European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. January 6, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 Mccandless 66, to retire after 12 years in House from wire reports Washington rep. Alfred a. Mccandless r-calif., will retire at year s end after 12 years in the House he said , 66, is the 26th House member and 14th Republican who has announced he will leave after the current  i have not had is a Friday or monday without an air plane in it a leisurely breakfast dinner at the dinner hour a Little r & r time or even much time with my family the lawmaker said. Mccandless described himself As free from rigid ideological Dogma in any Camp and added i always Felt confident in voting my conscience after doing my  one Day earlier reps. Douglas Applegate an Ohio Democrat and Tom Lewis a Florida Republican announced they would not seek re election. Syria still on terrorism list Washington the administration says i does not plan to remove Syria from the official terrorism list before next week s meeting betwee president Clinton and president Hafez Assad. Syria will remain on the list of state sponsors of terrorism so Long As it continues to provide support and Safe Haven for terrorist groups state department spokesman Mike Mccurry said  administration is giving High priority to promoting an agreement Between Syria and Israel and Clinton is expected to press for that when he meets with Assad next week in Geneva As part of Awe Klong foreign trip. Syrian foreign minister Farouk Shara assured Secretary of state Warre Christopher last month that Syria would withhold support for any group seeking to disrupt the self Rule agreement Israel reached with the Palestine liberation organization last september. Man jailed for fatal push Pasco Wash. A Man who pushed a Fello Charity worker off a loading Dock in an argument Over Day old bread faces More than a year in prison for the fatal  Walker 51, was sentenced tuesday to 14 months in jail in the death of 81-year-old fran Warner who struck his head in the fall and never regained consciousness. Walker s lawyer said he will  were trying to collect the bread for charitable groups at a grocery store april 10,1992, when the disagreed Over who was entitled to the food that Day. Walker who was convicted in november of second degree manslaughter testified that Warne hit him in the face. Walker said he responded by shoving Warner who tumbled off the 3vi-foot-Tallloading Dock and hit his head. Cheese called cancer foe Madison wis. Wisconsin cheese makers say a Yale University study just confirms what they be known All along that some extra cheese in the diet can reduce the risk of lung cancer. The study published tuesday in the journal of the National cancer Institute found that cheese consumption and higher Levels of Vitamin e reduce the risk of lung cancer and the higher fat cheeses lowered cancer risks even  Taylor Mayne the Lead author of the study said researchers looked at food consumption among 826 people in new York state Over a three Yea period in the 1980s. Mayne said the study found smokers and nonsmokers reduced cancer risks by eating vegetables containing Beta carotene an nonsmokers further reduced the risk of lung cancer by eating cheese. Firefighter Adair Sells firm Houston the world s Best known firefighter Paul n. Red Adair traded in hired coveralls tuesday for a Fisherman . Adair announced the Sale of his Houston based red Adair co. Inc., to global industries Ltd. Of Lafayette la., for an undisclosed amount. Ill take it a Little easier i la try to. Play a Little Golf. Take my boat out said the 78-year-old Veteran of More than 2,000 land and offshore Oil Well fires. Get out and enjoy life a Little  refused to say How much global paid for the company he started in 1959 with $125. Adair is credited with extinguishing thousands of Oil Well fires including the hundreds of Wells left burning after the Defeated iraqis left Kuwait following the 1991 persian Gulf War. . May Settle for offer on North korean nukes by the new York times Washington backing away from its previous insistence that North Korea accept frequent nuclear inspections Clinton administration officials said tuesday that they were prepared to accept North Korea s offeror one full inspection of seven atomic Sites now in the Hope that More could be agreed upon later. The officials also said the United states would urge South Korea to suspend their joint military exercises if such an inspection is arranged and North Korea re Sumes talks with South Korea on guaranteeing the re Moval of All nuclear weapons from the korean Penin Sula. F /. Administration officials said they hoped a agreement on one inspection would ease a 10-month standoff Over North Korea s nuclear program. The standoff began when North Korea said it would with draw from the treaty against the spread of nuclear weapons and no longer permit regular inspections. But it was not Clear that tension Over North Korea s nuclear program would be  one thing . Officials said no agreement on the inspections would be completed without agreement by the International atomic Energy Agency. The Agency has consistently said Only regular repeated inspect Colin Ferguson accused in last month s Long Island train shootings appears in court tuesday in Mincola . Tons would bring North Korea into compliance with the treaty. . Officials said an agreement by North Korea to permit one inspection at least for now was an a Moor. Tant Concession. They also said North Korea had agreed to future talks in which Washington would press it to allow additional inspections. But the officials acknowledged that the new administration position fell Short of Washington s original de Mand that the North koreans fulfil their obligations under the treaty to allow regular repeated inspections. The treaty against the spread of nuclear weapons re quires nations that sign it to agree to a regular system of inspections for tracking nuclear fuel to make sure itis not diverted to a weapons program. " in interviews tuesday International atomic Energy Agency officials said they had not been notified of an agreement with the United states and would have no comment. But they voiced fears that permitting a one time inspection would set a bad precedent perhaps encouraging other countries to seek to limit inspections. Nonetheless several arms control experts predicted the Agency would accept the one time inspections on the ground that North Korea would not make further concessions. Ruling delayed on competency of train suspect by the new York times Mineola . Colin Ferguson who is accused of killing six people on a Long Island rail Road train last month is competent to stand trial a court appointed psychologist and psychiatrist have  after their findings were announced at a hearing tuesday morning in Nassau county District court judge Ira b. Warshawsky postponed ruling on the matter at the request of Ferguson s lawyer Anthonyj Falanga. Falanga said he wanted time to review the finding Sand discuss them with a psychologist he had retained to observe the examinations. The court will consider the matter again Friday an the psychiatrist and psychologist s report was sealed until then. Falanga May demand a special hearing on the report at that  new York state Law for a defendant to be ruled mentally competent to stand trial the judge must decide that the accused can understand the nature of the proceedings and can assist in he  ruling Friday that Ferguson is competent to stand trial would not hinder Falanga from using an insanity de sense on Ferguson s behalf. As a result of the postponement the court also did not Rule on Ferguson s previous demand to be represented by another lawyer Colin a. Moore of Brooklyn. Although Moore was at the last hearing dec. 17 an said he was willing to take the Case without charge he told Warshawsky on tuesday that he might have difficulties taking it on. Some scheduling problems have come up Moore said outside the court after the hearing. Kevorkian charged again gets bail Royal Oak Mich. A a prosecutor who tried and failed to pin murder charges on or. Jack Kevorkian a a years ago is using Michigan s ban on assisted suicide against him. On tuesday Kevorkian was charged for the fourth time with violating the ban this time in the nov. 22 death of or. Ali Khalili a victim of Bone cancer. Khah i 61, killed himself by inhaling Carbon monoxide. Continued Defiance and disregard of the Law passerby the duly elected representatives of the people can not be condoned and must be resisted Oakland county prosecutor Richard Thompson said tuesday. I make no apologies for enforcing the  in Royal Oak District court judge Terrance Bren Nan set Bond conditions identical to those in the other Oakland county Case against Kevorkian. The 65-year-old retired pathologist was released after $100 of a $1,000 Cash Bond was posted by four supporters. We re thrilled. He does t have to starve himself to prove a Point said Laura Lopus of Redford town ship a Kevorkian Backer who collected the Money. Brennan ordered Kevorkian to remain under House arrest an electronic monitoring Bracelet on his  also reaffirmed for Brennan his Promise not to help anyone else die until a state court rules on Chal Lenges to the Michigan Law against assisted suicide. One of the four charges against Kevorkian was thrown out dec. 14 by a Wayne county judge who declared the Law unconstitutional. An appeals court is to hear arguments today on the Law which was enacted last year to Stop Kevorkian. The Law carries up to four years in prison and a $2,000 Fine. Kevorkian has been present at 20 suicides since mid 1990 five of them since the legislature passed the Law. He has been charged twice in Oakland county and twice a Wayne county with breaking the Law