European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 31, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 passive smoke kills 53,000, report says. Quot a. A a a a a a a a a a. -. A a a. A. I. A a _ _ a a _ a. A a. A a. New. York apr a draft report sponsored by fhe environmental Protection Agency and other Federal agencies concludes that second hand cigarette smoke kills 53,000 non smokers a year including 37000 from heart disease. The Epa emphasized the estimates do not represent official Epa determinations. Rather the estimates Are the views of scientific authorities the agencies commissioned to write the report.  a of the been delayed indefinitely said Robert axe Rad director of the Epars indoor air division. A it has not been approved by the Epa to May never be approved by Epa Quot he said. A. A a a a a a. A. A. The report was intended to be an informational document for use by professionals in the Field of indoor air pollution and passive smoking. A doctor with a watchdog group accused the Agency of caving in to pressure from the tobacco Industry. A government just does no to dare go the limit in challenging a big financially powerful Industry a a a Houston founder of doctors ought to care an anti smoking group. A a there a no doubt that the government is scared to bring this kind of report out a Blum said. In addition to the findings on heart disease the report concludes that second hand tobacco smoke contributes substantially to indoor air pollution elevating airborne Levels of pollutant particles and such dangerous substances As benzene and Carbon monoxide a Axelrad said the report could be described As a Broad review of existing research on the hazards of second hand tobacco smoke. Me said each chapter was reviewed for scientific accuracy by at least two other scientists outside the Agency. The tobacco Industry has sent the Epa a ibo loads of scientific documents and commentary from Independent scientists from around the world pointing out the weaknesses the unsubstantiated claims in the report said Brennan Dawson a spokeswoman for the tobacco Institute in  of the controversy Over the report has focused on the estimate of �37,01 0 heart disease deaths attributed to second hand smoke a a any Effort or any attempt to imply any kind of endorsement or acceptance by Epan of the death estimates in the technical compendium a is. At this time totally inappropriate a Axelrad said. Cool rider in Oney Crouch cools Oft by Riding through the Spray of a fire hydrant in Richmond Var area temperatures have been unusually hot and forecasters said this month May become the City s hottest May of the  Hampshire oks Compromise on King Holiday Concord . Up a new Lampshire which has been bitterly divided Over observing Martin a a a Luther King Day will observe civil rights Day Lor the first time Jan. 20, the same Day that most of the nation Marks his birthday. On t tuesday gov Judd Gregg signed a Compromise Bill that established the Holiday on the third monday in january. Although the measure does not mention Kings name it is an attempt to end the controversy in which the legislature has Defeated six attempts to adopt a Martin Luther King Holiday since 1970. Arizona is now the Only stale that does not observe some form of the january Holiday. A this Bill recognizes not Only the past but the future commitment of our citizens to the civil rights of All americans a Gregg said. A it is truly a consensus Bill which we  hard to achieve.�?�. Gregg previously supported a Civit rights Day Holiday on the third sunday of january in order to avoid creating a new paid Holiday for state workers. The legislation solved that problem by eliminating fast Day a colonial Era Holiday on the fourth monday in april that was widely ignored. Despite the new Ifim Arnic Alpert a member of the state Martin Luther King Day committee said his group could continue to press for a Holiday with Kings name on  request aids test for Smith West Palm Beach Fla. A pros ecu. Tors asked a judge wednesday to order an aids test for William Kennedy Smith who is charged with raping a woman at the Ken Nedys Palm Beach estate. Assistant state attorney Moira Lasch filed the motion in Palm Beach county circuit court a Day after Palm Beach police released genetic test result Otthat indicate Smith did have sex with the a fwd Mati who accused him of rape the Sun senti Nei in fort Lauderdale reported. A prosecutors routinely make such requests when asked by an alleged rape victim and judges usually approve the test the newspaper said Smith 30, is charged with sexual Battery and Quot Battery of a 29-year-old Jupiter Fla., woman on March 30 at the Kennedy estate in Palm Beach. A Florida Law lets the state department of health and rehabilitative services conduct aids virus tests in sexual Battery cases. Results of the tests Are provided Only to the defendant and the alleged victim. Smiths attorneys plan to enter a plea on his behalf on Friday at his arraignment. Smith who Isnit required to attend has neither acknowledged nor denied having sex with the woman but he has denied committing any crime. New Nebraska abortion Law requires girls to Tell parents by the associated press Nebraska enacted a Law wednesday requiring girls seeking an abortion to first notify their  is the third state to pass such a Law since the . Supreme court upheld a similar Rule in Minnesota last year. Meanwhile restrictive abortion measures advanced wednesday in the upper houses of the Louisiana and Michigan Legislatures and Utah filed its response to an Acle Challenge of a Tough new abortion  for abortion rights fought Back wednesday with a full Page and in Usa today urging olympic officials not to award Utah the 1998 Winter games. The and Tea tured the names of supporters including actors Kathleen Turner Polly Bergen and de Asner. Utah gov. Norm Bangerter in january signed one of the nations most restrictive abortion measures. It outlaws abortion on demand in most cases and makes physicians who perform them open to criminal prosecution. The Law has been stayed pending a Challenge from the american civil liberties Union. States have become a Battleground for abortion since the supreme courts 1989 Webster decision which gave states greater leeway to regulate abortion. The Nebraska measure signed into Law by gov. Ben Nelson waives the parental notification requirement if a girls health is in immediate danger or if the girl declares that she is a victim of sexual abuse or neglect. The supreme court upheld parental notification Laws last year As Long As a girl can seek court approval for the abortion if she does t want to Tell a Parent. T he Nebraska Bill includes such a provision. Michigan and South Carolina have .enacted.similar. Laws a. A a a a a a of wednesday the Michigan Senate voted 22-12 to approve a measure requiring women to wait a Day before getting an abortion. Women also would have to listen to warnings about the procedure from physicians. The Mca sure goes to the i Louse where approval seems Likely t he Louisiana Senate voted wednesday to debate a measure next week that would outlaw abortion except in the Case of rape incest or threat to a woman a Lile. The Bill already has passed the House. T head in Usa today ran two weeks before the International olympic committee meets in England to decide  several candidates including Utah will be named As Host of the games. Sponsors of the newspaper and include the american civil liberties Union the National organization for women the National women a political caucus and planned parenthood. Other celebrities whose names appeared in the a Ltd include Sharon Gless Ellen Burstyn and Ron ?4he former presidents son. It was the second full Page and in a National newspaper targeting the Utah abortion Law. The Acle nought a full Page and in the new York times in March urging repeal of the Law