European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 20, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 7 tobacco manufacturers Settle lawsuit agree to health warnings on All labels by the Las Angeles times Sacramento Calif Consumers across the nation will begin seeing health warning labels on cigars pipe tobacco and Loose Leaf tobacco products As a re Sull of those warnings being required by California Law an Industry spokesman said tuesday. Twenty five tobacco manufacturers settling a lawsuit brought by attorney general John Van de Kamp to enforce the state s proposition 65, agreed that within Iso Days they would put labels on the products sold in California to warn the Public of the danger of cancer and birth defects. As a practical matter this Wilt mean giving the same warning 10 Consumers in other slates according to a spokesman for the Cigar association of America. Because of the manufacturing and distribution practices of the National Cigar manufacturers it would be impossible for them to Label Only for California said Norman Sharp the association president. The anti toxics initiative approved by the voters nearly two years ago requires businesses to provide Clear and reason Able warnings if they expose the Public id chemicals that can cause cancer or birth defects. Companies thai break the Law can face fines of up to $2,500 a Day for each violation. Environmentalist groups hailed the settlement As a major Victory that demonstrates the Power of proposition 65 and sets a nationwide precedent for pro Viding health warnings on All tobacco products. It also could Lead to labels on a food and other products thai contain toxic chemicals. Although Federal Law has required warnings on cigarette packages for More than two decades it has exempted cigars. Pipe tobacco and Roll your own tobacco product from the warning requirements. The tobacco companies however fac ing the possibility of huge fines under proposition 65, killed the lawsuit just is Days after it was filed by the attorney general. This loophole has been in Federal Law for 20 years and proposition 65 has closed it in three weeks said David Roe an attorney with the environmental defense fund and a principal author of the initiative. This is an impressive Early Victory for proposition 65." the enforcement action against the to Bacco companies was initiated by a coalition of four environmental groups and subsequently taken Over by Van Dekamp. The tobacco companies will pay the environmental groups $75,000 for their court costs and will give the state another $75,000 for its costs. Van de Kamp said that he did not seek fines against the tobacco manufacturers because they eagerly and quickly agreed let our  but he warned thai of her violators of the Law May not fare As Well saying the Law is Clear. My intentions arc Clear. Proposition 65 will be vigorously  the settlement established that labels on packages widely opposed by Indus try provide the kind of warnings envisioned by the Taw Roe said. Some of the tobacco companies had relied on a controversial toll free hot line warning system set up by manufacturers of food and other household products. But once the Law suit was filed they decided not to defend the warning sys tem in court. One thing that s very Clear to me is that nobody wants to stand up and de fend that gimmick in a court of Law Roc said. Royal Ruby fails to fetch expected $ 15 million new York a the Mandalay Ruby a Royal red Gem that weighs 48 carats was supposed to sell for a record j15 million at auction tuesday. It did t. Instead a High bid of $7.6 million was rejected As insufficient by the Gem s owner and the Ruby which rotheby s earlier called the Centrepiece of the most important jewelry Sale Ever held in America was taken off the Block. About 300 people strained their necks to catch glimpse of those who put up the multimillion Dollar bids for the Mandalay Ruby at rotheby s auction House. But the auctioneer s Gavel slammed Down a Short time later to end the bidding without a Sale Jennifer Brown a rotheby s spokeswoman said the identity of the Ruby s seller would not be revealed. Obviously we re disappointed said John p. Block head of rotheby s jewelry department. This was expected to bring a record and it did t. It was such an enormous Price we were trying to get. On unique objects it s very hard to put a Price on it. Sometimes it does t  the Ruby was offered in the same session As the Star of Sierra Leone Diamond no. 2, which sold for $3.52 million tuesday. The Diamond is one of 11 stones Cut from a 969carat Diamond discovered in the West Afri can nation in 1972. Several Mandalay Ruby bidders who asked not to be identified suggested that perhaps extensive pc Sale a $7.6 million bid for the Mandalay Ruby was rejected. Publicity about the Ruby had backs Rcd on rotheby s. In its pre auction report rotheby s had Given the Mandalay a glowing review. The combination of pleasant shape and proportions Fine color transparency and Luminosity make it an exceptional Jim Slonic said a report released by the auction House. Block described the Mandalay Ruby As the largest faceted Gem known and estimated it would command about $15 million. The record Price for a Ruby is $1.9 million paid at a Paris auction in july for a 10.4-Carat Stone. The Mandalay Ruby is framed by 18 diamonds within a Gold and Platinum brooch mounting. Small Diamond set Fleur de Lis designs decorate the Comers. The Mandalay Ruby named alter the burmese City near which it was mined was brought to England in 1875. It is questionable if the London Market would Ever have seen the Gem but for the necessities of the burmese government wrote Edwin a Street a con temporary Gem expert. In Burma the Sale. Created intense excitement. A military escort was considered necessary to escort the persons carrying the parcel to the  the Gem was sold at rotheby s in 1896. The buyer was reputed to be an important Indian Gem connoisseur acting an behalf Ofa Royal Indian family Accord ing to a note by Gem expert Benjamin Zucker printed in the Catalon for tuesday s Sale. California guard outlines plans to fight drugs by the Las Angeles times san Diego the California National guard seeking to bolster its role in drug interdiction efforts tuesday out lined plans for the deployment of nearly three dozen helicopters and of her air Craft along the  Border. The unarmed aircraft which would be based at a new facility at drown Field less than a mile from the International Boundary would be used to identify and track drug ferrying aircraft. Arrests would still be made by civilian agencies such As the . Customs service be cause . Law limits military involve ment in civilian Law enforcement. The plan if approved by Federal officials would appear to be the most concentrated use Ever of . Military might in a drug combating Effort along the order. The plan faces numerous obstacles on funding and other issues before being implemented. Officials have periodically called for the deployment of . Troops and Mili tary Materiel along the Border to deter both illegal immigration and drug traffic but the Pentagon s involvement to Dale has been largely limited to the sharing of radar intelligence data and some equip ment in a drug fighting capacity. Many military officials have been wary of increased involvement but Cali fornia National guard authorities appear eager to heighten their presence. Our position All along has been that the Border should have priority in the allocation of military aircraft said col. Ronald a. Ludl chief of emergency plans and operations for the California National guard. The guard is calling for the construction of an armory and helicopter maintenance facility on a 40-Acrc site at Brown Field. The guard would deploy 34 helicopter there and would also like to equip some air National guard c-130 aircraft with More sophisticated radar. Officials fear mites will infect Georgia beehives Marietta a