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THI MESS DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 999 D3 IQaas IN BRIEF Call to regulate tobacco industry While board members feared fund-raising would suffer with the stormy departure of Polly's father, Marc Klaas. Klnley said it has had no effect. Marc Klaas was ousted from the board In late 1994 and set up his own foundation to work on child safety legislation Issues. The transition from a frenzied search effort to an enduring, cause-driven body is a shaky one, said Roy Stephens, president of the Association of Missing and Exploited Children's Organizations, a network of 17 non-profits based In Nebraska. About half of the foundations created from a single abduction or missing childrens' case fall within a few years, Stephens said.

"When a case is basically closed, then the enthusiasm and the community support kind of fades away," he said. Stephens said the Initial flow of donations in the Polly case was bested only by the Jacob Wetterling Foundation, a non-profit set up after the abduction of a Minnesota boy in 1989. That case, and the non-profit, are still open. "The survey shows that when our children are on their way to school, the tobacco Industry Is going to teach them about tobacco," said Alyonlk Hrushowl, a tobacco control officer with San Francisco's public health department. "When they go to the corner store to buy candy, they're also being sold on cigarettes.

When they stand in line at the store they're eye-to eye with the Marlboro man and Joe Camel." Joe Serrano, a San Francisco student who helped with the survey, led reporters to a Mission Street store he found most telling. The window was a checkerboard of cigarette and liquor advertisements. Overhead, a red Marlboro streamer hung. A Kool banner dangled above the door. In front of those ads sat a huge gumball machine and a pink mechanical horse whose head was aimed at a sign urging, "Come To Marlboro Country." "To me, this is one of the main stores," said Serrano, 16, pointing out a young girl riding the horse.

"How can tobacco companies tell us that they're not trying to use us, not trying to sell to us? That just makes me mad." Said 17-year-old Erick Montes, another survey participant: "Tobacco companies want to get them started at a young age. They know if they start them start them early, they will have a customer for life." Rep. Durbin and two other congressmen said the survey's results add fuel to recent national debate on government regulation of tobacco. The Food and Drug Administration is considering regulating nicotine as a drug and using that authority to crack down on teenage tobacco use. Ads target kids, lawmakers say B) MARK I VANS AwK'liti'd I'rrm SAN FRANCISCO A cigarette survey conducted by hundreds of California teen-agers offers more proof President Clinton should authorize government regulation of tobacco, federal lawmakers said Wednesday "Tobacco companies are going after America's children with a vengeance," said Rep.

Dick Durbln, D-Ill. "There couldn't be any clearer evidence that regulation Is needed." Durbln referred to "Operation Storefront," a study conducted by 700 California teen-agers in March and released by the state Wednesday. Its major findings were published In July by the Associated Press, which obtained a summary of the report. The teen-agers surveyed some 5,800 small California stores, including liquor, convenience and small grocery stores. Among their findings: An average of about 25 tobacco ads per store, or roughly 1 million around the state.

Stores within 1,000 feet of schools generally post more tobacco ads and promotions than stores located away from schools. On average, more tobacco advertisements are placed in stores that position them near candy or at a child's eye-level (at a height of 3 feet or below) More frequent exterior store advertising in areas where at least 30 percent of the neighborhood is 18 years old or younger. Babies 'sign' before they talk By KATIIRYN PERKINS Mi luti hy News Service SACRAMENTO Rare ore the parents who have not waited anxiously for their baby to learn to talk, impatient to communicate. Await no longer. Many moons before babies can talk, they can learn scores of gestures to happily interact with the family.

In a three-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers at the University of California, Davis, studied 140 families with 11-month old babies. One-third of the families were taught how to encourage their babies to use "baby signs." The remainder were not. On average, the babies In the study group learned 22 gestures, symbols for objects; needs such as "food" or and descriptions, like "hot." Some learned as few as 12; others as many as 50. "A lot depends on the parents' interest, but we had some super-signing," lead researcher Linda Acredolo said Wednesday at a summer lecture series on campus. No longer were these babies dependent on crying, pointing frantically or grunting, "Uh uh uh" to get their messages across, said Acredolo, a professor of psychology.

Being able to Interact alleviated frustration for the babies and their parents, enhanced bonding and respect for the infants. "It's easy and fun to do not work," she said. "And it helps care givers as well as parents 'talk' to the child. Some of the gestures the babies picked up spontaneously, others their parents taught them, relying on a list of 50 "infant sign language suggestions" compiled by Acredolo and her collaborator, Susan Goodwyn, a professor at California State University, Stanislaus. For example, one 15-month-old baby learned three gestures that helped her parents understand what she needed when she awoke crying in the night.

She learned to pat her bottom when her diaper needed changing and to place her thumb to her lips when she was thirsty. And by observing her mother, she spontaneously picked up the gesture of grasping her chest to Indicate fear. Teaching babies to sign their observations gives parents a window Into their babies' minds, Acredolo said. It makes a baby more fun to be around, and very often is a source of amazement. One mother, for instance, used picture books to teach her baby boy the names and signs for different animals.

Officer's record LOS ANGELES A police officer who killed an allegedly armed teen-ager In a shooting that triggered unrest has a history of suspensions for excessive force, according to police records released Wednesday. Officer Michael Falvo's suspensions date back to 1987 when a Police Department board found that he hit two kneeling drug suspects with his baton, records showed. He was relieved of duty without pay for 22 days. Two years later, Falvo received a 20-day suspension for unnecessarily kicking a suspect, omitting it from his arrest report and later lying about the Incident, according to police documents. KCBS-TV reported that Falvo, a 13-year veteran, also received a 44-day suspension in 1991 for taunting housing project residents angry over a sheriff's shooting.

That was not Included among released records. Voters get last say SAN FRANCISCO Despite collective-bargaining laws, voters in San Francisco have the final say on pension increases for police and firefighters, says a state appeals court. The ruling by the 1st District Court of Appeal, made public Wednesday, would apply to any large city whose charter required voter approval of changes in the retirement system. ACLU demand LOS ANGELES The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday demanded release of all documents related to the dismantling of affirmative action programs at the University of California. Demand letters were sent to Gov.

Pete Wilson and each member of the UC Board of Regents for all documents that led to the July 20 decision to end race-based admission and hiring practices at the nine UC campuses. Transplants get Oil SAN FRANCISCO Federal regulators have given final clearance for an experimental baboon bone-marrow transplant for AIDS patients, and an Oakland AIDS activist is the leading candidate. Food and Drug Administration approval means the transplant could take place in October, said Dr. Steven Deeks, the University of California-San Francisco researcher who will conduct the operation. Press Democrat nws services FBI gives 'top priority' to hunt for Unabomber Continued from Page Bl offers child safety education.

Most of the money goes Into the response and hot-line operations, which have handled 600 calls for help so far this year, equaling the total for 1994, Klnleysuld. Klnley said the focus on Income has shifted from Individual dona- tions to grants and large endowment contributions, and to working jointly with similar groups Instead of embarking on its own projects. Klnley said the foundation now budgets $50,000 a year In individual donations, but he declined to say how much the foundation has raised in total over the last year. "Obviously, we're nowhere near the amount in the search for Polly," Klnley said. "But we continue to see an outpouring of support from across the country." The largest individual offering this year came from Oakland A's slugger Mark McGwire, who recently made an unsolicited $9,000 donation.

Libel Continued from Page Bl slugging the county's schools chief and has been threatened with lawsuits more than 50 times. Anderson said he expects to lose the case on appeal in Mendocino County Superior Court but hopes to win at the state Court of Appeals. "There's always a chance for justice in America as soon as you get out of Mendocino County," Anderson said. "(Taylor) rambled on for a couple hours, called no witnesses, produced no evidence of damage, and was awarded 5,000 bucks. It's just a form of harassment." Taylor, a volunteer gospel show host on Philo public radio station KZYX-FM who once wrote stories for Anderson on school board meetings, said Anderson will lose.

"What the Jeffery Dahlmer of Feud Continued from Page Bl Congressional District," he said. "I'm shocked and flabbergasted that Frank is now coming at me with both barrels," said Libby. He labeled Riggs' attack "slanderous," and said he is "distressed and angry" at the route Frank has chosen to go. "What is happening to him?" Sutton on Wednesday called Lib-'by a "disgruntled ex-employee" who is lashing out at Riggs. Sutton said Libby's accusations against Riggs are unfounded and the letter published Wednesday was a "proper response" to those allegations.

Riggs was not available for comment. Libby said he believes Riggs is sensitive to publicity surrounding his behind-the-scenes solicitation of letters of support for his action in a Library Continued from Page Bl library," Healey said. "Quite a few people have gotten a raw deal on this thing. I hope it never happens again." Price did not attend the session. Earlier, he said he approved of the commission's move to transfer authority to McDermott even though he is still technically library director until his contract expires in October.

He left the job on July 14, after telling the commission he would use up compensatory time, vaca POND PLANTS ml Lar9e Variety Heritage Roses Selected Perennials ENCHANTED GARDENS. 7677 Mirabel Rd. 07 aaq 3 Forestville Open 9 to dark, 7 days anarchists, left-wingers or environmentalists. Despite a massive search involving more than a hundred agents and thousands of tips from the public, the FBI has been stumped in its efforts Jo find the elusive terrorist. Since June, when the Unabomber sent out copies of his manifesto to three publications and a University of California, Berkeley, professor, agents have been poring through the document for clues.

Relying on the documents and the known whereabouts of the terrorist during his 16 bombing attacks, the FBI has pieced together a pattern linking the Unabomber to several universities. The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that the FBI has obtained the student rolls of universities where the Unabomber might have been enrolled and come up with a handful of former students who fit the pattern of the Unabom-ber's movements. BEAUTIFY YOUR journalism does Is not journalism. And It has nothing to do with the Bill of Rights," Taylor said. "The Anderson Valley Advertiser staff routinely commits battery by typewriter, particularly against worn-en.

In the courtroom, Anderson argued that Taylor routinely libels him on her radio show and also is a public figure with less protection under libel laws. "If all the politically active outpatients of Mendocino County are able to file for libel in small claims court, every newspaper in the country is imperiled," Anderson said. "Not to mention the First Amendment." But Nelson disagreed that Taylor is a public figure. Nelson said the defamation of character could hurt her business as a self-employed compositor, a specialized form of book typesetting. renewed Congressional debate over offshore oil drilling.

Leaked internal memos showed that Riggs' staff provided letters for influential local government officials to sign and have published. Riggs and his Washington staff are attacking Libby In order to deflect public criticism-away from that issue, Libby claimed. "Why did they do this? To take the heat off of Frank Riggs for federal ethics violations in regards to him and his staff writing and distributing campaign letters," said Libby. Libby said Riggs may try to argue that he did not use taxpayers' money to solicit the letters, "but he is aware that they are not government business and therefore are campaign letters." "I am really shocked that he would take this kind of step," said Libby. tion and sick days until his contract expires Oct.

4. Some commissioners were obviously irritated by Sabsay's essay in the Sunday Press Democrat's opinion section. Sabsay, who wrote his remarks in response to an earlier interview with Price, chastised the commission for not keeping a firmer grip on library services and for allowing Price free rein. Joe Murphy, library commissioner and retired Sonoma County judge, called Sabsay's critique of Price "mean spirited" and "unfair criticism." About 30 people, most of them library employees or branch volunteers, attended the meeting at the Santa Rosa Library. OSTEOPOROSIS and DEXABONE DENSITOMETRY Robert B.

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