European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Acid rain curbs would Aid states Survey indicates monday february 2, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 Washington a the . Economy would get n multimillion  if Congress passed a Law to curb acid rain Wilh most states gaining prof ils and jobs according to 3 new study by a private economic research company. The annual Sci gain to the National Economy after factoring in expected Job and sales losses in such industries As Coa mining would Range from 57.5 billion to s13 billion the study estimated. The boost would come from sales generated by spending to meet the enforced cleanup of emissions from Coal fired Industrial and Utility boilers said the study by management information services inc. Across the nation there would be a Sci gain of 100,000 to 194,000 jobs de pending on the shape of the final legis lation the study said. The for profit Washington based com Pany said its study is the first attempt to estimate the net economic Impact of acid rain abatement rather than to focus on the 14 billion to s9 billion a year i estimated compliance costs the . Economy and labor Market stand 10 gain substantially from acid deposition control legislation the study said. Far from hurting . Industry acid rain control legislation through the Large purchases of capital equipment and sup porting goods and services it will Gener ate will provide a much needed shot in the Arm for Many anaemic . Manufacturing capital goods machine tool Iron and steel and related industries it said. Management information services arrived at ils estimates by applying com Puter models to the provisions of acid rain Bills considered last year by the House and Senate. The Bills arc expect Edlo form the starting Points for congressional discussion this year. The House and Senate Bills would have different impacts on different parts of the nation because of their varying approaches to How much reduction must be made in polluting emissions and How the reductions can be accomplished. The Senate approach for example would require greater reductions in emis Sions of Fulfur dioxide and nitrous oxides precursors of acid precipitation and could encourage Power Compa Nies to switch away from High Fulfur Coal which would Hurt Many Eastern miners. The study said that while most slates would have net economic benefits from cleaning up their smokestacks some would lose under the House Bill an others would lose under the Senate Bill. Only Kentucky would be Hurt by Bot approaches because of its concentration of Coal mining and ils comparative Lack of businesses that would Benefit from spending on pollution controls Accord ing to the study. Most of the utilities that would be affected by acid rain controls arc concentrated in the Midwest but the study said this area As a whole would Benefit from legislation because it has the Basic heavy Industry that would produce much of the expensive emissions cleaning equipment. The study estimated that 95 percent of the spending for abatement measure would go to . Firms and workers and that the nation s Trade deficit could be helped by Export of abatement technology and equipment to places like Europe Wilh acid rain problems. The downsides of abatement legis lation also were noted. They include an increase in electricity Bills to pay for cleaner emissions and severe dislocations in same industries. Sunshine on the serpentine Winter Sunshine shimmers an the serpentine in London s Hyde Park on Fri Day. Temperatures however stayed Low despite the presence of the Sun. Thatcher says 3rd term necessary for continuity London up prime minister Margaret Thatcher appealing for a third term in office said in an interview published saturday that Britain should have continuity in leadership to secure better relations with the soviets. In the interview with Britain s Domestic news Agency the press association she said president Reagan was in the midst of his last term in office and thus Britain should retain a government of continuity to Deal Wilh the soviets. I Hope that we will be the nation that has the continuity in government and the continuity in leadership that 1 think is rather necessary Ai the moment to the Western world when you face & Lime when by their Constitution the United states has to change presidents she said. They have changed in the soviet Union and arc Likely to have or. Mik Hail Gorbachev for a very Long time. This is just at the time when we wan similar continuity of  there has been considerable speculation thai Thatcher now in her second term might Call an Early election this year while she is Riding High in the Opin Ion polls but she refused to be drawn Outon her election plans. She is required to Call an election by the Spring of 1988. Thatcher who will visit Moscow for three Days in March said she wanted total about Long term East West relations and arms control in her meetings with Kremlin leaders but she did not expect immediate breakthroughs. She suggested she had More Confidence on human rights in the soviet Union As a result of Gorbachev s recent reforms. I think the soviet Union has come to 11 stage when it knows that its present system is not producing the goods and the Standard of living the people want she said. It is quite Clear that they know thai and they Are trying to sort out what to do about  in the interview Thatcher said she hoped socialism would be eradicated in Britain and warned that socialism is dominating. More and More the opposition labor party her main opponent in any upcoming election. Film on spy satellite spurs search of bbl office Glasgow Scotland a a team of special Branch police detectives on saturday searched the British broadcasting corp s Glasgow office where filmmakers produced a now banned documentary about Britain s first spy satellite. The search was made Over the objections of bbl executives who disputed the Validity and scope of the search warrant and despite the protests of appalled bbl journalists. The government has ordered a police investigation at the government communications Headquarters in Southwest England to dec renin the source of a leak of information about the satellite which would act As an electronic listening Post for communications from the soviet Union Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The government says the information might be use Ful to hostile intelligence  government banned the film and has barred journalist Duncan Campbell who produced it from speaking about the project. Campbell also was the author of an article on the satellite that appeared in the left leaning weekly Magazine new statesman lost week when the government failed to get publication slopped in Lime. Police later searched new statesman offices and cup belts borne in London. Afler bom of Legal discussions with bbl executives Stour Day Moraine the eight police detectives searched the Guu Gow Headquarters. Campbell said the Only item of interest to them at bbl Scotland was the transmission tape of the pro Gram. The journalist who says the government was spending 300 million pounds $760 million on the satellite without informing parliament added sat urday this is a ludicrously crude attempt by tic government to distract attention again from the main Issue which was that parliament had been  the film was to have been part of a series called secret  the bbl said police wanted to search for material relating not just to the banned program but to another programs in the six part series that might have a bearing on the satellite  corporation said the search warrant did not provide such  journalists in Glasgow issued a forma statement saying they were appalled that reputable journalists were subjected to such treatment while going about their legitimate  the journalists said Thi police appear to be interpreting their warrant As referring to material which could not possibly fall within the scope of the official secrets Art the journalists said. The official secrets act under which the police investigation for the information leak is being con ducted prohibits any government employee from Dis closing any unauthorized information. Violators arc subject to imprisonment