European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes january opens big antismoking drive1 that the food and drug administration is requiring birth control pills to carry labels warning that smoking increases the risk of heart and blood vessel increased antismoking he said that As of hew build Ings will limit smoking to designated areas and separate smokers from nonsmokers where similar policies Are being proposed to the nations 500 largest corporations and for the Federal governments other antismoking he said a task Force will be formed with the trea sury department to consider increasing the Federal excise tax on cigarettes and a graduated tax according to tar and Carbon monoxide he also urged life and other types of insurers to offer special Premium Dis counts to expanded research on the links be tween smoking and toward that be asked the surgeon general to pre pare a comprehensive report for Publica Tion next in offering his Califano said that smoking costs the nation an estimated billion to 23 billion a year in health care and lost wages and a on the tobacco Institute held a news conference to attack the govern ments new Campaign without waiting to find out the head of the lobbying group said there was nothing Califano could Tell the Public that it did not already he said the Institute also maintains that no one has proved smoking is hazardous to in the Kentucky House of representatives also expressed its opposition to the Campaign by adopting a Reso Lution tuesday calling for Califano according to House Resolution introduced by democratic buddy Adams Drew sup port from 65 Only 14 opposed the measure to have president Carters appointee step just disagree with one Man in an appointed said who owns a tobacco we need a better Friend in Califano has said previously that cigarette smoking will be involved in the pre mature death of 37 million americans living an estimated 54 Millio americans aged 13 or older but they Are a dwindling the number of adult smokers has fallen from 42 percent in 1964 to 34 per cent among it has fallen from 52 percent to 39 and among from 32 to 29 but with the population annual consumption of cigarettes has climbed from 511 billion in 1964 to a record 616 Bil lion in or More than 1i packs a Day per surveys have found that nine out of 10 smokers would like to and most have tried at least once or say they would if there were an easy Way to according to the National Clearinghouse for smoking and in the William vice president of the cigarette manufacturers lobbying said Cali Fano was a reformed smoker with a prohibitionist mentality who is using Public Power in Pursuit of a private Horace the Institute presi Dent and a former congressman from North acknowledged that the Institute did not know what Califano pro Gram would he youre not going to hear anything different tomorrow than youve heard in the past 14 the government says smoking caused Early deaths each including at least lung cancer Kome Gay claimed the figure was invented More than a dozen years ago by a former advertising executive and used and reused until its become conventional Marvin the institutes director of no one has Ever died of cigarette he said smoking was not listed As a cause of 4 on death pkg Charles the medical challenged eminent studies that have linked i by women to smaller babies higher risks of heart disease for 1 the and increased lung Ca Nettit he acknowledged that smokers weigh seven ounces less on the i than those of but i have a better survival Rale babies born to Union wants general ousted emotional plight for lower Grade Al to e 4 soldiers and their the depend continued from Page 1 said wednesday in response to the financial problems facing Many Young married gis with families in Jones had urged sections and agencies within the 21st support com to increase the number of dependent is no change in this commands hiring policy As it pertains to local nationals and forces depend in no German employees in the 21st support come will be adversely affected by the Usa eur policy As Reite rated by general Ullrich spokesman for the unions Branch in said faced with a Dollar declining in value against the German Mark and despite american Deni Jones ordered a Survey aiming to re place German employees in his command with As Many americans As Galle said this caused considerable uncertainty at the Kaiser Lautem with employees the biggest american base in West there have been three or four other incidents which caused us to ask european nato Headquarters to withdraw the Galle he did not the army statement continued on general Jones sent a message to his subordinate commanders which referred to guidance by Usa eur on our current hiring practices that Al ready exist for his message was purely motivated by his sincere concern for the grave plight and economic situation of soldiers and their families in View of the plunging value of the an increase of dependent hiring within the guidelines set Forth by Usa eur regulations was one Way the command was seeking to raise the Stan Dard of living in Light of the soldiers eco nomic the statement added Jones released his message in response to problems facing Many of the Young soldiers Al thru Al of his command who Are married and facing economic and emotional difficulties with the continuing devaluation of the these married soldiers live on the German Economy under near poverty As the continuing devaluation of the american Dollar causes economic and German general says East spies got considerable data Bonn up Harald Gen eral inspector of West German armed said wednesday that a Trio of East German spies had managed to steal considerable information about West Ger Many mobilization scheme but not about its operational Wust testified before the parliamentary defense which began hearings this week on the Case of Renate Wulze and two men arrested in june 1976 for allegedly spying for East All three worked in the defense committee chairman Manfred it Toner told reporters that Wust estimated the loss of military secrets through Lutte and the two men to have been but Wilfried Deputy chairman of the added that Wust had said that at no time was the armed forces ability to carry out its Mission Warner represents the opposition Chris Tian democratic which demands the removal of defense minister Georg the Christian democrats allege that political appointments by social Democrat Leber opened the defense ministry doors to the Penner is a social dem the committee meetings Are the Christian democrats having failed in an attempt to open them to the Dent hire program will enable these families to bolster their Jones the statement concluded that usar eur guidance has already established policy to substantiate increased dependent in a report made Public the Gen eral accounting office recommended the Pentagon investigate the possibility of hiring More americans to replace some of the germans on the defense depart ment the suggestion Drew Sharp protests from the which demanded that the Bonn government use All political Means at its disposal to protect German the embassy in bom statement saying rumours that1 jobs would be slashed were the Gao report is Only a ret to a committee of Congress nothing in the text of the Gao Ducate that the United states off the German nation of the forces in the state Oto spokesman in wednesday Jones ordered his West German government gave assurances in parti German jobs were not in until the generals in Calm had returned and we had two reports curbs urged to Cut costs of retirement continued from Page i any savings that might result from such a requirement would depend on whether it was accompanied by a compensating pay there has been growing opposition to the half Flay retirement and members of a presidential commission now studying military pay Are on record As favouring reduced payments for those who get out before putting in a full the Washington reporting on a transcript of president Carters nine member commission on military compensation meeting said the Mem Campaign to unite rhodesian fails Salisbury a a privately sponsored Campaign launched to promote understanding Between Rhodesia Blacks and Whites has ended on a discordant the response was terribly Orga Nizer Michael Hogg said of the four month the Campaign was launched by Rhode Sian businessmen to help bring the races together at a time when the country was set on a path to Black Rule but attracted Little support from suspicious Blacks and indifferent France studying japanese plan to reduce Road deaths Paris i a a Highway safety Agency is taking a close look at a Highway safety program used in Japan in a search for ways to reduce Highway deaths in Japan reduced the number of Highway deaths in that country by 36 percent be tween 1970 and 1975 while the number of cars increased by 55 France has one of the highest rates of Highway accidents in Western Bers indicated military people i longer be permitted to retire at i after 20 years of an alternative proposed by the i the Post Calls for sonnet to retire at age s5after at years of service to qualify for full j retirement before that to compensation on a reduced basis i Vilian retirement file Post said retirement pay for tary people is taking up an Ever 1 share of the Pentagon budget with thought Likely to reach coming fiscal the newspaper quoted member Walter Page As saying rent military retirement system t to inhumanity because it pm holding out a bribe to a something which he when i see people who dont i any satisfaction out of their merely stay with them for i know you have got an i said another commission member said it would be almost in we to keep the current military i ment system the newspaper said that he i came from a 5 meeting at i of the nine members suggested c the the commission is i to make recommendations on Fiat could be used to draft Reform i Europe pm Rolf 4pm 41 j 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