European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes saturday september 16, 1978 House oks tax refund Bill to help airlines fight noise Washington up the House passed legislation thursday to give air carriers up to $4 billion in tax refunds to make their aircraft operate quieter in keeping with Federal anti noise standards. The administration backed measure would reduce the current Federal excise tax on passenger and freight fares by 2 percent and create a new 2 percent tax to be used by the airlines for anti noise Active  approval of the aircraft noise Bill brings us a step closer to the Day when commercial airports will again be Good neighbors socially As Well As economically said transportation Secretary Broc Kadams. I m hoping for Quick follow up action by the Senate so this Long standing prob Lem can be finally  the House voted 272-123 to approve the Bill when supporters overcame criticism of the Bill As a sweetheart Deal and a Christmas tree for the airlines. Safety proposal called danger to . Security Washington up National Secu Rity could be damaged if health officials adopt a proposed Rule cutting in half worker exposure limits for beryllium a suspected cancer causing Metal used in nuclear weapons the Energy department said thursday. A spokesman said Energy Secretary James Schlesinger raised his objection to the proposed new exposure limits in identical letters sent aug. 30 to labor Secretary Ray Marshall and to health education and welfare Secretary Joseph Califano. Department officials said Schlesinger s action May Mark the first time National Security has been cited to Challenge worker safety measures proposed by the labor department s occupational safety and health administration. In his letters Schlesinger said the Multi million Dollar Cost of trying to meet the new Standard could drive the Only two non communist producers of pure beryllium out of business and Cut off the . Supply. Such a development he said would seriously Impact the ability to develop and produce weapons for the nuclear stockpile and consequently adversely affect  Schlesinger also questioned the scientific basis for the proposal to Cut the expo sure limit from two micrograms to one microgram of beryllium in a cubic meter Ofair. We certainly agree that the worker s health is of Paramount importance he said. However significant questions have been raised within the scientific Community concerning the Quality and adequacy of the data on which the proposed change of the present Standard is based. Therefore we believe it is in the nation Al interest for the department of health education and welfare to undertake inde pendent peer review of All available data on the effect of  beryllium an Ultra Light Metal is produced in very pure Metal and oxide forms by two . Firms Kawecki Berylko industries inc. Of Reading pa., and Brush Wellman co. Of Cleveland. Both have opposed the new Standard since it was pro posed two years ago. The government is the main purchaser of Ultra pure forms of beryllium which represent less than 10 percent of the production by the two firms an Energy department spokesman said. This. Is not a raid on the trea sury said rep. Glenn Anderson d-calif., floor manager for the Bill. This Bill is Nota Ripoff for the  but rep. Charles Vanik a Ohio a critic warned you Are putting in motion an inflationary spiral for the most cuddled Industry on the american  the Bill also authorizes Money for air port development and safety measures. Estimates of the amount of tax Money that would be available for airlines to finance modification or replacement of air Craft not in compliance with Federal noise standards ranged from $2.5 billion to $4 Bil lion depending on increases in air traffic. The House ways and Means chairman Al Ullman d-ore., acknowledged the Mea sure was unusual but said it was Neces sary in order that airlines meet noise Stan Dards by the 1985 deadline. The Bill also would subject foreign air Craft to the noise standards and repeal the $3 head tax on International flight Depar Ture replacing it with a $2 tax on fares under $100, and $10 on those Over $100, and a new 5 percent tax on International freight departures. In an amendment authored by rep. Joe Skubitz r-kan., at least $500,000 from the Trust fund must go to each state annually for Airport development. Dip Likely in cigarette smoking Washington a measured on a per capita basis cigarette smoking this year is expected to de Cline to its lowest level since 1970, the agriculture department said thursday. A report said that tentative Esti mates show per capita smoking at 4, 000 cigarettes 200 packs of 20 each this year a drop from 4,051 in1977. That is not an average of How Many cigarettes people smoke however. As used by the depart ment per capita figures include All persons 18 years and older smokers and nonsmokers alike. Robert h. Miller who worked on the report said that the last time per capita cigarette smoking dropped to 4,000 or fewer was in 1970 when the rate was 3,985 cigarettes. Cigarette smoking measured by the department first climbed above4,000 in 1959, he said. The Peak year was 1963 when the per capita rate was 4,345 cigarettes or More than 217 packs just before the . Surgeon general s report linking smoking with lung disease and other ailments. Special gift for the first lady health experts urge changes israeli prime minister Menachem Rae i painters before presenting it to David met a i re i i. Begia signs a Book .1 lithographs by is firstly Rosalynn faster at amp mud to East sums con7eTce Lap Laws hinder treatment of insect sting victims Washington up rigid stat Laws often prevent life saving emergency treatment being administered to the nearly 1 million americans who Are seriously allergic to insect stings health expert warned thursday. Hundreds of such persons Are stung every year and Many lapse into Shock if emergency treatment is not administered within minutes. The warning came at a National Institute of health symposium on the use of epinephrine adrenalin shots for violent reaction to the venom of bees wasps hornets yellow jackets and fire ants. Although an estimated 100 americans and probably Many More die each year within hours of being stung most states Al Low Only doctors or the sting victim to inject epinephrine. Or. Claude a. Frazier of Asheville n.c., recommended that a panel of experts pre pare a National plan for school teachers paramedics scout leaders Forest rangers life guards Golf and Tennis professionals and other laymen to be trained in giving shots. I urge this since injected epinephrine is the Only drug capable of staving off potentially fatal Shock Long enough for the Vic Tim to be taken to a doctor or Hospital Frazier said. Or. Philip Gottlieb of Temple University medical school said there is Broad medical agreement on current treatment but the question of wider distribution of the Emer gency kits involve Legal legislative another  or. Allen w. Benton of Perm state University said the number of insect stings from bees wasps and yellow jackets is go ing up nationally because More americans Are camping and engaging in other outdoor recreation. The incidence of emergency reaction is much much higher than we thought he said. Benton an expert on insects said that insects Are stinging people up and Down and across the nation. There is no place you Are going to be free from them except in the desert warned Benton. . Giboney president of Hollister Stier laboratories in Spokane wash., said his firm and another drug company have insect sting emergency kits on the Market now at $6 to $9 each. He added that there Are less than 250,000 kits currently available