European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 fake bomb scheme called irresponsible new York a two French television journalists charged with trying to ship fake bombs to Paris acted irresponsibly in testing Kennedy International Airport s Security system a prosecutor said thursday. . Attorney Andrew Maloney whose jurisdiction includes Kennedy Airport vowed to prosecute the journalists Alain Chaillou and Bruce fran Kel who Are employed in new York bythe French television station tf1. This Type of irresponsible behaviour can invite a lot of crackpots to do the same thing Maloney said at a new conference in his Brooklyn office. Chaillou the station s new York Bureau chief and Frankel a producer were charged in a Federal complaint with wilfully and maliciously conspiring to violate the Federal air safety act. The charge carries a maximum five year sen tence upon conviction. The complaint alleged they knowingly gave false information about the Contento the packages. They appeared briefly before  John Caden who released them on their own recognizance an scheduled a hearing for Jan. 25. Chaillou and Frankel who were arrested wednesday night at the Airport declined to speak to reporters after the court proceeding. They had been held overnight at a Federal jail in Manhattan. The television station s alleged actions came about two weeks after a pan am Boeing 747 on a flight from London Tonew York crashed in the scottish Village of Lockerbie killing All 259 people aboard. Investigators have blamed the crash on a bomb that was planted on the Jet. In wednesday s incident at Kennedy three packages containing fake bombs were left for shipment at the Small cargo areas of three International airlines Twa pan am and air France port authority police said. The packages also contained a Type message that read in part congratulations. You have found our phony bomb made with molding Clay one alarm clock and wires said a spokesman Armando Arrastia. The complaint stated that Frankel told an Fri agent at the Airport that his Sta Tion wanted to do a news Experiment to test the Security systems at Kenned Yin Light of the recent pan am bombing. Assistant . Attorney Johnny Frank shows the fake bomb to reporters. S. African buy angers Mich critics Lansing Mich. A Michigan officials Fol Lowed the letter but not the spirit of divestiture when they went on an 1 Ith hour buying spree snapping up South african related stocks Days before a ban on such investments took effect angry critics charge. It makes me sick. It clearly goes against the spirit of the Law said Thea Todd co coordinator of the Michigan leadership coalition for South Africa divestment. Treasurer Robert Bowman ordered the december purchases on behalf of the state s $15.7 billion pension fund. They came just before a new Law went into effect new year s Day that bans new investments of state pension funds in companies with South african ties. But Bowman argued the Stock buy was part of $902million in purchases made through a fund that buys in a single package All 478 stocks listed on the Standar Dand poors 500 Index. He said three fourths of the stocks listed in the Index have no South african ties. A review of the Index indicated at least 94 Compa Nies were on a list released by Bowman last week of companies believed to have South african ties and Are now off limits for state investments. The goal was not of course to buy companies that would ultimately be proscribed but this is our last Chance to buy the Index fund he said wednesday. The spirit of the Law was t violated because the treasurer did t Cherry pick any specific stocks and buy them. To violate the spirit of the Law would be Togo out and buy Index firms we knew had South african ties said Robert Kolt Bowman s spokesman. Topping the list of stocks bought of companies wit South african ties was ism $34,469.961 Worth. Others included general electric co., $19,374,122american Telephone & Telegraph co., $14,986,177 general motors corp., $12,514,653 and Ford motorco., $12,075,821. Thomas Scott a spokesman for gov. James Blan Chard who endorsed the Law said Bowman s actions Don t indicate the administration lacks commitment to divestiture. The governor expects and has no reason to believe otherwise that the divestiture Law he and treasurer Bowman pushed for will be carried out according to the full spirit and letter of the Law Scott said. The new Law bars the pension fund from buying Stock in companies that have ties to South Africa and gives it five years to sell off Stock in those companies which totals $5 billion. School shuts As ill custodian tested Flemington . A a High school can celeb classes for a second Day thursday after a Custodi an was diagnosed with legionnaires disease and an other custodian began showing disease symptoms. Test results to determine if the second custodian Athu Rierdon Central regi9nal High school has the Dis ease should be available in about five Days said Mari Lyn Riley state health department spokeswoman. The bacteria that cause legionnaires disease retransmitted through the air from vaporized water Riley said. Health officials inspected the building thursday for bacteria sources. Samples of water were to be taken Friday and sunday from the school she said. Our feeling is if we re going to have to run a disrupted school Day because of the testing we May As Well take one More Day off said District spokesman Willard Richard. We re also concerned about any possible health Hazard. We Don t want to be taking  a 33-year-old male custodian who officials have declined to identify was diagnosed with legionnaires in december. He was responding to treatment at War Ren Hospital in Phillipsburg and was expected to be released soon Riley said. He was admitted to the hos Pital dec. 18.a 44-year-old custodian at the school became sick Jan. 2 with pneumonia and a High fever. He was responding to therapy and doing Well in Hunter Don medical Center in Flemington she said. Legionnaires disease is fatal about in 15 percent to20 percent of confirmed cases said Robert Breiman a medical epidemiologist at the centers for disease control in Atlanta. It is usually successfully treated with antibiotics. The source of legionnaires disease would be easier to find if the second custodian has the disease brei Man said. But he added that would not confirm that the bacteria were at the school because the men could have been in a common place other than the school when they contracted the bacteria. If Only the one Case is confirmed it will be harder to determine its source he said. About 1,850 students from Flemington Readington Delaware Raritan and East Amwell townships attend the school. People under 20 years old usually Are not affected by the bacteria called legion Ella Neu Sophila brei Man said. The disease most commonly strikes elderly people and those whose immune systems Are weak ened he said. Legionnaires disease was named after an outbreak at the Pennsylvania american legion convention at the Bellevue Stratford hotel in Philadelphia in july1976. Thirty four people 29 legionnaires or family members and five other people who had been near the hotel died of the disease. About 800 to 1,000 cases of legionnaires disease Are reported to the Center each year Breiman said. There is no vaccine he said. Better educated appear less Likely to use tobacco Chicago a better educated Ameri cans smoke far less since the surgeon general first warned of tobacco s dangers 25 years ago but by 2000, 30 percent of those who never went beyond High school will still be lighting up re searchers reported. Poorer and less educated people Are missing the message that smoking is linked to cancer and other numerous health problems said the National centers for disease control in Atlanta. Smoking prevalence has declined across Al educational groups but the decline has occurred five times faster among the higher educate compared with the less educated researchers reported in the journal of the american medical association. One reason May be that much of the Antis Moking message has gone out in newspapers and medical journals typically read by the better educated said or. Michael c. Fiore a Leader of the cd group. Little has gone out via mass Media especially television he said. From 1974 to 1985, the number of . Smokers among people who had completed four years of College plummeted by More than a third from 28.5percent to 18.4 percent the cd group said. But the drop among people who never graduate from High school was 2.1 percent from 36.3 per cent to 34.2 percent the researchers found. Fiore said that while the number of smokers Overall is decreasing steadily from More than 40 percent in the 1960s to less than 29 percent by 1987 differences in smoking patterns based on educational status stand out More than those based engender and race. About 1.3 million americans quit smoking annually Between 1974 and 1985, but about 1 million Young people joined the smoking ranks each Yea during the 1980s, the researchers said. The researchers said that if the trend continues 22 percent of the population 20 and older in the year 2000 will smoke compared with 30 percent in 1985. They further predicted that while less than 10 percent of College graduates will be smokers in2000, at least 30 percent of those with no More than a High school education will be puffing. A spokesman for the tobacco Institute a Washington based group representing the tobacco Indus try said the study Only confirms that people in that segment of society enjoy smoking