European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday november 5,1985 Drivers warned on tampering with emission control devices stateside  up nearly one in four Ameri cans drives a vehicle with altered pollution control devices and one in six Drivers pumps leaded gasoline into cars or Light Rucks designed Tor unleaded fuel Only the govern ment said sunday. We arc concerned about these results in View of the serious health problems associated with vehicle exhaust  said  Thomas administrator of the environmental Protection Agency. Thomus said chronic respiratory disease impaired vision altered blood chemistry interference with the body s resistance to infection nerve damage behavioural disorders and other ailment.1 Are generally associated with emissions of Carbon monoxide hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide from vehicle tailpipes. Results of an Epa Survey of 1975 to 1984 cars and Light trucks being driven in 14 cities showed obvious tampering with emission controls in 22 percent of the 4,426 vehicles. It classified another 29 percent As arguably tampered meaning inspectors could not determine whether damage was inflicted intentionally labelled 4 percent As malfunctioning and said 14 percent were fuelled with leaded gasoline even though they required unleaded fuel. Using the data to calculate the actual number of vehicles nationwide affected by emission control tampering the Epa placed the figure at 26 percent of All cars and Light trucks that arc subject to emission inspection and Ami tampering programs. According to a similar formula the Agency estimated the nationwide mis fueling rate at 16 percent. Tampering increases with the age of the vehicle and is More common in Light trucks with a rate of 14 percent than in passenger cars with a 5 percent rate the study said. It often involves alterations to a vehicle s catalytic converter or exhaust Gas recirculation system the Epa said. Catalytic converters Are removed for different reasons. But most of the motivation is related to Misfud ing the Epa said. The Survey by inspectors from the Epa and Colorado state University also showed that tampering is less Likely in areas with government programs for vehicle emission inspections Anc maintenance. Those areas registered a 17 percent tampering rate compared to 31 percent in non inspection areas and 11 percent in areas operating anti tampering Prog Anu along with their inspections. Fast food Nof we come in Concord a lot of people Hope it stays away Concord mass. A you can t buy a big Mac in Concord and Kim Winick and others Hope to keep it that Way. The town s rapidly changing said Winick who is leading a drive to beef up the fast food ordinance in the town famous As the place where the first shot was fired in the american revolution. A lot of people Are afraid it s going to become Over commercialized that we re going to lose our open  current bylaws ban food served in disposable containers inside eating establishments effectively keeping out such restaurants As Mcdonald s and Burger King. But voters at a special town meeting were to consider a proposal to ask town officials to take an even tougher stand on fast food chains that want to set up shop in Concord whose colonial Era streets remain free of most of the eyesores of the 20th Century. Some residents were disturbed by papa Gino s plans to circumvent the fast food ordinance by using waitresses to Terve pizza on China. All 162 of the Chain s outlets now Lervic food in disposable containers at counters. We re not aiming strictly at papa Gino Swinick said sunday in a Telephone interview. But he added unfortunately i think what May Hap pen is that papa Gino s comes in and does its sit Down service but the majority of their business is takeout  Well have the High volume turnaround. Well have the same trash problem As with fast food outlets he said. Winick wants town officials to consider restricting or Banning takeout food and setting up a Board to review plans for future restaurants. Town manager Steven Sheiffer said the ordinance ban Ning disposable food containers is a sufficient control. But Winick said a new restaurant and ice Cream shop already doing business in Concord could Mark the begin Ning of the end to the town s Rural flavor. Although he has lived in Concord Only two years he said Many longtime residents share his feelings. It s worthwhile to be a Little different than some of the other towns. Concord is the Birthplace of the United states in some sense. Perhaps we should work pretty hard at maintaining our history he said. Former activist priest Groppi is dead Milwaukee a James Groppi the former roman Catholic priest who led More than 200 marches for open housing in the City during the tumultuous 1960s, die monday. Groppi who had undergone surgery for a brain tumor a year ago was 54. Groppi died peacefully and comfortably at Home with his family his wife Margaret said in a statement. He had been partially paralysed on the left Side an confined to a wheelchair since a tumor was removed on dec. 12,1984. As an assistant pastor of St. Boniface roman Catholic Church in a largely Black neighbourhood Groppi was arrested More than a dozen times during his Campaign for an open housing Law in the City. The Milwaukee common Council passed the open housing Law in april 1968, and More than so other communities in Wisconsin followed suit. Groppi then became Active in advocating the rights of welfare mothers the anti Vietnam War movement and american Indian rights and broke with the Church to marry a fellow activist in 1976. In 1965, three months after marching with Rev. Martin Luther King or. In Selma ala., Groppi was arrested for the first time when be and four other clergymen formed a human Chain in front of a Milwaukee school to protest against racial imbalances. In january 1975, after Many protests and a number of arrests Groppi joined actor Marlon Brando As a peacemaker Between authorities and armed Indian activists who had takeover the vacant Alexian Brothers novitiate in Shawano coun  at Odds with his ecclesiastical superiors Groppi formally broke with the Church in april 1976, when remarried the former Margaret Rozga a fellow activist. The couple had two children Anna 6, and Christine 4. Veterinarian Darid Oneal calms t great Mae Beroa to Hopkins Airport in Orend shortly before tit Bird on put aboard an Airliner beaded for Florida. The hero Tot s Wing in � recent collision with car and was unable to Fly South on its own. The Dong Bird will spend the Wetter in � nature preserve. Convention urged to reach consensus on Reform Judaism los Angeles up the president of the Union of american hebrew congregations urged thousands of convention delegates to reach a collective consensus nonreligious practices for the 1.3 million members of Reform Judaism. In his presidential address to the 58th biennial general Assembly rabbi Alexander Schindler also endorsed a half dozen solutions including a Tough divestiture policy against sol in Africa and an equal rights policy toward homosexuals and victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Nearly 3,000 delegates of the american hebrew  attended Schindler s address in which he applauded the recent growth of Reform Judaism the mos Liberal of synagogue organizations. West s ignorance of Mideast fuels terrorism Twa Pilot says Kansas City. To. A Captain j Jin Testrake Pilot of the hijacked trans world airlines flight 847, Uyi a key cause of terrorism is Western  oppression in the Middle East. We As a people have got to become belter informed of what is going on around the world he told 330 newspaper representatives at a Missouri press association Conven Tion. If we can bother to take the time and trouble we might head off the explosion. We might not get  the shiite moslem extremist hijackers who seized hit plane in june demanded that More than 700 shiite Mot Lem prisoners be released from israeli detention  said the demand surprised him because he knew nothing about the prisoners. .i.1 "8. Wound a  he said was that they had a Point. Carrier Enterprise damaged in Accident at sea san Diego a the nuclear powered aircraft Carrier Enterprise apparently struck a reef 100 Miles off the coast of san Diego causing Tome exterior damage Bueno injuries the Navy reported. Fred Larson a senior chief Petty officer said Section of the ship s outer plate was torn from its port Side about 6 . Saturday Ana Salt water poured into several midship compartments. He said the 90,000-ton ship s nuclear Generator was no damaged. The ship was and is in no danger Larson said " but any time you have an incident with a ship like this it considered  he said the collision occurred in an area marked with buoy As a Hazard to navigation. We Don t know what they hit. We think it was the reef. But we Don t know for sure  he said. There was no Interior damage reported to the 1,100-Footcarrier, which carries 5,000 Crew members. Navy officials said it would continue on its routine training Mission be fore returning to its Home port of Alameda next month. The extent of the damage is unknown Larson said considering the size of the ship it takes a while to Check everything out but the initial assessment is that the Only damage is to the outer plate of the ship. They Crew Mem Bers will keep their eyes and ears open. If it appears the star8" " the 11 Chan a Cir plan Larson said the Navy is investigating the cause of the Accident including who was in charge when it occurred and what can be done to prevent similar accidents. Rnul6, f i Are allx und the command of  l. Leuschner has had navigational problems be an i ? in the Middle of san of Sci co Bay on april 28, 1983, while returning to the Alameda naval air station after an eight month tour of duty