European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page e the stars and stripes tuesday August 4.1987 0 the a us Indriso ,=.,r mass residents paying to save land. ,. A. Nor Chi to i Der Ceni on real estate imposed in i k  Island hv"1 Barnstable mass. Up on a weep Pilch near an elementary school Are 180 acres of thick forests that hide White tailed or. Of and grouse. And peaks Thil offer splendid views of Cape cod Bay and sail Marsh. Buns Able property owners Are paying an extra 46 cents a week on their Las Bills to keep it Hal Wiy a Developer warned to put 100 houses on the land local residents in a trend that has swept Cape cod objected. They re pulling their Money where their Mouths Are says Mark Robinson executive director of the compact of Cap cod conservation trims which works to keep on space from being developed. On Cape cod and elsewhere in Massachusetts resident know if they Wani to spare forests beaches or vacant lots from being overrun by housing or businesses then they must buy in. He Sayi. Some 30 percent of Cape cod a been protected by Sale or local government or private groups As open space. Using police Powers such As zoning Laws or health regulations has Noi worked Well As a guide to development Robinson says. When All else fails you have to buy the land to not have the Cape Sproul Homes like mushrooms after a Spring  in the past two Yean More than j70 million has been spent by Cape cod towns to protect More than 1,000 acres from development. Some of the Money came from private donations or Sale and Federal Grants bul much of in was covered by increased property taxes. Voter opted Loe Cpl tax limiting proposition 2v in order to raise the Money to Purchase threatened lands. Cynthia Cole who spearheaded the drive to male the jail Lane preservation Between Hyannis and a amiable Sayi it is Worth the expense. It Cost Bastable taxpayers less than a cup of Coffee a week to protect a watershed Lave a recreation area and spare themselves the Cost of providing schools seen and water for 100 new families. Conservationist Are hoping the male will make their jobs easier by enacting legislation authorizing communities statewide to set up land Bank funds. Under a Bill before the House Wayland Means co Morinec owns and ones would be allowed to Levy a Transfer la of 0.5 per cell percent n real transactions. The tax would yield up Lotus million if All 351 communities statewide imposed in. The legislation requires thai 25 per cent of collections be devoted to protect natural resources and 25 percent to build affordable housing this legislation is absolutely Essen tial says Kelly Mcclinlock executive director of the environmental lobby of Massachusetts. Al least 20 communities with my More coming have voted Al their Tow meetings and City councils to request isred Bank funds. These Are not just the conservation commissions or a few individuals speaking this ii the outcry of the town itself. Our Lonj have very few options the financial demands of land Protection Are extraordinary and this legislation is the Only Hope for Many of  it won t solve everything but it certainly would be Nice to have the funds Robinson says. The land Bank Bill is modelled after a program on Nan Tackert that generates 1100,000 a week to project open spaces. Since the real Esus Transfer to was imposed in 1984, the Islan has spent jis.8 million for 765 acres 2.5 per cent of the Island. Bill Klein director of the Nantucket planning commission says the goal Over the Neil 20 years is to rated half the land on the Island from development i percent by local government and the remainder by trusts which already a locked up 9,000 acres. Few complaints have surfaced abort the real estate lax Klein says. I guess what happened was people began to realize that the Island warn being bought out from under them. In wat once owned by new Amsterdam Colony Mowas sold to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In is almost As if new York is Iryma 10 buy it  make the legislation More Palata ble a proviso was added to require part of the tax collection to be spent on affordable housing. Advocates for the poo were concerned that Parks and conserva Tion areas were using up land int com be used for housing. We re really in a desperate situation in terms of affordable housing. Matsa Chusett has the highest housing cd in the nation say Lew pm Ferollee Mas cach Setu affordable housing Alliance. What Airport s busier Rig if now than o Hare Oshkosh b gosh Oshkosh wis. A the Small Airport Here is busier than Chicago s o Hare this week because of the experimental aircraft association Convent Ion bul inc crush is welcomed by air traffic controllers As Ine olympics of their profession. Last year 8,300 aircraft from around the world were parked Al one time Al Wittman  All those planes from one person Ultra lights to vertical Takeoff harrier jets in and out of the Airport is a Job controllers throughout inc great very jets for it. They beg. They d do any thin for it said John Lewkowicz a supervisor at the Detroit metropolitan Airport who is working his seventh eat Fly in this  is an Airport entirely of people who want to i Here he said. The Federal aviation administration selects about 30 controllers from other airports to help on Kos i seven regular controllers during the convention Hio Cathy Spiegel the Faa s acting lower manager Al Osh i s an Honor 10 be chosen to be at Oshkosh she did it s a place where they an work the busiest traffic in the world. Everyone likes the Challenge. Controllers coordinate flights by Amateur private pilots military aircraft and commercial planes. Las year they handled up to i2,� Lak offs an landings each Day of the convention. Spiegel Saio Jim comparison Chicago s o Hare International Airport normally handles about 3.100 daily site said on Friday the opening Day of the in lion controllers were handling about 600 Toke outs and landings each hour Spiegel  the Tower 10 air traffic controllers in red Faa Polo shirts used binocular to look for incoming air Craft and track  is strictly a visual operation Lewkowicz said we see them out inc window the Faa bends the rules a bit to handle the heavy traffic Spiegel  Tower has a waiver for example Hal lets it bring aircraft Down with 1,500 feet separating them rather than the 3,000 feel normally required she id they just land one after another she said. They re like Little ducks. As Long As they re going the right Way they follow one another. Its when one docs l thai you have a  inexperienced pilots May gel confused and land on the wrong runway in the pair of parallel Concrete lanes thai the Faa uses for most of the convention s traffic controllers said. The controllers keep an Eye out for any plane veering toward the wrong  year a controller helped a Pilot avoid problems when he noticed that the Pilot had forgotten to lower his Landing gear Spiegel said. The controller Nad him go around and try  Call out planes colors and types and Tell them whal to do. They ask pilots to Rock their wings to make sure the Pilot hears them. Hold air Wisconsin. Cessna Clear on final a con troller bars. I have a Harbird Craft that s Landing on 36 left All other aircraft inbound land on 36 Nghil. Controllers on the ground use nags and radios to help plane Cross Active runways on their Way to Park ing spaces or exhibit stands. Nine accidents have been reported a convention since in came to Oshkosh in 1970, Spiegel said last year one plane landed in Lake  another ditched in a nearby Field when they ran Oul of fuel near the Airport she said. No one was tilled in the incidents. Troio Alhia i item Tiow toy Dampens Man s Good time put leu ulal m  owl that lamp _ Pote surrounded the place. Bui when they in room the gun they found was a ji2 water pistol. No one is More surprised than Thomas Bomhart. 25. Who was surrounded As he stepped from the Joom Al me ramada inn and heard someone yell freeze _ fearing he bad walked into a robbery or something be started Back into the room. Then he saw about i police officers in the Hall and revalued they were Yulung to him. Every one of them had their guns on me Bomhart said. A thought they were going to shoot me. I was scared to death when police searched the room they found a Battery operated Saler gun i almost got Kun cd Over a j12 toy water gun " barn ajl said. The gun looked real to the desk clerk who Ald Pouce the user. Fur everyone had left Bomhart said he and a Friend went 10 sleep. The phone rang about 20 , and the Casar said thai Harahan had a Friend waiting in the  rat to opened the door and took a sep out be said. I Berf someone shout freeze bul i did t think they noun Suzhu. Noa a a Jjones anything me. Police sol. Allen Kuni said Bomhart did l Brand ish the gun or threaten anyone Wii it bul the clerk had been frightened they look exactly like the real  Kun said. Police Confin Calvd the water gun in Case charges Are filed. Stateside 3 deaths May be linked to Salmonella poisoning new York a a third pal enl has died after investigators traced an outbreak of food poisoning Al Oler memorial Hospital to Salm Onella bacteria a spokeswoman said it was the second food poisoning incident in a week at a new York metropolitan area Hospital. About is Palionis. Two nurses and a doctor be came ill alter a Salmonella bacteria outbreak at mount Vernon Hus Pitol last  the most recent Case an 85 year old woman died Early sunday after suffering from vomiting diarrhoea and fever thai might Tav been caused by Salmonella poisoning said Coler spokeswoman Susan Schallan autopsy will determine whether food Poison ing caused her death and those of two other a liens Al the Hospital an by year old Jinan on saturday and a 70-year-old woman on thursday. Jackson s half brother reported target of probe Chicago a the Federal government is investigating businessman nosh Rodimon. Jesse Jackson s half brother for possible viota Lions of Federal bankruptcy Taw the Chicago Tribune reported  has filed Legal document that did nol fully disclose nil corporate assets and has been accused of converting corporate holdings to his personal use. The newspaper said Chung a. Bankruptcy court records seven businesses in which Robinson had financial interest have wound up m bankruptcy court Over inc past decade said the to Bune. Sticky Gas pedal blamed for fatal car Accident Pittsburgh a a woman Lay � clicking Gas pedal caused her car to Nee out of control and Careen into a family picnic killing one Man and injuring four other people. Police said no charges were filed in the Sun Day afternoon Accident which occurred alter Louise Harrison. S3, of Gibsonia up cd her car out of a parking  car sped across a wheel and crashed through a hedge Ihen ran Over Peter to Vonno 56 of Cortland. N.y., on the Lawn at soldiers and sailors memorial  s Izier. Mary pal Narco. Of con land Alio was struck. She was in critical Cood Iurii sunday night at presbyterian University Hospital Harrison was in serious condition Al the Hospi Tal two passengers in her car required realm enl