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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1979
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Junk foods,
poor lifestyle
cause disease
United Press International
NEW YORK — Junk diets and
unhealthy lifestyles, the seeds of kil
ler diseases that mature in adult
hood, are present in many 10-to-
14-year-olds from all parts of the
world, it was reported Tuesday by
the American Health Foundation
and scientists from 15 nations.
This means cancer, heart disease
and stroke “will be even more pre
valent when today’s generation of
children reach maturity,” Dr. Ernst
Wynder, the foundation president
said.
The report is based on the first
cross-national evaluation of risk fac
tors for cancer, heart disease and
stroke among 15,000 boys and girls
examined during a “Know Your
Body” health evaluation in schools.
The program was conducted
under the auspices of the Founda
tion and health experts in schools in
nations around the world.
In the United States, the program
took place in schools in New York
City; Westchester County;
Evanston, Ill.; and Kansas City,
Mo.
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WASHINGTON — The govern
ment is considering the systematic
replacement of the $1 bill — the
most popular unit of U.S. currency
— with Susan B. Anthony dollar
coins and $2 bills.
The government also is studying
the possible elimination of bulky
50-cent coins, but rejected sugges
tions that the penny be scrapped.
The recommendations were con
tained in a report prepared by a
government task force made up of
representatives of the Treasury De
partment, the U.S. Mint, the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
and the Federal Reserve System.
The Treasury Department
cautioned that the recommenda
tions “have not been adopted or en
dorsed by the Treasury, but are
being sent to Congress and made
public as part of the review process
before final decisions are made.”
The most wide-ranging possibil
ity, the report said, might be
gradual displacement of the $1 bill
with the new Anthony dollars —
which have been greeted coolly by
the public — a n d by $2 bills.
Federal Reserve System staff di
rector William H. Wallace testified
use of the coin could save the gov
ernment $50 million a year and
could lead to eventual elimination of
the $1 and $2 bills.
Members of two banking sub
committees that held joint hearings
on the Anthony dollar, which has
been in circulation 275 million
strong since July 2, called the new
coin “a turkey,” “an Edsel,” “just
short of a national disgrace,” and a
near “total disaster” reminiscent of
Skylab.
But other members and federal
monetary officials — all women —
defended the coin bearing the like
ness of the famous women’s suffrage
leader and said it needs more time
to gain acceptance, just like all other
new products.
“A strategy of coin-for-paper dis
placement seems the most practical
one in the context of balancing the
conflicting elements of government
cost avoidance and public prefer
ences,” the governemnt task force
reported.
The $1 and $2 prospect raised the
ire of Rep. Thomas Evans, R-Del.,
who, in a letter signed by 94 col
leagues — none of them women
told Treasury Secretary G. Willi®
Miller the coin is not being accepted
by the public and should not h
“foisted upon the public by meansd
eliminating the $1 bill from circula
tion.”
Treasury Undersecretary Belli
Anderson said the same commite
that is now so skeptical last ye
proved the size and weight sped
cations of the coin, which she
bears the same relationship to
quarter as the quarter does to tk
nickel. ;
Wallace, who said the initial b
demand for the coin was expected
blamed the press for “the instait
analysis which has led many in Ik
media to assume that the coin wl
not be successful.
State law causes confiscation bottleneck
Hassle over wine disturbs state fair
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OKLAHOMA CITY — After
overcoming a hassle with state law,
an Egyptian delegation is assured of
being able to toast a new trade pol
icy with its own wine.
State Fair of Oklahoma officials
had proudly announced a top Egyp
tian official would reveal a new trade
policy at a reception set for Thurs
day night.
The reception was to feature
Egyptian wine.
However, confiscation of the 46
cases of wine at Will Rogers World
Airport threw a corkscrew into the
plans.
It was not known who was re
sponsible, but the solution involved
the office of Sen. David Boren,
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Art Cox, a fair spokesman, said
the reception was scheduled to
allow Egyptian officials to announce
a new economic open door policy”
betwen his country and other na
tions.
Cox said State Alcohol Beverage
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man James Walker were responsi
for the confiscation. |
Crisp said it was the fault of Ik
U.S. Customs office.
Walker said no confiscation wt
involved.
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was a state law forbidding enlij
from any other port of more
quart of wine and spirits on whicl
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HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — A youni'
pair of would-be bandits knet
they’d had it when the bank tells
laughed at them.
Suffolk County police said Mot-
day they had arrested two boys-
one 12 and the other 16 — in bi-
week’s attempted holdup ofa Mastt
Beach, N.Y., branch of the Chet
cal Bank. ,
Detective Jack Matern said®
12-year-old told police he and te
companion tried to rob thebanKR
cause “we wanted to see what inf 1
like to do something like that.
Matern said the youngsters pla
ned the holdup Wednesday ai
tried to carry it out the followii!
day. He said the 12-year-old -
identified because of his age — c«
school Thursday morning to
the bank. ,
Police said the younger boy stood
by while the other boy, identified^
Louis Guma Jr., handed a note®
manding money to the woman
ler.
The teller looked at the note
eyed the holdup team and said
“You’ve got to be joking,” polif*
“We ran out of the bank when the
woman laughed at us,” the younf
boy said. ,
The 12-year-old, a sixth-grad'
student, was released in his parent
custody pending an appearanc'
later this week in Family Court on-
juvenile delinquency charge.
Authorities theorized the two
boys may have been influenced j'
try the holdup by wide publM
given the record number of N f "
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occurred this year.
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