European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday june a 1987 Reagan hails support of missile offer from Page 1 of the topics Reagan raises when he con fers beginning Noonday with the leaders of Britain France Germany Canada Italy and Japan. He said he is sure the allies would Wani 10 make sure inc United states understands heir position. And be said there Are no divisions within the administration about he Issue. Reagan relaxed with his wife and then studied briefing material from the National Security Council before reviewing to Short speeches to be taped on Fri Day on the first Day of what was to have been Reagan s state visit to Italy about 40 italian opponents of capital punish ment protested outside and demanded a pc Summit audience. Security forces refused entry to the group led by iwo members of Jalaly s parliament. Protesters carried signs Reading Welcome president in a country where there is no death  the protesters tried to enter the grounds Al several Points but were re buffed according to Ansa the italian news Agency. Aside from a saturday trip to Rome to meet with Pope John Paul ii the presi Dent will not leave the Villa before Mon Day when Summit talks begin. Following an eight hour flight from Washington aboard air Force one Rea Gan arrived jus before Midnight wednesday local time. He and Nancy Reagan were welcomed Al a. Brief Cere Mony by prime minister Ami lore fan Fani and a military Honor guard. Afterwards the reagans were flown by Heitic Operto tnc45-room Villa co Dulmer in Venice s Countryside. The Villa was fixed up for the reagans and has been reserved exclusively for the White House entourage. On monday he moves to a hotel closer to the Venice Summit site. Rom Gressman 6 others incited in we tech probe Ork up rep. Mario Biaggi his son and fre other men were indicted wednes Day on toval racketeering charges in the wed tech influence buying scandal Wittst has reached the highest Levis of government. The new a wac Democrat and his co defendant were soused of participating in a scheme that  the we tech com Pany from a Strugg fag South Bronx machine shop 10 a $100-rniflia\i-year defense contractor. Biaggi 69, was Chad with receiving 225,000 shares or 5 Percef of Wedech Stock Worth  million after thrumming to have his former Taw firm Cut its ties a the company and Block Small business Dankis Iraklion sup. Port. X his son Richard a partner in inv Ferrn Alleg edly accepted the Stock on behalf of Biaggi in Exchange for securing his help in the company s Campaign to win a 132 million army for the manufacture of Small engines. The congressman also demanded and revived s50,000 for the Law firm in a Schanke lobbying City officials in we Lech s behalf t indictment charged. North from Page 1 himself. An immunity Grant forces the witness to testify but the information he gives cannot be used against him in court. Lewis told the committees Hal Zucker asked him during an oct. 10. 1986, luncheon meeting in Geneva How Money intended Tor North could be channelled to mrs. North possibly in the form of a real estate com Mission. He indicated that the person in the White House had earned this Money in some unrelated fashion Lewis said i guess he was trying to Tel me in was t some sort of payoff or bribe or  Lewis said Zucker Lold him the Money could not be paid directly because the person was in a sensitive position at the White House. I asked who the person in he White House was Lewis said. To the Best of my recollection he said it was i. Col Oliver  during later questioning Lewis conceded he clearly remembered the reference to the White House to someone s wife and a military Peison but the refer ence to the name is less  nothing came of the conversation Lewis said Hakim Lold the committees on wednesday he wanted to make sure North s family was provided for when North embarked on a risky Mission to Iran in 1986 to gain the release of . Hostages in Lebanon. He testified he used proceeds from . Arms sales to Iran to establish a $200,000 death Benefit for North s wife and four children but he never told the Marine officer about it. Hakim said he turned to Zucker to find a Way to gel Money to North s family anonymously knowing in was illegal to make a payment directly to a . Govern ment employee. Al the time North was coordinating the secret Iran arms sates which Hakim said were yielding proceeds intended to finance Airdrop of weapons to the Nicara Guan Contra rebels. Hakim set up the secret Swiss accounts Hal held funds for the Covert activities directed by North. Smokers from Page 1 cent were smokers Down from he 39 percent reported in the 1985 Dod Survey. The Navy is conducting a similar Survey and is expected to release to results later this month. In March 1986, defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger signed a Broad health promotion directive Fea Turing an aggressive Anli tobacco Campaign. It placed severe restrictions on smoking in the workplace and called for major educational efforts on the hazards of tobacco use. Each service began implementing the directive late last Spring. Tobacco sales in military facilities have been drop Ping. About 900 million packs of cigarettes were sold in commissaries in 1986, 500 million fewer than in 1983, said a Dod official. The army and air Force Exchange service was unable to provide figures on tobacco sales in exchanges Navy exchanges have shown a s percent drop in sales from $107 million to $102 million Between 1985 and 1986. Soldiers generally seemed to support army smoking policies. About 62 percent of the enlisted members and 81 percent of the officers surveyed agreed with the restrictions on smoking. Of those respondents 41 per cent of the enlisted personnel and 46 percent of the officers were smokers. About 49 percent of the enlisted soldiers and 58 percent of the officers who smoked said they want to quil. The army Survey also delved into soldiers attitudes about cigarette pricing and availability. Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill have urged that tobacco prices in military facilities be raised to the average in the local civilian Community because the lower prices encourage smoking especially among Young Servic members. The army Survey showed that 41 percent of the enlisted personnel and 15 percent of the officers Don t perceive reduced tobacco prices As an important Mili tary Benefit. But Only 23 percent of the enlisted sol Diers and 17 percent of the officers said they would quit of reduce their smoking if tobacco sales on army bases were eliminated. The majority of respondents in the air Force Survey said they would not be influenced to quit by higher prices for tobacco in military facilities. The air Force Survey showed thai 83 percent of non smokers and 74 percent of prior smokers favored More restrictions on smoking in the workplace about 25 percent of the smokers also favored More restrictions. The army Survey revealed some problem areas said maj. Bruce Murphy action officer for the army anti tobacco use program. Some commanders have found it Tough to arrange work areas to accommodate everyone he said. Thai s something they have to work out. A much bigger concern is smokeless  the Survey showed  at the . Military facade my at West Point Only 2 percent to 5 percent of the cadets smoke but Between 10 percent and 15 percent Chew tobacco he said. Initial army Effort did t Deal with smokeless tobacco but officials Are working on plans to incorporate information about its dangers into the Overall tobacco education program. Murphy said. Implementing the anti tobacco use program Over seas in countries such As Germany and South Korea where smoking is More prevalent and accepted than in the United states is a problem thai Tigs not been solved Murphy said. Commanders overseas have designated smoking and non smoking areas and Are trying to educate local employees about the army s program but we know it an Uphill Bailie Murphy said. The army wants to assure soldiers that the program is not meant to just order them to quil. We re Irving to tie everything together under a health promotion umbrella Murphy said. If some one says they can t quit because they la feel too much stress Well we plan to launch stress management workshops Down to the company level. If someone is concerned about gaining weight after they quit Well emphasize weight control exercise and proper nutrition. We want to try to help them Slop smoking and then if they have some associated difficulties we can gel them into other programs for help with  magazines from Page 1 Doms they fight to defend. Such As Access to publications reasonably available in the commercial Market place Hoffman wrote. The new guidance he said will Lead to troublesome litigation and a Public affairs  a defense department source said he doubted base commanders would use the directive. For one thing they be had this authority All along and for another the magazines we re talking about Don t like to be stamped obscene and will fight any Effort to Label hem As  the government already has lost such a fight. In 1981, four cafes store managers were sued for is million each for refusing to Slock Hustler Magazine. The government claimed immunity but a . District court in Maryland ruled to allow the lawsuit which was settled by Compromise Hustler remained in Post exchanges using a formula based on shelf space and Market share. In stores where Here was shelf space for three magazines and Hustler presented at least a third of the Market share in Fiat area it would be locked. A draft of the directive Calls for base commanders to consult with their staff Legal counsel about local Community obscenity standards including civilian Community court rulings and the feelings of members of the military Community before setting base policy on adult magazines. The supreme court ruling said material is obscene if it meets three conditions that the average person applying contemporary Community standards finds that the work taken As a whole appeals to the prurient interest in sen that the work depicts or describes in a pal Nelly offensive Way sexual conduct specifically defined by an applicable stale or Federal Law. That the work taken As a whole lacks serious literary artistic political or scientific value. Penthouse and Hustler Ore the two most popular monthly magazines sold through stars and stripes bookstores in Europe. Penthouse Sells More than 13,000 copies per month and Hustler averages about 11,000 copies monthly pulling both at the head of the lop 10" of monthly Best Sellers at the 205-store opera lion. Weekly magazines such As Jet and National enquirer Are the Overall Best Sellers however with each aver aging about 8,000 copies per week according to sales figures. It. Col. Suzanne l Phillips Deputy commander of the stars and stripes termed the directive a potential bucket of  where they Are trying to get a Standard policy we could see a lot of individual views As Community com Manders implement the directive she said