European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 4, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 from the seas of the past a 216-foot-Long, 20-foot-wide German submarine showing patched up Battle scars from world War ii is attracting throngs of tourists at the Baltic port of Laboe West Germany. U-995, once a sea ranging member of Hitler s vaunted a boat Fleet has been preserved just As it was nearly half a Century ago. La police chief says new Aid is just crumbs los Angeles a the Federal government will throw new muscle into the fight against the area s deadly Street gangs but the police chief of the nation second largest City complained that the added Effort is just crumbs from  a 34-member task Force will attack the web of Gan crime that has afflicted los Angeles and spread to other cities across the West and Midwest . Attorney Robert c. Bonner said tuesday. Police chief Daryl Gates noting that Federal an local agencies routinely work together welcomed the Effort but he also complained. What is new is that we re getting just a few Crumb from Washington Gates said. Referring to increasingly Mobile drug dealing Gan members Gates said we had to Send the Little Rotten sobs to 446 cities throughout the United states an terrorize some of the other cities before Washington recognized we had a  the task Force will prosecute gang members under Federal statutes that Are More stringent than state Laws. Task Force members include reassigned employee from the drug enforcement administration Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms . Attorney s of fice 10 police departments los Angeles county sheriffs department and state county and City prosecutors. Expansion of fair housing Law of d by Senate Washington a the Senate voted 94-3 tuesday to expand the Protection of the nation s fair housing Law to the disabled and families with children and empower the government to seek stiff fines for property owners found guilty of Bias. Senate passage virtually assured the measure will become Law because the House approved a similar Bill 376-23,last june. The House can accept Senate changes or try to seek a Compromise be tween the two versions. President Rea Gan has endorsed the Senate approach. Three of the Senate s most conserva Tive republicans voted against the Bill Jesse Helms of North Carolina Stev Symms of Idaho and Gordon Humphrey of new Hampshire. Sens. Joseph Biden a Del. Dale bumpers d-ark., and Harry Reid d nev., did not vote. The Senate language was the product of behind the scenes negotiations that eventually yielded agreement among civil rights groups realtors Home build ers organized labor and the Reagan administration. Staff members of vice president George Bush the certain gop presiden tial nominee were instrumental in work ing out the Senate language. Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis has endorsed the Bill. Housing and Urban development Secretary Samuel Pierce who helped put the measure together called it a meaningful expansion of our nation s fair housing  Ralph Neas executive director of the leadership conference on civil rights called the bipartisan Bill the most dra Matic and significant improvement in civil rights Law since 1965." the original Bill outlawed discrimination based on race. Bias based on gender was prohibited in 1974. The new legis lation would expand the coverage. It would prohibit discrimination against families with children under age 18, al though children could be barred fro housing intended for the elderly. The Bill has several provisions spelling out which types of elderly housing would be exempted. The measure would not Only bar discrimination against the disabled or Handi capped but require that new Multi unit residences be constructed so they would be accessible to such persons. This provision would take effect 30 months after enact ment. Before the final Senate vote chief Spon sors Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., and Arlen Specter r-pa., engineered the defeat of two amendments designed to change the accessibility requirements. The changes were proposed by Humphrey who argued the provisions would make housing less affordable. The Amend ments were tabled and thus killed by votes of 88-7 and 84-12. The Bill would permit the department of housing and Urban development to go to court if voluntary efforts fail to resolve discrimination complaints. Cases could be prosecuted before Hud s administrative Law judges or in fed eral court if either party requests such proceeding. Sterilized fruit flies work for formers los Angeles a four million sterilized Mediterranean fruit flies flooded a 16-Square-mile area in the second stage of a Campaign to eradicate the threat to California s $ 14 billion a year farm Industry. The male flies the first of a total of 20 million to be freed through Friday were released tuesday by air plane and from cardboard buckets by truck. The sterile flies dyed fluorescent Pink will cause the me flies to Breed themselves out of existence said Robert Donley Deputy director of the county agriculture commission. Last week the suburban san Fernando Valley area was bombarded with Aerial and ground applications of the pesticide malathion after six me flies were found in traps. If there Are any viable flies that emerge they will mate with sterile flies and there will be no offspring Donley said. The sterile flies Pink color is invisible to the Eye but shows up under a special Light Donley said. The me Fly lays eggs in More than 250 varieties of fruits and vegetables. The flies Are usually brought in from Hawaii on fruit carried in by tourists. No new flies were found monday or tuesday but inspectors continued to Monitor traps in Trees. Flies will be released weekly for about two months about 20 million each week to cover two Poten tial generations of me flies said Donley. The average lifespan of a me Fly is about a month. The use of sterile flies helped eradicate a medal infestation last summer in Eastern los Angeles county. New Span for the thames an artist s impression shows a Bridge that will be the longest of its kind in Europe. The 2,700-Yard Bridge will Span the River thames Between Dartford and Thurrock in Southeast England. Construction work began this week and the Cable stay Bridge is scheduled to be ready for four lanes of traffic in february 1991. The Span which will Cost More than $343 million is expected to ease traffic congestion in the area