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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, May 24, 1977

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge the stars and stripes tuesday May 24, 1977 a coordinated Federal Effort Carter opens ant pollution drive Washington up president Carter ordered monday a comprehensive government attack on harmful chemicals m the environment including a crackdown on suspected cancer causes in the nation s drinking water  a wide ranging environmental Mes Sage to Congress. Carter also announced that he had signed an executive order to ban the driving of Trail bikes snowmobiles and other off the Road vehicles on Public lands in cases where such vehicles could cause damage. He also said he had instructed the White House to switch to recycled paper As soon As possible ordered the government to Stop supporting or otherwise encouraging development on flood Plains and in wet Casals courts trouble in Airport fray san Francisco up ii Rosemary Casals of the los Angeles Springs professional Tennis team and former Tennis pro Shari Barman got into a scratching punching fracas with a male Motorist and a policeman at san Francisco International Airport police records disclosed  and Harman. Bolh 28. Who live at the same address in Sausalito. Calif. Face assault charges in connection with the Inci Dent last  Airport police account gives this sequence of events Casals and Harman went to the air a it for Casals to catch a flight to uis Angeles where the strings were meeting the new York apples that  Motorist pulling away from the terminal brushed their car. Casa slumped out of her car. Yelling profanities at the other Driver. Glenn Wolffe you  she screamed going to his car and scratching and pounding him As he Koi out according to the  Sullivan an Airport Security officer approached and tried to i Oak up the fight. He said he was jumped my the Back by  incident ended Wilh c ayls under citizen s arrest charged by Wolffe with As Sault and Harman in custody of the san matco county sheriff for about four hours on charges of assaulting an officer. She finally was bailed out by Casals for $1.000 Cash both face court hearing Casals made a flight to uis Angeles that got her there just on time to play she won Bolh her singles and doubles matches helping to end a 10 match losing Streak by the Springs. 2 gunmen take $10,000 from Kirch Henderson new York i Al i Kilch Henderson former bandleader for the tonight show and now a restaurateur has been held unto the tune of $10.000. According to police police said two gunmen entered Hender son s  Side Bistro Daly s dandelion while the Maestro wa.-, counting receipts. Nine employees were herded into the men s room and Henderson a 15-Cahber automatic pushed into his Side was or dered to turn Over the Cash Hungary hikes pay for some by  St if h the hungarian Livern Rnell announced pay increases of Between 10 and 20 per cent for Kitchen staffs and some shift workers to attempt i overcome a labor shortage in those areas lands and called on Congress to pass the toughest Type of strip mining control legis lation As soon As possible. "1 believe environmental Protection is consistent with a sound Economy the president  pollution control Laws have generated Many More jobs than they have Cost. If we ignore the care of our environment the Day will eventually come when our Economy us frs for that be  of proposing new environmental Protection legislation Carter noted tha Congress had done its Job by passing Tough Laws which now must be  presence of toxic chemicals in our environment is one of the Grimm est discoveries of the Industrial  the presi Dent said rather than coping with these hazards after they have escaped into our Environ ment our primary objective must be to prevent them from entering the Environ ment at  least a  major Federal stat utes implemented by seven different agencies address this problem in various  Carter added. Now we must inaugurate a coordinated Federal Effort to exclude these chemicals from our  am therefore instructing the Council on environmental Quality to develop an into Agency program to eliminate Over laps and fill gaps in the collection of data on toxic chemicals and to coordinate fed eral research and regulatory activities affecting  he also said he had ordered the environmental Protection Agency to Issue rules under the Safe drinking water act which will limit human exposure to toxic substances in drinking water beginning with potential  the while House in a fact Sheet accompanying the message said there is in creasing evidence that chlorinated hydrocarbons found in drinking water us plies May be cancer causing. The presi Dent has instructed Epa to develop As soon As possible feasible standards to control such carcinogens As Well As other toxic pollutants " this Camel seems enjoying the trip More than us riders Heidi Macwil Liams front i and Becky Williams who having the last laugh both look a bit apprehensive about their adventure at the Worcester mass., Sci ence Center. Camel and elephant rides were two of the attractions at the animal fair held to raise Money to car for the Center s animals. A detained in Russia 37 years daughters will join freed yank  api an american imprisoned for 18 years in the soviet Union and allowed to return to the United states Only last year. 19 years after he was freed can hardly wait for the arrival of the two laughters he left behind when they get to new York on wednes Day and see this country for the first Lime they won t believe  says Victor Herman the oldest daughter. Svitlana. Now 25, was a baby when the family sur Vived by eating rats in siberian vet Ana and Janna. 20. Will be moving in with him in a Detroit suburb his fight to own Bailie to come Home Herman. 61. Was Burn in Detroit in . He ailed to Russia with his parents and 300 1.1her Detroit families to help build an Auto Mobile Plain under the auspices the rus Sian government and Ford motor co. It was the first american russian Trade agreement he said in an interview. He never gave up his american citizen ship and never intended to stay. Herman said. "1 was working part Lime at Ford and my Boss told me if 1 went and stayed in Russia a few years and got a Good Educa Tion i could Home Back to a Good future " but alter he became Well known As an athlete and stunt Pilot in the soviet i Nion. He decided to remain there. He said that in i Jiw. When he was 22. He was arrested without explanation he spent the next 18 years imprisoned m Siberia Herman remembered bin  Ivr 5-1 Rons Culive Niglis. And said he a med starvation at his siberian labor Camp a trapping and latin rats lie Ami wife Galina and infant daughter lived in a dugout and during the blizzards he told his family what he remembered of Ameri Ca the rats helped me survive he said. One Day the also inspired his resolve to return to the l Niu d Stales. Lie had captured a rat for the Day s meal and saw two guards eating american rations my heart began  he said. I could feel the by vein in i  Ihen spent almost 20 years trying to get Selv to the United states  
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