European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 9 get to. ,wn5f-7j.ss, i jari.�"2xii� sift it or  a v -r-lvat.? -. Maggie on the move from famous address Sinap show no 10 Downing Street one of the Best known addresses in the world is up for Sale British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is not an the Mote but Moth to Maggie is. Pictured is Maggie Etc Shaw of the Epping Section or Sydney Australia who is moving from her Down ing Street address after 10 years. Britain Safe for americans travel agents told London up a group of american travel agents saturday were assured by a senior Scotland Yard officer that americans arc Safe in Britain. Dul although Deputy assistant police commissioner Richard Wells was grilled by about 90 . Travel agents from new York Dallas Houston Atlanta and los an Geles he declined to provide details of Security measures for operational reasons at least one tour operator William Olds from la Jolla calif., said he was satisfied. With these answers we now have the ammunition to go Home and sell vacations to Britain Olds said. We be been asking him the questions our clients Back Home have been asking  said Olds whose business has been affected by the Sharp drop in the number of Ameri cans visiting Europe since the april is . Bombing of Libya. The attack was launched from . Bases in Brit Ain. The operators were brought to London on a three Day promotional tour in a bid to reverse the tide of . Tourist cancellations. Wells defended Britain s record in combating terrorism. By saying its police had unparalleled Success in dealing with it. Tourism promotion reluctance of some americans to travel to Europe was because fear of crime outstrips the crime itself Wells said passing around cartoons from British newspapers accusing americans of being  London is safer than Many . Cities he said and our record against terrorism is the strangest deterrent to the men or  the travel agents tour paid Tor by the British tourist Industry was part of a wider Campaign beaded by prime minister Margaret Thatcher to lure american visitors Back to Britain. Thatcher in . Television interviews Friday said the Chance of someone getting struck Down by terrorism in Britain is about the same As their jetting struck by  police figures Friday showed muggings thefts and sex crimes in London were on the increase in the first three months of this year the a p reported. Scotland Yard said Street robberies from january through March were up in the capital by nearly 17 percent from 2,030 in the same period of 1985, to 2,374. Over All robberies were up 15 percent from 3.534 la 4,063. The report said that in London the first Quarter of the year saw an 8 percent increase in sex offences from 771 in 1985 to 83 a and an increase of 5 percent in crimes of violence against individuals from 4,500 to 4,719. British airways the state Carrier launched a 4 million Pound s6 million Campaign in the United Stales to re gain lost customer while the lord mayor of London flew to new York to Tell americans we miss you please come Bock the . Bombing strike against Libya was launched from bases in Britain with Thatcher s permission. Ameri cans applauded her but fear of terrorist reprisals has sparked thousands into cancelling their european vacations. We had Short term cancellations of up to 90 percent while our May to june programs have been hit by Between 70-80 percent said Brian Baldwyn managing director of the London based incentive and executive travel organizers -. A . Operator said nuclear fallout from the soviet nuclear Accident at chernobyl was worrying americans As much As terrorism. There s been very Little talk Here about nuclear Radia Tion effects and to americans that sounds As if they have something to hide he said. Factories still polluting thames Greenpeace says up by londoners As a shining a lamp How to clean a polluted River is getting dirty again Greenpeace environmentalists claim Friday. The thames water authority which turned the thames from a filthy waterway fouled by centuries of neglect into one of the world s cleanest metropolitan Rivers strongly disputed the charge. About 100 species of fish have recently been discovered in Waters where Only eels thrived two decades ago it said. But the International Xvi group Greenpeace quoting govern i id other official reports  the thames is still being heaji�5polluled with toxic metals and  pollutants that Are Dumpe Dij play by Riverside Facto Ries Ronly l Fri ration were caught by Rod and line in Rife River last year compared with 18 in 1812, when the River was at its most 1, Greenpeace said a isl Nuu Thornly Sample found 29 percent of the eau rom Tot the thames contained unsafe Cucu Maury the group reported. The Greenpeace ship Bce Uga i with computers and manned go is Misti began plying the water unfit thames on Friday drawl Piispa pollution map aimed Alf of singing sources of pollution. To Day trip is the Start of a three month Survey of Britain s major River Estua Ries. We re looking specifically for illegal discharges said Greenpeace Marine Biolo Gist Andrew Booth. We want a limit on the number of Man made chemicals dumped with Gay abandon in our Rivers each  the Beluga will Lake Between 30 and to water samples a Day which will be an Al Zed by two trained chemists aided by on Board computers when violationsjijtdii6ned,-Ftuthori ies Grill air Phr Tarrh  Mark will _ to the pollution map being Awn up by the ship s chemists claimed High Levels of Mer Des and various other chemicals Haff Trace by government scientists in the Tiff Lillyie Humber est uary in Eastern englander be Mersey which Hows through Liverpool. Mike Dart the thames water Auto to s head of regulation and monitoring accused Greenpeace of making sensational claims based on a very selective basis of  the River thames services the needs of 12 million people Dart said it would be totally unrealistic to expect it to be a totally Pristine River Dart said Riverside ire larges Are fre .  that break  prosecuted. But the vast majority of Riverside companies Are reasonably Law abiding he said. Last year the Beluga s Volunteer Crew tested the wastes poured into Europe s Rhine River Between the bustling dutch port of Rotterdam and the Swiss City of Basel. Daring the seven month cruise Green peace activists blocked n paper factory s waste pipe near Mannheim Germany for an hour " " " " linear dumping Rhine the Rhine was said it s probably he in Europe. Before being detained by pc swam in front of a freighter f. Germany to Stop it from waste Metal into the Booth cd River