European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 05, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday aprils 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 Senate passes clean air Bill 89-11 i 2. S. N �. R r a i i i i. A. I i Washington a the Senate overwhelming Leoine air pollution controls on Auto Ori tories and Powe r plants tuesday. The vote climaxed a decade of struggle Over whether strengthen Federal clean air Laws. The new controls estimated to Cost the Economy $21 in a year when they go fully into effect were a  speaking in Indianapolis in Advance of  called it a histone vote that  gel mesons to come As we work to build a cleaner in it approval shifted the clean air debate to the Louse where a similar Bill is being written by the Energy and Commerce committee. Rep. John dog Ell d-mich., a panel s chairman said he plans to have the committee oct by week s end and expects floor action next month. Differences in the Senate and House measures will then ave to be worked out Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine a now edged the new requirements would be expensive to Industry but argued the costs of inaction will be higher Nan the Cost of this  health experts have estimate Dir pollution May account for 50,000 premature deaths very year he  to Many senators the vote represented an Gomz T Choice Between cleaner air and concern about the pact of the new controls on employment and electric ills Back Home. This Bill will absolutely decimate my state of Illinois cd lard sen. Alan Dixon d-i11. Whose state has Utility ants that rely on High Fulfur Coal As Well As Coal miners Hose jobs will be jeopardized by new measures to com at acid rain. Dixon was among the 11 senators who voted against Sno note for legislation that will destroy the Liveli president Bush and Indianapolis mayor William  of thousands of hard working men and women. Hudnut Plant a tree in a downtown Indianapolis Park As lat will bring economic ruin to communities throughout a symbolic gesture for clean air and new life. They ded appalachian and midwestern states said sen. Robert Ica Ted it to Ryan White who is dying from aids. Robert c. Stempe to take Helm at floundering general motors Detroit a Robert c. Stempel who Rose through the product ranks at general motors corp.,will be pm s next chairman and chief executive officer it was announced tuesday. Stem pc 56, pm s president and chief operating officer will succeed Roger Smith who is retiring july 31 after heading the giant automaker through turbulent decade. Since 1980, pm s share of the car Market has shrunk dramatically the number of Laid off pm autoworkers has increased and japanese manufacturing plants have gained a toehold on . Soil. I m leaving general motors on aug. 1 con Vinced we be got probably the greatest team we Veever had because we be got some of the greatest challenges we be Ever had Smith said at a new conference. With the Aid of its no automotive subsidiaries pm last year earned $4.22 Bil lion on Revenue of $126.9 Bil  joined pm As a senior accounting clerk and his career focused on corporate i  Russ 53, executive Vicc preside"1 in charge of North american Auto opera Lions wil1 succeed Stempel a president. No one will assume Stem Pel s title As chief operating officer. There currently Are no pm Vicc chairmen. During the nine years of Smith s reign pm share of the North american car and truck Market plummeted to 34.6 percent at the end of last year from 44.1 percent in 1980. Stempel Byrd d-w.va., who unsuccessfully had sought financial help for Coal miners affected by the Bill. The final vote came after a Brief flurry of excitement Over a last minute attempt by sen. Don Nickles. A kla.,to change the Bill s permit requirements and make it easier for businesses to comply. Sen. Max Baucus. A Mont. Called the 34-Page Amend ment an ambush that would hamper enforcement of the new requirements and hinder civil suits against Pollut ers. The amendment lost 51 -49. The clean air Bills before Congress represent the first attempt to strengthen Federal air pollution Laws in 13 years. About 150 million people breathe dirty air in More than 100 cities from Lewiston Maine to los Angeles Accord ing to government figures. In addition Industrial plants release an estimated 2.1billion pounds of toxic chemicals including carcinogens. Into the air each year. And acid rain pollutants Are endangering streams and lakes across much of the Northeast and mid Atlantic states. The Senate legislation which would impose sweeping pollution controls on Industrial plants automobiles and Coal burning electric Power plants is designed to ease those problems. Among its key provisions Are tighter automobile tailpipe emission controls. A reduction in Fulfur dioxide emissions from Coal burning Utility plants by 10 million tons a year curbing acid rain. Reductions through the installation of the Best Avail Able control technology of toxic chemical releases by Industry. Requiring states to implement specific pollution control plans to clean up Urban smog. The timetable for cleaning the air of Urban smog ranges from five years to 15 years for most of the nation scities. Because of the severity of its problem los Angeles is Given 20 years. . National debt tops $3 trillion Mark Washington a the . National debt went Over the $3 trillion Mark for the first Lime in history the Treasury department reported tuesday. A person counting a $1.000 Bill each second would take 133 years just to reach $1 trillion. And when the National debt reached $3 trillion it meant that it would Cost every Man woman and child $12.000 to pay it off. The actual Public debt subject to statutory limit at monday s close was $3.023 trillion just under the statutory limit of $3.123 trillion. Peter Hollenbach of the Treasury department said that despite a growing number of income tax receipts at this Lime of year he expected the debt to continue to grow As Long As the budget is not balanced. The dbl reached $1 billion during world War  to $278 billion Al the end of world War ii. It reached its first trillion on Oci. I. 1981. And Rose to $2 trillion on april 3. 1986. The inability to reduce the Federal deficit was considered the major economic failure of the Reagan administration. Lavy eyes Gulf of Mexico or nuclear simulator test Washington a the Nav Pas decided a simulator test to see the Thor ship electronics can survive a nuclear explosion in space would a veda significant Impact on the Environ a in the Gulf of Mexico. But the service said one of three alter native Sites in the Gulf has too much air ind sea traffic to be used for the tests of Ine electromagnetic pulse radiation environment simulator for ships Empress i program. Critics contend the tests would end an Ler Marine and Plant life the Navy per Onnel aboard the test ship and Electron systems of air planes and ships in the Empress ii is a Barge mounted pulse at can simulate the electromagnetic that would be generated on Earth by a nuclear blast in space. The system sends out an electromagnetic pulse Emp that lasts just 10-billionths of second but measures 50,000 volts per meter at 100 meters from the Barge. The Navy plans to fire the Emp a passing ships to test the effectiveness of measures designed to protect electronics systems from the Emp that would result from a nuclear explosion in space. Ships would be barred from passing within two nautical Miles of the Simula Tor Barge in any direction and air planes would be excluded from a zone 6,000 feet above the exclusion zone. A final environmental Impact state ment should be completed by june 15,Clearing the Way for a decision on whether to permit the testing program to begin next Winter. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a. April 5 1950 speaking before a pilgrims society dinner in London. . High commissioner John j. Mccloy called for a United Europe in which Germany must be a  30 years ago today. April 5, i960 sen. J. William Fulbright d-ark., endorsed a proposal that Al presidential candidates commit themselves on a russian proposed moratorium on underground tests of Small nuclear weapons. 20 years ago today. April 5, 1970 North Korea announced it would release Japan s vice transport minister and three Japan air lines Crew members who were aboard the Boeing 727 hijacked by leftist japanese students. 10 years ago today. April 5, 1980 the United Stales considered Landing a helicopter at its embassy compound in Tehran Iran to free the american hostages being held by iranian students according to Secretary of the air Force Hans m. Mark