European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page6 the stars and stripes thursday. January 11,1990 Nixon spends 77th birthday finishing his seventh Book stateside Yorba Linda. Calif. A Richard m. Nixon s 77th birthday was observed on both coasts tuesday As City workers in his Hometown got a paid Holiday and the former president planned a quiet family dinner. The Nixon presidential Library and Birthplace foundation in California used the occasion to in Vite reporters on a Brown bag lunch tour of the nearly completed $20 million Library. It will be dedicated in july. On the East coast. Nixon worked on a Book due in april. President Nixon spent the morning putting the finishing touches on inc Galley proofs for his new Book. In the Arena pay ing special attention to Nixon new sections about soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev China and Eastern Europe Nixon spokesman John Taylor said from Nixon s office at Woodcliff Lake,. Taylor said Nixon and his wife. Pat planned to have dinner in new York City with members of the family lie said he was unaware of any unusual gifts. Profits from the Bonk whose full title is in the Arena a Memoir of Victory defeat and  will go to the Library inundation. Simon & schuster declined to disclose How much Nixon was getting for the Book his seventh. Hugh Hewitt director of the Library foundation presided Over the tour of the Library a Spanish style building he described As a window into the career of the nation s 37th president. There will be full and fair treatment of  said. The Nixon Library 30 Miles Southeast of los an Geles will be the first of two presidential libraries to open in Southern California. The Ronald Reagan presidential Library opens next year in Simi Valley 75 Miles away. Unlike other presidential libraries the 45,000 Square foot Nixon Library won t be supported by lax dollars. The former chief executive insisted on it. For about 100 City workers in the Community of 40,000. Tuesday was a paid Day off. The Yorba Linda City Council voted in september to make Jan. 9 a Holiday in Honor of its most famous citizen. Fifteen years have elapsed since president Nixon s resignation and history has shown the importance of his presidency particularly with respect to his Brilli Ance in foreign  the Holiday Resolution said. The coast of Alaska is to melt across the Bering Strait from the Swiet Union s Chukoski Peninsula. ., soviets propose creation of Mammoth Bering Strait Park Washington up a joint i  tech convened tuesday in Washington. The commiss Iund  tech Nical team has recommended that the superpower create an International Park on the fro in Frontier they share in the Bering Strait. The bring Ian heritage International Park would consist of nearly 3 million acres of land already under Park Protection on Alaska s Seward Peninsula and a similar number of acres of siberian territory on the Chukoski Peninsula. The proposal was contained in a report presented tuesday to Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan and . The first Deputy chairman of the soviet stale committee for environmental Protection in a ceremony at the Interior department. The report docs not recommend opening the Siberia Alaska Border which has been formally closed since 1946, to allow visitor Access to both sides of the Park. But . Officials said they envision Freer move ment for scientific and cultural exchanges. Lujan said the report which was the product of four months of work by the technical team stands As an excellent example of cooperation Between the  Sokolovsky said i think not Only glasnost played Arole but the whole process of democratization of our society and of course the lessening of International tensions and inc strengthening of our  the report is to be formally submitted later this week to a .-sovict environmental commission that Convene commission must approve the Park proposal before it can proceed. Establishment of the Park also would have to be adopted by Law in both nations.  Officials said they were hopeful the Park could be officially designates As Early As August 1991, the 75th anniversary of the National Park service. The study docs not propose boundaries for the Park but the . Side has identified its portion As the 2.8million-acre Bering land Bridge National preserve North of Nome. Alaska said Park service director James Ridenour. The soviets have several areas of similar sic under consideration in the Chukoski Peninsula across she Honing Siruis from Alaska. Each Side would manage its portion of the Park in accordance with its own Laws and regulations. The United states and the soviet Union arc Sepa rated by As Little As three Miles of the icy Bering sea Between soviet controlled big Diomede Island and .-Owncd Little Diomede Island. Depending on the soviet Choice of Sites the closest Points Between the american and soviet portions of the Park would be about 3 j Miles Ridenour said. The United states has five International Par agreements All with Canada the most notable of which is Waterton Glacier International peace Park. The soviet Union last year established an International Park with Finland. Son of Atlanta mayor booked on pot charge Atlanta i a Maynard ii Jackson  of Atlanta s mayor was arrested on a Mise Meanor marijuana Possession charge after an Auto Accident tuesday afternoon. Jackson. I1was released on his own Rico Gnu acc after being hooked on a charge of posses Sion of less than i ounce of marijuana said police spokesman Keith Williams. Williams said Jackson also would be charged with following too closely in connection with the Auto Accident. No injuries were reported in i Crear end collision. If convicted of the marijuana charge. Jackson faces up to a year in jail and a $1,000 Tine. The mayor Maynard Jackson or. Issued a statement at City Hall saying he had instructed City officials to treat his son no differently Romany other person. Florida approves program to save the Panther Tallahassee. Fla. A a program to try to save the Florida Panther from extinction by Breeding Ihm in Captivity was unanimously approved tuesday by a joint Federal stale panel. Biologists estimate that Only about 50 of the cats roam undeveloped lands in South Florida. Without the program the Honda pan Lucr could be extinct in the a Cal 25 to 40 years according to a presentation John Christian made to the four member Florida Panther . The captive Breeding program s goal is to in crease inc Panther population to 500 animals 200 in Captivity and 300 in inc wild in Florida and elsewhere in inc Southeast by the year2010. All Safe after jetliner makes emergency Landing West Palm Beach. Fla. A a jetliner bound for the Bahamas made an emergency Landing tuesday moments after Takeoff when one of its engines caught fire and shut Down airline officials said. No injuries were reported among the 142 Pas sengers and Crew members aboard the carnival air lines hoeing 727, said carnival spokeswoman Dorothy Coffey. The plane took offal 9 15 . From Palm each International Airport and the Pilot re ported moments later thai one of three engine was on lire incl smoke was filtering into the passenger Cabin. The plane landed safely Airport spokesman John Kolh said. Call c said the Blae was caused by a broken shall and pump in the engine. The airline based in nearby Dania shuttles passengers from South Florida 19 carnival scr Sial Palace resort and Casino in the Baha Mas. 2 men indicted on charges of firearms conspiracy Ozark. Ala. Up two men from Ala Bama and California have been indicted by a Federal grand jury with conspiring to Export fire arms possibly to the Irish Republican army Panama or Africa officials said. Brian Joseph Fleming. 32. Who is also known As Brian pcs Kiln. And Charles Farrell Malone. 63. Were Inci Icid by a grand jury in Montgom Ery said . Attorney James e. Is Ilson. Fleming was arrested tuesday at his Ozark business the printing press Malone has not been located officials said. Both men Are charged with conspiracy to Export firearms designated As a defense article on the . Munitions Lisl without a License or a Ihori action from the slate department. Wilson said. The evidence in this Case indicates they were going to Tran ship these weapons outside the Continental United slates Wilson said in a Story published in the Montgomery advertiser wednesday