European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday november 18, 1985 Phoenix gets first water from big canal project Phoenix Ariz. A Phoenix has gotten its first shipment of water from the Colorado River via a $3.5 billion system of canals that s still sin years from its ultimate goal of transforming the arid deserts around Tucson. Interior Secretary Donald Hodel and gov. Bruce Bab Bitt pushed a Bright red Button symbolizing the activation of a pump about 40 Miles West of Here starting the flow of water to the metropolitan area. Model described the Federal state project proposed in Congress in the 1940s, As one of the nation s largest Recla mation projects. The project will have 330 Miles of Aque ducts and pumps when it is completed. The delivery of Colorado River water to Phoenix rep resents a significant Milestone of More than 40 years of state and Federal efforts Hodyl said. We Are committed to delivering water to Tucson in 1991." Babbitt said the ceremony was intended to Honor the water project s pioneers. We celebrate their work on our behalf by attempting to capture their vision and Complete their project he said. Tom Burbey chief of the operations division at the Headquarters of the Central Arizona project said water will not be flowing to Phoenix at full Force until february. Once completed the canals will be capable of delivering 1.2 million acre feet of water every year from Lake Hava us on the Colorado River into Central and Southern Arizona. The water will be lifted 2,900 feel Between the River and its final destination and will serve dozens of communities. Lunch guest Harvard University students Charles rdc Brkl left of Long Island , and Sydney it John of is. Thomas is. Virgin islands feign indifference to the 15-foot inflatable puppet that s looming Orr their table Al lunch time. The big balloon is oiled the inflatable Man us is character in the student production the potluck supper which is sponsored by the office of the arts at Harvard. House pane oks amendments to raise faxes on . Firms abroad Washington a the House ways an Means committee approved a package of amendments saturday that would raise the taxes of american Compa Nies operating abroad by As much As $12 billion Over the next five years. One part of the amendment affecting individuals would reduce permanently to $75.000 the amount of Money earned in a foreign country that could be exempted . Income taxes. The exclusion now is $80,000 a year and is due to Rise gradually to $95,000 by 1990. As under present Law amounts spent for higher foreign housing costs also could be exempted. The foreign tax provisions were approved by the com Mittee in a closed session As part of the panel s plan for overhauling the Federal tax system. The provisions would it s a dog s life Girlie an afghan has a rather Han dog expression As her Trainer Lorrie Richer Gie her some last minute grooming before showing her at the ladies club Doe show in Boston. The Mienl was add at the Bayside exposition Center. Bring in about $1 billion less than they would under presi Dent Reagan s tax plan. The panel wants to Complete its work before thanksgiving so the House will have time to consider the Bill this year. But the Senate does not plan to take up tax overhaul this year. Committee aides said the panel agreed to keep most parts of an existing Law which essentially allows Ameri can businesses to avoid . Taxes on income earned from operations in puerto Rico. That Law gives businesses a tax credit that is based on the amount of income earned on the Island. Reagan Call ing the Law inefficient wanted to replace the credit with one keyed to wages paid puerto Picans who work in . Owned plants on the Island. Colorado ranch Given to group As a preserve Castle Rock Colo. A a 74-year-old Man who wanted to keep the land As it is has donated his 4,000-acre ranch Worth More than $12 million to an environmental group on the condition in remain undeveloped. Colorado open lands a 4-year-old wilderness preservation group has assumed ownership of the property West of Castle Rock and must sell enough of the land to donate $1million to j. Rathbone Falck s Alma mater Williams col lege in Williams own mass. Upon his  be had a wonderful life Here said Falk who gave All but 40 acres to open lands and will live in his log Houston what he kept. I would like to keep the land As it  Falck said the land around his ranch has been devel Oping almost like los Angeles. And that s  none of his relatives is interested in ranching he added so he decided to donate the land to the group that could guarantee it would remain  ranch s value was estimated at a minimum of $12 million to $16 million by a Castle Rock Developer. Falc paid $30 an acre for the ranch in 1949. He said he chose Colorado open lands because he was impressed by the Quality of their work or. Projects such As efforts to preserve a 3,200-Acrc ranch Al the base of mount Evans. Stateside court upholds workfare cutoff for sloppily dressed Man Albany . A a county was justified in curing off welfare payments for a month to a workfare recipient who showed up for a Job in an unkempt and slovenly slate an appeals court has  appellate division of the new York state supreme court ruled unanimously that Louis Barnett s poor a car acc and his refusal to put on clean clothes that he was offered constituted a wilful refusal to participate inthe work Relief program and warranted his loss of Wel fare payments for 30  was a welfare recipient in Broome county when he was ordered to take a Job at a salvation army Thrift store under the workfare program wrench requires some Able bodied people to work for their a Cefai. Checks the court said. The supervisor of the Thrift shop sent Barnett Home on the first Day of work because of his poor appearance an told him to report the next Day in clean clothes the court said the next Day Barnett showed up dressed the Safeway refused an offer of a Box of clean clothes and was then fired the court said. Reagan issues new order Banning Oil imports from Libya Washington a president Reagan hat banned the importing of refined Petroleum products from Libya saying that country is circumventing a previous ban on crude Oil imports while continuing terrorist activities. An earlier order was issued in 1982. In his new order Reagan said the libyan government actively pursues terrorism As an instrument of state policy and. Libya has developed significant capability to Export Petroleum products and thereby circumvent the pre Vious prohibition. The order provides that no Petroleum product refined in Libya May be imported into the United slates its Territo Ries or possessions except for those loaded onto maritime vessels at any time earlier than two Days after the order which is effective immediately. Utah cancels 2-year-old ban on Sale of Stolichnaya Vodka Salt Lake City a a two year ban on the Sale of soviet Vodka in Utah liquor stores imposed after the soviets shot Down a korean Airliner in August 1983,has been lifted by the Utah commission on alcoholic beverage control. The prohibition on Stolichnaya Vodka was removed after operations manager Dennis Killen said customer demand for the liquor had been increasing. People say they be been going out of stale to buy it Killen said. I think now All we re doing is encouraging  at the time of the korean Airliner incident the state liquor officials wanted to express their outrage said chairman Bonner Ritchie. We be sent the message he said. I guess it s time trend  Leningrad Seattle to stations plan joint citizens meeting Seattle a a joint citizens meeting will beheld on soviet television and Seattle station King to the Abc network affiliate has announced. The show will feature soviet television s Vladimir Pool or with a Leningrad audience and . To personality Phil Donahue with a similar group in Seattle a Kin statement said. The show scheduled dec. 29, will be simultaneously translated at each end. King said audiences in each country would consist of150 to 200 people representing a rough Cross Section of the population. Reagan appoints Kirkpatrick to intelligence oversight panel Washington a president Reagan has appointed former . Ambassador to the United nation Jane j. Kirkpatrick As one of four new members to streamlined 14-Mcmbcr panel which oversees . Intelli gence activities. Ten members who served on the panel in its previous re " cd had 21 Mymbs were reappointed. One or them former ambassador to Britain Anne Armstrong will continue to serve As chairman.   Ragan reconstituted the boards be Mallur membership by an executive order issued oct. 28 because the panel had grown to a size that made it Dill cult to carry out its advisory