European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 16, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 acid fallout eats paint of imported cars Jacksonville. Fla. A air borne acid is eating away at the paint on new cars As they pass through this City endangering Jacksonville s status As the nation s no. I port for foreign automobiles. Everybody agrees there is a prob Lem and we need to solve the problem mayor Jake Godbold said. It s sul uric acid and it s coming from somewhere said Vic Mcnair. Executive vice president and general manager of world cars jnc., an Auto processing firm. It s eating the pain right Down to the Bare  Mcnair said the problem was forcing him to Wash Wax and repaint hundreds of new cars just off the boat before turning hem Over to dealers. Bow has decided no longer to ship its cars through Jacksonville and other automakers have threatened to make the same move. We have had nightmares in what we be been going through,1 said Margie Foster port representative for Bow. We need to find a solution to  the scid is not a health Hazard be cause the panicles Are too Large to be inhaled said Patricia Cowdery. Director of the Jacksonville department of health. Welfare and Bio environmental services. It is not the kind of panicles that can cause cardiorespiraton1 kinds of problems she said but added that the pollution might cause minor nasal an skin irritation for Brief periods of Lime the problem has been around since the late 1970s, but seemed to Worsen this year said c. Cliff Mendoza of the Jacksonville port authority. An estimated 6 percent to 8 percent of the 520,000 vehicles entering the port each year Are affected forcing Auto companies to spend $4 million Over the past 10 years washing polishing and repainting cars said Godbold who has appointed a special committee to study the situation. I m looking at a company going bankrupt painting cars said Mcnair who ii repainting 343 foreign cars that were damaged in August. When Bow pulled out i decided to do whatever it takes to gel someone s attention to what is happening Here. How would you like to buy one of Margie s $40,000 Bow s that had been repainted City officials say nearby Industrial plants generating station and ships Are responsible for some of the pollution but that some May also come from As far away As he Ohio Valley if ships Are responsible for much of the acid the City must be careful in trying to control the pollution Mendoza said aulos Are 30 percent of the port s tout business. They an critical to us. It is important to keep them Here Bui if the City crw i Down on emis Sions from ship we also stand the Chance of Louin that portion of the Trade he added we will to be Able to have our cake and eat it Loo. We want to keep he can Here Bui we Don t want to run off the ships Royce Lyles managing director of the Jacksonville electric authority told the mayor s committee it should be examining ways of keeping the fall out off the can. The panel discussed possible solutions such As covering the cars with a protective  Are not going to Stop the fall out Lyles  think that s a very pragmatic approach Mcnair said. The polluters know who they Are. I they can t top it we need to determine How we can live with their  $20,000 buys you and 19 friends a suite treat san Francisco a for j20.000 a night. The Fairmont hotel atop san Francisco s posh Nob Hill has a Holiday special just for you and 19 of your very Best friends. For 24 hours 20 people can bask in the luxury of eight suites including the famed pc House suite and enjoy anything Legal said spokesman Russ Alley it s a package Alley said. Anything they want. Full scale the guests get the entire eighth floor of the Origi Nal Fairmont and seven suites in the adjoining Tower some 15 rooms along with the fanciest food they can dream up. There Are also butlers. Maids live music a Fleet of Rolls royces and other  Deal is Good through dec. 31, 1987, but reservations must be made by Jan.  far the Only Laker is a retired corporate executive from los Angeles whom Alley declined to identify and who bought a $20,000 night for his wife and 18 friends on Jan 14,the Penthouse suite commands a spectacular View of the City. It usually rents for $5,000 a night and undoubtedly Wilt be the party s Centrepiece. The $20 000 night begins with guests being trans ported to the hotel in Lour Rolls royces. Lifted 10 the suites in a private elevator the guests will be serenaded by musicians playing violins and a grand  evening there will be a banquet. You meet with any of our International Chrls and order anything you want a banquet for 20 peo  said Alley. Whatever you come up with we 11 serve. And the next morning us breakfast in bed  if anybody s Muscles gel a Little tired from lifting All those glasses of Champagne. The weary guest can go Oveno the Fairmont s sob Hill club for a dip m the Whirlpool Bath checkout time Alley says the Normal hour is 1 Oro but Well extend that a bit. The suite was built in 1918 and offered then for 11,000 a month a Price that today would real an Jean Pae Hadin a Butler will Cater to your every Legal desire Al the Fairmont hotel for $20,000 a night Aspmo average two bedroom apartment in san Francisco. The suite boasts a richly panelled drawing room three bedrooms four Baths with Gold placed fix Tures a game room Library Kitchen and a secret passageway. Presidents orally and prime ministers have stood at its windows enjoying spectacular views of the  Oak adorns inc Walls. Thick carpels muffle footsteps. The doors Are of philippine Mahony and hearths Are inlaid with detailed Lapis Lazuli Marble and Woods. A contemporary Art collection covers the Walls. The arched Minar eled game room is floored in persian tile. The Library is a Small round room topped by dome with a representation of the constellations. One shelf of books opens into a passageway leading to the roof. Lead May cause hearing impairment striking packers to .1 _1,_  Klinl Miran null l j to to Al la f la u if a i Chapel Hill . A Lead in the environment May be causing american children to suffer mild hear ing loss government scientists said m a study released monday. Using data collected on More than 3 000 children and Leen agers the scientists said thai children with even Low Levels of Lead Are More Likely to have Subtle hearing losses thai can affect their ability to understand speech. The More Lead in the child a body the greater the Chance of hearing loss according to the study conducted by researchers from the environmental Protection Agency. For the first Lime Lead has been linked to effects on hearing m the Gens Laboratory Here. This is one More piece of evidence that Lead produces detrimental effects on the nervous system Ai very Low lev Els he said. Automobile exhaust from leaded gasoline historically has been the main source of environmental Lead in the United states but a recent Epa report also found Lead in drinking water from Lead soldered pipes. Hearing loss was found even when Lead was present in the bloodstream below the maximum allowable level set by the National centers for disease control Otio said. The cd Standard is 25 micrograms of Lead per Deci liter of blood. A Micro Gram is one Millionth of a Gram and a Decilier is one tenth of a liter. The study also found thai even Low Levels of Lead were associated with hyperactivity and delays in when a child first sits up walks and talks. Otto and colleague Joel Schwartz of the Epa s office of policy analysis in Washington linked Lead to hearing loss regardless of a child s race family in come or geographic location. The study is scheduled for Publica Tion this Spring in the journal archives of environmental health. Data used in the study came from the second National health and nutrition examination Survey conducted from 1976 to 1980 by the National Center for health statistics and the census Bureau. The Survey covered 20,312 people ranging from 6 months to 74 years of age. Accept pay Cut Marshalltown. Iowa a meat packers voted sunday to accept a wage Cut proposal and end a strike at the Swift Independent Corn Plant Here Union officials announced. The proposal was similar to one that had been rejected previously and Calls for Cut Ling the hourly wage to 18 from $8.80. Union officials Taid bar gainers would meet with the company to discuss the re turn to work and some of the 317 strike May Start repo rung Back to their jobs by the end of this week. After the strike began on oct. 2, the company hired 250 replacement workers and there were numerous Arrab inthe first month As striker threw rocks fire Cracken. Eggs and nails at the replace ments. Union officials said the Vole Duclose but declined to reveal what it was