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...shows no sign of lessening. With 22 states in the fray so far, others are certain to join in. And companies face more than a dozen private class-action suits and hundreds of individual lawsuits. At the same time, cigarette makers--minus Liggett--will soon troop to court in Greensboro, North Carolina, to hear a judge's decision on whether to allow new fda rules that say tobacco billboards must be at least 1,000 ft. from schools and that require young smokers to show photo...
...GREENSBORO, North Carolina: Fighting for the future of an industry under increasing fire, the nation's largest tobacco companies began arguments in a lawsuit designed to prevent the FDA from regulating tobacco as a drug. Lawyers for R.J. Reynolds, Phillip Morris and a number of other tobacco companies were in court to block new FDA rules, scheduled to go take effect on February 28, that would severely limit cigarette advertising aimed at teenagers. Terming the FDA restrictions a violation of the First Amendment and a prime case of federal overreach, lawyers want Judge William Osteen, a onetime tobacco industry lobbyist...
These Wall Street workers create and produce nothing. Instead of calling them "bulls," wouldn't it be more accurate to refer to them as "steers"? LARRY PETREA Greensboro, North Carolina...
...GREENSBORO, North Carolina: "They did their jobs. They faked nothing. They committed no fraud, no trespass or breach of duty," ABC attorney Bill Jeffress told jurors in opening the trial of "Prime Time Live" producers Lynn Dale and Susan Burnette, whose November 1992 story on improper food handling at Food Lion supermarkets cost the chain billions. Attorneys question which jobs the defendants were doing: television news producers or supermarket employees. Food Lion is suing Dale, Burnette and ABC for $2.5 billion over a story that portrayed Food Barn stores in North and South Carolina selling contaminated meat in unsanitary conditions...
BORN: Feb. 19, 1948, Greensboro, N.C. EDUCATION: Greensboro College, A.B., 1968 FAMILY: Husband, Clifton; two children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Legislative aide, teacher POLITICAL CAREER: New York city council, 1982-92; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: 1010 Third Avenue, Third Floor, c/o Local 3, Manhattan...