European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday june 19, 1991 cigarette smoke harmful to children . Study says by Deborah Mesce associated press Washington a children who live in households with smokers Are much More Likely to be in fair  poor health than Are children never exposed to cigarette smoke a government study reported. A i can to think of a More compelling reason for parents to quit smoking than ensuring their children Schance for a healthy life a health and human services Secretary Louis Sullivan said in releasing the report. The study by the National centers for health statistics found that 4.1 percent of children in households with current smokers were in fair to poor health compared with 2.4 percent of children never exposed to tobacco smoke. About half of All children in the United states who arc 5  younger have been exposed to cigarette smoke according to the study. More than one Quarter of All children in this age group were exposed to smoke both before and after birth. The study was based on a 1988 smoking Survey that included a question about the health status of children age 5 and younger in the household. The Survey Sample included 5,356 children in that age group and the child a health was reported by the household respondent usually a Parent. The report said that while children s health appears to be associated with various exposures to cigarette smoking the results should be interpreted a a with caution because they do not. Take into account possible variations in sampling and perceived health status. Children in families with lower incomes and less education were More Likely to have been exposed to Cigar i can t think of a More compelling reason for parents to quit smoking than ensuring their children Schance for a healthy  Louis Sullivan health Secretary Rettic smoking and were More Likely to have been reported to be in fair  poor health the report said. In families with incomes of is than $ 10,000, about two thirds of Young children were exposed to smoke compared with about one third of children in families where the income was $40,000  More. The ratio was about the same for families where the Mother had not completed High school compared with those where the Mother had one  More years of College. About 60 percent of Black children had been exposed to smoke compared with 49 percent of White children. Hispanic children were less Likely than Rion Llis panic children to have been exposed. While 51 percent of non a hispanic children had Ever been exposed 44 percent of hispanic children had been and the proportion dropped to 40 percent for mexican american children. Man charged in a slayings Hanover. . Up a the bodies of two women slain with an a were found monday at Dartmouth College and the Man who had been living with them was arrested in the Case authorities said. Ailese Lassie ii May 31, who is believed to be of ethiopian descent was charged with two counts of first degree murder. He entered no plea at an arraignment in Hanover District court and was ordered held without bail at the county jail. According to a police source Girmay recently had moved in with the women who lived in the graduate housing facility of Dartmouth College in Hanover. Girmay was found in the housing Complex As was the a. But police would not disclose where exactly the sus Peet and alleged murder weapon were found the source said. A neighbor said the two slain women were also of ethiopian descent and were graduate students in physics at the University. A spokesman for Dartmouth could not immediately be reached for comment. Police chief Kurt Schimke said the bodies of the two women were found inside the apartment about 4 45 . Monday. T he victims names were not immediately released pending positive identification and notification of relatives Schimke said. Schimke said the women had been killed with an a but would give no further details. Police fourth the bodies after responding to a neighbors co print of a Dis turbanic. Poultry Industry must clean up act official warns citing rising complaints Washington up the poultry Industry which has recorded surging Chicken sales must now act to resolve questions about food safety a top Federal official said in remarks made Public monday. Consumer groups viewed the warning As Long overdue. Lester Crawford the head of the food safety and inspection service bluntly told a private meeting of the National broiler Council last week that the Industry faced a a time of  consumer Calls to an inspection service hot line to ask about Chicken safety Are up 50 percent this year the result of news stories about conditions in packing plants. A a the american people Are tired of seeing one Story after another about dirty Chicken a Crawford said. A it hey Are demanding that you do something different in your process to give them the Assurance you now  Crawford urged the Industry to commit itself to eliminating the risk of bacterial contamination to supporting nutrition Labelling to putting handling instructions on its packages and to dropping any ideas of hiding behind the government. A the Job of the inspection service is to protect the Public health and that we will do at All costs a he said. One consumer group Public voice for Pood and health policy credited the influence of the new agric Ture Secretary Edward Madigan for a change in tone by the inspection service. A a it a about time a said Lisa Elferts of the Center for science in the Public interest. A the Industry has got to clean up their act. It s not enough to Tell Consumers to Wash their hands and Cook their Chicken  both groups said the inspection service also had a responsibility to look at its practices. Consumer advocates have complained Over the past several years about the so called streamlined inspection methods used at some poultry plants. The government accountability project said faster processing lines result in a higher percentage of chickens contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. Two years ago Gap said As Many As 74 percent of the chickens leaving packing plants were contaminated by the bacteria. Salmonella can cause food poisoning. Crawford said a some regulatory Steps will be dictated As work is concluded in the near future on a study of bacteria in broiler chickens. Possible Steps he said could include changes in line speeds a requirement to treat feed testing for Salmonella before and after Slaughter and a requirement to treat carcasses  programs to encourage use of irradiation to kill bacteria. A spokesman for the National broiler Council Kenneth May said the Industry already is taking Many of the Steps Crawford cited. Consumer education programs Are in place he said and 80 percent of the processors print handling tips on their packages. In addition the Industry is working to identity the Points where food risks Are higher he said. Poultry has boomed in popularity in recent years As americans looked for lower Cost and lower fat meats. Americans ate an average of 49 pounds of Chicken last year compared with 36 pounds in 19s 1. Chicken and Turkey accounted for one third of us. Meat consumption last year. Of a fired Gay executive to receive $5.3 million from wire reports Oakland Calif. Shell Oil has Hoed on Decd to pay s5.3 million in damages to a Gay executive whom it fired. Shell fired Jeffery Collins a solely because he was a sexually Active homosexual Superior court judge Jacqueline Taher ruled in a decision released monday. Shell spokeswoman Bydie pen gel by said a he company May Appeal the ruling. Collins 47, was earning $115,606 when be it c fired in 1985 As one of the top managers at f ton Bio sciences a Shell pharmaceutical subsidiary. He was dismissed after his Secretary found memo he wrote on the office computer about a Safe sex party for homosexuals. The judge said Shell broke its own Asom  to workers Quot that they would he judged some  Job  dragged killed new York a a 66-year-old Brooklyn woman was killed monday when a purse Matcher grabbed her from a passing car and dragged her 30 feet witnesses said. The victim Lila Miller had just left her office in a Laboratory at the Kings Highway Kos Peai police said. She was opening her car door a Hon a Large Gray car pulled alongside police said. A Man sitting in the passenger seat reached out and wrapped his  around Millers Waist the Rev Harold Bode said. A she fell from View As the car sped away Down the Street a he said. A. When f looked Back f saw the woman lying about to feet from her car. She never  Bandit killer sought Denver a a nationwide search Begum monday for a Silver haired Bandit who worked his Way through an electronic Bank Security system and killed four unarmed guards. Investigators have no suspects. The Man was described As a Well dressed White Man believed to be in his 46s, about 6 fee s much with Silver hair and a Salt arid Pepper moustache he was last seen wearing a Derby and mirrored sunglasses. N. Berne Hart the Hank s chairman said the Man made off with a a a nominal amount of Money. 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