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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes april Epa report focuses on Ozone erosion Washington a use of Chemi cals that deplete the earths protective Ozone layer could grow so fast that 60 per cent of the Ozone could be gone by the year a new report for the environmental Protection Agency on the other use of the chemicals known As or rfcs could grow so slowly that Only 5 percent of the Ozone would be gone in the year the report it gave a Middle Esti mate of a 25 percent reduction in fundraisers appointed for Reagan Library a president Reagan has named several academics and of including current and former Cabinet to spearhead a million fund raising Campaign for his presidential named to the Ronald Reagan presiden tial foundation were attorney general Edwin Meese his William French presidential assistant Michael former Interior Secretary William Clark and Hoover institution senior fellow Martin Hoover director Glenn chairman of the Board of trustees of the newly organized announced the 20acre site established Stanford University trustees earlier this year established a 20acre site for the Ronald Reagan presidential Stanford is about 35 Miles South of san the Hoover which functions independently of the is a repository for papers of historic value and a think tank Tor scholarly it Al ready houses papers from reagans administration As California there Are seven presidential libraries nationwide tru Johnson and Ford and they reportedly attracted million tourists and visits by re searchers during the incorporating economic stud ies by two Epa consultants and made Avail Able uses new scientific results widely reported last november that Ozone could be depleted faster than previously thought once a threshold of concentration of rfcs is although Ozone at ground level destroys vegetation and increases breathing difficult the Hig Altitude Ozone layer blocks ultraviolet rays in for each percentage Point decrease in the concentration of scientists believe an additional cases of relatively mild skin and about cases of a More virulent will occur growth of livestock and Marine organisms could be but Little is known of the possible full the Epa report said plastics would degrade and it Esti mated that a 10 percent reduction in Ozone would Cost the world billion a year in Shorter service lives of plastic chlorofluorocarbons Are used As the working fluid in refrigerator and air conditioner As solvents in the electronics Industry and elsewhere and in Mak ing insulating they Are difficult to replace in those uses because they Are non toxic and do not catch because of concern Over the Ozone chlorofluorocarbons were banned As propel lants in Spray cans in the United states in 1978 and replaced by other use of rfcs has remained about constant in the United the Fairmount hotel settles Down at its new Home in the la Villita area of Down Home is the hotel town san after a 5blocklong rolling along on a photo pneumatic the hotel reached its permanent site before the weekend study measures parents effect on students grades Washington a students whose parents closely Monitor their activities tend to get the highest grades in and those with both parents in the Home also score a new study the National Center for education statistics Drew those conclusions Friday from a study of information gathered in 1980 and 1982 from High school sophomores were asked to what extent their parents or guardians monitored their activities that knew where their Chil Dren were and what they were the overwhelming majority of a Stu dents 88 percent also indicated the High est degree of parental the Cen Ter fewer b students 81 percent indicated that their parents knew of their some 72 percent of the c students and Only 61 percent of the d students said their parents monitored what they did teachers and other educators frequently cite the importance of parental involve ment to the Center said in a re port on the a two Parent family May have an advantage Over a on Parent family in it eighty percent of the a students lived in a household with both among the b 71 percent did c 64 percent and d students 60 exactly 75 percent of the students who said they earned mostly a grades reported that they talked with their mothers or fathers every Day or almost every the report the percentage fell to 67 per cent for b 59 percent for fic students and Only 45 percent for d Stu All of the regardless of were More Likely to talk about school to their mothers rather than their some 92 percent of the a students reported that their mothers kept close track of their compared to the 85 percent who reported their fathers did it of the b 89 percent said their mothers kept close track of their performance and 79 percent said their fathers of the c 84 percent said their mothers and 69 percent said their fathers kept up with their of the d the corresponding figures were 80 percent for mothers and 64 percent for the among the a 25 percent re ported their parents attended Pat meet Ings at least once in a while the b Stu dents reported 22 percent c students 20 percent and d students 15 farm nominee has flawed paper says a the company headed by John Norton president reagans Choice for the 2 Job in the agriculture has a history of la Orlaw the Arizona Republic said in a copyright the newspaper said California agricultural labor relations Board and California court records show that the John Norton a multistage farming company headquartered in Phoe has been found guilty of la Orlaw Vio lations by the California agricultural labor relations the company told the Republic that be has been involved in some of the management decisions that have reportedly been ruled unfair under labor the records indicate the decisions have been upheld by the California court of appeals and the California supreme records also indicate the company has appealed to the Federal courts and is arguing in the state court of appeals against a formula ordered by the labor Board for restitution to the Republic the Senate is expected to vote after the easter recess on reagans nomination of Norton to become Deputy Secretary of the department of on the Senate committee on nutrition and natural re sources voted with one in favor of the the company labor record was not Dis cussed in the committee Norton Roberto de la political director of the National farm workers of said Norton company is one of the worst violators of far labor Laws in the company has acres of land in California and a farm near since passage of the California farm labor act in 124 charges of unfair labor practices have been filed against nor tons labor Board spokesman Bill Camp Tola the the newspaper said some of the charges against the company were dismissed but it had been convicted of including refusal to bargain with the United farm which was certified to represent and changing working conditions without negotiating with the the company has filed a Federal civil rights suit against the contesting verdicts in several said company attorney Charley Stoll of Newport  
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