European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday March 16, 1992how Low can you go try Buffalo Albany . A How liable is Buffalo not very especially when compared to Honolulu according to a new Book that ranks Hawaii s capital no. 1 among the nations 100 most liable cities. But buffaloes notorious snowfall did no to earn the City its last place ranking in John Tepper marlins the liable cities almanac. Its death rate did. Marlin used life expectancy As his leading indicator to rank 100 . Cities. The leaders were widely scattered across the country but northeastern cities packed the Bottom of the list. A the Northeast tends to have More people who Are dying faster a Marlin said by Telephone from new York City which ranked 89th, cities in the Northeast tend to be old Industrial centers that a leave a legacy of pollution which i believe affects their longevity a Marlin said. Of the top 20 cities on the list Jelv one a the Bridgeport Stamford conn., area a was in the Northeast. Of the Bottom 10, Only one a Shreveport la. A was in the Sun Belt. After Honolulu the top 10 cities were Anchorage Alaska Denver Charlotte . Bridgeport Stamford Washington Salt Lake City Seattle Miami and Sacramento Calif. The Bottom 10 were Pittsburgh Shreveport Portland Maine Springfield mass. Jersey City . Flint Mich. Newark . Worcester mass. Toledo Ohio and Buffalo. Diet was the key Factor that put such geographical opposites As Honolulu and Anchorage at nor 1 and no. 2, respectively Marlin said. People in Honolulu and Anchorage eat More fish he said. A they eat fish in Boston but they Fry the hell out of it and eat it with French Fries and other bad stuff a Marlin said. At the greater Buffalo chamber of Commerce spokesman Mike Andre acknowledged Buffalo was an aging Industrial City with an older population reared on High fat foods. A a there a also quite a fond Affinity for ethnic foods Here. A lot of those Are High in fat a he said. Marlin ranked cities according to an adjusted death rate in which he calculated the life expectancy in a City by measuring the  rates and adjusting them based on the average age of the population. The adjusted rate told Marlin where people lived longer or Shorter than normally expected. Those cities where people lived longer received a higher ranking. Candidate staged shooting foes say Chicagon up a rep. Gus Savage attacked his primary opponent for taking Money from a racist jews at an event billed As a a truth rally saturday at a Chicago Church. Supporters of Savage an Illinois Democrat used the rally to try to cast doubt on a drive by shooting that left Mel Reynolds an educator challenging Savage for his congressional seat with facial cuts. Reynolds was Cut late thursday when at least one Bullet hit the 1992 Cadillac in which he was Riding from Crestwood Back to the South Side. Aides to Reynolds refused to blame the candidates bitter primary Battle for the shooting terming it a an isolated  such an incident a would be foolish on his Savages part a said Campaign spokesman Bob Stroman. Reynolds spokesman Chuck Kelly said police intelligence had warned of threats against Reynolds and his family. Chicago police were investigating and made no immediate arrests. Cmdr. Robert beavers said he doubted the shooting had anything to do with politics. But at saturdays rally former judge Eugene Pinch am accused Reynolds of staging the shooting disputing Kelly a claims that threats had been made against Reynolds. Savage did not mention the shooting in his remarks instead focusing on his opponents Campaign fund. A wealthy racist jews and some White republicans pour in Money by the hundreds and thousands Quot Savage said. A i done to blame him Reynolds for taking it i forgive  Reynolds is making a third attempt to unseat Savage a 12-year House member who has drawn fire on and off Capitol Hill for inflammatory remarks. . Sea Wolf workers rally outside White House from wire reports Washington workers afraid of losing their jobs because president Bush wants to eliminate funding for the sea Wolf nuclear powered submarine rallied saturday outside the White House. Nearly 1,000 workers and Union officials gathered in Lafayette Park but Bush was at the presidential Retreat at Camp David my. Bush proposes cutting $50 billion in defense spending Over the next five years about $17 billion of which would come in eliminated spending on the sea Wolf. Quot the Battle has just begun. The White House will hear from us before its Over a said Mel ols son president of electric boats Marine drafts men a Union. Electric boat a Groton  division of general dynamics is building the first sea Wolf. At $2 billion each the sea Wolf is the most expensive submarine ordered by the Navy. It was intended to find and destroy the most sophisticated soviet subs a threat the administration says no longer exists. Actress Elvia Allman Dies los Angeles a Elvia Allman a character actress who played Selma on televisions Petticoat Junction and Elvema on the Beverly Hillbillies died March 6 after a Brief illness. She was 88. Allman began her career on radio with the Edgar Bergen show and the Jack Benny show. She was the original voice of Walt Disney a Clarabelle the cow and also did voices for the 1990 Disney animated Short the Prince and the pauper. Her television roles also included mrs. Glincher on the Dick Van Dyke show and mrs. Crum cake on the Abbott and costello show. She was a frequent guest on i love Lucy and the Bob Hope show. Her films included a wave a wac and a Marine you can to run away from it and breakfast at Tiffany a. Dod adviser Lee is dead Rock Hill . A Connie Lee an educator who advised the Pentagon on military issues affecting women died Friday of cancer. She was 61. Lee served on the . Defense advisory committee on women in the services for four years and headed it for a year before leaving in 1989. 3 As chairwoman she was principal adviser to the defense Secretary on issues affecting military women. In 1989, she was awarded the medal for outstanding Public service from defense Secretary Dick Cheney. Lee retired from teaching in 1990. Break time pedestrians cyclists and motorists soak up the Florida Sunshine saturday along Daytona Beach. Thousands of College students Are taking part in a variety of free events during their annual trek Down South. And this year mtg is on the scene. The Cable to music video network is in town to tape a Spring break special. Slain hispanic writer buried in puerto Rico san Juan puerto Rico apr about 150 friends reporters and politicians on saturday paid their last respects to journalist Manuel de Dios Unanue who was assassinated in new York last week. Also attending the funeral were agents of the commonwealths special Independent prosecutors office who videotaped everyone who entered and left the Buxeda funeral Home. De Dios 48, was buried in the Bayamon Section of san Juan after an hour Long religious service. He was killed wednesday night by two gunshots to the head in a Spanish restaurant in new York. A source close to the prosecutors office said agents Are investigating whether there Are any links to de Diosy murder and his testimony before a Senate committee Here which is investigating the 1978 shooting deaths by police of two pro Independent activists. The prosecutors office is in charge of that investigation. Investigators from new York City the . Drug enforcement Agency and the Fri Are also looking into de Diosy murder and new York City has offered a $10,000 Reward for information leading to the Assassin. De Dios was a former editor of Al Diario la Prensa new Yorkus largest circulation Spanish language daily. During a career that spanned More than 20 years the cuban born journalist wrote about the Medellin drug Cartel of Colombia and investigated puerto rican and cuban terrorist groups in new York in the 1970s