European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes sunday june 17,1990passive smokers yearly toll set at 50,000 new York apr the tobacco Institute and a congressman Are pressing the environmental Protection Agency to withdraw or revise a draft report that incorporates the finding that secondhand tobacco smoke causes 50,000 deaths annually among non smokers. The finding has been incorporated into an Epa a technical compendium a a of the latest research on passive smoking sometimes referred to As a environmental tobacco smoke a or ets. The report has not yet been released. Documents with information on its contents were obtained by the associated press from the tobacco Institute and from the office of rep. Thomas Bliley of Richmond a. The report concludes that passive smoking causes 32,000 heart disease deaths each year and a total of 50,000 deaths each year when heart disease and cancers Are combined. That makes passive smoking the third leading cause of preventable death behind smoking and alcohol the report concludes. The study based on a review of existing scientific studies also concludes that passive smoking increases a non smok twin 30 a it would. In my judgment be most inappropriate to include this paper in its no Eros Chance of dying from heart disease by 20 percent to 30 percent. Present form in the Epa ets compendium of technical information a wrote w. Gary Flamm a tobacco Institute consultant in summarizing the 6-Inch-High stack of comments that the tobacco Institute sent to the Epa. The chapter was written by Stanton Glantz and William Parmley both professors in the department of Medicine at the University of California san Francisco. Parmley is a past president of the american College of cardiology. Elissa Feldman of the Epars indoor air division said the technical compendium is still undergoing revision and it probably would not be released until later this summer. Glantz presented Many of the chanters findings on May 21 at a scientific conference in Boston but he did not disclose that they were included in the Epars passive smoking report. Robert Axelrad director of the Epa s indoor air division said Glantz had been Given permission to discuss his findings As Long As he did not mention his connection with the Epa. He noted that the technical compendium was not a determination by the Epa of the risks associated with passive smoking but a collection of state of the Art summaries of research on passive smoking. Quot it will contain disclaimers that the views of the individual authors do not represent the views of the Epa a he said. Safe from harm a residents of Woodridge House nursing Home Are wrapped in bedding after evacuation to the safety of the Lawn during a fire at the facility in Brockton mass., on Friday. There were no serious injuries from the Blaze but More than 100 residents had to be relocated. Politicians firm on abortion rights despite threat new York apr two prominent roman Catholic politicians have said they wont change their position favouring abortion rights despite Cardinal John of Connors warning that they could be excommunicated. A a in a prepared to put my soul in the hands of god rather than the Cardinal a state sen. Nicholas Spano said in a typical response to of Connors warning. But the governor of new York Mario Cuomo who has sparred with of Connor Over the abortion Issue for years said the pronouncement worried him even though it appeared consistent with the cardinals previous statements. Cuomo has said he personally opposes abortion but believes the decision is up to each individual Cuomo and other new York politicians were reacting to of Connors strongest and clearest statement yet on the Fate of those who advocate a woman a right to an abortion. It was delivered in an article in Catholic new York the weekly archdiocesan newspaper. At the same time a roman Catholic diocese in grand rapids mich., is threatening to excommunicate a democratic candidate for the state Senate because she supports abortion rights. A spokesman for the diocese Michael Ghering said Church officials Are investigating to Mclachlan a pro Choice stand and could decide to excommunicate her. Mclachlan said she wont change her position. She is Active in activities of the sacred heart Catholic Church in Evart in Northwestern lower Michigan. Some Church experts said Canon Law does not uphold of Connors position. A a he a wrong a said the Rev. Richard Mcbrien chairman of the theology department at the University of notre Dame. A on the question of abortion the Only person clearly subjected to excommunication would be the person who procures the  that would be the woman and perhaps her doctor but not any politicians he said. Killer loses $7.6 million lawsuit to widow of stabbing victim Jack Henry Abbott whose Ibe new York a. Prison writings became a Best Selling Book lost a nearly $7.6 million court judgment to the widow of an aspiring actor he killed. A jury awarded the Money Friday to Ricci Adan whose 22-year-old husband Richard was fatally stabbed in 1981 outside a Manhattan restaurant where he worked As a waiter. Abbott whose writings were brought to Public attention by Norman Mailer is serving a sentence of 15 years to life for first degree manslaughter in the slay my. Adan died july 18, 1981, just six weeks after Abbott was paroled on earlier convictions. Abbott tried to convince the jury that Adan endured no pain and suffering because the single knife thrust through the heart killed him instantly. A a in a no Savage a Abbott said. Abbott 46, sneered at a Pace University economists projections that Adan might have earned $17 million As a successful actor by the time he was 65. Abbott said the calculation assumed Adan a would have been a movie Star of the Caliper of Paul  Abbott gained Fame from writing a in the belly of the beast a Best seller composed of letters he wrote to Mailer from prison Between 1978 and 1981. During those years Abbott was behind bars first for Bank robbery and then for fatally stabbing another inmate. Mailer later supported Abbotts parole largely because of his writing Talent. Mrs. Adana a lawyers estimate that Abbott has a Little More than $100,000 in escrow held by the Manhattan sheriff in Case of a civil judgment in mrs Adana a favor. Practically All of that Money comes from a in the belly of the  Abbott also has $15,000, also earned from his writings held by the state crime victims Board. The jury awarded mrs. Adan $5.57 million in compensatory damages for lost income and $2 million for her husbands pain and suffering before his death. Stateside mazola to drop claims it might Cut cholesterol Boston apr the manufacturer of mazola com Oil has announced that it would drop claims that imply the product reduces cholesterol. Pc International inc., based in Englewood Cliffs n.j., said it had signed agreements with the Federal Trade commission and attorneys general in 10 states. In a statement pc said its future advertisements would avoid the a use of statements which might be misinterpreted to mean that the use of com Oil would by itself lower serum  Massachusetts attorney general James Shannon said he and his colleagues challenged ads that made claims such As a mazola does what they said it could turn Back my cholesterol. I did no to believe it until my level dropped 17  the states alleged that the advertisements stressed the cholesterol lowering properties of these products without placing proper emphasis on the importance of the total diet. 3-Yeor-old takes car on neighbourhood Joy ride Berlin . Apr it la be a Long time before Dana King gets to borrow his mothers car again. Maybe about a dozen years a when he sold enough to drive it. The 3-year-old boy took a wild ride through his neighbourhood when he climbed into his mothers car which was parked on a Steep Hill in front of their House and shifted it into Neutral. A i heard the Horn i went out and it was Halfway Down the Hill a said his shocked Mother Brenda King 24. A i was terrified. I thought i had lost him a the car which travelled about 300 Yards went Down the Street jumped a curb knocked Over a fire hydrant and sent water spraying vaulted a construction ditch skimmed past a House hit a railing and stopped Halfway across a retaining Wall with the front half hanging 6 feet off the ground. Although his Mother was shaken and breathless Dana came off without a scratch. In fact she said he was laughing. Senior foreign policy aide is returning to Harvard Washington apr Robert d. Black Wili a senior foreign policy adviser to president Bush will return to Harvard University a John f. Kennedy school of government As a lecturer in late july the White House has announced. Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said president Bush a accepts his departure with great appreciation for his role in shaping . Policy toward Europe in these dramatic  a Bob was instrumental in the Success of both Gorbachev summits and in the presidents Many deliberations on nato a the spokesman said. Blackwill 49, is senior director for european and soviet affairs in the office of the White House National Security adviser. Fitzwater said no replacement has been selected yet