European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday december 4.1988 Koop joins drive to get Fra to ban smokeless cigarettes by the los Angeles time Washington More top health officials have joined a growing Campaign to persuade the food and dig administration to ban a new product the so called smokeless cigarette which delivers nicotine by Healing rather than burning tobacco. I do not believe that marketing this product is in the Best interest of the Public health surgeon general c. Everett Koop said in a recent letter to Fra com missioner Frank �. Young. Young has been trying to decide for months whether his Agency has jurisdiction Over the cigarette devel oped by the re. Reynolds tobacco co. Tobacco is regulated by the department of the trea sury s Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms for lax purposes and the Federal Trade commission for advertising claims but it remains unregulated under Federal statutes related to health issues. Tut Koop and officials from the National institutes of health the National cancer Institute the centers for disease control the National heart lung and scientific sorcery invitation usually a trick of magic is one of the scientific properties of a superconductor demonstrated at a Boston Laboratory. Hinerer material not Only rises but remains suspended Between Magnet and the superconductor. Blood Institute and the alcohol drug abuse and mental health administration insisted in separate let ters to Young that the new device is a nicotine delivery system that does not require tobacco and that nicotine is an addictive drug that clearly comes tinder the Fra s authority. Their letters joined formal petitions already filed with the Fra by the american medical allocation the american heart association the american lung association and the american cancer society All asking that the Agency regulate the product r j. Reynolds has maintained that the company has not made therapeutic claims would not make such claims in Labelling or advertising the cigarette and would not imply that it is Safe or safer than any cigarettes on the Market thus the company has argued the Fra does not have jurisdiction Over the product. The cigarette known As Premier is not being so Don a National basis but it is being test marketed in Arizona and Missouri where it reportedly is not doing Well. Reagan Bush extend wishes for hanukkah Washington up president Reagan and president elect George Bush have issued special Mes sages for saturday night s Start of hanukkah. In a message issued Friday Reagan said this is the last occasion i will have As president to Send warm wishes to the jewish people on a Holiday. It is my Hope that this festival will renew and strengthen the spirit of jewish families everywhere just As it lifts the hearts of All who look o the care and mercy of our eternal  Bush said in a Stulir Tienlu thai the Triumph of religious Liberty shines like a Beacon for the world to see on saturday night jewish americans will Light the first of eight candles As the eight Day jewish Holiday hanukkah the festival of lights begins Bush said. The festival Marks the ancient Victory of the Macca bees Over a syrian attempt to stamp out jewish worship. " ,. The Holiday is marked by songs games and gifts. On the first evening one Candle is lit in an eight Lap Rcd candelabrum the menorah with an additional one lit on successive Days until All eight of them bum. The Observance recalls the cleansing and red Dialion of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem which the syrian oppressors had converted into a scene of Pagan idols and prostitution. Legend has it that Only enough Oil was available to keep the re dedicated Temple s lamps burning for one Day but they miraculously burned for eight. The holi Day lasts through next sunday. Stateside help wanted and numbers up slightly in october new York up the number of Classi fied tub in the nation s 51 major newspaper Oft ring jobs Rose slightly in october but Lou volume is lilt Dunne from last year s Levels the conference beam reported Friday. The help wanted advertising Index for octo Ber gained seven Points to 160, compared with 161 last year. The Board has set the volume of Job advertising found in 1967 at 100. Ken Goldstein economist for Board predicted that the Index would not change mod Over the next few months. I a year Long Haj fronted advertising vol ume has been wobbling in a somewhat narrow Range he said. Sharply rising labor Market activity appears to be winding down.". The number of Job advertisements Rose in a Mcginnin Jhc country the Board found v the new England Region experienced the smallest gain in advertising volume. The number of advertisement for employment Rose 0.5 per cent. Late night Blaze guts 26 rooms in Ohio hotel Columbus Ohio a fire raced through he attic of a downtown Motel late Fri Day night leaving guests an the Street causing minor injuries to three people and gutting the top floor of the two Story building officials said. The fire was reported Al 11 30 p.m., fire chief Don Werner said. Werner said he did know How Many guests were evacuated from tic Village inn Motel Bat said the fire gutted a least 26 rooms-.-. A woman who jumped from a second Story Balcony was treated for a minor ankle injury and smoke inhalation and two people were treated. For smoke inhalation said a paramedic. A number of people lost belongings in the Blaze Werner said _.  taiwanese to be treated to wine from Cincinnati Columbus Ohio u i wine produced by. Meier s wine cellar of Cincinnati Ohio s oldest and largest wine seller will soon make its debut on the shelves of the biggest supermarket in Taiwan.  .,-.-. I Meier s recently completed in first direct Export Sale to the today department store of Tai Pei Taiwan s  Sale was made pol Lible through the Ohio Agri Export assistance program a joint venture of the Ohio departments of development and agriculture and a mid America  Council promotion. The Council is a regional cooperative that helps coordinate the Export promotions of 12 midwestern state agriculture departments. Rose bowl entered quake cuts area s Power los Angeles a a Strong earthquake entered almost directly under the Rose bowl Shook Southern California Early saturday briefly Knock ing out Power to More than 100,000 Homes and businesses but causing no major damage or injuries. The 3 38 . Quake registered  on. The Richter scale said Hall daily a spokesman for the California Institute of technology seismology Laboratory in Pasadena. The quake was Felt at least 90 Miles away. ". It was the first time i be Ever seen the House ," said Deb Halber slant an 11-year resident of Altadena a few Miles North of the Rose bowl. Our waterbed became a tidal wave said Marilyn Weiss who lives in Silver Lake five Miles Southwest of the Rose bowl. Ceiling tiles fell and broken bottles littered the floor at a supermarket in her neighbourhood. A 5.9 earthquake struck oct. I 1987, in Whittier about id Miles to the South cast and was fell throughout Southern California. Eight people died and 200 were injured by the quake which caused $358 million damage. In saturdays quake the Shock knocked out Power to 100,000 customers in los Angeles for up to seven minutes and caused outages in the North Holly Wood Northridge and Van Guys areas of the san Fernando Valley which Are West of the epicentre. No damage was immediately reported in. The quake area said los Angeles county sheriff s spokesman Bill Wehner. The quake was also Felt in Orange Riverside and san Diego counties. Sev eral aftershocks were reported the strongest measuring 2,6 on the Richter scale  Pasadena police and tire officials said the quake broke a. Few residential Gas lines and tripped numerous burglar alarms ,".-. The temblor also prompted numerous Calls to authorities from nervous Resi dents -. .-.". At 3 39, we got real Busy flooded with phone Calls at to operator Alex. Trujillo said in North Hollywood. The epicentre was tentatively placed in West Pasadena under the Rose bowl ,. A.,it Shook us up pretty bad said Gary Isaacs a police spokesman in nearby san Marino. About 85 Miles East it was a real Good Jolt but it did l seem to cause any damage said Dave Miller in Hemet. The Richter scale is a measure of ground motion As recorded on seismographs. Every increase of one number Means a tenfold increase in magnitude. Thus a Reading of 7-s reflects in  10 times stronger than one of 6.5. An earthquake of 5 can cause consid Erable damage in the local area 6 severe damage and a 7 Reading i a najor earthquake capable of widespread heavy damage. An 8 is a great quake capable of tremendous damage the san Francisco earthquake of 1906, which occurred before the Richler scale was devised has been estimated at 8.3 on the Richter scale