European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 25, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7secondhand smoke scares abstainers by Paul Raeburn a science editor new York a two of three americans who never smoked regularly worry that exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke could cause serious health problems especially cancer according to an associated press poll. The poll also found that 54 percent of americans favor a Complete ban on smoking in All Public places. Most think that workplace smoking bans should be decided by employers and employees not by Law. A the Public is clearly sensitized to the health effects of secondhand tobacco smoke. I done to think that was the Case five years ago a said Scott Ballin a vice president of the american heart association and spokesman for the coalition on smoking or health in Washington. The coalition is made up of the heart association the american cancer society and the american lung association. Nearly half the 1,000 american adults surveyed March 13-17 said they had never smoked regularly. Of the rest 26 percent said they had smoked in the past week and 28 percent called themselves former smokers. The Telephone poll taken by ice Survey research group of Media pa., has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. Sixty seven percent of those who had never smoked said they worried about the health effects of passive smoking. Of that group 68 percent were worried about cancer while 8.5 percent were worried about heart disease. A i think we need to do More on the dangers of secondhand smoke and cardiovascular disease a Ballin said. Evidence linking secondhand smoke to heart disease is not As Strong As that regarding lung cancer but it is growing he said. Last year an article in circulation a journal of the american heart association estimated that passive smoking causes 53,000 deaths per year including 37,000 from heart disease. A people do not know nor do they understand about smoking and coronary disease. Even people who have had a heart attack done to understand a said Diane Becker director of the Johns Hopkins Center for health promotion in Baltimore. A draft environmental Protection Agency report found that cigarette smoke causes cancer in non smokers and May be an important cause of bronchitis pneumonia and asthma in children. Support for a ban on smoking in Public places came from 70 percent of people who had never smoked and 59 percent of former smokers. Health advocates have pushed for Laws restricting workplace smoking and have succeeded in Many cities and towns. The a poll found that 36 percent favored such Laws while 63 percent thought workers and their employers ought to decide whether to allow smoking. Among non smokers 47 percent favored Laws guaranteeing a smoke free workplace and 51 percent said workers and employers should decide. Of the smokers in the poll 81 percent said workers and their employers should decide. Calif governor to hold hearing on execution from wire reports Santa Rosa Calif. Gov. Pete Wilson says he a willing to consider clemency for convicted killer Robert Alton Harris who stands to become the first person executed in California in 25 years. Harris 39, has been on death Row for 13 years and blocked four earlier orders to Send him to the Gas chamber. He is scheduled to go to his death april 21 for the 1978 murders of two san Diego teen agers. On monday Wilson a Republican who supports the death penalty said nothing in the Law requires him to hold a hearing on whether Harris life should be spared but he would do so anyway. Man Lassord with Hose los Angeles a an elderly Man threatening his family with a knife was restrained when a sheriffs Deputy used a Garden Hose to Lasso him an official said. Oscar Campbell 79, was taken to a psychiatric Hospital for evaluation Deputy Victoria Beren Bau said. ,. Campbell who uses a Walker was in his driveway saturday waving a knife at members of his family when deputies arrived Berenbaun said. He warned the deputies to leave and dared them to shoot him she said. One Deputy distracted the Man while the other picked up the Hose and threw it around him from behind Berenbaun said. The officers then disarmed him. I 9 injured in prison fight Powhatan a. A an inmate at a maximum Security prison refused monday to allow guards to search him for contraband sparking an altercation that left seven guards and two inmates injured officials said. A several other inmates got involved and one thing led to another a said Ben Hawkins executive assistant to corrections director Edward Murray. He said the a a altercation at Powhatan correctional Center was Over within a half hour. Power outage Sparks Alert Scriba . A an Alert was declared monday at the Idle nine mile Point 2 nuclear Power Plant when it lost its outside source of electricity for about an hour Niagara Mohawk Power corp. Officials said. The outage meant alarms and related visual indicators in the control room could not operate said Utility spokesman Robert Burtch. However on site diesel generators provided Power to keep slant operating safely he added e 1,080-megawatt Plant is not generating its the Plant operating the 1,080-megaw.w _ own electricity because it has been shut Down since March 4 for refuelling. No radioactive materials were released Burtch said. Off site Power from two 115,000-Volt lines was restored about an hour later Burtch said. Franklin takes Over her Job As Secretary of Commerce by Bob Deans Cox news service Washington a As the windless Economy bedevilled his re election bid president Bush swore in a seasoned executive As Commerce Secretary monday imploring her to become a an evangelist for a Strong Economy driven by Competition and fuelled by  with 9 million americans out of work Barbara Hackman Franklin took control of the Agency and its 35,000 employees vowing to run the Commerce department As a a american a front line for growth Prosperity and  a former director at seven of the country a largest corporations Franklin 52, comes to office at a time when a widening array of . Businesses face hardship and perhaps extinction unless they can improve their competitive position in the global marketplace. A the cold War is won a Franklin said. A a today a Battles Are not Between armies. They re Between the economic interests of various nations. I will work to open new markets promote . Products and add american  Franklin became the second woman a the first was Juanita m. Kreps during the Carter administration a to head the Commerce department since its creation in 1903. With her at that Post women now spearhead the Bush administrations Trade Force holding Down its two top Trade slots. Bush appointed Carla a. Hills now 58, As . Trade representative in february 1989. A native of Lancaster county pa., Franklin has held directorships at some of the country a biggest corporate names including the Dow chemical co., Aetna life and casualty co., the Black and Decker corp., and the Westinghouse electric corp. A spokesman for the Commerce department Saia Franklin no longer holds Active directorships in these companies. She also founded her own management consulting company Franklin associates a Washington based firm that advised corporate clients on government policies and International Trade practices. A she has Termi president Bush shares a laugh with Barbara Franklin just before her swearing in As Commerce chief. Rated the operations of that company a department spokeswoman said. A staunch Republican Franklin was appointed by president Richard Nixon in 1971 to a committee aimed at helping the White House recruit women to High level government positions. Since then she has served four terms As a member of the presidents advisory committee for Trade policy and negotiations. Franklin is married to Wallace Barnes chairman of the Barnes group inc., a major manufacturer and distributor of Industrial products based in Bristol Conn. Prosecutors finish Case against Gotti the new York times new York a Federal prosecutors rested their Case in John gottis racketeering murder trial monday after presenting 37 witnesses and about eight hours of taped conversations. A Brief defense Case perhaps two or three Days was scheduled to begin tuesday followed by summations and judge i. Leo Glasser a final instructions to the jury. The jury a deliberations could begin late this week or Early next week As the trial moves toward toward a conclusion in . District court in Brooklyn. Three weeks of jury selection started on Jan 21, opening statements began on feb. 12, and the testimony reached a Peak on March 2 when Salvatore Gravano took the witness stand for the first of nine Days in his role As a mafia turncoat. Late monday afternoon at the end of a Day devoted to wrangling Over conflicting prosecution and defense interpretations of some final tapes . Attorney Andrew j. Maloney announced that the government rested its Case. The prosecution team of Maloney John Gleeson Laura a. Ward Patrick j. Cotter and James Orenstein presented the secretly taped conversations of Gotti and the dramatic testimony of Gravano in the Hope of convicting Gotti the reputed Boss of the Gambino crime family who was acquitted in three previous trials. If convicted of the most serious charges in the Case Gotti and his co defendant Frank Locascio could face life in prison. The 13-count indictment includes an Overall charge of racketeering with related charges of murder conspiracy gambling obstruction of Justice and tax fraud. When the jury left the courtroom after the prosecution rested Gotti stood behind the defense table laughing and joking with members of the defense team. Much of the testimony in the trial focused on the killing of Paul Castellano and a close aide Thomas Bilotti who were shot in front of Sparks Steak House in Midtown Manhattan on dec. 16, 1985. The prosecution contends that Gotti orchestrated the murder of Castellano and then succeeded him As the Boss of the powerful Gambino organization