European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Thursday september 22, 1994 retired principal stuns o i a h am a de m or a t primaries at a glance elections a by Ann Levin. The associated press Oklahoma rep. Mike Synar narrowly lost a demo cratic Runoff to a retired school principal who spent less than $17,000 of his Campaign making him the third House member Defeated in primaries this year. Synar who was seeking a ninth term in tuesday s Runoff had a history of close races in northeastern Oklahoma s conservative 2nd District. He was seen As More Liberal than the Farmers and ranchers who make up most of the Rural District. While 2nd District Republican nominee Tom co Burn sought to portray the stunning upset by Virgil Cooper As a rejection of president Clinton s policies Synar said the results were a referendum on Mike Synar and not on Bill  elsewhere Massachusetts republicans nominated w. Mitt Romney to take on democratic sen. Edward Kennedy in november and democrats in that state picked state rep Mark Roosevelt to Challenge popular gop gov. William Weld. Washington s primary ballot included races to pick challengers for House speaker Tom Foley and gop sen. Slade Gorton whom democrats consider vulnerable o ". In other Oklahoma races voters overwhelmingly approved a measure that will restrict . Representatives to three two year terms and senators to two six year terms."-. ". And democrats chose it gov. Jack Mildren Over state sen. Ber Ricc Shedrick 59 percent to 41 percent in a gubernatorial Runoff. Mildren a former University of Oklahoma football Star will face Republican Frank Keating a former Justice department official and in dependent Wes Watkins a former congressman. The biggest Surprise was Cooper s upset Victory Over Synar. With All precincts reporting Cooper had 47,798 votes or 51 percent to 45,189 votes or 49 percent for. Synar/. " Cooper who said he spent just $16,900 on his run off Campaign $9,000 of it from his own pocket acknowledged that some of his votes were protests against Synar. Synar who raised nearly $300,000 for the year through aug. 31, was forced into the Runoff after failing to get a majority of the vote in the aug. 23 primary. People would grab your hand and you would Tell them you re running against Mike Synar. They would say you be got my vote " said Cooper whose campaigning consisted largely of placing business cards under the Windshield wipers of cars in parking lots. The Only other House members Defeated in Prima Ries this year were reps. Craig Washington of Houston and Luckert Blackwell of Philadelphia. New York fresh Man gop rep. David Levy was trailing in unofficial returns but the race still had not been decided a week after the sept. 13 primary. Cooper will face Coburn a Muskogee okla., doctor in the nov. 8 general election. In Massachusetts gop Senate primary Romney swamped fellow millionaire John Lakian 82 percent to 18 percent with 91 percent of precincts reporting. Ken Nedy had no primary opposition. Gop officials believe they have a real Chance of ousting Kennedy with the 47-year-old Romney who has never held elected office. Polls Over the summer show Many voters think the 62-year-old Kennedy the fourth longest serving Mem Ber of the Senate has been in office too Long. He was first elected in 1962. In the democratic gubernatorial primary Roosevelt collected 48 percent of the vote to 27 percent for his closest challenger in the three Way race with 92 per cent of precincts reporting. In Washington Veteran King county lawmaker Ron Sims Defeated eight other democrats for the right to Challenge Gorton. Gorton whose polls standings have never topped 50 percent easily won nomination Over Token opposition. Sims would be the state s first Blac senator / ". In Eastern Washington s 5th District Foley was the Only Democrat on an open primary ballot that was seen by some As a test of the speaker s popularity. George Nethercutt a Spokane lawyer Defeated three other republicans for the right to Challenge Foley. With 85 percent of precincts reporting Foley had 35 percent of the vote and Nethercutt had 29 percent. Foley who has represented the 5th District for 30 years said i Welcome a vigorous Campaign. I have won them in the past and intend to run and win this one on the issues of concern to the hard working fair elderly Sisters found shot in Doylestown a. A for 10 years the two elderly Sisters lived together and took care of each other. When constant health prob lems convinced them it was impossible to go on they decided to die together. Ardys Van Horne 83, and Kathryn Lachner 82, were found shot to death sunday in their two bedroom apartment in what authorities ruled a murder suicide. A note on the Dresser indicated the women had planned their deaths. Life has become a daily Battle with aches an pains and the frustrations of trying to Cope with unending health problems the note read. Wedon t feel that the lord meant us to end our Days this Way. Since euthanasia is denied us in America Weare taking the Only available Way  authorities say Van Home shot her sister once in the Chest with a .38-Calihcr handgun then fired two shots into her own Chest. The women were known As the Sisters at the Pine run retirement Community where they had lived together since each became a widow about 10 years ago. Van Horne helped Lachner walk when she be came to frail to do so on her own Lachner listened for Van Horne when her hearing failed. Senate w. Mitt Romney Defeated John Lakian for the gop nomination to Challenge incumbent Democrat Edward Kennedy who had no primary opposition. Governor democratic state rep Mark Roosevelt beat state sen. Michael Barrett and former state sen. George Bachrach for the Chance to run against gop gov. William Weld. Oklahoma governor u. Gov. Jack Mildren beat state sen. Bernice Shedrick in the democratic gubernatorial Runoff. Mildren will be in a three Way contest with Republican Frank Keating a former Justice department official and Independent Wes Watkins a former congressman. Congress democratic rep. Mike Synar lost a Runoff to retired school principal Virgil Cooper. Cooper faces Republican Tom Colum a Muskogee doctor. Term limits voters overwhelmingly approved a plan to limit congressmen to three two year terms and . Senators to two six year terms. Senate King county councilman Ron Sims Defeated eight other democrats for the right to Challenge Republican sen. Slade Gorton who was easily nominated Over Token opposition. Sims would be the state s first Black . Senator. Congress democratic House speaker Tom Foley will face Republican George Nethercutt in the fall election. Foley was the Only Democrat on the open primary ballot in Eastern Washington s 5th District. Nethercutt a Spokane lawyer Defeated three other republicans. Source a lies of Eastern  in Oklahoma which adopted term limits for  in 1990, the proposal to restrict the terms of congressmen and . Senators was passed 67 percentto33percent. Two polls released tuesday found overwhelming support for term limits for members of Congress 80percent in a Survey of 4,809 people done by the nonpartisan times Mirror Center for the people and the press and 74 percent in a poll of 743 people sponsored by the advocacy group . Term limits. In a Case pending before the  supreme court the Clinton administration is arguing that states have no constitutional right to regulate membership in con Gress a. Fifteen states have adopted term limits since 1990. Fat linked to ovarian cancer but vegetables May lower risk Washington a scientists have uncovered the first Strong evidence that saturated fat the culprit behind heart disease raises the risk of ovarian  study in wednesday s journal of the National can cer Institute says women were 20 percent More Likely to we need to do More research but if i were female i might change my diet anyway.1 or. Harvey Risch of Yale University get ovarian cancer with each 10 daily Grams of Satu rated fat they consumed. The Good news just two Small Servings of vegetables Day helped women lower that risk. That s fascinating data said or. Daniel Nixon inexpert on nutrition and cancer at the medical univer sity of South Carolina. Cancer of the ovary was suspected to be diet related for a Long time but it s been hard to  need to do More research cautioned study author or. Harvey Risch of Yale University in Newhaven Conn. But he said if i were female i might change my diet  ovarian cancer strikes 20,000 . Women a year and kills about 12,500, mostly because there is no Good Way to detect it Early. The main risk Factor is exposure to the reproductive hormone oestrogen. Women who have multiple pregnancies or use Oral contraceptives which both inhibit Strogen Are at lower risk. Now the first Large study of nutrition and ovarian cancer suggests diet also plays a role. Risch and colleagues at the University of Toronto compared the eating habits of 450 Canadian women newly diagnosed with ovarian cancer to 540 demographically similar healthy women. For every 10 Grams of saturated or animal fat woman ate per Day her risk of ovarian cancer Rose 20 percent. Conversely women who lowered their Satu rated fat consumption by 10 Grams a Day experienced a 20 percent drop in risk. The average North american consumes about 30grams of saturated fat a Day from meat cheese butter and a variety of other  every 10 Grams of vegetable fiber added to a woman s daily menu lowered her risk of ovarian cancer by 37 percent the study found. That s a major decrease Risch notes. Each full Ter pregnancy a woman experiences Lowers her risk by about 20 percent and each year of Oral contraceptive use Lowers it by 5 percent to 10 percent. Nobody knows Why diet would play a big role in cancer As hormone dependent As ovarian. But Risch has a few theories animal fat May contain Oestrogens or boost a Wom an s natural production of them. Plants contain chemicals that mimic female Estro Gen. The brain May not be Able to Tell the difference so when it detects these Phy Oestrogens it May signal the ovaries to slow oestrogen production. If Risch s findings Are confirmed by a pending australian study the big beneficiaries would be High risk women who Are childless or forgo Oral  doctors say women Don t need to wait for Confirma Tion changing their diets can t Hurt. F