European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 12, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 Ama defends its practice of taking tobacco funds new York apr the american medical association says there is nothing wrong with accepting Money from Rwjr Nabisco while accusing the tobacco conglomerate of using the cartoon Camel a old Joe to sell cigarettes to children. A if you can to kill the tobacco a the thing you re really after a what is immoral about taking Money away from an organization that would ordinarily show up in the profits of Rwjr a said or. James s. Todd Ama executive vice president. A if we weren to taking that Money away from them it would be going into re re a advertising coffers god knows where it would be going a he said tuesday. Rwjr Nabisco a the maker of Camel cigarettes and originator of the old Joe ads for camels a has been a sponsor of an Ama Campaign against cholesterol for four years. The company participates through its Fleischmanns line of Margarine and cholesterol free egg products. On monday Todd joined surgeon general Antonia Novello in Washington to blast Rwjr Nabisco for running ads that they said appealed to children. A december study in the journal of the american medical association showed that old Joe is As familiar to 6-year-Olds As Mickey mouse. A it is absolutely an outrage and immoral that they have targeted our children prior to the age of consent bombarding them with cartoon images saying a be like Isaban . Apr police on tuesday night captured the last of three murderers who tunnelled out of prison three weeks ago in an escape that prompted resignations from the state corrections commissioner and the prisons Warden. Police were tipped off that Tomie Lee Mollohan was hiding in Woods near Isaban in Southern West Virginia and they caught him there without incident said Ken Dell Simpson a Gilbert police department dispatcher. Mollohan and two others escaped feb. 19 from the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville just South of Wheeling in the states Northern Panhandle. David Williams was captured Friday near Mabscott about 50 old Joe and smoke  this must Stop now a Todd said. Or. Alan Blum founder of doctors ought to care a health advocacy group in Houston criticized the Ama Rwjr Nabisco connection. A a it a the same exact company that is promoting cigarettes to kids a said Blum an Ama member. A when they go to doctors they re a food company. When they go to Young kids at sports events they re a cigarette  Wendy Borow Ama vice president for consumer affairs said Rwjr Nabisco is Only one of several corporate sponsors of the Ama Campaign to inform the Public about the risk factors for heart disease including smoking. She said she did no to know How much Money has been received from Rwjr Nabisco but about $1 million has been spent in each year of the Campaign. Fleischmanns did not return Calls seeking comment. Scott Ballin vice president of Public affairs for the american heart association said the association does not accept tobacco Money. A clearly it has the effect of buying silence whether people admit it or not a he said. The heart association is developing a policy about accepting Money from tobacco company subsidiaries such As Fleischmanns Ballin said. A if the tobacco Industry continues to buy up non tobacco related subsidiaries it becomes difficult to sort out a he said. Miles Southeast of Charleston and Fred Hamilton was captured in Oklahoma two weeks ago. All were serving life sentences for murder. The Trio escaped from the civil War Era prison by digging Down 16 feet from a prison greenhouse then tunnelling 32 feet under the prison Wall before resurfacing. They used prison tools. The escape prompted the resignations of corrections commissioner Ron Gregory and prison Warden Carl Legursky. Mollohan who turned 50 tuesday was taken to the Mingo county jail in Williamson. A we told him a Happy birthday a a said state police Cpl. Roby Pope who helped capture  rabbi honors Bush for stance on bigotry from wire reports Washington a president Bush received a Bible and thanks tuesday from the chief rabbi of Israel for his stance against religious bigotry. Bush greeted rabbi Abraham Shapiro and his party in the Oval office. Shapiro speaking in hebrew told reporters he presented Bush with a Bible and thanked him for what America has  a Bush has always stood up against bigotry a said the chief rabbi who characterized the meeting As a exceptionally  to  for pollution Philadelphia Bethlehem steel corp. Has agreed to  $6.7 million to Settle charges of air pollution at two plants. Under consent decrees filed in Federal court monday the company also agreed to bring the steel plants in Bethlehem and Johnstown into compliance with the 1990 clean air act at an estimated Cost of $32  shakes new York new York a a Small earthquake Shook Eastern sectors of Long Island tuesday night registering at 2.8 on the Richter scale officials said. The quake registered at 6 51 p.m., with its epicentre near Montauk on the Island National weather service meteorologists  Leader released los Angeles a the chairman of the jewish defense league was released tuesday when prosecutors declined to charge him in an alleged murder for hire scheme. Irv Rubin was freed after detectives  come up with enough evidence to file charges said District attorneys spokesman Mike Botula. He said the investigation was continuing. Rubin 46, was arrested Friday and booked for investigation of conspiracy to commit murder after a Man told investigators Rubin hired him to kill someone for a Friend involved in a business  player charged Hastings Minn. A a 19-Ycar-old who allegedly shot his Friend to death during a game of russian Roulette has been charged with manslaughter. Timm Mathiowetz 16, died Friday of a gunshot wound to the head. Dakota county attorney James Backstrom said there was no evidence that Chad Zeien intended to shoot him but playing the game with a loaded gun created an a unreasonable risk of causing , 8, shot in mishap Chicago a an 8-year-old girl was shot in the Back tuesday with a handgun brought to her West Side school in a Book bag by a classmate police said. Michelle Rodriguez was in serious but stable condition at children s memorial Hospital where she underwent emergency surgery. Another 8-year-old apparently brought the Pun to the Christa Mcauliffe elementary school in his boo bag police said. He was playing with the handgun showing it to other children before it fell to the floor and discharged about 11  torched by arson Jacksonville Fla. Six Small private lanes were Cut from their tie Downs at Nas Jacksonville rolled to a nearby fuel truck and set afire in the latest arson attack involving aircraft Here. The single engine planes owned by the members of the stations flying club and the fuel truck were torched monday morning said it. Jesus Lavandera a base  allowed to keep wearing concealed gun Berryville a. A former White House aide Oliver l. North May continue to carry a concealed weapon to protect himself against Middle Eastern terrorists a judge ruled tuesday. North was granted a concealed weapon permit in october 1987, after he said terrorist Abu Nidal had threatened to kill him. On tuesday he told circuit judge James Berry that he believed he was targeted because of his involvement in planning the . Bombing of Libya in 1986. The retired Marine corps lieutenant colonel said he is still concerned because members of Nidal a organization have carried out threats years later. The permit effective for two years allows North to carry a 10mm Colt pistol a .38-caliber revolver or a Walther semiautomatic weapon. North left the White House after his Central role in the Iran Contra affair became known. He is now president of a company that makes bulletproof vests and lives in Rural Virginia about 40 Miles Northwest of Washington. North banker a infant draws interest Alex Kline or. Had a close Brush with the dangers of the world even before he entered it monday. Alexis Mother Ellen Kline is the manager of a Bank in Millvale pa., whose roof fell in monday and injured eight people. Fortunately the Mother to be was not among the injured and she gave birth to Alex on monday night at Magee women Hospital in Pittsburgh. Last of 3 escaped killers captured