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Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Thursday, August 22, 1991 27 Briefs Kellogg9 says rules Easy come, easv 00 BAY CITY, Mich. CAP Feelino- 1ilr mill lAfltiMB a lair have no reason to exist off the list are "regulatory constipation," Henry said, suggesting the government say "cheerio" to regulations that keep raisin bran off the list of WIC foods. Democratic Sens. Carl Levin and Donald Riegle, both from Kellogg's home state of Michigan, are equally perturbed. Levin noted that the Agriculture Department is reviewing the foods on the WIC list and is to report to Congress by next June.

"I am concerned that the fruit-in-cereal issue may not be resolved in a timely manner unless Congress directs the USDA to do so," Levin said. Raisin bran has 100 percent of the minimum daily requirement of iron, while Cheerios has 45 maker has spent the last 14 years trying to convince the government that all raisin bran not just its brand is as nutritious as Cheerios. The key to being included on the WIC list is to have no less than 45 percent the daily minimum requirement of iron and no more than 6 grams of sugar. The government says raisin bran has too much sugar. But Kellogg's contends raisin bran has more iron than Cheerios and is cheaper.

It also points to the health benefits of fruit, something Cheerios lacks. Besides, says Kellogg's, the sugar in raisin bran is largely the natural sugar from raisins. Phil Shanholtzer, spokesman for the WIC program, said pregnant women, nursing mothers and their infants are prescribed certain foods to meet particular individual nutritional deficiencies so that health problems stemming from a poor diet at the start of life can be avoided. The program sets a particular sugar level per ounce of food. "The problem with raisin bran is that when you add the sugar in the bran flakes and the sugar in the raisins, it pushes it up really high," he said.

General Mills isn't interested in debating the issue. "The federal regulations for the WIC program speak for themselves," said company spokeswoman Kathryn Newton. Kellogg's, however, has found champions on Capitol Hill. "What kind of prunes do we have setting these guidelines?" asked Rep. Paul Henry, R-Mich.

The rules that keep raisin bran By DIANE DUSTON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -Kellogg's is raising cane over government regulations that are keeping raisin bran off the breakfast tables of poor women and children. The federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children doesn't allow program participants to use vouchers to buy raisin bran, saying the cereal is too sugary. About $200 million worth of cereal is bought each year with WIC vouchers. Kellogg's is annoyed because Cheerios, made by arch-rival General Mills, is among the approved cereals. "It's so loony," said Kellogg's spokesman George Franklin.

The Battle Creek, cereal 1 RsWJl rm.ir-i "-3 VJ umi CI doesn make it so, a judge has ruled in the case of a couple who thought they had won $10 million in a "McMillions" contest. Thelma and Charles BeUows thought they had the winning number and McDonald's company officials treated them that way, their lawsuit claimed, before it was discovered their daughter worked for the fast-food chain. Bay City Circuit Judge Eugene Penzien ruled Monday that the Auburn couple could not win the money because their daughter worked at the restaurant where Mrs. BeUows picked up the ticket Oct. 11.

The Bellowses said they had been asked if any member of their household worked for McDonald's or any other company connected with the contest, called "McMillions on NBC," and they said there was none. Mrs. Bellows said that since her daughter didn't live at home, they didn't think she counted as a household member. When contest officials invalidated the claim, the Bellows sued, alleging there was a verbal and implied contract between them and the companies, who already had given them a symbolic $10 million check and had them record a commercial. Tiny balloons no big help BOSTON (AP) The widespread use of tiny balloons to open clogged arteries in the legs has failed to either reduce the need for surgery or save limbs from amputation, a new study shows.

The study found that the use of the balloon procedure, known as angioplasty, has grown dramatically over the past decade for treatment of pain caused by narrowed arteries in the leg. The technique is similar to one used to relieve clogged arteries in the heart. The purpose of the procedure is to restore blood flow to the legs. If severe enough, poor circulation can result in amputation. Angioplasty can also replace bypass operations that use pieces of vein or synthetic tubing to route blood around clogged areas.

Fires burn Battle Ridge CROW AGENCY, Mont. (AP) Seven range and forest fires had burned about 7,000 acres as of Wednesday on the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana, including part of the Custer Battlefield National Monument. A fire burned 125 acres Tuesday evening along Battle Ridge, where Lt. Col. George Custer and his soldiers died on June 25, 1876, in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

It approached to within 300 yards of the visitors' center and closed the monument for several hours. Smoke was visible from the visitors' center Wednesday, but acting superintendent Doug McChristian said the monument was open to tourists. "There's nothing (burning) right here on the battlefield," he said. Fire information officer Craig Flentie said fire crews were concerned about temperatures nearing 100 degrees Wednesday and possible gusty wind. AIDS ban dropped ARVADA, Colo.

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