European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page -1 the stars and St kids saturday May 11, 1977 stiff rules for tankers proposed Washington a in an Effort to prevent accidental Oil spills the coastguard Friday proposed Tough new con or Mclinn and safety standards for All tank ers operating in . Ports. A in Sjur proposal would require All new tankers contracted for after 1979 to have double Bottoms All new and existing tank ers would have to Haw segregated ballast collision avoidance equipment and inert Gas. Emergency steering and second radar systems. The rules generally apply to All tankers i s. And foreign Over 20.000 Deadwi Gittons. Hut All ships Over 10.000 Gross tons no just tankers would Nave to have the second radar and collision avoidance system. The proposed rules follow recommendations made by president Carter in a Mes Sage to Congress on March 17. The coast guard will hold Public hear Ings on the proposals on june 16 in san Icet and on june 21 in Washington Public comment will be accepted until sept i Caner s Call for tougher Tanker Stan Dards followed a rash of Oil Tanker spills and accidents that threatened to foul coast Al Waters find beaches the biggest spill was 7 g million Gallons of Oil off Massachusetts when the Tanker Argo Mer chant rim aground last dec 15 and broke up during a storm hear Adro. William m. Benkert chief of the coast guard s office of merchant Marine safety told reporters the rules would cover about 2.wo tankers the vast majority of those importing Oil into the i filed states lie said Only about 250 are1 s Flag ships i . Itch the Cost til retrofitting this Leet a i ballast at $1 5 billion and with in in ii Gas by Iem at is 1 billion i Miler the latter an inert Gas. Which will nil explode is pumped Man the hol Menken he expected that several hip owners might scrap old rust Buck i to. Rally r than pay the heavy my of re Troh to them said he did not expect the Cost of implementing the regulations to add significantly to the Cost of a Vallun of Gas at the Saliou Pimp. The Admiral also said the i filed states is working toward an International set of Standard acceptable to All nations. He said an International conference is scheduled in june next year to discuss Hie possibility it Unkert said the oust guard Plano in the next three years to Tram an additional 150 a masons to enforce Tiv new regulations Xiv they go into effect $178,500 paid for a violin London i a a violin made in 1738 to the italian master Jom pm Cigar non and never owned by a musician was sold at auction Here for $178,500. Group opposed to killing dolphins porpoises starts . Tuna Boycott Washington up the humane society of the United states thursday started a nationwide Boycott of tuna saying it will continue until the american tuna Fleet stops killing dolphins and porpoises a spokesman said the animals Are not fish but intelligent air breathing we have in our oceans a brain rivalling our own maybe they re even smarter because they make love not said Patricia Forkan. She said the Boycott will include advertisements and efforts by members to Stop the serving of tuna in restaurants and school cafeterias. Dolphins and porpoises swim atop schools of tuna leading fishermen to their catch. But when the fishing boats throw Down nets to trap the tuna the dolphins and porpoises often get trapped and die. The Boycott was announced at a news conference where several environmental groups criticized a Bill introduced by rep John Murphy. 0-n.y. Which would in crease the number of porpoises the tuna Industry can kill to 78.900 a year. A spokesman said the Campaign will continue until the . Tuna Fleet stops the cruel and senseless Slaughter of dolphins and William Butler of the Environ mental defense fund said the tuna Indus try in 1976 asked to be allowed a yearly kill of 81,000 porpoises under 7.000 a current court rulings the Fleet with its remaining six months of fishing can kill up to 10,000 a month More than even too late to worship the Driver was not Only late for Church with two other cars and ended up on the but too eager. The services had been Iron Steps of the new apostolic Church Over for four hours when the Driver of in Denver. No one was injured police this vehicle ran a Stop Light collided ticketed the Driver. To. Alleged korean influence buying they wanted without going Over quota of about 60,000 porpoises Butler said. The environmentalists said penalties should be applied against individual boats going Over the quota. Only five captains Are responsible for 45 per cent of the observed porpoise kill and the rest of the Fleet is being punished for the Captain who takes shortcuts said Butler. The environmentalists said the Federal Trade commission has been investigating the tuna Industry for two years. They blamed the Industry s economic losses on a number of problems including Overca pita ligation and vertical integration where a few Large corporations own or have interests in fishing boats and Canne Ries. Conferees of Compromise budget plan Washington api a Compromise budget plan calling for spending $460.9 Bil lion and projecting a deficit of $h.6 billion was approved Friday by the Senate 54 to22. Tie fiscal blueprint for the year begin Ning oct. L includes $111 billion for defense spending a figure hammered out in three hard Days of Senate House bargaining in conference after the two Chambers had differed widely. The Compromise budget is tentatively set for a vote tuesday in the House which voted $1.1 billion less for defense managers of the budget Resolution were guardedly optimistic that the House which earlier rejected one budget Resolution out right in a dispute Over defense spending would accept the Compromise. Boy killed on Street he wrote poem about Boston i api a 15-year-old youth wind a porn comparing his neighbor Hinki main Street to the Indianapolis 500 s i aay is dead struck by a speeding ii in Iii Street Martin Lewi ii was killed on Blue Hill a ii be m s Dorchester Section. Police Aid the car that tossed Lewis 50iivl in the air failed to Stop. In pm about Dorchester for his High Maga me a few months ago Lewis they use Blue Hill Avenue As if it were the Indianapolis 500. Causing injuries and death but i still like living Here in this panel gets shredded data from Park s office Washington in Pii a Smittee investigation into Al in no Sou h korean influence buying on i Paiit i Lih now has several bags of and i a documents rom the Washington office i f South korean businessman Tong Sun a rec. The Wushi Nifton Post reported Itie Yim said the dts Umel were sliced Inid ,. T Liki strips and placed in garbage tags by employees of Park the or Herp i it if .1 i controversy Over alleged in Rimini us favourable t s poli cies from members of Congress the tags were found in Park s garbage Caas near Park s office by free Lance re porters Lewis Perdue and Ken Post said Perdue later turned them Mer to the Post with the understanding that he and cd Naums would u i in credit if any stunt Ere div i ipod pm tithe material the i no sad the tee investigating if. Kan an a sub i h.-,t velt fur i Niue to Larn Over the a i i a the i ust mid it return material to Perdue who t the. thursday lie shredded p apr w Gether. Provides inform. Natii with score congressmen and Farmer Spiro Agnew. According a r Perdue told the iv-4 it i it a of Lii Hur a in in a i mils to i Vink Fryni to \ fron. ,1 p.irk.,. D i Herm a it he led Loci Dirk . A key witness in the ill korean investigations was source to five con thai document was the William Safire column in the duties thursday it said col Anders. A Roii two columns i that went through Ming machine. Iii l a p the hoped to use the i on the corruption of
