Show cJ f UiCOl No 87 Wednesday March 31 1999 ouma 01999 SOCrris Logan Utah Bridgertartfs Daily Newspaper NATO toms nip tine heat BELGRADE Yugoslavia (AP) — NATO struck near a major city in southwestern Kosovo today and an alliance spokesman warned of an “extended campaign" to damage the Yugoslav military machine that las driven hundreds of thousands of people horn their Update ITTmiTMHi Iron deficient kids hampered intellectually? LONDON — Children who lack iron in their diet are likely to be clingy lethargic and irritable But being anemic may have even more serious long-tereffects including slower intellectual development according to researchers who found a surprisingly high level of anemia in British children Birmingham University scientists working with pediatricians from Birmingham Children's Hospital reported in last month’s British Medical Journal that by 18 months of age 33 percent of 100 children given ordinary cows' milk were anemic compared with two percent on milk The latter also performed better in sensory coordination and dexterity tests The researchers claim their results highlight a possible link between lack of iron and slower intellectual development They recommend children who aren't breast-fe- d during their first year milk should be given for at least 18 months since the onset of anemia can be delayed “The trouble is the physical symptoms of childhood iron deficiency are very warns study leader Professor Ian Booth of Birmingham University's Institute of Child Health “There may be pallor lack of energy malaise and poor concentration but one cannot rely on these as good indicators" The cause could be parents switching from breast and formula milk to ordinary pasteurized milk too soon he says “It might be appropriate for pasteurised milk to be removed from the present milk token scheme and substituted with anti-aircr- aft A-1- defense systems have been compromised the allies might a week of airstrikes more fighting was reported in Kosovo between Yugoslav forces and the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army A “large number" of KLA and some were trapped in the rebels refugees Pagarusa Valley about 30 miles southwest Kosovo's capital Pristina where three brigades of government forces were “raining artillery fire” on them a NATO Air Commodore David Wilby told spokesman strategy: What’s next? After the Serb wmes As the exodus of ethnic Albanians continued despite Beware Cache Valley folks love to yell ‘April Fool!’ Page 11 NATO reporters in Brussels Belgium NATO decided today to widen the geographic area of targets which could bring bombs to the center of the Yugoslav capital Belgrade for the first time in the See NATO on Page 12 0 Target troops Q Knock out the support system Fixed position targets are attacked with cruise missiles bombing high and mid-lev- ' el F--16 Planes attack lower moving Often acts targets as escort Ammunition APCowan Caste! lo Souks JWwkUirwMtortkftbrcnft On Campus Pop-to- ps help but not in way reported By Arrin Brunson staff writer When milk” well-nourish- ed state of Utah heard their Who's afraid of a little snow? Page 12 between life and death for young cancer victims they had no reason to doubt it For over a year people have been pulling their soda can tabs off and tossing them into collec- tion cans with the mistaken notion that each tab was worth one minute of chemotherapy at S John WilkinHorald Journal Brooke Wells assistant US attorney and chief of the Violent CrimesNarcotics section in Salt Lake City makes a point during a wwwhjnewscom rv-'r- HateBias Crime defined: “A criminal offense committed against a person or property which is motivated in whole or in part by the offender's bias against a race religion ethnicnational origin or sexual orientation group ” i —Department of Justice Community Relations Service By Arrin Brunson staff writer Jny beatings racial killings cross burnings and other horrific "hate crimes" are plaguing the nation But could that kind of violence happen here? Cache County Attorney Scott Wyatt and several other panelists told an audience at USU on Tuesday that acts of ANDERSON Ind (AP) — Her car d in dense fog launched was into a moving freight train and dragged for miles along the tracks — and a bruised and sore Amber Scott remembered nearly every detail “I was just sitting there waiting for the train" Ms Scott recalled Tuesday a day after her brush with death "I looked in my rearview mirror and I saw it (a truck) coming I just gripped the steering wheel and closed my eyes” When she opened them she saw the driver's side door of her 1989 Pontiac Grand Am pinned to the train's side and the car's front stuck under it The train pushed on dragging the car and its frightened passenger with it Ball Stale University The student grabbed her cellular phone and called for help Her first instinct was to cbII her mother “Mom! Mom! I need help” Patricia Scott heard her daughter scream “Mom I've been hit!" With the roar of the train in her ear Ms Scott could hear only a voice on the McDonald Ronald hatred are taking place at an increasing redundancy to me" Pease said "1 don’t rate in Utah and even Cache Valley is think there’s anyone in this room in this state in this country who would say not immune Bold association with gangs whose they're in favor of hate crimes but still they exist” power sex and prestige appeal to a growEvidence they exist is clear as newspais source one of number ing great danger to society Wyatt said at the Utah State per headlines and lead stories on the University President's Diversity Forum nightly broadcasts indicate The latest held at the Eccles Conference Center statistics from the Federal Bureau of There are also many individuals who Investigation show a total of 8049 "hate silently and secretly spread hate We need crimes” took place in the United States in to understand one another and recognize 1997 and the numbers are still climbing Race religion sexual preference ethdifferences in each other Wyatt said at nic origin and physr J and mental disthe forum titled “Hate crimes: Overcomabilities are some of the reasons innocent ing Prejudice" victims are singled out for hate crimes USU Communication Department Head Ted Pease said a hate crime isn’t such as physical beatings cross burnings just a crime against the victim Knowing graffiti destruction of property verbal the danger is out there raises the level of abuse and even murder fear and prejudice for everyone See HATE oo Page 12 "Hale crime the phrase seems like a House development assistant Amy Foul-gsaid the money earned from is one of recycling the pop-tothe programs used to propay for the Share-A-Niggram which provides affordable accommodations to the parents of hospitalized children "it has nothing to do with er ps fund-raisi- ht chemotherapy" Foulgcr said “Families staying here are asked to pay $10 a night It actually costs us $37 per family a night so the Share-A-Nig- program ht makes up for the difference" Depending on the market the Ronald McDonald House earns between 30 and 60 cents for every pound or 1200 pop tops See POP on Page 12 rear-ende- AP photos ‘Moml I nood hslp’: Amber Scott relates her terrifying ordeal Whafe left of her car is shown at right phone — maybe an answering machine “I was scored" she said "But 1 just knew I couldn't sit there and be scared I knew I had to help myself" She called 911 twice believing that police would be able to trace her coll and find her Her cries for help were barely audible over the steady roar of the engines “I'm being dragged by a train! Oh cried she please help!" Ms Scott said she briefly thought about rolling out her passenger side door but decided against it Authorities estimated the train's speed at 30 mph Her car was attached to a middle car of See DRIVER on Page 12 i 4 I Primary Children's Hospital However since publishing this information on the front page Monday The Herald Journal has learned a different story Primary Children's Foundation secretary Amy Perkins said the hospital doesn't accept the tabs or donate chemotherapy for any patients “It’s not true for us" Perkins said “I know the Ronald McDonald House accepts the pop-tobut I don't know what they do with them" Driver phones 911 while being dragged by train ' DR COPY) President's Forum at USU Tuesday addressing the topic of hate crimes and prejudice Forum focuses on hate crimes ld Indox pop-to- could make the difference non-anem- Woothor throughout Cache Valley and all over the c" children Seemingly may also be vulnerable A recent survey of 600 teenage girls at a Surrey school revealed 16 percent were anemic It is partly due to crash diets and skipped meals concludes Dr Michael Nelson of the Department of Nutrition at London's Kings College who carried out the study “There is a substantial minority of teenage girls perhaps 10 to 20 percent living in perfectly adequate facial conditions who are anemic because of dietary choices particularly if they turn vegetarian and don’t compensate for lost iron” In Nelson's surveys tests revealed marked differences in IQ between boric derline anemic and groups “Teachers at one school described it as about equal to one GCSE (high school leaving exam) grade which could mean the difference between a pass and a fail We feel there should be some screening program in place" However medical opinion remains divided with some experts arguing that links between iron deficiency and slow development are still unclear So what precautions should parents take? “Their best bet is to ensure their childiet" says Anita dren have an iron-ric- h MacDonald head of dietetic services at Birmingham Children's Hospital With periods and diet whims depleting hemoglobin from age 11 to 15 girls need around 13 milligrams of iron a day compared with 11 milligrams for boys ground-fir- e and shrapnel Troops m ’ The Tank killer’ Stable at lower altitudes Titanium armor encircles cockpit protecting crew from Faster thanA-1- 0 ' Thunderbolt 0 4 w Ikjt - - — - riv L 't t s ‘ u 1! 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