European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday May 14, 1977 would make fluorocarbons obsolete Abplanalp has new Type of Spray new York a Robert Abplanalp. The inventor of the valve on which Modem aerosol Spray dispensers Are based unveiled a new Spray system thursday that he said makes Fiur Carbon propellants Owenu ,-. I Liiv Hixi mrm at a hastily arranged Era i a in Fri  a it � stay alter the fed  Kvern Ril  he Iro Carbon of i Una an Oivi .  andpi., a Avol iu1 id War use in Aen sol . Abplanalp said his Twat a Tom employs natural Gas butane Ami propane for sex Jui Wplf in liquid form As the pin Pellant and water As the solve tit is cheaper will put More product in a can and answer All environmental objections to the current aerosols he  that he still personally believes the alarm Over fluorocarbons is a hoax he continued it s not a matter of Contention at this stage of the game the answer is  the controversy not Arisen and this development had come along it would have wiped out fluorocarbons  eliminating fluorocarbons he said his system will be More attractive and economical in terms of How much can be put into a  ratio of product to propellant by Wight can Range anywhere from 6-to-l up to 30-ln-l, depending on the nature of the product he said. By contrast a can of Hairspray now May be 50 or 60 per cent propellant by weight he , because water is the solvent the new Spray system will permit a greater number of products to be packaged As aerosols than to now the Case. As an example he cited antibiotics thai now cannot be used with alcohol or other Antiseptic com pounds As the  on the new system was begun six months ago. He said when it began to Lookas if fluorocarbons might be come under official  said that depending on the demand for the new product he can have it in mass production by summer s  decision to make a general announcement of the development was reached overnight in View of the publicity about the Federal government s proposed two year phase out of fluorocarbon Aero sols. He said he had first intended to Brief the Trade press on the development rather than the general press. Abplanalp who is a Friend of former president Richard m. Nixon estimates his company supplies about 40 per cent of the world s aerosol hardware. His Spray this Arm is a feat Jeff Ogilvie s artificial Annu which was judged Best engineering Effort in a statewide school science fair Cost Between $50-$75 for the Junior at Atlanta s lakes bore High school to create. The artificial Arm has the Quali ties of a human Arm including heat sensors. A photo actor Jimmy Cagney reported seriously ill Hollywood up entertainer Jimmy Cagney. 77, has been hospitalized for a week Wilt a serious medical Condi Tion a close Friend said  Samaritan Hospital confirmed that Cagney was a patient there but would not discuss his condition. Producer . Lyles. A Cagney Friend for Many years said Cagney Felt weak and valve which he developed in 1949 when hews a 27-year-old Engineer was the foun Dation of a Fortune for Abplanalp that has been estimated at up to $100 million. Abplanalp who Heads the precision valve corp. Of Yonkers n.y., said the amount of Gas used for propellant in such a system would be minimal and would not exise any environmental threat. Asked about the safety of his system he said the Gas would come out of the nozzle in a film of water vapor so it is no Flam  he noted that fluorocarbons had been used because they were flame retardant and said the use of the water solvent in the new system would make it Safe also. Asked about using the sprays in an enclosed space he said the amount of Gas involved was so minimal that it would not pose any danger to the user. Stateside a ctr cd St showed big profits in 1976 Washington a a ctr the net works rating Leader saw its pretax profits soar 186 per cent to $83 million in 1976, says television digest. However the weekly Trade publication says that lbs continued As Clear Leader in volume in 1976 with a pretax profit of $129 million. This was up 21.7 per cent from $108 million in 1975. Cd St Revenue Rose to $725 million up 21.6 per cent from $596 Mil  digest said a ctr s network profit jumped to $83 million from $29 Mil lion in 1975 on revenues of $708 million. Revenues Rose 38.8 per cent from $510 Mil lion it  no ctr network also had an $83 Mil lion profit up 12.9 per cent from $73.5 Mil lion on revenues of $684 million the Magazine said. Revenues Rose 19.4 per cent from $573 million. For each network the Revenue figures  after payment of affiliate compensation and commissions. Longer invited to go on to after a term ends Denver Puli Singer Claudine Longet has been asked to appear on a net work television show once she completes a 30-Day jail sentence for the shooting death of her Lover pro skier Vladimir spider Sabich her attorney  Austin said Longel sex wife of Singer Andy Williams was invited to appear on the  show Good Morlang  he said the offer was  no decision has been made at this Point said Austin. She has mixed feel Ings about it of  run Over by a dc10, ground crewman lives los Angeles Upil Chukchi Saphi reboot a 25-year-old ground crewman at International Airport was run Over by a dc10 jetliner during a rainstorm and lived to Tell about  said Saphira Boot was help ing to guide the huge plane a charter flight to London into a Takeoff position when he slipped on the wet pavement and the plane s nose wheel rolled Over his legs. He was taken to a Hospital for treat ment. A spokesman said he suffered minor cuts and bruises and left the Hospital on crutches. Mayor mans fhe firehouse phone in strike Coeur d Alene Idaho a the mayor manned the Telephone in the fire Bouse when the City s 17 firemen struck Over a contract dispute in this Northern Idaho City of about 18,000 persons. Seven false alarms were turned in but no real fires were reported said . He said five firemen Mere fired because they disobeyed orders and walked off the Job when the strike was called. In addition the Public relations Roan Lor local 14n of the International order of firefighters Chuck Thomas was arrested on a charge of interfering with police trim be came to the station shortly after the strike was called police said. Mayor Ron Edinger and City adminis Trator Dustin Griffith joined volunteers to help handle any emergencies. Dizzy and went to the Hospital last month for a checkup before making Liis annual trip East to his summer Home at Cape cod he returned Home but the symptoms persisted and Cagney was hospitalized last week Lyles said suffering from transient is Chemis anaemia a circulatory weakness caused by an infection in his inner ear. Cagney s condition is serious he said. Re Mother s blood has saved 100 babies Billings. Mont. Map Mary Dow a 65-year-old grandmother who lost six of her nine children because of a negative re Factor in her blood now donates her blood to save other women s babies. Officials at blood services of Montana which has special equipment to separate anti bodies from whole blood say Mary s blood has saved the lives of about 100 babies once a week and sometimes twice Mary who has been donating for eight years packs a paperback or Magazine and goes to the blood Bank and gives two pints of blood