European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 8, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 tobacco Council ordered to open confidential files Newark . Apr confidential tobacco Industry documents indicate cigarette makers intentionally lied for decades about the dangers of smoking a Federal judge said thursday. . District judge h. Lee Sarokin minced no words in ordering the Council for tobacco research to open its internal files to a woman suing for fraud on behalf of her father who died of lung cancer. The Council is a research group funded by tobacco companies. Quot All too often in the Choice Between the physical health of Consumers and the financial Well being of business concealment is chosen Over disclosure sales Over safety and Money Over morality a said Sarokin also referring to ongoing questions about the safety of silicone breast implants. Quot despite some rising pretenders the tobacco Industry May be the King of concealment and disinformation a Sarokin wrote. Susan Haines a Philadelphia woman whose father died in 1982, is suing the tobacco Institute an Industry Trade association and four companies . Reynolds Lorillard inc., Liggett group inc. And Philip Morris inc. Haines father Peter Rossi began smoking Chesterfield cigarettes in 1945 while he was in the Navy said Cynthia Walters an attorney for Haines. He died at age 55. The lawsuit claims the tobacco Industry committed fraud by concealing smoking hazards and misleading Consumers about the risks. It says a primary culprit was the Council on tobacco research founded in 1954 As the tobacco Institute research Council. Tobacco companies advertised the Council As an Independent research group formed to investigate possible tobacco hazards and report those findings. A jury could conclude the councils proposed Independent research and Promise of disclosure Quot was nothing but a Public relations ploy a a fraud a a Sarokin wrote. Sarokin excerpted several Council memos to justify opening up the 1,500 documents sought by Haines attorneys including a 1978 memo belying the councils claim of scientific objectivity and Independence. A it is extremely important that the Industry continue to spend their dollars on research to show that we done to agree that the Case against smoking is closed. There is a a Council baskets which must be maintained for a pro purposes a the memo said. William Allinder an attorney for Lorillard and Philip Morris said a jury would disagree with Sarokin a conclusions. He said an Appeal was being considered. The . Supreme court in the Case of Rose and Antonio Cipollone is expected to Rule soon on whether Federal Law Shields manufacturers from lawsuits saying they done to give smokers adequate warnings about health hazards. The ruling May come before the Haines Case goes to trial. A Federal jury in 1988 ordered Liggett to pay Antonio Cipollone $400,000, but absolved Philip Morris and Lorillard. But an appeals court said Federal Law requiring warning labels on All cigarette packages protected the Industry from Post-1965 claims. Teen injured in farm Accident regains some Arm movement Ohn Thompson the North Dakota teen who had his rms reattached after a fanning Accident shows the Progress he has made by lifting his left Arm. Robbinsdale Minn. Apr a teen Ager whose arms were reattached after being severed in a farming Accident raised them thursday at a news conference but said his future remains frightening. John Thompson 18, of Hurdsfield n.d., recounted How he walked 400 feet to his family a Home and dialled for help with a Pencil clenched in his Teeth after the Jan. 11 Accident. Thompson smiled during the news conference and lifted his left Arm several inches. A it hurts a Little bit but not much a he said at North memorial medical Center in Robbinsdale. Earlier thursday Thompson and his surgeon or. Allen Van Beek discussed his recovery on the Abc television show Good morning America. Van Beek reattached Thompsons arms in a six hour operation after the teen Ager lost the limbs in machinery on his family a farm. The teen was grinding feed for pigs when he got caught in a tractors Power Takeoff unit. It ripped his right Arm off at the shoulder and his left Arm off near the Elbow. Quot i have a lot of movement in my arms a said Thompson who sat with his arms covered in bandages. But when asked if he had feeling in them he said no. After the Accident Thompson staggered to his House twisted doorknobs with his mount clenched a Pencil in his Teeth to Telephone for help and remained clearheaded enough to remind ambulance workers to pack his severed arms in ice. A doctors had up to 18 hours to restore circulation to the lost arms the surgeon said. As of wednesday nearly $319,000 had been contributed to a fund to pay for medical and rehabilitation expenses not covered by insurance. At the news conference Thompson thanked the thousands of people who have sent him cards letters and donations. Swaggart s holdings hit with tax liens Baton Rouge la. Up a Jimmy Swaggart ministries financial problems mounted thursday with the disclosure that $1.1 million in local tax liens had been slapped on All the ministries property. According to the liens the City finance department sought payment of $1,190,978 in Back sales taxes for the period Between january 1984 and december 1988. Swaggart a television evangelism Empire collected As much As $142 million annually during its heyday in the 1980s. The liens were placed against All land houses and buildings owned by the ministries headquartered on a sprawling Campus site that includes a Bible College and worship Center in suburban Baton Rouge. Neither Jimmy Swaggart ministries spokesmen nor officials of the department would comment on the development although City authorities said that confidentiality provisions prevented them from discussing the matter. .feline gets reprieve new Home in new Jersey from wire reports Passaic . A a stowaway cat that arrived in new Jersey from Taiwan will live in a Home for abused and neglected felines on the Jersey Shore. The male cat was to go to the veterinarian on Friday for a checkup declawing and neutering. It will then go to Kitty City in forked River a division of the Popcorn Park zoo which cares for abandoned animals. The cat apparently travelled across the Pacific by Container ship to Tacoma wash., and then by train in a Container of weight lifting equipment. Officials at the Passaic animal shelter believed the cat was too wild to go to a family and had considered euthanasia. But the associated humane societies of Newark received permission to adopt  olympics Albertville wis. Cow Chip hockey Isnit recognized As an olympic event but patrons at John Lancourt a tavern Hope it will win recognition for this Albertville. Not to be outdone by the French City playing Host to the Winter olympics the Northwestern Wisconsin town has scheduled an informal festival of Winter sports. Events include figure skating without skates and hockey using dried cow manure As a puck. Festivities begin monday with a . A Torch will be carried Down Albertville Road to ignite an a olympic flame in a charcoal  delays launch Cape canaveral Fla. Launch of a $54 million air Force Atlas 2 rocket carrying a military relay satellite was delayed 48 hours because of bad weather. The unmanned Atlas 2 had been scheduled for launch on thursday. But air Force capt. Ken Warren said officials decided to postpone the flight first for 24 hours and then for 48, because of blustery winds that exceeded safety standards. With More bad weather expected Friday launch was rescheduled for this evening. The goal of the Mission is to boost a defense satellite communications system radio relay station into  user guilty Riverhead . A jurors on thursday rejected a Many a claim that the anti depressant drug prozac caused him to kill his sex Girlfriend with three blasts from a sawed off Shotgun. Kenneth Maher 45, of Deer Park was found guilty of second degree murder in the june 1990 death of Ann Kotel 52. He faces up to 25 years in prison. The couple had lived together before their breakup and had a violent history authorities said. Some users of prozac have complained it triggers Side effects including hostile aggressive and at times suicidal  on japanese Durand wis. A a Wisconsin radio station plans to do a Little Japan bashing in response to recent negative statements about . Workers made by japanese officials. Gene Kirchner owner and general manager of Wren in Durand said he is planning a series of radio advertisements comparing . Farmers to japanese Farmers. The ads will run beginning feb. 17 in conjunction with future Farmers of America week. He said he wanted to Quot give the Farmers something Good to feel Good about since their labor goes largely unnoticed. Kirchner said the ads Are in response to remarks by japanese prime minister Kiichi Miya Zawa who told a parliamentary budget committee monday he suspects american workers have come to Lack a work ethic. In january Yoshio Sakurauchi the speaker of Japan slower House of parliament sparked a firestorm of criticism when he described . Workers As Lazy and illiterate