European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday july 22, 1993 us. The stars and stripes Page 7 Epa Calls for Protection from secondhand smoke Washington a the environmental Protection Agency on wednesday urged parents not to smoke in their Homes and said children and nonsmokers should be protected from secondhand smoke in Public places and on the Job. The Agency following up on its politically charged classification of secondhand smoke As a serious cancer threat said restaurants and bars that allow smoking should designate smoking areas Only if there is a some knowledge of the ventilation characteristics of the space to minimize nonsmoker a simply separating smokers and nonsmokers within the same area such As a cafeteria May reduce expo sure but nonsmokers will still be exposed to recirculated smoke or smoke Drifting into nonsmoking areas a Epa administrator Carol m. Browner said in testimony prepared for a congressional hearing wednesday. The a Zepa firmly believes that the scientific evidence is sufficient to warrant actions to protect nonsmokers from involuntary. Exposure to secondhand smoke a Browner said. She said the Agency will inform the Public about the Epars findings and distribute new advisory guidelines Man s arrest blocks plans for gruesome killings police say Green Cove Springs Fla. A a Man who police said made a a top 10 list of potential homicide victims and was starting to carry out bizarre plans for rape murder cannibalism and vampirism was arrested. Gregory Dale Donaldson a Cook at a fast food restaurant was held on $2.5 million Bond after he was charged tuesday with stalking conspiracy to commit first degree murder and solicitation to commit first degree murder. A it is so scary a it is a Little unbelievable. When you look at the evidence amassed it is frightening a assistant state attorney Timothy r. Collins said. Donaldson 20, was arrested monday while shopping for a three Page list of materials he was planning to use to kill a woman he was stalking police said. The murder was planned for july 27, said Clay county sheriffs detective Jimm Redmond adding that Donaldson had Given police details. Asked whether Donaldson was capable of carrying out the killing Redmond said a there is absolutely no doubt in my _ the detective said Donaldson had discussed with a police informant a woman Donaldson tried to recruit As an accomplice a this future plans pertaining to sexual homicide mutilation cannibalism vampirism sexual ,. Police seized 21 boxes of evidence including writings drawings and pornography from Donaldson a Home. Among the writings said sgt. Dan Smith the spokesman for the sheriffs office was a a step by step a plan of the murder he planned to commit. Authorities displayed five knives a shovel surgical gloves cleaning fluids surgical sponges and other items. They also showed some drawings done by Donaldson of mutilated or decapitated women including one labelled the break in the Case came from a 19-year-old woman who told police about two weeks ago that Donaldson had confided to her his plans to rape mutilate Cheboygan Mich. Apr residents voted tuesday to keep mayor Louis Leblanc in office rejecting a recall Effort by opponents who said his Salty language and abrasive personality were embarrassing the town. The recall lost 768 votes to 556 votes or 59 percent to 41 percent with All votes counted. Leblanc called the result a major vote of Confidence. A there will be no change in my focus on the problems of this Community a he said. �?o1 see a need for change and in a going to fight until we get Leblanc 67, was elected to a two year term in april 1992, defeating local Airport manager Robert Henderson on How to protect nonsmokers especially children from tobacco smoke. The Epa has no Power to regulate indoor air pollution and these recommendations Quot Are As far As it can go under current Law Epa spokesman David Cohen said. The Epa guidelines incorporate policies that Many cities already have enacted on a local level. At the same time that Browner testified before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health and the environment the House agriculture subcommittee on specially crops and natural resources took testimony from four scientists who contend that the Epars classification of secondhand smoke is in error. The tobacco Industry has filed a Federal court suit against the Epa challenging its findings. After several years of study the Epa in january released its report officially classifying secondhand tobacco smoke among the most serious cancer threats More dangerous than arsenic or radon. The Agency said children especially Are at risk of lower respiratory tract infections such As pneumonia and Brush Jeffrey Wells of Montville Conn., seems to be flirting with danger As he cleans the Teeth of a ferocious looking 42-foot-tall Dinosaur. Wells a Sheet Metal worker is constructing the monster in his Back Yard Atid Hopes to have it finished by 1997. For the past 10 years he has been building scale Model prehistoric animals out of fibreglass Metal and Wood. He has since feuded with the City Council and business leaders in the town of 5,000 on the shores of Lake Huron accusing them of putting the interests of wealthy tourists Oyer those of Ordinary townspeople. Leblanc said he was not concerned that 41 percent of the voters wanted to Boot him from office. A a it a like asking How does Bill Clinton feel when a number of people Are against him. That a politics Quot he said. A there Are always those who favor your actions and there Are always those who oppose critics said Leblanc a earthy language and controversial remarks have brought the town National ridicule in the Media and Hurt its efforts to boost tourism and attract new business. Missouri executes inmate after court lifts 4th stay from wire reports Potosi to. A Missouri a longest serving death Row inmate was executed by injection Early wednesday for a 1979 contract murder he blamed on a Man now dead. Walter Junior Blair 32, went to his death after the . Supreme court lifted a stay issued by a Federal appeals court earlier in the Day. It was the fourth stay he received during his 12vi years on death Row. He had no final statement. Prosecutors alleged Blair was paid $6,000 to kill Art student Katherine Joallen to keep her from testifying at the rape trial of Larry Jackson. The 21-year-old woman was shot to death in Kansas City tribe opens Casino doors Verona new York a thousands of gamblers flocked tuesday to the gleaming new turning Stone Casino and the Oneida Indian owners of new Yorkus first Legal gaming parlor said they hoped to make a killing. The Oneida tribe said the country s newest Casino could bring As much As $100 million a year to the Small economically strapped Community of Verona 30 Miles East of Syracuse and 115 Miles Northwest of new York City. The oneidas Are a people who Are trying to help. Themselves people who Are trying to pull themselves out of the Depths of economic despair a said Ray Halbritter an use rises Washington a electronic eavesdropping by Law enforcement agencies has increased substantially Over the last decade and now captures about 1.7 million conversations a year Federal records show. From investigations of Public corruption to a recent terrorism probe in new York Law enforcement officials say court authorized wiretapping has proved invaluable. A civil liberties group says the practice is being overused. The number of court authorized wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance increased from 578 in 1982 to 919 in 1992, according to the administrative office of the . Courts. The number of intercepted conversations from those wiretaps increase from 600,000 in 1982 to 1.7 million last hits Deer on Takeoff Windsor locks Conn. A a twin engine plane struck a Deer on Takeoff damaging its Landing gear and the Pilot had to Circle for nearly four hours to Burn off fuel before coming in for a crash Landing. The plane which had taken off monday night from Danbury Airport skidded off to the right of the foam covered runway at Bradley International Airport and came to a Demay the Only person aboard the six seat aircraft was not Hurt. The Deer was gets new Date Cape canaveral Fla. Nasa plans to try again saturday to Send space shuttle discovery on a satellite delivery Mission after technicians replace a faulty electronics switch at the launch pad. Liftoff was scheduled for 9 27 a.m., with an abbreviated countdown starting Friday. The first launch attempt ended less than an hour before the scheduled liftoff july 17 because of the premature activation of a solid rocket Booster release system. Suspect May be drug lord Orlando Fla. A a Man arrested for allegedly shoplifting souvenirs at a tourist attraction is a drug Cartel Leader who was apparently trying to set up a new operation in Texas authorities said. Victor Hugo Polo a 24-year-old from Miami is wanted on a warrant issued in Texas accusing him of conspiracy to distribute cocaine Deputy . Marshal Les Smith said monday. Smith said Polo apparently tried to set up a Texas Branch of a drug dealing ring that already operates in the United states from Miami to new York. Authorities in Houston said Polo is believed to be second in command of a local of colombians Cali drug Cartel. Authorities originally had mistakenly identified Polo As the no. 2 Man in Colombia s Medellin drug Cartel. And murder Young women. Mayor sails smoothly despite rough image \
