European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes thursday january 7, 1993 new York apr the environmental Protection Agency will release a Long delayed report that says secondhand cigarette smoke is a human Carcinogen and kills about 3,000 nonsmokers a year because of lung cancer officials said tuesday. The report to be released today also concludes that secondhand smoke increases the risk of pneumonia and bronchitis in children. The Epa has the Power to classify a substance As a Carcinogen but it does not have any Power to regulate indoor air. The release of the report however could trigger an Avalanche of Federal state and local regulations limiting smoking Iti Public places health advocates said. A having the Epars imprimatur on this is extremely important a said or. Alfred Munzer a spokesman for the coalition on smoking or health which includes the american lung association the american heart association and the american cancer society. The report also could prod the occupational safety and health administration to regulate smoking in the workplace health advocates said. Douglas Fuller an Osha spokesman said the Agency would weigh the Epa report carefully. Munzer called on president Bush to use the report to justify an order to restrict smoking in Federal buildings. A a this is far less controversial than the pardons he has issued and would do a tremendous amount for the pub lie health a Munzer  heart association has petitioned the Epa to do some of the findings of the cigarette smoke study a secondhand smoke is a proven human. Carcinogen putting it in the same class As Asbestos benzene and  cigarette smoke causes from 400 to 7,000 lung cancer deaths in american nonsmokers annually with a Quot Best estimate Quot of 3,000 cases. A cigarette smoke increases the risk of pneumonia bronchitis and Middle ear disorders in children and increases the severity and frequency of asthma in children a.,.v a amps its own study of secondhand smoke and heart disease. But the Agency has t responded. A we have not made a decision to do so at this time a said Robert Axelrad head of the Epars indoor air division. The link Between cigarette smoke and heart disease is considered even More explosive than the lung cancer link because cigarette smoke causes roughly 10 times a4 Many heart disease As lung cancer deaths. 1 dispute rages Over bus victim West Bend wis. Apr angry relatives of five family members killed in a fiery bus crash in Mexico said tuesday that mexican officials want $15,000 for the victims bodies to be returned to Wisconsin. But a mexican official said he was unaware of any such demand and a . Official said efforts were being made to have such costs taken care of by others. T he bus carrying 54 passengers on a tour of mayan ruins crashed sunday into an electrical pole near Cancun tipped Over and exploded. Twenty five people including at least 17 americans were killed. Relatives of some of the american victims began arriving tuesday in Cancun to identify the bodies. The state department said eight tourists killed in the crash were from Wisconsin including five members of Hopper up pets plight traced to potted Chow Al Pas of Texas apr a Man found out he had accidentally fed marijuana to his pet rabbits after flagging Down a police officer to say the Ani Mals were sick. The Man whose identity was not disclosed asked police sgt. Andres Yslas to help him with the rabbits he keeps in his Back Yard. Quot l he rabbits were behaving unusually jumping around a lot and he was worried about it Quot Yslas said. Quot i asked him what he had been giving them and he said he had fed them some grass he found in the trash. It was grass All right a the smoking kind Quot r the officer said the Man often went through a nearby trash bin for lettuce and other discarded vegetables to feed the rabbits. But what he found saturday was a 50-Pound stash of marijuana Yslas said. The i animals had already eaten a significant amount when the officer got there. The Man was not charged with drug Possession because he did t realize what he had. As for the rabbits Yslas told the bewildered pet owner not to worry. A i just said the rabbits will be doing Okas Long As they drink a lot of water a he said. Police speculated that the pot with an estimated Street value of $50,000, was left by drug dealers to be picked up for distribution. The same family. Mike and Eleanor Holmes of West Bend lost twin daughters two 11-year-old granddaughters and a son in Law in the crash. A mexican officials told us we  have the bodies Back until we paid them $15,000,&Quot Holmes said adding that his family could not come up with that much Money on Short notice. In Mexico City however Victor Spencer a spokesman Tor Mexico a foreign affairs department said he knew of no such demand. And a state department official in Washington speaking on condition of anonymity said he believed the family might have been misinformed. He estimated that it would Cost about $2,000 to return a  accused of fake bomb threat fort Lauderdale. Fla up a German accused of forcing a charter aircraft with 340 passengers aboard Back to fort Lauderdale was held tuesday on charges of making a false bomb threat. After the plane returned to the City a Airport Broward county sheriffs officers had to subdue Johan Peter Grze Ganek 23. They said he was apparently intoxicated and resisted arrest. Sheriffs spokesman George Crolius said american trans air flight 842 left shortly after 5 . Monday for Gander Newfoundland and Hannover Germany. About 60 Miles out the Pilot reported that a passenger was causing a disturbance. The Pilot turned the plane around dumped the jets fuel and landed at the Airport. A when deputies boarded the plane the subject became violent and deputies were forced to physically subdue him Quot Crolius said. A the Man who appeared intoxicated repeatedly said he had a lot of explosives and threatened to use  Crolius said the passengers were taken off the plane and the aircraft was moved to a secure area where it was searched by detectives. No explosives were found. Grze Ganek was charged with making a false report of a bomb and resisting arrest without violence. Crolius said deputies did not know where Grze Ganek lives in  takes seat on Nevada supreme court from wire reports Carson City Nev. A Miriam shearing has been sworn in As the first woman Justice on the Nevada supreme court. A the position of judge is an isolating one particularly when you re entering an All mate bastion a shearing said monday at her investiture where she got a standing ovation. A shearing taking her seat on the High court 99 years after the first woman was admitted to the Nevada bar said she might seem Calm outwardly but on the inside a a in a clicking my heels in the air and shouting  chief Justice Bob Rose said shearing selection in november marked a the beginning of a new chapter Quot for the court. Saline implants face tests Washington a the food and drug administration has asked makers of Saline filled breast implants to prove that the devices Are Safe and effective. In addition Fra commissioner David Kessler said tuesday that he planned a in the next few Days to request similar proof about testicular and penile implants which Are used to treat men suffering from impotence. Although the Agency has received reports of problems associated with both types of devices it was too soon to know whether the devices Are Safe Kessler  classified As racist Tampa Fla. A an attack on a Black Man who was robbed and set on fire by White gunmen has been classified As racially motivated. A that Means the attackers can be prosecuted under Florida s hate crimes Taw and face stiffer penalties. Sheriff Cal Henderson announced the designation tuesday As investigators released sketches of three suspects in the new years Day attack. Christopher Wilson 31, of new York City is listed in serious condition with second and third degree Burns Over 40 percent of his body. He told police that he was abducted from a shopping Center by three Whites who robbed him doused him with gasoline and set him ablaze while Yelling racial slurs. Investigators said initially that the motive could have been  s Spray goes astray 1 a Mona Calif. A police needed a firetruck ladder to Rescue a 15-year-old boy clinging to a Road sign 20 feet Over a Highway. Then they arrested him for suspicion of vandalism. The youth whose name was withheld because of his age was stranded on the sign while Spray a. A painting the sign with a Friend police said. Police went to inspect the sign above Highway 71 j tuesday night after someone reported that two boys were Spray painting it. Hie other youth fled when he spotted the police. But the 15-year-old was stuck  code to be revised Philadelphia a the 215 area code in a Punj Atsu a Pennsylvania which includes in Adelphia and neighbouring counties will be split next year into two area codes. Bell of Pennsylvania said tuesday that the additional Are code will be 610 and will contain the capacity for up1 to 7.9 million Telephone numbers. A revised 215 area code will include All of Philadelphia most of Bucks county and a portion of Montgomery county. The new area code will serve Chester Delaware Lehigh Berks Northampton and portions of Bucks Montgomery Monroe Carbon and Lancaster  Check leads to Jai Pearisburg a. A a woman landed in jail Lor cashing a sweepstakes advertisement that resembled a $10,000 Check. Police said Nannette a. Hearn 2s, of Bluefield w.va., presented the and at a credit Union dec. 10 receiving $5,000 Cash and putting the rest in a a savings account. She told police she thought the Check was real. A she had altered the Check to make it look authentic sheriffs investigator . Lucas said. She was arraigned tuesday on a grand larceny charge and freed on $10,000 bail