European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6. The stars and stripes sunday june 26,1983 mailing germs toxins to be banned Washington a germs and dangerous Tox ins will to banned from the mail under new regulations announced Friday in the Wake of congressional concern Over reports that he military has increased shipments of such items. The action is being taken to ensure the safety and health of. Customers and employees the postal sen ice said. The postal service is concerned that some customers Are planning increased use of the mails for sending disease germs or hazardous toxins Etiologic agents no Date was set to implement the new rules which must go through a format regulatory process before they can tale effect. Jeremy Rifkin an activist who Heads the foundation on economic trends in Washington hailed the decision Friday As a step toward avoiding a potential catastrophe. Rifkin who petitioned the postal service to ban such shipments said he now will turn his attention to the transportation department which he wants to investigate shipments of dangerous products by Pri vate carriers. Marine suing . Chief warrant officer Martin Galtney Cradle a photograph of his late wife Mutsuko. She died after receiving what he sys was aids tainted blood in Navy Hospital. A Tiffney who also lost Bis infant son to aids related complications announced tuesday in Boston that he is suing the Federal Rover men for $55 million. The 39-Yew-old Marine officer is also infected with the aids virus. Various products including biological warfare Tox ins have been mailed in the past under strict pack aging and Labelling rules and postal officials say no problems have occurred. Hut following reports that the army planned to expand research facilities in Utah California attorney general John Van de Kamp complained that the need for increased shipments of dangerous biological products could create a Hazard. Army officials have told a House subcommittee that they actually ship very few parcels containing biological items and those almost always by private com Mercial Carrier the packages have been tested and Are literally Able to survive an aircraft or Highway crash said Thomasr. Das Hilf director of environmental and life sciences Al the defense department. While attention has focused on shipments of germs and toxins by inc military the Federal centers for Dis ease control in Atlanta and other medical establish ments also make such shipments officials report. Of More than 10,000 shipments of biological items Over a 16-month period fewer than 10 percent were a ardous items or. John w. Mcvicor told a House 2 lolled 4 Hurt in California shooting spree Concord Calif. Dpi a disgruntled Security guard was in custody saturday on charges he walked into the offices of a company in the Industrial Par where he worked and methodically shot six people killing two of  Flenaugh jr., 45. Was arrested without Inci Dent at his Oakland Home three hours after the Friday evening  Hollis 17, of Martinez died shortly before Midnight of a Bullet wound to the stomach after sur Gery Al John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek. Friends said the High school student wanted to earn Money lobby a car and was working for the summer at Micro pure a maker of water purifying  saturday Jim Disney 19, of Concord died from his wounds Al John Muir Hospital. Disney had been shot in the  victims was reported in critical condition two in serious condition and one woman was in fair condition with superficial . Jim Jennings of the Concord police department said witnesses reported that the Security guard who employees at the Industrial Park say had been working there for More than a year and was Well liked was muttering under his breath when he came into the Micro pure offices around 6 30  quoted witnesses As saying he uttered something to the effect that this is a Lousy Job. Be fore pulling out a  said the Security guard walked in a Back door and strolled through inc firm s offices taking deliberate aim and shooting Al people methodically firing the gun six times. He shot three people in shipping room two in a room where employees take their Breaks and one in the main office police said i heard a Bunch of shots and heard a Bunch of people screaming bystander sue Lively said. Subcommittee. Of those the Agency said Only three reports of leaks were received and none Rusu Llyd in any infection. The increasing number of biologic agents placed in the mail in recent years however has led us to con clude that any risk however Small to postal workers and the Public from these substances should be regarded As  Frank concluded. The planned new rules would cover dangerous items but would not affect the mailing of blood Sam Ples and Oiler such materials being sent to laboratories for routine medical testing the postal service said. Postal workers in Kansas City last year had expressed concern about these products after some package were found leaking. Mail handlers were supplied with gloves masks and other protective gear Al the time and the packaging for the samples has since been improved. Postal regulations already prohibit the mailing of a variety of items including strike anywhere matches explosives fuses Many poisons most flammable liquids and certain chemicals. Stateside Homes for mosquitoes will soon provide Energy Jacksonville. Fla. A millions of ires now serving As the Breeding ground for Dis ease carrying mosquitoes will soon be providing Energy for o company in Athens. Greece. The Oxford tire co. Of Buffalo new York plans to shred three fourths of Jacksonville s 4 million junked tires and Send them to Titan Cement co. In Athens As fuel. The lire Are stored Al dumps where they col Lect water that becomes a Breeding ground for insects. The Yard has been identified As a Breed ing ground for the asian Tiger Mosquito be Lic cd to carry deadly Dengue fever and Excepha  City is paying Oxford 1538,000 to shred inc tires into the size of charcoal briquet. They can then be burned As fuel. They actually produce More heat Energy than the same amount of  said Don Bayly assistant director of the Jacksonville Bio environment services division. 30-year prison sentence faced by Drunken Driver Baton Rouge la. A a Man arrested 13 limes in seven years on charges of driving while intoxicated was sentenced Friday to the maximum punishment of 30 years in Pris  or later you will Hurt or maim or kill state District judge Bob Hester told Rich Ard Davis 31, who had pleaded guilty earlier to fourth offence driving while intoxicated. My goal is not to punish you but to protect  Davis who pleaded guilty in May. Had been told by Hester that he might be belter off if Betook his chances with a jury Davis was charged with his latest do Case on Jan. 11. Tobacco firm not liable in lung cancer death Philadelphia a the jury in a Case linking the hazards of Asbestos and smoking found saturday that american tobacco co. Was no liable in a former shipyard worker s lung cancer death but should have put warning labels on cigarette packs sooner the Federal jury awarded no damages in the death last year of John Ray gun Sal us 55. Of Chester. The Case was decided less than two weeks after a jury in Newark n.j-, decided three tobacco companies should pay$400,000 to the widower of a lifelong smoker. It was the nation s first monetary award against a cigarette  jury in the Gunsalus Case had to answer two questions were pall mall cigarettes prior 10 1966 defective at the time sold in that they failed to provide a warning and were they a substantial cause of Gunsalus death the panel answered yes to the first question faulting the company for not cautioning of the dangers of tobacco be fore 1966, when warnings began to be printed on cigarette packages As Man dated by Congress. To the second question the jury an swered no. To award damages it had to find that cigarettes were a substantial cause of Gunsalus death. Ciu Salus estate bad sought an unspecified amount for pain and suffering attorneys for american tobacco cheered the verdict outside the court room but declined to comment to a re Porter. The eight member jury had begun deliberations thursday. American tobacco attorney Edward f. Mannino had contended smoking s dangers were not the Issue but instead told the jury that Gunsalus drank heavily suffered multiple Stab wounds and had three heart attacks before dying of lung cancer. Nobody told John Gunsalus what to do Mannino repeatedly told the jury. He described Gunsalus As a heavy Drinker who drifted from Job to Job lived with other women while married and suffered multiple slab wounds and three heart attacks before dying last year still unable or unwilling to give up his habit of smoking two packs of pall mall cigarettes a Day. Thomas f. Johnson the attorney for Gunsalus estate angrily disputed Man nine s comments. The unspoken Assumption of Amer ican tobacco s argument is what does it matter if we kill a bum he told the jury attorneys for Gunsalus estate tried to show that american tobacco produced a defective product because cigarette pack Ages carried no warnings for people who work near Asbestos. Gunsalus worked for several years Al a Chester shipyard where the use of Asbestos was prevalent. According to testimony from or. Paul Epstein of graduate Hospital in Phila Delphia Gunsalus died of cancer caused by smoking and Asbestos exposure. Epstein a witness for the Gunsalus estate said the interaction of Asbestos and cigarette smoke causes a far greater risk of cancer than either substance Dodson its own