European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 10, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 olympic skater Elizabeth Punsalan and her husband Jerod Swallow leave Church after attending the funeral of her slain father or. Ernesto r. Punsalan. Skater copes with tragedy in her family Elyria Ohio apr struggling to hold Back tears skating Star Elizabeth Punsalan attended her fathers funeral while her brother remained in jail charged with their fathers Mur Der. Or. Ernesto a Punsalan 57, a native of the Philippines was stabbed Friday As he slept in his Home in the Lake Erie Community of Sheffield Lake 20 Miles West of Cleveland. Ricardo Punsalan 20, pleaded innocent monday to a charge of aggravated murder. He was ordered held without bail and his Case was turned Over to a Lorain county grand jury. On tuesday the funeral was held for Ernesto Punsalan. During a funeral mass at St. Thomas the apostle Church in Sheffield Lake the Rev. John Mccaffrey asked the congregation to Pray for All of the Punsalang including Ricardo. A fall five of his children without exception continue to be recipients of their fathers love a Mccaffrey told about 200 friends and relatives of Ernesto Punsalan who was a surgeon. Mccaffrey said the physician had planned to travel with his family to Lillehammer Norway this month to see his daughter compete in the olympics with her husband and ice dancing partner Jerod Swallow Elizabeth Punsalan 23, and Swallow plan to leave saturday for the olympics. Ricardo Punsalan was released from a psychiatric Hospital about 10 hours before the slaying. Harding s moment of truth 7 charges hold key to skater s olympic Hopes by Jere Longman the new York times Hamar Norway a when Tonya Harding is called before a disciplinary Board tuesday her spot on the olympic team hanging in the balance she will face a list of seven charges from the . Olympic committee that question her behaviour in upholding the ideals of fair play and sportsmanship. Moreover Harding will apparently Bear the Burden of proof to show Why she should be allowed to remain on the team. _ the soc has scheduled a meeting of its 13-member administrative Board at an olso hotel on tuesday to determine Harding a status on the american figure skating team. It will be an administrative rather than a criminal proceeding. Therefore the list of charges will Deal with Harding a conformity to such lofty vague standards As Honor fairness and sportsmanship and whether she properly represents an athlete of the United states. The accusations come in connection with her alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on Nancy Kerrigan at the National championships in Detroit. Harding was notified of the hearing late monday in Portland ore., her Hometown. Her lawyers there were still formulating a response tuesday but clearly a Harding is in the position of having to persuade the olympic committee not to remove her from the team. A at the hearing you May show Why you should not be disciplined a the hearing notice said. The olympics begin saturday and the women a figure skating Competition begins feb. 23. The last Day for changes on the roster is feb. 21. The list of charges was presented in five pages of documents and labelled a charges presented and then numbered one through seven. They ranged from indistinct ethical transgressions to More specific references to potential Legal concerns facing Harding regarding the attack. The document also set Forth the hearing procedure and possible penalties. It s saturday night a with Kerrigan new York apr from parody soup commercials to endorsements for the club expect the unexpected next month when figure skater Nancy Kerrigan appears As Host of no cd a saturday night live. Kerrigan who was hit in the leg last month in a plot to Knock her out of the Winter olympics will be off the ice and onstage for the March 12 edition of sol Abc announced tuesday. She was hit in the knee with a Metal Rod not the anti theft device for cars called the club. The program will feature aretha Franklin As the musical guest the network said. Kerrigan is to compete at the olympics in Lillehammer Norway later this month. The former husband of her skating rival Tonya Harding has pleaded guilty to a charge of racketeering in the attack. A fila Nancy Kerrigan Talbott As Washington a the Senate foreign relations committee on wednesday approved Strobe Talbott a nomination As Deputy Secretary of state after pressing the former journalist about his views on Israel. The committee voted 17-2 to Send Talbott a nomination to the Senate for confirmation with sen. Jesse Helms , and Hank Brown r-colo., dissenting. The nomination has come under fire because of Talbott a writings As a Corr a Pondant for time Magazine that critics said displayed an anti Israel Bias. A Talbott president Clinton a close Friend since they were fellow Rhodes scholars and roommates at Oxford University 25 years ago is currently the state departments ambassador at Large for Russia and the other former soviet republics. Another old Friend from Oxford labor Secretary Robert Reich was on hand at the confirmation hearing tuesday in support of Talbott. Several National jewish groups and at least two Republican senators Connie Mack of Florida and Alfonso do Amato of new York have come out against the nomination since the zionist organization of America last week released a. List of Talbott a writings it said were anti Israel. A a a Quot Quot Quot. A Talbott said he had at times deviated from his a score beliefs on Israel a in the heat of forensic and journalistic battle.�?�, but he said that he had always believed that .-Israel relations were unshakable and that a Strong Israel was in the United states interest because it served the cause of peace and stability. Questioned by Helms about a 1981 article in which he referred to Israel As becoming an a outright liability Quot Talbott said he had a simply changed my opinion Quot. Since then and believed Israel was a a very special country in the  cancer to Chicago apr White men born during the Middle of the baby Boom Are three times As Likely to get cancers unrelated to smoking As their grandfathers were a study says. And White women born during the same years a 1948 through 1957 a Are 30 percent More Likely to develop cancers unrelated to smoking than were their grandmothers the researchers report in wednesdays Issue of the journal of the american medical association. During a 15-year period ending in 1987, death rates from heart disease dropped 42 percent in people up to age 55 and 33 percent among 55 to 84-year-Olds, the study found. But the incidence of cancer is up among All Ages and researchers Saccu lated that environmental exposure to cancer causing substances other than cigarettes May be partly to blame. The study was led by Devra Lee Davis a senior adviser to the assistant health Secretary of the . Department of health and human services. A Many people in the cancer world have believed it was Only smoking we had to pay attention to a Davis said