European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday August 11. 198g the stars and stripes Page 7 Lyng rejects plea for drought Aid by inc associated press at least one of the agriculture commissioners from seven drought stricken Southern Stales who travelled to Washington to seek More Aid expressed disappoint ment Ai his reception. I 1 la Tribly commissioner los tin Dalo Bough Carolina said after meeting who agric ii lure Secretary Richard Lyng. Tinda said Lyng bluntly told us he is not going to help soybean Farmers and i cols the current crop insurance program is the commissioners proposed a redistribution of fed eral funds to As in the Southeast in reviving and n Sec dog parched pastures and forests As Well Asad Vance commodity payments and Gocr Meiu guaranty cd loan program. Stallc Ltd showers last week did Little to curb inc months Long drought said Macon Jackson ihe11.s. Geological Survey in Raleigh . Atlanta got its steadies rain in weeks in. Hul twas Only 0.58 of an Inch. Elsewhere Hammond in Northwestern us Orgia. Gol2.57 inches Hul much of inc Southeast remains a fool or More below Normal rainfall for the ear. Some companies in North Carolina have begun Cut Ling production because of water Shuntae i v Champion International has Cut paper production by -40 percent at its Callnn Mill because of Low water in the Pigeon River and in its res choir. Fort on workers were reassigned in maintenance duly. 17 took vacation and cig i 1a of Han Puin spokesman Erik heard said in Annapolis ., Fie Lucresi Cannon said it Luv moved pan of its Shi t i Iii Iship i in it i Salisbury a re Salt. 75 cup Nurs Art Temkina. Three or Sam Days a week instead til five a ump in spoke void said. Meanwhile a i nmn i Sofic Kui lewd in in la sided with i,.160 tons of Idaho Hay pulled out of Pocai Cllon route to Atlanta. Union Pacific spokesman Tom Lahood estimated Hal the train would reach Atlanta in about six Days. Another train carrying 5,000 Bales of donated Hay Nasen route to Atlanta from Allania. Texas. Also Dur ing the weekend 140 boxcars donated by Burlington Northern were being loaded with about 4,000 tons of Hay in six cities in Oklahoma. While tons of Michigan Hay Are Bung shipped to the Southeast that state s Western upper i Ensula also is suffering a summer lung drought that threatens i Siock Oil Nak mid saturday nationwide. Estimates of damage to agriculture Andi Lues include t5".f Nullman m Tii Orpia s75n Mil i m . S4i1h Millen in North Carolina. S.179million in Solh . Ii million in Maryland Mill ii in \ irfjm.1. S5x million in Southern i no Wisanu. Till in Olimi in it Law arc and si1 Mil lion in Cwm in Mia fires Char thousands of acres in 3 states by the associated press firefighters battled Oul of control Range fires sat urday that had blackened More than 19,000 acres i Utah while Crews began to gel the upper hand against blazes thai have charred thousands of acres in Idaho. Some Oregon firefighters began heading Home sat urday after a week spent battling Forest fires thai burned More than 90,000 acres in the Eastern part of the stale according to the Forest service and the Feder Al Bureau of land management. In Western Utah stiff winds blew a fire in the chaos area from about 2,000 acres to 7,000 acres by Nightfall saturday said inter Agency fire Center spokesman Scott Brayton. Meanwhile at West Central Utah s Little Sahara san Antonio rejects Cap on spending san Antonio Texas a a proposal to Cap City spending was Defeated by a 2-1 margin saturday after mayor Henry Cisneros mounted a big Money at tack against the All precincts counted the vote was 75,576. Or 66,5 percent against to 38,135. Or 33.5, for. . Stubbs founder of the Homeowner taxpayer association proposed a spending Cap that would tic increases in City spending to population and inflation weeks ago a scientific Survey snowed 4o per cent of inc voters wanted the Cap 39 percent did not and 15 percent were undecided. Thai was before the big Money interests launched their Campaign Lubbs said after the Mcfeal. You see what is happening Here to a Lille bitty old taxpayer is taking after the millionaires the special interests Bankers and politicos who stand to Gam from Public spending he said what happened is that when they turned Loose of their Bucks i could Only raise about and they already spent More Ihan $200,000.". Cisneros said he credited the voters intelligence for the Victory and called the outcome an affirmation of the direction the City is headed. Those charges thai the City is the armpit of the world and i hair mayor is corrupt and All of that stupid it they be been pulling out All those weeks. The people com read Between Alt of thai and did so in every District he founded the group last year As part of his successful War against Fluor Daling san Antonio s water it was a fight Cisneros lost and one he said added Fervour to his pal ebbs proposal would allow City spending to grow in s up with population and inflation. For example if he City s population grew 3 percent and inflation was 3i percent the cite budget could expand by 6 in of raised about $300,000 aligned support among City leaders and put in 14-hour Days to de feat the plan he said would a re off new businesses and residents and damage the City s High Bond rat ing. Recreation area a half do in fires rafted. Utah blk spokesman Bert Hart said Crews there had no Rantain Mcnol Lime predicted for the 4. Oil acre Chambers fire or the 2.5lll car Rockwell i fire Holh of which were signed by lightning near the recreation area. Brayton said fire ichters were bring Numi Rcd 10 Al Lack another wind a mapped Blae Lale Saluda a oui 4i Miles West of sail Lake t it. A us 0-aae fire in the Lakeside mountains. Idaho Crews hoped to have ikes raging in inc Anderson ranch Reservoir area a oui to Miles South East of Boise contained by sunday eur Ning. While iwo other fires West of Boise were encircled by fire lines. They re looking Boise National fort is fire dispatcher Chuck sell said of the Hia is cast of Hoise that had blackened More than 17,600 acres by Sal urday afternoon. Tempt Rai ures Ai 10 . Saturday had already hit 17 degrees near Unity. Ore., where firefighters had contained the of Ironwood Sunflower fire in the Wallowa Whitman National Forest. The Clear fire in the Wallowa Whilman had blackened 6.000 Jurci but was Tio percent contained saturday said for pm serve spokesman Mike Ferris. Fires in the Wallowa Whilman burned nearly 30.0 x acres of Timber and grass Over the Pasi week. Cerris said. A Fife South of the Wallowa Whiteman Between Vale and Ontario near the Idaho Border was contained Friday after charring 25,000 acres of Brush said blk spokesman Phil Stanbro. Tickled Over a trimming Willie a 9-year-old Clyde Walc looks As though he s getting a kick out of Nevin a his us Keek trimmed by pm Cunn. The hone is an a rest from his duties at Hildi gardens near i. Cisnero d one he said. I i i ii Battle again the a Ding a Marcos yes Welcome in Hawaii Honolulu i l despite a recent newspaper poll Hal said about two thirds of those polled want him to leave Hawaii ousted Philippines Leader Ferdi nand Marcos says filipinos and others in Hawaii want him to said a turnout of 5,000 at a Mother s Day rally for him and the recent election of pro Marcos officers of the United filipino Council of Hawaii prove he is still popular in Honolulu advertiser reported Friday that 64 percent of the Boh who responded to a poll said they want Marco to leave Hawaii seventeen percent want him to remain and 19 percent were undecided. Marcos said in a written statement to the Adver Tiser that the poll is overcome or contradicted by
