European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Thursday november 12,1992 group to study aids like syndrome san Francisco up1 a Large scale study of a mysterious aids like syndrome was announced tuesday by the american association of blood Banks the study of 10,000 people nationwide is aimed at better understanding the Normal Range of certain key immune system cells. It was launched in response to findings first announced Over the summer that a Small number of people had developed an aids like condition but were not infected with either of the known human immunodeficiency viruses. By measuring the immune cell counts of a Large Sam pets strike out in Chicago Survey finds Chicago up when chicagoan want to have fun they re most Likely to go Bowling. The thing they re least Likely to have is a cat. Those were among the conclusions released tuesday after a Survey of 8.s million people in 210 metropolitan areas by Standard rate amp data service. Participants chose from a list of More than 50 interests and Leisure activities. When the computers of Standard rate amp data service finished digesting the numbers Chicago a favorite activity was Bowling. Bowling was 19th Overall on the National list. The top Bowling City in the nation was Flint Mich. Other favorite Windy City activities included physical fitness golfing Tennis jogging sailing watching sports on to Ana Home decorating. When it comes to pet ownership however Chicago is near the Bottom of the list. The City ranked 207th in cat ownership trailing even new Yorkus 204th position and it was 198th in dog ownership. Other least favorite pastimes in Chicago included sewing knitting and needlepoint where the City ranked 201st. New yorkers and residents of los Angeles and Miami liked those activities even less. Chicagoan also did no to care much for Coin Ana stamp collecting watching Cable to and Bible Reading. The residents Ardmore okla., however go for crafts and owning a cat the Survey said. The City ranked no. 1 in both. Pie of the american population researchers Hope to identify whether the mysterious aids like syndrome extends beyond the few ao2en cases already identified. Quot it s going to really evaluate what should be measured in the blood Supply if it turns out that the aids like syndrome is a problem Quot said Marcia Lane spokeswoman for the blood Banks. Blood centers in 10 cities will participate in the research by analysing the immune cell counts of donated blood. If a Sample is found to contain a Low number of immune cells donors would be contacted so the cause of the problem can be identified. A students robot earns award Ann Arbor Mich. Up Carmel a University of Michigan robot that won first place in a National robotics Competition last summer has been chosen by popular science Magazine to receive a Best of what a new award for 1992. University engineering students David Kortenkamp Ulrich Raschke Frank Koss and Clare Congdon members of the robotics team that developed computer vision and speech capabilities for Carmel accepted the award tuesday at a ceremony in new York City. The Best of what a new awards Are an annual selection of the years 100 top products technologies and scientific achievements As determined by popular science editors. Carmel and other winners will be featured in the magazines december Issue All aboard Dan Reiss of pass ski area Redmond wash., takes flight on a Snow Board monday at the Stevens in the cascades North of Seattle a Low immune cell count is a Marker for aids. But officials at the National centers for disease control and prevention have identified several dozen patients whose immune systems were similarly impaired but who were not infected with his. Blood Banks in Baltimore Cincinnati Detroit los Angeles new York Oklahoma City Toronto Sacramento Calif. And suburban Washington d.c., Are participating in the study. Results of the study Are expected in mid-1993, but Lane said researchers would release findings earlier Quot if they find anything  fat s in fire Over labels put on foods Washington a Consumers will have to wait a while longer before All foods on grocers shelves carry Standard labels with detailed health and nutritional information. New rules for Labelling non meat foods went into effect wednesday but they re not the ones health officials the food and drug administration and Many in the food Industry wanted. The rules which Lack revisions recommended by health officials Over the past year were allowed to go into effect after the Bush administration tailed to resolve an internal dispute Over How fat Content should be noted on food packaging. The new rules Are not expected to be used however. Food packagers would have until May 1993 to comply with the rules but the White House was expected it it ask for More time to make the revisions it wants including resolving the fat Issue. Members of Congress think the whole thing May be put off until Bui Clinton becomes president. The rules set standardized definitions for nine commonly used terms such As Quot Light Quot Quot Low fat and Quot healthy Quot and require labels to Cany a nutritional Chart listing calories cholesterol sodium and fat but health officials wanted the Chart to illustrate How each nutrient in the package fitted into healthy eating patters by using a Sample daily diet of 2,000 calories and 65 grains of fat that Means for example that the Label on a Candy bar containing 200 calories and 10 Grams of fat would have shown that it contained 10 percent of the total calories and 6.5 percent of the fat in the daily diet. The rules also Lack countless other refinements sought by the food Industry to enable them to comply with health concerns without giving away Trade secrets on ingredients or damaging marketing strategies. Although Many packaged foods today Cany nutrition information it is not required by Law and varies from food to food prosecution rests in Case against sex spymaster Washington up the prosecution rested tuesday in the second Iran Contra trial of former Cia spymaster Clair e. George who is accused of concealing information from Congress about the worst political scandal of president Reagan a administration. The government called 24 witnesses and submitted hundreds of pages of documents during u Days in court. George the Ciao a former Clandestine operations chief is charged with seven counts of penury obstruction and making false statements to investigators looking into the Iran Contra affair which involved the Covert Sale of weapons to Iran in Exchange for the release of . Hostages in Lebanon and the diversion of profits to support guerrillas fighting the marxist led government in Nicaragua. Reagan said he approved the arms sales to the islamic government but did not approve of the diversion to support the contras. A jury was unable to reach a verdict in the first trial in August. The final witness tuesday was rep. Matthew f. Mchugh in y., a former member of the House intelligence committee. Two of the counts against George involve allegedly false statements he made to that committee oct. 14,1986. Mchugh said the briefing was called after a plane carrying arms to the Contra rebels was shot Down Over Nicaragua. The committee wanted to know if there were any government involvement in supplying arms to the contras an activity that Congress had banned. Quot we wanted to know everything the witnesses could Tell us about the identity of the people involved in the Supply Effort and whether there was any direct or indirect government involvement in that Effort Quot he said. George told Congress he did not know who was behind the arms shipment a statement the prosecution says is false. The committee teamed later that the arms shipments were being coordinated from the White House by Marine it. Col. Oliver North then a military aide on the National Security Council staff. A published report suggests president Bush is being urged to consider a Pardon for another Iran Contra defendant former Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger