European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 2, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7tv accused of airing hidden tobacco ads Washington apr an antismoking congressman monday accused the three major television networks of cooperating with tobacco companies to advertise cigarettes despite Laws against it. Rep. Thomas Luken a Ohio said the networks have a conflict of interest. A while Federal Law has since 1971 banned cigarette advertisements from being shown on television the television networks still have Strong financial links with the tobacco Industry a he said at a hearing of his House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on transportation and hazardous materials. Luken said the networks not Only allow cigarette advertising at sporting events to show up on the air but some have direct dealings with tobacco companies. A capital cities Abc and Rwjr Nabisco makers of Winston salems and camels jointly own esp Cable television a Luken said. A Loews which owns All of Lorillard tobacco makers of Kent True and Newport also owns about 25 percent of  he said the networks make a lot of Money broadcasting sports events that Are sponsored by tobacco companies and that prominently display their logos. A the effect is an advertisement a Luken told a panel of executives from Abc lbs and Abc. Richard Gitter Abc vice president of standards and practices said the networks can to avoid showing some tobacco advertisements. In Auto racing for example Arenas Are adorned with advertising which the vehicles continually drive by he said. The tobacco companies make the Deal to display their logos with the Arena the network must either accept the event with the advertising or not broadcast it said Gitter. A a it a a hard Choice a he added. But Luken said the Choice Between broadcasting a race or showing cigarette advertising on television should not be a hard one. A a that a the problem with the people who front for the tobacco interests Quot he said. A a that a what you Are  Alfred Schneider Abc vice president for policy and standards said his network tries to keep the display of cigarette products off the air while covering sports events. A the Only references to the cigarette company which we permit Are for the purpose of identifying the event by its proper name a said Schneider. He said Abc did not feel that violated the Law against cigarette advertising. All the executives said their networks try to combat societal ills such As smoking through Public service announcements. Gitter said no cd a priority right now is alcohol and drug abuse. Schneider said Abc is concentrating on drug abuse and literacy messages. Beth Waxman Bressan lbs vice president said her network fed affiliates 2,200 Public service messages last year on a wide variety of topics including alcohol abuse aids the environment and smoking and health. Schneider mentioned a recent cartoon broadcast for children on the evils of drug use that was shown by All the networks simultaneously. In response to questions from Luken however he said cigarettes weren to included in the Antidrug message. When asked specifically if he considered cigarettes a drug Schneider said a no i do  Given year in jail for Letterman break in David Letterman is pictured against the Silhouette of Margaret Ray As he testifies about discovering her break in. Norwalk Conn. Apr a woman who had claimed to be David Letterman a a wife was found guilty of breaking into the talk show hosts Home and sentenced to one year in prison. That a the maximum penalty for the Misdemeanour charge of first degree criminal trespass and her second term for the same offence. Letterman the Host of no cd so late night with David Letterman a told Superior court judge Lawrence l. Hauser that he saw Margaret rays Silhouette in the hallway of his new Canaan Home Early in the morning on March 19th. A when she broke into my Home that is the first time i discovered she was on this planet a Letterman said. Ray 37, chose to have her Case decided by a judge rather than a jury. After Hauser found Ray guilty she was ordered to serve the term at Niantic state prison. Letterman left the courthouse by a Side door telling reporters Only a these Are very difficult  Ray of Crawford colo., was released from Niantic two Days before the March 19th arrest. She had just completed seven months of a nine month sentence for breaking into Letterman a House last August. It was the sixth time in two years that Ray was arrested for bothering the talk show Host. Judge awards $8 million to 2 Argentine victims san Francisco apr a Federal judge has awarded $8 million to two argentines whose relatives allegedly were tortured and killed by forces under the control of an Argentine general accused of political murders. Former Gen. Carlos Suarez Mason was extradited from the United states to Argentina in May 1988. He is in jail there facing murder charges in the deaths of 39 people during military Rule from 1976 to 1979. The ruling by . District judge d. Lowell Jensen made Public monday brings to $89 million the damages awarded by Federal courts in three civil suits against the former commander of the first army corps in Buenos Aires. It is possible none of the Money will Ever be collected. Lawyers for the plaintiffs have said they believe Suarez Mason possesses hidden wealth but they have been unable to find it. After his arrest in january 1987 in a san Francisco suburb he was extradited to face the murder charges All involving the killings of prisoners by soldiers under his command. While awaiting extradition Suarez Mason was sued Lor damages by several argentines living in the United states. The lawsuits were allowed for International human rights violations committed by a foreigner who has come under . Jurisdiction. Suarez Mason did not file answers to the suits and was held in default. The damage awards have included $21 million to a lawyer who was tortured repeatedly during four years imprisonment and $60 million to the relatives of three men who were killed. Jensen a ruling involved two Alexandria va., residents who had sought a total of $40 million in damages. Debora Benchoa was robbed of her jewelry tortured and sexually abused several times while held without charges from july 1977 to november 1981 by forces under Suarez masons control Jensen alleged. She was also forced to watch As her brother Reuben was shot twice and later brutally beaten and murdered. Jensen awarded her $3 million for pain and suffering and $3 million in punitive damages. The second plaintiff Alfredo Forti and his Mother and four Brothers were abducted by Suarez masons soldiers held for a week without charges and robbed of most of their belongings Jensen alleged. He said Forti was separated from his Mother who was never seen or heard from again. In an earlier ruling in the Case Jensen ruled that causing the a disappearance Quot of Fortis Mother was a violation of International Law subject to a damage suit in this country. Fortis lawyer said it was the first such ruling by a . Court. Jensen awarded Forti $1 million for emotional distress and $1 million in punitive  makes Date with thief to retrieve car phone Annapolis my. Apr after finding out that her husbands car phone was stolen Paula Thistle did what she thought a concerned wife should do a she called the thief and made a Date. Mick thistles car phone was stolen saturday night when he and his wife Paula allowed a naval Academy midshipman whom they sponsor to take their car to Hood College in Frederick. Paula Thistle called the number and a Man picked up after a few rings and she became Paula Green a lonely lady from Annapolis looking for some fun. She managed to entice the would be suitor into a rendezvous inside the naval Academy on sunday. �?o1 can Only guess that this Guy thought he was getting very Lucky a Mick Thistle said monday. A for whatever reason he started giving her the make and she let  the thistles called the naval investigative service. After the car arrived for the meeting a Campus officer questioned the Driver and passenger and apprehended both said cmdr. Stephen e. Becker a spokesman at the Academy. The two men turned out to be enlisted Navy personnel stationed in the Annapolis area Becker said. Becker said the two men whose names Are being withheld until formal charges Are brought were turned Over to their local commands. A you done to know How proud my wife is of this a Thistle said