European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday. October 4,1989 House foes strike Deal on Tough clean air Bill by the in Angeles times Washington two key House members reach ing a Compromise hailed As a historic breakthrough inthe struggle to enact clean air legislation agreed monday to extend California s Tough new Auto exhaust standards to the rest of the country Over a two year period starting in1994. The Compromise approved unanimously by the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health and environment significantly tightens the controls that would be placed on tailpipe emissions from cars and Light trucks under president Bush s new clean air Bill. Specifically it would lower the amount of hydrocarbons cars Are allowed to Emit by 39 percent from current Levels and reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide another component of smog by 60 percent the new standards go into effect in California in 1993. The Compromise would also More strictly regulate the emissions of cancer causing chemicals from motor vehicles and would provide for a second round of even stricter emission reductions Early in the 21st Century should the environmental Protection Agency determine they arc needed. The agreement which removes a major obstacle Block ing congressional action on clean air Bills in the past was announced by subcommittee chairman Henry a. Wax Man a Calif a leading advocate of clean air legislation in the House. For the first time in Over a decade Waxman said there is a Broad agreement on a package of measures that will reduce pollution from cars and  a cation to the agreement which was amended to the Bush Bill by a 22-0 vote predictably was mixed with environmentalists praising it As a significant step for Ward toward effective clean air legislation and Auto com Pany representatives denouncing it As a biased measure that saddles their Industry with an unfair Burden. We supported the president s original proposal As a valuable contribution to improving air Quality although it would have put a severe Strain on our human and techno logical resources but this action goes Well beyond that Harold a. Poling vice chairman and chief operating offi cer of Ford motor co. Said. While the Bush Bill still has a number of legislative hurdles to overcome before it can become Law the com Promise crafted monday after a Marathon round of Dav night negotiations saturday and sunday was hailed by several legislators As a landmark achievement. Underlying the lawmakers euphoria was the fact that the agreement represented a reconciliation Between the two principal protagonists in the clean air Battle in the House Waxman and rep. John d. Dingell a Mich. The powerful House Energy and Commerce committee chairman who represents a District in the Detroit area. Although they have worked together amicably on other issues in the past Waxman and Dingell have been fierce antagonists on clean air issues with the latter repeatedly blocking Waxman s efforts to report pro environmental legislation out of his subcommittee. The key to the Compromise apparently was Waxman agreement to language that would allow the Epa adminis Trator to opt out in one committee member s phrase from the need to impose a second round of deep emission cuts after the year 2000. In return for this Concession Dingell agreed to strengthen the Bush Bill considerably by accepting the More stringent California emissions standards. Dingell also won a reprieve for automakers by stretch ing Waxman s deadlines for compliance with the new standards. Although the California standards go into effect in 1993, they would not begin to apply to the rest of the nation until the following year when they would be phased in Vcra two year period. Woman with memory loss discovers probable identity Nashville Tenn. A Kitty Jordan who took her name from a slip of paper in her pocket when she showed up Here in december with Little memory discovered she probably is Ruth Ellish a divorced Mother of three from Ohio. Investigators who struggled All year to help the Black haired Brown eyed woman find her True identity got a break monday in the form of a missing person report from Akron said detective Walter Keeler. The discovery led to a phone conversation Between Kitty and Elisc shite a sister of Ruth Ellish in Ohio authorities said. She definitely feels that i am Ruth Ellish the mystery woman said monday night. She and our Mother Are Corning Down on wednes Day morning. I Don t know if i la go Back with them or not said the woman who still Calls herself Kitty Jordan. Ice scr said his office was fairly certain Kitty Jordan is 50-year-old Ruth Ellish based on information provided by the Akron police department and on he sister s recognition of Kitty s voice. Ellish disappeared from Akron on dec. 8. Two Days later the mystery woman woke up in Nashville Motel with a headache and bruises on one Eye her arms and legs. As to what happened and How i got Here we still Don t know she said. There s a 24 to 48-hour period that s still not accounted  she said her newfound family told her Ruth Ellish had been under a great Deal of pressure most recently because of personal problems with her 18-year-old daughter. They said i had been suffering from migraine head aches. Thai s about As much As we know at this Point she said. Nashville police appealed for help from the Public last week saying they had exhausted All leads. Since then they have followed up on dozens of tips from people who read articles about Kitty whom doctors believe has amnesia. Kitty s Only recollections were bits and pieces about an abusive sex husband working in an office with computers and seeing the Chicago Skyline she docs want to remember and just can to  Jacobs said last week. On monday authorities filled Kitty in on details of the life of Ruth Ellish showing her pictures sent from Ohio of the woman her daughter and her two sons Ages 29 and 20. Right now to me they re still just a Bunch of strangers she said. Ellish was a computer analyst at the All Tel Western Reserve Telephone co., in Hudson North of Akron. She spoke from the family life Center a private women s shelter where she has lived and worked As a Cook. The mystery woman said she would t decide about her future until talking with her Counselor and meet ing the family of Ellish. I m still apprehensive she said. I just Don t know what s Back there for  stateside cockatoo escapes Cage saying goodbye to mom St. Louis a a cockatoo said " Bye mom before escaping from its Cage Accord ing to its owner who is trying to get the Bird Back. Kay Churan of Rockford iii., said she lost the 5-Ycar-old female cockatoo on saturday when the Cage door popped open As her lug Gage Dolly hit a bump at a hotel. Churan who was in town for the great american Kayce show one of the nation s largest Bird shows says the is Inch Long Bird is Worth about $1,000. Churan said she got the cockatoo which is White with a yellow Crest and docs not have a name right out of the Jungle and had in vested a lot of time in training it to be a show Bird. She was just beginning to act like a Young Jady said Churan who is offering an unspecified Reward for its return. I was really planning on finishing  Mattel decides to Stop using animals in testing Hawthorne Calif. A Mattel inc. Said monday it will no longer use animals to test its products for safety. The toy maker which markets products in 100 countries said the testing affected few products so the decision was made to end it altogether. Last week Pawtucket  Hasbro inc. Said it would no longer use animals to test children s cosmetics. Avon products inc. And Revlon inc., two of the biggest manufacturers of adult cosmetics recently announced they would end animal tests of new toiletries instead using computer models existing safety records and human volunteers. The moves have followed protests by Ani Mal rights groups. Andy Warhol museum formal agreement signed Pittsburgh a a formal agreement has been signed to establish the Andy Warhol museum to display the late pop artist s works. Signing the agreement monday were the Dia Art foundation the Andy Warhol foun Dation for the visual arts both of new York and the Carnegie Institute. The Pittsburgh based Institute will establish and maintain the museum. British curator Mark Francis was appointed director of the Andy Warhol museum As Well As curator of contemporary Art for the Carne Gie. The museum will be located in the present Volkwein Brothers building on Pittsburgh s North Side. It will contain More than 700 artworks by Warhol a Pittsburgh area native who died in 1987 following gallbladder surgery. The museum is expected to open in the fall of 1992. Plans Call for climate controlled galleries a Library Archive and a Bookstore. Drug agent wife Friend face fax evasion charges Des Moines Iowa a a Feder Al drug agent his wife and a businesswoman pleaded innocent to conspiracy and Money laundering charges involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in vested in real estate and rare coins. Drug enforcement administration agent Dennis Harker his wife Maryann and businesswoman Susan k. Terry entered their pleas monday before a Federal magistrate and were scheduled for trial dec. 4. Harker is a Dea agent in Miami Terry owns set construction co. In West Des Moines. Harker formerly lived in West Desmoines and the three have described themselves As High school friends. . Magistrate Celeste by cmdr free them subject to a $100,000 penalty if they fail to appear for trial. In addition to tax evasion they arc charged with conspiracy and with structuring Bank deposits to keep them below s 10,000. A Federal Law designed to catch drug Money launderers requires Banks to report deposits larger than $ 10,000. The indictment does t refer to drugs. The indictment alleges that the markers had More than $1 million in transactions during years they reported Only a fraction of that income for income tax purposes. It says Terry and Harker set up a com Pany that tunnelled Cash to real estate investments and rare Coin transactions. Harker faces up to 40 years in jail if convicted on All counts while Terry faces up to 30 years. In addition to jail terms the markers face internal Revenue service penalties if convicted on the tax charges