European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 House unit oks Bill easing some clean air standards Washington up a House com Mittee approved a Bill thursday that soft ens some of the standards of the clean air act of 1970 in ways president Carter had but without easing them As 3 boys kill 8 flamingos at Phi i by zoo Philadelphia a at first the three boys were just Peung and stroking the Graceful greater flamingos at the Phil Adelphia then they beat and stoned eight of the Birds to police five of the rare Worth a total Cost of Between and were found three others were so badly battered they had to be police said the boys two aged 10 and one 13 scaled a Fence wednesday night and made their Way to the manmade Island where the Birds and two species of african Antelope Are after petting the the boys picked up Sticks and stones and attacked the Fla police the Birds wings had been clipped to prevent them from escaping the a Security guard heard the clamor and detained the the attack Cut the zoos Herd of 17 Fla Mingos nearly in much As Auto manufacturers the clean air act amendments of 1977 were ordered reported to the House Tor action by a voice vote of the Commerce the key vote in the commit tees deliberations was wednesdays 2121 tie that rejected an Auto makers proposal for putting off clean exhaust the 1970 Law set clean air goals that even its sponsors say now Are beyond reach because of Energy and political for the last Congress has wrestled with compromises to pre serve the goals of clean air but modified to available automobile exhaust controls Are the big Gest Issue of the under the clean air act of Auto exhausts in this Falls new line of cars would have to be controlled so they Emit no More than of a Gram of hydrocarbons per no More than Grams of Carbon monoxide and no More than of a Gram of nitrogen John with the support of Auto unions and Auto had proposed putting off the nitrogen oxide and Carbon monoxide standards indefinitely and postponing the hydrocarbon requirement until i960 the committee Vole rejected the Dingell proposal and adopted the administrations reaching the hydrocarbon goal in 1979 the Carbon monoxide goal in 1981 and the nitrogen oxide Stan Dard in 1983 animals fail to rate flags us Angeles up county Board at supervisors refused thursday to order flags flown Al Hal stall in Honor of dead supervisor Baxter noting that next week is National pet proposed that flags at animal shelters be flown at half staff in recognition of animals who have lost their lives through neglect or research which has beef lated human supervisor Kenneth Halm objected that lowering the lag has traditionally been a display of Honor for its recognized As a great Honor around the world and the Public might be the motion was voted Energy shortage prompted drilling Cleveland 1st Well strikes Oil Ohio a the City of Cleveland has struck in its Effort to avoid a repeat of last win ters Energy the City sunk an Oil Oil and Gas deposits were disco and drilling has begun on the second of what is expected to be a dozen mayor Ralph perk said thursday the Cleveland 1 contains an Esti mated barrels of Oil and enough Nat ural Gas to produce cubic feet per Day throughout its life of 10 to 20 Sale of the Gas will add an estimated sz5 million to the cites perk the shortage of natural Gas during the worst of last Winters record cold forced Cleveland schools to close dozens of local industries and other commercial facilities also closed or reduced operations under Gas curtailments As High As 100 per five Wells were geologists now say the 880acre site of the Cleveland House of corrections in suburban Warrensville can support up to 12 Wells similar to the one reported if All 12 prove to be As Good As the first they would produce about 42 million barrels of crude they also would Supply three million water sliding Down the spillway of the City water works at water work creates an artistic tapestry and pro Vides a Graceful backdrop to an Angler trying his Luck in be Pool at the spill ways press photo cubic feet of Gas enough in the course of a year to heat about Homes perk said the Oil will be sold on the open former mayor of Newark ends extortion term a former Newark mayor Hugh re leased from prison thursday after serving five years for hugged his took a sip from a Glass of Champagne and declared 1 was innocent then and in in Nocent was freed from the Feder Al prison in after serving half of a 10year sentence for extorting huge sums from contractors doing Busi Ness with the City government he led from a Federal judge wednesday ordered Addonizio saying his Good prison behaviour warranted his despite the parole boards rejection of sever Al bids for when he arrived at the Newark Home of his 91yearold Addonizio was greeted by 100 Well wishers and the Cham pagne corks were its a tremendous he theres no Way to explain the Only thing i was dreaming about was coming i just came off a in Gonna break the diet next said 25 pounds lighter than he was on March when he entered he asserted he never committed a crime but was the victim of ambitious pros ecu he was especially bitter about last minute attempts by Federal prosecutors to raid the release order pending a review of the release by an appeals District court judge George Barlow and 3rd circuit court of appeals judge John Gibbons denied the motions to Stop Addonizio Addonizio said his present plans include collecting social Security and the pension benefits coming to him for serving 14 years in Congress from 1948 to he also wants to write a Book because its fashionable these one thing hell have nothing to do with is As far Asim in through with politics is Why 1 ended up in the Federal he Addonizio was convicted in 1970 of conspiring with mob figures to shake Down contractors in