European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 08, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday january 8,1990 tobacco town fired up Over Tough smoking Law stateside Greensboro. . A Cindy Barton lighted her second cigarette of the lunch hour and sneered at the non smoking Section sign just across the room at Donnie a a downtown restau rant. I think it s stupid. It s a joke she said about the City s new smoking ordinance the toughest in the nation s no. 1 tobacco state. It was passed by a lot of hypocritical Goody Goody two shoes who Are no better than anybody else Barton said. Her co worker Sheila Atkins agreed. The government cracks Down on Little bitty things that Don t amount to a Hill or Beans Atkins said noting that she smokes five cigarettes during lunch. It just irks  two tables away Joseph Bernstein was enjoying a cigarette with his Coffee and newspaper. Unlike his fellow diners the restrictions did t seem to bother him. I think it s a give and take thing he said. I think it will work  the smoking rules went into effect new year s Day in this City of nearly 200,000 people located in the heart of North Caro Lina tobacco country. Despite vocal opposition from the to Bacco Industry the controversial measure Slimy passed by 173 votes out of nearly 30,000 cast in a november referendum. Meetings have since been held Between City officials and business owners to avoid any surprises. Many restaurants and retail stores already were complying with the restrictions City spokesman Jack Gardner said. A lot of them were glad they did t have to alienate their customers we were he said. While Greensboro does t rank up there with Tobac co towns such As Winslon Salem or Durham it is the Home of Lorillard inc., which makes Newport Kent and True cigarettes and employs 2,300 people. North Carolina produces about two thirds of the nation s flue cured tobacco which is used to make cigarettes. With 14.000 tobacco Farmers the state s annual crop is valued at $900 million. North Carolina s cigarette manufacturers produce about 56 percent of All Domestic brands. If this was Indiana or some other state where to Bacco in t grown there would be far less criticism Gardner said. The ordinance bans smoking in elevators and Groc Ery and department stores and requires restaurants seating so or More to set aside at least 25 percent for non smokers. Customers who ignore the warnings can be fined $25, after a one year Grace period. The Grace period does t apply to businesses which can be fined imme Robert t. Taylor Tats lunch at a no smoking Able at Donnie s restau rant in Greensboro . After a while it will become second nature just like integration he says of the City s new smoking Laws. Dia Cly for failing to Post the no smoking signs or not asking a customer to extinguish a cigarette. We have a whole year to figure out How to enforce it Gardner said. We won t be going into restaurants and shops looking for  Mary Lacklin president of the 75-member Guilford county restaurant association said most restaurant owners preferred a voluntary program. Since it s not voluntary we be taken it upon our selves to educate our members so the transition can be smooth she said. Lacklin owns Bert s seafood Grill which scats 52. Before this ordinance we had already set aside 70 percent of our seats for non smokers because of Cus Tomer demand she said. At Woolworth a shoppers were greeted by Large no smoking signs at the door. Outside the sidewalk was littered with dozens of crushed cigarette Butts. Inside part of the lunch counter that was desegregated by Blacks during the 1961 civil rights sit ins was set aside for non smokers. Robert t. Taylor who ate a Sandwich while Silling at one of the four non smoking tables at Donnie a likes the new restrictions. After a while it will become second nature just like integration he said. Actor escapes from plane before it crashes Burns Santa Clarita Calif. A actor James Brolin escaped from the single engine air plane he was piloting moments before it crashed during Takeoff and burst into names a sheriffs spokesman said. A Strong gust of wind blew the plane off the runway and Down an embankment said set. Ernie Roop of the los Angeles county sheriff s department. Brolin 49, was uninjured. He was alone in the four seat Cessna 182 when the Accident occurred at Agua Dulce Airport in Saugus 33 Miles Northwest of los Angeles. The plane was destroyed by fire. Disney world must pay for its War on vultures Orlando Fla. A Walt Disney world has pleaded guilty to one Federal Misdemeanour charge for its handling of vultures that invaded the discovery Island theme Park. As part of a settlement Disney agreed to pay a total of $95,000 in fines and contributions to wildlife preservation agencies. The charges were filed in september after the deaths of vultures and the alleged mistreatment of other Birds at discovery Island an 11-acre zoological site. Disney  wild Birds were attacking Ani Mals stealing their food defecating on Park boardwalks and making too much noise. Among the state and Federal charges filed against Disney and five of its employees were allegations that the workers beat vultures to death held dozens of them in a Small Over heated shed with Little food and water shot Hawks and Falcons and knocked eggs from the nests of egrets and ibises. Federal attorney quitting to head Public interest firm Atlanta a . Attorney Robert l. Barrjr. Who prosecuted former . Rep. Pat Swindall and other Public officials is resigning to become president of a conservative Public in Terest Law firm. Barr whose four year term As Federal prosecutor for the Northern District of Georgia would have expired next october called a news Confer ence to confirm reports that he is quilting to head the Atlanta based Southeastern Legal foundation inc. He said his resignation submitted to presi Dent Bush and attorney general Dick Thorn Burgh during a visit to Washington is effective feb. I. To Esfer cartoonist convicted of molesting teen Ventura Calif. A the cartoonist who created Hustler mag Azine s Chester the Mold Star has been convicted of molesting a teen age  Superior court jury on Friday found Dwaine Tinsley 44, guilty of five counts of child molestation. Jurors agreed that Tinsley had substantial sex Ual Contact with the girl but also acquitted him of six charges and dead locked on another five. The cartoon created by Tinsley depicts a lecherous character and his attraction to Voung girls. Tinsley refused to talk with reporters after the  lawyer George c. Skin promised to Appeal the guilty verdicts arguing As he did during the trial that the Young woman accused Tinsley in retaliation for his efforts to halt her drug use. Tinsley faces a maximum prison term of 16 years and a $50.000 Fine when he is sentenced March i Deputy District at Torney Matthew j. Hardy  molestations started in 1984, when the girl was 13 and continued until age 17, he said. Evidence presented at the trial said Tinsley told co workers you can t write this stuff All the Lime if you Don t experience  Bui Iii sly s chs scr the molester eliminated its focus on paedophilia sever Al years ago. Hardy  prosecutor  verdicts vindicated the victim whose longtime efforts to report the attacks were discredited by , who lives in los Angeles testified during the seven Day trial that the woman made up the Story because he disapproved of her cocaine habit. 27 inmates Hurt in racial Melee at cramped jail Chula Vista Calif. A prisoners Bat cd with makeshift weapons saturday night in a 20-min Ute. Racially charged Melee at a severely crowded county jail authorities said. The fighting left 27 inmates injured. The disturbance began about 9 20 p.m., when some prisoners at the san Diego county South Bay detention Center refused to enter their cells county sheriffs Deputy Lori Anne Mcnally said. The riot lasted for approximately 20 i nulls and it developed along lines Between hispanics and Black inmates said sgt. Jim Cooke a jail spokesman. Eighteen injured inmates were taken to hospitals. Cooke  Tore mirrors off of the Wall Light fixtures were Lorn Down some of the bunks were disassembled and the pans were used As weapons Cooke said. Whatever they could get their hands on to create makeshift weapons that s what was used. Some of the inmates were stabbed by crudely made stabbing  the jail houses More than four limes ils intended capacity. Designed for 192 prisoners ii held 782 on saturday Cooke said. The Cellblock where the Melee erupted was designed for 24 inmates bul held 113.chula Visla is just South of san Diego