European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 10, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 officials suspect pollution for stains on Monument stain on Liberty s a tick and Arm can l be removed. N new York api dark blemishes on the refurbished statue of Liberty will remain there because icy arc Wiiri of the natural Patina protecting the thin Copper skin offic Lali of ihcs6 million a torunian project said thursday and they denied a newspaper report tint construction workers had marked the statue with a separate sol of Slains by urinating unit the new York daily news reported thursday Hinl officials were worried Boul Public reaction to Liberty s appearance when president Reagan reopens the statue july 3 on National television. John Rabbins a National Park service architect said thursday that restorers never sought to remove the Black Marks and streaks int have developed Over the years an. Liberty s left Check and Torch Arm. I thought we dispelled that notion when the project began he said. Black is cupper s natural color during the first stage of inc process by which Copper oxidizes and forms a Patina a layer of Protection against atmospheric erosion Robbins said. Usually Copper passes through the Black stage then Stabi Lizes at the familiar Shade of Green but Strong wind and air pollution in new York Harbor either prevented the second greenish layer from taking hold or blew it away he said. The daily news quoted Henning Nielson spokesman for the statue of Liberty Ellis Island foundation As say ing the Public expected Liberty to be shining like a new Penny on her 100th birthday. He said officials were mildly concerned with reaction to the blemishes. In a statement issued thursday the foundation said it has often acknowledged there would be no substantial difference in Liberty s outward look after the restoration except for the new Torch and  Robbins said the smudges could not be safely removed. In serious preservation work he said preservation of inc Structure is More important than  lie said the Park service had not heard the reports about urination and that there was no evidence to support i. The daily news quoted several unidentified sources As saying thai labourers working High upon indy Liberty have urinated on the National Monument causing minor dnmujjc.1- some sections of the statue s skin that mysteriously corroded were being studied by specialists bobbins said. But. Lie added they arc corrosion scientists not  one of them John Francy of Del labs called the urine report "fictitious.". Speaking from his office in Murray Hill n.j., f Rancy said the Ulmor stemmed from the fact that Over the past. Six months sections of the statue s Patina had dissolved near drainage holes in the  who is performing tests to determine what caused the corrosion said the Likely culprit was a vinegar like solution workers recently used in the process of strip ing layers of paint in Jdc the statue. The mild acid dripped out the drainage holes and stripped the Patina below them he theorized if it was workers urinating inside the statue then Why did it take 2 a years to develop he asked. And Why was t there any sign of corrosion inside the holes the corrosion unrelated to the statue s Bluck Marks already has been repaired he said a spokesman for the statue restoration s construction manager said there was no basis for the report. Every single worker i be met at the statue has spoken about his emotional involvement in the project said George Martynuk of Lehrer Mcgovern inc. They say it s the highlight of their construction career the Job of the Century. I can their work and in can t imagine Guys boasting to their families Boul in then doing something like  he said. Producers looking for new Market cocaine problem threatens Europe official warns Washington a an oversupply of cocaine in the United states poses a health threat in Europe a member of the european parliament said thursday. Sir Jack Stewart Clark finishing a Lour in Washington to study the . Drug problem said you can become addicted to crack Over inc weekend. And a few weeks ago one British drug abuse unil had never hear of  crack is a form of cocaine thai is smoked rather than inhaled and gives a More intense sensation. The name comes from its resemblance to chips of plaster. Crack has spread from new York in the last couple of years to major cities through out the United states according to Corneli us Dougherty spokesman for the drug enforcement administration. Stewart Clark said there was a Long his tory of cocaine use in Europe by a Small and mostly affluent group of people As there was in the United states the new danger he said is that Trie . Experience will be repeated in Europe. The number of users in the United states has grown from 1 million to 6 million in five years he said according to Stewart Clark there is an m a Supply of cocaine in the United Stales and the Price has gone Down. Producers in latin America Are looking for new markets and Western Europe is an obvious target. He reported that increasing amounts arc shipped from Peru and Bolivia through Argentina and Uruguay to Spain trafficking is made easier by the fact thai Spanish is a common language. Stewart Clark said Mare cocaine is now appearing in Barcelona and Spain s Costa Del Eastern won t pay $9.5 million Faa threatens to go to court Washington a the Federal aviation administration threatened thurs Day 10 Lake Eastern airlines to coun and demanded that Eastern pay a $9,5 million Fine by Nel Friday. The Fine was assessed for a variety of maintenance and record keeping infractions that were uncovered in a detailed inspection earlier this year. Eastern issued a statement in Miami say ing it would not pay the Tine and disputed the technical integrity of the conclusions reached by Faa inspectors the Faa in a letter to Eastern last March outlined 53 different categories of safety violations and advised the airline the country s third largest that it was seeking  million Fine. Eastern chairman Frank Borman met with Faa administrator Donald Engen on monday and again tuesday and the East Ern chairman telephoned Engen wednes Day in an attempt to reach a settlement Short of paying the Fine according to Faa officials handling the Eastern Case. But after wednes Day s Telephone conversation Eastern is sued its statement disputing the allegations and said it would address the penalty Issue Only when and if the Agency elected to pursue the matter in civil  Faa spokesman Stephen Hayes said Borman that in Light of Eastern s unwillingness to pay the Fine the Agency is prepared to refer the matter to the Justice department which would take Legal action. Hayes said Eastern has until May 16 to pay the Penally or the Faa would ask jus Tice to file suit. One Faa source said such a suit could ask Eastern to pay As much As s90 Mil lion for More than 78,000 separate violations covered by the enforcement action in its Tetter March 7, inc Faa said checks by its inspectors had found 53 items that violated Federal air safety regulations. However because a violation technically occurs every Lime an aircraft lakes off with some infraction the total nit mar of violations could total More than 78,000. Each punishable by a $ 1,000 Fine. The Faa said last March that the in fractions uncovered at Eastern involved maintenance irregularities improper deferred repairs instances of aircraft flying without the minimum equipment As Well As Many record keeping infractions. The officials said one incident cited involved the continued operation of a Boeing 727 despite a problem with a Landing gear Bolt the Landing gear eventually collapsed but the incident did nol cause any injuries in disputing the Faa claims Borman said the charges simply cannot be supported following an exhaustive analysis by East Ern which was unequivocally supported by technically qualified and respected Industry  sol a favorite West european vacation urea. A major aim of the common Market is to reduce Trade barriers among its 12 member countries and eliminate the barriers Mirely by i992, and Stewart Clark endorses thai. But he also said european countries ought to gel weeder on anti drug Taw and enforce ment with a single police Force staffed by professionals under political control. Each country looks it the problem As its own he said. A British conservative Stewart Clark was elected to the european parliament in 1979. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today May 10, 1946 the effects of the crippling Coal miners strike continued to spread through the country hitting almost every Industry. Thousands of workers arc being Laid off because of fuel shortages and the number of Idle because Clabor disputes moved past the 1.1-million Mark. 30 years ago today. May id 1956 enraged by the Brit ish decision to hang two Creek cypriots the worst riots since the 1944 greek revolution Crup cd in Athens. 20 years ago today. May id. 1966 communist China announced it had exploded a device containing thermonuclear material indicating it had set off its first Hydrogen bomb according to Tokyo press reports. 70 years ago today. May 10. 1976 Ulrick Meinhoff. One of four leaders of the leftist Radical gang that terrorized West Germany in inc Early 70s, committed suicide by hanging herself in slamm Heim prison in Stuttgart a Baden Wert Lemberg stale official said