European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 4, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7noriega lawyers try another tactic claim . Invasion caused indiscriminate mayhem by the los Angeles times m Ami defense attorneys for Manuel a. Noriega opened another front monday in their attack on his indictment charging that the . Invasion that led to his arrest caused a hindi scrim in Tel mayhem that should a Shock the conscience of the  appealing in a Federal court hearing for dismissal of his drug trafficking charges the defense played 12 minutes of television film clips of the fighting and presented testimony by former attorney general Ramsey Clark about suffering endured by the panamanian population. Civilians who died a had a right not to be killed because of the arrest of one Man a said Jon May an associate counsel for Noriega. He called on . District judge William m. Hoeveler to dismiss All charges a to make certain this court is not used for an ignoble end and to deter similar conduct by our government in the  Hoeveler though he made no immediate ruling indicated that he was sceptical of the argument. A what does that mean a he asked at one Point. A there was a War going on Wasny to there wars Are always  in their attempt to wipe out the Miami drug trafficking indictment against the ousted panamanian strongman Noriega a attorneys Are contending that his rights were violated by his capture that he is a military prisoner of War outside the jurisdiction of civilian courts and that his activities were known and approved by . Intelligence agencies. Motions citing those arguments have not been successful so far but Many More Are anticipated before the trial scheduled to begin Jan. 28. Noriega remains incarcerated in a Federal civilian facility South of Miami. Countering May a Challenge to the invasions propriety William c. Bryson a department of Justice lawyer reminded Hoeveler that president Bush had cited the Protection of . Lives in Panama As a prime justification. A this Case can be decided As a matter of Law a Bryson declared. A no personal rights of Gen. Noriega have been  called to testify about widespread civilian deaths in the invasion Clark a new York lawyer and leading human rights advocate said that he visited Panama in january and was told by local authorities that 4,000 to 7,000 civilians May have been killed. Entire neighbourhoods had been destroyed he said. The . Southern come has officially said that 202 civilians were known to have been killed but has acknowledged other estimates of about 300 might be More accurate. A. Home Sweet Home aviculture is Jim Metzinger circulates among dozens of penguins recently returned to their Home the Penguin encounter at sea world in Aurora Ohio after a 2-week absence. Over 140 penguins had to be relocated while repairs and improvements were made at the facility. Cigarettes smoked by americans lowest since 1942 Washington apr americans Are smoking less than any time since 1942. The agriculture department says cigarette use dropped 5 percent in 1989, the largest decline in six years. And the trend is expected to continue. Overall american smokers consumed about 533 billion cigarettes last year the departments economic research service said monday. Exports however jumped 20 percent to 142 billion cigarettes. Annual use by the . Adult population dropped 7 percent to an average of 2,888 cigarettes the report said. Economist Verner Grise said that was the lowest average since 1942, when the average was 2,585 cigarettes per adult. The Peak was 4,345 cigarettes in 1963, before beginning its longtime decline. The average is for All americans 18 years and older smokers and non smokers alike. It is a statistical comparison Only and does not indicate the actual smoking habits of the population. A Domestic cigarette consumption will probably continue to fall this year because of higher prices increased restrictions on where people can smoke antismoking activity and declining social acceptance of smoking a the report said. Meanwhile the report said total . Tobacco output could increase substantially this year perhaps by 8 percent Over the 1989 crop of 1.4 billion pounds. However smaller on hand inventories will reduce total supplies for 1990-91. Child abuse neglect up in �?T89, report shows i Shin ton apr reports of child abuse and neglect Rose 9 percent last year the largest increase since 1985, says the National committee for prevention of child abuse. The Survey released monday found that 2.4 million reports of child abuse and neglect were recorded in 1989 by state child welfare agencies. This included at least 1,237 child abuse related deaths. Ann Cohn executive director of the abuse prevention committee said the growing problem of drug and alcohol abuse figures prominently in the increase. Social problems such As poverty and homelessness also were cited. But she said some of the increase was due to state changes in defining child abuse and in their reporting systems. The 2.4 million reports last year compared with 2.2 million in 1988. Most of the abuse occurs in the Home according to the Survey. The group also concluded based on a nationwide Telephone Survey that fewer parents Are disciplining their children with insults swearing or spankings. The Telephone poll found that the proportion who said they had not used swearing or insults As discipline in the previous year Rose from 45 percent in 1988 to 60 percent in 1989. The poll was conducted of 460 randomly selected parents. It also found that those who said they never spanked or hit their children grew from 36 percent in 1988 to 49 percent last year. The proportion who said they often swore or used insults to discipline their children went from 2 percent in 1988 to 3 percent last year the group that said they often hit their children went from 4 percent to 5 percent the Survey showed. The Survey conducted by Schuman Ronca and Bucuvalas inc. Of new York has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage  just goofed no reference to Pearl Harbor intended Park Ridge . Apr the Berlin Wall the Arsaw pact and other legacies of world War ii Are acting fast but some things live in infamy As Sony Orp. Of America was recently reminded. The japanese electronics company acknowledged onday that it apologized to a customer for using dec. 7 the Date of Japan a attack on Pearl Harbor As an example in an owners manual explaining of to set the Date on its videocassette recorders. Sony a apology came in response to a complaint by Scott l. Edelheit a Boca Raton fla., Man who said his father was killed at Pearl Harbor in 1941. The Date was inadvertently used in the japanese printed manual for a Var Edelheit had bought said Jason Farrow a spokesman at Sony a . Headquarters in Park Ridge. A we try to be sensitive on these issues a he said. A it would be irrational for anyone to think that a company that does 25 percent of its business in the United states would Ever intentionally do anything like  Farrow said Sony had not determined whether the mistake occurred at its Tokyo office or whether the Date was changed by the Printer. Ken Iwaki Sony Deputy president in Tokyo told Edelheit in his letter that the company a has told the concerned people in Tokyo to be More