European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday april 11, 1986 non smokers rights Bill introduced in House Washington a eight House members who said they were tired of Deci Sions made in smoke filled rooms have introduced legislation that would restrict smoking to designated parts of . Govern ment buildings. Under the measure the Secretary of health and human services in consultation with the surgeon general would develop regulations designating specific areas of . Government occupied buildings in which smoking would be allowed. Rep. Bob Whittaker r-kan., a co Spon Sor used cold War terms to describe the legislation which is called the non smokers rights Bill of 1986." we be adopted a policy of peaceful co existence with cigarette smoke he said. This Bill is a policy of recalling the notion that key political decisions Are made in smoke filled rooms rep. Don Ritter r-pa., the principal Spon Sor said if our Bill is successful those decisions will have to be made in designated smoke filled rooms Stapf of the tobacco Institute said the measure could be a taxpayer Drain because of lost productivity due to workers sneaking off to have a smoke and because of physical changes in the workplace that might result. This is a crusade without a constituency and at an enormous Cost he said. The american heart association and the american cancer society issued statements in support of the Bill. The legislation would do at the Federal level what is now Only being done piecemeal at the state and local Levels ensure non smokers the right to breathe clean air in their workplace said Steven Stellman of the cancer society. Stellman called cigarette smoking the single most preventable cause of death in the United states he said the unfiltered smoke from a cigarette s burning tip contains most of the toxic components which the smoker inhales and is Rich in cancer causing agents. Ritter pointed to a Gallup poll released last december by the american lung association which he said indicated that a vast majority of adults supported the concept of designated smoking areas in the workplace. The other co sponsors were reps. Doug Bereuter r-neb., Vardiss Collins d-ill., Howard Nielson a Utah James Oberstar d-minn., Pete Stark d-Calif., and Mike Synard okla. The Secretary of health and human serv ices would solicit comment from labor and local health groups and would be responsible for enforcement. A companion Bill has been introduced in the Senate by Ted Stevens a Ala. Rep. James Scheuer d-n.y., introduced his own Bill last month. Aides said his Mea sure gave non smokers More Power than Ritter s and did not include the requirement that Public health organizations comments be solicited. East Woolf Cefe brakes his win Reagan Cas of congratulate Carmel by the sea Calif. A actor Clint Eastwood partied into the wee hours wednesday to Cele brate his landslide mayoral election Victory then awoke to congratulations from another actor who made it big i politics president Reagan. Champagne flowed freely at Eastwood s restaurant in this Seaside tourist Village after he grabbed a fistful of Voles 72.5 percent of those cast to defeat incumbent Charlotte Townsend and two other opponents. Eastwood Star of a Host of Cowboy and cop movies said at an afternoon news conference that Reagan had called from the White House and spent about five minutes Dis cussing his fellow Republican s landslide Victory. He requited his line. What s an actor who s played with a Monkey want to be doing in politics said Eastwood who co starred with an orangutan in every which Way but Reagan shared Billing with a Chimp in bedtime for the president also expressed envy at Eastwood s impressive margin of Victory the mayor elect said. Another film Star Jimmy Stewart called and reminded Eastwood of Stewart s role As a . Senator in or. Smith goes to i remember the scene when Stewart lost his voice during a filibuster Eastwood said i did t quite get to that Point but Townsend conceded 90 minutes after the polls closed tuesday night in this town of 4,800. You can almost feel it in the air Gordon Simpkins 75, owner of the Carmel pipe shop said of Eastwood s Victory. There s an atmosphere of optimism and Confidence in the future and progressiveness in the Community without injuring the aesthetics of the Eastwood who became a top Box office Star for roles As Tough detective dirty Harry Callahan and the Sharp shooting gunslinger of Spaghetti westerns bristled when townsfolk started calling him or. Mayor. Just Clint he said with his characteristic Economy of words. The actor said he will give the $200-a-month Job priority Over acting and credited his Victory margin to a lot of dissatisfaction with the current City Council the 55-year-old, Gray haired superstar entered the race because of anger at the City s second hand treatment of the business Community including its initial rejection of his plans to develop a Small property next to his restaurant bar the hogs breath inn. Dirty Harry has always been arguing with the mayor a photo mayor elect Clint Eastwood. Going to bring a Little fun Back to fighting with bureaucracy and i guess i have been too Eastwood said during a Victory speech. He told reporters at a news conference he in t planning to seek higher office. I m not running for anything he said. I m staying right Here in Carmel. This is where it Eastwood said the Triumph ranks solidly with his successes As a director and actor. It s a hit movie at the moment he said. As the Champagne flowed at the hogs breath at 2 a.m., Eastwood said we re going to bring a Little fun Back at another Victory party that Drew 500 supporters to the elegant la Playa hotel dentist Dan Hakes said Eastwood must be sincere if he s willing to take this Job for $200 a month and predicted the Victory would bring even More people to this tourist Mecca. Judge in rape trial apol for remarks Kansas City to. A a judge who ordered a retrial in a rape Case and told the victim her attack was t a brutal rape and could have been much worse has apologized. The comments last week by Jackson county circuit judge Tom j. Helms Drew criticism from the victim Lead ers of the metropolitan organization to counter sexual assault and members of the prosecutor s office. In a letter to the 27-year-old Kansas City woman Helms said he regretted the remarks and apologized for them. It was not my intention to minimize the severity of your ordeal or the pain and trauma which you suffered said the letter dated tuesday. Indeed i know that All rapes Are inherently brutal and that one cannot compare degrees of brutality in order to console an innocent victim. My remarks were intended to Comfort you and provide moral support so that you would not be discouraged to testify at the defendant s retrial. Regrettably those re Marks were misinterpreted and found the defendant Evan l. Williams was being held in the Jackson county jail on $250,000 Bond awaiting retrial on charges of rape sodomy burglary and armed criminal action stemming from a knife Point attack on the woman. Helms ordered a new trial for Williams saying he did some of the evidence Given at the trial and had erred in not giving jurors a written instruction he read to them during deliberations. Assistant prosecutor Matt Whitworth who handled the Case said he received a copy of the judge s letter wednes Day. Whitworth said the victim told him she still was upset by the judge s actions but appreciated his apology. Stateside postal service buys new vans designed to last for 24 years Atlanta a the postal service hoping to save nearly $6 billion in replacement and maintenance costs Over the next Quarter Century has ordered nearly 100,000 mail delivery vans from the Grumman corp. At a Price of $1.1 billion. The postal service s Board of governors voted to approve the 99,150-Van contract the largest vehicle Purchase order in the history of the . Mail. Known in postal service jargon As Long life vehicles the vans look something like space age milk trucks and should begin serving mail routes in 1987. Costing $11,651 each the lightweight aluminium body vehicles Are 14 feet 7 inches Long weigh 3,000 pounds and Are designed to last 24 years three times longer than other vehicles in the postal service Fleet they will carry 1,000 pounds of cargo roughly twice As much As the postal service s familiar jeeps. The Grumman manufactured vans will be powered by 2.5-liter, four Cylinder general motors engines. Koch May open City Parks to campers for july Celebration new York a anyone with a sleeping bag and the desire to attend celebrations of the statue of Liberty restoration May be Able to Camp out in the big Apple save mayor Edward i. Koch. The mayor said monday he May let people who can t get hotel accommodations sleep in the City s Parks during celebrations Over the weekend of july 3-6. Koch said Cen trial Park in Manhattan would not be opened to campers. We obviously will have to make some accommodation for those who have no shelter he told a news conference at City Hall. It s the first place we would look to As a facility for those who have sleeping Parks commissioner Henry Stern said the idea was very Good. Now we have to see if it s practical. We May be talking about inviting the population of the entire Wester world he said. . Dealers of japanese cars Lead in number of annual sales Detroit up new car dealers especially those Selling japanese makes Are Selling cars at record numbers a Survey by automotive news Magazine showed. The study showed that last year Honda dealers aver aged 640 new sales per outlet followed by Mitsubishi at 598. Toyota was next at 572 cars per dealer with Nissan fourth at 520, the weekly Trade publication said. The japanese models far outstripped Domestic models during 1985. Oldsmobile fifth Overall led the . Makes with 334, followed by Chevrolet at 331 and Ford with 295new cars sold per dealer. The study did not take into account the difference in the number of dealers of each make. For instance there were about 870 Honda dealers in operation last year compare with More than 1,000 Toyota outlets. On the Domestic Side there were about 3 200 Olds Mobile dealers 5,100 Chevrolet dealers and 4,700 for outlets. Overall the average number of cars sold per dealer was 445 up from 420 in 1984, the study found. Domestic car dealers average 393 sales per outlet compared with 380the year before. Import dealers because of an increase in the number of dealers saw its per dealer sales decline to 192 from 222 in
