European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Young astronauts have High Hopes for future in space monday May 4, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 by Joseph Owen stiff writer Neu Ulm Germany the Job she wants requires Yean of study and Long absences from Home but seventh grader Michael Hamburg does t mind. After All you ii ave to make a few sacrifices Roget into space Ever since 1 was about 7, i be Bee intended in aerospace technology and i guess i be always wanted to be an Astro naut she said Many other Ulm american school students share her love of outer space and that s not unusual. But the thriving chapter of the Young Astro naut program has turned that interest into academic productivity. The National program is de signed to interest american children in mathematics an science and in turn Mcdanul to develop a motivated skilled labor Force for the aerospace Industry us related Field. Newspaper columnist Jack Ander son proposed it to the Reagan administration in 1983, and the president authorized it the next year. More than a dozen corporations support the Young astronauts 9.000 chapters. Membership costs $10 a  Neu Ulm group has about 80 member in Laupheim Leitheim Neu Ulm and Ulm. I Waul these kids to be the visionaries of the future said Lynn Mcdaniel the teach who organized the chapter. Hope they will be the ones who veep us competitive in the world because of what we be experienced  Mcdaniel who holds a master s degree in gifted student education founded the Neu Ulm group with lots of experience. Asa . Space foundation Volunteer she helped set up 80 chapters in Colorado a few years ago. And. With Nasa s help she developed several educational space project for students and communities while teach ing in Florida in the 1970s,however, Mcdaniel said her years of interest in the subject Are beside the Point a teacher does not have to have a background in space or science to do this she said noting the wealth of instructional material available through the program Nasa and other sources. Nonetheless department of defens dependents schools spokesman Noel Tillman said he believes the Neu Ulm school is the Only one of 139 schools in the Dodds Germany Region to have ayoung astronaut chapter. Neu Ulm s Young astronauts have produced enough posters and space station models to Ful a Large room which i exactly what they did in the school Library. They discuss weighty topics such As Eleclra-phoresi.1 a process used in space to pro Duce pure Medicine almost without skipping a beat and despite the 1986 space shuttle challenger explosion the talk optimistically about space travel. David . Willons Bead of the euro Pean space Agency s space operations Cen Ter in Darmstadt visited the students Las Winter to explain the activities of his organization which has launched 22  brought at Ronals to her Florida classrooms something thai shard to do in Europe. But she did gel Navy capt. Frederick Hauck an Astro naut who has flown on the shuttle to Call her students for 30 minutes last year."1 got the first  said 16-year old Heather Stewart. She just wanted to know How Hauck got Bis Job. Jean Stowe 12, looks Over a Model of a space station that she designed. A Uphou i asked him when was the first time you could relax Flansburg said. He told me it s when you go to  their High Hopes however Many students said they realize the probably won t follow in Kauck s foot Steps. The space Agency just docs l Nee thousands of trained astronauts. Bui Stewart said that if her dream of Riding into orbit does t work out Shell just go for anything else thai has 10 do with  la air cleanup could take 20 years officials say los Angeles a the air in los Angeles is the worst in the nation and officials Here say it will take at least 20 years to comply with Federal clean air standards. Last year there were 79 first stage smog alerts. These alerts Are called when air is considered unhealthy particularly for those people with respiratory ail ments or heart conditions. The Federal clean air act sets Stan Dards for the permissible Levels of Ozone and Carbon monoxide in the  Angels exceeded the Standard for Ozone an average of 123 Days a year from1 s83�l 985, according to environmental Protection Agency figures. The deadline for compliance with the act in dec. 31, and regions thai fail to reduce titter pollution Levels could faceless of Highway and sewer Aid and restrictions on construction. Federal and local officials agree that Southern California will be unable to Eccl the deadline and James m. Lents executive officer of the South coast air Quality management District said he believes it will take at least 20 years forthe area to come into compliance. Lents Agency oversees air Quality for los Angeles Orange Riverside and san Bernardino counties. There is some sentiment in Congress for extending the deadlines nobody wants to shut Down Southern California said rep. William Dannemeyer a Calif. Air pollution is trapped and held Over Southern California by mountains. The problem is compounded by Boom in population growth which brings More automobiles to the area already congested freeways. California has instituted a vehicle inspection program that requires audio mobiles to a checked every two years to Nacel emission standards. Also industries such As aerospace and Small manufacturing companies Are heavy polluters. An audit of the District by the . Environmental Protection Agency in1986 concluded that the Board should take a More aggressive stance with major Industrial polluters. Lents admitted that the District could impose tougher restrictions in some areas. This year the District will consider rut Ling into effect controls on ships Docking in coastal harbours and on boilers and turbines he said. The District also May increase efforts to convince Southern California to use car pools and May establish emission standards for off Road vehicles he said. Larry l. Berg a member of the South coast air Quality management District recommends sweeping changes such As requiring fleets of buses and trucks 10 us clean burning fuels. He suggests thai automobiles also be gradually converted to natural Gas and  Hayes i tilt executive director of the Santa Monica based coalition for clean air agreed with Berg s assess ment. Statistics show that 60 percent of pollutants comes from automobiles. She recommended that Large companies be required to set up car poof services for  to impose new restrictions Are met with resistance by Industry representatives who have asked for studies to assess past efforts to curtail  discount the area s ability to meet the Ozone  poll of residents showed that three of every four Calico Means would be witling to pay More in taxes and As much As 1500 More for a new Carlo help clean up the air. Definitely people Are willing to Lake whatever Steps Are necessary to improve our air Hayes rain said. Our air is a finite  Spanish group claims responsibility for bombings Vigo Spain up a galician separatist group claimed responsibility sat urday for eight bomb attacks on Banks in six Northwestern cities thursday. A caller to a regional Magazine said Gal Icia Ceiba or free Galicia set the bombs to protest economic policies it considers harmful to the interests of Galicia an Iso lated Region in the Northwest of Spain. The blasts slightly injured three people and caused damages of $800,000 at eight Banks in six cities including the regional capital of Santiago de compost can and the port City of Vigo. A spokesman at the galician language Magazine Nosa Terra in Vigo 385 Miles Northwest of Madrid said the caller read a statement criticizing milk quotas set by the european economic Community and government plans to revamp the ship building Industry. Both sectors Are key to the Economy of Galicia s four provinces. It was the second siring of Bank bomb Ings ibis year for which responsibility was claimed by free Galicia an ctr Csc Lefi group which surfaced in 1976 lose cure Independence for the Region s 2.9 million inhabitants. The group Sci bombs at seven Banks in Galicia feb. 5, which caused heavy dam Ages but no injuries