European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes april Lack of insurance availability May stall removal of Asbestos stateside Washington a removal of Asbestos from schools around the country will not go ahead As scheduled this summer because contractors cannot get liability insurance for the there is no Market for Asbestos said Dennis Rupp of Alexander and a nationwide insurance brokerage contractor Glenn Winter of said he has not bid on at least a dozen jobs in the past month because no coverage was an awful lot of work is beginning to shut said Bill Ewing of the Georgia Institute of which runs an Asbestos information Center under a Grant from the environmental Protection beginning in the Epa will offer million in Asbestos removal Grants to local school boards nominated by their the Grant Are expected to require that the contractors have liability insurance against possible when Asbestos fibres can cause cancer and other disorders that do not show up for As Long As 40 since exposure at a Young age increases the Asbestos in schools has been an area of increased the Epa has estimated that school buildings around the country contain Asbestos that is crumbling to the Point where the fibres can be the Federal government requires Asbestos removal Only when the building is being torn the Epa requires school systems to inspect their buildings and notify parents and employees of their demand for Asbestos removal has mushroomed under pressure from and Many experts say some con tractors have jumped into the Field without realizing that their liability policies do not cover Asbestos when their insurers find they the insurance companies Are scared to its going to come to a head this said Susan who is running the Epa Grant insurers Are scared because of a tide of verdicts against them in recent years from shipyard and insulation workers and their Manville a former Asbestos pro Ducer operating under Protection of bankruptcy estimates that claims filed against it by school boards and other building owners probably will exceed claims for health problems already have hit Bil Manville had liability insurance that pays claims on injuries suffered while the policy was in no matter when the claim is it is that Type of policy that Epa wants held by contractors hired by school one according to several still is writ ing this Type of but at a Premium of 20 percent of the value of the Asbestos removal this compares with premiums of 1 or 2 percent on Ordinary an officer of that great american surplus of speaking on condition that he not be identified because i dont want phone said he did not know if his is the Only company offering the he varies with the and the company insists on compliance with All Federal a claims made policy can be cancelled after the work is done and does not protect any subsequent Winter called a 20 percent Premium Legal that just the Way i he theres nothing illegal about what there that said is practically worthless for a the great american official declined to comment on the comments of Ewing and in Mantua school superintendent Dave Porreca said he May be required by state authorities to remove Asbestos pipe insulation from four buildings this but if contractors cant get that would be a real Kettle of he in school authorities estimated that this sum mers scheduled Asbestos removal work would Cost but when the Low bids came they totalled this is forcing us to shift to inhouse which ties up our own said Fred who is in charge of the those he Are fully qualified for the innovator of topless bathing suit Dies los Angeles a designer Rudi who shocked the fashion world in 1964 with his introduction of the topless bathing suit and promoted unisex cloth ing and partial nudity in the died of lung cancer he was who won several awards from the fashion Industry during the had been admitted to Cedars Sinai medical centers hospice unit for the terminally ill in Early Hospital spokesman Ron Wise he never stopped his artistic he was always working at said Oreste Gern Reichs longtime Gernreich emigrated from Austria with his Mother in 1938 after the death of his a hosiery too few delivery trucks to move food in Ethiopia Addis Ethiopia Apas Many As two thirds of Ethiopia famine victims May not be getting food Aid regularly because of a shortage of trucks to deliver say Relief there is no shortage of food in the but there Arent enough lorries to move said Desmond Dep Uty director of the United nations world food the two settled in where Gernreich was attracted to the sportswear he obtained american citizenship in he introduced such 1960s fashion trends As Vinyl knit tank coloured bold and clashing color and see through the idea for his topless bathing suit which thrust him into the International originated Dur ing an interview in which he predicted women would be going topless at the Beach within five deluged with phone Calls Are you serious Gernreich whipped up a prototype topless suit for he sold Only of them at but said he was More concerned with making a fashion statement than creating a popular the topless suit brought condemnation from the vat the Kremlin and Many american women picketed stores carrying the and several aspiring Star lets Clad in the suits were arrested for indecent exposure on California in the mayor launched a helicopter patrol of his beaches to make sure women kept their tops id do it again because i think the by overstating and exaggerating a new Freedom of the will make the right degree of Freedom More accept Gernreich said after the juror died a photo unwelcome uniformed secret service agents Lead away Jose Randolfo who was apprehended after jumping the White House Fence a new York Resi landed on the White House grounds about 20 min utes ahead of president who arrived by helicopter from Camp Medina was jailed overnight and was to be arraigned fire causes damage at natural Gas processing Plant a a fire at a natural Gas process ing Plant touched off an electrical explosion that caused in damage and produced flames visible four Miles authorities leaking Gas at the Warren Petroleum facility near the Mouth of the Mississippi River almost 100 Miles Down Stream from new Orleans fed the Plant officials shut off the Gas Supply to the Plant to allow the fire to Burn itself out and the fire was under control within two a Venice fire department spokesman Koop urges education Effort against the use of cocaine up the United states should wage the same cocaine As it did against smoking to Stop the murderous and dangerous Industry from claiming More Everett surgeon general of the United Koop has Long advocated a Public education Effort like the Campaign that persuaded millions of americans to quit smoking we can look to and profit from the experience we had with Koop told a symposium on cocaine a act sues Over admission of South african student up the National association for the advancement of coloured people says in a lawsuit against a Mississippi school system that officials showed sensitivity toward Blacks by allowing a White South african Exchange student to attend the lawsuit said Calhoun City school officials disregarded the feelings of Blacks about apartheid in South Africa by allowing Hilda to attend Calhoun City High one More use for the lowly Penny is gone a for More than a half Cen a Penny bought 15 minutes of parking but this quiet suburb has decided to Start catching up with the rest of the nation and has All parking meters refitted to charge a Nickel for 30 the parking fare increase comes up each year at Bud get councilwoman Irene Gibbons said we said nows the time to do Gibbons said conversion of the 571 downtown parking which were installed in the should be completed by the Kim marketing director of Duncan the worlds largest meter based in rolling said Penny parking is nearly there might be a few itty bitty cities in the Midwest that have he on the other end of the Price most new York City meters demand 75 cents for one hour of and machines recently were installed in in a suburb of new York the six Mem Ber township Council agreed to hold the parking fee to a Nickel for 30 Gibbons adding that Quarter meters were considered too she said the Council was looking for a Way to increase but was also concerned that motorists were hold ing on to parking spaces for too we do not want people in the downtown area parking for three to 10 she the shoppers dont get a she said she also hoped that the increased Cost would prompt More people to put Money in but emphasized that the majority of the residents Are not my theory theres something about a said i think people Are very but they say who s going to worry about a she said parking regulations in the Square mile town Are being enforced by a meter Man who rides around on a n lne with the Community spirit prevailing in the meter Man is not waiting for the meter to go Down to tapping his she township administrator Joseph Darco said the Penny meters brought in last a Nickel dime opera Tion would boost revenues by he adding that the refitting would Cost about 1