European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday september 21, 1985 new York City drops plans for West Way superhighway new York up new York City will give up its Effort to build the controversial West Way superhighway and Trade in si.7 billion in Federal funds earmarked for the project for other Highway and transit needs officials said thursday. Critics denounced the High priced project As a Windfall for real estate developers an environmental threat to the Hudson River and a Bonanza for suburban Auto commuters at the expense of new York s embattled mass transit Riden. Supporters hailed it As a Way to streamline Manhattan s crumbling West Side. In announcing West Way s demise gov. Mario Cuomo and mayor Edward Koch both ardent supporters of the project issued a statement saying we regard this decision to be a prudent one under All the circumstances. But it is by no Means a Happy one. If we persist in seeking the permit for the present West Way project we will Nave to Gamble what can be More than a billion dollars of Trade in Money on the chances of overcoming the Legal impediments to West  new York s two senators. Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Republican Alfonse d Amato said Cuomo and Koch agreed to Trade in the Highway funds in Exchange for mass transit Aid after it became Clear that there was no realistic Hope for legislation in Washington extending a sept. 30 Trade in deadline an option they hoped would give them a Chance to save West Way. Cuomo and Koch said their staffs planned to meet with Federal officials Friday to begin the formal Trade in pro the 4.2-Mic superhighway already has Cost Between $230 million and $235 million a spokeswoman for the Weslay management group of the state department of transportation said. It was to have run along the Hudson from Battery Park at the Southern tip of Manhattan to 42nd Street in Midtown. The House recently voted to Block funding for West Way and a Federal court refused to allow a crucial Landfill permit to be issued. West Way s supporters expressed regret at the end of the project. Moynihan called it a unique plan that would have re placed the City s decrepit waterfront with Green Parkland and productive offices and stores. He said mistakes made by the . Army corps of engineers in granting a Landfill permit for West Way which led to a court injunction halting the Highway played a key role in the project s demise. Moynihan also suggested mounting concern Over the growing Federal deficit created an atmosphere on Capitol Hill where any project involving West Way s big Price tag would have trouble. But City Council president Carol Bellamy a Liberal party candidate for mayor called the decision a Victory for All new yorkers because Money now will be spent on the City s Creaky mass transit system. The project also was criticized As a pork barrel for real estate interests eager for the new housing and commercial space thai West Way would have afforded and for what Many Community leaders including Many in Greenwich Village said would be its Adverse Impact on adjoining neighbourhoods. Senate votes of impose penalties on employers who hire illegal aliens Washington a the Senate trying to regain control of the nation s Borders passed an in migration control Bill thursday that would impose seven penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. The vote was 69-30 on the third immigration Bill to pass the Senate in four years. The legislation went to the House where the judiciary committee is considering a different version of immigration Reform. Forty one republicans and 28 democrats voted for the Bill while 19 democrats and 11 republicans opposed it. Before the immigration vote sen. Pete Wilson r calif., gave up plans for an amendment that would have made it More difficult to terminate a program for foreign agricultural  was Swift negative reaction from Richard Fajar do counsel for the mexican american Legal defense and education fund. Fajardo said the Senate managed to turn an immigration control act into an agricultural labor act and nude a mockery of immigration Reform because of the foreign workers provision. He said the government would be unable to keep track of 350,000 foreign labourers As they move from farm to  the foreign workers program successfully placed in the Bill by Wilson would admit up to 350,000 Field hands to pick perishable fruits and vegetables. But it was modified to allow Congress to end the program in three years a provision that now will remain because of Wilson s Deci Sion to stand Pat. The Cornerstone of the Bill is a system of fines and criminal penalties against employers knowingly hiring Ille Gal aliens. Simpson who has been trying to win passage of an immigration Bill for six years believes that if jobs for illegal aliens dry up fewer will try to Cross the Border. Employers found guilty of a pattern or practice of Ille Gal hiring could be fined up to $10,000 per alien and also face a maximum criminal Penally of up to $3.000 in fines per worker and a six month prison term. The sanctions could be phased out by Congress within three years if the general accounting office found they caused widespread discrimination against hispanics and others. The Bill would provide an additional $16.7 million in enforcement funds Over a two year period mostly to the immigration and naturalization service. Amnesty would be guaranteed within three Yean to illegal aliens who arrived in the country before Jan. I 1980, and provide up to s3 billion Over six years to reimburse Stales for social services to those who Are legalized. The perishable crop Field hands could stay in the coun try up to nine months and 20 percent of their pay would be held in escrow until they returned Home. Faa to hire 1,000 controllers to Deal with increased traffic Washington a the is. Federal aviation administration concerned about growing airline traffic is planning to hire about 1,000 additional air traffic control lers and 500 new aviation inspectors Over the next three years. Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole who announced the hiring plans at a news conference thursday denied the decision was prompted by the rash of airline accidents that have claimed More than 1,400 lives already this year. But department and Industry sources  that the seemingly unrelated accidents which have occurred both domestically and overseas have put added pressure on Dole and Faa administrator Donald Engen to take action to show that air safety is being taken seriously. The subject was a major topic of discussion at a Cabinet meeting earlier thursday in which Dole briefed president Reagan for about 30 minutes on what her department is doing to keep the skies Safe. It was a status report she said adding that the presi Dent was quite  Dole reiterated the views of most aviation safety experts that no single thread has been found linking the nearly dozen major airline accidents that have plagued Commer Cial aviation this year making it the worst year for air safety on record. She called air travel still one of the safest forms of transportation and said that despite the Large number of major crashes this year the Industry s Overall safely re Cord is better today than it was before the Industry was deregulated during the late 1970s. Stateside Albert Einstein peace prize will be awarded to Willy by Cruft Chicago a the 1985 Albert Einstein peace prize will be awarded to former West German Chancellor Effly Brandt the foundation that presents the award has announced Brandt was chosen for the Honor because of his past achate mints and continued efforts on behalf of reconciliation and world peace said Norman cousins the editor and author who Heads the Einstein foundation s selection Board. As Chancellor Brandt initiated a new policy toward Eastern Europe called Ost Pollik and cousins said this policy not Only created a vastly improved political climate in Europe but Aba paved the Way for detente Between East and West these achievements toward friendlier East weft relations brought Brandt the Nobel peace prize in 1971. Brandt currently chairman of the opposition social democratic party of West Germany will Cepl the annual award nov. 13. Dade county moves to of Law to curb spread of aids Miami a despite the objections of a health official the county has tentatively approved an ordinance that would require Dade county s 80,000 food service workers to carry cards certifying they Are free of communicable diseases. The proposal drafted in response to fears about the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome was approved 6-0 by the Dade county commission on first Reading. County health director or. Richard Morgan Slid it i no usual for a communicable disease to be spread through foot aids and cd for example Are spread through blood transfusions or sexual Contact he said. Food borne ill Nesses Are caused by improper handling like letting Home thing that s supposed to be kept hot get cold not by a worker with a  sophisticated air to air missile successfully tested firm says Tucson Ariz. A another test of the Omraam air to air missile has been successfully completed using a port launch guidance system for the first time officials say. The controversial missile developed by the Hughes aircraft co., was fired from an air Force f-16 Jet at the White Saadi missile Range in new Mexico making a direct hit on a drone aircraft at 20,000 feet Hughes announced. The missile was guided initially by the f-16 s radar hot h received target information updates after launch through 1 radar communications system aboard the f-16, officials Aid. Committee to plan activities for Bicentennial of Constitution Philadelphia a author studs Terkel sen. Strom Thurmond , and . Civil rights comma Sion head Mary Frances Berry Are among 22 member of a committee to help plan activities for the 1987 Bicentennial of the . Constitution. The we the people 200" committee announced by mayor w. Wilson Goode also includes author Maya Angelou and broadcast news Pioneer Fred Friendly. The announcement came on the eve of the 198th anniversary of the approval of the Constitution by Delegate a Philadelphia. Other committee members include William t. Cole Man former us. Secretary of transportation Angelo w con president of the Institute for puerto rican policy journalist and author Frances Fitzgerald Susan shown Harjo executive director of the National co great of american indians Drew Lewis former is. Dec ratty of transportation rep. Peter w. Rodino jr., d-nj., chair Man of the House judiciary committee and Guido Call Bercsi Dean of Yale University Law school. 5 new Lockheed c-5b planes must have wrong nuts replaced Atlanta a As Many As 25,000 nuts on a 4 of five new c-5b aircraft will have to be replaced before the air Force will accept the planes a spokesman for Lockheed Georgia co. Said. The wrong nuts were used in the planes which Are the  in the world said Dick Martin. He said he did not know when the error was discovered or How much it Weald Cost to Correct. Lockheed still expects to deliver the first of the $123 million transport planes by the Jan. I deadline Martin said. Lockheed received a $7.4 billion contract to build so of the planes in december 1982. Five Are to be completed this year and one of them is ready to Fly he said. The five will have to be at least partially disassembled to replace the num. He said. The work will be done a Lockheed s expense