European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes August 1985 pollution still a problem despite Epa says stateside Washington up serious pollution still plagues the nations streams and reservoirs even though Many of the most severe problems have been cleaned the environmental Protection Agency reported the Agency National water Quality inventory 1984 report to Congress measured significant improvements in water data gathered for the fifth Statcy state Survey of its kind since 1976 indicated of nearly Miles of Rivers and streams surveyed in 40 73 percent Are clean enough for swimming and the figure Rose to 78 percent for the million acres of lakes and reservoirs included in the and to 82 percent for Square Miles of estuaries and coastal the report noted that the surveys represent Only a Small percentage of total partly because not every state provided despite the a number of serious prob lems remain to be the report in the cleanup of toxic substances in sediment and water the management of sources of pollution from other Points the Protection of ground water and the continuing need for maintaining and improving Levels of water Quality and waste treatment ing and improving Levels of water Quality and waste treatment in the face of resource Short in slates reported continuing problems with Yorks son denied leave to attend dedication a the son of Alvin world War is most decorated says he has been denied a Days leave from his Job with the state to attend the dedication of a Hospital in his fathers but George whose fathers exploits were depicted in the movie sergeant starring Gary says he plans to be at the ceremony thursday when a Murfreesboro Hospital is named the Alvin York veterans administration medical Center whether or not he gets i am so Hurt and so York this Means a lot to in going to be there if in his father is credited with capturing 132 German sol killing 25 enemy soldiers and silencing 35 machine guns on in the Battle of Argonne Forest in the elder York was awarded the medal of and the French gave him the Croix de Guerre with Cooper won an Academy award for his portrayal of who was a major when he concluded his military George a Counselor at the department of human said his supervisor denied his july 8 vacation request after claiming he was behind in writing up he said he was told he would have to finish 50 reports before the leave would be the departments staff handles an overabundance of and Many workers often get he its just beyond said who has worked for the state for 15 i just wanted people to know How disrespectful people can there arc people who do not Honor they Are acting like this just Over one Day that is coming to he said he has finished 32 reports so far in Hopes he can meet the deadline and get the Day Vickie Yorks immediate who de Nied the declined referring questions to regional director Debbie Kittrell said department supervisors have the authority to make decisions on vacation requests from and they can approve a catchup plan with the employees if they what the policy is that the supervisor has the responsibility to make the Kittrell it de pends on whether a worker is you work out some sort of a what the supervisor works out with the employee is depending on the employees she the ceremony is to be attended by Albert Gore municipal sewage treatment acid rain and toxic the report fourteen most of them in the said they arc especially concerned about acid and 28 states reported concerns with ground water contamination by Industrial or municipal underground storage pesticide chemical spills and other the Survey also found Nineteen states consider pollution that comes from sources far away from the polluted waterway a special pinpointing the problem As a major cause of he failure of lakes and estuaries to support fishing and other thirty three states reported toxic substances in fish and in 21 of those the level of toxic substances in fish taken from some Waters was above the level considered Safe by the food and drug eleven states complained of financial problems in fighting water nine states said abandoned mines and acid mine drainage have Hurt water in a statement accompanying the Epa adminis Trator Lee Thomas said he is encouraged that Many of the lakes and estuaries that were assessed for this report now Are supporting the uses for which they have been the Success we have achieved in dealing with these problems should give us Confidence As we begin to tackle the next generation of water pollution he a scout is Loyal a photo Gage Myers wears his 1916 boy scout uniform at fort of has been a scout for most of his 82 militant animal lovers claim responsibility for zoo vandalism los Angeles a a militant group of animal lovers with a history of raids on laboratories that Experiment on animals has claimed responsibility for vandalism at the los Angeles a woman saying she represented the animal liberation front telephoned the City news service and said the group had Spray painted its initials on Walls inside the employees found the painted Walls when they reported for about 300 shouting people picketed the zoo to protest what they said was a policy of Selling animals for zoo officials have denied the the animal liberation front previously has claimed responsibility for raids on including taking 260 opossums and Deer from laboratories at the University of Californi Riverside in Kennedy to run in 88 Hast revealed for which a nautical flags waving Over a fundraising Clambake signalled the news that Edward will run for election in but they didst reveal one detail whether he will try for the presidency or for his fifth full term As acknowledging that the crowd recognized the and Irish National flags flapping on his family Ken Nedy pointed to colourful nautical flags Between them and said the for those of you who might not say Ems in he had no comment on the office he would spokesman Brian Delaney said Kennedy has not closed any doors on a possible presidential he said the senator might wait until after the 1986 elections to make a final members of two churches of resolutions of partnership Des Iowa a members of the Chris Tian Church disciples of Christ have approved a Resolution to form an ecumenical partnership with the United Church of which approved a similar Resolution at its annual National meeting in a month the disciples of with about million members in the United states and is one of the largest protestant bodies to have originated in the United Church of Christ has about million the resolutions do not Call for a but for a partnership that acknowledges joint beliefs and said Robert a disciples of Christ Hitchhiker steals empty leaves his own in car up a warrant is being sought for the arrest of a Hitchhiker who robbed a Motorist of an empty Wallet and left his own Wallet containing in the victims police said police said the 25yearold suspect punched the Motorist in the nose and stole his Wallet after the Motorist picked up the the suspect went Home and found that the stolen Wallet had no Money in it and also realized he had left his own which contained in the victims police the Hitchhiker called the victim and offered to Exchange and the victim called who sent a Brookfield detective along to watch the meeting in front of a club in county clerk decrees English is the Only language for 1 do Miami a if youre planning to say i do in the Dade county clerks dont count on doing it Span Creole or any other language except clerk Richard Brinker has sent a memo to his deputies ordering them to Stop performing marriages in any language but because of the county English Only the ordinance prohibits the use of any language but English in local government the Law was passed by referendum in but Brinker said he want aware until recently that his assistants sometimes performed marriages in Spanish or Creole which is spoken by Dade s growing haitian at this the Law is the Brinker those insisting on another according to the clerk g will have to bring along their at their to interpret the ceremony into their native