European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a stateside the stars and stripes tuesday april 3,1990prof links East s reforms to lure of Western culture Bowling Green Ohio it up a the fall of communism in Eastern Europe resulted More from envy of Western popular culture than from unhappiness with a political philosophy a professor said. Ray Browne chairman of Bowling Green state University a popular culture department links the demise of the communist system to a envious eyes and rumbling  he said television revealed a Cornucopia of Western goods and services that people in the East bloc had been denied. Even the arrival of Mcdonald s in Moscow provided a Symbol of convenience Access and other consumer advantages denied to the masses he said. Browne predicted that studies of popular culture will become More influential throughout the 1990s.los Angeles bomb threat grounds flight to Mexico los Angeles up a a Telephone bomb threat grounded a Delta airlines flight to Mexico City for three hours while the Boeing 737 twin engine Jet was searched officials said. No bomb was found. The 118 passengers booked on Delta flight 746 were already aboard when the airline received a Telephone Call from a woman saying that two explosives were on the plane said sgt. A1 Scoggins with the los Angeles International Airport police. The caller did not identify herself. The 737 was evacuated and taxied to a Remote part of the Airport where a police bomb squad used dogs and a Ray equipment to search the plane sgt. Michael Apodaca said. After three hours no bomb was found and the search was  use appliance Cord to slide Down jail building new York apr two inmates climbed Down an Extension Cord taken from a floor polisher to escape from a Federal jail authorities said. The two men citizens of Colombia climbed through a window and Down the Cord sunday to flee the metropolitan correctional Center in lower Manhattan prison spokesman Alan Stiefel said. They had been using the floor polisher on the second floor of the Hospital area of the jail just before they vanished said sgt. Mary Wrensen a police spokeswoman. Stiefel said the men Cut one of the bars on the window and broke the Glass before sliding Down to the Street. They were discovered missing at about 7 40 . German Velez 33, was facing charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine Stiefel said. The other prisoner Maricio Melendez 32, was awaiting trial on charges of Money laundering he said. David Brown of Crafton pa., removes fuel soaked absorbent material from the Allegheny River near Freeport. 30-mile fuel Slick threatens Pittsburgh a drinking water Pittsburgh apr a 30-mile fuel Slick Drifting Down the Allegheny River Early monday threatened Pittsburgh a drinking water and forced a town of 15,000 people upstream to have water trucked in. Other communities began drawing water from tributaries to the Allegheny building up their reserves. A we know we re next and we re just waiting for it to get to us a said Pittsburgh water department spokeswoman Donna Sagmeister. The City a system serves 500,000 people. The Slick resulted from a landslide that cracked a pipeline Friday and released a mixture of gasoline kerosene and other fuels near Freeport. Pittsburgh joined with other communities late sunday in calling for voluntary conservation of water. The request came As the City prepared to close its treatment Plant. Other treatment centers upstream were closed. The 75,000-gallon mixture was said to be unbeatable at Many water system plants. A we believe we have in place a process and procedure to assure a continued water Supply to All affected areas a said gov. Robert p. Casey. Pittsburgh mayor Sophie Masloff said her City had More than three Days Worth of pure water in its Reservoir. Conservation could add two Days she said. Albert Brunwasser director of the Allegheny county health department said officials were trying to develop a treatment program. In Harrison township the 15,000 residents had water brought in sunday by trucks and tankers said Nat Mastro Deputy county fire marshal. Preparations were also being made in Beaver county which is on the Ohio River Northwest of Pittsburgh the Ohio flows out of the juncture of the Allegheny and Pittsburgh a third waterway the Monongahela River. Beaver county emergency services director Russell Chiodo said he was advising eight water authorities serving about 40,000 people to begin saving water. A we want them to be conservative As All Heck right now a he said. A we done to know what a going to  Buckeye pipeline co. Estimated it lost up to 98,000 Gallons of fuel from its 10-Inch pipeline which extends from Linden n.j., to the Pittsburgh suburb of Corao Polis. The company said it recovered about 20 percent of the fuel. Eighty five cleanup workers used absorbent pads attached to floating booms to remove Oil from the River officials said. Dennis Vrotny emergency management director for Brackenridge upstream said his Community and others were drawing water from tributaries to the Allegheny to add to their reservoirs. Fire departments were pumping As much water out of creeks As possible he said but cooperation from residents was essential. Vrotny said the water system in Brackenridge a Community of about 4,000, serves 30,000 people. 1 done to think its going to hold if people done to conserve now a Vrotny said. A was it is we re losing ground  Sun seekers unlikely to be pro Bono now los Angeles apr Palm Springs and its mayor Singer Sonny Bono done to want the Spring break crowd anymore. But neighbouring Orange county is working hard to lure Young Sun seekers to shores freshly scrubbed after a big Oil spill. A a we re ready for them. We re excited to have our beaches ready for easter vacation. I know the merchants Are gearing up for them and we expect a Good crowd a said Huntington Beach mayor Tom Mays. The 400,000-gallon spill by a Tanker feb. 7 is now just an unpleasant memory the crude Oil gone and the Shoreline Between Huntington Beach and Newport Beach cleaner than Ever Mays said. A come witness one of the finest surfing schools on the West coast. You done to have to hang 10 or shoot the curl to have a Good time a reads a $73,000 full Page color and in today Susa today. There is no mention of the spill. But 100 Miles Inland the unbaked Palm Springs Oasis notorious for Spring break madness has bluntly declared it does no to want the teen age exercise in excess. Libidinous High school and College students Bent on celebrating booze Sun and each other traditionally descend on the desert resort with one motive in mind a to party Down. But now said Palm Springs spokesman Frank Cullen a we done to see any 1 value in having All these kids Here a a this has been a growing sentiment Ever since it started getting out of control in the 1980s and after the riot of 1986,�?� Cullen said. Some of the Sonny Bono estimated 15,000 students in Palm Springs that year went on a rampage harassing motorists pulling clothing off women and hurling bottles and rocks at police. Since then Law enforcement has been bolstered during Spring break. The 81-member police Force supplemented by Highway patrol officers and sheriffs deputies begins a week of 12-hour shifts on  we mean business when it comes to enforcing tit Laws a Cullen said. A mayor Bono feels very Strong about this.�?�. It appears that Bono himself May intervene in a forcing local Laws. Just last weekend while r1 motorcycle his Honor chased Down a speeding Bike. The mayor who became famous singing l by i babes with sex wife Cher said he told the biker a a you a better learn to read real fast unless you want w spend the night in  c Rev that a when the Young rider noticed a mayor b y Bono printed on the to shirt. 1rt, it costs the City about $350,000 to beef up the p Force to keep order during easter week a time in City a population swells from about 40,000 to mor 100,000. A a it a just a real Drain on our resources Cullen