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1 US CA: Editorial: Don't Let the Packs BackSat, 31 Jan 1998
Source:San Francisco Examiner (CA)          Area:California Lines:62 Added:01/31/1998

Smoking in California bars has been banned less than a month; state lawmakers shouldn't backtrack on a matter of health WHATEVER mitigation eventually might be taken against the statewide ban on smoking in bars that went into effect at the beginning of this month, it would be foolish for the Legislature to repeal the law.

That, however, was a live possibility after the Assembly backed the repeal Wednesday by a 42-24 margin. The Assembly passed an attempt last year to keep the ban from going into effect, but the Senate failed to take up the measure and it died.

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2US CA: Behind Fuming Bar Owners Is Savvy, Well-Heeled GroupSat, 31 Jan 1998
Source:Los Angeles Times (CA)          Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:01/31/1998

Tax-exempt alliance backed by tobacco firms helps run effort to kill smoking ban. So far, it's working.

SACRAMENTO--From all appearances, the reaction against California's month-old bar smoking ban has been widespread, strong and spontaneous. From Eureka to El Centro, tavern owners complain of lost business. Patrons fume about the law and defy it. Demonstrations spring up across the state. Local news outlets dutifully report on the flouting of the first state ban on smoking in bars, nightclubs and casinos.

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3 US WI: Gangs Raise Drug StakesSat, 31 Jan 1998
Source:Wisconsin State Journal (WI) Author:Ingersoll, Brenda Area:Wisconsin Lines:70 Added:01/31/1998

Madison Becomes Center For Trade, Task Force Warns

Madison has ''hundreds'' of gang members who control its open-air crack cocaine markets, a Dane County Narcotics and Gang Task Force official said Wednesday in unveiling the group's first report to the public.

''The Gangster Disciples from Chicago are firmly entrenched here,'' said Madison police Lt. William Housley, who leads the task force. ''Our gang situation in this area is certainly maturing. We see more people claiming gang affiliation, more tattooing, more intelligence of gang meetings going on to talk about who has what corner of the market.''

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4 US NC: Windfall Aids Morehead PoliceSat, 31 Jan 1998
Source:Jacksonville Daily News (NC) Author:Pippin, Jannette Area:North Carolina Lines:58 Added:01/31/1998

Property Seized In Drug Case Produces $31,000 For Department

MOREHEAD CITY -- Nearly $31,000 from property seized in a 1995 drug case is helping the Morehead City Police Department to fight crime.

A check for the amount was delivered to the police department this month by Janice McKenzie Cole, U.S. attorney for the eastern district of North Carolina.

The funds will give a boost to the department's law enforcement efforts, said police Maj. Wrenn Johnson.

"We'll use the funds for drug enforcement and community policing efforts," she said.

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5 UK: DJ Puts Worried Mother In A SpinSat, 31 Jan 1998
Source:Evening News (UK)          Area:United Kingdom Lines:59 Added:01/31/1998

PRO-cannabis campaigner and former drug smuggler Howard Marks has come under fire from a concerned mum over his planned appearance at the Waterfront.

The city council funded venue welcomes convicted smuggler Howard Marks, who stood in the general election in both Norwich North and south last year, on friday.

Mr Marks was unavailable for comment but Waterfront venue co-ordinator Stephen Forster said the event was being staged by an outside production company Yo Yo productions. "He has not been booked in to commit crime, he has been booked as an entertainer, someone to play a few records and maybe promote his book" he said.

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6 US: PUB OPED by Kevin Zeese in two newspapersSat, 31 Jan 1998
Source:Christian Science Monitor (US)          Area:United States Lines:90 Added:01/31/1998

The incident that led to the proposed policy shift - the shooting death of young goat herder last year by a United States Marine on an antidrug surveillance mission - should never have happened.

When I visited the Texas border town where Esequiel Hernandez was killed, residents said they could not understand why they were treated like criminals simply because they lived on the border. Military helicopters droned overhead. Children were afraid to go outside.

Many in the community felt the military had taken from them one of their best and brightest. Yet, the Department of Defense has yet to acknowledge any wrongdoing. Instead, it hides behind last year's questionable grand jury decision not to indict the marine who fired the fatal bullet. It fails to mention that the majority of the jury were people who received paychecks or retirement checks from the federal government, including the deputy border patrol chief for the region, a member of the very agency that called in the Marines and was responsible for their supervision.

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7US OH: Police, Marijuana-sniffing Dog Sweep Through Madison HighSat, 31 Jan 1998
Source:Plain Dealer, The (OH) Author:Martin, Maggi Area:Ohio Lines:Excerpt Added:01/31/1998

MADISON - Nine Madison High School students face disciplinary action after a drug-sniffing dog yesterday found small amounts of marijuana in lockers and cars at the school.

One female student, whose age was not available, was arrested, after Marco, a trained police dog, found two marijuana cigarettes in her car in the school parking lot.

Eight male students, whose ages also were not available, face possible expulsion or suspension for either leaving school or having traces of marijuana in their lockers or cars. School officials will conduct hearings next week.

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8 US OH: Judge Denies Bail To Six Accused In FBI StingSat, 31 Jan 1998
Source:Associated Press Author:Affleck, John Area:Ohio Lines:82 Added:01/31/1998

CLEVELAND (AP) -- One videotape showed a uniformed jail guard holding a bale of marijuana and putting it on a plane.

Another depicted what prosecutors said was a payoff to two police officers sitting in a squad car. Others showed officers talking about how best to protect drug deals.

After seeing the tapes, a federal magistrate judge on Monday denied bail for six men charged in a scheme to get law enforcement officers to provide security for a man they thought was a drug dealer.

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