European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes saturday March 10,1990federal suit says Burger King has violated child labor Laws Miami apr the government is suing Burger King corp. For alleged violations of child labor Laws . Officials said thursday. The . District court lawsuit was the first major suit since labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole last month announced a Campaign for tougher enforcement of regulations protecting Young workers. Quot this action serves As a notice to employers that we will not hesitate to use available Legal processes in addition to investigative efforts to protect americans children Quot Dole said. The suit filed wednesday charges the nation s second largest fast food Chain with assigning workers under age 16 to More hours per week than permitted under Federal Laws and allowing the Young employees to work at limes of the Day not allowed under the fair labor standards act. The suit also charges that Miami based Burger King had workers under age 16 handling prohibited duties such As cooking and baking. Violations extended Back to at least sept. 12, 1986, and occurred in Many of the nearly 775 company owned restaurants in the United Stales the suit contended. No charges were made against Burger Kings nearly 4.600 . Franchise outlets which Are independently owned and operated. Burger King has about 6.000 restaurants worldwide. A the announcement by Dole comes As a Complete Surprise to us. This is the first time we have received any indication of alleged violations Quot said Nigel Travis Burger King senior vice president for human re sources. Fireball a series of explosions ripped through the town of Saco Maine on thursday the giant fireball Over Blanchard s disposal service forced firefighters to Retreat temporarily. No one was injured in the explosion. The fire was brought under control a Short time later. Burger King a subsidiary of Britain s grand metropolitan pc will work to Correct any alleged problems said Travis. A we fully support the spirit and letter of the he said. Last month. Dole said she would toughen enforcement of child labor Laws and Quot seek to take penalties to the highest level permissible under the Federal officials say the number of child labor violations has doubled since 1982 As worker shortages in some areas pushed employers to hire More High school age employees. The Bureau of labor statistics estimated about 901.000 14 and 15-year-Olds were employed in 1988. Numbers for last year have not been released. Under Federal Laws 14 and 15-year-Olds can to work More than three hours on school Days and a maximum of 18 hours during a five Day school week. On weekends an eight hour workday is permissible and a 40-hour workweek is allowed during summer and vacations. Employees under 16 can work Only Between 7 , and 7 . Or up to 9 . From june 1 to labor Day. Different standards apply for farm labor. The lawsuit seeks to enjoin Burger King from All child labor Law violations in its . Restaurants. It also asks the company to pay All Legal costs associated with the lawsuit. Civil fines for violations Are assessed in separate proceedings but the labor department would not disclose whether any action has been taken said spokesman Dan Fuqua in claim rejected by jury Chicago up1 a a Federal court jury in Miami thursday rejected a woman a claim that an intrauterine id contraceptive device made by . Searle inc. Caused a Pelvic infection and left her infertile. The Case marked Searle s 16lh Victory in 20 civil trials resulting from claims related to its cu-7 Copper id the company said. Of the four losses three cases have been settled and one remains on Appeal. The Chicago pharmaceuticals firm faces hundreds of suits filed by users of the cu-7 who allege the device caused Pelvic injury or infertility. In the Florida Case Holliday Adams sought an unspecified amount of damages from Searle for injuries she said were caused by the cu-7. Quot the allegations were that the cu-7 caused Pelvic infection and infertility. The jury decided a no a said Searle spokeswoman Kay Bruno. Quot we re real pleased. We be been saying forever that this is a Safe and effective product when used according to its Labelling and we re just pleased the jury saw it that Way Bruno said. The cu-7, a prescription contraceptive device first marketed in 1974, was withdrawn from the . Market in january 1986 but is still sold overseas primarily in Europe. Quot we took it off the . Market because we get any product liability insurance and we were seeing increased costs of defending what we View As unwarranted lawsuits a Bruno said. A but the number of lawsuits against us is decreasing As we win them Quot she said. Currently about 300 suits Are pending but Bruno said that number is Down substantially from a year ago. Quot it looks like a Good sign a she said. The cu-7 was approved by the food and drug administration As a Safe and effective prescription product when used according to the Label instructions and the Fra has not withdrawn that approval. Stateside Navy Oiler damaged in collision with tugboat Norfolk a. Apr a tugboat collided with a 38,100-ton Navy replenishment Oiler thursday As the Oil Laden vessel set out for Europe. There were no reports of injuries or spilled Oil but the collision left a 3-by-5-foot Hole in the oilers Hull More than 8 feet above the waterline the Navy said. A the Accident occurred around 8 30 . As the Savannah was being pushed by a Navy tugboat from a Norfolk naval pier into the Elizabeth River Channel said a spokesman it. Cmdr. John Lloyd. From there the Savannah was to join with the Carrier Dwight d. Eisenhower and 13 other ships for a routine six month Battle group deployment in the Mediterranean. Lloyd said the ship was taken to an Anchorage area in Hampton roads where an engineering team was assessing the Atlantic u. To offer Block freshmen free tuition Boca Raton Fla. Apr Florida Atlantic University will become the states Only Public University offering free tuition this fall to All Black freshmen who meet admission standards school officials said. The gesture which the United negro College fund said was probably the Only such program in the nation is intended to boost the number of Black students at the school in Boca Raton. A sometimes you spend too much time talking about Why you should do something and not enough time doing it a Fau president Anthony Catanese said. Quot if you re serious about recruiting the Best students a full scholarship simply is the Way to there also is a practical motive the Board of regents has ordered Fau to increase its freshman class by 50 percent next year and the number of Black students must go up to meet slate targets for minority newsreels found after falling from truck Columbia . Apr irreplaceable newsreel footage of Albert Einstein that fell from a delivery truck has been found and returned to the University of South Carolinas film Library. A resident found the film totalling nearly 4,000 feet a week later on a downtown Street along with three other packages from the truck. Quot we re absolutely elated to have this film Back. Historically its irreplaceable a said Glenn Smith head of the film Library. The newsreel film shows the physicist appearing at various events during the 1930s. The University was shipping the film for copying onto videotape when it was lands on Highway after running out of fuel Freeport a. Apr a plane ran out of fuel and landed on a four Lane Highway thursday police said. No injuries or traffic problems were reported. Peter Jacobs 49, of Lone Pine calif., landed the single engine Cherokee at about 2 . On the southbound lanes of state route 28 about 35 Miles North of Pittsburgh police said. Jacobs 16-year-old son Jeramiah Jacobs also was aboard the plane. After Landing the plane was pushed to my Side of the Road and the Pilot sat beside his disabled Craft waiting for fuel. Fans of Seattle a Blue Moon singing the blues Seattle apr the Blue Moon tavern does no to qualify As a cultural landmark and hundreds of longtime patrons arc left crying in their Beer. The 56-year-old taverns lease runs out in four years. After that the Westlake capital corp., which owns the land plans to replace the Blue Moon with a six Story housing and shopping development spokesman Robert Hannah told the Seattle landmarks preservation Board on wednesday night. The eight members of the 11-person Board who were present split evenly on whether to Grant landmark status prompting a collective groan from dozens of tavern supporters sporting Blue Moon stickers. The proposal needed six votes to pass. The forever Blue Moon committee pushed for landmark status As the Only Way to save the establishment from the wrecking Ball. One Patron John Foss said the Blue Moon a is the one spot in town where All these groups of people can come in and speak Board member Don Brubeck argued that Seattle has Many historic taverns and though the Blue Moon reportedly has quenched the thirst of such he 9 luminaries As Jack Kerouac Thomas and pulitzer prize Winner i Dorc Roethke it does no to Quant Quot there Are some really Nice Tae this City a Brubeck said. A they a a a. 0f there a Long time and they have a. Physical integrity. If we design one Why not All the others a
