European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes Friday november 8, 1991u.s. To standardize food Label proposal targets such words As Low fat Light from wire reports Washington a sweeping new proposals to give shoppers More accurate and useful food labels should save thousands of lives by promoting More healthful diets health and human services Secretary Louis w. Sullivan said wednesday. But Industry groups while generally supportive of the proposals that would standardize the Way foods and their nutritional contents Are defined said the new labels will Cost billions of dollars More to implement than the Federal government is estimating. A apart from stopping the use of tobacco and abuse of alcohol the most important action americans can take to improve their health and reduce their Chance of contracting disease is to choose a proper diet a Sullivan said. To that end the government is proposing to revamp the confusing conflicting and often misleading claims on food labels. More than 250,000 labels would be affected starting in May 1093. Sullivan said that 39,000 lives would be saved during the next 20 years if the proposals a the most comprehensive in . History a Are adopted. Officials estimate savings of More than $100 billion in medical costs during the same period. The Fra also estimates the Cost of changing the labels will be about $1.7 billion Over 20 years a figure that was attacked by Industry groups As too Low. The rules would require strict definitions for such commonly used Labelling terms As a flow calorie a a Light a a flow fat a a flow in cholesterol and  a flow fat a for example would mean less than 3 food and drug administration commissioner David Kessler right and health and human services Secretary Louis w. Sullivan announce sweeping changes in food labels that will affect virtually All foods. Grams of fat per serving. A flow calories would mean 40 calories or fewer per serving. The rules also define a Standard serving for each food. Under the new proposals the nutrient Chart that manufacturers now voluntarily put on about 60 percent of All packaged foods will become mandatory on All products regulated by the Fra the department of agriculture which oversees meat and poultry sales is issuing similar Label proposals for those foods. The Federal agencies want the nutrition charts to give data on total calories calories derived from fat total fat saturated fat cholesterol total carbohydrates Complex carbohydrates sugars dietary fiber protein sodium vitamins a and a Calcium and Iron. The proposed new labels probably will be changed a bit before they Are finalized next year at this time. By May 8, 1993, companies that have not changed their labels to fit the Law could have products seized and be forced by Federal court to Stop Selling until they comply with the  bowl Parade urged to drop Columbus relative Pasadena Calif. A a City commission has demanded that a descendant of Christopher Columbus be dumped As marshal of the 1992 Rose bowl Parade. Cristobol Colon of Madrid Spain will preside at the 103rd vioral spectacle on new years Day that will celebrate the qui Centennial of Columbus arrival in America. The City human relations commission on monday unanimously voted to drop Colon a 42-year-old, 20th-generation descendant of Columbus. But the Pasadena tournament of roses association which sponsors the event rejected the request. The vote followed protests by Indian groups criticizing colons selection and the theme which they said perpetuated a false perception that Columbus discovered America. Foods will become mandatory on All prod drates Complex carbohydrates sugars Federal court to Stop Selling or acts regulated by the Fra. Dietary fiber protein sodium vitamins a comply with the regulations. . Did t pursue Mia report in 1973, Leader of search say by the los Angeles times pos were received from 1973 to 1975, Are still listed As missing in Arctic Washington a the United states he said but the United states did not prisoners of War by the los Angeles times Washington the United states began receiving reports in 1973 that american prisoners of War had been left behind in Southeast Asia but the information was not pursued at the time an official said. A we had information that there were americans being held at the time but it was not correlated to any specific individual a said Garnett e. Bell the chief of the . Office for pow Mia affairs in Hanoi Vietnam. After the Vietnam War ended there was no a hard evidence Quot that some americans had not been released Bell said. The unconfirmed reports of stranded Bell pos were received from 1973 to 1975, he said but the United states did not have Access to Vietnam to pursue the matter. Bell who has been involved in the pow Mia search for 23 years said investigations conducted in recent years have confirmed initial reports that american pos were still being held in Vietnam and Cambodia after the War ended. A after we began to interview refugees and based on the investigations that were conducted in the Field and Overall i think we can say that with certainty now a he told members of a Senate select committee looking into the Fate of missing americans. Bell declined to discuss in open session details of the information and said he has seen no evidence to suggest that any of the captured servicemen might still be alive. Nearly two decades after the War ended More than 2,000 . Servicemen Are still listed As missing in action or As prisoners of War. Over the past 18 years the department of defense has received 1,519 firsthand live sighting reports. Bell was asked by sen. John Kerry d-mass., chairman of the select committee whether government officials had Ever attempted to conceal information in a Mia or pow investigation. He responded that it had happened occasionally Over the years. A i done to think there a been a cover up but i think there have been occasions when information was not acted upon. Bell said. He complained that some of his reports were edited in a Way that created a different impression than he had intended. A i think you probably could Best describe it As a difference of opinion a he  homeless demand Detroit Stop evictions Detroit a homeless protesters driven indoors by fierce winds stormed a City Council meeting wednesday to demand that landlords be barred from evicting thousands of renters whose welfare was Cut. About 151 people stormed a hallway outside the c Ity Council Chambers and chanted Quot no housing no  police blocked the Entrance to the Council office and no arrests were made. Quot we re tired of these stupid excuses a protester Joyce Ericson shouted. Quot we re not going to die in the  the protest started outside in 30-dc-Grec temperatures with ferocious winds off the Detroit River. Council president Maryann Mahaffey was shouted Down after she told the group that the Council had no authority to Stop evictions. She suggested they Appeal to the state attorney general and said the City is asking the slate legislature and governor to come up with the Money. The cuts proposed by Republican gov. John Engler have led to the removal of More than s0, 0 people from the welfare Rolls since they took effect last month. Michigan joined a handful of states that deny w Elfare to employable childless adults. The state said it needed the cuts to help solve budget problems. The Michigan court of appeals was expected to act this week on a request to overturn the cuts. A group of landlords agreed to hold off evicting 5,000 former welfare recipients pending the ruling