European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 16, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9cuba fears for its Security without soviets Mexico City apr the cuban government said saturday that the departure of soviet military per-7sonnel would leave it vulnerable to a . Attack unless Quot american forces also withdraw. In an editorial in grandma the communist party newspaper the cuban government called on the United nations to help negotiate the closing of the . Base at Guantanamo Bay and an International treaty preventing the United states from invading Cuba. The newspaper called the announced departure of soviet forces an a unconditional concessions to the United states that a compromises our National  without the soviet military in Cuba the United states now has a Green Light to invade the Island grandma said. Soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev announced wednesday that the military training brigade of Between 6,800 and 7,700 soldiers would be removed from Cuba in the next few months. Soviet foreign minister Boris d. Pankin said the soviet Union expects that the removal of its military personnel from the Island will be matched by a . Closing of Guantanamo. But he did not demand that the United states close the base which it has leased since the turn of the Century. Cuba 90 Miles South of Florida has been one of the most volatile flashpoints in .-soviet relations since the abortive .-backed invasion by cuban exiles at the Bay of pigs in 1961 and the cuban missile crisis in 1962.caught cat napping Arthur a 6-year-old african lion indulges in a King size Yawn while he and his Trainer Bhagavan Antle bask in the Sunshine during a break Friday afternoon in South Carver mass. The two Are taking part in the King Richard s Faire which is open on weekends until the Middle of october. Smoking by Black children takes big drop _ a  Ihnut so Kino and health. Tobacco while Only 1 percent of girls Sau by Philip j. Hilts the new York times Washington a Federal researchers have found that about 2vi times As Many White High school students smoke As Black students and that the rate of smoking among Black children has plummeted Over the past decade. Or. Gary Giovino chief epidemiologist of the office on smoking and health at the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta said the Rise in the Cost of a pack of cigarettes was probably the most significant reason for the drop in smoking among Black High school students Oyer the past decade. Smoking among White students dropped Only slightly in the same period. A children Are influenced by Price increases much More than adults and Black adolescents May be influenced even More a he said. A the average Price of a pack has gone up from about 60 cents in 1980 to $1.50 in 1990.�?� another reason for the racial difference he said May be found in surveys showing that Black girls Are less concerned about weight control than Are White girls and therefore May be less tempted to use smoking As a method of controlling appetite. The study was part of the youth risk behaviour Survey which asked 11,600 High school students nationwide an array of questions about smoking and health. Among the findings in the study Are these a about 36 percent of High school students used either cigarettes or smokeless tobacco in the 30 Days before the Survey. Frequent cigarette smokers defined As those who had smoked during More than 25 of the previous 30 Days accounted for 12.8 percent of those surveyed. A the percentages of smokers among boys and girls were about the same 31 percent of the girls and 33 percent of the oys. About 13 percent of both sexes smoked frequently. But one difference was that 19 percent of boys reported using smokeless tobacco such As chewing tobacco while Only 1 percent of girls said they used it. A by race 41.2 percent of Whites reported any tobacco use As compared with 16.8 percent of Blacks and 3z per cent of the hispanic students. A the greatest use was among White boys 46 percent of whom reported any tobacco use and the least was among Black girls who reported 15.9 percent. The report recommended that schools ban smoking and that anti smoking messages be designed separately to reach the three distinct groups found in the data those who have not yet tried tobacco those who use it a Little and those who use it  killed by floods along Mekong River Bangkok Thailand apr the biggest floods since 1978 in Vietnam a main Rice growing area have killed 17 people left thousands in need of food and 3,000 families to flee the Vietnam news Agen waiting in the Rhine a freight Barge stays stuck in a tributary of the Rhine the shallow water. The water level of the Rhine is at its River near Duisburg Germany a unable to move in lowest Point since 1817. Forced 10, by reported sunday. Flooding along the River has also hit neighbouring countries in China More than 2,900 people Nave reportedly died in floods and official reports from Cam Todia said 100 people were killed and 150,000 were left homeless. The floods in the Southern Mekong River Delta in recent Days threaten to damage 173,000 acres of Rice Fields and 99,000 acres of Orchards the Vietnam Agency said. The water level has been receding in the upper River Basin but is forecast to Rise in the coming Days in the lower Basin said the report monitored in Bangkok. The vietnamese Agency cited initial reports that a total of 17 people died in three provinces a Dong Thap an Giang and Dong Thap. Largely agricultural Vietnam one of the worlds poorest countries suffers deaths and heavy damage annually in typhoons and storms. Laos reported that its 4 million impoverished people face a significant food shortage this year due to floods that struck after a devastating drought