European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday november 4,1958 Ama seeks ban on smokeless cigarette Chicago a the italian s largest medical association on wednesday sought to halt distribution of a smokeless cigarette saying it should be re moved from shelves until it is judged Safe for the american medical association filed Legal Pell Lions with slate health authorities in Arizona and mis Souri where the product is being test marketed contending that the smokeless cigarette is a new hazardous drug thai needs further testing. The product dubbed Premier by manufacturer re. Reynolds co., contains nicotine an addictive drug which has been implicated in cardiovascular disease High blood pressure and other medical prob lems tic Ama said. The scientific evidence is Crystal Clear about the Adverse health effects of nicotine and Carbon monoxide or. Roy Schwirz of the Ama said at a news conference . Reynolds responded with a con tending that Premier is a cigarette. Not a drug delivery system As the Ama has Premier smoke substantially reduces Many of the chemical compounds that the critics of smoking have been complaining about the release said. Rey nolds finds it difficult to understand How the a a Canin Good Faith suggest that Premier be the petitions tiled wednesday with the Arizona Board of pharmacy and the Missouri department of health maintain that Premier is a new drug that is being sold. Without prior Federal regulatory approx Val neither state responded to the petition immediately but each state s Laws require it to answer eventually Aid Ama attorney Michael Zarold. If officials in either state decided to pull the product they would be required to obtain a court injunction he said. The american Public has the right to expect that the products they consume have been judged Safe for human consumption before being placed on the shelves for Sale said or. James Salimons Ama executive vice president company spokeswoman Maura Payne in Winston Salem n.c., said the company is making no medical claims for the product and therefore the its. Food and drug administration need not approve it in main difference Between Premier and other Rig juror who convicted defendant to defend him in new murder trial Houston a the attorney representing a Man in his third capital murder trial brings unique insight to the Case he was the Foreman of the jury that convicted the Man and sentenced him to death nearly 10 years ago. At first Blush i said he can t do that attorney was Hacker said after slate District judge Woody Dan san appointed him tuesday Ai attorney for John Charles Zimmerman. But Afler 1 thought about it and asked sonic Legal scholars about it i found i really Don t have a conflict of interest mocker said i be never heard of such a thing but there s no Cockcr served As jury Foreman in Zimmerman s Sec Ond trial for the kidnapping rape and fatal stabbing of his 10-year-old Niece. The verdicts in the first and second trials were overturned. Zimmerman 41, had written a letter asking the court to name Cockcr to represent him. L a defense attorney s function is to protect every one of his clients rights regardless of guilt or inno Cence mocker said. It s not the judges or the Law yers place to judge. It s the jury Cockcr said Zimmerman approached him through his Law partner Robert Morrow who worked wish one of Zimmerman s attorneys in the 1979 retrial. During that trial prosecutors presented letters Zim Merman wrote to his wife Sherry in july 1977 while he was held on charges of killing Ramona Ann Abner of Jacinto City on March 24,1917. Zimmerman s Mother in Law found the letters in which he described committing the crime and secretly sent them to the slain girl s Mother who gave them to april the Texas court of criminal appeals threw out Zimmerman s conviction and ordered a new trial ruling that the letters were confidential communication Between husband and wife and should not have been admitted As evidence. If Hacker Zimmerman mocker said his role As a juror May give him an advantage in defending Zimmerman in the trial which is scheduled to begin next year i be sat in judgment of him with 11 others the attorney said. Maybe i can find some insight int what the jurors arc thinking i be heard what they thought while Back there. I la have that Little some thing.". Arctic is that the tobacco is warmed not burned Payne said. We re not claiming thai Premier is Safe or safer than any other cigarettes on the Market she said. She said the cigarettes contain a nicotine level of 0.4 milligrams and Carbon monoxide at about the same level As a tights Brand in april the Ama asked the Fra in a petition to regulate tie new product As n drug although cigarettes Are not ordinarily regulated. The petition is still Pend ing. There s nothing in the food drug and cosmetic act which mentions tobacco said Fra spokesman William Grieg. We have never regulated tobacco products unless they made a medical or drug Type the Ama maintains in its Fra petition list pre Mier makes an inherent health claim and should be regulated Grigg said Zarski said the key to Fra jurisdiction of Premier is that it it intended to satisfy nicotine addiction and t her before should be treated As a stateside ., Canada agree on hijacking policy Washington a the United slates and Canada issued a joint statement wednesday pledging not to allow hijacked aircraft that have landed in their territory to take off again. State department spokesman Charles red Man said the United Stales already has a no Takeoff policy concerning hijackings but decided that n cooperative approach with Canada could serve As a deterrent to further hijackings. The two countries agreed the policy would Bein effect except under extraordinary Circum stances Redman said. They also agreed to Lake All appropriate Mea sures to restore Contra of the hijacked aircraft tits lawful commander and to detain the hijackers for the purpose of prosecution or extradition attack sub Miami s launch now set for next week Groton Conn. A the launch of the attack submarine Miami which had been delayed by a 103-Day strike by workers at the electric boat shipyard has been scheduled for nov. 12. Because of the production slowdown caused by the strike that ended last month he shipyard has not launched a submarine since the Trident Ballis tic missile submarine Pennsylvania was christened april23. The Miami an improved los Angeles class sub Marine was originally scheduled for launch july 30- the 10,000-Membcr Metat trades Council struck july 1 to oct. Ii Over wage and Benefi tissues. Salaried employees and strike Breakers continued limited construction on the shipyard s Back log of eight Trident and eight attack submarines. North Speed i at Boston College Newton mass. A Oliver North the controversial former Marine ignored angry taunts abusive banners and constant interruptions and praised the Virtues of free speech in an address at Boston a month of dispute Over his scheduled appear Ance North joked wednesday night about his �25,000 honorarium hinted he might someday seek Public of fice and claimed he voted for John f. Kennedy in 1960 when was 17. A -. The former National Security Council staffer indicted for his role in the Iran Contra affair received a minute Long standing ovation and wild support from a crowd that jeered hecklers and chanted "a. U.s.a., a." As police dragged demonstrators from a Campus gym ,. In a previous occupation i could have gotten com Bat pay for this said North who was protected by a Phalanx of police. But he stared at his notes when a Melee broke out in the crowd and was even tempered when a protester yelled he s a drug runner and another tossed a placard bearing a Swastika and called North a fascist. I quite honestly resent the Label of fascist North said. My father was terribly wounded in the War against the fascists. There were no arrests but police forcibly evicted six people from the crowd of about 4,000, who paid j7 each to hear North. Loud organized protests and preceded the speech at the normally tranquil Jesuit College. I Welcome the fact that there Are those with dissent ing views and i Welcome the fact that in this wonderful and blessed country of ours there is an Opportunity to express those views he said. In Many of the countries which claim a great Deal of support to include Nicaragua the same Power of free speech is not Given North said to cheers. North 45, is awaiting trial on 16 counts of conspiracy to defraud the , government by. Selling arms to Iran and transferring the profits to the rebels fighting to overthrow the leftist nicaraguan government. He said he has spoken in 30 Stales during the last four months to raise Money for his defense estimated to Cost More than 11 million. With his voice cracking As it did during the televised Iran Contra hearings in the summer of 1967, North wearing a dark suit and red tie quoted thorns Jeffer son Winslon Churchill and Kennedy the first president i was blessed to vote North was bom oct. 7, 1943, which would have made him just 17, shy of the voting age when Kennedy was elected in i960. Taking questions from spectators but not report ers after his hour Long speech. North said his goals Are to finish up this Legal Case pay off the Money from thai and return at some Point to Tae service of s $25.000 speaking fee provoked a Sloan of controversy. More than 1,500 people signed petitions against the payment part of which came from a mandatory $41 per student activities fee v
