European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 ultralight cigarettes less Ris by experts say Chicago up _ smokers who cannot quit should switch to ult alow tar cigarettes which produce less than half the toxins of other cigarettes researcher say. The Ultra Law brands however still produce significant amounts of tar and nicotine scientists from the san Francis co general Hospital medical cd Nice re ported in the journal of the american medical association today. If a person could switch to the Ultra lows and be satisfied with them they would obviously be at less risk but you Don t have that happening very much said Peyton Jacob a chemist involved in the study. Many smokers after trying Ultra lows will refuse to smoke them any More he said. They say they re like smoking air. One of our subjects even started breaking off the filters which of course defeats the  Jacob and his colleagues measured the amount of toxic chemicals absorbed by 22 paid smoking volunteers who were asked to switch to High Camel filter slow True fillers or ult alow brands Cambridge and Carlton. The researchers found that smokers of ult alow cigarettes absorbed half the Tox ins As those of High or Low yield brands. As with previous studies there was nontoxic difference Between the High and Low yield brands even Hough the cigarettes provide different yields when smoked by a machine. The reason is people Don t smoke cigarettes in the same Way the machines do said Jacob. They tend to compensate and take in As much nicotine As the want regardless of the Type of cigarette. They might inhale More deeply or Lakein More puffs per cigarette although it s usually done unconsciously. With the Ultra lows people can t compensate completely so they do take in less tar and nicotine he said. But they still take in far greater amounts than you would predict with a  Jacob said the tobacco in ult alow Low and High yield cigarettes is about the same but that More restrictive filters reduce the amount of tar and nicotine in the lower yield brands. With the Ultra lows Many smokers complain there is too much air in the smoke and not enough taste Jacob said. Some even complain of headaches be cause it s so difficult to draw the smoke through these very constricted  so while ult alow cigarettes May be a less hazardous alternative Many smok ers cannot tolerate them Jacob said. If they can quit cold Turkey that would definitely be a belter thing to do  . Police net $320 million in cocaine arrest Santa be . Up slate police officers confiscated More than a half ton of cocaine Worth about $320 million in a bust near the Texas new mex Ico Border a spokesman said thursday. Capt. John Dynko said 1,184 pounds of cocaine with an estimated Street value of $320 million were confiscated wednesday night. The purity of the haul was still being checked but initial tests indicated it was More than 90 percent pure. The confiscation was the state s largest. Dynko said it is probably one of the largest in the Region and has attracted National attention. Stair police discovered the Load when officer Clif Ford frisk noticed a truck driven by Ruben Rodriguez Pando 31, of Pecos Texas careening Down a county Road. Frisk stopped Pando and was looking at his Driver s License when he noticed him pulling a .45-caliber hand gun out of his Glove compartment Denko said. Frisk was Able to subdue him without incident. Meanwhile officer Norman Demon noticed a Sec Ond truck that had been travelling a Little ahead on the Road first slow Down and then take off at a High Speed Dynko said. Denko said Demon saw the Driver 38-year-old Juan Lujan of Jal throw something out of his window be fore he arrested him and a search later turned up an air to ground radio. The men were being held in Hobbs City jail on slate drug charges and Federal charges were pending he said. Petit performance French High wire artist Philippe Petit walks a wire spanning from the new York state theater to Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center thursday As part of a France salutes new York ceremony. United buying Frontier airlines for $146 million Newark . Up Cash strapped people express inc. Has agreed to sell its Frontier airlines subsidiary to United airlines for $146 million less than half the Price it paid for Frontier less than seven months ago. People s Board of directors which met for two Days to consider various offers rejected a nearly $236 million bid from Texas air corp. For people express and All its subsidiaries the flagship people express airline and both Frontier and Brut airlines. People express the Low fare air Carrier that introduced no frills lying five years ago at the Dawn of airline deregulation bought Frontier for $307 million after receiving final Federal approval in december. It was the first of a series of aggressive expansion moves by people before it ran into financial trouble. But a people express spokeswoman said $212 million of that Purchase Price had been paid in Cash and Short term investments held by Frontier and that people had paid Only $95 million in Cash to acquire Denver based Frontier. People express said it rejected the Texas air offer of $9 a share in Cash and non convertible preferred Stock in part because it was too cheap but analysts said it appeared people express chairman Donald Burr was trying to maintain control of the innovative airline he founded. I think that probably or. Burr wanted to try to keep pan of his company himself said Robert Decker of Duft Phelps in Chicago. He was looking for a Way to do that and he probably could t come to any agreement with Texas air on a Way to do  a Texas air spokesman said his com Pany had considered the $9 a share offer  people express announced last month that it was considering several option for raising Revenue and cutting costs and that the Sale of All or part of the Newark based company was possible under cer Tain circumstances. But Burr said at the time that a Sale was not Likely and that he preferred to retain control of the company he founded As a Low fare no frills alternative to mainstream airlines. On wednesday Texas air won Tenta Tive government approval to buy Eastern airlines and create the nation s largest air Carrier. Burr left Texas air in 1981 to found people express. People express lost More than $58 million in the first Quarter of 1986 and has posted losses in the past two quarters and three of the past five. Longshoreman sentenced for beating irs agent Corpus Christi Texas up beating up on the tax Man might be a favorite fantasy for Many but David Waite would suggest the desire remain unfulfilled. The 6-foot-2-Inch, 230-Pound Longshoreman was sentenced to six months in jail and charged nearly $15,000 in fines and restitution wednesday for rough ing up an internal Revenue service agent in March. Your conduct on this occasion was absolutely inexplicable " District judge Hayden head or. Said on pronouncing punishment for Waite 30. A jury last month convicted Waite of assaulting irs officer Dwan North 59, described As a Stocky Man several inches Shorter than the defendant at the Agency s Corpus Christi office. Besides 179 Days in jail a $10,000 Fine and $4,500 in restitution for North s medical Bills head ordered Waite placed on probation for five years. Testimony showed that Waite lifted North off the ground stuck the agent s feet into the tile ceiling then dropped him to the floor on his face. Waite went to the irs offices because agents had not removed a paid up tax Lien from his tax records. North testified he had suffered lasting effects fro the attack. Whenever situations have Arisen that might cause trouble i have on occasion just refused to do it theirs agent said