European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes a Page 5 miners Aid is stripped from air Bill Washington apr the Senate by a 50-49 margin has turned Back pleas for special Aid to Coal miners rejecting a measure that Senate leaders and the White House said could have jeopardized broader clean air legislation. The $500 million assistance amendment was voted Down thursday after five hours of debate during which supporters argued that miners need help because they would be adversely affected by tougher air pollution controls. The measure was seen As the biggest remaining obstacle to passage of major air pollution control legislation that is scheduled for a final vote tuesday. A similar Bill is pending in a House committee. The government has estimated that More than 5,000 miners of High Fulfur Coal Are Likely to lose their jobs As Midwest utilities switch to other fuels to meet new pollution requirements in the coming years. The vote was a Victory for Senate leaders of both parties a George Mitchell a Maine and Bob Dole a Kan. A As Well As the Bush administration which had opposed the assistance As too expensive and discriminatory against other workers. The White House has threatened to withdraw support from any Bill that exceeds the current estimated $21 billion a year Cost. Mitchell said the amendment pressed by sen. Robert c. Byrd d-w.va., probably would have pushed the yearly total beyond that level. Interpreter Griselda Hernandez Speaks to Happy land arson suspect Julio Gonzalez at a court hearing on thursday. . City Council fire officials criticized in Happy land Blaze new York apr angry City Council members pressed top City officials thursday about How 87 people could die in a fire at an illegal social club despite repeated warnings that such clubs were catastrophes in waiting. A we All Bear the blame a Bronx Borough president Fernando Ferrer said. The City Council has come under criticism since the fire because a Bill that would have increased penalties for operating clubs illegally was allowed to die in committee. Several Council members said they were surprised to learn that Laws giving the City authority to a a Seal premises were interpreted As meaning Only that a notice could be posted on the door. The fire at the Happy land social club in the Bronx occurred sunday As its patrons Many of them honduran immigrants danced and drank on premises that lacked a liquor License and violated much of the fire code. Julio Gonzalez 36, was charged with 87 counts of felony murder 87 counts of murder through depraved indifference and one count of attempted murder and arson. Gonzalez made an appearance in Bronx county court before judge Efrain Alvarado thursday at a hearing to determine his defense counsel. The Happy land building was owned by Developer Alex Dilorenzo and leased to a group called one peach associates which is partly owned by Jay Weiss the husband of actress Kathleen Tumer one peach sublet the building to club prop Richcr Elias Colon who died in the fire. The City has been trying since 1988 to close another illegal Bronx club in a building owned by Dilorenzo and leased by Weiss and his partner in one peach. Morris Jaffa new York new Day  2 operational deployed aboard sub Washington apr the Navy a newest and deadliest intercontinental missile the Trident 2, has been declared operational and deployed aboard the submarine Tennessee the Navy announced. The Trident 2 is considered to be the most accurate ballistic missile in the . Arsenal. The Tennessee will carry 24 of the missiles each of which can carry 12 nuclear warheads to individual targets More than 4,600 Miles away. The program encountered problems last year after two of the first three submarine launched missiles self destructed. But the program was declared Back onetime track in january after a $125 million fix of the missiles nozzle system. The program has Cost $35 billion to Date. The missile a was delivered two years Early and was 12 percent below the budget originally provided a the Navy said in a statement thursday. The Navy plans to build 24 Trident subs and Purchase 871 Trident 2 missiles through fiscal year 2001. The first eight Trident subs produced for the Navy have gone to sea with the Trident 1 missile which is less accurate than the new version. The vessels Are scheduled to be re equipped with Trident 2s during the 1990s As the subs Are brought in for overhauls. A Navy spokesman cmdr. Craig Quigley said the Trident program could be hampered if the Energy department is unable to resume production of warhead triggers by the end of june. The triggers Are made at the Rocky Flats Plant near Denver which has been closed since november for safety improvements. Energy Secretary James d. Watkins told a House armed services panel meanwhile that the department expects to restart operations in the first of six plutonium processing buildings at Rocky Flats by the end of june and that full production could be achieved by the end of  the stars and stripes to years ago today. March 31, 1950 a Secretary of state Dean Acheson urged Quick approval of �?�8. Technical Aid to backward nations As a cheap Price to pay for helping win the worldwide a fight for  years ago today. March 31, i960 a president Eisenhower said he planned to offer a moratorium n l n,<rr8round testing of Small nuclear weapons if the soviet Union would accept a workable ban on larger tests. The moratorium would extend through the end of his a pm in office next Jan. 20.jo years ago today. A officials in the Western turkish town of Gediz reported 644 wins trom a devastating earthquake that rocked the Region with Rescue operations Winum. As Many As 1,300 were feared dead.0 years ago today. A iranian foreign minister Sadegh gho Tabadeh insisted that government had received a message from president Carter admitting past mis 1 �?��?�/ore�?~8n policy toward Iran. A spokesman for Carter denied that anyone Admi stration had sent such a message. Greyhound Drivers agree to return to bargaining table Dallas apr greyhound and its striking bus Drivers Union agreed thursday to return to the bargaining table four weeks into the violent dispute greyhound says is costing it hundreds of thousands of dollars a Day. The company and Union agreed to resume negotiations in the next week said Bernard Delury head of the Federal mediation and conciliation service. The Agency did not say Why talks were resuming. Company officials who had said they would not negotiate until the violence ceased were not immediately available for comment. The decision to resume talks comes As greyhound plans an expansion sunday that will put it at 54 percent of its total pre strike Miles. The company said it is adding 112 round trips and 50 destinations. President Frank Schmieder says greyhound has no plans to add 205,000 unprofitable Miles that constitute 32 percent of greyhounds routes. The decision could leave numerous areas without any intercity bus transportation. Although greyhound spokeswoman Elizabeth Hale said thursday the company would attempt to subcontract some of the routes. Greyhound is the Only nationwide bus company serving about 9,500 pre strike destinations. In about 9,000 of those areas the company provides the Only intercity transportation. The strike began March 2 after greyhound and the Union failed to agree on a contract. Negotiations broke off amid company complaints the Union was doing Little to discourage violence