European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 10,1993 . The stars and stripes b Page 7 White House shifts work Clinton to seek of environment Council 4th Extension Washington apr president Clinton moving monday to put sharper focus on environmental issues abolished the 24-Ycar-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. A we must move in a new direction a Clinton said. He said the reorganization keeps Campaign commitments by him and vice president Al Gore to increase attention on the environment. A a the Days of photo do environmentalism Are Over a Clinton said As cameras clicked at the photo session that he and Gore held to announce the changes. Said Clinton a we face urgent environmental and economic challenges that demand a new Way of thinking and a new Way of organizing our  said Gore a tips 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 a action confers Cabinet level status on Epa administrator Carol m. Browner a the same status former president Bush had conferred on his Epa administrator. Gores spokeswoman Marla Romash said the councils 30 staff members a 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 a had been decimated to the Point where its work had become  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 because 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 a makes All the sense in the world and shows that this administration is serious about making the environment a top priority a Frampton  jobless Aid by new Sony Washington a 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 a Extension is approved by Congress it would be the fourth emergency Extension since november 1991, As Job growth continues to lag during the nations 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 career counselling services. A 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 a Clinton told reporters after announcing his proposals. A we arc 3 million jobs below where we would be 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  at 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 business school in new York City. The department of labor reported Friday that the unemployment rate for january was 7.1 percent. Advocates 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 Extension. Clinton proposed extending benefits Only for those whose regular 26 weeks of unemployment insurance payments run out after March 6. Those people would be eligible for another 26 weeks of benefits provided they file before oct. 2. Meanwhile new signals emerged about the scope of Clinton a larger package to be unveiled feb. 17, to Cut the $327 billion deficit for this fiscal year. Aides raised the possibility that Clinton would raise corporate income tax rates As Well As the alternative minimum tax a the tax that is paid if deductions arc so High that otherwise no tax is  hailed As heart attack fighter with warning Dallas apr the american heart association issued its strongest endorsement yet for taking aspirin regularly to help prevent repeat heart attacks 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 a the leading killer in the United states claiming close to a million lives annually. The guidelines say aspirin the most widely used clot Buster not Only helps prevent heart attacks but also May keep victims alive afterwards. About 1.5 million americans suffer heart attacks each year and 43 percent die within a year. Aspirin a Given immediately upon admission to a Hospital and continued daily for 30 Days will reduce the death rate by 23 percent a said the reports 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 reduce the recurrence of heart attacks by 20 percent to 40 percent said the study a 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 a usefulness in preventing the first heart attack May be limited to men Middle aged and older the study a authors said. And not enough research has been done on aspirin a effectiveness for women Hennekens said. Or. John Farquhar director of Stanford University Scenter for research in disease prevention in California said the report is a valuable summary of available information. �?o1 think everyone in the Field would concur with the idea that you  Sprinkle aspirin on the entire population a Farquhar said. Quot the amount of harm that taking a medication like aspirin could do can outweigh. The benefits that might occur. 1 think that a the fundamental  aspirin can cause ulcers aggravate congenital defects and increase . Fuster said that no matter what people should not Start taking aspirin without consulting a doctor. The report also restated the importance of reducing factors conducive to heart attacks such As smoking High cholesterol and obesity.28 suspected of cheating on Annapolis exam Annapolis my. Apr investigators have ironed up evidence that 28 midshipmen at the . Aval Academy May have cheated on an electrical in Neering exam in december officials said tuesday. The inquiry by the naval investigative service is con suing but it is a wrapped up to the Point that we can Fer a number of cases to the Honor Board said mar. Mike John a Public affairs officer. The punishment for Honor code violations such As seating is expulsion from the Navy. The last major cheating incident at the Academy was i 1974, when seven midshipmen in a navigation course Ere expelled and 13 were placed on honors probation John said. He stressed however that the latest charges were not yet proved. A i do not want to Hazard a guess on the number that will be disciplined a he said. The investigation began in december after Academy officials Learned that a copy of the final examination for the Junior level course was missing. A midshipman then told officials he had heard that at least one student had a copy of the exam before it was Given. About 700 midshipmen took the course. The accused midshipmen face hearings before Honor boards made up of fellow students. Findings of Honor code violations proceed through military channels to the Academy superintendent who makes the final decision whether to expel midshipmen. The electrical engineering department was investigated in 1990 following complaints from faculty members that they were ordered to raise grades because too Many midshipmen were failing its courses or getting Low Marks. In May of that year a faculty member discovered that two electrical engineering offices had been broken into and that there was evidence that a copy of the final exam had been read or copied. Investigators concluded however that there was no evidence of cheating John said