European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday january 14, 1992 group cites cardiovascular ailments Galveston Texas up heart attacks strokes and other cardiovascular problems remain the no. 1 cause of death in the United states and Eastern europeans and people who live in the former soviet republics have even higher cardiovascular disease death rates the american heart association reported sunday. The organization said people who live in Japan Switzerland and France have the lowest death rates from heart and blood vessel disease. Residents of Hungary Romania Bulgaria Poland Czechoslovakia and the former soviet slates have the highest rates. The United states where one person died every 34 seconds from cardiovascular disease is in the Middle according to the american heart associations 1992 heart and stroke facts. A a we done to really know Why people in Eastern Europe have such High death rates from cardiovascular disease but the fact remains that Many such deaths can be prevented by taking Steps to lower blood pressure Stop cigarette smoking reduce serum cholesterol and learn the warning signals of heart attack and stroke a said or. Virgil Brown american heart association president. Because people in the United states have Learned about ways to reduce heart disease risk the heart attack and stroke death rates each dropped by 30 percent from 1979 to 1989, Brown said. The Low death rate in Japan May Stem from the traditional japanese diet which is very Low in fat. Why prance has a Low death rate but traditionally High fat diets is not Clear. Countries with High cardiovascular disease death rates tend to have High prevalence of smoking alcohol consumption High fat foods and stress. . Deaths due to cardiovascular disease were highest in the District of Columbia and lowest in Hawaii. Statistics from 19ss showed 476,24b men and 503,542 women died from cardiovascular disease. The aha estimated More than 69 million people in the United states have cardiovascular disease. Medical care and lost productivity from this disease will Cost nearly $109 billion in 1992, the report said. The annual report also pointed out that heart attack is the leading killer of women in the United states yet the number of men treated with bypass surgery or other procedures to unblock blood vessels is dramatically higher than women. The 1992 heart and stroke facts was released monday at the american heart association s science writers  cubans oily for 3 sentenced to death Miami apr a cacophony of blaring car horns in Little Havana on sunday sounded the anger of the cuban exile Community Over death sentences handed Down to three Miami men caught invading their Homeland to overthrow Fidel Castro. Hundreds of supporters carrying placards and waving flags gathered to show Solidarity Tor the three men. The wife of one of the condemned anti Castro commandos urged president Bush to intercede. Daniel Candelario Santovenia 36 Pedro de la Cari dad Alvarez Pedroso 26 and Eduardo Diaz Betancourt 38, were sentenced on saturday to die by firing squad for trying to Start a rebellion according to news reports from the Caribbean Island. The sentences were being appealed to the highest cuban court. The supreme tribunal was expected to Rule on the Appeal quickly and Send the Case to the 31-member Council of state. Cuba s ruling governmental body headed by Castro and his top ministers. Throughout Cuba people took to the streets sunday to protest against Quot threats and attacks by the United states Quot the c uban news Agency Prensa Latina reported. Sunday afternoon in Little Havana More than 200 demonstrators carrying placards and signs and waving cuban and american hags gathered at a Busy intersection carrying signs and shouting for the Trio s Freedom. Motorists driving by honked their horns in support. About 20 members of Alpha 66, an exile group that advocates Castro a overthrow joined the rally in camouflage military fatigues. Some placards written in English and Spanish showed Solidarity with the Quot cuban  others demanded . Government intervention. The three men were arrested dec. 29 Northeast of Havana. Cuban state radio said the men told authorities they sailed from theft Lorida keys aboard a yacht then took a Motorboat to the cuban coast. Several exile groups have claimed varying links to the three men and promised revenge if the sentences Are carried out but no one has stepped Forward to claim demonstrators sunday in Miami wave banners in support of three men who were sentenced to death for allegedly invading Cuba and trying to Lead an overthrow of cuban Leader Fidel Castro. Responsibility for their Mission. A heretofore unknown group calling itself Rescate Quot Rescue in English sent a statement to the associated press in Miami on saturday declaring the three men were members of the group. The group warned it would retaliate against Quot All representatives of Fidel Castro abroad if the executions were carried out it also pledged to sabotage Industry around the world with ties to the Havana government. The Miami Herald reported that at the menus trial Friday in Havana they told the court the Mission had been organized by the Miami based paramilitary group commandos l. The commandos l group  confirm the report. Members of the Alvarez family interviewed on Miami television station Wolg said they knew he was training with an anti Castro group in the Everglades but knew nothing about his trip to Cuba. Egg lovers boiling mad Over hard shelled Law Newark . A ordering eggs Over easy will be hard in new Jersey now that Runny Yolks Are against the Law. Pears of Salmonella poisoning led the state to adopt a regulation requiring any egg served in a restaurant hotel or Coffee shop to be cooked until it s firm. T he Law look effect Jan. 1. And some people Are pretty sore. A imagine  said City Gregg president of the new Jersey restaurant association. A a Guy orders them Over easy and the Cook tells him its against the Law a he said the stale should crack Down on egg producers where Salmonella begins. Quot it should mean the end to Over easy eggs a slate health department spokeswoman Darlene Weiner said. Restaurateurs and some of their patrons said they re upset at the Prospect of being denied Caesar salads and the Yolk based Hollan Daise sauce critical to eggs Benedict. Kay Engelhardt of the american egg Board said the Only Way to kill Salmonella in eggs is to Cook them at 140 degrees for several minutes. T he Salmonella bacteria which turn up in less than one halt of 1 percent of All eggs can be lethal. Those who break the new Jersey Law risk fines of $25 to $ ill Barry s prison hearing May be challenged the Washington Post Washington a an attorney for Marion Barry said sunday that an official finding that the former District of Columbia mayor engaged in sexual misconduct in prison could a seriously damage Quot Barry s political future and May be challenged in Federal court. T he attorney. Salad Al Amin said m a Telephone interview from his Richmond. Va., office that the Bureau of prisons treated Barry unfairly in its disciplinary process. He said Barry had a substantial evidence Quot that would show the sexual allegation was false but he was not allowed to present that evidence or it was disregarded. Barry serving a six month sentence for cocaine Possession was transferred Early saturday from a minimum Security prison Camp in Petersburg va., to a Low Security prison in Loretto pa., about a tour hour drive from Washington. The Transfer occurred shortly after a prison hearing officer ruled that Barry had engaged in sexual misconduct with a visitor on dec. 29. T he hearing officer barred the woman involved in the alleged sexual encounter from visiting Barry for 120 Days More than the remainder of his term. Additionally Al Amin said the officer gave Barry 15 Days in isolation but suspended that punishment on condition that Barry not violate any other rules. An administrator of the Petersburg Camp had recommended Barry be placed in isolation essentially a form of solitary confinement for 30 Days