European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday March 30, 1986 new eruption shakes Alaska Volcano Anchorage Alaska a the Volcano on the Island of Augustine sprang Back into action Early sat urday after a quiet night hurling Ash More than three Miles into the air a government scientist said. But a shift in the winds during the night meant that most of the Ash was carried across the sparsely populated tip of the Kenai Peninsula and out Over Prince William sound the National weather service said. Anchorage and other population centers around Cook Inlet continued to receive Small amounts of Ash because of the pulsating nature of the eruptions said Tom Miller of the . Geological Survey. Some of the eruptions from the Volcano which roared Back to life last week after 10 years have pushed debris Only a few thousand feet above the Summit of the 4,025 foot Volcano while other blasts have pushed Ash nine Miles into the air. You have Ash at several different altitudes going i several different directions Miller said. The Ash at higher altitudes will Circle the world several times before falling to Earth said Betsy Yount a us geologist. Gritty irritating Ash fell Friday on populated areas in South Central Alaska triggering health alerts and ground ing air planes As people emptied stores of automobile air filters and breathing masks. The tons of Ash produced so far will not to have an appreciable effect on climate said Yount. At any one time in the world several volcanoes Are erupting Yount said. The atmosphere is continuously receiving this Type of  the Volcano on an uninhabited Island in lower Cook Inlet about 175 Miles Southwest of Anchorage Alaska s major population Center ended weeks of steaming thurs Day with its first eruption since 1976. By Friday afternoon the Volcano s periodic eruptions had smoothed out to a steadier pumping of Ash and gases with occasional bursts that shot Ash As High As 47,000 feet Yount said. An Ash layer was observed Friday at 17,000 feet Over the Brooks Range about 600 Miles North of the Volcano Yount said. In Kenai about 110 Miles Northeast of augus Tine the Ash continued falling intermittently Friday add ing slightly to thursday s accumulation of one eighth Inch. 6 and the winds have picked up so it s kind of shifting the Ash from Here to there and everywhere said Karen Koester a Secretary at the Kenai Peninsula Borough emergency management office. People have been going out and stockpiling a Little bit of food and water she said. All the masks in the City Are sold out. A the air and Oil filters Are gone. It s not a panic situation by any Means but people Are taking necessary precautions just in  Anchorage 175 Miles Northeast of Augustine also started picking up More Ash Friday afternoon. City officials continued a health Alert issued thursday urging people to stay Home and avoid exercise. They said the Alert would remain in effect this weekend even though meteorologists predicted Anchorage would be spared Mostof the fallout. The Churach electric association which provides Power to most of South Central Alaska shut Down some generators for about an hour thursday fearing the Ash would damage the turbines. But the generators were in full operation Friday. In Homer at the tip of the Kenai Peninsula and 70 Miles East of the Volcano emergency officials waited anxiously Friday. If the Volcano were to blow out violently As it did in 1883, debris sliding into the Inlet could generate a tsunami or huge wave that would reach Homer in about30 minutes. Part of the dome that formed in 1976 during augus Tine s last eruption still remains leaving open the possibility of a violent explosion said Yount. Reagan from Page 1 War is to Cut off All Aid to the contras and to support the Contador peace  four Central american nations mexi co Panama Colombia and Venezuela following a conference on the panamanian Island of Contador urged a negotiated settlement for the Region s military confrontations. Despite the president s 53-47 Victory in Summit from Page 1 Wise. We Are again giving the . Administration a Chance to take a responsible decision to end nuclear explosions fail ing which the soviet Union will resume testing. This must be absolutely  Gorbachev said the March 22 . Test was by no Means accidental and was timed with the expiration of the soviet moratorium. He said the soviet people and the world were incensed Over the test. I must Tell you frankly that we regard the present actions of the american administration which is continuing nuclear tests despite pressing demands of the Peoples As the Senate thursday Over whether to pro vide $100 million in Aid to the Contra re Bels protests also continued in Washington. Sixteen people were arrested outside the White House and another 20 at the Capitol on Friday. The House rejected similar legislation on March 20 by a 222-210 vote. Reagan flew to California from Washington on thursday stopping in route to make a political speech in new Orleans for Republican senatorial candidate rep. W. Henson Moore. Although Moore and his democratic opponent rep. John Breaux a pointed Challenge to the soviet Union and not Only to it but also to the whole world Gorbachev said. The United states has rejected a test moratorium saying the reliability and credibility of the nuclear deterrent de Pended on its test program. Washington also has said the soviets called their unilateral moratorium Only after completing major testing of their own. The Reagan administration also has said problems concerning verification need to be worked out. Underground testing also is a component to the . Program to develop a space based missile defense system popularly known As Star wars which the so Viets seek to Stop. Gorbachev has made verification proposals and this month Reagan sent the soviet Leader a detailed outline of a sophisticated support Aid to the contras the president ran into controversy there too with pro administration and anti administration demonstrators on hand for his appearance. The demonstration planned for monday is similar to one held by the same group during Reagan s ranch vacation last a gust. On another Issue the White House press office issued a statement saying the presi Dent expressed deep concern Over Resis Tance in Congress to resumed testing of an anti satellite weapon he said is needed to offset the soviet monopoly on asat Ca Oil from Page 1 lion barrels a Day. But the Library of Congress study concluded anticipated significant decreases in . Oil production and increases in Petroleum use would be expected to result in Large increases in absolute and relative lev Els of . Oil  the current Price of Oil is slightly More than $12 a barrel. The report said that if the Price of Oil Sank to $10 a barrel this year consumption would increase Between 23 percent and 25 percent by 1990 to Between 19.4 million and 21.2 million barrels a Day. At the same time the report said do new verification plan. Reagan also invited soviet experts to View the next . Nuclear test blast. We set certain Hopes on the Geneva meeting with the president of the United states of America and expected to reach agreement with him on this matter end ing nuclear tests As Well Gorbachev said. He said the soviets proposed the euro Pean meeting after concluding that the situation requires immediate  in november Reagan and Gorbachev decided to hold a Summit in the United states in 1986 and one in the soviet Union in 1987. The United states has proposed a meeting in the United states in june but officials say there has been no soviet reply. Soviet officials have said that the Krem Lin still wants a Summit but that it has to reproductive. Mystic production would decrease to be tween 6.9 million and 8.1 million barrels a Day and imports As a consequence would jump to Between 11.2 million and 14.3 Mil lion barrels a Day. The report s projections were based on the Assumption that the Price of Oil would remain a the $10 level during the 1986 1990 period and that other economic conditions would remain unchanged.  the weapon was tested last summer and blew up an old scientific satellite Over the Pacific Ocean. But Congress barred further testing in this fiscal year with opponents citing increasing costs and saying that its development is not needed to counter any soviet capability. Rep. George Brown d-calif., has been leading a fight against administration efforts for renewed testing. Earlier this week he won an important ally when rep. Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee joined him in a statement calling for cancellation of the weapon. The White House statement said the president has expressed deep concern that congressmen Aspin and Brown have decided to oppose the continuation of the Only anti satellite program the United states now has nearing deployment that can offset the soviet monopoly on asat capability that has existed for several years. While the president is also concerned about program costs and technical prob lems he has determined that the . Asat program should go Forward As a key effective element of our deterrence the statement said. Temperatures l h40 65 47 8045 68 44 6756 80 45 7660 84 46 8446 70 70 8360 80 60 8559 88 Albany Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Kansas City Las vegas March 28 l h 59 68 64 78 48 73 58 80 42 62 60 80 70 92 48 72 48 75 45 60 47 72 51 64 52 75 los Angeles Miami Minneapolis new Orleans new York Orlando Phoenix Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland Ore. Salt Lake City san Francisco Washington Esa rocket launched after three delays Kourou French Guiana a the european space Agency launched its 17th ariane rocket from the Agency s South american Jungle base Friday after technical problems had delayed three previous attempts. Agency officials said the ariane 3 rocket blasted off on schedule carrying two Tele communications satellites. Friday s liftoff was from a new launching pad designed to reduce costs and double the number of launches from five to As Many As 10 per year. Ariane 4, the most powerful of the ariane series is to be launched in october. The ariane 3 rocket is to place Brazil s brazils at s2 and the american Star 11 telecommunications satellites into Geo stationary orbit 22,370 Miles above the Earth. Esa s ariane program has been in direct Competition with the . Space shuttle program which was put on hold following the explosion of the space shuttle challenger Jan. 28. Officials with Arian space the Commer Cial Arm of Esa Are negotiating with shuttle customers for their business. The British government said thursday that it would use ariane to launch a Mili tary communications satellite sky net 4c,in 1989. Y Arian space said earlier this month that it had a total of 44 contracts 30 of them still to be launched a backlog Worth about $1.23 billion. European weather forecast for sunday partly Cloudy skies with periods of mostly Cloudy skies with ral showers. Brisk winds during Daylight hours. High temperatures Low to mid-40s lows in the upper 30s. Sunset sunday 7 54 Sunrise monday 7 05. Outlook for monday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy skies with rain Starling in the West by mid Day and slowly moving eastward. Temperatures slightly warmer. Temperatures recorded saturday Adana f Amsterdam f Athens p Aviano m Berlin p Bremerhaven r Brussels m provided by det. 13, 7th weather so Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures ,. High Low High Low Cairo cd 79 52 Montreal cd 43 39 Dublin a 45 36 Moscow cd 52 37 Helsinki cd 39 36 Oslo Jerusalem cd 71 59 Toronto f 55 48 Lisbon f 59 50 Vancouver f 52 43 _.,. Supplied by the associated press of far cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy a mostly Cloudy a rain of far. In 4pm 48 84 Copenhagen r 44 48 Frankfurt r 57 66 London r 42 57 Madrid f 42 54 Munich m 42 41 Paris m 44 48 Rome p 4am 4pm 37 39 39 46 44 46 32 61 37 50 44 54 40 59