European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Wednesday december 7,1994 urged Ori Bethesda my. A americans should get As much information about what a in their cigarettes As they do about what a in their Cereal a scientist told government regulators monday. He suggested intricate new labels for cigarettes that list the carcinogens they contain. A a a a to a mock cigarette Label was presented to experts deliberating whether smokers Are being deceived by the measurements of tar and nicotine printed on cigarette packages that imply some brands Are healthier than  Why do we put such a Large array of constituents on our food products and not cigarettes asked or. Jeffrey Harris of the Massachusetts Institute of tech nolo who proclaimed amazement at the in formation on everything from fat to potassium on his Box of Apple cinnamon cheerios. Yet cigarette packages list nothing but tar and nicotine measurements that not Only done to reflect the amounts smokers really inhale but also ignore carcinogens that done to necessarily drop As tar and nicotine Levels drop he said. Quot one wonders whether the Lack of that information is deceiving some people a he said. I at Issue is the method designated by the Federal Trade commission of testing cigarettes for their tar and nicotine Content. Under Etc supervision the tobacco Institute does this testing by putting cigarettes on machines that take a two second puff every minute and then measure the residue on special filters. This method used for More than 20 years is questioned because machines smoke differently from people. A panel convened monday and tuesday by the National cancer Institute is debating whether the controversial method is of any use or whether it should be changed or scrapped. More than 2,000 chemicals Are present in cigarette smoke three dozen of which Are known carcinogens. Harris said a Label would give smokers important com ii Arison data to choose cigarettes with Ower concentrations of for example benzene or nitrosamine proven carcinogens that May be just As important As tar. A Label also would give each brands pm level important because the higher the pm the. More nicotine will be absorbed from the same amount of tobacco. The pm level is a measure of acidity or alkalinity of a solution the tobacco Industry says the testing method is valuable because it ranks brands a ranking that should be fairly reliable despite Peoples different smoking habits. Quot the Etc method provides smokers and cigarette manufacturers with an objective basis to compare the myriad brands on the Market . Reynolds tobacco co. Told the panel in a statement. But scientists testified monday that lower tar and nicotine brands have Only a slight effect on health lowering smokers risk of lung cancer somewhat even though that risk remained much greater than that of nonsmokers. Low tar cigarettes do not appear to have an effect on heart disease or any other smoking re lated disease said or. Jonathan Samet of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Aerial photo taken at West Quincy mo., in july 1993 shows where the Mississippi River surged through a break in the levee creating a flood disaster. Man Given life term for flooding Farmland two Good reasons $17,900 $207.44 per month to buy now Central Florida completely developed Home Sites one plus acre lots to Bullion now or later at one of Florida s finest communities Only 65 Miles South of Disney world amp Epcot Center. All land la High and dry averaging Between 30-130 it. Above sea level in subtropical Florida. 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But circuit judge Bruce nor mile said monday that Scott a criminal past and the extent of the damage he caused warranted a life sentence. Scott 24, confessed to police that he pulled the sandbags from the levee shortly before it broke july 16,1993. Jurors were shown videotape shot from a helicopter that showed the floods Brown Muddy water covering Green Fields and quickly rising to Treetop level. The water ripped through a mile Long business strip destroyed scores of buildings and toppled fuel storage tanks which leaked and fuelled Orange fireballs atop the water. The water also closed for 71 Days a Bridge that was the Only link Between Missouri and Illinois for 200 Miles. Scott became a suspect the night of the break when police officers familiar with his arson convictions saw him describing his efforts to save the levee in an emotional to interview. Before he j was sentenced Scott told the judge that Fie was innocent. Outside the courtroom he told reporters that the jury would not have convicted him if he had testified. Defense attorney Jeff Estes said his client planned to Appeal. Estes had argued that Scott removed the sandbags Only to draw authorities attention to a trouble spot. Prosecutors played Scott a taped confession and a videotaped to interview for a news special on arson in which Scott talked about the thrill of setting fires. Several witnesses testified that Scott had spoken of breaking the levee so he could be free of his wife who worked across the River at a truck Stop. Quot he said he was going to break the levee so he could strand his wife in Missouri so he could have parties so he could have affairs a prosecutor John Jackson said in his closing argument. Scott was convicted As a juvenile of setting fire to an elementary school. He was convicted of setting other fires in 1988 and is serving a 10-year sentence on his conviction last year for stealing a vehicle. 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Lewis Santiago Pagan a 6-foot, 200-Pound youngster described As awkward and shy is accused of killing David Harris on saturday. The killing occurred at the Eastchester gardens housing project in the Bronx where both lived. David who was 4 feet 5 Inch stall and weighed 80 pounds had joined other youngsters in teasing Lewis police said. Despite their size difference the group members had picked a fight with the bigger boy that ended in David a death police said. Witnesses told police that the smaller boy apparently embarrassed that he had lost a playground fistfight two weeks earlier accused Lewis on saturday of spreading the news said detective Kim Royster a police spokeswoman. David began pushing Lewis and pulled the larger boys legs out from under him sending him crashing to the ground Royster said. At that Point a it seems that Lewis had finally had enough a the detective. Said. -. Flashing a Large Quot rambo Type knife Lewis stabbed David three times in the Chest police said. As Lewis fled David lifted up his shirt and examined his wounds in horror witnesses said. David staggered toward Home and collapsed. He was dead on arrival at a Hospital. Lewis was arrested a Short time later and was charged As an adult with murder. He could get nine years to life in prison. Family members neighbors and police said neither boy was a Likely candidate for the trouble often lurking in the projects. Carl Pelleck a housing police spokesman said Lewis is a basically a gentle  David was remembered As a pop ular and precocious youngster