European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 29, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 tobacco ads aimed at youth Koop ays Washington op1 surgeon general a Evor Cal Koop charged monday that the tobacco Industry is focusing much of its advertising on Young people to try to replace older smoker who have either quit or died. Koop opening a 2w-Day Ami smoking conference atthe National institutes of health also predicted that sooner or later plaintiffs will win a product liability suit against cigarette companies. He said 100  esses arc now in the  sheer Cost of defending against this Many plaintiffs a courts Alt across inc country is problem enough but add the possibility of losing any one of them and you have the makings or an Industry night Mare Koop said. A judgment against cigarettes would be an enor Mous economic blow to the cigarette Industry and i for one believe that  a judgment could be possible before too Many years have  Brenna Moran spokeswoman for the tobacco Institute said the tobacco Industry has not yet lost  a Case and she denied that cigarette makers we trying Togel Young people to Start smoking. Koop an outspoken opponent of smoking said his goal of having a smoke free society by the year 2000 is irs reportedly seeks to revoke pal tax status Charlotten a. A the internal Revenue service wants to revoke the pal s lax exempt status for a three year period because a substantial portion of its earnings benefited Jim Bakker his relatives and other pal officers according to a published  irs said in a confidential 1985 report that Bak Ker was paid nearly $1 million More than the Agency deemed reasonable from i9s1-s3, the Charlotte observer reported in its tuesday  irs contended that Bakker and other officers spent Money lavishly holding $8,000 dinner parties. And renting $35q-a-night hotel rooms the newspaper said. Tie Agency also. Said pal failed to re Portall of Bakker s income on his w-2 forms the observer said. According to the ministry s 1986 audited Finan Cial statements pal Hasi been granted a hearing be i fore the irs s regional an i peals director. The min i is try s next Slep would be1 to go to court or submit to Bikker the irs  a separate Mailer the South Carolina tax com Mission is demanding pal pay $5.5 million in penal ties interest and Back taxes for 1984-85, according to documents obtained by the  expects the two tax agencies 10 extend their claims to cover More recent years according to Undis closed portions of pal s 1986 financial statements obtained by the  a move would jeopardize the ministry s tax exempt status for 1934 and 1983 and result in another South Carolina claim for at least $4,5 million in sales and accommodations taxes the newspaper  pal spokeswoman who refused to give her name said monday night that spokesman Neal Eskelin was not available for comment. Pal which has refused to answer past tax questions is appealing the findings inside inc two tax Agen cies the newspaper  officials. Indicate that icy do not agree with any Issue raised in the report the irs said in nov. 13,19s5, letter to the ministry. If the fort Mill s.c., ministry loses its lax exempt status its contributors would no longer be Able to do duct donations on their lax returns. Pal also Wouldhave to file Back lax returns and perhaps pay Back  is not known How much pal would owe the fed eral government if it lost its tax exempt status. Pal auditors indicated however thai the irs claim would have a significant effect on pal s financial statements pal reported su9 million in Revenue in 19s6. The irs document provide the first publicized Evi Dence that government officials objected to i to s spending on Bakker and his wife. Tammy who led in ministry. Bakker resigned in March after he admitted to a tryst with a Church Secretary. Look ing belter. He said per capita cigarette sales arc the lowest they have been in 40 years in the United states but he said 53 million americans still  those who now smoke Koop said research has shown six out of 10 started when they were 13 Yea sold or younger. And every study i be seen says thai the earlier a addiction is acquired the longer it will continue and the tougher it is to break. So we need to invest Muchmore time and Effort getting the no smoking message across to the Young people at America Koop said this May not be easy because of opposition from the cigarette  Are literally pouring Money into print Adver Tising  promotion ,., they arc not allowed Load Vertise on radio and television and yet the cigarette Industry s annual investment in advertising and pro motion is Over $2 billion or about $8 for every Man woman and child in the United  of their Effort arc now directed at Young peo ple Koo said. Absolutely not said Moran of the tobacco Institute we Don t want teen agers smoking. We Don target our advertising toward them and As a matter of fact advertising is not Factor in teen age smok  said studies have shown that peer pres sure and family info Cnoc by adults Are the key factors involved in smoking by teen agers it is the policy of the tobacco Institute speak ing for the tobacco Indus try that Young people should not smoke Moran said. Smoking Isan adult custom not something thai Len Ngor should  Koop Koop said the fact of the Mailer is thai the future of the cigarette Industry depends on its being Able to find new smokers to Lake inc place of those that quit and of course those 350,000 customers who lose their lives to smoking each year. And the Best candidates from inc Industry s Point of View arc Young  soviets Honor . Cabby in memory of Elbe linkup Chicago a five retired soviet general Sand an Admiral cast a Wreath of red carnations in the Chicago River to Honor a lax Driver in a Cere Mony marking the Elbe River linkup of Allied forces at the close of world War  is for peace and Friendship Between our people said lit. Gen. Mikhail Milshtein who joined the family of the late Joe Polowsky at the Michigan Avenue  think it s amazing they would come All this Way to remember a cab Driver said Polowsky soon Ted on the 42nd anniversary of the meeting of soviet and american  cab Driver they came to Honor was in the first patrol of the . Is army soldiers to meet with the soviet red army troops at the Elbe april 25,1945.Polowsky who won the Bronze Star for risking his life with other patrol members dedicated his life to promoting ,-soviet Friendship and peace. He visited Washington Moscow and East Ger Many in attempts to have All countries set aside april 25 As Elbe Day a Day of world  was a Soldier of peace not War his widow Marie 56, said. He did t want another  april 25, he went to inc Chicago River Bridge to hand out leaflets throw a Wreath in the water and plead his Case with passers by. When Joe Polowsky died of cancer at age 67 in1983, he was buried at his request near the spot of the historic meeting in East Germany. A Joe Polowsky standing Center with is. Patrol. Classification up 6 percent . Keeping More info secret Washington a Uncle Sam tried to keep More information secret last year As Federal workers increased by 6 percent their decisions to classify documents a study released monday showed. The report prepared by the information Security oversight office said there were More than 1.2 Mil lion classification decisions by people authorized Touse Stamps marked top secret,1 secret or confidential in 1986.even though the number of authorised classifiers dropped from 7,014 to 6,756, icy exercised inc Power to keep sensitive documents secret 6 percent More than the previous  original classification decisions arc made to protect information against unauthorised disclosure in the interest of National Security. Steven Carfinkel director of the office which is part of the general services administration said the procedure of measuring classified documents changed in 19h5, Mak ing comparisons with earlier years inaccurate although virtually every Gavern Mcnol Agency Classi fies documents the defense department accounted for 68 percent of the actions in 19s6, the report  Cia was next with 24 percent. The j Ustick depart t classified j percent and the stale department 2percent. Other agencies accounted for i percent. The majority of classified documents 53 percent were marked secret with the Stifler category top secret accounting for Only 2 percent. Some 45percent were marked confidential the least restrictive  report said the classification process is generally working  but the decision to assign More than50 percent of the documents to the secret category appears to result  Lurk of Confidence by Classi Fiers in the confidential  the decision to reduce the number of people designated to classify material Drew Praise from the Over sight office limiting inc number of original classifiers May have a significant Impact on controlling the volume of Overall classification activity inn report said Overall the report concluded thai the Overas Silica lion of information is not i serious a problem As some popular Media report nevertheless because Over classification damages the credibility of the information Security system the Issue merits concern and diligent oversight inc report said