European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 1, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 refuse problem emptying beaches new York a the summer of 88 is already Over in the minds of count less northeastern Beach lovers revolted by a tide of dead rats syringes and sew age that has left Miles of Shoreline deserted and Seaside businesses shuttered even on the hottest Days. They finally did it they ruined the Beach said Joe love Chi of Brooklyn. He will limit his Ocean dips to Ankles Only for the rest of the  others Are not so Brave. Attendance has plummeted at Atlantic beaches since the scare began july 6, when Needles and vials of blood some of which tested Posi Tive for the aids virus began washing up along Long Island s 120-mile South Ern Shore. Since then on beaches from new Jer sey to Massachusetts lifeguards and rangers with rakes and rubber gloves have harvested gruesome garbage after nearly every High tide. Whoever did this is the typhoid Mary of garbage Carters said new York summer is already Over for Many City Parks commissioner Henry Stern. This has ruined the summer for Mil Lions of  although health officials say chances of contracting aids from Ocean borne waste Are almost nil in new York officials Are playing it Safe. When Needles Are found the Beach is closed for at least two relatively clean High tides. Rhode Island beaches remained open after syringes Catheter and colostomy bags and intravenous tubing washed up last week scientists doing computer studies of Ocean currents said the waste was probably dumped near new York in june. Medical waste is not the Only reason beaches have closed. Beaches around As Bury Park n.j., were closed because of contamination from human waste which is a More potent threat to Public health than Hospital waste. As in past Summers High Levels of focal col form bacteria also have forced beaches to close on Long Island and around Boston Harbor. John Rafferty a new York City life guard said he will enter the water Only when his Job requires it. I m not afraid of aids. It s just dirty water. The water s been dirty for years. I Don t enjoy swimming in it he said. You come out and you Don t feel re  love Chi has taken the same position. Why take a Chance it s not just aids but hepatitis a Host of things he said. If they opened up a stand Selling clo Rox they could sell out to people who want to Wash their  bleach might sell but hot dogs and Beers Are not in demand at deserted beaches. It s real bad said Wayne Horner who operates the food Concession at Jacob Riis Park in Queens where Atten dance is Down from a million last july to 457,000 this july. Horner said sales Are Down by two thirds. Nobody s coming out and there s nothing we can  and confusion did not prevent Loli Reyna of Queens from taking her two Young children to the Beach last  they get scared of the Ocean now they re never going to go in again she said. Nobody gets aids at the Beach. You use drugs and Needles you get  with sewage plants also have contributed to the Beach crisis. An old sewage Plant in Asbury Park overflowed and dumped waste into the Ocean the nearby town of Bradley Beach is now threatening to sue Asbury Park for lost  Rains Are being blamed for drowning dozens of sewer rats that washed ashore in new York. While they have determined that the rats did t come from a lab officials Haven t pinpointed the source of the medical garbage. Fire situation better in ., Yellowstone by the associated press the last of the 2,000 people driven from their Homes by a South Dakota Forest fire returned saturday after firefighters contained the Blaze that destroyed 15 houses and the worst fires in Yellowstone National Park since the 1600s calmed Down. It was close fire information officer Michele Case said saturday of the six Day fire that blackened 3,840 acres on the Western Edge of rapid City  People in this Community were real nervous for a couple of  a second smaller fire broke out saturday in the Black Hills National Forest near rapid City about four Miles from the larger fire. Officials said the fire of undetermined origin had burned 30 acres by Early eve Ning and a few people in the area left their Homes. Forest fires also raged saturday in Washington Idaho and Montana but Crews contained a 200-acre Blaze in Wisconsin and a 5,400-acre grass fire in a rugged area of Western North Dakota. The blazes in Yellowstone had burned 107,000 acres in the 2.2 million acre Park. Officials hoped to have the rapid City fire con trolled by sunday evening. More than 1,000 firefight ers remained on duty to extinguish hot spots. The arson fire which broke out tuesday destroyed 42 outbuildings and More than 40 vehicles. Damage was estimated at $1.3 million. State and local Law enforcement agencies appointed a task Force to find the arsonist. Rewards for information leading to an arrest grew to at least $ 17,000. The Southern Entrance to Yellowstone closed for a week because of fires will reopen sunday said Park spokeswoman Joan Anzelmo. In Idaho about 35 Miles North of Boise 10 families evacuated because of a Gulch fire in the Boise National Forest returned to their Mountain Homes saturday. Erratic wind compounded by dense smoke High temperatures and Low humidity sent embers a half mile ahead of the fire. Nearly 1,000 people fought the 5,000-acre Blaze and fire Bosses had no estimate of when it might be contained. In Washington state cooler weather and lighter wind aided firefighters battling a 3,600-acre Forest fire along the Crest of the Cascade mountains. One two and then heave some 328 volunteers help move Herman Ostry s 9 ton barn As part of the Bruno neb., Celebration of its 100th birthday. The Volunteer Crew on command and to the cheers of hundreds of spectators picked up the steel poles placed under the barn by Ostry and his sons took a few Steps then the poles Down to rest before repeating the process. It took 20 minutes to move the required 100 feet. Abortion protesters arrested Atlanta a ten anti abortion demonstrators were arrested saturday at the Atlanta women s medical Center after they blocked entrances and were taken to jail. Other protesters urged women not to go in for their abortion appointments. The arrested demonstrators All charged with Crimi Nal trespassing refused to identify themselves As More than 100 others have done in the past two weeks. The demonstration was the latest by operation Rescue which has staged several protests Here since the democratic National convention two weeks ago. Those refusing to give their names Call themselves baby Jane Doe or baby John Doe in Solidarity they say with aborted fetuses. Some demonstrators have been released on their own recognizance but officials say they cannot release people who will not give their names and addresses because they could not be found again for trial. Most have pleaded innocent to criminal trespass charges. Operation Rescue spokesman Lowell Patterson said about 75 percent of the demonstrators have vowed to remain in jail until their appearances in state court if that Date is within the next month while others might give their names because of business or personal concerns. 8/cker/ng Mars Homecoming for Baltimore s wholes Baltimore a just five Days after they were returned to the National aquarium three Beluga whales got into some bloody bickering that left two of them with bites and scrapes. Aquarium officials say fighting in tout of the Ordinary for the species but these three whales had never fought be fore Friday s Tiff. The three whales had been living to Gether harmoniously for nearly a year at the new York aquarium while the Baltimore aquarium s 260,000-gallon tank underwent a $1 million renova Tion. I Don t think the move had anything to do with the fight said Bob Jenkins director of operations and husbandry at Baltimore s aquarium. Kia the youngest whale was found to have been bitten on the Tail. Jenkins suggested that Kia May have been following the other two Anore and i Lamar around the tank and one of them turned around and bit her. Or maybe they just got up on the wrong Side of the tank he said. Six year old Anore suffered scrapes probably while keepers were trying to Herd the Marine mammals into a Shal Low area of the tank. Jenkins compared the wounds severity to your 5-year-old kid with a knee  staffers treated the whales wounds with Gauze and disinfectant. There will be a Little bit of concern of what to do if the fighting continues he said. Anore and i Lamar were captured in Hudson Bay in 1985