European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday july 30,1988 Reagan supports Bush s child care tax credit plan stateside Washington a president Reagan praised a child care proposal by vice president George Bush calling it a Means of allowing women to choose to stay Home with their children if they want. Reagan told a group of evangelical Young people thursday the plan would strengthen the family be cause the Basic idea Here is that the government would simply let families keep up to $1,000 More of their own  that s Money the family itself can decide How to spend Reagan said. Working mothers could put the Money toward child care. But by giving each family president Reagan Waves to members of the student Congress on evangelism in Washington . This tax credit the vice president s plan would also permit thousands of mothers to choose to stay Home with their  it was Reagan s first comment on the proposal which Bush is making part of his own presidential Campaign. In the speech to the student Congress on evangelism at the Washington convention Center Reagan also reiterated his opposition to abortion saying we cannot proclaim the Noble Ideal that human life is sacred then turn our backs on the taking of some 4,000 unborn children s lives every Day. This must Stop the president said. An abortion is the taking of a human life. Many who seek abortions do so in harrowing circumstances he added. And just As tolerance Means accepting that Many in Good Faith hold views different from our own it also Means that no Man or woman should sit in judgment on another. I believe and vice president Bush believes with me that we must Rise above bitterness and reproach to find positive answers to the tragedy of  Reagan said his administration has sought to reflect a return to Basic values through such Steps As the enactment by Congress of the equal Access act of 1984, giving voluntary religious groups the right to meet after school on the same basis As other groups. He also cited longstanding administration positions in support of returning prayer to the classroom and reversing the supreme court decision that legalized abortions. He said legislation his administration has submitted to Deal with child pornography is being held up in Congress and asked if the House and Senate leadership really care about family values in t it time they brought this anti pornography legislation to a vote he also talked to the Young men and women about the pressures teen agers feel to have sex out of wed lock. I m sure that each of you believes that someday you la find someone to fall in love with and you will he said. You know that when you meet that person and meet in a marriage that you will be True to each other. Well did you Ever Stop to think you can Start being True to that one special person beginning now the 8,000 Young people cheered wildly applauded stamped their feet and jumped up and Down As the president made his appearance in the cavernous Hall. He opened by leading the group in the pledge of allegiance and ended by joining others in the crowd in waving a Small flashlight in an Effort to keep time to the music As the group Sang a song proclaiming we will carry the Torch of the  Fuff met pour hmm to � by a w r a Al Job Epa study shows tampering with Auto exhausts on decline \17 a do vol put / a a \  a. A.  t a in. ._._. J my 11 a. J .1 1 _1_washington a marginally fewer cars inspected by the environmental Protection Agency last year showed signs of tampering with pollution control devices or use of the wrong fuel the Agency reported thursday. The annual Survey which covered 7,388 cars in 15 cities last year turned up 19 percent that had showed evidence of tampering and 7 percent that had used leaded gasoline when they weren t supposed to. Results from the 1986 Survey reported a year ago showed 20 percent tampering and 9 percent Misfel ing. The Agency s surveys Are not designed to yield a National estimate of tampering but to Monitor the effectiveness of programs to Check exhaust pollution Levels or equipment tampering. A different group of cities is checked each year. The slight decline continues a trend seen in recent years but Epa presented no statistical calculations on whether the declines Are real or could be expected Ashe result of Chance fluctuations alone. In 1983, 26 percent of the cars checked showed evidence of tampering and 14 percent appeared to have used leaded gasoline when they should t. Forty two areas have inspection programs As Parton local air pollution control programs. Aj1 . Cars since 1975, and All imports since 1980, have been equipped with tailpipe devices which con Vert some important pollutants into relatively harm less compounds. Use of unleaded gasoline is required in these cars since leaded gasoline poisons the catalysts in these devices and lets much larger amounts of pollution escape in the exhaust. In a separate announcement thursday the Epa said it was charging several new car and repair shop opera tors with violations of Federal Laws dealing with pollution control systems. Thirty six operators of 43 new car dealerships or repair shops were charged with nearly 400 violations. The Agency said it was seeking $475,000 in fines which the shops May contest in administrative proceedings. Most of the alleged violations involved the use of improper replacement converters. Though leaded gasoline historically has been cheaper than unleaded the differential has been narrowing and it is getting More difficult to use the wrong fuel. Epa regulations have lowered permissible Lead concentrations to 9 percent of what they were in 1984, and less than 3 percent of what was typical of High octane blends in the 1960s. More and More cars that can use leaded fuel Are junked every year. As a result some major refiners have stopped Selling leaded gasoline and it now accounts for less than 20 percent of the Market compared with 25 percent a year ago. Small earthquake rattles 3 towns in Washington Tacoma Wash. A a Small earthquake and aftershock Shook the towns of Packwood Eatonville and Randle but there were no reports of damage or injuries a geophysicist said. A quake of 4.2 on the Richter scale was re corded at 10 . Thursday entered about 35 Miles Southeast of Tacoma near mount Rainier said Bruce Presgrave a geophysicist at the United states geological Survey National Earth quake information Center in Golden Colo. An aftershock quake registering 3.9, was re corded at 11 ., he said. The Richter scale is a measure of ground motion As recorded on seismographs. Every in crease of one number Means a tenfold increase in magnitude. A Reading of 7.5 reflects an Earth quake 10 times stronger than one of 6.5. An earthquake of 4 on the Richter scale can cause moderate damage in a local area while a 7 Reading is a major quake capable of wide spread heavy damage. China emperors treasure to be displayed in Seattle Seattle a treasures hoarded by China s emperors for More than 2,000 years were to go on display in Seattle Friday with jewels Terra Cotta warriors a Golden dragon throne and Jade burial costume rivalling the splendours of King Tut. V More than 90 percent of the 221 artefacts on loan from the people s Republic of China for the son of heaven exhibit have never been seen in the United states and 80 percent have never left China officials said. The exhibit which promoters say is four times larger than the King Tut show that thrilled America a decade ago was created largely from archaeological discoveries and research in China since the communists took Power in 1949. Its treasures come from 21 museums and institutions in eight provinces and Beijing. The emperor of China was considered the son of heaven and was believed to own and control everything under heaven. 2 gunmen hit armoured car steal $300,000 near Bank Sacramento Calif. A two gunmen wearing hard hats masks and sunglasses pistol whipped a guard and stole More than $300,000 from an armoured car outside a Bank authorities said. The robbers fled and an automobile Matching witnesses description of their getaway car was found in a residential area six blocks from the Wells Fargo Bank Branch office said Fri spokes Man Tom Griffin. No arrests were made. Griffin said More than one shot was fired Dur ing the robbery but he did not elaborate. A guard in the Loomis armoured inc. Armoured truck was struck in the forehead with a gun by one of the robbers. The guard was hospitalized and reported in Good condition. Kim Kellog a spokeswoman for Wells Fargo at the company s Headquarters in san Francisco said the robbery occurred As the Loomis truck arrived to deliver currency and coins to the Branch office. She confirmed that More than $300,000 was taken. Man Dies after Rescue from bin of dry Cement Tampa Fla. A a worker who fell off a 60-foot Tower into a huge bin of dry Cement gasped for air for nearly two hours while fire fighters tried to pull him out and died shortly after his Rescue authorities said. Michael Lagrand 34, fell into the 20-foot steel Hopper wednesday. Workers at the con Crete mixing site secured him by looping a rope under his armpits. Rescuers wrapped More ropes around him and gave him an air mask. About a dozen firefighters tried to pull out the 250-Pound worker. He Sank below the surface several times then slipped out of sight for the last time. He was pulled from the funnel shaped Hopper about 15 minutes later authorities said. He died an hour later at Tampa general hos Pital