European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 29, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 Sailboat sub sharing scary seconds ii Hui clnsl1 fur j Musiu it thursday till Thi submarine unit Hie Sailboat managed u Moid a cull Moil. The boat tray d finn a Raci during Germany s Kiel week at Kiel Firth in Llie Baltic sea. Al nil 3,000 Vailini Enllie spaits Are Lak Injo Purl in the Titi dual Neil Uhichi enols sunday. Chernobyl increased radiation 10-30% Bilthover. Netherlands a europeans have absorbed an average of 10-30 percent More radioactivity than Normal because of the chernobyl nuclear Accident in april according to an inter National Survey released Here Friday. The Survey was compiled during a 14 Nalion conference on the environmental and health cite cts of the chernobyl disaster. The conference sponsored by the world health organisation was at tended by experts from the soviet Union several member nations of the european economic Community and a delegation from Hie United Stales. Tilt1 Survey which contains a preliminary asses Sun in of radiation Levels throughout Europe showed increased radiation Levels varied widely even within areas Only a few Miles apart. These differences were mainly due 10 differing amounts of rainfall in the areas involved according to the Survey in a crts of which were made available to the Media. The natural background radiation level also varies from area to area. The Survey said that outside the soviet Union markedly increased radiation Levels had been found in the scandinavian countries Poland. Austria Southern Germany Switzerland and Northern  Friday report did not predict the expected effects on Hie health of people in the most affected areas nor did it de Fine what exposure Levels Are harmful to  radiation spread from the soviet Ukraine in the Accident s aftermath ground radiation Levels in the nether lands reached Levels of up to 0.6 Milli Rem three limes the intensity of Normal background radiation. The increased Levels led to a Short lived ban on Llie Sale of fresh spinach Here while due i Farmers were ordered to keep their cattle indoors in order to avoid radioactive contamination of heir milk. Friday s report said that because of similar measures taken by other euro Pean governments the amount of extra radiation absorbed by people living in the affected areas was significantly lower than if they had not been taken. Twenty sin people were reported killed and hundreds hospitalized As a re sult of inc april 16 Accident at the Cher Nobyl nuclear Plant. All of those casual ties occurred in the soviet Union interstate Highway system turns 30 years old Washington uf1 Young army officer Dwight Eisenhower had a dream build a National network of highways to bolster the mobility of a growing America help facilitate com Merce and strengthen defense. Eisenhower s vision was born in 1919 when he led an army Convoy from Washington. D.c., to san fran Cisco in a journey that look 62 Days. When he became president he worked hard with Congress to Start the idea rolling. On june 29, 1956, Eisen Hower signed legislation establishing the interstate Highway system. Congress threw a 30lh birthday party thursday for the interstate Highway system hailed As the largest Public works project in history and one that gave americans new travel Freedom. Lawmakers administration officials and others who have played a role in the formation and expansion of he sys tem held a commemorative ceremony on Capitol Hill. They blew out the candles on a huge cake Sang Happy birth Day dear Highway and sipped spar Kling cider. Ray Bomhart head of the Federal Highway administration said Ameri cans Are rediscovering the country by travelling on the interstate highways. America is in tact mobility and the interstate Highway system is the Backbone of that mobility Barnhart said. It has truly made us one  president Reagan vacationing in California proclaimed june 26 nation Al interstate Highway Day and said the system has brought about tremendous change and Progress for society. As the world s largest and most successful transportation and Public works project it has enhanced travel and has helped join the nation together to sup ply raw material finished goods food and other essential services and contributed to the National defense Rea Gan said. More than 97 pc Iceni or 41,297 Miles of the 42,50&mile interstate sys tem is now in use. Completion is expected in the Early 1990s. The local Cusi is estimated at si20.5 billion. The interstate system accounts for just Over i pc Iceni of the total Road mileage in the country yet it carries about 20 percent of All traffic. In 1973, Congress designated a Cross country stretch of Highway As the Dwight d. Eisenhower Highway in tribute to him and his Early recognition of the need fora National Road network. One of he late president s grandchildren Susan Eisenhower participated in the commemoration thursday Tell ing inc audience the interstate was one of the projects he was proudest