European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday february 25,1990 Stop sponsoring sports tobacco companies told Washington not a escalating his Public assaults on the promotion of cigarettes Secretary of health and human services Louis w. Sullivan demanded Friday that tobacco companies end their sponsorship of athletic events. A when the tobacco Industry sponsors an event in order to push their deadly product they Are trading on the health the prestige and the image of the athlete to barter a product that will kill the  Sullivan said. Quot the sponsorship itself uses the vigor and Energy of athletes As a Subtle but incorrect and dishonest message that smoking can be compatible with Good health which it is not Quot he said denouncing the corporate profits used in such sponsorships As Quot blood  Sullivan s comments made at a press conference held by a coalition opposed to the sponsorship of the current Virginia slims women s Tennis tournament being held in Washington were the latest in a recent string of Public criticisms he has levelled at the tobacco Industry. While Sullivan has no Legal authority to Force tobacco companies to change their marketing practices his stature As the government s leading health official is expected to stir increasing Public debate Over the Issue. Sullivan who previously had maintained a Low profile after being criticized for waffling on the abortion Issue during his nomination process last year appears comfortable waging a highly Public fight with tobacco companies. Sullivan described athletes As Quot role models for Young men and women around the world Quot and he said that a through the association of athletics and tobacco Oakland. Calif. Apr As an 8-month-old boy cuts his Teeth and makes new gurgling sounds a judge is deciding who the baby will Call Quot Mommy and Quot daddy in place of parents who died on an earthquake smashed freeway. The baby s parents dropped off James Brown in at his great grandmother s Home oct. 17 As they headed to a Berkeley pier to go fishing with friends. They never saw the baby again. High school student Michelle Richard 18, and James Brown Iii her unemployed Boyfriend died on the freeway when the earthquake twisted an elevated portion of it into a mangled mess of collapsed Concrete and steel. A total of 67 people lost their lives in the 7.1-magnitude temblor. The quake left the couple s baby at the Center of an intense emotional and Legal tug of War. Several bereaved relatives stepped Forward to seek custody of Jimmy who stands to collect at least $100,000 from a state controlled account compensating relatives of the Little James Brown in amuses his grandmother Anita Williams and her son Archie and daughter Jacquese. Williams is seeking custody of the orphan. Young people May be tempted to  he said sponsorship of athletic events by cigarette makers creates a Quot dangerous mixed  Quot it is also ironic a but telling a that most of the Superb athletes competing in organized sports do not use tobacco and could not use it if they want to be successful and  he said. In a thinly veiled reference to Virginia slims which sponsors 14 major Tennis tournaments across the country Sullivan said Quot during the average period of a championship Tennis match approximately 100 people will die from diseases caused by cigarette  Steve Weiss manager of Media services for Phillip Morris the manufacturer of Virginia slims immediately defended his company s marketing efforts. Quot we helped Start the professional women a Tennis tour 20 years ago and. Throughout the history of the women a Tennis tour Philip Morris has been its sole sponsor a Weiss said. Quot its a sponsorship that we re very proud and Happy with and the players arc Happy with a he said. A but the most important Point is that millions of Tennis fans across the country and throughout the world get to see the Best women a Tennis anywhere a through our sponsorship. Quot we Don t ask our players to smoke and we be never asked them to endorse smoking. What we do is ask them to go out there and play great Tennis a and they  Walker Merryman vice president of the tobacco Institute an Industry lobbying group disputed Sullivan s suggestion that promotion of athletic events would tempt Young people to smoke. Freeway victims. The state Board of control has delayed awarding the claim until Alameda county Superior judge Roderic Duncan decides which relative set of relatives or outsiders will care for Jimmy. Hearings Are set for april 13 and april 22. Walnut Creek attorney Peter Hinton one of two lawyers representing maternal grandmother Anita Williams complained that Quot bigoted Quot Media coverage of the family squabbles has been a almost like a rape Case they re being subjected to a Public scrutiny in a very unfair Way. A the tragedy is being overlooked Quot he said. In making his decision. Duncan will have to sift through allegations of drug and alcohol abuse and pointing fingers about criminal records and teen age sex. The parties seeking custody arc a maternal grandmother Williams 35, who has three other children a three bedroom townhouse and income derived solely from welfare. Jimmy has been staying primarily with her since the earthquake. Quot she a being portrayed As welfare trash Quot said Hinton who added that the Only time Williams accepted welfare was when she was unable to collect support Money from her children s father. A Jimmy s paternal Grandfather and his wife who have a hauling and landscape business in Oakland. James Brown ii served a recent prison term for theft. His son also did time in jail for Possession of crack cocaine for Sale last april. A great grandmother Louise Brown a 65-year-old family matriarch who said she raised Jimmy a father almost like one of her own sons and probably spent More time looking after the baby than did either one of his parents. Although critical of Michelle s family for what she called Lack of discipline and other problems. Brown said she favors Anita Williams adopting Jimmy if she takes Good care of him and allows other relatives to visit. The court also could place Jimmy with a Foster family or unrelated adoptive parents. Two county family service Counselor Are investigating the situation. S. Simone Campbell a state appointed attorney representing Jimmy said a a we to hoping that another family member surfaces. Quot everything s wide open at this Point a said Campbell. A Catholic nun. Campbell said applications for the state compensation apparently led the family reluctantly into court unable anymore to pass Jimmy around Between Homes of various relatives without serious disputes. She said Jimmy showed no apparent Quot dramatic problems Quot and described him As Quot laughing and giggly and doing things that 8-month-old kids seem to do. A Quot this much pain hopefully will give Rise to something Good eventually a Campbell said. Stateside Wendy a has a beef thieves cooked up a snack Parkersburg . Apr thieves looking for a Midnight snack broke into a fast food restaurant fired up the Grill and cooked batches of hamburgers and French Fries before leaving. Quot i be never heard of anything like this happening in our Chain before a said Dee Murphy a shift manager at the Wendy s restaurant. Thieves apparently broke the drive in window and crawled into the restaurant. Quot they did t take any Money or anything like that Quot police chief Russ Miller said. Quot they cooked up some items and messed the place up somewhat but it looks like they primarily went in there for the  store employees noticed several hamburgers and Fries were taken out of Stock and cooked Murphy said. The Bun warmer also was turned on and several buns were missing she  rate for deaths on Highway at record Low Washington apr the estimated death rate on the nations highways fell to its lowest Ever last year a sign that More americans Are using scat belts and staying sober behind the wheel the government has said. _ the fatality rate was 2.2 deaths per 100 million Miles of travel in 1989, Down from 2.3 in 1988, the National Highway traffic safety administration said. In 1980, the rate was 3.3 per 100 million Miles. A this Means that american motorists Are less at risk than Ever before Quot Agency administrator Jerry r. Curry said. A the reduction in traffic deaths during the 1980s reflects our National resolve against drunk driving increases safety Belt use and a generally heightened awareness of Highway  an estimated 45,500 americans died in traffic accidents last year Down from 47,093 in 1988. Although the final totals for 1989 will not be compiled for several More months As states make last minute adjustments in past years the preliminary figures have been an accurate indicator of the final tally the Agency says. Barring a major change in the final tally the 1989 total has been estimated to be 3.4 percent below that of the previous  to improve vision still sees High Success rate Chicago apr two thirds of the people who had Eye surgery to Correct their nearsightedness were Able to see without glasses four years later but doctors still can t predict the outcome of the costly operation a study says. A your study and others have demonstrated fairly Well that there Are some Adverse outcomes but they Are relatively rare Quot said John Carter coordinator of the study based at Emory University in Atlanta. The surgery known As radial Kera Toomy is painless and can be performed on an outpatient basis. It involves making cuts in the Cornea in a pattern resembling spokes of a wheel. The purpose of the procedure introduced in 1976, is to reduce the Corneas curvature. It costs about $2,000 an Eye Carter  claims opponent planted derogatory Story Austin Texas apr state treasurer Ann Richards has accused democratic gubernatorial opponent Jim Mattox of planting an article in a hispanic oriented newspaper that alleged she used an ethnically derogatory term. Tiempo a Waco based weekly published an article alleging that Richards referred to illegal aliens As a a setbacks Quot in a speech text written during her successful Campaign for Travis county commissioner in 1976. Richards whose no holds barred oratory Drew wide attention at the democratic National convention in 1988, denied using the term. A Mattox has always got other people to do his dirty work when he could Quot Richards said. Mattox a press Secretary Kelly Fero denied that the Campaign had any connection with the article. Quot we did not Plant this Story with anybody. We know nothing about this Story. And that Sall we have to say about it Quot Fero said. Relatives waging bitter Battle Over baby orphaned in quake