European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 20, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 s women Tokyo up a the life expectancy of japanese women reached an All time High in 1990 As both men and women in Japan continued to enjoy the longest average life spans in the world. On average in 1990, the life expectancy of japanese women wal.81 years the longest average life Span in the world and also the longest since records have been kept according to figures released by the health and welfare ministry sunday. The figure increased 0.04 year from the previous year. The life expectancy for men in 1990 was 75.86 years also the longest in the world but Down 0.05 year from the previous years figures. The health ministry attributed the decrease to an outbreak of flu and pneumonia and said it was temporary. It was the sixth consecutive year that japanese women had the longest life expectancies in the world and the fifth year for japanese men. Swiss women were second with a life expectancy of 80.70 years and swedish women third with an expectancy of 80.57 years. Among men throughout the world swedes Are second with an expectancy of 74.79 years and icelanders third with 74.58 years. The ministry expects the figures for both men and women to increase by about two years by 2025. About 60 percent of All deaths last year were caused by cancer heart disease or apoplexy according to the ministry. By contrast japanese women could have expected in 1947 to live 53.96 years and men 50.06 years. By the 1970s, both men and women could have expected to live past 75, and in 1987 japanese women topped the list for the first time. Of children born last year s7.7 percent of the girls and 46.7 percent of the boys will reach 80, according to the ministry. The ministry said the leading cause of death for girls born last year was heart ailments and for boys , Anderson s sister meet London a the sister of american hostage Terry Anderson met with freed captive John Mccarthy on sunday after attending a service in a Church near Fleet Street dedicated to journalists. Peggy say arrived in London on thursday to meet Mccarthy who spent some of his time in Captivity with Anderson 43, the chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press. She went to a sunday morning service at St. Brides Church just off Fleet Street which became a focal Point of the Campaign to free Mccarthy. Say met with him later in the Day at a secret location where he went saturday after leaving the Royal air Force base at Lyne Ham. He underwent tests for More than a week at the base 80 Miles West of London. A John is just having a peaceful and quiet time a Karen Talbot from the friends of John Mccarthy said sunday. A the has gone away to continue the pro Cess that was begun at Raf Lyneham. It really is privacy time now. When he is ready he will  in other developments sunday the Church of England said it continues to play an Active role in trying to free Western hostages in Lebanon including its envoy Terry Waite. A we Are keeping in the background but i can Tell you that we Are definitely there a the archbishop of Canterbury George Carey told the British Broad casting corp. Their ordeal is terrible and i want to say emphatically inhuman a Carey said. A i would like to Sec them All out by the end of the year and i guess it May Well take that  Anderson was kidnapped March 16, 1985, by islamic jihad and is the longest held Western hostage in Lebanon Waite 52, disappeared Jan. 20, 1987, while trying to negotiate the release of other  search for Oil Barge victims ended Hong Kong up a the search for victims in the sinking of an Oil construction Barge during a typhoon in the South China sea last week was called off monday after a 16th body was found. A it is unrealistic to expect anyone to have survived this length of time a said Trevor Berry coordinator of the search Effort. A the last survivor was rescued late on thursday  of the 195 Oil workers and Crew aboard the Panama registered Barge when it Sank 173 were rescued thursday despite High winds and heavy seas generated by typhoon Fred. Rescue officials said 16 people were confirmed dead As a result of thursdays sinking 65 Miles East of Hong Kong. The other six were listed As missing but presumed dead. The body of the 16th known victim was spotted by a fixed Wing aircraft scouring a 400-Square-mile area of the South China sea East of Hong Kong officials said. A police launch was dispatched to recover the body but there was no immediate word on the identity of the victim officials said. A police launches and aircraft will be asked to keep a Lookout for bodies during their routine operations a a government spokesman said. The panamanian registered Barge was owned by new Orleans based Mcdermott International a Marine construction company. Mcdermott said it was launching its own investigation of the incident. The vessel was laying pipeline Between two Oil platforms for a chinese Petroleum operation at the time of the Accident. N. Jersey Indiana announce plan to Stop illegal dumping by Steven Lee Myers the new York times after months of antagonism new Jersey and Indiana agreed sunday to crack Down on the illegal dumping of new jerseys garbage in Indiana a landfills. Under the agreement the two states will share information and coordinate investigations into the dumping which has been a contentious Issue in Indiana. The agreement was announced by new Jersey gov. Jim Florio and Indiana gov. Evan Bayh at a conference of the nations governors in Seattle. A this agreement will provide us with the Opportunity to have a combined collaborative Law enforcement Effort Between both states for the mutually desirable goal of eliminating illegal dumping a Florio said in a Telephone interview from the conference. New Jersey is the nations largest exporter of garbage shipping 55 percent of its trash to landfills in other states primarily Pennsylvania and Ohio a a practice that irks residents in those states. It also appears in spite of the fact that new Jersey does not have permission to dump in Indiana that thousands of tons of new jerseys garbage have ended up there. That has prompted demands from Indiana lawmakers that the state or Congress ban out of state dumping. Sen. Daniel r. Coats a Republican appointed to his seat after his predecessor Dan Quayle was elected vice president used the Issue m his successful bid lot election last november. One of Coats television advertisements sardonically portrayed an overweight Cigar smoking Man with a new Jersey accent a Yankees baseball Cap and a Cape May to shirt a littering on the Steps of Indiana s state Capitol. Florio said that a there was in some respects misunderstanding about new jerseys position on the dumping. He said new jerseys regulatory system forbade shipments of garbage by private companies to unapproved Sites. A if there is somebody illegally dumping in Indiana we want to know about it so that we can crack Down a Florio said. The agreement he added gave the state a Freer hand to do so. He also said that the state which is under political and practical pressures to find alternatives to out of state dumping had taken Steps to reduce garbage by recycling and other Means. Bayh a Democrat said sunday night that nearly 100,000 tons of garbage from new Jersey were illegally dumped last year primarily because of the lower fees at the states landfills. That amount he said was expected to Rise pushing the states landfills to a the saturation  a we done to like being a target for a massive influx of waste a said Bayh who has also made out of state garbage a Campaign Issue. He welcomed sundays agreement but said that a Congress has to act to solve the problem of illegal out of state dumping. The agreement in the works since february when the two governors first met to discuss the Issue Calls for new Jersey to give Indiana information on private companies that have had their licenses revoked or that Are suspected of illegal dumping. The two states will also coordinate investigations by sharing documents such As fee payment records and shipping  jobs amps Jim Derheim a hard hat gives 4-year-old Alex Gregory Protection for some rambunctious construction work at a housing area in Darmstadt Germany last week. The Days of summer Sandbox play arc drawing to a close and school is around the Bend for these and Many youngsters in Europe. Alexis pals Corey Gray 7, and Troy Myers 8, will be entering the second and third grades respectively on monday. Alex wont be left to play alone however since hell join new friends in preschool later on