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Furton went on to graduate from Mt.

Clemens High School and take classes through the University of Michigan's extension school.

He served in the Asia-Pacific Theater during World War II in 1942-45 and was discharged as an Army private first class.In 1965, after years working at the GM Technical Center in Warren and for the Petipren & D'Loughe real estate firm, Mr.

Furton founded his own company to sell residential and commercial properties in Macomb and St.

Clair counties and Detroit.President of Chesterfield Township-based Furton & Associates Realty, he served as director and president of the Macomb County Board of Realtors and director of the Michigan Association of Realtors.Mr.

Furton was the township's first full-time fire chief.

In 1954, Fire Station No.

2 at Forbes and Jefferson was named in his honor.Mr.

Furton, a Republican, served in the state House in 1984-86, representing the 75th District.

He was defeated in his re-election bid, losing his seat to Democrat Kenneth DeBeaussaert, whom he'd defeated two years earlier.

In 1988, he became township treasurer and was re-elected four years later.

After losing the August 1996 primary to Republican Ray Novak, he also failed to retain his post as a write-in candidate.After falling in love with flying in the early 1940s, Mr.

Furton bought a plane and piloted it for 30 years until 2005.

He served in the Civil Air Patrol, ...

To protect your heart, follow a low-fat diet.

Answers: 1.

False.

Sunflower oil, which has a light canolalike taste, is better.

A recent Pennsylvania State University study of 31 men and women found that consuming sunflower oil for a month lowered their LDL levels by 6 percent; olive oil didn't have any effect on the subjects' LDL cholesterol.

2.

False.

Although low-carb diets work, they're no easier to stick to: Dieters still tend to regain lost weight after a year.

For long-term loss, experts recommend eating a balanced diet with high-fiber carbohydrates and lean protein.

3.

True.

Flaxseed is high in alpha-linolenic acid (ALA); a growing body of research suggests that a high intake of ALAs may boost the risk of advanced 4.

False.

A recent study found that dieters who ate a generous 33 percent of calories from fat cut their heart disease risk by 14 percent.

Another group who followed a miserly 18 percent-of-calories-from-fat diet shed about the same amount of weight but experienced only a 9 percent drop in heart risk.

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