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Is polltically Independent and a member of the: British Columbia Press Counell. : Caffeine listed WASHINGTON (AP) — Coca-Cola - -has 12 ‘milligrams, more caffeine in a 12-ounce serving than its nearest rival, Pepsi, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. 7 But either a cup of coffee or a glass of iced tea is likely to have more caffeine than any popular soft drink.: And the.. differences appear to have no long-term health con sequences. The ageney published a list showing the caffeine content of 23 popular soft drinks in its monthiy, magazine FDA .. Consumer. Coca-Cola and Diet Coke tied for fifth place with. 45.6 milligrams per 12-ounce serving, Pepsi was in a thrée- way tie for ninth place with 38.4 milligrams. Seven-Up, the third best-selling soft drink behind Coke and Pepsi, has made the absence of caffeine the basis for an . advertising campaign aimed at increasing its market, share. Caffeine is on the FDA's list of food additives generally recognized as safe. It ls consumed in baked goods, frozen dairy products, gelatins, puddings, chocolate and some soft candies, An FDA spokesman said “the effect of the milligram differences among these products is basically ni} in the long rin. ny HAS RESERVATIONS ; The FDA has expressed reservations about excessive caffeine consumption by youngsters and by pregnant women, ‘Studies are under way to determine the ews 0 catteng fi-both, tréhs’ The” tear. te “that exdeahiye cattoine sumption by youngsters, particularly In soft: drinks, a lead to behavioral problems. As for pregnant women, the agency advises them to treat caffeine like other drugs -- to be avoided when possible and consumed with. caution. Caffeine is absorbed in a pregnant woman’ 3 bloodstream - and can enter the fetus. The FDA's data said a five-ounce cup of coffee brewed using the drip method contains an average 115 milligrams of caffeine, The average cup of coffee brewed in a Per colator contains 60 milligrams. Instant coffee has an average caffeine content: of 65 | milligrams and decaffelnated coffee ia likely to contain two or three milligrams of caffeine depending on whether. it is’ instant or brewed. Most major tea brands average 40 milligrams of caffeine | per five-ounce cup when brewed. Most imported tea brands ° average 60 milligrams and instant tea averages 30. A 12- ounce glass of iced tea has an average of 70 milligrams. Credibility lost. NEW YORK (Reuter) — Jordan's King Hussein has ruled out direct negotiations with Israel in the near future and said the United States has lost its credibility aB a mediator - in the Arab-Israeli conflict, Hussein, in an interview published in today’ ‘3 edition of the New York Times, rejected President Reagan's policy of encouraging Jordan and moderate Palestinians to’ enter . into peace negotiations, An administration official, quoted by The Times, said. Hussein’s criticism -of Reagan’s policies would likely alscourage new U.S. efforts in the Middle East for some: time “Ha committee had set out to devise the worst possible timing for such a statement, it could not have done better,’ aan the official was quoted as saying. In the interview, Husseln said: “We kee things this way!” Israel ison our land. [t is there by virtue of American military assistance.and economic aid that translates Into aid for Israel! settlements... “This being the case, there is no way ‘by which anyone should imagine it would be possible for Arabs to sit and talk. with Isreel as long as things are as they are. You obviously have made your choice, and your choice.is Israel.”. ~ The Times said Jordanian and western officials asked to - evaluate Hussein’s remarks said ihey could not recall in recent years “a more gloomy assesament of prospects for. peace or a harsher critique ‘of American policy or the Middle East trom the king. an : ‘DOUBLE STANDARD! , Huaseln sald he was concemed about a US. ‘double . standard” in its policies, :’ -. “The saddest point for-me is that ‘T've always belleved — values and courageous principles were an area that we shared. I now realize that principles mean: nothing to the © United States. Short-term issues, especially in election _ years, prevail.”* a Husiein’s comments were published two days: after... ‘Reagan defended Jordan before a pro-Israeli graup as ; crucial” to peace in the Middle East, Hussein also told the newspaper that: : . — Altempts by Congress to attach conditions {o a Reagan’ proposal to equipa Jordanian mobile strike force will not be tolerated, If Congress rejects the plan, Jordan will be free “to get weapons from anywhere and anyone else in the world.” ~ Legislative proposals to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, which Reagan opposes, are “one more slap” at Jordan and “the atraw that breaks the camel's back.’ - : t ‘strong demand for cars and auto parte played. a. major role in boosting the value of retall sales ‘in Canada: by. 106 per cent in January compared with the game month: a year before, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. - Total sales were just over $7.6 billion, compared. with. almost $6.0 billion in January:1983._: we . “However, January-sales posted a. sndte modest thgrense ° of-5.4 per cent when purchases of automobiles ‘and paris. were excluded, the agency | arid. | 77 ; , Increagéd buying was reported in all types af busines surveyed except variety stores, where sales dropped by ab. per. cent from the previous year. © _ Automobile dealers reported sles were up $9, i per cent! : from the previous : January, -while purchases from automotive parts and accessories outlets Increased 20.4 er cenk. ‘The inereasein car sales in January was unusual because “dealers usually do less bisiness-in:that month than in the . _pre-Christmas perlod -after the" new models ‘have* ‘beeri. announced. re . underlined ‘earlier’ this: week'< when Statistics “Canada: released figures ‘showing that: a record: trade’ surplus. ‘iy Januaty had been built Jargely:on carveales to ths. ‘United : States wider the Canada-U.S.’ auto’ pact,” “yk All provinces .and the two territoriés: reported increased overall sales compared with January 1989, with the gaina | ranging: from a7, per cent, in Alberta, to 19. Iper ceatin Nova: . Scotia ; Garages, -genéral merchandise end personal necessary store enjoyed the largest’ gaing, while salés were’ down in © family shoe stores, household appliance, and. housetiole ' furniture. outlets,.” Elsewhere Wednesday, the canadian déllar niotched up a . small increase but money traders warned that lt may aot be * enough to prevent another rige in the trendsetting Bank of Canada rate today, whieh, could, in turn, lead bo an increase i. “the country’s ; economies recovery go in loati, rates. : “The bank rate ‘has risen steadily in recent weeks ap s in: : terest trates in the United States have e increased, Improving “Backup batteries. a disaster. TORONTO (CP) — Backup batteries for the control rooini _ at Ontario Hydro's Bruce nuclear station are defective ¢ and: could cause a “catastrophic disaster’’ if full battery power is needed, says an engineer who installed the: backup system, - Graham McCready, a Calgary evigineering technologist, said in‘an alfidavit that 15 batteries at the Kincardine plant _- will fail, and possibly explode, if they are tised to keep the : ¢ontrol room operating during a sudden power ‘failure:: so McCready said a failure of the: -backup. battery system “could cause a “critical condition in the emergency control ~ of the nuclear ‘reactor. ‘Hydro won't be'able to contre! the “i - power station and could have a eritical failure of its nuclear: a ‘ayatem.” a ‘ oe %, ‘The giant lead acid baiteries; installed in 1975 and 1974, " aredesigned to keep the control system at the nuclear plant ‘running Jong enough to start: emergency gaa ‘turbine generators, “All the ingredients exist for a potential Three Mile Island,” said McCready, referring to a series of potentially catastrophie problems at a Pennsylvania nuclear power station In the late-1970s. ‘McCready released his affidavit Wednesday to two a - Toronto’: newspapers, Premier William Davis and Liberal Leader David Peterson. re ‘USEFUL LIFE OVER‘ . McCready said in.an interview a test of the batteries in August 1983 showed they were generating only “one-twelfth of their installed-capacity (and) were clearly defective and at the end of their useful life.” He said if Hydro uses one of the batteries that was tested, . “it’s 50 defective that it will go into. a cell reversal, and expode within 10 seconds.” ‘Based on the Hydro test results; there will ‘be a: “catastrophic failure”’ If the batteries are required to meet: full demand, McCready said in the affidavit. Lon . Atomic Energy Control Board spokesman Hugh Spence sald. the. ‘nuclear licensing authority, ‘which has resident 2 . earned revenues of more thei. $100" million in, the: three- ‘inspectors at, the Bruce plant; is aware there have been’ problenis with the batteries, © ‘The batteries aren't performing “up to snuif,”.. sald Spence. “But from the health and safety point of view “it is fine. We are satisfied they would work fine.” Terry ‘Young, a Hydro spokesman;: said the battery system haa never been needed, but Hydro has confidence In, its ability to deliver power in-a blackout. 7 "Young said a Hydro teat of the batteries, in which ‘they’ were Tun at a constant rate for 20 minutes, showed the ° batteries delivered sufficlent power to operate t the epntral . room. ; ; woe PLANS FULL rests eo , . Hydro is planning “full load” teats of the batteries this spring, said Young. Don Shaw, vice-president of Gould. Manufacturing. of Canada Ltd. in Fort Erie, Ont., the company that manufactured the batteries, sald. he didn't know of any defects in.the batteries. McCready, 39, who used ‘wo work for Gould, ‘said the - problem batteries were « new design when they were: manufactured in 1973 and were “made with defective | equipment: He said he. met. Hydro officials several: tives In 1976 to discuss the inadequacies of the batteries and was surprised to discover Hydro hasn't heeded his warnings. The New daland native resumed his campaign to have. the batteries replaced when he returned to Canada after working overseas for several years, -McCready said Hydro'a’ estimate that the battertes will operate for 16’ years is wrong. ‘A similar. battery at.the Douglas Point nuclear generating station “'self-deatructed’. ‘ ‘in March 1976 after only 13 years. of use." Inadequate in- spection caused the failure, McCready said. - He said the batteries at two other-transformer stations — Douglas Point and Richview — also should be replaced, China:-strengthens its. forces: PEKING (Reuter) ~- ‘China’. ds -giving priority | to developing its nuclear forces against possible Soviet attack and the crucial factor. in its defence may be its stated ‘determination to, use such weapons if necessary. “They say they will use the weapons,” said one diplomat, “"T think the Soviets and everybody. else have got the -message.”” Summing up military priorities, Defence Minister Zhang . : Aiping has sald: “Defence funds should be concentrated on those programs which are badly needed and the most important.areas which affect the overall situation, suchas - strategic guided missiles, nuclear fuel and bombs.””: : China’s overwhelining security concern is the defence of - Sts long land frontier. But it is also’ playing an’ increasing ‘ role as a regional power and appears to wish to extend this further, certainly into the Pacific basin. MOSCOW THREAT . In both cases, the main potential and actual threat to . Chinese hopes comes from Moscow, military analysts gay, ‘China’s strategic nuclear forces can now reach most of the Soviet Union and its coastal defences‘are good. It may alzo be developing a submarine-launched nuclear missile capability. . . ‘But problems remain. “China's ‘outdated land and air defences would fare badly against Soviet attack, while lack ‘of funds mean it. cannot develop a naval fleet compatible with its objectives before the end of the century. - _ China tested its first nuclear device in the early 19608. But ite nuclear potential only began lo concern Moscow in the “Tate '70s when some Soviel anti-ballistlc missile defences “were, redeployed io face the Chinese threat, ~~» The core 6f the People's Liberation ‘Army deterrent is ” about 60 intermediate-range ballistic missiles, say various. sources including the Landon- based International Institute, . for. Strategic Studies;- . - WITHIN, RANGE There are two types, the largest with a ‘warhead of up. to , three megatons and a maximum range of 6,600 kilometres. Almost every part of the Soviet Union is within thelr range. China has. also deployed four or more five-megaton, 12,900-kilometre intercontinental: ballistic missiles -and ‘possibly another such missile with double the power but less range, first lested in 1976. ‘But it has only about 50 known medium-range ballistic missiles which ‘are obsolete and being phased out.. The problem with all the land- based missiles, many still ‘based in relnforced silos, is their vulnerability to in- creasingly accurate Soviet multi-warhead missiles. China’s concern is underlined by its insistence that, Moscow remove an estimated 144 SS-20 Intermediate range missiles deployed in the Far East. NO RETURN There are also problems with China's long-range strategie bombers. Strong Soviet air defences mean any ‘ missions by the force of ahout 120 B-6 alrcraft, based on the Soviet ‘TU-16, would: be one-way only, forelgn military “sources said; China's next priority In modernizing its arsenal must be ‘further . development of a nuclear. ballistic missile sub- marine, the hardest weapon to neutralize, At least one Is thought to éxist.: Non-Chinese sources aaid they belleve the most realistic program would be to build as many as five of the reported Xia class missile subs, each armed with 12 intermediate- range ballistic missites, by the early 1990s. ‘ It takes four or five to quararitee one constantly at sea,” sald one source. “As they don’t have too much to spend they - will probably go for that, about the same ea Britain and France. ” * Last year, In an official magazine, Thang weld use of Pr a 2c pat iad atthe liquid dnd solid missile fuels, and: land and underwater launching technology had all been developed. DISMISS THOUGHT ~ v Most analysts dismiss the prospect of a full-scale Soviet invazion of China, if only because Moscow is well aware it would dwarf problems ‘Soviet forces. now face . in Afghanistan, ; : But China’s northeast industrial. centres, Its far. western oilfields and border defences are. particularly vulnerable. A limited Soviet pre-emptive strike herein the event ofa European war ‘could do untold” damage and prevent -Peking’s early intervention or discourage it altogether, ‘analysts said. . Deployment of the Chinese army suggests its warnings that it would use its nuclear weapons are correct. Almost 40 per. cent of its infantry and 60 per cent of its armor are concentrated around Peking and in the northeast, where it cannot afford to loge ground. - ; Only a 10th is stationed in the thinly populated weat, where China might use nuclear weapons on.its own land in .the event of a Soviet attack. _China’s naval aims centre on defending the Asian: sea - lanes, securing its offshore oil industry from attack, ex- tending its influence into the Pacific and also into the South China Sea, most of which it claims. But diplomatic and industry sources now believe. that because of a shortage of. funds It will be unable to. beet up its navy to. match its strategic aims within the next: 25 years, . ~ Cards torn: | * “WINNIPEG (CP) — Although he couldn't. provide ‘aumbérs, Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader.Gary . Filmon says some provincial party members have. heen tearing up membership cards because of dissatisfaction with, federal Leader Brian Mulroney’ ‘a stand on ‘French- . ‘language rights in Manitoba, < /[T think that any number is‘a significant rumber, " Filmon said in an interview today... ; Filmon reiterated that the Issue ia'ono whlch’ shoutd be settled at ‘a face-to-face. meeting with Mulroney, ’ ‘not through the pages of newspapers. -.He gaid he hoped such a meeting might produce gome “reasonable ground” for compromise, and sald talks dre. still taking place about the timing of a meeting with Mulroney. ‘Although Filmon said he wants to ensure the languaige- bee, rights squabble doesn’t hurt the chances of. Manitoba Conservative candidates in the next federal election, tt may. be too late to stop such damage in the ridl of Winnipé Fort Garry, where. deputy provincial | leader, 8 Sherman wanted to rin against Transport Minister uta Axworthy. _-The nomination meeting for that riding was to have tain place Friday but was postponed after Mulroney's statement ° that there is no piace in the federal caucus for those whd to : hot: éuipport his stand on language rights. . . Sherman has sald he, too, wants‘ to meet Mulroney; to discuss the issue and has been asaured such a meeting's ' belng arranged. * Mulroney says a acheduling conflict forced him to cancel &-planned visit to Winnipeg this week and he denies he. iat ‘at édds with Filmon over the language question. “think that Manttobans, and everyone elie, realize. that ; trom time toltme there will be divergences of views, but the sational interest is not incompatible with Manitoba. in-. forests. or with the Quebec interest,” Mulroney pald in Toronto, . Age i} » anti fh : The domtiniee of atito isi, anvduetion 3 and sales wa n - adequately tested for toxicity. ° . vehicle, In ‘tagarde ’ 1) shall tot ride oh a sidewalk, Caaadian couilefpart: ; ‘GAINS STRENGTH. ae : However, the. Canadian dollar: regained | some: strength Wednesday, closing. up 12-100,0f a cent.at: 78.67: ‘ens. US. although traders said this was largely hecauge the Bank of ’ Canoda was buying up. the currency, -!°? “The Bank of ‘Canada Is doing everything 6 shore up. ‘the dollar,” said Keith: Dixon, president. of. the - "Canadian Importers Association Inc, “Traders said the bank is s expécted to increase iti ata to as much as 10.50 per ¢ cent from 10.20 per. cent last: week.) rates while: virtually ensuring an upward shift in the prime rate, now at 1 per cent, in the next few weeks... The bank faces the-difficult task of trying to protect the Canadian dollar by: raising interest’ rates while still keeping - Higher rates generate greater demeid’ for ‘the Cansidién dollar but discourage consumer r Hurehneing 9 and company investment. eo In other developments Wednesday:; Bh —Mitel Corp., a Canadian high-tech anecess story unt it ran inte trouble in 1082, reported record quatterly revenue for the three months ending! in February: and predicted a ago per-cent sales growth in. the ‘coming: year. Mitel ‘said it month period. —The SNC Group, engineering eontultants; has rade a proposal to Kalser Aluminum. and Chemical Corp. to study the feasibility of building'an aluminum amelter. near Sept- Hes; Que. Jacques’ Lefebyre,: ‘vice-president: public affairs ‘at SNC, sald “there is no contraét yet" and his company fas not been chosen to do the study. °. - —Communications Minister Francis Fox said the start pf cellular -radlo-telephoite - service in: ‘Canada’ hag been postponed until July 1, 1983, Belt Canada, which Planned to «begin offering the: high-tech’ mobile telephone, service this September, sayz it has been denied 4 leence,! although, a ““relatéd company-may recelveone,. == :’ —Bytec-Comterm. ‘Inc. has: proposed _ to. ‘the Quebec government that terminals based on ils Hyperion portable computer be used in Quebec schools instead of the French- designed Axel 20. Laurent Nadeau; president of Bytec- Comtérm, told reporters hls company, which was chosen to supply 9,000 computers to’ Quebec me has sent its - revised offer to the Government. Food treated — TORONTO (cP) — The banning of the funigant & EDB jn Canada and the United States has Jed to renewed interest ins treating certain food: ‘Products with Irradiation to. extend las ue ~ their shelf life. ' ‘While government officials in both ‘Gountries, bave been asking and ordering firms to remove baking mixes, ‘ffuite and vegetables containing residue of ethylene dibromide ‘ CEDB) from grocery shelves, health departments haye been reviewing. proposals from firms wanting ” to use gamma radiation, - “It appears that irradiation could: be i a viable alternative to EDB. (in controlling - insects in| grain products | aad spices),”” says James Green of. the U. S. Food and Drug A istration. . AA Rasibea ha “bet abil! Wein eat laboratory animals. In the irradiation | process, . gamma: taya — — which do not transmit radioactivity — are beamed through foods, & insects such as fruit flles, preventing sproutitig on potatoes and onions and slowing the ripening and spoiling of. fruits and vegetables, The process could extend the shelf live ‘of such foods by three to four weeks, = "~ Larger doses’ of gamma radiation would: sterilize. fish, ages tat . ‘ chicken ‘and meat, ° reducing the “need for “chemical preservatives: and reducing the: ® pfublem, of salmonella in poultry. . po HOW TO LABEL? . . Federal officials in both countries, Say the process ‘ls aafe and the-problezi they ‘would face is how to label foods treated with gamma rays in a way teat would not Frighten off consumers, ~ Marilyti -Yoimg,' a spokesman : for ‘the: ‘Consumers oti : ‘Association of Canada, said in ‘an Interview. her” group ‘supports irradiation of food and, like government othilals, Is concerned over.the labelling. “We have to avoid the word. “ipadiaied” because that - would imply that the food is raiioactive,”. she sald, “That would be misleading and fear-producing.”’ - But Linda Pim, a consultant with the envivonniental lobby group Pollution Probe, said. in a report’ Jast., fall gavernment officials are accepting the process as being safe without adequate research or public discussion... Pim sald that while there !s no evidence the’ procegs.can transmit ridioactivity.to food, it could reduce the vitamins in: food and by-products ‘of ‘the process have Hot been LACK: INFORMATION © Lovett ne ue proteis in or on thé techiique.”-” ~ a : " “The: federal ' “Degarttea a of fiealth “and ‘watie Te, preparing | to set: ‘up'a separate diviaion to déal seit fond, irradiation. Diane. Kirkpatrick,’ acting. director of. the ‘marcel ot chemical safety, sald, awe that the han of EDB has not accelerated the move. - . oa ot ly , A & aye . Q: What-fety practices am Fregilred to taiow while riding my. bi¢yele? =. ‘A: Generally: speaking a “Persad opetalinig a tycle on a highiay has, the. were, thts and. merbaenr'ad a. driver of a. ‘wattle’ rulés Sd’ aceldents,” The loving rules aos apply to evel ‘a pete operating a 4 . 2) shall ride as close to the right: side of the riaidway., as practicable, : i: sa) shall not ride abreast of another celia, . 4) shall ‘kee one hand on the handlebars at all limes, 5) shall'ride properly seated atvall times, arid 6) - shall not carry other persons dn-any part ‘of the gyele: “The cycle must also be equipped With. an adequate t and reflectors it driven after, dark. hay * ‘haat ‘Cah coe -Aesidecrmansa ions .- They said the Incréase will put pressure ¢ ‘on other: iending ease -eaficér. oe |