European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes saturday october 20,1990scientist blames ouster on tobacco Industry new York a a scientist dismissed from an environmental Protection Agency panel on second hand cigarette smoke after vigorous lobbying by the tobacco Industry said Friday that he will fight to be reinstated. The Industry charged that the scientists a Long Ana intense involvement with the anti smoking movement makes him biased but colleagues said his credentials Are impeccable. Or David Burns of the University of California san Diego Learned thursday that he had been removed from the Epars scientific advisory Board studying the dangers of second hand cigarette smoke. The dismissal a damages my credibility and the credibility of the panel and As a matter of Public policy i feel compelled to try to reverse the decision a he said. A it is a substantial insult to my professional status and i can to let that go  Stephen Bayard manager of the Epa project to assess health risks of passive smoking said a a in be never seen anything like this in 12 years at the Agency. A a in a disturbed about this a he said. A i think it was Lousy. I think it shows undue pressure personally from the tobacco companies and the  bums said he had been told in an aug. 10 letter that he was on the Epa panel. The same Day the tobacco Institute an Industry group wrote Epa administrator William Reilly protesting bums selection. A frankly we Are mystified How an individual with or. Bums Long and intense involvement with the anti smoking movement can be expected to contribute to a reasonable objective examination of the Epa reports the letter said. Bums has worked on the surgeon general a smoking reports since the 1970s. He was editor of the 1986 report that said passive smoking can cause disease including lung cancer in healthy non smokers. Brennan Dawson a tobacco Institute spokeswoman said a we want a fair panel that will look at it objectively. Our concern is that or bums is unable to do  on sept. 18, rep. Thomas Bliley r-va., wrote the Epa without mentioning bums by name but urging that the panel a consist of qualified individuals who have not already prejudged this Issue in any  Bliley is a Strong tobacco Industry ally. Philip Morris is the largest private employer in his congressional District Bayard said Bliley a letter was a Factor in bums dismissal. Bums said a i am surprised that an Epa review would be swayed by pressure from the tobacco Industry on an Issue of science when the tobacco Industry is on record As disputing even the scientific evidence that cigarette smoking is related to lung cancer with Active  Robert Flaak of the advisory panel who told bums he had been removed said he could not comment on the decision. Donald Shopland coordinator of the National cancer institutes smoking control program defended bums his longtime colleague. A i Don t know of anyone else you could Point to that would have the degree of expertise he would possess on smoking in general and the whole Issue of passive smoking in particular a Shopland said. Bayard said bums was among 16 or 17 researchers who already had submitted a preliminary review of the Epars report on passive smoking a health risks and bums comments a were by far the Best comments that i  Bayard said he was concerned bums exclusion would Compromise the final reports Quality. A if i feel there a tampering with the committee am i going to get a Good review out of it i have my concerns a Bayard  actor Robert Tessier Dies of cancer los Angeles a actor Robert Tessier whose Baleful looks helped him portray Tough Guys and villains in such movies As a the deep and a the longest Yard a has died. He was 56. Tessier died of cancer in Lowell mass., on oct. 11, said a longtime Friend Diane hag Gert. He had returned to Bis Hometown after learning his illness was fatal she said. Known for his trademark shaved head Tessier a first prominent role came in 1970 with a cry blood  other film credits included a a Hooper and a hard  his last wish a released this year. He also worked in television playing rude water in the acclaimed miniseries  other to appearances included a a Charlies a Angels a a vegas and a the fall  Tessier earned the Silver Star and two purple hearts while serving in the korean War. He came to los Angeles in the 1960s to find work As an actor and was befriended by Lindsay Crosby Dennis Hopper and Dan Haggerty. Tessier picture was a nigh Baltimore giving students condoms birth control pills Baltimore apr with Little apparent controversy the City health department has begun dispensing birth control pills and condoms at seven Middle Ana High schools. The clinics began distributing the contraceptives last month to reduce the risk of pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases said Elias Dorsey acting City health commissioner. Health clinics at selected schools have counselled sexually Active City students and prescribed contraceptives since 1985 As part of a Broad Range of medical care offered to youngsters who might not otherwise get it. Middle school begins with sixth Grade. A with kids 14 or 15 years old you have to do it right now a Dorsey said. The distribution of condoms has become the subject of a major policy debate this fall for school boards in Talbot county md., and new York but the Baltimore school Board Aid not consider the Issue because it was a health department matter Board president Joseph l. Smith said. A Survey of parents this Spring found overwhelming support for dispensing contraceptives at the clinics said or. John Santelli the health department official who runs the program. Both he and school officials said the policy change had not been controversial. Abstinence from sex is an option discussed with students at the clinics and in health classes Santelli said. About 5,000 students around two thirds of the total at the seven selected schools Are enrolled in the clinics Santelli said. Baltimore led the nations big cities in the percentage of babies bom to teen agers in 1988, the most recent year for which figures Are available and teen agers accounted for 30 percent of the City a gonorrhoea cases last year according to the City a health department. Lie Detector test sways party to Back Minnesota candidate Arden Hills Minn. Apr gubernatorial candidate Jon Grunseth said that a lie Detector test shows that he is innocent of allegations that he swam nude with teen age girls. Grunseth an Independent Republican used the test results to get a critical boost from his party thursday. After his Campaign manager Leon Oistad discussed the results with party leaders the 14-member executive committee gave Grunseth a vote of Confidence at its meeting in Bloomington. A Jon was our candidate and the lie Detector test proved beyond a doubt that the allegations were false and there was no reason he should not be moving ahead with his Campaign air party chairman Bob Weinholzer said. Less than three weeks before the election Grunseth wanted to rebut allegations by two Young women that he swam nude with four teen age girls at a 1981 party tried to touch the breast of one and served Beer to minors. The Grunseth Campaign refused to release details of the test procedures the questions asked and the identity of the test administrator before a news conference Friday. Grunseth took the test wednesday night Campaign officials said. Oistad acknowledged that lie Detector tests Are not 100 percent reliable but he asked a How else does Jon prove a negative a the women a attorney Robert Tennessen of Minneapolis did not return a reporters Telephone Call for comment. The women a allegations have been corroborated by several other people at the party while Grunseth has obtained sworn statements from 16 people who support his version. Grunseth faces gov. Rudy Perpich the democratic Farmer labor party nominee. Stateside Bronx teen Hurt As shot enters 18th-floor room new York up a a 16-year-old boy was shot in the Mouth while playing his flute in his Bronx bedroom 18 floors up police said Friday. Amari Foster 16, was sitting in bed when the Bullet a came crashing through the windows about 11 . Thursday and struck him in the Mouth said sgt de bums a police spokesman. Amari was listed in Good condition at Jacobi Hospital he  Bullet shattered die Glass the sergeant said. It was not known whether the shot was random or intended he  polish Money lands Fla. Man in prison Orlando Fla. Apr a Man prosecutors say is the first american convicted of counterfeiting polish currency has been sentenced to five years in Federal prison. Joseph Hill 62, pleaded for leniency at the sentencing hearing. He told the judge he never intended to break the Law and has never stolen anything in his life. A the court found your defense hilarious in that these counterfeit Bills were made to hang As wallpaper. And to be used As Christmas cards a . District judge g. Kendall Sharp told  news plans to shut bureaus in 3 major cities new York up Abc news will close its Chicago Boston and Dallas bureaus the network announced thursday. In Chicago correspondent Chris Bury and three other newsmen will work out of station was to owned and operated by Abc. In Dallas correspondent Charles Murphy will work out of his Home. In Boston or. Timothy Johnson and a Small staff will continue to cover medical news out of their old Abc news office but general news coverage will be handled out of new York City. A spokesman for Abc news said 12 people in the three bureaus will either be reassigned offered other positions or fired. The changes take effect dec. 31. Abc news which had been expected to earn a $75 million profit now reportedly is projecting profits of $50 million. The networks a world news tonight with Peter Jennings has been the top rated evening news program for 40 consecutive weeks