European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 24, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5bush urged to order smoking ban would affect executive Branch buildings by the Washington Post Washington a Secretary of health and human services Louis w. Sullivan has proposed that president Bush Issue an order Banning All smoking in Federal executive Branch agencies and Quot buildings. The order proposed by Sullivan who has been crusading against smoking As a Public health menace would not allow special areas to be designated for those who wish to smoke As is now the Case in most Federal agencies. The Fate of the proposal is Uncertain. The order had been under study by the office of management and budget but sources said Friday that it had been returned to Sullivan perhaps for responses by has to comments on the proposal by other Federal agencies. Both the bomb and has declined to discuss the status of the order Friday. The order would apply not Only to Federal employees but to anyone visiting or using Federal facilities As Well which Means up to 3 million Federal employees and millions of visitors daily to Federal offices All Over the country. The text of the proposed order says a the smoking of tobacco products is thus prohibited in All Federal government controlled space including space obtained quake shakes South Utah Salt Lake City up an earthquake registering 3.4 on the open ended Richter scale Shook residents in South Central Utah near Cedar City Friday but caused no damage a spokesman for the University of Utah Seismograph station said. The 8 . Quakers epicentre was about 10 Miles North Northeast of Cedar City in the Southwest end of a Rowan Valley University spokesman sue Nava said. The area is in an Active seismic zone she said. A local residents Felt it but it did no to do any damage or cause any injuries a Nava said. In the stars and stripes on a use permit nominal rental or rent free  the order would apply to the executive Branch but not to Congress or the judicial Branch of government. The propped order also a does not include members of the uniformed services of the . Armed forces unless the department of defense decides to apply it to them. Ronald Davis a physician who is director of the has office on smoking and health said that virtually All Federal agencies have anti smoking rules. A few including has buildings and department of veterans affairs hospitals done to designate any areas where smoking is permitted. V other agencies have their own policies. A some places May have designated areas All Over a said Davis. A others May have few designated areas but people still Light up in forbidden areas. To my knowledge nobody has done a study to find out exactly what proportion of All Federal buildings is  order is strongly opposed by the tobacco Institute. A. A a a a a a each department of government at the Federal level already has its own smoke policy and i assume they believe its working very Well a a said Institute vice presi Dent Walker Merryman. A it seems to. Me that what works at the agriculture department for a county agent office might not work in a High Rise building in  two major Federal employee unions the american federation of government employees and the National Treasury employees Union also oppose the order. Teu assistant counsel David Klein said a a comr Madation should be made on a local level for  the Teu sued the department of has when it banned All smoking in its facilities and won a the right to negotiate with i ims on demands for special smoking areas. However the ban is still in place. The advocacy Institute a nonprofit organization on Public issues founded by former Federal Trade commission chairman Michael Pertschuk and former common cause president David Cohen is strongly in favor of a total ban citing the health perils to a person breathing a second hand smoke. The coalition on smoking or health noted that an environmental Protection Agency draft report has recommended classifying environmental tobacco smoke As a class a Carcinogen a on Par with radon benzine and  10 years ago March 24,1981 a the supreme court upheld statutory rape Laws that punish men for having sexual Intercourse with under age females. The 5-4 ruling involving five opinions held that californians statutory rape Law does not discriminate against men even though the Law does not provide a penalty for women who have Intercourse with Young males. Alexander sworn in As his wife Honey holds a Bible Lamar Alexander is sworn in As Secretary of education Friday by . Court of appeals judge John minor Wisdom at the air and space museum in Washington As president Bush looks on. 20 year Sago March 24,1971 a the House voted 400-19 to Amend the Constitution to lower the voting age to 18 for All elections. The vote completed congressional action and cleared the amendment for ratification by the state  cuts first Day press run As daily news resumes 30 years ago March 25,1961 a the United states and great Britain asked the soviet Union to join them in a program of peaceful nuclear explosions designed to give the world More Safe harbours and make deserts Bloom. 40 years ago March 24,1951 a Frances week old epidemic of strikes spread to the Northern Coal Fields and to provincial electricity and Gas workers. New major walkouts of government employees Metal Industry workers and civil aviation staffs were threatened. By the new York times new York a the first Post strike Issue of the daily news got off to a Rocky Start Friday when the printing of it was sabotaged apparently by newly Laid off temporary workers cutting the press run and delaying or cancelling deliveries in some parts of new York City. The paper suffered another blow when one of its More prominent columnists Liz Smith said she had signed a five year contract with new York new Day her first new Day column will appear on sunday. She had been with the daily news for 14 years. The Post strike Start up of the presses on thursday night was marred by violence when Union Pressman attacked three men including a photographer and a Queens editor who had covered the strike for the daily news under its previous ownership. A and Friday it became Clear that there was More vandalism in the Brooklyn printing Plant than was known about amid the fanfare of the press Start up. Robert Maxwell the new owner said that 600,000 to 650,000 copies or about half the Normal pre strike run had been printed. He called the delays a teething  a newsstand operators along 42nd Street in Manhattan Only blocks from the daily news building at 220 e. 42nd st., said they had received no papers Friday. Sev Era said they had been told that they would get their first copies saturday. Others in downtown Brooklyn said they were told that they would have to wait until monday. At the port authority bus terminal at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue the first bundles of the news arrived just before 8 . Within an hour All five Newsstands in the terminal had the newspaper for Sale at 40 cents five cents More than it was before the 21-week strike began on oct. 25. A a a Quot a a a a a a. A a a a a Rick Norcro an eight year member of the news Security staff said the vandalism at the Brooklyn Plant began shortly after he and other Security employees were Laid off on wednesday. He said the vandals were temporary workers who had been hired to replace striking Pressman and machinists. Smith announced her departure Friday morning. A i always said id slay with the news As Long As Jim Hoge was there a she said Friday night referring to the news publisher who will stay on under Maxwell. Quot but id been without a contract since feb. 14.&Quot