European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday May 16,1994 at a glance Kimberly Mays the teen who was at the Center of a switched at birth court Battle is officially in the custody of her biological parents but a Florida judge also preserved the parental rights of Bob Mays who raised Kimberly. See Story on Page -.7. A v a a a cracking Down Germany on sunday introduced a package of Laws to Battle right Wing rowdies including harsher jail terms preventive detention and punishment for those who deny the holocaust happened. A  a page5 Yeltsin Aid reported at the time of the August 1991 attempted coup against soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev the Bush administration gave intelligence support to Boris Yeltsin that helped him emerge As a hero a Magazine reported. A. A a. A Page 6 cranking out grads the Nashville Auto diesel College in Tennessee has managed to keep a Low profile even though the private school has been training Auto technicians since 1919, diesel technicians since 1935 and Auto body technicians since 1946, a Page 9 an appealing option current and retired Federal workers who worry about paying More and getting less under president Clinton a health care plan might find a proposal by sen. Edward m. Kennedy More attractive. A Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 15 automotive9 classifieds. 23-26 comics. 15,18-19 commentary. 13 crossword. 15 faces a places. 10 focus. 20-22 Horoscope. 25 Jumble. 25 letters. 12 Money matters 14 sports. 27-32 to listings 31 weather .11 handgun linked crimes Rose in 92, Agency says Washington apr the number of crimes committed with a handgun approached 1 million in 1992 and occurred at a record rate the Justice department reported sunday. Handguns were used in a growing percentage of violent crime because handgun use was up while Overall nonfatal violent crime for 1992 a armed and unarmed a dropped below the 20-year Peak it had reached in 1981, the depart ment said. A Well before these precise numbers were available Congress responded to reports of growing handgun use by pass ing the Brady Bill last november. Signed by president Clinton that Law requires five Day waiting period before completing handgun sales so local police can Check the background of the purchasers. It took effect at the end of february and is named for former White House press Secretary James Brady who was severely wounded in the 1981 assassination attempt on president Reagan. There were 917,500 nonfatal crimes committed with handguns in 1992, 50 percent above the average for the pre Vious five years a according to the depart mentus Bureau of Justice statistics. In and on Damascus Syria apr Secretary of state Warren Christopher will give a big boost to palestinian aspirations when he meets this week with Palestine liberation organization leaders in Jericho the West Bank town in which self Rule is getting a trial. Christopher arrived sunday in Damascus the first Stop on a new Middle East trip to promote peace Between Syria and  a Ahe plans to get together with members of the plots governing Council but probably not its chairman Yasser Arafat. But a senior . Official said Christopher May see Arafat before ending his Middle East trip thursday. Christopher made a Brief statement to reporters aboard his . Air Force Jet As edition there were 13,200 handgun homicides that year 24 percent More than the five year average the Fri reported. V the rate of nonfatal handgun crimes a 4,5 crimes for every 1,000 people age 12 or Over a surpassed the record set in 1982 of four per 1,000, the statistics Bureau said. Handguns were used in 55.6 percent of the years 23,760 murders the Fri said. Offenders armed with handguns committed one in every eight nonfatal violent crimes a rape robbery and assault the statistics Bureau  from Page 1 he flew to Damascus from Geneva. He then called on a senior . Official who said the trips aim was to lend . Support to a changing the realities on the ground and to palestinian self government \ the Plo Hopes its agreement with Israel to take administrative control of Jericho and Gaza will Lead to a palestinian state with its capital in Jerusalem. The israeli government which consented to Christophers Stop in Jericho considers this a trial period for coexistence Between two Peoples laying claim to the same land. A we done to support the establishment of a palestinian state a said the . Official who spoke on condition of anonymity a a sanctions from Page 1 Korea May have already diverted enough plutonium from fuel withdrawn in 1989 to make one or two nuclear bombs. The atomic Energy Agency which is to Send a delegation to Yon Byon this week to Check other facilities said that without taking samples of the freshly removed spent fuel it will be virtually impossible to Tell whether North Korea has diverted significant amounts of plutonium. White House chief of staff Thomas a a Mack Mclarty speaking on cd so face the nation on sunday said the administration will wait for the atomic Agency s report from its trip before deciding whether to push for . Sanctions. A if that report is not what it should be then we will consider All of our options. Including sanctions but right now we need More information a Mclarty said. Both Mitchell and Dole ruled out any immediate preemptive military strike Ori North Korea. But Mitchell said economic sanctions should be pushed despite North korean threats and the objections of China one of North koreans few allies. A North Korea has said that sanctions would be an act of War but Mitchell said a i done to think we can Back off economic sanctions because they say that if you do that Well do something  a of Alt the foreign policy problems around the world Dole said a Etnis is the most serious.�?�. Dole said it is crucial that the United states enlist China a support for sanctions against North  a we re talking about something Here that could Lead to an International conflict and i think its very important we try to bring China on Board a he said. Practical so food manufacturers solidify them in a process called hydrogenation. Hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated vegetable oils Are used to make Margarine shortening and a wide Range of cookies crackers chips and other processed foods. Hydrogenation creates a new Type of fat not found in nature a hence the name trans fat. Many of these foods Are touted As healthful because they contain no cholesterol or saturated fat a and americans done to know that the trans fats they contain Are bad too Willett said. Studies show trans fats increase the so called bad cholesterol a Low density Lipoprotein or Bdl cholesterol a to the same degree that saturated fat does. But some studies show they also decrease Good cholesterol a Hal or High density Lipoprotein. Arid last Spring researchers reported that diets with a lot of trans fats More than double americans risk of heart attack Willett assessed All this research and determined that the median . Intake of trans fats is 2 percent of daily  Means half of americans eat fewer than that and half eat More. He also said 30,000 heart disease deaths could be caused by diets High in trans fats. Willett urged americans to Stop eating trans fats Ana called on the food and drug administration to add them to food labels the listing of hydrogenated oils As ingredients indicates their presence but not the amount. But the food Industry assailed Willetts report a the science is not Clear at this Point a said Susan Borra of the International food information Council. A we have to come Back to the big picture reduce your total fat intake to 30 percent of daily  from Page 1 and reluctant . Military draftees according to its founder Jean Jones a retired former . Army Europe Public affairs specialist who still lives in Heidelberg. The initial club chapters were in Heidelberg Heilbronn and Mannheim. By 1971, the organization had 45 chapters and had assumed official status As a Usa eur program. The army appointed Only soldiers As coordinators at first but later split their numbers evenly Between germans and americans. Kontak became a registered organization under German Law in 1975, the key to receiving German government funds. That German Parent organization now conducts leadership and management training seminars. The number of chapters peaked at More than 60 in the 1980s, but began to drop As the . Military draw Down took effect. Kontak compensated for that partly by developing partnerships with clubs in the Eastern German communities of Auerbach Gorlitz and Pirna after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. And chapters remain Active in Amberg Erlanger Fulda gop Pegen and Schwabish a mind despite completed or pending troop withdrawals there. Kon Takt a membership base now includes 13 nationalities though its focus still remains German american Friendship. Locally elected club councils Are taking Over the coordinators work in most cases said Jones who remains on the National Kontak advisory Board. But in it Anci eliminating All coordinators u8areur should appoint at least five regional ones to oversee activities she said. A it s been proven Over the last 25 years that this is an especially Good conduit into German life a Jones said. A asking for five bodies does no to seem like too much when you really could help out your Community relations big time a she later added. The Heidelberg based army command a d in t0 a us su8sestons. Praesent a a we re looking into this if its possible to do this. It really boils Down to funding a he said adding that the command will watch the bad Kreuz Nach Experiment to see How Well the regional coordinator concept works