Friday, May 27, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Friday, May 27, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Group wants cigarettes sold just by prescription WASHINGTON 1P) - Two former U. S. sur- rettes. geon-general and 10 organizations opposed to "Saccharin has been implicated in only one cigarette smoking petitioned the federal govern- disease; smoking in well over half a dozen," the ment yesterday to regulate cigarettes more petition said. "Taking action against saccharin strictly than saccharin and to require doctors' but none against smoking would be like ground- prescriptions for cigarette sales. ing a Piper Cub for excessive noise while per- The petition filed with the Food and Drug Ad- mitting Concoraes to take off and land." ministration (FDA) asked the agency to assert TERRY SAID it was completely inconsistent jurisdictsq over cigarettes on tre ground that for the federal government to warn about the tobacco contains drugs and therefore is under hazards of cigarette smoking while it also spends FDA's authority. money to support tobacco. The FDA has proposed rules which would ban Under price support programs enacted by the use cf saccharin as a food additive but per- Congress, the federal government has paid about mit its sale as a single ingredient, non-prescrip- $57 million since the 1930s for tobacco, including tion drug. The FDA is now soliciting comment on money to cover the government's losses when the proposal and may make the rule effective sales of farmers' tobacco were not enough to perhaps in July. cover federal price-support loans. Aterh etitin sflBetween 1965 and 1973, there was a subsidy After the petition was filed, FDA spokesman program to help finance tobacco exports by mak- "Tobacco is not within our jurisdiction. This ing tobacco more competitive on the world is supported by legislative history and several market. That program cost between $25 million isourtsed yesand $30 million a year. court cases." JOHN BANZHAF III, executive director of Ac- UINES SAID it is clear "that Congress never tion on Smoking and Health (ASH), one of the intended FDA or any othe regulatory agency petitioning groups, accused the FDA of declining to regulate cigarettes." to act on cigarettes because of "folk myth and The spokesman said the petition, "no matter some political pressure." how worthy it is, is misdirected to this agency. Banzhaf said that if the agency does not take The only way cigarettes will be restricted is by action on the basis of the petition, his organiza- mandate by Congress." tion will take the issue to federal courts. FDA officials will study the petition, however, FDA has taken the position that Congress did before giving the group a formal response, the not intend to give authority to regulate the sale spokesman said. and use of cigarettes. A spokesman said the The anti-smoking petition said there is less basic act does not define cigarettes "as food, risk of getting cancer through the use of sac- drug or cosmetic - if Congress wants to give us charin compared to the 300,000 premature this authority, it can do so." deaths attributed each, year to smoking ciga- - 28:2 22:30 THE STING W NNER OF' incuding aCADEMY Best Pctuse AWARDS In1973 ait s es is a little , -- tonrienc. ~ "SINBAD and THE 2 EYE OF THE 'TIGER'* S10:20. 12:40. 315, 6:45, 9:15 0'w'r GEORGE JANE te 3 SEGAL FONDA 4 te, Winner of 3 2 0 Academy Awards 220 a1 sA includina 4:1 3: BEST 9:36 DM i)945 PICTURE &JANE 0 ROCKY" ANN Arl2cI HIM cc-C0 ........S ..................0... Friday, May 27 - SEVEN BEAUTIES (Lina Wertmuller, 1976) 7 and 9 MLB 3 Wertmuuer's powerful handbook of survival further explores the social/sexual territory she began covering in LOVE AND ANARCHY and SWEPT AWAY. Giannini's performance as a man who murders his sister's pimp for family honor and survives a madhouse, the army, and a Nazi concentration camp inspired Newsweek's critic to call it "one of the greatest performances I've ever seen." Italian with subtitles. BUSTER KEATON FESTIVAL Buster Keaton was a comic genius, perhaps the most natural film- maker America has ever produced; he is also sadly neglected. Here is an opportunity to see him at his best, as an artist at least equal to Chaplin in laughter, and superior cinematically. OUR HOSPITALITY (Buster Keaton, 1923) 7:00 only MLB 4 Keaton's second feature finds him involved in a Hatfield-McCoy- type feud, and the woman of his dreams a member of the enemy family. A film built with the dramatic integrity of a high adventure story, OUR HOSPITALITY is superbly structueed and filled with ac- lion, daring at ott tail perarmed by Keaton) and above all, laughs. SHERLOCK, JR. (Buster Keaton, 1924) 8:15 only MLB 4 A virtuoso work, Beaton in his prime, displaying every facet of the skils which hd now reached the peak of their development. Com- edy and surrealis*erase"paths as ua er plays a prleeonist who falls asleep and dreams himself into the movie. Having no control over his projected environment, Keaton zips from the Yukon to the desert to a lion's den in one of his most brilliant scenes. Kathryn McGuire, Joe Steaten. Silent. SEVEN CHANCES (Buster Keaton, 1925) 9:00 only MLB 4 Here Buster discovers that he has inherited a fortune under one con- dition: he must be married by seven o'clock on his twenty-seventh birthday, which is only seven hours away. Keaton proposes to woman after woman with no luck until word gets out about his $7,000000 fortune, which leads to one of the wildest chases ever filmed. Silent. THE NAVIGATOR (Buster Keaton and Donald Crisp, 1924) 10:15 only MLB 4 THE NAVIGATOR stands with THE GENERAL at the very top of Keaton's best works. He plays Rollo Treadway, a young millionaire stranded with a young, rich woman, alone,- on a huge ocean liner. Accustomed to having their every need met, the couple must adapt the ship's huge accommodations to their needs. The whole range of Keaton's talents, cinematic and comedic, are extended in your best bet. With Kathryn McGuire. Silent. Saturday, May 28- BLAZING SADDLES (Mel Brooks, 1974) MLB 3 7, 8:45, 10:30 ROGER CORMAN FESTIVAL MLB 4 THIS WILD ANGEL (1966) 7:00 only GAS-S-S! (1970) 8:45 only VAN RICHTOFEN AND BROWN (19711 10:30 *"ly TONIGHT At SECOND CHANCE PHOENIX 994-5350 Join the Daily's Arts Department Phone 764-0552 FRANK CAPRA'S 1939 YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU James Stewart, as an idealistic banker's son, falls for his secre- tary, Jean Arthur. She's related to a whole slew of free-spirited individuals including her grandfather, Lionel Barrymore, who's never paid any income taxes and doesn't see why he should. You can imagine what happens when the business world is invited to dinner. Based on the Kaufman & Hart comedy. SAT: (The real) KING KONG S CINEMA. GUILD TONIGHT AT OLD ARCH. AUD. C E G7:30 & 9:30 Admission $1.25 AKIRO KUROSAWA'S 1972 DODES' KA DEN Kurosawa's first color film, he presents a dream-like portrait of life in a Tokyo slum. Humorous, tragic, universal, the "Sound of the Trolley" deeply reverberates with its rich images and mes- sage. A film masterpiece by one of the world's greatest directors. Japanese, with subtitles. CINEMA lI TONIGHT AT ANGELL HALL AUD. A 7:30& 10:00 Adm. $1.25