European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday september 15, 1985 . Urged to curb not study acid rain West Springfield mass. A new England governors praised what they described As a departure from Reagan administration policy after the president s adviser on acid rain said he would urge the White House to Stop studying the problem and begin correcting it. I will recommend the administration acknowledge there is a problem Drew Lewis told new England governors on Friday. Saying sufi do does t cause Airt ram seems to me he same As saying smoking does t cause "1 think what we be heard Here today has broken new ground said Connecticut gov. William a. O Neill. In March Reagan and Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney appointed special envoys Lewis for the United states and William g. Davis for Canada to explore a joint solution to the acid rain problem. They were Given a year to Issue a report. The envoys told the governors Friday they expected their report would recommend a is billion program to curb Fulfur dioxide emissions from Industry smoke stacks. They gave no other details though. Well take a Good Al billion plan As a first step said new Hampshire gov. John h. Sununu. Drew Lewis came to us today with As much As Drew Lewis could have come with to us William Ruckelshaus a former head of the environmental Protection Agency under Reagan had recommended a Moder ate program for reducing Fulfur dioxide pol Lution from electric Power plants in the Midwest and South. But Reagan rejected Ruckelshaus proposal two years ago saying mor studies were needed. The session was the first meeting Between the envoys and a group of governors Confer ence spokesman Charles j. Fausold said. Two years ago the new England Gover nors proposed a 12 billion Federal Trust fund financed by a nationwide tax on utilities to help midwestern industries install anti pollution equipment. Fulfur dioxide emitted by utilities and other industries drifts eastward and com Bines with moisture in the air to form acid tinged rain that harms lakes and Woodlands by upsetting their chemical balance according to some scientists. Lewis never Laid the blame on midwestern industries but he said the problem we the governors at the regular quarterly meeting of the new England governors con Ference said they were relieved that a High ranking Federal official had acknowledged the threat from Fulfur dioxide emissions. If the kind of report you Are talking about is forthcoming i think it will be an enormous boost to the work we have been struggling with Massachusetts got. Michael s. Dukakis told Lewis. . Vetoes . Measure deploring israeli repression in occupied areas United nations a the United state Friday vetoed a Security Council Resolution that called on immediately Stop All repressive measure including curfews administrative detentions and Force Ful deportation against arabs in occupied vote was 10-1 with four abstentions by France Australia Britain and Denmark. Voting in favor were Egypt Turkina faso Madagascar Thailand Peru the soviet Union Ukraine India Trinidad and Tobago and China. The Resolution deplores measures taken by Israel since aug. 4 against the civilian Arab population of the West Bank and Gaza Calls upon Israel to abide by the 1949 Geneva convention concerning Protection of civilian populations in time of War. . Ambassador Vernon Walters said the . Vet was used because of the one sided nature of the resold lion referring Only to human rights violations by is Rael without equally calling for a halt in acts of terror against israelis. Non-. Members Syria Jordan Iran and a representative of the observer Mission of the Palestine liberation organization urged the Security Council to Pas the Resolution. Iranian ambassador said Ramaie Khz Prassana Quot Odthe moslem holy Book the Koran to justify an Arab holy War against Israel. Israeli ambassador Benjamin Netanyahu said israelis being criticized for deportations. The iranian ambassador is talking about the deportation of a whole country thursday Netanyahu said the Security measures taken in the occupied territories arc in response to terrorist attacks against defenceless civilian israelis. Reagan praises aids stricken boy Loma Linda Calif. A in a letter to an aids stricken 3-Ycar-old, president Reagan praised the boy for his concern about starving african Young sters. The while House get Well note displayed on the window of the boy s room at Loma Linda medical Cen Ter arrived thursday and was read to the youngster identified by the Hospital Only As Michael. I know thai you have been very Brave through som difficult times Reagan wrote the boy. The people who have worked with you have been most impressed by your strength and a Hospital spokeswoman said Michael the son of drug user was born with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. He has been in and out of the Hospital an arrived for his current stay aug. 2. Three or four weeks ago Michael said he wanted total to Reagan about such matters As the president s own illness and about the hungry children of Linda Tarball said Hospital employees noticed several weeks ago that Michael was not drinking his water. When asked Why not he said he was conserving it for the african children who were thirsty she who s had any Contact with him is really taken with him said Hospital spokeswoman Joyce Mcclintock. He s very intelligent. Reagan wrote that he appreciated the boy s concern about african children and assured him they were being helped. A 10 0feathered festival Sarya Rabb displays a Bird she identified As a Scoto Eagle while participating in the Boston based pre View of King Richard s fair a 16th-Century Fairyl the real event will be held b sooth Carver mask address Book found on body of cocaine parachutist Knoxville Tenn. A an address Book found on a parachutist who plunged to his death with 77 pounds of cocaine strapped to his Waist May Lead investigators to the source of the drug a Federal agent says. And investigators believe Andrew carte Thornton ii May have carried an additional bundle of cocaine when he started his fatal jump Tony Acri. Assistant special agent for the . Drug enforcement administration said Friday. The address Book contains names an Telephone numbers police said. This list is interesting Reading. We Hope it ferrets out where the drug came from anyhow he planned to get rid fit Acri said. We re after just what this character was trying to do. How extensive was his operation said , 40, was found dead wednesday on a gravel driveway in a residential neighbor Hood with a Duffel bag containing an Esti mated j14 million Worth of cocaine hanging from his Belt his main Chute had t opened although his Reserve was flew Over Eastern Tennessee South of Knoxville an Friday looking for possible second bundle of cocaine. We have information there is More co Caine out there. How much we Don t know Acri said. There s a Good possibility if he dumped it on target if gone. If he missed the target they could have missed it was carrying night vision Gog Gles that could have been used to locate landmarks in the dark the agent said. Investigators said they believe Thornton set a twin engine Cessna 404 on autopilot before he bailed out. Authorities said he had a key to the plane which crashed Early wednesday morning on a North Carolina Mountainside 60 Miles due South of Knoxville. Clay county n.c., officials said no Bod ies Luggage or personal effects were found at the Remote crash scene. Thornton an experienced Pilot and paratrooper was a former police officer in Lexington ky., and spent three Yean on the Force t narcotics squad. He pleaded no contest in 1982 to t mis Demeanour marijuana charge a reduced count agreed upon after a 1981 indictment that accused him of flying a plane to South America for the company a smuggling operation involved in drugs and guns. Polaroid wins Patent infringement suit against Kodak Boston up1 the Polaroid corp. Has won landmark lawsuit charging Arch rival Eastman Kodak co. With infringement of seven patents crucial for instant photography. . District judge Ryba Zobel who heard the Cas without a jury handed Down the ruling Friday but he did not decide whether to award damages to Polaroid founded by Edwin h. Land who pioneered the Field of instant say although millions could change hands As a result of the ruling the decision is not Likely to have marked effect on either company. Polaroid spokesmen heralded the decision but Kodak declined comment an took no position on whether it will Appeal the judge s ruling. The ruling closes a chapter in a nine year Legal Battle that was touched off when Kodak introduced us sx-70 instant camera ending Polaroid s 30-year monopoly on the product. In the lawsuit one of the most involved palent infringement actions in recent history Polaroid said Kodak violated 10 patents and asked for damage equal to Inree times the amount of Money it lost due to Kodak s Competition a figure that has not yet been calculated. Up Zelghi of the it Gnu and to lha to Dilkon seven of them. But he did not Issue an order who held so viral the
