European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 10, t993 . The stars and stripes a Page 7 White House shifts work Clinton to seek of environment Council 4th Extension Washington a president Clinton moving monday to put sharper focus on environmental issues abolished the 24-year-old Council on environmental Quality. At the same time,.Clinton created a White House office on environmental policy to replace the Council established in 1969, and said he would Confer Cabinet level status on the environmental Protection Agency. The new White House team will be led by Kathleen Mcginty special assistant to the president for the environment. " v we must move in a new direction Clinton said. He said the reorganization keeps Campaign commit ments by him and vice president at Gore to increase attention on the environment. The Days of photo of environmentalism Are Over Clinton said As cameras clicked at the photo session that he and Gore held to announce the changes. Said Clinton we face urgent environmental and economic challenges that demand a new Way of think ing and a new Way of organizing our  said Gore it s a streamlining a reorganization that makes  he said the Council had in recent years lost much of its clout. Clinton and Gore also said they would press ahead with legislation to make the Epa a Cabinet Agency. For the meantime Clinton s action confers Cabinet level status on Epa administrator Carol m. Browner the same status former president Bush had conferred on his Epa administrator. Gore s spokeswoman Maria Romash said the coun cil s 30 staff members will be significantly Cut but will have broader  she said the new body will have More say on policy than the Council which she characterized As a body that in recent years had been decimated to the Point where its work had become Sta  the Council All but moribund during the Reagan administration and Only somewhat stronger under Bush was charged by Congress with providing the nation with a comprehensive View of environmental conditions and trends. Its major accomplishment is an annual report detailing environmental issues and policies across the government. Environmental leaders were informed of the decision before it was announced. Some were convinced that president Clinton prepares monday to announce he has abolished the Council on environmental Quality. Abolishing the Council would be a positive action be cause it would allow for resources to be used in a stronger environmental unit within the White House. George Frampton president of the wilderness society said the idea will be to integrate economic and foreign policy and environmental decisions rather than leaving environmental considerations As an afterthought. The decision makes All the sense in the world and shows that this administration is serious about making the environment a top priority Frampton said. Of jobless Aid. Sync woday a Ashington amid a flurry of new details about what might be included in his Broad economic plan president Clinton on monday proposed another Extension of emergency jobless payments. The current Extension expires March 6. If Clinton Extension is approved by Congress it would be the fourth emergency Extension since november 1991, a Job growth continues to lag during the nation s otherwise strengthening economic recovery. It would Cost the Federal government an estimated $3 billion. Clinton also proposed spending an additional $20 million to $30 million Over the next two years to help Hook up displaced workers with Job retraining and Ca reer counselling services. I know the economic upturn looks Good in terms of the big statistics but the unemployment rate is higher than it was at the Bottom of the recession Clinton told reporters after announcing his proposals. We are3 million jobs below where we would do in a Normal recovery at this time so we need this unemployment Extension and we need the economic stimulus program that i will propose when the Congress comes Back into  this Point in an average business Cycle the unemployment rate should be close to 6 percent said Anir Van Banerji a research economist at Columbia Busi Ness school in new York City. The department of labor reported Friday that the unemployment rate for january was 7.1  for the unemployed cheered the Steps but some argued that Clinton did not go far enough to meet the needs of those whose benefits have already run out and who will not be eligible for the new Exten  proposed extending benefits Only for those whose regular 26 weeks of unemployment insurance a mints run out after March 6. Those people would c eligible for another 26 weeks of benefits provided they Filc before oct. 2.meanwhile, new signals emerged about the scope of Clinton s larger package to be unveiled feb. 17, to Cuttle $327 billion deficit for this fiscal year. Aides raised the possibility that Clinton would raise corporate in come tax rates As Well As the alternative minimum tax the tax that is paid if deductions arc so High that otherwise no tax is owed. Aspirin hailed As heart attack fighter with warning. ". Dallas a the american heart association issued its strongest endorsement yet for taking aspirin regularly to help prevent repeat heart at tacks but warned that not everyone should be popping the painkiller. In the february Issue of its journal circulation the Dallas based heart association set out new guidelines for doctors prescribing the household drug to treat cardiovascular disease the leading killer in the United states claiming close to a million lives annual  guidelines say aspirin the most widely used clot Buster not Only help prevent heart attacks but also May keep victims alive afterwards. About 1.5 Mil lion americans suffer heart attacks each year and 43 percent die within a year. Aspirin Given immediately upon admission to a Hospital and continued daily for 30 Days will reduce the death rate by 23 percent said the report s co author or. Charles Hennekens. He is a professor at Harvard medical school in Cambridge mass., and Lead investigator in a physicians health study involving 17,000 patients. Over the longer term aspirin can re  the recurrence of heart attacks by 20 percent to 40 percent said the study s co author or. Valentin Fuster who also teaches Medicine at Harvard. The report also cited a study showing that aspirin reduces the risk of first heart attacks up to 44 percent in healthy people. Aspirin s usefulness in preventing the first heart attack May be limited to me Middle aged and older the study s authors said. And not enough research has been done on aspirin s effectiveness for women Hennekens said. Or. John Farquhar director of Stan Ford University s Center for researching disease prevention in California said the report is a valuable summary of available information. I think everyone in the Field would concur with the idea that you would t Sprinkle aspirin on the entire Popula Tion Farquhar said. The amount of harm that taking a medication like Aspi Rin could do can outweigh. The Bene fits that might occur. I think that s the fundamental  aspirin can cause ulcers aggravate congenital defects and increase blood clotting time. Fuster said that no matter what peo ple should not Start taking aspirin with out consulting a doctor. The report also restated the importance of reducing factors conducive to heart attacks such As smoking High cholesterol and obesity. Three mile Island break in prompts review of Security Harrisburg a. A gov. Robert p. Casey ordered an inquiry monday into Security at the three mile Island nuclear Power Plant following a weekend  ordered state environmental resources Secre tary Arthur Davis and it. Gov. Mark s. Singel to look into the break in and make recommendations. An intruder crashed a car through Tim s Gates Sun Day morning eluding authorities for four hours before being arrested. The Man Pierce l. Nye 31, was found hiding under a piece of machinery inside the Turbine building which houses electrical generating equipment. Nye never threatened the Plant s nuclear controls officials said and no reason was Given for the break in. How could the Security system at Tim be breached by a Young Man in a station Wagon acting alone the governor asked. To what level of danger did that expose our people Robert Pollard a nuclear Engineer with the Union of concerned scientists in Washington d.c., said an in Truder with a car loaded with dynamite could have caused a nuclear catastrophe. These buildings Are not designed to withstand a nearby explosion he said. Officials with the Plant operator Gnu nuclear corp., said they considered the outcome of the break in a Suc Cess. The Plant stayed operating. A our vital areas were secured Gnu spokeswoman sue Todd said. The nuclear regulatory commission is forming a committee to evaluate the incident and to consider additional Security measures Todd said. Nye was arraigned sunday on charges of causing or risking a catastrophe and of criminal mischief criminal trespass and reckless endangerment. He was jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail. Three mile Island was the site of the nation s worst commercial nuclear Accident in 1979 when fuel inside one of its reactors partially melted and radiation was released