European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes August 1985 Cool test a photo an Oil company scientists Check data to determine Bow Well the company automotive products perform in Freez ing the test is carried out in the company controlled climate room at its Houston research Manville approves proposed Trust fund to Settle future claims Denver a Manville operating under Federal bankruptcy Law to protect itself from thousands of Asbestos related Friday approved a proposal that it establish a Trust fund to pay victims of health problems caused by the 25year which would Start with would assume liability for present and future Asbestos re lated personal injury it would include 50 percent of Manville outstanding common Cash and insurance the plan Calls for Manville operations to be shielded by a court order from Asbestos health the initial Trust would include million in insurance million in Cash or other insurance coverage yet to be settled and million in Cash or Short term plus the common Stock that would be assigned to the in for the fourth through 25th years of the Manville would pay million a up to 20 percent of Manville annual profits could go to the fund after the fourth year if the company now faces billion in including billion in property damage claims and Bil lion from victims of Asbestos related the proposal came from Leon a new York lawyer appointed by bankruptcy judge Burton Lifland to represent the interests of Asbestos victims who have not yet manifested any but who Are Likely to file claims in the Manville corporate defendants and lawyers for the More than people who have sued the company have not agreed to the two earlier proposals were David an attorney for victims of Asbestos caused said that lawyers for the victims intend to ensure that their right to a jury trial is the health problems that result from inhalation of Asbestos fibres can take 20 to 40 years to they include asbestosis a scarring of the and Menothe a form of Manville filed for Protection under chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy code in August startling the financial and Legal it was the first time a financially healthy company had sought to use chapter 11 to protect itself from future economic when it filed for chapter 11 Manville had a Book value of billion and was while the reorganization proceedings have dragged Manville financial picture has gotten even in the first half of Manville net earnings were up million from Revenue was up million from the first half of when Manville filed for chapter 11 it faced Persona injury the company expects the number to reach by the end of the Epa plans to reclassify cleaning fluid Washington a the environmental Protection Agency says it plans to reclassify Carbon Tetra chlo once widely used As a dry cleaning As a Hazar Dous air fridays move triggers a fou year process by which the Epa will decide whether to regulate Carbon tetrachloride is known to cause liver damage in humans and to cause cancer in Laboratory the Agency estimated that 69 cancers a year in the United states might develop from atmospheric half of any Given Quantity takes 35 years to break Down in the because the breakdown period is so emissions anywhere Are mixed in the atmosphere Epa said about on third of the 69 annual cancers could be attributed to and those emissions probably cause an additional 250 cases in other Carbon tetrachloride also attacks the protective Ozone layer in the and one Epa analysis last year estimated by the year the increase in ultraviolet radiation caused by Ozone depletion through Carbon tetrachloride exposure could cause 500 to extra skin cancers a with three to 220 extra deaths annual the principal source of the chemical in the Atmo sphere is Grain Epa the compound used is being dropped by its manufacturers by the end of this year rather than meet Pas pesticide county trying to ease hassle of renewing Drivers licenses a renewing a Florida Drivers License May soon be As simple As dropping by the drugstore for a bottle of under a Pilot the state plans to set up renewal stations at two Eckerd drugs stores in Pinellas county this month to see if it helps ease Long lines at regular state examining we have just got too Many Drivers and not enough we need to consider some said James director of management and planning for the state department of Highway safety and motor no Road tests will be so people getting a firs time Florida License will have to go to state examining As will Drivers whose licenses have been revoked or sus professional poker player seeks same tax Deal athletes have up a top poker player wants the tax Man to treat gamblers the same Way they treat Tennis or Golf Billy Baxter of Las vegas says he should also have the right to put his winnings in a tax sheltered retirement Winner of the 1978 world series of poker in Las vegas and the 1981 super bowl of poker championship in is disputing the irs says he owes in his tax returns from 1978 through 1981 showed he won and during those Baxter set aside the maximum annually for a Keogh retirement but the irs says that Money is not sheltered because it came from Baxter suggests his skills As a poker player Are comparable to those of top professional dentist predicts More stars will disclose they have aids los Angeles a other Hollywood stars will join Rock Hudson during the next several months in Dis closing that they Are afflicted with a member of the los Angeles aids task Force Ronald a Hollywood refused to identify anyone with acquired immune deficiency syn but there will be additional significant announcements in the next several months about actors hav ing when that happens it is a very personal decision up to the i have the fear that we could exceed cases based on the High risk population and the number of peo ple already finn said at a news conference held to Alert dentists to precautions against spread of the deadly Minnesota towns mayor indicted on misconduct charge Center a mayor James Ertz of Rush has been indicted on a Public misconduct charge after a former police chief said the mayor ordered him to relax enforcement of Drunken driving the Chis ago county grand jury indictment said Ertzos alleged instruction to former police chief Gary Clough was in excess of his lawful Clough said he clashed with Ertz after arresting a Friend of the mayor on 6 on charges of Drunken Clough was later fired by the City Mummy age Doest count for much with Santa Rosa police Santa up a count who lived in Europe 200 years ago has ended up in jail As an illegal police took note of the Corpse at John Strongs world of wonders sideshow at the Santa Rosa county fair because it looked too officials determined it was a 200 year old the remains were confiscated and placed in a holding cell at the City jail because its against California state Law to have Possession of a dead human Strong was not arrested but was advised to get an actor Strong said he bought the Mummy nine years ago in he was told it was the mummified body of count who lived somewhere in Central eur but not he