European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 legislation would prevent copying of compact discs Washington Al l president Reagan will pro pose legislation designed to foil future Home recording of corp Jill discs and other digitally recorded audio material administration officials said Friday they said the proposal to apply to a new generation of digital ape recorders and not to most machines now on the Merkel or in Homes is part of a package 10 be submitted to c oppress in Laic february. They said the measure would help protect against unauthorised taping of copyrighted material. Under the proposal digital tape recorders could not be imported or sold in the United Stales unless they contain a device that would Block the recording of certain material. The device a computer Chip circuit called a copy code scanner would read a special signal encoded onto compact discs and other audio sources at the time of manufacture although the signal would be inaudible once its presence was detected the tape recorder would refuse to record the material. Tin1 legislation would apply Only to audio recording not video recording. Behind the Effort the administration s first foray into the heated controversy Over Home taping is the recent surge in sales of compact discs and disc players firm s smokers to pay More for health coverage Detroit Dpi beginning in april Michigan National corp. Employees who admit they smoke will be charged a higher Premium for health insurance. Michigan National the state s third largest Bank holding company informed its 6,000 employees of the new policy last week. Under the plan believed to be unique in Michigan smokers will be charged $10 a month More for health insurance than non smokers. Employees also have been Given questionnaires about i hair smoking in bids. The questionnaires must to returned by March 2 and will be used As the basis for determining their insurance co payments Richard Strichartz. Vice president and general coun Sel for Michigan National said thursday the Bank does not plan to t Hack employees answers to the smoking questionnaire. He also said the Bank does not anticipate any Legal Challenge to the policy. There is a Cost thai goes into providing this Benefit for smokers and non smokers and smokers have to use the facilities More Strichartz said. The notice sent to employees says we would not want to Check out your daily habits to Sec if you do smoke but we do Hope to cd pct you will be forthright in your  the notice citing an alarming Rale of increase in health care costs and admonishing employees to Pur sue a healthier lifestyle was signed by the Bank s corporate benefits department. A punishes 33 physicians for drug company payments Washington up the vet crans administration said Friday it had taken punitive actions against 33 doctors for accepting gratuities expenses and Honor aria from the pharmaceutical firm Smith Kline Beckman corp. The Agency suspended three doctors and issued three reprimands and 27 admonishments fur improperly accept ing compensation cum the Branch of the company thai does business with the a a spokeswoman said. The actions were Laken after a i9b4 investigation by the a s inspector general. It invoked doctors at Vafa Wilities across the country. And Cipcic lations of increasing sales of sophisticated digital tape recorders. Most existing tape recorders arc unable to faithfully record the full Range of music that is present on advanced compact disc recordings. However digital tape recorders can reproduce these sounds exactly. Digital recording entails breaking sound Down into numbers either onto discs or tapes. When played Back these numbers Are read by a laser beam and converted Back into sound. The recording Industry concerned about a new generation of High technology pirating As a result of this new digital technology has been actively seeking government help to protect copyrights. The administration proposal would Deal Only with the circuitry of digital tape recorders themselves and would not seek to ban Home recording As such. While not addressing the Issue of audio recording directly the supreme court in january 1984 ruled that Home videotape recording was not in itself a violation of . Copyright Laws. The proposed ban or digital tape recorders not con Taining a copyright protecting Chip is one of a series of administration proposals dealing with better safeguard ing intellectual property  in percent of households owning video cassette recorders Las vegas Anchorage new York Chicago Honolulu Phoenix Houston los Angeles . Average 38% 35% 34% 33% 33% 28% 29%ae% 35% Chicago Tribune graphic. Source National demographics & lifestyles rambo s donation John Bear executive director at the Vietnam vet Erans outreach Center in Beacon n.v., displays a publicity photograph of actor Sylvester Stallone in the role a rambo. Thu actor sent the autographed photograph in response to the Center s request for donation. The investigation of cases involving the Smith Klinc Beckman corp. Is Complete but the inspector general s office has subpoenaed records from five other drug companies. A. Spokeswoman for Smil Kline Beckman corp. Said the company co operated with the investigation and has taken a series of Steps to help As sure that our associations with a employees does not result in or create the appearance of a conflict of interest on their  the spokeswoman said the investigations involved doctors who improperly accepted payments for speaking engagements and other activities. We believed that our relationship with a employees was consistent with traditional practices and applicable Laws she said. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. A 1141 British foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and colonial Secretary Ashur  asked the Cabinet to accept a Compromise Palestine formula that would allow 100,000 jews from european Camps for displaced persons to enter a Semi autonomous jewish province in 1 ales inc. 30 years ago foday. Feb. 8, 1957 Britain approved plans to Mold Western Europe into a giant economic unit capable of competing with the United Stales and Russia. The aim was to wipe out Tariff barriers among 17 nations 20 years ago foday. Feb. A 1967 the Pentagon upped tis publicly released total Fujii plunk Lusis in Southeast Asia from Bill to 1,172. The helicopter loss total was expected in climb from 255 to More than 600. 10 years ago today. Feb. 8, 1977 about a dozen Black  guerrillas who said we wan our country gathered eight while roman Catholic missionaries on a dirt read in i. Rhodesia and shot seven of them to death