European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 news Brief the stars and stripes wednesday. June 15,1988 30 arrested 3 injured in soccer fan disturbances Cologne West Germany a Drunken soccer fans clashed in the cities of Cologne and Frankfurt overnight leading to 30 arrests an leaving three people injured on the fourth Day of the european soccer championships. Police in Cologne said tuesday that a group of Between 25 to 30 Drunken English and Irish fans smashed windows with stones and tipped Over Large flowerpots and garbage containers in the downtown area of Cologne late monday. At least three people were Hurt and 22 British fans were arrested. Cologne police said. In Frankfurt police said a West German Man was taken to a Hospital for treatment of an Eye injury after italian soccer fans beat him Upin Ine City s Sachsen Hauson nightclub District. The ital ians escaped into the crowded streets police said and no one was arrested. However seven Drunken English fans were arrested As a precaution about Midnight in Sach san Hauson after they became too boisterous police said. I m sorry that this occurred soviet minister tells Carlucci by Norman Black a military writer Washington the defense minister of the so Viet Union has extended an apology to the United Stales for the March 1985 shooting death of an Ameri can army officer inside East Germany the Pentagon said tuesday. The apology from defense minister Dmitri Yazoo was offered to defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci during a private muting Between the two men during the Moscow Summit said Dan Howard the Penta gon s chief spokesman. Howard disclosed the Yazoo apology during a regu Lar Pentagon briefing the first to be held since car Lucci returned from an around the world trip that included stops in Moscow Japan and South Korea. Howard said he did not disclose the apology at the close of the Summit meeting Between president Reagan and Mikhail a Gorbachev because no reporters asked about the matter. Carlucci requested an apology for the shooting of maj. Arthur d. Nicholson or. During his first private meeting with his soviet counterpart last March. At the Lime Yazoo promised Only to look into the matter. Asked tuesday whether Yazoo had Ever responded Howard said during the course of a private meeting in mos co the minister expressed his regret Howard then quota Yazoo As saying i expressed my regret Over the incident and i m sorry that this occurred. This does not promote improved relations. Secretary Carlucci and i have agreed we will do All we can to prevent these kinds Nond dents in the spokesman said the Reagan administration considered Yarov s remarks an appropriate apology even though the soviet did not offer to provide any compensation to Nicholson s family. Shortly after the incident Carlucci s predecessor Caspar w. Weinberger had demanded not Only an apology from the soviet Union but also financial compensation for his widow and family. Jury finds cigarette firm partly liable in death Newark . A a Federal court jury monday ruled for he first Lime that a cigarette company was partly responsible for the death of a smoker finding that Liggett group inc. Failed to warn the Public about the dangers of cigarettes and violated its Promise to pro Duce a Safe product. The jury awarded $400,000 to Anto Nio Cipollone whose wife. Rose died of lung cancer in 1984 but rejected his claim of a conspiracy among the three tobacco companies that produced the cigarettes his wife smoked. Liggett Lorillard inc. And Philip mor Ris inc. Were exonerated of conspiring to mislead the Public about the dangers of smoking. The damage award was based in the jury s finding that Liggett violated its expressed Promise to Consumers to make a Safe product thus contributing to mrs. Cipollone s death. It also found that Liggett failed to warn the Public about the dangers of cigarettes bul awarded no punitive damages because it found mrs. Cipollone so per cent responsible for her death. Mrs. Cipollone who began smoking when she was in was 58 when she died. She smoked Chesterfield and pm cigarettes both made by Liggett before con Gress required health warnings be printed on cigarette packs in 1966. She later switched to brands made by Lon lard and Philip Morris. Cipollone s main attorney Marc z. Edell said he would ask the judge to overturn the jury s decision that Ligget pay no damages for the suffering of mrs. Cipollone that Money would have gone to her estate unlike the $400,000 that goes to Cipollone i think the jury for whatever reason did t like Rose Cipollone. That s the problem. They never met Rose Cipol Lone he said. He said he did not know if the verdict Lead 10 More tobacco liability we won partial but it s a Start he tobacco companies have claimed for the last 20 years that they Are Invin Cible said Alan Darnell another attorney for Cipollone. This shows they Are not. They Are just like any other Compa Liggett attorney James Kearney said he was pleased by the verdict. The jury specifically rejected any claims of Puni Tive damages he said. The floodgates have been closed even firmer than they were Liggett attorney Donald Cohn said he regarded the jury s award of 1400,000 As sympathy and said he would Appeal. This is basically a Victory for the de sense he said. Cipollone 64, of Lakehurst said he was lad the trial was Over and i m glad the verdict came out Halfway a it was t 100 percent. I m glad that asked if his wife would be Happy about the jury s finding he said i Don t really know. She started the suit and i told her i d continue until the the tobacco Industry with $35 billion in Revenue waged an extensive and expensive defense against the lawsuit fear ing that a loss could unleash a flood of multimillion Dollar liability lawsuits. Cipollone s attorneys had said the Casenas especially significant because they got permission to introduce numerous secret corporate documents that spoke Ofa gentleman s agreement nol to do cancer research of an Industry strategy to create doubt about the health charge without actually denying it and of a re search program designed so that result can Molliann the Industry. The companies said statements in the documents represented the views of individuals and were taken out of context. Trade from Pago 1 taking session with italian prime minister Ciriaco do Mila. Ii shows that we have continued to bring Down the Trade deficit he said. A has been on a pretty Contin Ual decline. And it s been brought about this time by not Only an increase in exports but a decrease in in Commerce undersecretary Robert Ortner said at a news briefing that the figures proved America s Trade problems were finally on the Way to being resolved. These figures Are very encouraging he said. We arc continuing to get an improvement in Trade the government said that americans appetite for imports declined by 6.4 percent to 136.1 billion in april. Exports were also Down bul by a smaller 2.5 percent to $26.2 billion. The Trade deficit is the amount by which the value of imports exceeds the value of exports. The improvement gave the country its first single digit Trade deficit since a $9.90 billion imbalance Ina gust 1985. It was the lowest imbalance since an $8.03 billion deficit in december 1984. The March deficit was originally reported As a sin Gle digit figure As Well Al $9.7 billion. Bul that was before the department began adjusting to take into account seasonal factors. After those adjustments the March deficit grew to $11.70 billion. Beginning with the april report the department will report Only seasonally adjusted figures in the Hope that the adjustments will smooth out some of the erratic swings that in past months have sent financial markets into a tailspin. The original february deficit which was higher than expected sent the Dollar plunging in value around the world and pushed the Dow Jones Industrial average Down by 101 Points its fifth worst loss Ever. The markets were not particularly cheered by the March Trade improvement because it showed a sleep Rise in imports along with it record level of Export tales. Investors worried that the big Rise in import indicated that faster Domestic demand would Lead to higher inflation. For the first four months of the year the . Trade deficit was running at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $141.8 billion. If this trend holds for the rest of he year it would be a Sharp improvement from last years record Trade deficit of $ 170.3 billion. The Reagan administration and Many private economists Are looking for a smaller Trade improvement for the whole year of around $150 billion. The Good Trade news was especially welcomed by the administration As the president plans to travel to to Ronto on sunday for his eighth and final economic Summit with world leaders. Dukakis from Page 1 Reagan s stance on human rights at the recent Moscow Summit. But Dukakis also criticized the administration say ing the United states should never again announce Radical changes in our strategic doctrine or adopt dra Matic new bargaining positions on nuclear weapons without consulting our attics in answering questions after the speech he said that if the Reagan administration can conclude an agreement on Long Range nuclear weapons before the president leaves office i strongly urge the administration to go for it and i Hope they he renewed his criticism of South Africa but continued to resist Labelling it a terrorist stale As Jackson has demanded. I tend to resist labels generally because i Don t know exactly what they mean he said. Referring to the administration s View thai South Africa s apartheid system can be Best opposed by stay ing in Contact he said i in info we be go to be very Tough on South constructive engagement s a Jackson who has at times said he deserves to be offered the vice presidential spot behind Dukakis on the democratic ticket said monday he could still rally supporters behind Dukakis if someone else is chosen Dukakis Campaign chairman Paul Braun Las Point Man in the Democrat s search for a running mate was to spend several Days in Washington starting tuesday to discuss vice presidential prospects seeking advice from members of Congress and other democratic party leaders. ,. _ Bush met on monday Wilh members of the cuban american National foundation an anti Castro have been no accommodations made with Cas Tro s corrupt communist government by this administration and if i May inject a partisan Point i Guaran tee you there will be no accommodations during a Bush presidency he said the private organization has agreed to help resettle some 4,000 Lalin americans in this country. Dukakis engaged in a form of one up Manship with Bush on South Africa after the vice president went beyond the usually tame administration stance and labelled South Africa a racist when informed of that comment Dukakis called for an International Boycott of South Africa saying it of Only is engaging in blatant racism and terrorism it is engaging in naked aggression against its
