European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 08, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday,.april 8, 1991 the. Stars and stripes b Page 3bush prays for allies. Iraq at service the. Stars and stripes Houston apr president Bush attended Church services sunday to give thanks for the Allied Victory in the persian Gulf War and Pray for iraqis suffering under government repression. His voice at times shaking with emotion Bush also offered a prayer for iraqis government. / a yes we Pray for our enemies that a just peace May come to their troubled land a a he said in Brief remarks at St. Martins episcopal Church where he has Long been a parishioner. Bush marked what he had proclaimed As a National Day of thanksgiving for the conclusion of the Gulf War. A we thank you for sparing the lives of so Many of our men and women who went to the Gulf a he said. A it is the time to give thanks to god not for winning the War but for helping us to do what was  after the service Bush headed to a meeting on Trade  Mexico a president Carlos Salinas de Gortari who stopped in Houston in route to  a on these special Days of thanksgiving we do have so very much for which to be thankful a Bush said at Church a we arc grateful for the Long awaited liberation of Kuwait and the end of the terror rendered upon the kuwaiti  but he made Only a Brief reference to iraqi civilians and rebels still beset by Saddam Hussein a military. A we ask you to protect the innocents who this very Day Are suffering in Iraq and elsewhere a Bush said. Bush has been criticized in Congress for refusing to militarily assist iraqi rebel groups and civilians who tried up successfully to overthrow Saddam since the Gulf War ended. On Friday Bush announced a military air lift to drop humanitarian supplies to iraqi civilians fleeing to the Border areas. But kurdish rebel leaders have appealed to Bush to use . Military forces still occupying Iraq to bring Down helicopter guns vips attacking the insurgents. Bush has pledged riot to involve . Forces in iraqis internal strife. During the Church service. Bush introduced two persian Gulf War veterans air Force Apt. John Hunnell who flew an f.-i6 fighter plane and his Wingman it. Scott Long. / electronic Bells pealed after rile service. Bush had proclaimed april 5-7 National Days of thanksgiving. Health groups want Low nicotine cigarettes under Fra jurisdiction by a Salvage Mission a san Benito couple carries their belongings in trash bags through 4 feet of water saturday. Storms dumped nearly 17 inches of rain on parts of Cameron county in South Texas in less than 48 hours. No deaths or serious injuries were reported. Other . Weather Page ii Washington up a health coalition wants the food and drug administration to treat two brands of Low nicotine cigarettes As drugs accusing tobacco giant Philip Morris of false advertising. The american cancer society the american heart association and the american lung association planned to file a petition monday asking the Fra to place Philip Morris a a next and its Benson amp Hedges a de Nice cigarettes under the jurisdiction of the food and drug cosmetic act. The act is designed to oversee the safety of food drugs medical devices and cosmetics. While tobacco products Are not covered under the Law As Long As they Are sold Only for smoking pleasure the Fra has taken action involving tobacco when a health claim has been made or implied. The coalition said the cigarettes should be classified As a drug a move that would require costly and time consuming scientific testing a because the company a marketing has implied that those two brands have health benefits a there should be no hesitation on the part of the Fra to regulate tobacco at least As vigorously As health foods a a which Are considered a drug if they make health claims said Scott Balli legislative counsel for the american heart association. / a when you consider that smoking kills More than 434,000 americans each year and is this nations no. 1 preventable cause of death and disability the Fra has an enormous responsibility to regu late tobacco a Ballin said. Matthew Myers staff director for the coalition said the advertising and marketing used by Philip Morris distinguishes their brands from others and makes it necessary to place them under Federal regulation a a it a not the level of nicotine that a a makes the difference Quot Myers said. A what it is is a carefully constructed advertising Campaign designed to make Consumers believe that their product is less addictive. Its the attempt to mislead the consumer about the  v Les Zuke a spokesman for Philip Morris in new York called the coalitions charges a totally unfounded incorrect and  a we Are test marketing de nicotine cigarettes utilizing advertising that if Clear and Unco fusing a Zuke said. Next and de Nic Are currently being test marketed in Tampa fla., Phoenix and Tucson Ariz. Zuke could not say when the brands would be made available in other cities. Philip Morris has advertised de Nic cigarettes As a product that has had most of its nicotine removed a much the Way caffeine  removed from Coffee Beans a de nicotine cigarettes also Are promised to have the same flavor As Ordinary cigarettes but with almost no addictive nicotine. Such advertisements Are a patently false and misleading a Myers said. A there is simply no scientific evidence that in this product the level of Nicot Jpe is so Low that it is  sports celebrities among 1,500 of toxic fire Eatonton a. Up a a fertilizer Plant caught fire sunday spewing yellow Clouds of toxic fumes that forced the evacuation of some 1,500 people including sports celebrities such As Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra who were in the area for a Golf tournament. About 8v2 hours after the first alarm was turned in Fri Regency management officials evaluated air samples and declared the emergency Over allowing evacuees to leave two shelters set up at schools. There were no reports of fatalities or injuries. The fire is under investigation. A the roads Are open and we have closed the shelters a a said Mona Betzel spokeswoman for the Putnam county emergency management association. A Federal and state environmental representatives have declared that the area is Safe and there is no danger Quot she said officials attributed the Lack of injuries to the Quick response of emergency personnel and the cooperation of residents. The fire at th<h3ro-tech fertilizer Plant in Eatonton about 70 Miles East of Atlanta broke out about 4 30 a.m., according to Betzel. She said an area resident spotted the Blaze and notified the sheriffs department. The predawn evacuation of about 1,500 people in a 10-mile area North of the Plant where the ammonium nitrate fumes were Drifting was done in an orderly fashion Betzel said with deputies and other volunteers going from House to House knocking on doors. One casualty of the fire was the Mickey Mantle Golf tournament a Charity affair being played near greens a Boro 20 Miles Northeast of the fire at the Harbor club. Fumes Drifting toward the area prompted the cancellation of the tournament. Mantle Berra and a Host of other sports celebrities were routed from their Beds and advised to leave. The other sports figures included Earl Morrall Whitey Ford Harmon Killebrew Billy Kilmer Jake Scott Charlie Trippi Jimmy Orr Enos Slaughter Pat Jarvis Jim a a mudcat Grant Charlie Johnson Johnny Unitas and Tom Weiskopf. Desert storm Ushers in change of command with the 3rd  div in North East Kuwait a amps a command of the 3rd  div was passed from Ono Man to another sunday in the face of a desert a just storm. Maj. Gen. Paul e. Funk handed Over the colors of the 3rd  div to maj. Gen. Jerry r. Rutherford. The ceremony took place just South of the iraqi Border. A Breeze blew Ever harder and in time with the final Salute the wind sent Funk off with a sandstorm. A the military has a strange trap a Funk said quoting civil War Gen. Robert e. Lee. Quot to be a Good Soldier you have to love the . To be a Good officer you Hae to Send to its death the very things you love j a that love is what i feel about the magnificent men and women of the spearhead division a he said. Funk has been reassigned to the office of the joint chiefs of staff in Washington. Rutherford is former commander of 2nd  div fwd from Karlstedt Germany