European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6" a the stars and stripes thursday August 8. 1991 a hospitals to end sales of tobacco products oct. 1 a from wire reports Washington a veterans affairs Secretary Edward j. Derwinski has ordered an end to tobacco sales at the nations 172 veterans hospitals declaring it was hypocritical for the Federal government to be Selling cigarettes in buildings where smoking is banned. A if you Are running a medical system you can to be oblivious to the dangers of smoking a Derwinski said in an interview tuesday. The a runs the country a largest Hospital system and the Secretary said it would be placed a in a very precarious position if it attempted a to ignore the overwhelming evidence about  his decision which brought protests from some veterans and members of Congress from tobacco growing states will become effective oct. 1. Forty one of the a hospitals have already banned tobacco sales part of Derum skin a announced plan for a a smoke free  a we cannot on the one hand prohibit smoking and on the other hand sell cigarettes a he said in a statement announcing the policy. A with the demonstrated harmful effects of smoking Well established a must take All possible Steps to discourage tobacco  John Payne a Charleston w.va., Veteran who led a fight against an earlier Derwinski decision to ban smoking in the hospitals attacked the latest step. A a that a a stupid move. All they Are going to do is lose the Revenue and make it Tough on these old Guys a he san Fernando Calif up Singer Rick James and a Girlfriend charged with using a hot cocaine pipe to torture a woman held captive in his Home lost a bid tuesday for reduced bail. The grammy winning a King of Funk a who is known for the hit song Quot super Freak a was arrested Friday morning at the Home of his Girlfriend. He a been held in the county jail since in lieu of $1 million bail. The Girlfriend Tanya Ann Hijazi 21, also remained in custody at the Sybil Brand Institute for women on $500,000 bail. Washington apr Etc Flo product co. Of Ravenna Ohio is recalling All of its infant pacifiers decorated with images of Donald Duck Daisy Duck Mickey mouse or Minnie mouse because of a choking Hazard Federal regulators said wednesday. In some instances the characters can separate from the pacifier and pose the danger of choking the consumer product safety commission said. The pacifiers were sold Between december 1990 and last month retailing for Between $2 and $3. A said referring the veterans in the hospitals. A they have already Given so much a Payne said. He called smoking a one of the few Joys these Guys have. You Are not going to rehabilitate a 75-year-old Guy who is going to die  a your policy is just common sense a said Derwinski. The a banned smoking in the hospitals in 1990, and Derwinski said he had made no secret of his intention to end tobacco sales As Well. Sen. Wendell Ford d-ky., a Leader of the tobacco interests on Capitol Hill introduced last week legislation that would Force the a to reopen a smoking rooms at its hospitals. His Bill would have financed ventilation systems for the rooms with the profits of tobacco sales something that Derwinski a decision will make impossible. Derwinski said he had made provisions for1 the canteen service to Widen its product line and take other Steps to recoup the Revenue it would have received from tobacco products. The order will affect 131 canteens in the a Hospital system with $5.7 million in annual Revenue from tobacco products. An additional 41 canteens have already ended tobacco sales on their own. Derwinski also said his plan will allow some patients primarily Long term psychiatric patients to continue smoking and to Purchase cigarettes at the facility. Their attorneys had argued for reducing the Bond to $100,000, but municipal court commissioner Richard Brand rejected the request. A it the bail was set at such a High number because he is a celebrity a said James attorney Robert Shea Hen a a it a reverse discrimination. An arraignment scheduled for tuesday was postponed until Friday Deputy District attorney Myron Jenkins said. James 43, allegedly accused the victim a who had been a guest at his Hollywood Hills Home a of stealing cocaine from him on july 16. Even Flo has informed All distributors wholesalers and retailers of the recall and will ask stores to Post posters warning of the action the announcement raid. The Agency said Consumers should discontinue use of the pacifiers and return them to even Flo products co., . Box 1206, Ravenna Ohio 44266-1206 and request a refund or replacement. Even Flo also can be contacted at 1-800-356-2229. For Ohio residents the number is 1800-233-2229.two stealth contracts awarded for new fighters from wire reports Washington a the air Force has awarded two new contracts Worth nearly $11 billion for the next generation of stealth fighters. The Pentagon announced monday that Lockheed aeronautical systems co. Was awarded a $9.5 billion contract to develop the Airframe for the fighter White the Pratt amp Whitney division of United technologies corp. Was Given an $1,3 billion contract to develop the engine. Under these contracts detailed design specifications will be drawn up engineering drawings prepared and pre production aircraft produced and tested the Pentagon statement said. Eleven aircraft willbe produced for flight testing and two for stress testing. Flight testing of the aircraft will begin in 1995. Thirty three engines will be produced. Willie Nelson Sells ranch Evergreen Colo. A Willie Nelson has kept his 44-acre ranch out of the internal Revenue services grasp by agreeing to sell it for $803,000, which is $153,000 More than it fetched at an irs auction in january. Philip Huitt a former Hawaii resident agreed to buy the ranch Complete with a Trout Pond barn four houses and a Tepee in the mountains Southwest of Denver said real estate agent Brad Moss. After the auction Nelson who owes the irs More than $16.7 million in Back taxes interest and penalties was allowed 180 Days before the Sale was finalized. A week before the deadline Huitt made his offer Moss said. Not one red cent Rochester . A an 88-year-old woman made Good on her pledge not to pay a one red cent of a court judgment against her for taking a neighbor boys kickball away. In an order released tuesday Rochester District court judge Franklin Jones accepted a Check for $30.20 from someone who sympathized with Reba Martineau rather than pressing Martineau herself to pay. Jones could have jailed her for contempt of court. Lynn Joslyn of Rye offered to pay the judgment last week when Martineau was to have appeared in court again but did not. Joslyn sent the Check with a letter saying Martineau a deserves respect not incarceration.�?�. Martineau refused to return 9-year-old Gary Campbells kickball after it went into the Yard of her Mobile Home in september. She claimed she and other elderly residents had been treated disrespectfully by neighbourhood  boys parents filed a Small claims lawsuit to get the Bailor make her pay for it. In his order Jones said he believed Justice would not be served by jailing Martineau. After deducting its fees the court will give the parents Martha and Wayne Campbell $9.99 for a new  degrees issued los Angeles newspapers in two of indians major cities Bombay and new Delhi recently carried advertisements offering doctoral degrees from the University of California at los Angeles in return for a written thesis and a tee of $2,000 to$5,000. The degrees Are forgeries and shoddy ones at that according to Urcla officials. But some Are believed to have been used As credentials to help i get teaching jobs at Indian universities. One such degree was reproduced in the newsletter . Focus published by the office of the president of the University of California system. The degree is dated december 1989, but the signature of David f. Saxon a former Unive sity president who retired in 1983. A a it a a scam a said Gerald Larson academic director of the University of californians Educ. Tion abroad program in India. Larson said he became aware of the fake dem after the . Educational foundation in India notified the office of David Gardner president of the University of California. Larson who flew to no on monday is investigating the matter. So far no action has been taken though a Lars recommended that the . Educational found a i Tion in India take out an advertisement warn s i that the degrees Are fake. Rock Singer Rick James and Girlfriend Tanya Ann Hijazi appear in a san Fernando calif., court tuesday. Singer loses bid for lower bail pacifiers with Disney characters recalled