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VDRI E' 74 40CH : . SMOKINGASSAILE . ,: 0!,p00 P.gstaard~ Werr~ Genieratedi s r r° ~•: s a Tobaa~o` Grmup ~111egally ~: r r~ W r } ~legislato~`=Cft £1 ~ ps, shr~ , »< < e + ti. s a 'B}v iv. J. DIOIYNE Jt r~ r~ ~ . ., saecrr tbAtC Ww.Taas fILBAIrP9t, May'`iL.=The 3pons'or"df a . bi11 tHat would' sharpl~ ctirtaiL amoking, in p' ublic ' places, eHarged' today that a segment of the tobacco industry had iUe- gally generated more tHan ~0,000' post- eards against his proposalr--the largest outpourinp of opin3on in this ~earl Tegis- .lat1NE S@551o11~ 4 ~~r~~ 41 , 3he bUl's sponsor, Ks§dnl~~ymaa A1ex ; , pnder$ Grannisf a ManHattan Democrat, ~ ~said the csmpaign' againsY the;;neasure , " w hig bte Rtil obc asen runy tleaaco I?eal8rs of Arryerjca ~nc ?a group he sald'. had failed io register under the state's lobbying tav~ ~ ~ .~,: ~!F9!"D,m. y~ W Z alteiing .the Gampaip ~'blatant~and deceptive effort`to scuttle,'this- tqpe'mf legisiation," Mr ` Granais said-ttie g1`onp had violated a st''stilaw reqpiiitig groups with "at leasf $1,000 of. reportable eiC- penditures','•tQ register with the Tempa-, rary State Cbmmission an Regulation of' Lobbying. ju ~A~k•~iry Mr Crranm§~s.cd-arge chane a3 legisla tors 'arid' top 1,egislatLVe aides saiit the' bill was rurniing into, iricreasing opposl+ tion"Afrom members: The opposition Whas , seeri as a response to ptiblice pressure and' to`fears that the propasali ntiglat fi'ave unforeseen ill' effects i the ~restaWrant'_ and~ tourism~ industnes, ~~ ' X statement from the RietaiI 1'obaeco Dealers, which has ~ its headquarters itt 2~Tew York . City, was 'not" immediatelq available. A spokesman said that the group"s director, Malcolm Fleischer, was out of'liown and'that the orpanizatiion'e lavvye; wopid eventually•,make a state• ~°#f+~ ~po"' Toe °iror~tj~ ~sem'6Y`";~peifi~= ok- , ~tsnle~ Rt~imgut, IDemocra# ot, Brp ~q, attid the Speaker's' offiCe had got 30.200 postGards urAing that the bil -be killed, including I~200~ that were rece Njed to,day alonea ~~1 ~r ^~,11+iore L~tq~ ~'han on Abc~rtion -, '~ is ~ ~ e. mumbe f.ibouf three t~nes~: gS i~paify; as the : totail' number pf:'igtters ;~e- ceived on fHe issue-' of -.qjmg I'~edijaid ~ ! ~`e~tpqut, 9$ pegent "01' tHe posici?`~ ereproprlntsda tlfe spakesmen~e7d{41tnd , were apppently part of an organized ~.~ ~ampaign. He sat d only a tricki'e of mall had beett received in support of' the bill. 0~' ( Kw.The legislation wauld' require that all publtc places have •,designa-jed, smoking oliibit `' areas arid prsmoking ever~nvhere else ?Restaqrants, seating riomOre than 21 persons would be exempt, Wwould' unnts dpc i- bars 'andl areas, in resta mlarily fon serving liquor:',. ' ti r~r, Grannis`said He hamade~he ~nk efv{een the poatcaras and the'tobacro. 'eale'rs'; association-=which is ';3xiot ;e on= neeted tQ the Toba *.l~nstitute, a regis- ,tered-1lubby in Neworlt State.-through a_mema attached t;a • biock of pread- dressed; prestem ed p~ostcar¢s "' r En~~tetter ta:~+ir.' Gtattnis, ll~diy Elizal , )ebb~Vitbeck, admixnistrative.: offxer otl ~-~h~ ` te LobbyinR Cammissidni sgid tlhe k podyS~ould iook. into the charges 2 ~'The~ewere alsp(~these develapments pl',,yL]Mf' t~tQdaY .~.X YA~~~'f~Y! C 4.1 ?Af~' l1t[.JCI.EAR IrOWER ~roup a! ~DemocraU~ Assemblymen t-A7 toduced two ,bi1ls,.to restriat nuclear ctivity.,Onewowld prohibit the Federal . 'Government froni estabii'shina a nuclear- waste terminal-storage facility without ~ explicit appravail from_ the, Legislature and the Governor The ofherwouId' recjuin~ the >iu6liC :,~ !Service' Gorn~rnissiorl ; to 'set; hp a iItiking fund, to l,ie pad, fratn electrie ratelt- ~ cover the cost o!' deeo tssianinj a i~u-" clear power,plant. ! a+^::'~t : ~ •, - Ll£GALESE A -1The'Assembly approved a bill to delay until Nov.•i' the effective dAte of a bitl' that would'• make legalese illegal'. The bill, which must stilli be approved by the Sen- ate, would also exclude certain categories of written, egreements from the state's "plain language>' law, which requires thatl tonsumer contracts dealing with money,: goods and services be written 'sn "itoA= techn3cat'% language k*'`