European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday april 20,1989 new Cable boosts links with far East new York a the first fiber optic Cable across the Pacific Ocean went into service wednesday lying the United slates and Japan together More closely than Ever. The Cable no bigger around than a Garden How stretches 8,271 Miles front California through Hawaii splitting in the Western Pacific with one leg going to Guam and the other to Japan. Pacific link will allow 40 limes As Many Calls across the Pacific than were previously possible with Copper cables. Builders of he s700 million Cable marked its completion with a video Tele conference Between Japan and the boar Droom of the new York Slock Exchange. The distance Between inc. Two coun-1 pics has become Shorter Shiro ural Nat us executive vice president of the Tokyo Stock Exchange said from the japanese end of the Hookup. \. We now have a new base a new Pla teau for communications services John Borndt International communications services president for american Tele phone & Telegraph co., said in new York. Its completion comes four months after installation of the first fiber optic Cable across the Atlantic Tat-8, which. Was inaugurated with a video speech by author and Futurist Isaac Asimov fiber cables stretching most of the Way around he world will compete with satellites for phone service computer traffic and video conferences. Satellites arc still used for television. Unlike traditional. Copper cables fiber optic cables carry informal Ion in pulses of laser Light. The single new Cable will be Able Lockany 40,000 phone Calls at a time across the Pacific compared with less Han 1,000 for the two existing Copper cables combined. ,. At towns 35 percent of the Cable. Hokusai de Shin Dena Japan s inter National phone company owns 23 per cent. The my is owned by 30 partners including Sci communications corp. And . Spa Tel communications co.,and phone companies in Australia Bru Nei Canada France West Germany Hong Kong South Korea. New zealand the Philippines Singapore. Spain Tai wan and Britain. Laying fiber cables through deep inaugurating the new Cable at to executive Jolt Zerndt Speaks Al the it York stuck Exchange As japanese official Takazo Ashli Fri lease listens in Tokyo. Ocean areas creates special problems. Be cause Sharks Are attracted to the cables they had to be sheathed in a Eccl to depth of about 8,500 feet making those sections about the thickness of a Man s  trans Atlantic Cable has suffered three partial outages in its Brief life two caused by damage from fishing trawlers on the French leg and one by an electrical Short on the British Teg said at spokesman Rick Wall Creslein. The Pacific link leaves the West coast at Point Arena about 100 Miles North of san Francisco. After its split in the West pm Pacific the Southern leg goes to Guam and he Northern touches land in Chikura Japan. Provisions approved for lowering air pollution Washington a p Senate Spon sors of clean air legislation said they be agreed on provisions to control 2.7 Bil lion pounds of poisonous chemicals emitted into the atmosphere each year. The diverse bipartisan group includes majority Leader George a Mitchell d Maine the sponsor of unsuccessful clean air legislation last year and sen. John b. Breaux. D-la., whose state is one of the largest manufacturers of toxic chemicals. The Compromise announced tuesday would require companies emitting 10tons or More of any airborne toxic chem ical to install the Best available control technology. There would be emissions standards for industries releasing the chemicals. Hut i encourage polluters