Telephone while he discussed his hereditary or familial amyloid Sis with reporters. The disease is Casey characterized by an abnormal protein in the blood called amyloid. He said he regretted that rumours had prompted the news conference but wanted the record set straight. Casey said the condition has not impaired his ability to serve As governor. He previously had a heart bypass operation. Pittsburgh mayor Richard s. Caliguiri and Erie mayor Louis j. Tullio longtime friends both announced in october 1987 that they had forms of the fatal disease. They both died of heart failure Caliguiri in May 1988 at age 56 and Tullio in april 1990 at age 73. The inherited disease takes its toll slowly specialists said. Patients can live 10 to 15 years after diagnosis. Casey could survive until his Early 70s, about the life expectancy of the average White american male said or. John Varga of Thomas Jefferson University. Casey a cardiologist or. David Lea Man of the Penn state Milton s. Hershey medical Center said the governor Wasny to under medical restrictions because of the illness. A one woman lived to be 107 with this Strain a Leaman said. Casey was elected governor in 1986 after three unsuccessful attempts. He was re elected last fall trouncing Republican auditor general Barbara Hafer. Lawyer 7 group payment averts suit Indianapolis a the american bar association on tuesday settled a copyright dispute charging it reproduced a Norman Rockwell painting on its journals cover and altered the work to depict los Angeles police beating a suspect. The association paid an undisclosed amount to avoid a lawsuit Over copyright infringement of Rockwell a painting the runaway said Thomas r. Haley Iii attorney for Curtis publishing inc., which owns the rights to the artwork. Under the agreement the bar association admitted no liability. Roc Welps famous painting features a smiling police officer helping a boy in need. It was published As a saturday evening Post cover on sept. 20, 1958. The july Issue of the Aba journal replaced a radio in the painting with a television set showing the videotaped beating of Rodney King by los Angeles police. The officer helping the boy hang his head in shame at the scene. Rockwell painted covers for the saturday evening Post from 1916-1963, and Curtis owns the copyrights of hundreds of the works. Haley said a member of the journals Art department asked permission to alter the runaway. Curtis denied permission and stated its policy that Rockwell Art can never be altered in a Way that changes it meaning or a disparages the Art itself a Haley said. The bar associations counsel who negotiated the settlement Darryl Depriest of Chicago Wasny to available for comment. Sible brain tumor victims of whom 39 had died. A los Alamos physician who checked the first 23 cases determined that nine had tutors that began in the brain. Eight of the none died in a three Vear period ending in 1990 at least three lived in the same Small neighbourhood. Cancers that spread to the brain accounted for most of the rest of the 23. The National cancer Institute said that Tor 1988 a the last year for which figures Are available a there were six new cases of brain and Central nervous system cancer for every 100,000 people. Before calculating such a rate for los Alamos the age sex and ethnicity of the population must be considered said or. Charles key medical director of the new Mexico tumor registry. Radiation has been linked to brain tutors in two continuing studies of children according to the National research councils Board on radiation effects research. The link has not shown up in studies of adults including those among atomic bomb survivors in Japan. A committee of residents doctors and Laboratory personnel formed by the lab said other possible sources for the tutors such As electromagnetic Fields also should be investigated. In 7 my stars and s thirds 10years ago july 25, 1981 a the United states announced an end to All hostile military action Between lebanese and israeli forces after two weeks of bloodshed in the Region that left More than 450 arabs and six israelis dead. 20years ago july 25,1971 a in an Effort to save the Lockheed aircraft corp. From bankruptcy president Nixon urged prompt congressional action to enact a Bill to give government guaranteed Loans to companies whose collapse could Hurt the Economy. 30years ago july 25,1961 a in an Effort to Quot promote the cause of world peace and closer brotherhood among Peoples of the world Quot president Kennedy invited All nations to participate in a communications satellite system. 40years ago july 25, 1951 a delegations representing France Italy West Germany Belgium and Luxembourg tentatively agreed to Pool their armies into a defense Force poised to resist communist aggression