European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes saturday March 3,1990cigarette to shirt promotion draws fire Washington Are a legislator contends that . Reynolds is using a to shirt promotion to Hook youngsters on cigarettes a charge the tobacco company denies. A a in a 41 and i Wear to shirts a . Reynolds spokesman Dave Fishel said in a Telephone interview from Winston Salem . Rep. Jim Slattery d-kan., attacked the company St shirt promotion thursday at an Energy and Commerce subcommittee on transportation and hazardous materials hearing on a Bill to restrict tobacco advertising. A i contend that when you give away to shirts you arc targeting children not targeting adults a Slattery said adding that to deny that youngsters Are being targeted a is an insult to Peoples  Slattery was referring to an . Reynolds Campaign that oilers free to shirts with a cartoon version of the longtime Camel cigarette Mascot a old  opponents of the Bill to restrict advertising argue that the Campaign against so called a targeted advertising is an elitist and patronizing affront to the judgment of those being targeted including Blacks hispanics and women. Recent marketing documents surrounding a new . Reynolds Brand talked about targeting the a a Dakota cig cigarettes snuff out smokers sense of smell study says Philadelphia apr a smokers sense of smell recedes with every passing puff according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania who conducted scratch and sniff tests. A the majority still have a sense of smell but not As acute As if they weren t smoking a said Richard Doty director of the University a smell and taste Center. Both current and former smokers lose their ability to smell All kinds of doors in proportion to the amount of cigarettes and length of time they had smoked the researchers reported Friday in the journal of the american medical association. The researchers used the scratch and sniff tests to evaluate the ability of 638 volunteers to smell 40 different doors. Of the subjects 262 had never smoked 197 were sex smokers and 179 were current smokers. In addition 14 people said they also smoked cigars or pipes. The loss appears to be reversible Doty said but two pack a Day smokers would have to quit for As Many years As they smoked to regain the essential sense he said. A the loss of the sense of smell is yet another Good reason to quit smoking a Doty said. A smoking creates the possibility of losing at least in part the ability to appreciate Flowers Good food and Good wine. So if one likes those things one should think twice about  Arctic to so called a virile females a Young White women who watch television sitcoms and go to tractor pulls. Rep. Alex Mcmillan r-., criticized anti smoking advocates who say target groups a Are victims and that these people do not have the intelligence or Wisdom to make their own decision . Income rate increased 0.8% during january Washington apr personal income boosted in part by a Federal employee pay raise Rose 0.8 percent in january while consumer spending increased 0.6 percent the government reported thursday. I lie Commerce department said incomes totalled a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $4.60 trillion after rising 0.5 percent in december. Quot the january increase was boosted by Cost of living 1 adjustments to several Federal Transfer payment programs and by a pay raise for Federal government employees a the department said. The 3.6 percent Federal pay raise added $3.5 billion at an annual rate to government payrolls. I he january income boost was offset somewhat by an increase in personal contributions for social insurance programs and by a decrease in subsidy payments to Farmers. Consumer spending totalled a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $3.60 trillion following a 0.6 percent gain in december. Economists watch consumer spending closely As a barometer of economic health because it accounts for about two thirds of the nations economic activity. 1 he report showed that americans incomes after taxes Rose 0.9 percent up from december a 0.4 percent gain. Americans savings rate savings As a percent of disposable income Rose 5.9 percent against december a 5.5 percent increase. Wages and salaries the key component of the income category edged up $16.2 billion in january following a $ 16.8 billion gain in december. Payrolls at manufacturing companies hit hardest by the Federal reserves High interest policies fell $2.1 billion alter a $200 million increase in december. Whether or not to  a you done to hear cries of outrage Over housewives being targeted by detergent makers or yuppies being exploited by exposure to american express commercials a said Tino Duran president of the National association of hispanic publications. A Why is that because unlike hispanics nobody would dare suggest that those people need to be a protected from  Duran said Many hispanic publications would collapse if the government bans tobacco and alcohol advertising. Anti smoking advocates say the tobacco Industry is preying on hispanics Blacks women and youngsters to make up for the lost Market from people who quit smoking. Under Reynolds promotions people May Call a toll free number for the a old Joe to shirt. Those who Call receive a brochure in the mail offering them free cigarettes. Fishel denied that minors were taking advantage of the promotion and said that parents must Bear some responsibility in keeping their children from doing so. Slattery displayed a brochure that was sent to a 14-year-old boy. The legislation sponsored by rep. Thomas a. Luken a Ohio would limit tobacco print advertising to text ban advertising directed at minors and restrict tobacco advertising on billboards. Personal income trillions of Nodars. Season atty adjusted  j 1� 1900 Jan. 89 dec. 89 Jan. 90 Saunoa . Oat Aico Maroa Book says Iacocca tried to unseat Ford no surprises sprouting with space seeds Greenwood . Apr Tomato seeds exposed to the Rigours of space travel for six years seem to be germinating normally scientists say. The first Small Batch of seeds recently returned from a Nasa satellite were displayed thursday a apparently sprouting normally in a germination test that began saturday said or. Jim Alston of Park seed co. A everything looked Fine. No Little Green critters came flying out a joked Alston whose company provided the 12.5 million seeds for the Experiment aboard the space Agency a Long duration exposure facility. At a news conference called to display the germinating seeds officials also unsealed one of eight unopened canisters of seeds launched into space in april 1984. The satellite was supposed to be picked up by space shuttle astronauts and returned to Earth 10 months u or was but scheduling difficulties and the 1986 challenger disaster delayed its retrieval. It was recovered in december by the shuttle Columbia. The seeds a most of them in sealed insulated canisters appeared to have survived their Long space journey said officials working on the project with Nasa. In addition to the 12.5 million Tomato seeds a of the Rutgers California supreme variety a there were 1-0 types of seeds including Corn onion Cucumber and Sunflower. Scientists will look for mutations caused by the heavy radiation the seeds were exposed to in space. Plants grown from the seeds will be examined for differences in color indicating a loss of chlorophyll and for differences in leaves stems Flowers and fruit. Dei Roit apr shortly before Lee Iacocca was fired by Ford motor co. In 1978. He attempted to unseat chairman Henry Ford 11 by telling company directors Ford was senile according to an upcoming biography of Ford by William Hayes who retired last year As vice chairman of Ford of Europe the Book adds another chapter on the feud Between Iacocca and the late grandson of the company a founder in a Henry a Memoir of Henry Ford ii a to be published in june. Iacocca was fired As president of Ford motor co. In August 1978. In november of that year he was appointed president of Chrysler corp. And a year later was elected chairman. A it was while Henry was in China in july 1978 that Lee Iacocca decided upon a coup a Hayes writes. Iacocca met with Ford directors George Bennett and Joseph Cullman and a argued that Henry still not 60 years of age was senile and not up to the Job and indicated that there were others in the company who shared his opinion a Hayes adds. Those discussions were relayed to Ford through the company a retired president Arjay Miller. A Henry did not believe it but it took Little detective work to persuade him that what he had heard was True a the Book says. A Lee Iacocca wanted to take the company away from him and More astonishingly seemed to think he could do it. A Henry Sal and talked to a Jay who said you May not have thought you had an acceptable reason to get rid of Iacocca but now you certainly do. It is now or never a a in his accounts of the period Iacocca has said his efforts to change the course of Ford motor co. Were fought by Ford u according to the Book. Ford wanted William o. Bourke to succeed Iacocca As president. But Bourke now president of Reynolds metals co. In Virginia became bogged Down in running the company a j i r automotive operations and left the company in March 1980 after of hip Caldwell was elected chairman. Lee Iacocca