European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday october 10, 1985 stateside faces of fall Teresa fort so of Winterport Maine does t get i moment s rest during the month of october. Wilh allow a just three weeks away she keeps Busy decorating As Many As 3,000 pumpkins to sell from her Home. Fire in los Angeles High Rise destroys 3 suites of offices los Angeles a fire erupted in a High Rise office building destroying about three suites of offices before it was extinguished officials said about 30 maintenance workers were in the office building at the time of the Blaze and a Security guard was taken to a Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation City fire spokesman Larry Ford said. The guard was not seriously injured. The Blaze was. On the 21st floor of inc 30-Slory Equita ble building Aboul three Miles Northwest of downtown. Damage from the Blaze was estimated at $250,000, assistant fire chief Joseph Lockwood said. The cause of the fire was being investigated. Safety seat May have saved boy when train slammed into car Miami a a safety scat May have saved the life of a 2-year-old boy who escaped Wilh minor injuries when a freight train loaded with 10,000 Gallons of propane slammed Inlo a car stopped on the tracks police say. Jonathan Stern of North Miami Beach was still strapped in the scat when he was pulled from the car Mclroy dad Accident investigator Jim Murray said. The car lipped Over after the train travelling at 35 Mph hit in and forced it off the tracks. This kid is in Good shape because of it the car scat Murray said. The Driver governess Helen Johnson 61, had jumped out and tried to pull the child from the Back scat before the train struck. Johnson said she had stopped for a traffic Light when the crossing Gates came Down and i rapped the car on the tracks. She was charged Wilh care less driving. Export oriented farm Bill wins 282-141 House vote Washington a the House approved a 1985 farm Bill tuesday that pins Hopes for recovery of the . Agricultural Economy on increased Export sales and meantime offers a safely net of farm income guarantees. The Vole was 282 to 141. The five year $141 billion Bill includes Price sup ports for major crops like wheat Corn Cotton Rice and soybeans a new soil conservation package Money for agricultural Extension and research and new statutory authority for food Stamps and overseas food Aid. The Senate is not scheduled to act on its version of the Bill until next week at the earliest. Prolonged House Senate negotiations appear Likely before a final measure can be sent to president Reagan. In its key elements crop Price supports and farm income subsidies the House Bill retains the essential Structure of current farm Law. It continues to offer Farmers Loans on their crops to allow them to w Ait for the most advantageous time to sell and bolsters income through direct payments that make up the difference Between the Price Farmers receive and a pre set target  rep. Kika de la Garza a Texas the chairman of the agriculture committee said the Bill reflects a congressional consensus that members ought to Lei the farm ers of America know we stand up for  rep. Arlan Stangeland r-Minn., who had favored a More unorthodox approach to solving farm economic problems called it a warmed Over 1981 farm  the Bill did male one change regarded As crucial by the Reagan administration which sees increased farm exports As the Only Way to restore health to an ailing Rural Economy. The measure would permit the Secretary of agriculture to Cut crop loan rates by up to 25 percent to bring prices Down and make . Goods More competitive on world markets. . Farm production has far outpaced Domestic de Mand and exports have grown to soak up much of american Farmers excess production. But because of High Price supports a Strong Dollar and other factors farm exports have fallen dramatically in the past four years. As it worked through final amendments to the Bill the House rejected 230-195, an amendment offered by rep. Thomas pct i r-wis., that would have abolished the system of tobacco allotments and Price support Loans in i9r6 and opened tobacco growing to any pro Ducer who wanted to Plant it. Pct i argued that without a supported Price . Tobacco would become an overnight Best seller in world Trade bringing in an additional $1.5 billion from Export sales. He also contended that the elimination of the pro Gram would remove the inconsistency in a Federal policy which discourages smoking Wilh cigarette warning labels bul supports the tobacco Industry at the same time with a crop program. In the end tobacco state lawmakers and their farm state colleagues prevailed. They argued that the decades old allotment system supports a network of Small family Farmers who depend on tobacco income and that Many Farmers Are irom communities where opportunities for other livelihoods Are scant. What should these Farmers do go on welfare or what asked rep. Harold Rogers Ray. Who Laid they Are trying to diversify by raising other crops. Rep. Charlie Rose d-n.c., pleaded with the House to leave untouched the system under which Farmers Are assessed a fee on their production to help cover the costs of maintaining Price supports. He promised to Deal with the matter in cigarette tax legislation. The democratic controlled House also moved on voice vote to deny any Federal farm benefits to producers Wilh 10 or More employees if they fail to provide drinking water Wash water and toilets to their Fiel hands. It later reversed that action 227-199, when the mat Ter was put to a Roll Call Vole. Chief orders firemen of shave says beards cause death injury Secaucus . A firefighters have Bee ordered to give themselves close shaves by a safety minded Volunteer company chief who claims that beards invite danger. Chief George Hoflich said tuesday that eight bearded firefighters face dismissal if they Don t shave. The Only reason we re doing it is for their own safety and the safety of the of her firc fighters Heflich said. His Force has 90 members 82 of them beardless. I m trying to save lives. It injury or death has t happened yet. Maybe it won t happen for 100 years. But we re looking out for the safely of All firc fighters Hoflich said. He said oxygen masks Don l fit properly Over beards. As a result a 30-Niinute Supply of oxygen could be depleted in As Little As eight Minics. At the same time toxic smoke could seep through the Gap and injure firefighter. Hoflich said members of All paid fire departments in the slate Are barred from wearing beards and he wants to employ a consistent policy among his firefighters. The eight firefighters were told As Early As june that they must shave or quit he said. Hoflich reiterated his order last month and debarred the bearded ones from going out on fire Calls. But 27-year-old firefighter Dennis Mangin said methinks Heflich s order is unfair. I be had my Beard for six years he said  safety Issue is a Little sketchy. In All the tests that anybody s made there has no been a death reported yet that has been caused by aboard said Mangin. Heflich said he and two Deputy chiefs will meet Wilh the firefighters oct. 16 in an Effort to resolve the Mai Ler. If the chiefs order them off the Force because of their refusal to shave Mangin said he and the of her seven i Appeal. We can Appeal to the mayor and City Mangin said. If that does t work Well Gowell go As far As we can Wilh  new student is really football crazed Soldier Council to court. Rockford Minn. A when John Hauson arrived a week late to Rockford High school no one thought ii unusual. He was transferring from overseas he said and was eager to be on the football learn. Bul when school officials did some checking they found Hal inc Young Man was really Jonathan House a 1984 Grad uate from nearby Monticello High school and on leave from the army. I love football and i got a stupid idea in my head one Day Hal i wanted to play again and i decided on a Way to do it House said tuesday from his army Posl Ai fort Campbell by. The Story just popped into my head i m a Salesman at  House who posed As a student from Australia told principal Nord Osland that he had been living in Sydney for three years with his a incr an american oceanographer working for the australian govern ment and Hal he had attended Dun Berry Academy. House produced a printout of the courses he had taken at Dun Berry and said his father wanted him to return to the United Stales for his senior year Osland said. He was a real pleasant athletic and attractive Young Man real popular and he did Well in his classes Osland said kids would vie with each other to gel him Over to their  Osland said he became suspicious about House after the student could not produce  to confirm his Clingi Billy 10 play football. It was then that Osland Dis covered there is no Dun Berry Academy in Sydney and the principal traced House s motorcycle License to a Jonathan Troy House of is. Cloud. He admitted he had graduated from Monlin cello in 1984," Osland said. Wright county authorities had filed fraud charges against House bul those were dropped when he returned to the army. In a Telephone Inlet View House said he expects to be discharged next month because he has injured his knee and he s thinking about resuming to Minnesota to work. House said College football May be part of his plans someday but he does t think he will iry High school football again