European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 9, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 77 papers to drop Trudeau series fairness of strips on Quayle questioned by Cox news service Washington a at least seven newspapers have said they will not run a series of the comic strip doonesbury featuring allegations that vice president Dan Quayle took drugs and that the government has illegally blocked efforts to air the charges. The strip presented editors at More than 1.400 newspapers receiving the strip nationwide with difficult questions of fairness and censorship. Garry Trudeau s latest spoof set to run for two weeks starting monday shows a reporter being told the White House has covered up a Federal investigation into cocaine use by Quayle. It also depicts the reporter interviewing a prison inmate who says he was placed in solitary confinement to keep him from talking about his claim that Quayle bought drugs from him in the 1970s. Quayle told reporters in California on thursday that a Garry Trudeau knows that these allegations. Are totally without  he accused Trudeau of having a vendetta. The drug enforcement administration said wednesday that it had investigated and dismissed allegations raised in 1982 that Quayle then a . Senator from Indiana had purchased drugs in Indiana. Brett Kimberlin a Federal prisoner who made the charges has filed suit against the Justice department for keeping him from speaking out about the charges during the 1988 presidential Campaign. Appalachian Forest plagued by arsonists Charleston . A arsonists responsible for hundreds of appalachian Forest fires that burned across More than 325,000 acres have left authorities weary and frustrated. Six people have been jailed for arson in West Virgina and other arrests have been made in Kentucky. Arson investigations Are under Way in Maryland and North Carolina. West Virginia gov. Gaston Caperton has made the arsonists apprehension his top priority for state police and conservation officers. More than 1,000 fires have burned across More than 325,000 acres in 10 of the appalachian states a new York Georgia Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Ohio South Carolina Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia a since oct. 26. However most of that has been in West Virginia. More than 670 fires have burned More than 275,000 acres in that state including 15 new fires on thursday forestry officials said. Damage in the state where there has been no significant rainfall in nearly a month has been estimated at More than $100 million. Two deaths have been attributed to the fires both in Kentucky. Officials said arson is responsible for 95 percent of the West Virginia fires and 99 percent of the acres burned. A a we a like to get everyone that sets these fires but we know that s not a reality a said state police col. George Young. A a it a very Tough. A Guy can slip out in the Woods and set a fire and be gone by the time we know about  John w. Walter jr., managing editor of the Atlanta journal and Constitution said the paper would not run the series because it was unfair to the vice president. A it s too in uhf of a blurring of fact fiction and  Walter said. The Rome . Daily Sentinel is also dropping the strips. A it is inappropriate for a family  said Stephen Waters the newspaper s general manager. The daily Sentinel has dropped doonesbury twice before Over political controversies. Other newspapers pulling the strip Are the Charlotte observer the Newport news a times Herald. The Buffalo news the Providence journal bulletin and the Stamford Conn advocate. But the Indianapolis Star and news owned by relatives of Quayle said it saw no reason not to run the strip. Lee Salem editorial director of Universal press Syndicate which distributes the strip said doonesbury w As intended to raise questions not report facts. Kimberlin 37, alleged during the 1988 Campaign that he sold marijuana to Quayle in the Early 1970s, when the vice president was a Law student at Indiana University. Quayle denied the accusation which was never substantiated. Kimberlin also has said he knew that the Dea had a file on Quayle stemming from the 1982 investigation. Kimberlin said he has never spoken to Trudeau. A i m not grandstanding. 1 did t talk to Trudeau. I was t even aware of what was going on. I m Only responding now to Media inquiries a Kimberlin said in a Telephone interview thursday from the a ederal correctional institution in Memphis Venn. There he is serving a 51-year sentence on drug smuggling and explosives charges. �?o1 want tit make it Clear that Danny Neer talked to me about cocaine or buying cocaine or anything like that and 1 have no personal knowledge of  Kimberlin said. A fall i was doing was saying there is this file and it should be checked  Kimberlin wanted to Tell reporters just that at a nov. 4. 19ss, news conference a four Days be lore the election that made Quayle the nation s vice president. Kimberlin also planned to expand on statements that for roughly a year he sold Quayle i ounce bags of marijuana in Motel and restaurant parking lots near the Indiana University Campus. The news conference was cancelled by prison officials. And Kimberlin was placed in solitary confinement. Quayle has denied knowing Kimberlin. A a lies a a convicted Felon. Gee a Quayle told the Boston Globe on monday. A i mean he s in  1940s screen Star Gene Tierney Dies at her Houston Home at 70 Houston a Gene Tierney who starred As the enigmatic victim in the murder mystery Laura and was nominated for an Academy award for leave her to heaven has died at age 70. Tierney who had suffered from emphysema died late wednesday at her Home in Houston. The actress striking High cheekbones Good looks helped propel her to stardom before the age of 20. But she battled a series of tragedies including the birth of a daughter who was mentally retarded because Tierney had German measles during her pregnancy and a bout of mental illness during the mid-1950s. Laura directed by Otto Preminger and released in 1944, is perhaps her Best known role. She played a socialite who is apparently a murder victim Dana Andrews plays a detective who Falls in love with her through her portraits. Leave her to heaven 1945, was about a selfish woman who causes unhappiness for those around her and eventually commits suicide. Tierney received her Only Oscar nomination for that role but lost out to Joan Crawford selected As Best actress for Mildred Pierce. Among Tierney s other films were Lzelle Starr 1941 heaven can wait 1943 a hell for Adano 1945 drat on Wick. 1946 the cohost and mrs. Muir. 1947 and night and the City 1950. She was married to designer Oleg Cassini from 1941 to 1952. They had two children Daria who was born retarded in 1943, and Christina in 1948. In the 1950s, she had a celebrated Romance with Prince Aly Khan the famous Playboy. After recovering from her illness she married Houston oilman w. Lee died in 1982. Tierney Howard Lee in i960. Cuomo focusing on state problems by the Washington Post new York gov. Mario m. Cuomo said thursday he believes he would make a Good president and that the Issue before him now is a How do you handle the governorship a Cuomo who in the past has shown reluctance to discuss his qualifications to Lead the nation said he remains undecided about whether to enter the 1992 presidential race but that he is a going As fast As he  friends said they expect the answer next week. Cuomo said he must wrestle with two major fiscal issues. One is a proposed fiscal plan for new York City whose Finan Cial woes could Lead to a takeover by the state financial control Board. A that Means me a he said in a Telephone interview. A a that a obviously  the other Issue is the projected $7 10 million state budget Gap. Cuomo said he has received a report from his budget office on How to Deal with the shortfall and is meeting with legislators. Another Factor holding up a decision friends said is that his wife Matilda is out of the country and was not scheduled to return until this weekend. Asked if he thought he would be a Good president he replied  Why a what does a president have to do a he replied. A those Are things i can  Cuomo said that tuesdays Victory by sen. Harris Wofford a awas a not relevant to his own decision making. A a in be said for a year you could win against Bush in 1992 a he said. A a the Case i make is the one democrats have to make. I was saying what Pennsylvania  he said that even if former . Attorney general Dick Thornburgh had beaten Wofford by 4 1 Points the race  have affected Nis thinking. A the Economy is terrible a he asserted. A a they Bush and the republicans Aren t doing anything to change  americans lighting up Survey finds Atlanta apr smoking in the United states is Down to its lowest level Ever and the age of those who Start smoking also has dropped according to two Federal surveys released thursday. The centers for disease control reported that the . Smoking rate fell to 28 percent in 1988, Down a percentage Point from a year earlier. That rate includes 31 percent among men 26 percent among women 28 percent among Whites 32 percent among Blacks and 24 percent among hispanics. Smoking is significantly higher among those who have gone through broken marriages the cd noted. Among separated or divorced people 43 percent smoke compared with 27 percent of married or single americans and 20 percent of widowed americans. A separated and divorced persons Are less Likely to have quit smoking Quot the Atlanta based cd said. A social support provided in marriage May increase the probability of cessation while stress. From marital discord May decrease the likelihood of  the cd also reported that the least educated americans smoke the most 34 percent of High school dropouts smoke compared with 16 percent of College graduates. The cd report based on a 1988 Survey of . Adults Points to a trend that has been in place since the surgeon general a landmark warning against smoking in 1964. At that time 40 percent of the nation smoked by 1985, it was 30 percent. Meanwhile the cd reported that those who do smoke Are starting younger. A study of live decades of smokers found that those born in the 1950s, on average started smoking at the age of �?T7.4 years compared with 19.7 years for smokers Horn from 1910-1919