European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July w77 ire stats and stripes p6ge end of record swim Wayne Thompson of sits in the Muddy shallow of the Muir sep i River at new Orleans after completing a Nelm which started la Tlam pm claims the  a swim Down fhe Mississippi finished new Orleans up his eyebrows bleached from the Sun and his nose Peel Wayne Thompson hauled himself rant he Mississippi River tuesday in the heart of lie French Quarter at the end of a Long what you do shouted a Little seeing television photographers and i wish i Thompson said with a Vij i an insurance Salesman from a physical a Swu Dawn the Souri and Mississippi Rivers he started on he was escorted by a Harbor police launch for the last leg and greeted by about 200 persons Al the Moon walk across from Jackson in just tingling Allim so darned Thompson said As he teetered on news at the Edge of the 1 dont like to flight the Baton Rouge new Orleans route just takes everything out of you pm just totally sapped j1j t Thompson made a Bicentennial swim Down the Mississippi last he used a different route this year to eclipse a record set in 1930 by Fred Newton of who swam rat Miles Down the Mississippi a m who swam by Day Andi spent nights la a Van which accompanied us few Hundred with Shoreline spectators watching Thompson was cheered on by co an excursion boat front of and the s after he climbed out of the water and kissed Lee Downey of Ibon Meon told spectators about his teat Hea toe was pug Edby a Tow River current which made swimming this year much tougher than 1  have picked a worse year in the last 40 years to swim the he a couple of times i wanted to kick u and wait until next but this is one of those things if you Wall for another year youre going to be waiting for the rest possible by 1 Washington a if electricity prices continue to Sotar Energy May to cheapest Way to provide heat and not water in Large buildings within three a congressional study concluded Tim report Aba predicted that private office or apartment buildings and shopping centers my May Tarn to heat and Light irom the Sun for Large parts of their Energy in the but most buildings probably cannot get by on solar Energy alone they still would require part of their Energy Roro Large Central Power plants or from Tea Dup heating to stent powered by decor Tufty or neural and solar Energy not Makoa Dent for at least 20 Yean in industries that can Burn the study by coat Ness office of technology assessment also government path no gated the report suggested that government policies should give a bigger push to the improvement and application of Small solar Energy units serving individual Homes or Large the benefits would include a cleaner environment and increased employment through construction of Aolar 11 to not the unpredictability of Sunshine or he need or Farouk scientific but the cast of solar Energy compared to the conventional Energy sources natural and Centra Power Plant in some parts of the United solar Healing already can compete economically with electric the study Sahl r u Book countries with High conventional Energy costs offer a ten daily targe for existing solar the study was based largely pit computer analysis of Energy using various o sofar equipment with electric or natural Gas sys toe analysis was applied to four Boston and fort summing up the the report Sam solar equipment can produce hot water for Domestic use at costs which Are competitive with the Cost of water heated by convents onal water if electricity prices Rise at a rate of about per cent a it should be pos sible by 19ho to build solar systems which fund drive started to give family  Supply 100 por cent of the heating and hot Waler needs of Large buildings in three of the four dues at will electricity the exception was with a 10 per cent investment tax credit favouring solar solar heating and hot water would be competitive la All four the Carter administration already has proposed a similar h electricity prices Rise slightly faster about two per cent a year and if the Energy research and development administration Meela in 1985 goal of drastically reducing the coat of solar of Riste solar devices would to Atrie to Gen Erate supplemental electricity at prices competitive with electricity from other sources in wide areas of the country the report solar Energy is not expected to be competitive with heating or hot Waler systems which use natural Gas at today prices but it May be competitive with synthetic Gas when it become Avail Able in Many parts of the country for these stowaway beetles drive Dulles to Dot Washington a an Airliner arriving in California last week carried nine Imide Icom passengers live japanese beetles and As a result most passenger planes leaving Washington Dulles air port for California Are being sprayed with which has been banned for farm California authorities picked up nine live beetles on a flight from said King an agriculture depart ment they reported Back to  Dulles but a United airlines spokesman said United walked at the spraying order and will continue to refuse to Spray until we Are absolutely certain of the safety of the Spray the agriculture department wants us la discuss program Jim said airlines serving California from Dulles would meet with officials of the agriculture depart ment and the Federal aviation adminis Mitlon to discuss the spraying to Trilles official that besides the serving California from the Airport an american trans a after this town was found guilty of discrimination by a Federal a drive to raise has been initiated to give City services not being provided to the Community Only Wack Stanley pastor of a Ideal lutheran and president of tie Catawba county chamber of com said he was beginning the and the Money would be turned Over to the town for the the office of Revenue sharing found the town guilty of discrimination last August in the Case of Russell Shuford and Shu fonts had purchased property in the town in 193t and agreed with the town that he would pay no Muni Cipal taxes and would receive no municipal water and sewer services from the two years the property was added to the tax Rolls but the town did not provide water and sewer which the family now town officials object to the saying to would be necessary to Cross Pri vate property to reach their the office of Revenue sharing Baa begun the first proceedings in the Agency history to suspend Money from a govern mental Claremont could lose in Revenue sharing Money this year and also faces the Prospect of having to return in funds spent Over the last four 01 course it is an embarrassment to me when 1 see How our towns reputation has been its to get the town Oft the Stiver j the spraying began sunday or Lovinger he did not know where the insects were Dot was banned for All agricultural uses by the environmental Protection Agency five Sears ago after Epa William d Ruckel shots said the chemical posed an unacceptable risk to Nian and his but Lovinger said the animal and Plant health inspection service of the agriculture department was permitted to use grou dim of Dot for spraying air planes when the situation Calls for planes also Are being sprayed at three other japanese Beetle infested airports Otis air Force base in Dover and one other Airport whose location did not spraying air planes is something we have been doing for roughly a he the airports differ each de pending on Whala hazardous