European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday August 4,19b6 inflated Hopes a Porco re Jet us land Beri both of column while Pilot Jura Mannl plays Brassy Venton of the bus Ohl v their wedding vow before Weddine the High Nyong Nup Tiiu took Bloomsbury no mayor Thomas con Tunghon ple during the great Bloomsbury balloon race pollution inadequate treatment threaten cities water paper says new York up officials say aging water systems outdated water treatment plants and Pollut ants Are increasing threats to the safety of drinking water in metropolitan areas the new York tires re ported sunday. Environmental officials and Industry analysts also told the times that he primary culprits in the cases of contamination of lakes and reservoirs Are bacteriological contaminants and corrosive minerals that threaten aging pipelines. The times cited a wide Range of problems from Worum mass., where some residents have charged thai chemically contaminated water from Wells cause sin fatal cases of leukaemia to Rochester n.y., where residents were forced to boil their tap water last Mont because of droppings from Gypsy Moth caterpillars that washed into nearby lakes. Walter Andrews of the Federal environmental Protection Agency Lold the times Llinat More than Chlori nation appears to be required to ensure the safety of drinking water in cities that use reservoirs and Rivers. The Epa has proposed rules scheduled logo into of Eccl in 1988, that would require filtration of All sur face water supplies. In new York state More than 7 million of the 9 million people who drink water drawn Only from sur face supplies get water that is unfiltered said associate director Peler Smith of the slate health department division of environmental Protection. In new York cily a Pilot filtration plan is being built at the Jerome Avenue Reservoir in the Bronx. The times said the Plant is expected to go int operation in 1989 but would Only be Able to treat about 3 million of the 300 million Gallons of water the Reservoir supplies daily. The times said authorities elsewhere in the North cast have reported an increase in the appearance of Guardia a bacterium carried by beavers and other Ani Mals which can cause severe cases of diarrhoea. The paper said that since the beginning of 1985, a special Guardia task Force in Pennsylvania has cited More than 25 water companies for having Guardia cysts in their Wulc. The state department of environmental re sources said no major outbreaks have been reported but about 250,000 residents have been warned to boil ale Rasa precaution. Stateside if he wants to feed ducks he must do it properly Parma. Ohio up there is a right place and a wrong place to feed ducks. The wrong place is a Public Amos 68, pleaded no contest to obstructing a sidewalk while feeding his ducks. The original charge of creating a Public health Hazard was dropped but he could still be fined $100 when he is sentenced aug. 19. Residents complained that Amos was attracting pigeons and Cecal ing Loo much noise in the neighbourhood. There has never Hcan a problem Wilh the fad that ii feeds the ducks the concern is that he do in prop i Arnia prosecutor Stephen k. Do hush said. Amos since being lick cd in june has been feeding the ducks inside his garage. People who give a Hoot rally to save the whistle Cedar Springs Mich. A an attempt to silence the City s noon whistle has been stifled by Resi dents who eared about tradition. Business people had complained that the piercing 25-Sccond blast was too loud and the City Council voted july 10 to discontinue inc daily ritual. Residents however responded with phone Calls and petitions with 624 signatures to save the whistle which also alerts Ocsid Onisto fires and tornadoes. The whistle is a tradition of this a immunity a i talc bit of americana one of the few things we have going for us said Pat Capek. The Council reached a Compromise that will allow the noon custom to continue. The whistle will sound for 10-12 seconds rising to Peak volume and falling but not full blast for the entire time the Council decided monday. This is democracy in action said Dorothy Bishop a Leader of the petition drive. Griffin will drop his show finding it no longer Joyful los Angeles a talk show Host Merv grif Fin is taking his program off the air after 23 year because he has lost interest in doing in says a spokeswoman. The show became a responsibility rather than a Joyful thing Kimberly Wells a spokeswoman for Mery Griffin enterprises said. He has opted not to continue the have been declining for the one hour show which airs on 40 Independent television stations around the country. In is heyday he show was car ried by 100 stations. Lonely owner will Trade Island trip for dog s return Clarendon Hills 111, a dutch May not be a useful dog but his owner values him enough to offer a week in Hawaii for Hii return. Thai s Worth More than any dog you could Wojtczak said one week after tits English mastiff , 30, said 2vi-year-old dutch has been missing since burglars broke into his suburban Chicago Home raided his refrigerator and made off with Ham cheese potato salad milk and some Toots. He said he does t know whether the burglars took the dog or if dutch just wandered off. The Doe is totally useless Wojciak said. Hot not a watchdog All he is is a no longer any bite in dog Law critic says new York a a lawmaker s claim that enforcement of the proper scooper Law has gone to the dogs prompted two officials to cancel a Park tour marking the Law s eighth anniversary. I m going to speak my mind. I m not going lobe Muz Jed state sen. Franz a Eichler said after Parks commissioner Henry Stem and sanitation comm a incr Brendan Sexton cancelled the Lour. A Eichler denounced the City for failing to enforce the Law requiring owners to remove dog waste. Sanitation department spokesman Vito Turso warned 8 personnel shortage for the decline in summonses from 3.426 in fiscal year 1�8s to 1,214 in fiscal year 1986. Stem said Park agents issued More summonses last year Ihnn the year before Bui he questioned whether the Law should be a top priority for City police and Park agents. Stern promised the annual Poopor scooper Park Lour presumably without Lichter would be Rescena used on a dog Day afternoon in
