European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday december 8,1986 Northeast lags on cutting Ozone Levels Boston not Massachusetts. New Yort new Jersey Connecticut and other locations in the Northeast will almost certainly fail to Cut Ozone concentrations 10 acceptable Levels by next december the deadline set by the Federal government. And. In recent Days environmental activists in Boston and new York have started Legal action to Force Washington and the states to take stronger Steps. The conservation Law foundation a non profit environmentalist group based in Boston announced last week that it was giving the 60-Day notice required under the clean air act before suing the Federal environmental Protection Agency and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In new York the natural resources de sense Council a similar group has already Given notice in actions against new York City new York state the slate of new Jer sey and the Federal government. But it is apparent from the altitudes of state and Federal officials that the regional nature of the problem is an impediment to its solution with each stale blaming its neighbors upwind. It would t make sense to penalize Massachusetts if Connecticut were every bit the culprit that Massachusetts is or if Pennsylvania were said Michael demand the Epa i regional administrator for new England. He added however tint he sees Ozone As to major health problem according to Cleve Livingston a lawyer at the conservation Law foundation the problem does transcend state boundaries but that should not be taken As an excuse to do less. Massachusetts argues its problems Are imported but in does i Lalk at All about the problem it is exporting he said Maine and new Hampshire have Ozone problems that Are largely imported Al though some areas would probably be in violation even if they were not downwind of the Northeast corridor according to experts. The Epa is now studying who is contributing what and in what quantities Delan said. At Issue is a pollutant thai is a major ingredient of smog. Its ingredients come from dozens of different sources including paint the fluid used in offices to Correct typing errors and the exhaust of Auto mobiles and aircraft. Ozone is formed by the combination of sunlight with those chemicals and is there fore most troublesome in the summer. In causes coughing and shortness of breath even in healthy people and More serious effects in the Young old and infirm. Ironically in is the same chemical whose presence in the upper atmosphere filters out harmful rays from the Sun. The current deadline was set in Amend ments to the 1977 clean air act but it is dear 10 most experts in and out of govern ment that in is unlikely to be met by wide areas of the Northeast every summer the people of Massachusetts have no Choice but to breath heavily polluted air which poses a risk to their health said Livingston a the conservation Law foundation announcing the notice. Nine of the 14 monitoring stations in Massachusetts recorded violations last summer he said up from seven of 14 in the summer of 1981. Connecticut also has a serious problem according to the foundation with All 10 of it stations recording violations last summer. In a three of the states to be sued plans drawn by slate governments discuss requiring that gasoline filling nations install de vices to capture the fumes that escape when automobile tanks Are refilled such devices Are already in use in California and the District of Columbia other possibilities listed in some of the plans Are to require that existing heavy trucks be fitted with anti pollution equip ment thai the number of part and under commuter lots be increased and a met be raised and that mass transit facilities be improved to Cut Down on automobile traffic. Those measures would also hold Down Carbon monoxide pollution for which there is a separate Standard. The natural resources defense Council expects new York City to miss Hal Standard too and has filed a separate suit on that Issue according to enc a. Goldstein an attorney there. Goldstein acknowledged that even if hit group was successful in forcing new York and new Jersey to impose the Ozone Plant drawn by those states the improvement in at Quality would probably not be enough to let the states meet the Standard he Taw however that the sanctions brought by Washington for not meeting the Standard would probably vary acc cording to How close the slates had come. Those penalties include loss of Federal Highway dollars which would be particularly painful in Boston where a third har Bor Tunnel and other improvements Are on the drawing boards. Buyers not screaming for Iso room mansion Paradise Valley Ariz. A a millionaire who once said he wanted his Iso room mansion to scream Money put it on Lii auction Block saturday bul prospective buyers were reluctant to speak up when it came time to bid. The top bid for Gordon Hall s 55,000-Square-foot Home Complete with heliport movie theater and 72 telephones came to Only $3.4 million said auctioneer Linda Arvin of Waynesboro Tenn. Hall did Noi accept the bid and talks continued afterwards with a few possible buyers Arvin said. Hall was hoping to get at least $9.8 million for the biggest the Best the most prestigious mansion in the United Stales said real estate agent Scott Jalowsky. Now Hall is willing to Settle for less than that Jalowsky said but the real estate agent insisted that the Home is not a White elephant. Arvin attempted to Start the bidding at $20 million Bill had to come Down to s2.5 Mill Ion before she got a bid. Afterwards she and Jalowsky disagreed on Why things went wrong. "1 think we had an Coq trip Here really by the Jalowsky realtor Arvin said. She said the auction was Hurt by his talks with other prospective buyers who never intended to attend the auction. Jalowsky said he had always made it Clear that he would sell the House to anyone who came up with an acceptable bid in or out of the auction process. However he acknowledged after the auction that in was t As. Successful As everybody  Hall and his former wife paid s3 million in 1983 for the 25-year-old Home on sugar oaf Mountain in this Phoenix suburb. Hall who began and later sold the now defunct 24-hour Nautilus fitness Center Chain added 20,000 Square feel to the Home is pan of an $8 million renovation Job. The marriage broke up before the renovation was finished but Hall remarried and lived in the House with Bis new wife and three children. Asked Why Hall was Selling in property Jalowsky said it s time to move  the 15-bedroom, 37-bathroom House has been on the Market for six months which Jalowsky said is not unusual for a luxury Home with do takers at an asking Price of $20 million. Hall decided to auction it Agen Scott Jalowsky Calls Gordon Hall s Home the biggest the Best the most prestigious mansion in the hosted states before higher capital gains taxes take effect in january. On the outside the Home looks like a resort hotel Marble Steps illuminated by 7,500 tiny overhead lights Lead 10 huge Glass entry doors. Just inside is a scale Model of the House and grounds in Case anyone gets lost. The movie theater has a commercial size screen an also inside Are an ice skating rink an exercise room an Arcade with 11 video games a ballroom and a Glass domed gathering room longer than a football Field is wide. The Kitchen was remodeler six limes in the Post year before Hall decided the Black and White scheme was right. It has is microwave ovens four refrigerators and two dishwashers. Most of the House ii Light and airy with Pale Walla and Tan Marble floors interrupted by deep area rugs. The Library has few books but its fireplace is framed by a pair of elephant tusks under a pair of Rhinoceros Boms. The is million Security system has 24 television screens in the main control room. Outside Are a helipad a Junior olympic sired Pool with a Fountain flowing into it a Tennis court a no Quet Ball court that Doublet As � bomb shelter and a playground. A guest House is attached to the main House by an Arch Over the emr Way. Ineligible company won contracts report says new York a the Small Busi Ness administration let controversial de sense contractor wed Teth corp. Win no bid Federal contracts despite being told the company was ineligible because in was not minority owned a newspaper reported sunday. An sea committee concluded in 1963that wed teen could not be classified As minority owned because in Slock had become publicly owned and traded the new York daily Newt reported. However High level officials at the Federal Agency allowed wed teen to re main in the no bid program three More Yean the news said. The sea awarded wed teen $200 my lion in no bid contracts under the program which i designed to help companies owned by economically deprived Minori ties to gel a foothold in the marketplace. Mini Yee now an sea contract offi cer in san Diego was a member of the committee. He told the Newt his office had received instructions that anything involving wed teen was to be forwarded upward to higher Levels at the sea. The state is seeking to determine whether the company fraudulently portrayed itself As minority owned to qualify for no bid work. A Federal investigation centers on wed tech i relationship with Lyn Nofziger former political aide to president Reagan published reports have said Nofe Ger lobbied the White House on behalf owed Lech four months after quitting his Pott in the executive Branch. Federal ethics Tawi prohibit government employees from lobbying their former employers for one year after their departure from office. On Friday Wedlich doted one of ill five Bronx plants which had employed 200 people. Company official Aid re ports of the investigations have made financing scarce and have left wed tick near bankruptcy