European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday february 5,1986 House passes Bill to require warnings on chewing tobacco stateside Washington a faced with mounting Evi Dence that youngsters Are turning to snuff and chewing tobacco a alternatives to cigarettes Congress took a first step toward requiring health warning labels on smokeless tobacco and Banning its broadcast Advertis ing. The House on monday approved a Bill on a voice vote that would require one of three rotating warning labels to be added to tins and pouches this product May cause Oral cancer this product May cause gum disease and tooth loss or this product is not a Safe alternative to  arrows and circles would draw attention to the warning labels. And television and radio advertising which now often feature professional athletes touting the products would be banned. The Senate which had approved a similar measure earlier now gets the Bill. The chief Senate sponsors have agreed to the House version. The passage of this Bill will allow us All to go Home. And say that weve made a major step toward protecting the health of Young people throughout our country said rep. Mike Synar okla., a sponsor of the bin. Rep. Henry Waxman calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee Laid he hoped the labels would persuade teen agers not to take of this filthy habit he called snuff and chewing tobacco a very very dangerous  the Bill was supported reluctantly by. Most of the tobacco Industry As the most palatable alternative to a myriad of state Labelling requirements. Rep. Thomas Bliley Rva a tobacco Industry sup Porter who blocked consideration of the Bill last year told the House on monday he would not attempt to delay the Bill although he still opposed it. What i going on in the various state  Regan Iju smokeless tobacco is an abomination Bliley said the chaotic situation with 50 different state decaf requirements would be far More injurious to Commerce Dun Federal Law the smokeless tobacco Council a Trade Organiza Tion helped draft the Compromise Bill although executive director Michael Kerrigan said the Industry still believes warning labels Are unwarranted. Now that the Congress has decided there ought to be labels. We agree the solution should be in a National uniform  he said. The congressional action came As evidence mounts that youngsters Are increasingly turning to snuff and chewing tobacco. Most recently three studies just published air the american journal of Public health showed growing use of smokeless tobacco by students in Arkansas Louisiana and Pennsylvania. Witnesses have told Waxman s subcommittee that to endorsements by athletes have led Many teen age boys to believe smokeless tobacco is a Safe Way to enjoy tobacco without risking health or athletic capability. At the same time however medical researchers have in increasingly stronger language condemned snuff and chewing tobacco As increasing the risk of cancer of the Mouth and Throat. A National institutes of health scientific panel after hearing three Days of testimony last month is sued a consensus statement declaring that convincing evidence links snuff and chewing tobacco with in creased risk of Oral cancer. Other medical groups have issued similar pronounce ments. The american Academy of Ped Iatros for one issued a forma statement in december declaring that smokeless tobacco � a serious health Hazard to Chil Dren adolescents and Young adults. A proven  surgeon general c. Everett Koop is conducting a major study on the health effects of smokeless tobacco similar to the landmark 1964 surgeon general s report on smoking and health. While that study is not scheduled for release until Aoril i Koop said even before the study began that evidence clearly showed the health risks from snuff an chewing tobacco. Size of Many police forces in . Is falling study finds Washington a the size of Many police rec f f apartments in major . Cities and inflation id Jim spending for Law enforcement have dipped slightly i \ it. Cent years a  conclude ,mi9,�--m a Mew Rcpt t Wei Viuca. Inflation adjusted police expenditures for 88 cities with i 1,i pulsations of More than 100,000 has risen from a y million in 1938 to More than is billion in 1982, the hot fee period for which figures Are available the study released of by the Bureau of Justice statistics said. S but inflation adjusted spending in 1982 in the 88 diet was ? pm s profit margin fell in 1985 Detroit a general motors corp. On Moo Day naoin4.nct profits last Yew of s4 billion n de Cline of in percent from the previous year despite a boost in sales that restored it ranking a the world s largest Kjof Pompon a Couming statement attributed the showing to spending $9.1 my Fin on Neir plants and equipment an cat rate financing programs on cars and trucks along with its $5.1 Obbon Aesi Sitison of Hughes aircraft co pm also had a bigger Federal tax Bill nearly $1.5 bbl Ion in f985 than the year before. And while re. Mining the top automaker with 41.7 percent of All car Sale to the United states it continued to watch for motor co., Chrysler corp. And imports Chip away at its dominance., Jom  was Down significantly in 1985 Umb Mccu will i9myto4�l Cicen fms my cent a Tom i pcs Tes  Tab. By 14/puceatto Junium front ,9 Ballf on in i9941, potting1  Fortune Magazine list of the nation s 500 largest Cor-1 durations for the first time since 1978. The automaker unseated Exxon corp., which reported 1985 sales of$93.2  s net profit was nut at s4 billion or $12.28 per common share compared with s4.5 billion or $14.27 per share a year earlier which included a $1.34 per share tax credit Tea year ended strongly for pm with fourth Quarter sales of $24.6 billion compared with 420.9 billion a year earlier when the company suffered a strike i Canada. Earnings for the Quarter were put at More than $1.2billion, or $3.85 per share compared with $877 million or $2.76 a share a year ago. Automotive Industry analyst Harvey Heinbach of Merrill Lynch in new York. Pm said the profits will generate a profit sharing Pool of $180 million far about 550,000 us. Employees or about $350 apiece compared with about $500  s far below last year s $2,200 average pay out it Ford which uses n different formula. United Auto workers vice president Donam Enlin. Head of Hennion s of department called the payout Disapio Totag he so a revised formula wit6e. Major Union goal in 1987 contract negotiation Sam became the first of the four .-Bssed Guiot automakers to report w85 earnings. Ford and Chrysler said they Likely will report next Elk and Amsco motors  it expects to do so the following 2 i cities a ,$55 million lower than the  billion total spent in 1977, reported the Bureau an Agency in the Justice department. -. Without adjusting for inflation police spending Rose from $2 billion to $3 billion from 1977 to 1982 for Ike cities studied. I. Rare White squirrels found in Only 1 town Are thriving1 Olney Iii. Up1 the Only population of White squirrels in the nation is in no danger of becoming extinct a science professor who studies the species said. The 1985 Squirrel census shows 125 White squirrels up 12 percent from the 1984 count said John Stencil of Olney Central College. The increase can be traced to two factors. Tone is of e mild Winter and the other is that residents of the Southeast Illinois town Are feeding the squirrels Ste cil said. Stencil and about 35 of his students conduct the census each year by fanning out through the City and counting the . J White squirrels Are not albinos because they do not have Pink eyes and for unknown reasons the squirrels Only thrive in Olney. Ail efforts to begin population where have failed. Stencil said. There Are fines imposed for killing the Stu a ref 8fcv Are pictured on the City s Crest Institute to spend $1 billion a for year medical research Boston a the Howard Hughes re decaf Loster tute will spend More than $1 billion for Radical Resean Over the next five years employing 900 so Gentlini at laboratories in 14 states the Institute has announced " the Institute is establishing the tabs at universities University hospitals said or. Donald s. Fredrickson p Dent of the Institute.  was  1953 by industrialist Ard r. Hughes. Last december it sold its or ,togeneralmotorsfaf$5 As supporter of by Calcii Resea Cav it Das second Only to the federally funded National ii of health. Fredrickson is a former director of the 5 College students sue far " t  for alleged civil rights violation Amherst. Mass. A five College students w sued their landlord foe allegedly  div Tyrl after they helped form a tenants Union to try Tolo theotto get rid of a severe infestation of cockroaches.,.-. The suit was filed a Hampshire Superior. Court Northampton after a dispute Between 52 tenants fill apartments and landlord Stephen Puffer. Team held $42,000 in rent from september to december i the were trying to get Puffer Hoexter tame for  their can plaint that Uei ref  rotated because Puffer tried to evict withholding rent and for forming tenants  pm gift tto a j.idl0-� a 1. T. R. "  Jcj Jav jouivbu1b. Wpm Bubu a civil nights suit could be settled amicably since is Dies hired an exterminator who eradicated & Sockren be in All but four apartments. Potentially disastrous fire brought under Contr harr1sburg. A. A an. Eight alarm fire that burned through a Jet engine parts Plant less than a mile from the Capi Tol was brought under Cootie tuesday averting the evacuation of 16,000 people Hamburg officials scid. Officials feared the fire at twi tur Bine a foil div Jon might reach n variety of chemicals atthe plantan Send a noxious loud of chemicals Over Section of the City. The fire broke out shortly after 7  and was Dudani under control about 12 30 a.m., City offi Ridln met a state of emergency declared As a precaution was called off 10 minutes later. At the moment no threat to the pub health and safety exists mayor Stephen Reed said. Some chemicals seemed to have burned said Reed who monitored the fire from command Post on Plant grounds. Water mixed with 1,000 Gallons of nitric and and flowed into the adjacent Paxton Creek but this did not pose a health threat because water supplies Aren t drawn from the Creek the mayor said. Residents within two Miles of the Plant were urged to stay inside their Homes and workers Gat everyone f. Transformers exploded be snid. Among the substance stored at the were subset Matt amounts offland caloric acid diluted and uric acid phosphoric acid sulfite powder and Ziro it said he ordered the evacuation of Reed said be would meet  tuesday and urge that Hwy j the Plant which Emp