European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 21, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 a two paddle boats leave a Slimy Trail As they plow through a sea of rotting algae near the sea resort of Rimini Italy on the North Adriatic coast. Sewage eating algae fouling italian beaches Milan Italy a the rapid proliferation of smelly Slimy Slicks of algae along Italy s Northern Adriatic coast is scaring away tourists killing fish and sparking cries for the end of dumping untreated wastes into the sea. Mayors of Seaside resorts in the Romagna Region with its jammed Beach establishments one next to the other say tourists have fled and reservations for the rest of the season Are Down As the algae problem gets worse. It s like swimming in Mash Sai Dalberta de Lorenzi a milanese who took vacation near the resort of Rimini. My children swim in the hotel Pool. The algae make Tough going  authorities say the decaying algae won t make you ill but it won t make you anxious for a dip in the Brown and Gray Waters. Algae thrive on raw sewage poured into the sea without purification and 9n chemical pollutants including Industrial waste and phosphates from detergents. The multiplying algae use oxygen robbing fish of the vital element. Foul doors from the dying sea life makes spending time at the Beach even less inviting. The problem of put relying fish was especially bad off the coast at cd Loggia and Ravenna a big tourist draw with its magnificent Well preserved mosaics. Other stricken areas include Venice with its Lagoon in the North and Pesaro a music festival town in the March Region and a favorite vacation haunt for West germans. The to Italy s longest River is Esti mated to carry More than 4,000 metric tons a year of phosphates into the Adriatic. Environment minister Giorgio Ruf folo said a Bill would be presented in parliament to set the volume of phosphates in cleaning products at 1 percent instead of the current 2.5 percent. Mayors of Adriatic sea resorts urge the government to enforce Laws that prohibit Industry and farms to dump pollutants untreated into the sea. They also Are demanding a state of emergency and special funds for boats and mechanical equipment to Clear the Waters of decaying algae similar to action taken in Venice. Last month the National govern ment set aside 3 billion lire about $2.2 million to help Venice fight its algae  risk ruining the tourist season and producing thousands of unemployed Nando Fabbri the mayor of Bellaria told Turin s daily la Stampa. Bruno Casadei professor of ecology problems at the University of Urbino not far from Pesaro predicted the situation will Worsen. Slow moving currents and shallow depth will turn the Adriatic into a Perma nent sludge he said explaining that those factors make it difficult for the sea to flush itself clean of the pollutants. Reagan Indian leaders planning first meeting Santa Barbara Calif. A president Rea Gan is planning a White House meeting with american Indian leaders who protested his remark at the mos cow Summit that the United states perhaps should not have Humoured the indians the White House said Friday. The american Indian action group said presiden tial spokesman Marlin Fitzwater indicated thursday that Reagan would make Good on his offer to meet with american Indian  Deputy White House press Secretary Bob Hall con firmed Friday that Fitzwater told the group that the president s staff had been told to meet with the indians to determine a Date and time for the meeting. The Indian group which had previously announce plans to rally and walk to Reagan s Mountaintop ranch North of Santa Barbara saturday said in a statement Thad made a commitment to the demonstration and would proceed with  said the staff level meeting probably would be held in Santa Barbara while Reagan is vacationing atthe ranch. The meeting in Washington will take place some time after Reagan returns to the White House on sept. 6, he  May 31, during his Moscow Summit talks with soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev Reagan told mos cow University students maybe we made a mistake in trying to maintain Indian cultures. Maybe we should not have Humoured them in wanting to stay in that kind of primitive lifestyle. Maybe we should have said no come join us. Be citizens along with the rest of us Congress granted american indians full citizenship in 1924. It was not until 1948 that a court decision gave them full voting rights in Arizona and new mexi co in local and state elections. Reagan s remarks outraged Indian leaders. The president invited them to meet with him at any time but the american Indian action group said he failed to respond to letters and Telephone Calls from Indian leaders. During his administration Reagan has never me with Indian leaders the group said. The remarks he made in Moscow were his first reference to american indians in eight  the group said about 200 indians were expected together at Refugio state Beach on saturday and walk to the ranch. The White House described weather at the ranch a sunny and warm and said the president was continuing with his usual routine of paper work Wood chopping and horseback Riding. He plans to travel to los Angeles on tuesday for five Day stay stopping in route at the Marine operations building of the port of Long Beach to sign legis lation intended to reduce . Trade deficits. He also plans to attend a fund raising lunch in Irvine for California Republican sen. Pete Wilson s re election Campaign