European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday september 12.1987 cruising at Light Speed Appena Jonathan Tennyson of Mahn Konn Hawaii talus Bis solar powered car out for � spin on the Haw Ilum Island highways. Tennyson plans to compete in the world solar Challenge 1,000-Mllt-Loni endurance Nee Between Darwin and Adelaide Australia begin Ning nor. I. Smoking rate among americans steadily dropping study says Atlanta a smoking in America is less prevalent than Ever according to a Federal study that has researchers envisioning a nation of smoke free Public places in just 13 years. Just 26,5 percent of americans 17 or older smoke the National centers for disease control found in its Tim adult use of tobacco Survey. The Survey which questioned More than 13,000 people late last year reported that 29.5 percent of american men smoke and 23.s percent of . Women. Those numbers were Down from the National health interview Survey of 1985, which found that 30.4 percent of its Survey group smoked 33.2 per cent of the men and 27.9 percent of the women. Some fluctuation May have occurred due to differences Between the two studies but or. Ron Davis director of the cacs us. Office on smoking and health said we consider our data to be very  one of the nation s 1990 health goals a National smoking rate of less than 25 percent has almost been met the Atlanta based cd said thursday in its weekly report. And the . Surgeon general s announced Goat of a smoke free society by 2000 also May become a reality Davis said. With the trend today toward restricting or Banning smokers. We May have a situation in the year 2000 where smoke a can Only smoke in the privacy of their own Homes or outside where non smokers won t be affected he said. Davis predicted that the decrease in smoking will level off at Between 10 percent to 15 percent of the population who Are very stubborn smokers. The nation s smoking rate then should continue 10 decline at a slower Pace As older smokers die and younger people Don t take up the habit he said. The Survey found that 24.6 percent of the . Adult population have Given up smoking including 30,4 per cent of men and 19.3 percent of women. Among Blacks the smoking rate was 28.4 percent 32. Percent for men and 25,1 percent for women. Whites smoking Rale was 26.4 percent 29.3 percent for men and 23.7 percent for women. The cd cautioned that the rates for Blacks May be skewed because Blacks made up Only about 1,100 of tobacco firms Sot Nomof profit in of Cru of Dutari ext those surveyed. For example a 1985 study using a larger Sample of Blacks listed a smoking rate for Black men of 40.6 percent More than 8 percent higher than the new cd study in the latest study the highest rate for All men was in the 35-44 age group 37 per cent of whom smoke. The lowest Rale was among males 65 and older 17 percent of whom smoke. In women the highest rate occurred among those 25-34 years old 29 percent. The lowest rate was among those 65 and older 12 percent. An estimated 47 million american adults Are still smokers the cd said. The Agency called for increased emphasis on stopping smoking among adolescents minorities and Blue Collar workers. The nation s smoking rate has fallen dramatically since 1964, the year of the surgeon general s landmark warning about smoking and cancer heart disease and other health problems. At that Lime 40 percent of the nation smoked including s3 percent of men and 32 percent of women. Cigarette Conw Medon so b2se 600 600 197s a 78 to 62 american brands . Reynolds ship moms. Bat. Industries " estimate Cotaya Tocum or lpns source. Bour non St tit re hindi smoke Ess cigarette reported ready Raleigh . A r a Reynolds tobacco co. Is expected to announce next week that it his mastered the technical problems of making a smokeless cigarette according to a television report thursday. The company would neither confirm nor deny the report Cable news network reported that the tobacco giant is advancing the announcement of the product because Loo Many employees Are learning of the Secrel project to keep it quiet Reynolds also is reportedly concerned about potential Competition in the race for the smoke less cigarette can said quoting unidentified sources. Contacted at his office in w Inion Salem on thurs Day night company spokesman David Fischl said he would neither confirm nor deny that there was a new product or that the company would make an announcement next week. It s Standard policy for us not to comment on speculation or rumours Fischl said. I understand they can reporters got their information through an advertising Agency. But i can t comment  the network said that production of smokeless cigarettes which could be a Boon As smoking comes under wide attack in the work place and other Public places would not begin Umil this Winter. Stateside Connecticut Republican is newest congressman Washington a Christopher Shays a Connecticut real estate broker and a longtime stale legis Lator is the newest member of Congress replacing the Only congressman known to have died from aids. Shays a Republican front Stamford received a min Ute Long standing ovation from his new House col leagues As he waved to them end blew a kist to hit wife family and Friend scaled in the chamber s Visi tors gallery. It s a thrill of a lifetime to be a member of he House of representatives in Washington the 41 year old lawmaker told reporter shortly after taking the oath of office. Shays who Defeated the favored democratic Chal Lenger in an aug. 18 special election even though he was badly outs Cal replaces he late Stewart 8. Mckinney a nine term Republican who died in May after contracting acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Reagan honors winners of Constitution contest Washington a president Reagan thurs Day paid tribute to a boy and girl who Are joint winners of an essay writing contest in connection with the Observance of the Constitution s Bicentennial. The winners were Sara Elizabeth Johnson of ports Mouth Ohio and Mahbub Alam Majumdar of Rich land Wash. A grand prize of is 0,000 was awarded to each youngster in the Competition that was co sponsored by the commission on the Bicentennial of the . Constitution the american bar association and Usa today Gannett co. The contest attracted 13.000 entries nationwide. Reagan during a ceremony in an auditorium of the old executive office building told award winners from the 50 states that it was t the absence of prob lems but the presence of Wisdom that permitted those gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to replace the articles of confederation with a tasting Constitution. Jane Byrne enters race for clerk of court system Chicago a former mayor Jane Byrne has officially declared her candidacy for the democratic nomination for clerk of the Cook county court system. I think that a lot of things can be done with the office. And nobody can say that i was t a Good administrator byte s3, said. Byrne mayor from 1979 to 1983, lost a three Way mayoral primary for mayor in 1981 and then failed in a comeback bid against mayor Harold Washington in february incumbent clerk Morgan Finley a Democrat was indicted on Federal charges of accepting $25,000 from an Fri operative. He is awaiting trial but has said he will be found innocent and seek a fourth term. Texas convict executed after years on death Row Huntsville Texas a a Man who spent 10 years on death Row was executed Early thursday for murdering a probation officer who begged for mercy As his wife and daughter huddled under Ablan Kei nearby. Joseph Starvaggi 34, a Cement finisher and native of Champaign. Ill was pronounced dead at 12 30 a to. By Charles Brown a spokesman for the Texas depart ment of corrections. Starvaggi who made no last statement was executed by lethal injection for the slaying of John Den son murdered during a 1976 burglary at his borne. . District judge Lynn Hughes in Houston and the 5th . Circuit court of appeals in new Orleans denied last minute appeals wednesday. The . Supreme court refused on a 6-2 Vole to halt the execution late wednesday legislation would erase Woody Herman s debt los Angeles a congressional help May be on its Way for ailing jazz great Woody Herman whose financial predicament has left him unable to pay his real. Rep. John Conyers jr., d-mich., announced thurs Day thai he plans to introduce legislation next week that would erase Herman s tax debt which spans More than 20 years. The jt.6 million in unfilled payroll lanes and penal ties would be paid by the Treasury department if the Bill passe according to a Story in Friday s los Angeles Herald examiner