European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday september 8,1977 Goodby babe these two boys enjoy a boat ride in flood Waters left behind by Hurricane babe on grand Isle off the Louisiana coast. Before being downgraded to tropical storm status babe drove some 45,000 Louisiana coastal residents Inland but most returned Home within a few hours. Up photo herbicide Orange goes out in a Blaze of glory Honolulu up America s love hate affair with herbicide Orange has ended in a shimmering heat wave 1,000 Miles West of Hawaii i. The Miracle agricultural chemical that became a despised unwanted toxic went out in a 2,732-degrees Blaze tuesday As the last of the Vietnam defoliant was incinerated aboard the dutch ship Vul Canus. More than 11 million Gallons of Herbi cide Orange were spread like tropical rain Over the length and Width of Vietnam during seven years of spraying by specially modified air Force tankers. Then after South vietnamese newspapers blamed the spraying for increased birth defects it took the . Air Force seven More years to satisfactorily dispose of what suddenly had become a horror fluid. Not Only was it suddenly dangerous to Man but also to sooty terns Brown nod Dies wedge tailed shearwaters Tomato plants fathead minnows jellyfish phytoplankton and Butterfly fish. The Weed killer that had been sold commercially across hardware counters for 30 years and stored in barns from Maine to Oregon suddenly became such a threat russian poet Dies at 82 Moscow a soviet poet Vsevolod Rozhdestvenskiy has died at the age of 82, Tass said. The son of a teacher Rozhdestvenskiy became actively involved in soviet literature after the 1917 revolution writing poems plays and translations. That the 2 mile Railroad track linking the Gulfport miss., storage area with the Dock had to be rebuilt before authorities would allow the 860,000 Gallons to be moved. And the cars were allowed to move Only at a Speed of 2vfe Miles an hour to pre vent any derailment said col. Stanley a. Morrow director of the current disposal operation. Morrow estimated that $5 million was years it took to find and carry out a government approved method of destroying the 45 pounds of dangerous Todd tetrarch Lorodie Benzow dioxin contained in the 2, 290,000 Gallons of herbicide Orange stored at Johnston Island 717 Miles West of Hono Lulu and at Gulfport. The estimated value of the destroyed chemical was $70 million. Stateside Memphis to get 25-foot Bronze statue of Elvis Memphis Tenn. A plans have been announced to build a 25-foot Bronze statue of Elvis Presley which will be Given to the City by the Memphis development foundation. Joe Pipkin president of the mid South fair association and real estate Developer Dan Wilkinson said tuesday the 50-ton statue would be financed with private funds and built on a site that has not been selected. Donations will be accepted to finance the tribute to Presley who died aug. 16 stage 42. Pennsylvania sculptor Eric Parks has been commissioned for the statue which is expected to be completed in about two years. 19 Mph Speed limit popular with sign steamers lumber City a. A mayor Hugh Harris wants Drivers to notice the unusual 19 mile per hour Speed limit signs in his Small South Georgia town. But he does t want them stolen. Lumber City is getting ready to reinstall the signs on Side streets and residential areas after souvenir Hunters carried them off in 1967 and again in 1971. We re trying something new this time he said. The Metal signs Are Riv eted to the posts instead of being bolted on As they have been in the past. We really Don t expect Drivers to go 19," he said. But they notice the 19 Mph limit and it keeps them closer to 25 or 30. Drivers always fudge a Little on Speed mistrial declared at murderer s sanity trial Santa Ana Calif. A a mistrial was declared tuesday in the sanity trial of Edward Charles Alia Way who killed seven persons during a shooting spree at a College Library. The seven woman five Man jury which convicted the 37-year-old janitor on murder As Sault charges two weeks ago told Superior court judge Robert Kneeland it was hopelessly deadlocked Over the Issue of Alia Way s Legal sanity at the time of the killings and further deliberations would be useless. All Way was convicted of seven counts of first degree murder and two of assault with a deadly weapon. A majority of the jury favored sanity on three of the murder counts and the assault charges. The shooting spree took place july 12, 1976, when Allaway went to the Library at Cali fornia state College at Fullerton with a Rifle and began firing apparently at random. He allegedly stalked at least two of his victims through the hallways. They re winning the fight to Burn off weight Rome a. A what has 236 legs puts put fires and weighs 1,000 pounds less than it did eight months ago the 118 members of the Rome fire department. Fire chief Raymond Smith put his department on a diet last january after find ing that Many of his fire fighters had problems associated with High blood pres sure. Everyone involved in the program is pleased with the results Smith said. Some of the men Are even engaged in Friendly wagering to see who can reach a certain goal Smith said one fireman lost 48 pounds while Many others have shed Between 10 and 40 pounds. He said the weight loss has made his men better fire fighters. We Are now Able to go the extra mile without Over tiring the chief said. 76,000 truck tractors being recalled Washington a International Harvester is recalling 76,000 heavy duty truck tractors to Correct a defect in the steering system the National Highway traffic safety administration reported. Involved Are 1968 through 1974 models of the company s heavy duty cab Over engine truck tractors. The problem is with a Bolt in the steering Assembly that secures the steering column Shaft. The Bolt has a tendency to Wear out and must be replaced the safety administration said. Officials said that while no accidents or injuries have been reported As a result of the defect it poses a potential danger in that the Driver could lose control of the vehicle. Want eco someone Fox Ray indignant elephant Abilene Tex. A veterinarian Fred Blackwell is looking for a Brave soul to help him a Ray Penny ii an 8,000-Pound elephant that fell into a dry Moat and injured Aleg. Or. Blackwell veterinarian at the Abilene zoo said the extent of Penny s injury had not been determined because no one was eager to get close to the elephant in her irritated condition. Penny fell into an foot deep Moat in front of her Cage last week injuring her right Hind leg. Firemen had to fill the Moat with water and float Penny to the top to get her out in order to a Ray the elephant a procedure he described As very some one would have to get under the elephant and hold a Metai plate against her leg while thex Ray was taken he said. Miami s free Trade zone is All set Miami Fla. A the Federal government has cleared the Way for the creation of what backers Call the largest free Trade zone in the . On a site adjoining Miami International Airport. It s All set now said rep. Claude Pepper who was informed by the com Merce department that authorization for the $60 million project had been signed in Washington. When operations begin manufacturers from throughout the world will be allowed Thos ass6mbie them pay a they also said that amount of Ware House space originally planned for the first has been doubt to m m Square tos p could & soffit in or has been doubt to m m Square reduced customs rates or they could be the corporation established last Vear shipped abroad without paying any . Has 74 acre _ if edit offid of the free zone corp. The said construction is expected to Start peeled top Rovde Usu to of
