w< dditives may not affect kids United Press International WASHINGTON — Three re- |tly completed studies have east I doubt on the much-publicized / that food additives contribute peractivity in children. ? studies, however, did not en- n ° r ' eh refute the theory. They jived that the problem is more fie and complex than researchers east nol nnedto Due to ine has terday, Tate. Bu! a Nutrition Foundation advis- ylommittee headed by Dr. Mor- Bpton, professor of psychiatry at wo companies refund money xtortion case United Press International piETNA, La. — Two companies h sold drainage pumps to Jeffer- |Parish at excessive prices have asked to refund part of the cost, larish attorney .Harry Lee said Hday he met with company rep- ■ntatives and requested the re- ■s, amounting to one-half or Dije of the pumps’ cost. Iwo parish officials and a private iineer were indicted on federal [tortion charges in connection with ■jump purchases. They were ac- Bd of arranging for sellers to in- | the pump costs and convincing arish council to buy the pumps [emergency basis without com- itive bidding. the University of North Carolina, concluded on the basis of the re search completed so far that major changes in food manufacture or labeling appear unnecessary and premature. The theorized link between addi tives such as food colors and flavors and hyperactivity was first proposed by Dr. Benjamin Feingold, a pediat ric allergist at the Kaiser- Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco in 1973. Feingold, who wrote a book on the subj eet, developed a diet which eliminated additives. He claimed it effectively treated nearly half the children under his care for hyper active behavioral problems such as short attention span and impulsive actions. “These children are in constant motion, going from one thing to another without completing a task,’ said Dr. Raymond Chun, a neurologist who participated in one of the studies at the University of Wisconsin. In the Wisconsin study, 46 hyper active children were observed for eight weeks by their parents, teachers and doctors to see if the Feingold diet or a test diet contain ing additives caused any changes in behavior. The diets were disguised so neither the children nor the ob servers knew who was getting what. The three-year study found very few children for whom the additive- SCES . .. tropical fish ■ ed B | Sunset Variatus | Velvet Swords Specials Regular 49c 59c Special 3 for $1 2 for 79c wn I! 1 Red Wag Swords 59c 2 for 69c ter |! 1 Kissing Gourami 79c 2 for $1 ret | | Pearl Danio 49c 3 for $1 uit B I Silver Tip Tetras 49c 3 for $1 free diet was helpful and the re searchers concluded additives were not to blame for hyperactivity ex cept, possibly, in occasional cases. The Wisconsin study was financed in part by the Food and Drug Ad ministration and the Nutrition Foundation which receives about half its funds from the food industry. A study at the University of Pittsburgh, supported by the Na tional Institute of Education and the Nutrition Foundation, found that children receiving a diet containing food additives had brief periods of short attention spans and distracta- bility while those on additive-free diets did not. The third study was conducted at the University of Western Ontario with Canadian government support. It studied food additives together with drugs used to treat hyperactive children. Minimal effects of diets were ob served by parents, but teachers who also participated as observers re ported the children’s behavior was Old West cowboys infamous not heroic United Press International NEW YORK — Some of the most famous “cowboys’ of the Old West weren’t cowboys at all. They were more infamous than heroic, as por trayed in a new exhibit, “The Ameri can Cowboy in Fact and Fiction, ’’ on display at the Kodak Photo Gallery in Manhattan through June 4. Among these were Billy the Kid and Jesse James, a pair of killers on horseback; Wyatt Earp, a barroom bouncer, bush-league gambler and petty politician; Wild Bill Hickok, perhaps the West’s most famous lawman, but also a gambler who killed two men in the eight months he was marshal of Abilene, Kan. The exhibit, organized through the cooperation of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Heritage Center of Oklahoma City and the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art of Fort Worth. worse when they ate cookies than when they ate additive-free cookies. On the basis of all three studies, Lipton and the advisory committee s vice chairman. Dr. Esther Wender of the University of Utah Medical Center said “the evidence available so far generally refutes Dr. Fein- gold’s claim.’’ “On the other hand, one cannot yet be certain that food additives are utterly devoid of adverse effects in all children of all ages.’’ Lipton and Dr. Wender said sev eral new studies have been started and their results should help resolve the matter. Workshop to aid elderly Texans set for July 16 The third in a series of workshops about and for elderly Texans arid the people responsible for providing them services is scheduled July 16. This one-day program concerns factors affecting services designed for the elderly and is aimed at in creasing workers’ awareness of prob lems that prevent older persons from using resources. In that vein, workshoppers will review ways to help solve problems and explore the stigma of depen dence many of the elderly feel when having to rely on such services. The workshop is presented by Texas A&M’s Psychology Depart ment and the Brazos Valley De velopment Council Area Agency on Aging under a grant from the Gover nor’s Committee on Aging. Involved as leaders from Texas A&M are psychologists Dr. Can dida Dunckley and Dr. Russell Dunckley. “Family, Society and the Older Texan,” term for the series, began June 4 and concludes Aug. 20. 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