European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 10, 19b7 the stars and stripes wanted divorce american style Rome of a group or italian senators is pro posing divorce american style As a solution in process  can leave Ruth Nappy couples in limbo for As Long As 10 Yean. The Issue is a subject of daily debates on television and in newspapers. We re asking for a True Reform said sen. Van Conro Palumbo a Liberal. In other words divorce american style and not a  he was referring to inc Shorter time in lakes to Gela divorce in the United slain. People danced in the streets the night parliament legalized divorce in 1970 after a two decade Bailie. But the jaw was conservative by inc standards of Many Western countries with a mandatory five Yea separation period. After the Long separation a couple might have to Wail another five years because of slow moving courts before a divorce is granted a Senate committee recently recommended Short ening the mandatory separation period to three years. The proposed by also would make in a crime for a spouse to fail to pay Alimony. Twelve years have passed since 1974, when by a referendum italians confirmed that they wanted to hold on Light to this Law which did t provoke Liber tin ism homosexuality collective suicide by children As the enemies of divorce threatened la Rcpt Bali Ca a left leaning newspaper recently commented. The 1974 referendum a to repeal the Law but after much campaigning and bitter disputes among Italy s leading political parties the italian Public voted on May 12,1974, to retain legalized divorce. Under this Law divorces were granted to couples if they had been separated for five Yean if one spouse was sentenced 10 prison for More than 15 years or Ifa spouse was declared mentally unfit to live with inc family or had been convicted of a sex crime. In inc first six months after legalization some 40,000 people applied for divorces. Since the Init Atrush the number has fallen. Manello Malro Uzial starred in the 1962 film divorce italian  in the past five years about 30,000 to 35,000 Sepa rations have been sought and granted yearly with about hair that number or divorces granted annual Yin a nation or 56 million people. Divorce lawyers say that mostly Middle class Cou Ples take the Long Road to divorce with the poor an the Rich generally stopping at separation. The poor can t afford the several thousand dollars it lakes illegal expenses and the Rich want to avoid Messy property Battles. Sen. Elena Marinucci who proposed the Senate initiative says she has piles of letters from unhappy citizens. Probably More than half of the mail comes from parents who want 10 Sec heir children married and not waiting years for their future spouse to be legally Able to marry again she said in an interview with the associated press. The Long wait becomes even More excruciating for couples who plan to adopt children after they marry italian Law requires a wait of Ihrck years after marriage before adoption is permitted. Liberal party and communist parly legislators have pushed Tor a wait or Only one year for spouses who have no children. The incl alive has been a Sticky Issue for the Chris Tian Democrat. Italy s dominant party is close to the Vatican which opposes divorce. Christian democratic leaders in the Senate agreed Loback the Bill after Promise the wailing Lime would be reduced to no less that three years. An article in a Jesuit opinion journal la civil a Cattolica Catholic civilization came to the Chris Tian democrats Rescue by arguing that the party s position helped avoid a worse evil he possibility of an even Shorter wailing time. Maintaining that the introduction of divorce has contributed to the real crisis of the family the Jour Nal urged legislators to create services to support families suffering from marital problems. Some opponents of the proposed divorce Law say a longer waiting time is needed to make sure there Lino Hope reconciliation in a marriage. But judge Anna Peschiera one of 10 magistrates in Milan s civil court who handles divorce cases disagreed when queried by la Republica. In the rare cases in which it has happened the reheated soup lasted Only a Little time and the couple separated again the judge said. Marinucci Hopes the Bill Wilt be passed by both the Senate and the chamber of deputies the Lowerhouse of parliament by Spring. Sub was trapped by wreck paper reports London a a British submarine was trapped on the seabed in the Arctic Las Christmas when a sinking icelandic freighter dropped on the Cable of a listening device the sub was towing a London weekly reported sunday. The newspaper inc mail on sunday reported a week ago that the submarine splendid lost a Battery of sonar devices which in was lowing to Shadow a soviet submarine in the Barents sea when the soviet sub Cut through the 1,970-Yard Cable. In speculated thai the soviets might try to Salvage the highly advanced sonars. The Navy refused to comment on Shemory and the government declined 10 answer questions about it in parliament. In its second report the weekly said a new version of the incident which in obtained from another source also unidentified related that in a bizarre coincidence the Cable was pinned on the sea bed by he 3, icelandic Freig Bler Suderland which Sank on Christmas eve Midway Between Iceland and Norway. Six crewmen on inc freighter died and five were saved. The weekly said the giant soviet sub of the nato codenamed typhoon class had been moving directly below he freighter to Lake advantage of the surdur land s engine noise to confuse the sonar towed by the 4,000-Lon British sub. The sinking freighter missed the soviet sub but pinned the British Cable 2,000feet Down the Mai on sunday said. As the British sub i Captain  Roddis did not know what had happened to his Cable to the freighter or to the soviet sub he preserved radio silence shut Down his systems and stayed on the seabed for 11 Days before slipping the Cable and getting away the report said. The trauma of the shutdown cause done of Roddis 97 Crew members to suf Fer a nervous breakdown the weekly said. Ii reported that if the soviets had no managed to recover the sonar Battery they never would As the wreck of the Suderland was depth charged on sat urday by ships sailing from a norwegian port. The British defense ministry said Early sunday in could not comment on inc Story. Silicon Valley faces toxic Gas risk study finds san Francisco not a new report has warned that the High technology area South of Here is not prepared for a catastrophe that could result from a major release of highly toxic gases in an earthquake fire or traffic Accident. The report by researchers at san Jose state univer sity said materials used in the manufacture of Silicon chips could menace the health of people within a dozen Miles of a Plant in the event of an Accident or a rut thiral disaster. A major concern is Over the release of Anine a highly poisonous flammable Gas that is stored by manufacturers of computer chips. The Gas destroys red Wood cells and is fatal within a Short Lime of exposure la very High concentrations the researchers say. The report found that five companies in the electronic Valley so Miles South of Here stored enough Arsine to endanger toe health of people within a 12, a mils radius i they breathed the Gas for several hours in the event of a major release of arse into the atmosphere. We Drew circles out from the storage Sites and they covered virtually the entire Valley said or. Kenneth p. Mackay a professor of meteorology at the univer sity who helped write inc report. The five companies listed in the report arc Ray Theon in Mountain View advanced Micro devices in Sunnyvale excl in san Jose and precision monoliths and epitaxy both in Santa Clara. Eight other plants store Arsine in quantities dial could affect people within a six mile radius of a leak said the report which based its calculations on the environmental Protection Agency s air pollution Dis persion models. They Are Xerox and general instruments both in Palo Alto data general advanced Micro devices an two plants Orsi Gentica All in Sunnyvale and Intel and National semiconductor in Santa Clara the report was prepared for the Silicon Valley toxics coalition which u made up of environmental groups an labor unions in the area that Are seeking to reduce the use of hazardous chemicals in the workplace. Toxic gases such As Arsine and phosphine Are added to pure Silicon a derivative of Sand to give the semiconductor chips their electrical properties. They Are normally stored in compressed Gas cylinders in High concentrations. Michael Belliveau of the citizens for a better environment a National group said 3d minutes of expo sure to Arsine at a concentration of 25 pans per million would be fatal. The report also warned of potential toxic Gas hazards thai Are nil related to the semiconductor Indus try such As chlorine which is stored in targe quantities at sewage treatment plants and other locations. The Silicon Valley tonics coalition plans to use the report to support its arguments in favor of specially designed containment buildings for staring the tone gases. The coalition also wants neighbourhood emergency warning systems in Case a leak occurs and require ments that companies develop computer models to show How leaking Gas would be dispersed so residents could avoid exposure in an emergency. We be allowed this Industry to grow up in residential neighbourhoods said Theodore g. Smith the coalition s chairman who is a lawyer in nearby san Jose. Now we Are held hostage to these  issues Are being raised now because the Santa Clara county fire chiefs association is drafting a Model ordinance to regulate the storage and handling of toxic gases in the Valley. The final version is to represented to stale officials july 1. Steven w. Pedfrsen the director of environmental affairs for the semiconductor Industry association a Trade group representing Aboul so companies in the Valley said that Many companies already have complied with Stan Dards being devised for inc National uniform fire cod regarding the handling of toxic materials. These include monitoring automatic shut off of Leaky valves and routing of gases through treatment systems but they do not include the dispersion models sought by the toxics coalition