European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday september 22,1988 panel favors warning Label for alcoholic beverages Washington a the Senate Commerce committee unanimously approved a Bill tuesday thai for the first Lime would require a warning Label Tor alcoholic beverages. The Label would state that alcohol could impair driving abilities and cause birth defects and other health problems. This is inc first Bill in he history of Congress that culls for Labelling on alcohol said sen. Ernest f. Hoi Lings , chairman of the committee. We know from Labelling tobacco that in has worked. Labelling is realistic in will work and i think we can move this Bill through Congress Iii  the Bill is a result of a Compromise by sen. Strom Thurmond r-s.c., who has sought in for the past 19 years and sen. Wendell Ford Day whose stale is a major producer of whiskey. In would require a single warning on bottles and cans of distilled spirits Beer and wine and prohibit Stales from requiring additional warning labels. This Compromise boils it Down 10 the two warnings that arc most critical said sen. Albert Gore d-tenn., referring to pregnancies and driving. We May not satisfy everybody with this but i think in really hits inc bulls Eye said Gore. The measure was approved by the committee on a voice Vole with no members objecting. We in Congress have determined that there is a need for a Clear reminder of some of the most critical hazards of alcohol consumption Thurmond said. The unanimous approval of my Bill today shows the wide Range of support that this measure now receives. I anticipate the Bill s passage by both houses of Congress before we adjourn in  the required Label would read government warn ing according to the surgeon general women should not drink alcohol during pregnancy because of the it \ of birth defects. Consumption of alcoholic Bovera a impairs your ability to drive a car or operate Machin Ery and May cause other health  a similar Bill has been introduced in the House by rep. John Conyers a Mich. It was understood that Conyers will ask the House to accept the Compromise language assuming that the Bill gets through the sen ate. Thurmond said the Public is entitled to inc facts and they Are not getting them from the alcohol Indus try. Warning labels represent a modest attempt to counter the 52 billion spent each year by the alcohol Industry to glamorize their product. This is not an Extension of the Federal government into private Industry. In is merely an attempt to fairly present the facts to the american people Thurmond said. Burger King s food for thought adds new flavor to . History Miami a patrons Reading Burger King s paper tray liners Are finding inc fast food Chain has served up . History ils Way bul not necessarily inc right Way. Promotional material for the Miami based company s education enriches everyone Campaign incorrectly credits Thomas Jefferson with writing the . Constitution the information was published on millions of Iray liners and is pan of a promotion that includes Book Marks and about 35,000 posters to be mailed to class rooms across the nation. According to the Way liners before Thomas Jefferson could  he was schooled in  actually Jefferson did t even Atland the constitutional convention. He did however write the Decla ration of Independence and initially objected to the Constitution Slack of Protection for human Anghis. Barbara Gothard the Burger King executive in charge of inc Campaign held fast to inc Nolion thai Jefferson did pen the const Lulion. Our research shows us that in 1787, James mad Ison actually sent a copy of the const Lulion to Jeffer son in France so thai in a sense Jefferson penned inc Constitution said Goliard. To restaurant chains in number of Unile or 1987 4,945 Kentucky Fried Checkon 4,850 Domino s 4.zs5 Wenous 3,778 boy 7, accused of threatening girls with gun demanding sex Lakeland Fla. Of a first Grade boy who allegedly pulled a gun on two female classmates and demanded sex on the Way Home from school probably won t be allowed to return to his elementary school officials said. The 7-year-old boy who told investigators he brought the .38-caliber handgun from Home was sus Pended immedi ally after the sept. 12 incident and awaits a hearing said Bill Duncan who is in charge of discipline for the Polk county school District he did have a weapon there at the school and he did threaten some girls with it Duncan said. We know for a fact thai he had it because he admitted that  the child could be suspended for two years and in any event he probably will not return to his school Duncan said. In s our Job to prefect inc other 99 percent of inc students be said. Although the investigation is not Complete initial reports indicated that the boy demanded sexual favors from the girls Duncan said. Crystal Lake elementary school principal w. James Pace refused to comment. Don Woods who supervises alternative education for inc county cautioned against drawing conclusions before a hearing is held. Sometimes the stories come out quite different he said. "11 might come out that in was t As Senous As it  Polk county sheriff s spokeswoman Lynne Breiden Bach said tuesday that criminal charges Are being examined by the stale attorney s office lat this Point we have not charged him. We have not determined that any violations have occurred she said. There s a big if about whether charges will be filed school investigators Don t know whether the gun was loaded. It belonged to the live in Boyfriend of the boy s Mother Breidenbach said. Some classmates apparently saw the gun bul the boy threatened them and told them to keep quiet officials said. They told a custodian about the incident after school. 73 horses gunned Down Nevada officials believe Carson City nov. A carcasses of 73 wild horse have been discovered in an Iso lated Section of Central Nevada and authorities believe they were slaughtered a Bureau of land management spokesman said tuesday. Federal investigators were tipped off by a per son who was questioned about an earlier Case in which 44 horses were gunned Down. The two Sites Are 30 Miles apart. Bob Stewart Bureau spokesman said a Heli copter Crew monday found 73 piles of Bones and Otner evidence. The spokesman said ground Crews were headed Inlo the Remote area to verify the cause of death of the horses but the evidence so far leads us to believe they were  he said the maximum Penally for shooting a wild horse is a Fine of j2.000 and a year in Pris on for each kill ing. Hand will still be flaming despite classroom Blaze South Bend. Ind. A a notre Dame instructor says he will continue using his Flam ing hand magic trick As an audience talc lion grabber even though he set a Small Blanc in a classroom. When was the last time you set your Audi ence on fire the adjunct professor g. Herb True joked tuesday. No one was Hurt in the incident monday in a classroom at inc University of Noire Dame Cen Ter for continuing education. He was giving a seminar to a group from the american amusement and music operators association when to liven things up he used his magic skills to produce a Small Ball of fire in the Palm of his hand. Someone distracted his Ulle lion his hand Roi burned and he accidentally hit a flip Chart. The pages caught fire and flames reached the ceiling before the fire was extinguished. New Orleans cuts services because of Large deficit new Orleans a potholes won t be filled and Parks won t get Money they expected for the rest of 1988 As new Orleans works to eliminate a $ 19 million deficit. Mayor Sidney Dart Clemy on monday re leased a list of $6.9 million in planned cuts. Barth Clemy is pushing a $125 Flat fee to be charged on each piece of property and a hiring freeze to eliminate the Resl of the deficit. Busi Ness leaders oppose the service charge which would raise 110 million. Criminal sheriff Charles Foli s office and the police department will lose $500,000 each. A $460,000 Cut to the streets department came with an order thai potholes be filled Only in emergencies. City and Audubon Parks and the new Orleans museum of an Are losing their fourth Quarter appropriations from the City $37,500 for cily Park and $75,000 each for Audubon Park and the museum. 4 policemen dismissed because of vulgar talk fort Lauderdale Fla. A four police officers were fired after supervisors Over heard them broadcasting vulgar conversations Over citizens band radios while on duty police say. Using portable lbs they plugged into their cruisers the officers used derogatory sexual Lan Guage to describe a female sergeant used racial slurs and talked about hiding their can rather than patrolling police said. The fraternal order of police will Appeal the dismissals said Frank Derusso president of the fort Lauderdale chapter. He said the officers conversations were private and defended the Content saying they were venting Job frustrations. The men who make at least 134,000 annually Are suspended without pay until oct. 1when their dismissals become effective