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States cling to tobacco stock
(AP) — States are suing cigarette
companies and passing laws to
stamp out butts, but when it comes
to making money, many consider
tobacco a de
pendable friend.
State pension
systems keep bil
lions of dollars in
tobacco stocks,
and overseers are
reluctant to dump
“So long as tobacco
companies make
money, we'll make
money off them."
what has been a
cash cow.
“So long as to
bacco companies
make money, we’ll
make money off them,” said Dee
Williams, public pension system di
rector in Utah, which has one of the
nation’s lowest smoking rates.
At the same time, other states are
swearing off tobacco stocks. Mary
land’s retirement agency last year di
vested after joining 21 other states in
a suit against major tobacco compa
nies to recoup health-care costs as
sociated with smoking. New Hamp
shire, too, has sold
its tobacco hold
ings, after being
branded as a bad
investment.
So utli Carolina
lies deep in tobac
co country, but its
longstanding pol
icy bans pension
investments in
wmmmmmmmmmmm any stocks. A
pending constitu
tional amendment could lift that pro
hibition, however.
West Virginia is also barred
from dabbling in stocks, and In
diana has not bought any since it
got the go-ahead to invest pen
sion funds last year.
Dee Williams
Public pension director, Utah
But other states, including many
that are suing tobacco companies,
remain heavily invested in compa
nies that make cigarettes.
The investment board in Min-.
nesota, another litigant, has $281
million tied up in tobacco-related
stocks, despite challenges by Gov.
Arne Carlson to justify it.
“You have to do it,” said David
Bronner, director of the pension sys
tem in Alabama, which has almost
$100 million in tobacco stocks. "It’s
the same thing as making invest
ments in the gambling industry.”
James Tierney, a former Maine at
torney general who is coordinating
the 22 states’ cases, says the tobacco
investments themselves are a gamble.
“If we win one suit," Tierney said,
“the whole industry will become a
very bad investment.
“If you’re sitting there running
a pension system, you have to bet
whether there’s goingto
gressional settlement
case, Tierney said.
Health groups sayr:
stake than money.
“The governor and!
feign this self-righteous ini
over smoking, then the staled
tobacco companies milk
lars to play with,” said Rio
who heads a citizens groin
Alaska’s Permanent FundiolJ
million in Philip Morrislnc
Figures from the states ; I
tal in tobacco stocksheldtj.j
systems at $6 billion to S7t.|
Most states say tobaca
ments make up 1 percentc;
their total portfolios.Thee
portfolio of all of the states ;
systems was about SI trillion!
third quarter of 1996, saidf
manager of the Government?
f MTicers Association inWasl
Security scanner sees through clothes, fat roj
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) —The next generation of
weapons detectors is deadly accurate, able to
look through clothes to find guns, explosives and
even syringes and drug vials that can be tucked
into rolls of fat.
About the size of a voting booth, a machine man
ufactured by Nicolet Imaging Systems of San Diego
goes beyond metal detectors to show any solid ob
ject. It is being tested at North Carolina’s Central
Prison and the federal courthouse in Los Angeles.
“It’s a very low-level X-ray,” Capt. Marshall
Hudson, a correction officer said during a
demonstration Monday. “It’s going to show
everybody has something on them, keys and
pens. Things you can’t identify are things you
want to do a more thorough search on.”
Hudson, who looked at the image of a fellow
officer flashed on a video screen, said the
$100,000 machine is capable of showing shin
bones near the skin and even a person’s private
parts on the “uncloak mode.”
While police groups are intrigued, civil lib
ertarians are concerned because the same
technology is being developed by other man
ufacturers into a hand-held model, which will
enable police to detect a weapon hidden un
der someone’s clothing up to 60 feet away.
A version could be ready for testing in 18
months and in use in four years.
“It becomes a question of how intrusive they
are,” said Mark Kappelhoff, legislative counsel
for the American Civil Liberties Union, which
questioned law enforcement’s need to view the
human anatomy.
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The National Rifle Association also iJ
cemed that the machines could hinderte ki
some states to carry a concealed firearm. EL
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“Anything that enhances publicsafayM ]
fleer safety, we’re for,” said |im Pasco,ev*
director of the Fraternal Order of Police,!
tion’s largest police group with 277,000
Gerald Arenberg, spokesperson forthe'M n |
al Association of Chiefs ut Pulice, notedu .fe j^
lice officer is killed every 57 hours in theliB^i
Stales and that I H‘) cops are assaulted da:. fL 1
“I don’t think any police officer inh» n
mind would say that’s an invasion of pit
Arenberg said of the devices. "Those fe L ^ 1
tistics make the 600,000 swornofficttR}!
everything they can get L sl f
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Tuesday
Men’s Lacrosse Club: Practice will be
held from 4-6 p.m. at the Zachry
Fields. Everyone is welcome and no
experience is necessary. For details,
call Todd Hendreks at 764-8561.
Women’s Lacrosse: There will be prac
tice from 4-6 p.m. at the Zachry fields.
Beginners are welcome. For more In
formation, call Monica at 694-6915.
Aggie Toastmasters: Our weekly
meeting will be held at 8:30 p.m. in
the MSC. Check screens for location.
Roadrunners: There will be a 3-4
mile run for runners of all levels.
. Meet at 5:30 p.m. in front of G. Rol-
lie White. For more information, call
Dao at 260-2441.
Catholic Students Association: A
general meeting will be held at 7 p.m.
in 504 Rudder. Contact Gus at 694-
2174 for details. Daily mass will be
held at 12:05
Faiths Chapel.
at TAMU’s
Texas A&M Fencing Club: There will
be practice from 7-11 p.m. in 267
Read. For details, call Bobby Thorn
ton at 691-2296.
TAMU Waterski Team: There will be
a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. in
402 Rudder. For more information,
call Mike Coyle at 260-5926.
IL Circolo Italiano Di Tamu (Italian
Club): “Tavola Italiana” — An infor
mal time to get to know others inter
ested in “things Italian” will be held
at 7:30 p.m. at Copasetic Cafe.
Everyone welcome! Contact Rachela
for details at 847-2457 or e-mail at
italia@tamu.edu.
Agricultural Leadership Society: Adri
an Knight will give a guest lecture and
team leader elections will be held at 7
p.m. in 117 Kleberg. For details, con
tact Stephanie at 260-9072.
Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Aggies:
ITS Tours will present information
about Gay Games 1998 in Amster
dam at 7 p.m. in 144 Koldus. For
details, call GayLine at 847-0321.
Society of Women Engineers: Officer
elections for fall 1997 positions at 7
p.m. in 204 Zachry. For details, call
Tiffany Rogers at 694-0170.
Circle K International: There will be
a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 407
Rudder. Everyone is welcome. For de
tails, call Amy at 847-5783.
Alpha Phi Omega: There will be a
service meeting at 7 p.m. in 507
Rudder. We will visit the Crestview
Retirement Home. Meet in the of
fice at 3:45 p.m.
NAEP: Arthur D. Little will discuss
consulting for business, environmen
tal health and safety, and technology
at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder. Contact Amy
at 847-0460 for details.
Aggie Alliance: There will beiBi
eral meeting at 7 p.m. in22cP'
Wednesday ^
Men’s Lacrosse Club: Practice I
held from 4-6 p.m. at
Fields. Everyone is welctwc^J
experience is necessary. M:
call Todd Hendreks at 764-8 j
Wesley Foundation: There« ofaL
informal worship service at7p.i*vn|
201 Tauber Street (behind AgT
Credit Union). For more infoLBiell
call at 846-4701. lid
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The Battalion
Applications for Section Editors for the
summer and fall semesters are now available in
Room 013 Reed McDonald Building.
Applications are due Friday, April 11,
in Room 0 / 3 Reed McDonald by 5 p.m.
All majors welcome. Experience not required.
For more information, call 845-331 3.
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