European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 29, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7judge postpones Start of Tough smoking rules from the associated press Annapolis my. A a judge put what would have been the nations toughest workplace smoking ban on hold wednesday saying opponents had proved it could Hurt businesses. The regulation which was scheduled to take effect aug. 1, is being challenged in court by businesses Trade associations and tobacco companies. Circuit court judge William Horne issued a 10-Day temporary injunction and is expected to extend it until a hearing in Talbot county circuit court on aug. 11. At that hearing the tobacco Industry will seek an order delaying the regulations while its lawsuit is being heard. The regulations would ban smoking almost  a covers offices retail stores bars restaurants hotels Home offices with employees other than the owner and work vehicles with two or More occupants. St. Joseph to. A the Man videotaped urinating into the office Coffeepot has been charged with assault. Milton Ross was trying to injure a co worker when he used the pot As a urinal assistant Buchanan county prosecutor Dean Shepherd said. He was fired after the july 16 incident. Wire rope of America declined to say if there was any connection Between the incident and the Many a firing. Health investigators did no to think it Likely that any communicable diseases could have been contracted by drinking the Coffee. Ross 41, of St. Joseph was charged with the Misdemeanour tuesday after his fellow factory workers caught him in their trap. They had thought the Coffee tasted Odd so they secretly taped him defiling the Coffeepot and turned the video Over to company officials and  oks desert Park Washington a the House approved legislation wednesday declaring More than 6.6 million acres of California desert As protected wilderness and Federal Parkland. Environmentalists have been trying to get increased Protection for the desert Region for years claiming that it is being destroyed by Urban sprawl and commercial development. The Senate already has passed similar legislation. The 298-128 vote capped an often contentious debate among californians lawmakers who were sharply split on the Bill. A rep. George Miller d-calif., the Bill a key sponsor argued that the Protection of the desert was needed because of the states growing population. But republicans representing the desert regions strongly opposed the measure calling it an intrusion on property rights. The House Bill which would create the largest wilderness Region in the lower 48 states must still be reconciled with the Senate approved  gets probation Cincinnati a a woman who said she chained her teen age daughter to the floor for three Days was placed on three years probation and ordered to undergo psychological counselling. Police said Lola Shelton wrapped one end of a Chain around her 17-year-old daughters ankle and secured it with a padlock. They said she nailed the other end of the Chain to the floor. She told investigators she was having trouble controlling her daughter and used the Chain to make sure the Girt would not leave the apartment. Shelton 37, also was fined $500 wednesday. She had pleaded guilty to child  drug Sparks Hope new York a a new drug slows the Progress of multiple sclerosis and reduces episodes of paralysis from the debilitating disease the drugs maker said. Biogen inc. Said the results came from clinical trials with its new Beta interferon drug. \ the company has just completed the final stage of testing on humans with the drug and can now apply to the food and drug administration for approval the company said. Abe Eastwood director of research Grant programs with the multiple sclerosis society in new York noted that the drug Hasni to faced scrutiny from the scientific Community. However he called it a an exciting and hopeful  Dod chided for paying contractor merger Bills by Patrick j. Sloyan new Day Washington a a secret Pentagon decision to pay military contractors billions of dollars to underwrite expenses connected with acquisitions and mergers was attacked wednesday in Congress As a Clinton administration program to play a fairy godmother to major defense companies awash in profits. Defense Secretary William Perry and his Deputy John Deutch were under fire for changing Pentagon policies designed to prevent taxpayers from subsidizing mergers. Republicans and democrats alike on the House armed services investigations subcommittee challenged Deutch a repeated assertion that the unprecedented payment plan approved without any announcement last year was designed to save taxpayers Money. According to Deutch the mergers would help reduce overhead charges by defense contractors As the Industry becomes smaller. Various members portrayed the policy change As a potential Windfall for defense contractors and an incentive for hostile corporate take Ovi ers with taxpayers picking up the Bill. Perry working on the Relief Effort for Rwanda cancelled his appearance before the panel leaving Deutch to explain the policy shift first disclosed by new Day earlier this month. But Deutch did not answer crucial questions on what defense contractors would get paid for. "p11 get Back to you a Deutch said repeatedly As he was peppered for details. A the specifics of any savings Are just not there a said David Cooper of the general accounting office after reviewing the policy change. Cooper told the panel that the Gao study concluded that the new policy could involve a several billions of dollars Quot in payments to defense contractors for pos merger restructuring costs that have yet to be defined. In one heated Exchange with Deutch rep. Lynn Schenk d-catif., objected to secrecy surrounding a $60 million Pentagon payment to Martin Marietta corp. In connection with its Purchase of a general dynamics subsidiary in her san Diego District which is being reduced in size. A i done to know How you explain this payment to Laid off workers in my District a said Schenk of Martin Marietta a plans to shift former general dynamics operations to Colorado. She said her constituents viewed it a was the big Guys going into what i Hope was a smoke free backroom and cutting a  a it was a convention of the sugar daddies and their fairy godmother Quot Schenk said. But the plan was supported by Norman Augustine chairman of Martin Marietta. He argued that the Federal government would reap lower costs from defense mergers Over the Long term. Under the plan Augustine a company would get $330 million from the Pentagon to cover expenses related to the Purchase of the former subsidiary of general dynamics and also a Purchase of a general electric subsidiary. Shuttles Eye View a photograph taken recently through the window of Columbia shows the science module of the shuttle against the blackness of space Over Earth a horizon. Columbia completed the longest Ever shuttle Mission saturday remaining in space 14 Days 17 hours and 55 minutes to perform experiments with various creatures. Cost of in Vitro baby put at $72,000 Boston apr although a single attempt to make a test tube baby costs about $8,000, the procedure fails so often that the average Price of a successful pregnancy approaches 10 times that says a study published thursday. Sometimes couples Are Able to produce babies on their first try at in Vitro fertilization. Usually they must make several attempts and even then they May fail. So researchers set out to find the average Cost to so Ciet when the Many misses Are weighed against the occasional successes. Their conclusion the average Price is $72,000, depending on How Many times couples try. The study conducted by or. Peter Neumann of project Hope in Bethesda md., was not intended to answer the question of whether its Worth it. A a that a the important question that comes out of this but its not a question that can be answered unless you compare it to other things Quot Neumann said. Big Price tags Are hardly rare in Medicine. The average Cost of a Normal delivery is $10,000. A coronary bypass operation to relieve Chest pain a one of medicines most routine major procedures a May add us to $40,000 or More. Some insurance companies routinely pay for in Vitro fertilization but Many do not. Eight states require companies to cover it. Neumann said insurance companies might use his data to decide How Many tries to pay for. The study published in the new England journal of Medicine was based on a review of charges at six Large in Vitro fertilization centers. The average Cost of a successful pregnancy after the first attempt was $66,667. By the sixth attempt this had increased to $114,286