European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes tuesday april 3,1990 heart group to end food Labelling Dallas map a the american Ard Lewis director of health and science hear inside Seal of an Roval a a heart the Fri and after a Dallas apr the american heart association under Federal government pressure has decided to discontinue a food Labelling program designed to help Consumers identify products considered Best for preventing heart disease a spokesman said monday. The hear guide program an attempt by the association to Label Low fat Low cholesterol Low sodium foods came under attack by the Federal food and drug administration which opposes endorsements by non government groups. A the Fra has made it Clear it is against third party endorsements a How Ard Lewis director of health and science news for the heart association said monday. A the governments Only concern was that they did not like third party organizations entering into an area where they had Legal  Lewis said that Only the Labelling Effort will end. Nutrition education and other aspects of the program Wilt continue. The program was launched in january. Hear guide was proposed in 1987 to uniformly identify foods with certain Levels of cholesterol fat . The foods were to be identified with a hear guide Seal of approval a a heart with a Check Mark a on the package. Consumer groups such As the Center for science in the Public interest expressed concern that Consumers would be lulled by the Label into believing that hear guide approved foods were actually health foods. Those groups also complained about the fairness of the ratings. The heart association planned to charge companies participating in the program from $15,000 to $600,000 a year. The fees were to be used for a toll free hot line and nutrition awareness programs the association said. Lewis said Independent labs Analysed the food after companies Shmik j plications to have the produs a it ered. Products consid  the governments Labelling program haul now to completely Sanger ass Labe ing is done m the counted Challenge and get rid of and set ? for such claims As Low coolest Eunpu fiber a Lite a things like we re very Happy that after 17 year the government will move ahead i ? years after promises to do , about food Labelling a 10 to something o super Rush hour a Buffalo n.y., policeman directs traffic during morning Rush hour monday As 120,000 commuters Are forced to find alternate Means of transportation. The City a subway and bus system was shut Down sunday after it ran out of Money. Early monday county officials slapped together a financial package designed to Rescue the transit system. But the transit Agency did not approve the plan which called for a 10-cent fare increase to $1.10, suspension of weekend service and the layoffs of 125 of 600 bus  wont halt to Marti Atlanta apr president Bush saying that a the voice of Freedom will not be stilled a told broadcasters monday that the governments to Marti will keep transmitting into Cuba despite concerns that Fidel Castro May Widen his jamming of . Radio stations. He also told a National association of broadcasters convention that voice of America signals will be beamed into Eastern Europe a until change is  there a free stations and newspapers Are still struggling to take Root we need to be there now More than Ever before a to describe and explain our own two centuries of experience in building a democracy a Bush said. Bush waded into a sensitive area with broadcasters particularly in the Southeast who Are concerned about cuban retaliation against to Marti. After testing of the television station began last tuesday Castro jammed the signals of am radio stations in the Region. Within Cuba Castro jammed to Martins signal with varying Success. A look i do understand the practical concerns some of you have about this. But i also understand that you represent the very principle to Marti exists to serve a the free flow of ideas a Bush said. A so i have come Here to ask something of you a Bush told the broadcasters. A i ask you once again to stand for to Marti to stand for  broadcasters were sceptical of his Appeal. Edward o. Fritts president of the broadcasters organization said a a it a Castro a threat of jamming am stations that worries  Aims for Boardwalk Jackpot Atlantic City . Apr Donald Trump opened the boardwalks newest Casino monday and several Hundred would be High rollers flocked inside to slap Down play Money on gaming tables and feed real coins to Slot machines. The $1 billion Taj mahal Casino hotel resort named for indians sacred 16th-Century mausoleum opened in a steady drizzle and a deluge of publicity. A turnout is great considering the weather a Trump said flanked by three bodyguards As he walked the 120,000-Square-foot Casino floor and greeted employees about 50 state gaming investigators were checking that dealers know their games and that proper internal controls surveillance and accounting procedures Are in place before allowing players to Gamble for genuine winnings said Anthony Parrillo director of the state division of gaming enforcement. The Slot machines accepted real coins but gamblers at the tables a craps Roulette Baccarat a have to use fake Money until the state inspection is completed. Parrillo said the Trump organization has experience in opening Atlantic City casinos but the sheer size of the Taj mahal a a third larger than its biggest competitor Here a leaves room for More  scheduled on skyrocketing punitive awards Washington apr the supreme court said monday it will decide whether skyrocketing punitive damage awards in personal injury and other cases can go so High they become unconstitutional. In a Case of great importance to american business and Consumers the court agreed to hear arguments in an Alabama insurance fraud Case that yielded a jury award of Over $1 million. The court must decide whether punitive damages aimed at punishing wrongdoers and deterring similar supreme court Roundup misconduct May be so Large in some cases that they Are fundamentally unfair. A ruling is expected sometime in 1991. In other action the court a refused to expose car manufacturers to product liability lawsuits for not installing air bags. Suits against general motors Honda and Nissan motor corp. Were thrown out by lower courts and the justices declined to review them. A left intact a ruling that airlines say could impede mergers. The justices in a Case stemming from Della air lines acquisition of Western airlines in 1986, refused to shield Delta from binding arbitration in a dispute with the Union that had represented westerns flight attendants. A turned Down an Appeal by a Massachusetts Church that said its religious Freedom will be violated if state approval is required for the curriculum of a school it runs. The court last year ruled that huge awards in civil lawsuits often millions of dollars do not violate the constitutions ban on excessive fines. But the justices left open the possibility that such awards May be so disproportionate to the actual harm suffered that they violate due process  justices will hear an Appeal by Pacific Mutual life insurance co., found by a jury to have been responsible for fraud by one of its agents Lemmie Ruffin. The company denied it had sanctioned ruffing a conduct. Lower court records said employees of Roosevelt City ala., paid health insurance premiums to Ruffin which he pocketed. Cleopatra Haslip a City worker who had been paying premiums Learned her insurance had lapsed after she incurred $2,500 in Hospital and medical Bills in 1982. The Hospital demanded $600 before agreeing to discharge her and her doctor eventually turned her Case Over to a collection Agency. Her credit also Sutler a from her inability to pay the Bills. Haslip and other members of the insurance plan sued Pacific Mutual and Ruffin. A jury in 198/ awarded her $1,040,000. Three other Roosevelt City employees were awarded a total of $38,000. It is not Clear from records filed with the supreme court How much of the Money was intended to compensate the workers for actual losses and How much was designed to punish the insurance company the Alabama supreme court upheld the Awan Msj year saying a jury verdicts Are presumed Correct Anu that presumption is strengthened when the presiding judge refuses to Grant a new trial.�?�. Pacific Mutual said its constitutional rights were l lated because the jury was allowed to award damages matter of moral discretion without adequate Standard to the amount necessary to punish and deter. The company also contended it is the victim of fair discrimination because Alabama Law imposes Cap on punitive damages in some cases