European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday May 27,1989 1 St graders vow to stay smoke free with songs like smoke is no Pmj and a skit thai turned the big had wow tuna  wimp the first group graduated with honors wednesday a National anti smoking program. Seven year old Eli Abl a Gomes wearing a mortar Hoard made of red construction paper and a proud Grin prom ised she would never he a smoker. If i smoke. I la get sick she said noting that her father smokes and she is trying to get him to Stop. The smoke free class of 2000" pro Gram started last fall in 28,000 schools with the aim of ensuring the 800,000_ first graders Are non smokers thro their High school graduations. Lus Pon sorted by the american Caj Jaer society the american heart asja Dalion and the american lung association. The  reach children before cigarette not Hising docs. Most smokers first try cigarettes be tween the Ages of 12 and 14. According to the National Institute on drug abuse. By the sixth Grade 7 percent of boys and girls Call themselves regular smokers said Martha Wood of the state depart Lof Public health. Neat p8j Toms a Kip. Cile Hicks who Sponau Bill that banned smoking on the the Massachusetts House of representatives. The Tynan school was chosen for the Model program because it is ethnically mixed and has one of the largest first Grade classes in Boston but the smoking Issue has a special significance in its South Boston neighbourhood. In surveys that have been done there was a significantly higher rate of heavy smoking and smoking in general in South Boston said Terry Lehman executive director of the lung association in Massachusetts. The teaching materials which arc being distributed free to participating schools Tell first graders that smoke is air pollution. They also teach that other people s smoke makes eyes water and hair and clothing smell bad. The anti smoking program is a five Day program of 20-Minutc lessons de signed to be part of an Overall health curriculum. Jhc Walt Disney co. Has agreed to  educational materials for next year 3mlcinaugurai program and the kids move on to. Second Grade gel Man said. We Hope through publicity that All schools will a dipl it Gilman said of the program which reached about Hal of the first Grade classrooms in the country during its first year. Lottery gets Ball rolling Richmond. Vul game net their or Inch a Irth officials launching a new lottery promotional Hall rolling with Jimmy dressed like one of the balls used to choose Lucky numbers. Brit los Orch of Kunh Rizui hands out  literature pitch inn the be name to Park patrons in tiring Lune Lime. Inmate killed 48 injured in Folsom Melee Folsom Calif. A a prisoner was killed and 48 others were reported injured thursday after some of the worst violence at Folsom prison in several years erupted in an exercise Yard officials said. Guards fired 10 shots to break up the Melee wound ing three prisoners said prison spokeswoman it. Cammy Voss. The three were hospitalized plus two convicts who were stabbed Voss said. The fight appeared to have been racially motivated Voss said. Mostly Black and hispanic prisoners and a couple of White prisoners were involved. Authorities Don t believe the fight was gang related Voss said. We Don t know Why it erupted. There was no buildup that led up to this.," she said. Officers locked All 7,000 inmates at the maximum Secu Rity prison 20 Miles cast of Sacramento into their cells. The slain inmate who was Black was identified Asmi Chael Coleman 29. He arrived at the prison april 20 to serve a four year term for a los Angeles county armed robbery. Forty three inmates were treated at the prison infirmary for minor Stab wounds scrapes and cuts said prison spokesman . Porter. However not All the injuries were believed to have been suffered in the fight slate department of corrections spokesman Tipton Kincl said. Guards strip searched the approximately 300 men . Officers were required to list All injuries not previously reported to authorities. Some of the injuries they said they knew were at least a Day old he said. But by the procedures they had to write those  Voss said the fight was the worst violence at a new Wing of the prison that opened in 1986 and perhaps the worst at the entire prison since racial violence involving mainly i hispanic and Black prison gang members led to an extended lock Down seven years ago. Army Secretary nominee to leave . Service by Norman Black a military writer Richard l. Armi Tage a top defer throughout the Reagan admits and tapped by president Bush As the next Secretary of the army has decided to leave government service the Pentagon said thursday. Armitage. Currently the assistant de sense Secretary for International Schuj Rity a fans has asked that the presi needs of my Ever growing family with Dent withdraw his name from the time and travel demands of Public consideration for army ser Petary service said Peter Williams the Pentagon s the army needs full time did chief spokesman. Or. Armitage also has asked to be relieved of his current duties. Effective june 5. Rich Armitage has been _ of the depart me twill be greatly missed by his Coll in the  Williams duo ice ing in jul Al of of resignation that he cult to longer accommodate the Ica Ted leadership. I regret to say that i find myself at present after Over eight Sears o f so hour work weeks unable Jet face that Challenge Arm Itagia Woffor Armitage has Eide Muren and priorities a mainly  information on army Tai new Job in private Industry in Armitage s office said he was unavailable for comment and would not be in the office the rest of the week. The 43-year-old Armitage Early this year had been slated to leave the Penta on for anjertrt7ve position at the state . But defense Secretary Dick Cheney prevailed on him to stay with the Promise of a higher service Secretary position. In his current Job Armitage played a major role in policy making in the per Sian Gulf in the ouster of philippine Leader Ferdinand Marcos and in Over military assistance pro Williams said  had no in formation on whether Cheney my Jush had selected a replacement for the army Post