European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 02, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 2, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 27 kangaroos . Hits 6-year import ban Washington not the Interior department s fish and wildlife service Bis announced that it will lift a six year ban on imports of kangaroos and Kangaroo products saying a recent review indicated that kangaroos were More numerous than previously believed. Environmentalists attacked the Deci Sion contending that it was politically motivated and warning that it could Lead to the extinction of the Kangaroo a Vari Ety of leaping marsupials or pouched mammals found in Australia and neigh Boring islands. The wildlife Agency proposed that the ban on imports be lifted on a trial basis for two Yean. The ban was imposed in 1974 when three species of Kangaroo the great red the Eastern Gray and the Western Gray were listed As threat ened under the endangered species act. Before the ban was imposed the United states was the world s leading importer of Kangaroo hides which Are made into High Quality shoes boots belts handbags and other items. Last Winter the Agency s office of endangered species recommended against lifting the restriction on imports. But the Agency subsequently sent a scientist. Or. David Anderson to Australia to exam Ine the status of the Kangaroo. On the basis of his report the Agency decided to permit imparts to begin again. Besides being valued for their hides Many types of kangaroos have been extensively hunted because they compete with Domestic livestock for grazing lands. At one time their numbers had been greatly reduced but the wildlife Agency said that the current Kangaroo population in Australia was estimated at 32 million. Australian wildlife officials have made great strides in the last five Yean in instituting procedures to protect the Kangaroo from Over exploitation said Robert l. Herbst assistant Secretary of the Interior. They have carefully established Harvest quotas and a coordinated interstate system of tagging to insure against illegal  Newman coordinator for Kangaroo Protection of the society for animal protective legislation accused the wildlife Agency of hypocrisy be cause it was ending the ban on imports while continuing to list the species As  also questioned the Kangaroo count Given by the Agency saying that there were no valid figures because no Complete Survey had been taken in Australia. Craig Van note executive vice presi Dent of Monitor inc., a consortium of environmental groups said the decision to lift the ban was a capitulation by the Carter administration to Australia for political and military  a spokesman for the wildlife Agency denied that the decision reflected Politi Cal pressures and added the evidence does not substantiate the charge that kangaroos would face extinction As a re  How of return coba/f-60 to Container exposed isotope emitting radiation Satsop Wash. A officials at a nuclear Power Plant construction site Here have been trying to figure out How to put an exposed radioactive isotope Back into its storage Container.coball-60, a radioactive isotope used to make a rays of welds at the Washington China Leader ends Japan visit with poke at Russ Osaka Janan a chinese pre Mier Hua Guofeng took a final poke at the soviet Union before ending a six Day visit to Japan and boarding a Jet Back to peking. During my visit to Japan i have see with my own eyes that sino japanese Friendship has been growing every Day. And i am also aware that our neighbor in the North is not pleased with my successful visit Here Hua said in a Clear reference to the soviet Union. Public Power Supply system s no. 5 re actor was still emitting radiation after Crews were unable to gel it Back into Stor age. The Cobalt had been exposed since  project worker who asked to remain Anonymous said radiation from the Cobalt 60 was leaking at a rate of two Milli rems an hour his report was confirmed by a pass  s a very Small dose said Richard Romanelli a a pass spokesman in nearby Elma but Cobalt-60 is so potent workers cannot return it to its Container  the area around the containment vessel at the Plant site near this Grays Harbor county Hamlet was barricaded. There was no threat to workers Romanelli said. Cobalt-60 usually is kept in a Mobile shielded Container that u opened to let the radiation penetrate a steel shield Wall More than 2 inches thick registering on a Ray film on the other Side of the welds said Coy firemen seffing up base in burning Copper mine san Manuel. Ariz. A fire fighters say they have no idea when they will be Able to douse a week old fire deep in the nation s biggest underground Copper  Harris spokesman for magma Copper co., said Crews had reached one end of on third mile of mine Tunnel that was  said fire Crews were partitioning off the actual fire area and a firc fighting base was being established in the Tunnel. Firefighters have been Able to move their position to the Southern Boundary of the fire area Harris said. Crews Are Par toning off the Drift Tunnel to establish a Safe base from which to  he said they were setting up communications and water lines there to allow them to proceed into the fire area. Their Progress will be slow because charred limbers must be replaced to support the ground he said. Reaching the fire area Boundary helped firefighters determine that the Blaze via burned through a 1,800-foot horizontal Sec Tion of the mine Tunnel at a level 1,775 feel below ground. The smoke and Carbon monoxide have stopped production in the mine with 1,500 underground workers idled. Another 3.000 workers remained on the Job at the Ore concentrator smelter and refinery. There have been no injuries. Three Crews of 85 specially trained fire fighters and 115 support workers have been working around the clock on the fire since it started in an unused part of the  Battery operated locomotive travelling on the mine s track hit and broke a High premure air line and the fire started Al that Point officials said. Rut they said the enact cause of the Blaze has not been determined. The extent of damage and monetary  have not been calculated officials said. 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