European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday june 29,1937 news updates Asbestos removal Washington up an Epa program to help schools clean up cancer causing Asbestos is not reaching those with the worst problems according loan internal draft audit. The environmental Protection Agency audit was released sat urday by rep. James Florio d n.j., who said it showed Agency management of the program had left Many children exposed to this deadly  the result of Epa decisions Means that instead of eliminating Asbestos hazards from schools where thousands of children Are probably exposed funds were provided to schools Liere the expo sure consisted Only of a janitor vis iting a boiler room for perhaps an hour each week Florio said in releasing the report. Asbestos is a known Carcinogen and inhaling Asbestos fibres can Lead to lung cancer and other Dis eases. Findings rejected Seattle Wash. Up the Mother of the first american civil Ian killed by Contra rebels in Nicaragua has lashed out at the slate department s investigation of the slaying calling it  Elizabeth Linder of Portland ore., who Tike her son and Daugh Ter is on a a ional tour promoting opposition to . Policy in Cen trial America told a Church group Friday night there were inconsistencies in the official . Investigation. Benjamin Linder an Engi Neering graduate of the University of Washington was shot to death in april by Contra rebels. The slate department s investigation has entered on the con iras initial claims that Linder was caught in a Cross fire Between re Bels and sandinista soldiers. The Contra later said Linder was wearing a military uniform and was a participant in the firelight but the under family believes the sandinistas1 version that he May have been singled out for assassination to Send a message to other foreigners assisting the Nicaragua government. Temperatures l h m 79 us k a Munu m h  76 to Iii 711 34 dim. A u ,divw66 76 mini 73 in Honolulu 70 92 hokum i h 7b Tot Law a i 7� is. 56 t9 Mpt---5l paul72 64 new Oilen i 77 Blo la do m 110 Nett a 79 5j 74  As part and of 95 sail  63 70 san of 92 Sij european weather Ftp  Hortt by. I it Troudy Tummy Purly Cloudy by Tom flu. Film Iryna to i it Ott Fluty ind he Biruk Jjck Milt a Kly Cloudy nut ton fog mar to wily. Nigh Tan Pottow writ � Ott. Wei Kiwi 5im slut Mark l r Pony a tour u 4am 4pra 73 u . I 4pm u 75t of Riwen. R 64 �5 fit 72 pc. P to Mol tout. Re Moke pm. M a Tea f by Tonta r Navy keeping commitment on tour lengths Trost says by William j. Bar Tiff an Washington Bureau Washington increased pres sures such As the tension in the persian Gulf Are not forcing the Navy to Back away from a commitment to reduce the Lime sailors Are separated from their families the chief of naval operations says. While there could be temporary extensions of duty because of continuing fluctuations of global require ments the Navy s to month old goal of keeping sailors Tours limited to us months followed by at least 12 months at Home port before the next deploy ment has been successful to Dale adm. Carlisle , Trost said in a message to Navy Flag officers. Although there May be Lem Horary exceptions to goals for some ships or air Craft squadrons the program is work ing and we intend to keep Faith with our people Trost said. Because the Navy has been called on to protect kuwaiti Oil tankers that will be re nagged by the United Laws sailors schedules arc being reworked in order to maximize Opportunity for time income port he said. This is a healthy ongoing process Trost said. The message which each of our Navy men and women should now receive is thai we Learned the Les son of Back Loback deployment cycles and excessive timeout of Home port in the 1970s, and that we have no Inlet Fufa photo adm. Carlisle . Trost Lions of resuming to Hal  Trost said he United slates commitment in the persian Gulf is a Good example of the kind of additional pres sures the program was designed to address in Hal Effort our Progress to Ward attainment of a 600-ship Force Structure has provided much greater  a Navy spokesman said it is too Early to speculate on whal effect the persian Gulf Mission will have on the new goals. Even though we d Tike to bring every ship every aircraft Carrier every squad Ron Back in six months we might not be Able to do Hal  the Navy s deployment goals established in october 198s, provide that each ship or aircraft Squadron spends a minimum of to percent of it Lime Al Home port. Deployments arc to be a Maxi mum of sin months and ships and squadrons Are to have a turn around ratio of 2-to-l Between major deploy merits. This Means two months in the Continental United Stales Tor each month of deployment before the Sailor can be sent out again. Navy officials said Hal since the new deployment goals came into effect there have been two instances in which ship did not return after six months. The air Craft Carrier John f. Kennedy and two cruisers returned Home about 13 Day late this Spring because of tensions m Lebanon the aircraft Carrier Nimitz is expected to be to Days Laic in resuming to the United Stales after a Mediterranean deployment because its Home port is Chang ing from Norfolk va., to Bremerton Wash. Even if it s Only one Day. Over six Donihi Admiral Trost personally has to approve the Extension a Navy spokes Man said. Thai s How committed he Ujj to this  Panama urgently9 recalls its envoy after Senate s rights abuse rebuke Panama City a the govern ment on saturday urgently called its ambassador Home from Washington to discuss a Senate Resolution urging Panama to restore constitutional rights and end alleged human rights abuses. President Eric Delvalle issued a statement calling the Senate Resolution intolerable interference in Panama s internal affairs and a violation of inter National Law. The decision to Call ambassador Dominador Kaiser Bavin Home came u Day after the Senate s 84-2 approval of he non binding Resolution which was critical of he military controlled govern ment of the panamanian defense chief Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega. Dflvalle declared a stale of emergency restrict tag civil rights when riots broke out in Panama cily june 10. The protests erupted after a acc Nelly retired High ranking military officer publicly accused Noriega and Ine military of rigging presidential elections and of complicity in the 1981 plane crash death of military strongman Gen. Omar Torrijos. The Senate Resolution called for the panamanian government to be returned to civilians. It urged free elections Resto ration of democratic Rule and civilian control of like military. In response a Sial Emem issued by he defense Force which is Panama s Mili tary service said using calumny blackmail defame Ion and threats those North american enemies of our country in cahoots wit local political forces who answer 10 directives and International financing of obscure origin have used against the re Public of Panama. The Roost ignoble actions to discredit it  . Buses to have Gleason depot new York up comedian Jackie Gleason whose most vivid role was As bus Driver Ralph Ramden in the 1950s television show the Honey to owners will be memorialized by a bus depot named after him the new York City transit authority said saturday. Ralph Ramden really typified he new York cily bus Driver and we just Felt that we wan led to do something to Honor Jackie Gleason for it to spokes Man termaine Garden said. The to plans to hoist a sign Over the fifth Avenue bus depot in Brooklyn s Sunset Park Section proclaiming the building the Gleason depot word of the Honor came As Gleason s family and friends gathered in North Miami Fla for a private funeral for the entertainer who died wednesday of cancer. Friday new York bus Drivers Hon or a Glt Ison by driving with their head lights on. In he Papular television series Kram Den worked for the fictional Gotham bus co. And drove along Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Ii is a very positive thing and every body is pretty excited about it Garden said of the decision. But in Hindsight 1 guess this should have been done whence was  on Friday the Omni part Central Hole in Manhattan renamed the four rooms Gleason lived in when he filmed the series the Jackie Gleason suite bang bang bang bang bang bang.  a Pirt Cloudy Macao up tourism authorities Are seeking an entry in the Guin Ness Book of world records after the detonation of what they believe was the world s Lonj esl string of firecrackers stretching 2.5 Miles across the in trance to Macao s Harbor. It took sit hours and 45 minutes saturday to ignite inc entire string of 2.79 million firecrackers which fright ened and delighted spectators As the blasts made their Way along inc Shore line and aver a 1.8-mile Bridge to the offshore Island of Taipa. The Chain was lit by Carlos Monjar Dino the undersecretary for tourism with the Bishop of Macao and other dignitaries looking on. The $30,000 North of firecrackers contained 1,325 pounds of Gunpowder. The firecrackers were manufactured Over a period of 40 Days by a team of to workers in inc nearby chinese province of Huangdong. The knowledge of Gunpowder a chinese inc lion was first introduced to the West by Marco Polo