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0. From California newspaper,. name &, date'unknown. (Received 8/2/76), . : - pes r p g r e an ., -. ` arrests of two persons charged il gars. SA YTA A VA The iVlarch lithei i ci a ett s d d ' ui c p ou u ge Samud -Inate areas- The county law, enacted on , May 20, 1975, forbids smoking in : county owned or leased build- . ings escept in specially desig- <1l i i al c rt J d ei n. iayior .ir. - a non-smoxer1 ruled that the arrests of ~ Anaheim attorneys Norma Scott and Robert Faust n•ero impro- per because the county ordi- nance "was not const:tutionally applied at the-time." He said in a telephone intcr- view Monday that since the county courthouse, where the ar- rests occurred w~as' not postedl with "No Smokinb" signs, the The March 11 citizen arrests of Faust and hii. Scott . were part of a sweep of the court- house by members of an anti- smoking group called GASP. 'j GASP members staLked the cour'house for several days, re- . quiring county sheriff's deputies to arrest persons spotted puff- ing away in the halls. •._ Law enforcement personnel are required by law to make defendants were, "by irnplica- j arrests if requested to do so by tion, invited to smoke. There were ' ashtrays eye.ry 15 feet along the wall-"' ` . . Judge Taylor •said Monday's ruling doesn't invalidate the county 'anti-smoking law, since the courthouse now is posted wzth signs telling persons where they can and cannot light up a private party_who is willing to sign a complaint. The GASP members conduct-' ed their campaign as part of a drive to force County Sheriff Brad Gates to e.n,force the May 20, 1975 Iaw forbidding smoking in countynwned or leased build- ings 2cepIt in des;_p..a.L4d areas. AUG ,~' 197F JCEE _ t/__ RL"rt _' Ac;ion ~~ - ,