European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Wednesday october 5,1994 pregnant smokers May pass habit to daughters Washington a the daughters of women who smoke during pregnancy but not the sons May be biologically predisposed to smoke a new study contends. It suggests that prenatal nicotine primes a fetus brain. Animal studies have shown that prenatal nicotine does affect certain brain activities once the animal is grown. But scientists never pursued that link in humans be cause no one had found a relationship Between Chil Dren s tendency to smoke and prenatal exposure until now. What this really shows is there May be Subtle effects on brain function that won t become apparent until 13, 14, 15 years later said or. Denise Kandel of Colum Bia University in new York. It s another reason women should t  teen age girls were four times More Likely to smoke if their mothers smoked while pregnant a risk that remained even when researchers allowed for social influences Kandel reported in tuesday s american journal of Public health. 2  officers get prison terms in . Search by the new York times new York two new York City police officers were sentenced to prison monday for ransacking two Harlem apart cents and terrorizing the occupants four ,. Years ago in a illegal and futile search for a missing police radio. ? i Hope to Send a message that police misconduct will not be tolerated said acting Justice Bonnie Wittner in state supreme court in sentencing it. Pat Ricia Fec Rick to two years in prison Aid officer Orlan do Rosario to a one to three year prison term. " but Wittner delayed their incarceration pending an Appeal that should take up to two years to decide. Two no re officers Mayra Schultz and John Devito arc scheduled to be sentenced thursday. All four were convicted in May of barging into two apartments in East Harlem in 1990 and holding four of the occupants hostage for four hours while they con ducted an illegal search for a radio used by Feerick. Feerick and Rosario claimed innocence and insisted that the reputed victims involved in their search were crack dealers and child abusers who should be in Pris on rather than Thern a this is not a corruption Case Feerick said and she cited the arrests of More than 20 officers on charges of police corruption Anil misconduct in another precinct in Harlem. This is not the 30th precinct. This is the Story of four Good and honest cops being destroyed for doing their jobs.". Kandel theorized that nicotine which can Cross the Placenta Barrier stimulates a fetus s receptors for dopamine the brain chemical involved with drug Addic Tion. This priming May predispose girls to smoke Kandel contended. But prenatally exposed boys weren t at risk. Kandel in t sure Why but suggested male hormones May protect the male fetus. It is a very interesting and provocative paper said or. Nigel Paneth an expert on paediatric epidemiology at Michigan state University in East Lansing. If this really happens from a biological Point of View. That s very  but he cautioned that despite Kandel s controls the results May mean daughters Are simply copying their mothers. Most research shows children suffer if either Parent smokes. Another study in tuesday s journal said that even nonsmoking mothers Bear underweight babies if their husbands smoke 20 cigarettes a Day during the pregnancy. Florida fest a German students rally around their country s Flat As they celebrate German unification Day on monday at Walt Disney world s Epcot Center in Lake Buena Vista Fla. The students were marking the fourth anniversary of the reunification of East and West Germany. About 160 students come from Germany each year to work at Epcot s German showcase exhibit. Still alive alleged victim says " of Houston a a woman believed to have been slain by a once cycad drifter who confessed to hundreds of killings then recanted says she s alive and can give him an Alibi in this murder that landed him on death Row. She s Henry s Alibi for the Only death penalty he s got Henry Lee Lucas Law yer Vic Fea Ell said Mon Day. Lucas has been convicted of 13 murders in Texas and Florida including that of Becky Powell 15. He once confessed to killing her but her body was never found. Lueas was the subject of a movie enry portrait of a serial killer. Lueas now a woman who says she is Powell has come for Ward to Hay. She was with Lucas in Florida on Hallow Een night in 1979. That s the night a Hitchhiker known Only As Orange socks was slain in  _ Lucas awaits death by injection in her slaying. His conviction is under review. I m very much alive i did t realize 1 was dead for several years a woman who identified herself As Frieda Becky Powell said in sunday s Washington times. Authorities were dubious. We think it s highly unlikely that is. Powell is alive department of Public safety spokeswoman Lau Reen Chernow said. We certainly try to be open minded about these things but we Are rather sceptical at this  Lucas 58, once claimed involvement in More than 360 slayings nationwide but now claims to have killed Only his Mother. Marine denies rumours Labelling her a lesbian from wire reports new River Marine corps air. Station . A Marine says she is being threatened with a less than honorable discharge1 because false rumours and Aji innocent kiss on the Cheek from another woman got her labelled a lesbian.  a ,--7. Lance Cpl. Elena Martinez a 21-year-old disbursing clerk faces an administrative discharge Board today. Martinez who is married but separated from her husband denies being a lesbian. She has been a Marine almost three years with above average ratings. -. ".  be served honorable and Haven t done anything to discredit the Marine corps she said. Her lawyers said the Marine corps investigation violates the Pentagon s Don t ask Don t Tell policy on homosexuals. They said the allegations Stem from rumours in 1991 that Martinez and another woman had been seen having sex. She also said she received a kiss on the Cheek from a woman that apparently was seen by one of her male accusers. It would be inappropriate to comment on a package that has not been seen said chief warrant officer Nolan Wells a Marine spokesman Gerber pacifiers recalled. / -.  Fremont Mich Gerber products co. Is recalling 10 million pacifiers that pose a choking danger because the nipple could break off in a child s Mouth. The clip that holds the nipple to the Mouth shield handle is defective spokeswoman Nancy Lindner said monday. The company said it had received about two dozen reports of the pacifier s separating. No injuries were reported the company  recall affects nuke orthodontic pacifiers manufactured Between july 1,1993, and june 30, 1994, when the company changed the design and began writing new on the package. Date codes on the Back of the packages Range from 070193 to 063094. The pacifiers were sold in single and multiple packages at a Cost of $1.29 to $4.99. Consumers can Call Gerber at 1-800-4-Gerber to receive a free replacement pacifier film fails to move trial Philadelphia the judge in a lawsuit with parallels to the movie Philadelphia refused to move the trial outside the City monday discounting fears that the jurors might be tempted to Compart real life with Hollywood. A the discrimination Case was brought by a lawyer identified in court papers As John Doe esq., who claims he was fired illegally after his firm Learned he was infected with the aids virus. Jury selection began monday , District judge Robert Gawthrop Iii rejected a request by Kohn Nast & Graf to move the trial to Harrisburg the firm had argued that jurors there would be less Likely to compare the Case with the film about a lawyer who successfully sued his Law firm for firing him because he had aids. Nevertheless the questionnaire Given to prospective jurors asks if they live seen the movie and if it will affect their ability to decide the Case. Kohn Nast a firm prominent in antitrust and class action product liability litigation contends it fired the plaintiff because he did t measure up to its standards not because he had tested positive for the aids virus. Lawmaker accused again Chicago . Rep. Mel Reynolds accused of having an affair with an underage Campaign worker has been charged with harassing her about cooperating with officials. Also monday the police department  spokesman was charged with leaking information about the investigation to Reynolds for whom he once worked before joining the police department. Reynolds denies Ever having sex with the girl who is now 18. He pleaded innocent to 20 felony counts in an aug. 19 indictment. The first term Democrat was accused of indirectly telling the girl she could go to jail if she continued to cooperate with authorities. His lawyer de Genson said the new indictment was an old charge wit names added. William p. Davis the director of news affairs fur the police was indicted on three felony counts of official misconduct state s attorney Jack o Mallcy said. Davis said he is innocent