European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Tuesday March 2,1993 a. Leads to widespread new York apr a government report linking secondhand cigarette smoke to lung cancer and Chil Drens diseases has triggered a surge in smoking restrictions across America a from a Delicatessen in Denver to state offices in tobacco growing Kentucky. The study released Jan. 7 by the environmental Protection Agency blamed secondhand smoke for 300,000 cases of bronchitis pneumonia and other ailments in infants and 3,000 deaths of nonsmokers each year from lung cancer. Momentum for smoking restrictions grew in feb maty when first lady Hillary Rodham Linton banned smoking in the White House and Mcdonald a said 40 of its nearly 9,000 fast food restaurants would become smoke free. The report has already boosted efforts to restrict smoking and restaurant owners and government officials said even tighter restrictions Are on the way., Quot that report was the icing on the cake for me Quot said Chuck Fischel of Denver who has just declared his Gaylord s Deli smoke free. A i get a lot of kids in Here and that part about being dangerous to kids had a big  Quot we got a copy of the report summary and it scared the Heck out of us Quot said Jim Bomm manager of two Jake s restaurants in suburban Milwaukee. By the end of january Bomm banned smoking in both restaurants. A we thought it was unconscionable to allow it to go on a he said. A the Epa report was a Blessing. We latched on to it As justification for the ban. Restaurants have been hesitant to ban smoking for fear of losing business from smokers. But at Bommy a restaurants business increased after the ban. In new Jersey Public service electric and Gas which employs 13,000 people has announced an april i ban on smoking in its 100 workplaces and in company vehicles. A the new Epa report has definitely been a Factor in our decision a said spokesman Gene Murphy. In Kentucky the nations no. 1 producer of Burly tobacco gov. Brereton c. Jones banned most smoking in state buildings Jan. 25, tobacco growers Werc in. Censed. A if they have a problem with tobacco maybe they should give Back part of their salaries that comes from tobacco dollars a said Danny Mckinney who Heads the Burley tobacco growers cooperative association in  and California have also banned smoking in state buildings and Vermont is considering a Bill to ban smoking in most Public places. In new York gov. Mario Cuomo has proposed that smoking be banned on All school grounds and places where children congregate. Minnesota lawmakers Are debating a Bill that would bar people who run Day care centers in their Homes from lighting up when children Are present. Michigan is representative restrictions by the associated press some smoking restrictions established or being considered in the Wake of the Epa report condemning secondhand smoke. A a Chuck Fischel banned smoking at his Gaylord a Deli in Denver saying a that part about being dangerous to kids had a big Impact. In a soft on  a a Utility company in new Jersey has banned smoking in offices Ana vehicles. A Minnesota legislators Are considering a Bill that would ban smoking by people who run daycare businesses in their Nomes. A governors in California Kentucky and Ohio have banned most smoking in state buildings. A Legislatures in various states Are considering moves to toughen smoking restrictions including eliminating smoking in schools and other Public places. Considering Bills to outlaw smoking in All schools and restaurants. A i think smokers now expect to have to go outside to have a cigarette a said Linda Hock of the Headquarters Plaza hotel ill Morristown nj., where smoking was recently banned on 15 of 16 floors. Many of the new regulations have been prompted by Legal As Well As health concerns. Employers Are worried they might be sued for not providing smoke free workplaces now that secondhand smoke has officially been declared a cause of cancer. A business owners Are wondering about increased liability because of the Epa report a said Troy Huffman of the Nebraska health department. A the report has definitely Given us some added fuel and  concerns that smoking restrictions would be hard to enforce Are often being met by nonsmokers who Are enforcing the rules themselves. A the nonsmokers make no Bones about it a they walk right up to the smoker or a Security guard and they let them know that there should be no smoking a said Debbie Lowrey a spokeswoman for Northlake mall in suburban Atlanta where a countywide ban on smoking in Public places took effect last month. Some employers have not yet acted but they said the question is bothering them. A you Wake up in the morning and you ask the question Well today Are we going to smoke or not smoke a said Paul Bash co owner of three restaurants in Little Rock Ark. A we Haven t really come to a decision but it s something very much in the front of our  Kevorkian says assisted suicides Are not Happy moments for him new York apr Jack Kevorkian says it in t easy watching someone die but it a something All doctors must do. Kevorkian told Newsweek Magazine that tears came to his eyes several times As he helped someone commit suicide. The interview appears in the Magazine s March 8 edition which went on Sale monday. Kevorkian has helped 15 people die in Michigan since june 1990. His work led state lawmakers to enact a ban on assisted suicides first set to take effect March 30. But on thursday after lawmakers moved up the effective Date. Gov. John Engler signed a Bill immediately outlawing assisted suicide. Violators can be sentenced to up to four years imprisonment and a $2,000 Fine. Asked How he feels while helping someone die Kevorkian said a it s Tough on me. You be got to steel yourself. Every doctor docs. If a doctor did t do that he  function. A several times tears have come to my eyes. These Are not Happy moments. The ending of a human life can never be a Good  Kevorkian also said none of the people he has helped showed a fear of death. A live had All kinds of religions a he added a and not one wanted a religious consultation. Religion is totally irrelevant to what they  also last week prosecutor Carl Marlinga in Macomb county near Detroit said he was considering filing homicide charges against Kevorkian after receiving a document indicating that a 70-year-old Man Kevorkian helped die May have changed his mind. The american civil liberties Union said it would file a lawsuit monday seeking to strike Down the new Law. Kevorkian has vowed to defy the ban. He repeated the pledge to Newsweek. �?o1 will help a suffering human being at the right time when the patients condition warrants it despite anything else he said during the interview at the office of his attorney Geoffrey Fieger in Southfield Mich. A that s what a doctor should  he said he did no to fear being jailed. A Well in be been there twice and 1 Wasny to frightened a Kevorkian said. A when you walk Down the aisle with holding cells on each Side and someone spots you and then there a suddenly an uproar of cheers and hands come through the bars to shake your hand would you worry a a that happened both  aide and editor end up in wrestling match a from wire reports san Frang Soo a what began As a off the record meeting to discuss news coverage turned into a wrestling match Between one of the City Stop political consultants and the executive editor of the an Francisco examiner when it was Over political consultant Linton Reilly left the examiner building in an ambulance with a broken ankle. A you know How wrestlers grab each other kind of move around the room. We both sort of lost our balance fell Down a said executive editor Phil _ i c�ih#9aii William r. Hearst Iii met Friday i newspapers coverage and other issues. Details of the meeting were not disclosed but Bronstein acknowledged that he and Reilly faced off when the discussion became headed. Reilly who underwent surgery for a compound fracture of his left ankle did not return phone Calls Over the weekend. Reilly who ran mayoral campaigns for mayor Frank Jordan and . Sen. Dianne Feinstein recently expressed dismay at what he described As inaccurate reports of himself in the paper the san Francisco chronicle reported  tests set Aiken . A the Savannah River nuclear Complex is to begin test runs this month on a treatment Plant for High level radioactive waste. The Savannah River site is the nations Only source of radioactive tritium Gas which is used to boost the Power of nuclear weapons. The treatment Plant is designed to replace 51 underground waste tanks. Nine of the tanks have leaked and a few Gallons of waste have penetrated the Sou. The Plant at the defense waste processing facility will take the most radioactive waste from the tanks and mix it with Glass particles. That mixture will be poured into steel canisters and stored on the site until a Federal repository is found. The general accounting office the investigative Arm of Congress said the Plant already is five years behind schedule. The Gao said in a report last year that the government  up spending More than $4 billion for the Plant Ana its support facilities. And it said there is no guarantee the Plant wifi  May be freed soon Monroeville Ala. A the release of an Alabama inmate who has spent six years on death Row could come within Days attorneys say. Last week the Alabama court of criminal appeals reversed the capital murder conviction for Walter Johnny Mcmillian 52. Monroe county District attorney Tommy Chapman said saturday that Mcmillian wont be retried and could be freed soon. Chapman who did not conduct Mcmilian s trial said that new evidence had surfaced and that a i think its Clear that the real Kier is out there  the key witness against Mcmillian was Ralph Myers who later recanted his Story that he saw Mcmillian at the murder scene. Mcmillian was sent to death Row after his conviction in the killing of an 18-year-old clerk at a dry cleaner. The clerk was shot Anrce times in the head and robbed. Myers is serving a 30-year sentence for the robbery. He avoided the death penalty by testifying against  Dies in skiing mishap Park City Utah a american airlines chief Pilot was lulled when he Feu while skiing at a Utah resort authorities said. Cd Liam a. James 54, suffered head injuries saturday at the Deer Valley ski resort Southeast of medical Cente Nurs no supervis�1 at University Chuck English director of Mountain operations Tut l saw Nesses saw James skiing fast i before the Accident and it was believed he either tangled his skis or lost control and veered into Trees. A vice president and the chief Pilot for american airlines James was based at the company a Headquarters in Dallas fort Worth. He bad worked a me nearly 28 years said american spokeswoman Karen Cook