European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 7 drug situation out of lawmakers say Washington a a group of congressmen who toured South american drug producing countries said monday that the situation is out of control and warned More and More marijuana and cocaine will be shipped to the United we expect a bumper crop and we expect More exports to the United said Charles rang chairman of the House select committee on narcotics abuse and Range and six other panel members commented As they arrived at Andrews following a 16day trip to Argentina and top officials in All seven nations agreed to step up efforts against drug Rangel but he warned that drug producers Are extremely powerful and the countries will need More help to fight the situation is out of Rangel Nar fitness expert Weider oks Cash refunds los Angeles a fitness pro Moter Joseph Weider has agreed to re fund to customers who bought products the Federal Trade commission said were misrepresented in a Federal official As part of the consent agreement for a settlement in the commissions Weider did not admit to any Paul the ftps regional said the anabolic and dynamic life sold by Weider health and fitness were said to build muscularity and Turley said the products were advertised and sold As substitutes for anabolic Ster oids and Cost customers about a Bot items no longer sold they were often sold As part of body building which could Cost hundreds of he the commission began an investigation of the products Early last year and a suit was filed in july the company pulled the products in september under the the company is required to notify customers of the re fund Opportunity and advertise it in two major bodybuilding if the total refunds amount to less than the firm must donate the difference to research on nutrition and muscular a receptionist at weiders company in Woodland Hills said Weider was unavailable for comment monday missing children Bill Washington a president Reagan has signed a Bill authorizing the use of official mail from Congress and the executive Branch in efforts to locate missing comics increasingly in collaboration with subversive Are winning the even in the face of increased efforts by most governments in the Region to combat the escalating production and tray he said governments in Bolivia and Ecuador Are virtually helpless in the face of sophist Well financed drug traffickers who control the vast regions with violence and he also said it is difficult to explain the depth of corruption which committee members said South american leaders warned that the United states will have to understand that it is the demand for drugs which exist in this country that is the major cause of the but Rangel did say that the latin american nations Are increasing their efforts to Spray marijuana growing areas with herbicides and said leaders of the countries promised to use such if they Are against the plants that Are processed into when Congress approved a foreign Aid spending Bill last it included a provision for a cutoff of Aid to nations that failed to make Progress in fighting drug Range praised that provision As helping to win sup port for Antidrug efforts in latin he noted the fragile nature of new democratic governments in Argentina and Uruguay and also the governments of and these new governments need All the help from us they can said Frank there is a question As to whether they have the eco nomic wherewithal to fight the and other committee members said the United states needs to improve efforts to help the latin american but offered no new specific Money figures or they also called for improved efforts at educating american youth against drug used machinery safes affected by farm crunch Washington a a general crunch on farm assets and producer in comes has continued to Cut deeply into sales of new and used according to an agriculture department this sales Are expected in the Range of billion and Down Between 9 percent and 12 percent from a 12year Low of billion in the departments economic re search service sales totalled nearly billion in is there a major recovery in the works not right farm machinery sales could drop another billion next depending on what happens to interest rates and land but As machinery sales drop for the sixth consecutive Farmers Are learning to Cope in a variety of every Farmer who retires or is forced to sell out is inadvertently helping others to stay in business a Little longer by put Ting used machinery on the in Many areas of the particularly the there is an Abun dance of Good used farm machinery on the Market at attractive the re port Midwest Farmers and machinery dealers from surrounding areas have taken advantage of the availability of this used which has fur ther dampened demand for new Machin since Farmers have spent relatively More fixing up their old trac combines and balers than they have on new for every Dollar spent on machinery purchases in Farmers spent 59 cents on up from 32 cents in the report also noted that since 1979 the depreciation of farm machinery has exceeded in other the value of tractors and other equip ment used by Farmers has been Depre farm equipment sales Large tractors and combines in thousands of units 0 1980 81 82 83 84 85 Chicago Tribune graphic source farm and Industrial equipment Institute relating faster than new capital equip ment has been brought into the in for when Farmers spent billion on the depreciation of tractors and other equip ment added up to that resulted in a depreciation capital ratio of 88 cents for each spent on new or replacement but in 1980 and in each year since the depreciation value has exceeded capital spending for in the ratio was for each spent on new or replacement in in in and in based on the Range of spending now the ratio could increase to be tween and this judge names agent Orange funds panel new York up a Federal judge monday named four Vietnam vet Erans to an advisory Board to help implement a multimillion Dollar agent Orange settlement chief District judge Jack Weinstein announced the As recommended by Charles a Vietnam Veteran appointed by the court july i i to chair the five member advis Ory those appointed were Donnamarie who was a nurse in Vietnam and is now an attorney specializing in health Law in Minneapolis Albert Dandridge a Marine corps Veteran of Vietnam and corporate lawyer in Philadelphia Vincent Martin an infantryman in Vietnam and now a financial planner in and John a Marine in Vietnam and now a project manager for a data processing firm in Weinstein said the five members of the advisory Board will play a critical but unpaid role in insuring the payment program operates efficiently and is sensitive to the needs of Vietnam veterans and their Fame the Board will advise the court on the selection of the companies to administer the payment programs and help Monitor the activities of the a million payment fund was established last year by the seven manufacturers of the herbicide agent Orange to Settle a class action suit brought by veterans and their veterans blame their exposure to the herbicide for illnesses ranging from cancer to skin birth defects in their children and miscarriages by their american soldiers were exposed to agent Orange when the military sprayed it Over the Jungles of Southeast Asia to de stroy enemy the landmark settlement was reached in May 1984 among lawyers for Vietnam vet Dow chemical and six other chemical averting a trial in fed eral court in Philadelphia curfew ordinance rejected by judge Philadelphia a a judge threw out Phila Delphias 30yearold curfew ordinance saying it violates political and religious freedoms guaranteed by the first municipal judge Thomas Mccormack delayed implementation of his order for 30 to allow prosecutors to Deputy District attorney Eric Henson said his office will ask common pleas court to overturn Mccormack we Are anxious to get a ruling on the Validity of the he the curfew Law limits the right of youths younger than 18 to remain in Public after on weeknights and after Midnight on Friday and saturday Mccormack held that it improperly prohibited youths from participating in political and religious events without their parents the ruling came in a Case involving Sean who was detained after a disturbance at a skating rink the american civil liberties Union challenged the constitutionality of the Law As part of Lees Mccormack decision also dismissed the charges against mayor Wilson Goode and police officials refused comment on the police officials said that under orders from commissioner Gregore they were unable to release Statis tics on curfew violations until he has an Opportunity to study the City Council president Joseph Coleman questioned whether the Council should even pass a corrected version of the ordinance if Mccormack decision were in this Day and for a child to have to be 18 before he can be out after is kind of Coleman the ordinance permits youths to remain out after cur few if they Are accompanied by a Are running an or performing other business at their parents i working or on Active military