European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 18, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 tobacco firms try to retake offensive Newark . Of tobacco companies attempted to regain the Offen Sive tuesday trying to Holster the mus iry s regulation As Slock prices dipped in inc Wake of their first loss in a cigarette liability Case. Industry lawyers called a news Confer ence to attack the impartiality of the judge in the four month trial that held a cigarette maker partly responsible for a smoker s lung cancer and awarded s400,00n in damages to her widower. They argued thai greed not principle drives attorneys who sue inc s35-Biilion a year Industry. And hey released a de tailed rebuttal to previously secret Indus try documents introduced by anti smok ing forces during the trial. The verdict monday found Liggett group inc. Had failed to warn the Public about smoking dangers and violated a Promise or express warrant in advertisements that cigarettes were Safe. It was the firs plaintiffs Victor in 30 cigarette liability lawsuits. However the . Dis Ricl court jury in Newark cleared cigarette makers la Rillard inc., Philip Morris inc. And Lig Gett of conspiring to mislead the Public about the risks of smoking. No punitive damages were awarded in the Case brought by Antonio Cipollono and his win. Rose who was so when she died of lung cancer in 1984 after smok ing cigarettes made by the three Compa Nies for 40 years. The jury mostly blamed mrs. Cipol Lonc for contracting her disease. Both sides claimed important Victo Ries from the judgment however. The verdict in the Cipollono Case is clearly a verdict for the cigarette manufacturers said Lorillard anon cd Arthur Stevens at a news conference in new York. Any Effort to characterize it otherwise is clearly a  the jury returned a resounding Mes Sage that individuals who make in formed choices have responsibility for those choices said Murray bring Law yer for Philip Morris who lit a cigarette during the news conference. Bring and Stevens also attacked judge h. Lee Sarokin As biased. Stevens called Sarokin s rulings preferential and unwarranted an a against the rules of procedure. We could not have had a More extreme adversary he said. Sarokin s Law clerk said the judge would not comment. The tobacco company lawyers said greed drove Cipollono s attorneys. Everybody knows what they were really pursuing and it was t solely to Benefit Tony or Rose Cipollone sle vans said noting thai Cipollono s attorneys spent $2 million on the Case but Only recovered 1400,000 in damages. Cipollono s attorney Marc z. Edell responded by calling inc tobacco Compa Nies characterization of his motives a cheap  said inc tobacco companies claims of Victory were intended to encourage Industry investors and discourage in yrs from pursuing such cases. Let s put it this Way. We be won $400,000. Quite frankly hey spent 550 million and came out paying $400,000," Edell said at a news conference tuesday in suburban Newark. Edell said the $400,000 will go partly to Cipollono and partly to  the costs of six other cigarette liability cases he is handling. Liggett attorneys have promised an App Calof the damages award. Cipollono who appeared with Edell Al the news conference called on the Feder Al government to impose stricter regulations on the tobacco Industry. How can a person be responsible when she starts smoking at 16? she was a child. Let s face it. She was  said Cipollono. Stork analysts tuesday downplayed Long lorm effects of the verdict. Tobacco stocks dropped in Early Trad ing tuesday with Liggett group Laking the hardest hit its Stock fell by i a cols a share to $7.50. Philip Morris cos. Inc., the nation s biggest tobacco company decreased Lia to $83.6216 and Loews corp. Parent of Lorillard slipped 25 cents to $65.l2vi. Samurai makers Monk delivers petition seeking accused of fraud to commute teen s death Penally Philadelphia a a lawsuit filed tuesday accused Suzuki motors co. Of violating Federal racketeering Laws by fraudulently promoting its sporty Samurai vehicles As Safe. The class action suit alleged Suzuki and the firms handling the company s Public relations and Advertis ing committed mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to conceal the Samurai s dangers violating the Federal racketeering influenced corrupt organizations act the suit filed by or. Harold Kay of Wynn Wood pa., on behalf of All Samurai owners nol employed by Suzuki seeks unspecified punitive and compensatory damages from the defendants. Us Uki has been defending itself vehemently against a Call by Consumers Union publisher of consumer reports Magazine for a ban of the vehicles on the grounds Hal they tend to Roll Over in sudden turns. The suit filed in . District court contended inc defendants were aware the vehicles were nol Safe but instead were by design and construction dangerous and unsuitable for on or Olf Road use and that Adver Tising and other sales representations were false and  Consumers Union said june 2 that the $8,500 Samurai was the first car. Out of 349 it had tested in the last decade that rolled Over during a routine Accident avoidance test. Indianapolis a a Monk from Rome brought pc lotions Here tuesday from nearly 2 million italians seeking commutation of the death penalty Given to a teen Ager for the murder and robbery of a Bible  Rev. Vito Bracone said he was disappointed that nov. Robert d. Orr who had previous engagements did not accept the petitions in person. In Stead Bracone met with an aide to the governor and with the convicted murderer Paula r. Cooper 18. The petition drive in Italy began in november 1986 to win clemency for Cooper of Gary who was sen in need to die in Indiana s electric chair for a 1985 robbery and stabbing Pope John Paul ii announced last september Hal he Loo would like to Sec Cooper granted clemency. Orr leaving his office to fulfil two speaking engagements said Bracone and the amnesty International members accompanying inc franciscan Monk had t called to ask for a meeting. If they had Orr said he s not sure he would have met with Bracone because Cooper s Appeal is pending. The Issue is still before the  he said. Until they be completed their work i think it would be inappropriate for me to gel  the governor has the authority 1o commute a sentence Al any Lime. But Orr has nol received a direct commutation request from Cooper s lawyers who still have an Appeal pending before the slate supreme court. Bracone at a news conference outside the Slaich ouse said he Only wanted a dialogue with the governor. I Don t see Why we cannot talk. 1 Don t want to Pui any pressure on him said brn conc. Michael k. Sul Crlin a local amnesty International spokesman said the group might try later to arrange to present the petitions to Orr. He also pledged that the organization would try Dur ing the 1989 general Assembly to have inc Dalh pen ally repealed. Amnesty International believes the death penalty is d human rights violation. Orr said he believes the death penalty still has Broad Public support in Indiana. During the 1987 legislative session amnesty inter National and of her groups including the Indiana Cash Olic conference lobbied successfully for a. Bill to raise to 16 from 10 the minimum age Ofa person who could be sentenced to Dalh. The new Law  not Ait cd Cooper who was 15 at inc time of the 1985 stabbing and robbery of Ruth e. J Clec. 78, of Gary. Three other teen agers were also convicted of related crimes in the slaying but none of the of Lycra was sentenced to die. Jetliner had equipment malfunction Seattle a investigators have removed a broken deceleration device from an Alaska airlines Jet that veered from a runway after Landing and injured live passengers officials said tuesday. The device called a thrust Rcv scr slows planes during landings by diverting a Jet engine s thrust. The recovery provided a possible explanation of Why inc Boeing 727-200 failed to Slop on the run Way sunday night at Seallie Tacoma International Airport. We Don t know when it occurred but one Side of the two piece unit worked and the of her was broken said Candace can Era the National transportation safety Board s investigator in charge. The broken thrust reverser was on the Center engine of the three engine Jet Carrera said. Investigators were disassembling inc piece and will Send it to Nosb laboratories in Washington d.c., for further testing she said. Five of the 75 passengers aboard were injured slightly when right 187 from Tucson ariz., veered 400 feel off the runway and Slid to a Slop in mud said Margo Spillman a spokeswoman for sea tac Airport. Two were treated and released at area hospitals Ihrck were treated at inc scene. Interviews with Pilot Jim Wiley 40, and the six of her Crew members monday failed to shed any fresh Light on the cause of the Accident Carrera said. Boycott threatened Over Jolson act Newark . A a new Jersey civil i fills Leader says Blacks plan to use economic Boycotts against organizations thai employ an Ai Jolson Impersonator who paints his face Black but the per former denies his act is racist. This is my warning if you allow this production to run in arc will be economic and political pressure to shut it Down said Keith m. Jones president of the new Jersey stale conference of the a act. There will be picketing and demonstrations. And there will be an economic Boycott of the establishment pressure from the civil Rig Jils group has helped Force the cancellation of two shows by Bernard c. Algard a Carpel Salesman by Day and sometime enter Tainer by night. He says he s surprised by the juror. "1 can l understand How someone can be offended he said. Naturally i both ers me that they would  As a racist act. I m certainly not a racist. 1 m an  Jones says the show epitomizes out dated stereotypes of Blacks and can Only exacerbate racial tensions. Algard inv cd a act officials to talk about the situation wednesday night Al a Public forum in Howell township his Hometown but Jones said no a act officials would attend the forum because the group sees no room for negotiation in the matter. Algard has performed for More than 12 years in churches private clubs and Public Halls in new York Pennsylvania and Southern new Jersey wearing a Tux Edo while Glovaci and Black face in a one hour revue in the style of his favorite entertainer. Bank of is a Bush Phenix City Ala. A two would be Bank robbers rushed Inlo what used to be the first Alabama Bank ordered employees Inlo whal used to be a Teller s station and finally realized the building now houses an accountant s office. Police said the masked gunmen lied the building leaving behind the Black bag they intended to fill with Cash. They got mud on their faces and no Money police Cape. Doug la said. The accounting firm of Ninas Eusler co. Has been in inc former Bank since last Monell. H. Russell Ninas said he men pulled open drawers looking for Money until they realised their mistake. Ninas said he May add a sign say ing this is not a  the two intruders were not Cap lured police said