European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday april 18,1990 stateside smell of smoke prompts emergency Landing of Jet Pittsburgh apr a us air jetliner made an emergency Landing and dozens of passengers and Crew members Slid Down evacuation chutes after a flight attendant smelled smoke in the rear of the Cabin an airline spokesman said. Flight 2370 from Louisville to Pittsburgh with 54 passengers and six or seven Crew members aboard landed in Pittsburgh said us air spokesman John Bronson. A woman suffered a scraped knee when leaving the plane on a Chute Bronson said. Maintenance workers later found that the smell came from burning Oil that leaked from a malfunctioning rotary Shaft of an air conditioning unit the spokesman  magazines logo to change for Earth Day new York apr life magazines red and White logo is turning Green in May to commemorate Earth Day. It s Only the second time in the magazines 53-year history that it has changed the colors. The Only other time was when it appeared in Black in 1963 after president Kennedy a assassination. The May Issue includes several articles about the environment including a cover Story on Trees. Earth Day is april 22. The magazines White letters on a red background logo was introduced nov. 23, 1936.drought-resistant grass to Grace Florida lawns Davie Fla. Apr a Strain of drought resistant grass from Africa will soon be grown in Florida for Low maintenance lawns. University of Florida researcher Philip Busey Calls the grass fx-10. He said he last watered a Patch in March 1988, and it has remained Lush with just minimal rainfall. Florida has been experiencing a drought and millions of residents Are under Lawn watering restrictions. The new grass could help save water and fertilizer and would need less mowing Busey . Coroner resigns citing a unfulfilling Job los Angeles apr the county Coroner has announced his resignation amid reports that the High homicide rate is straining his staff slowing autopsies and causing bodies to be left on the streets for hours. Ronald Kom Blum 57, will step Down july 1 after eight years on the Job because the administrative Job was unfulfilling and he wants to resume teaching and writing coroners department spokesman Bob Dambacher said. The office has come under fire for moving too slowly on autopsies leaving bodies at crime and Accident scenes for hours and most embarrassingly bouncing corpses onto freeways from old Coroner vehicles with bad door locks. Ron Jones of the . Fish and wildlife service collects a water Sample monday from Mol Heron Creek Mont. Churches a catastrophe tanks leak 30,000 Gallons of fuel Corwin Springs Mont. Apr underground tanks built by a religious group girding for the apocalypse have leaked More than 30,000 Gallons of fuel near Yellowstone National Park and Are a popping their seams big time a an official warns. The leaks had neighbors fed up and the state considering Legal action against the Church Universal and triumphant As work continued monday to clean up the mess. The group stored 634,500 Gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel in 35 underground tanks As part of a 750-person fall out shelter Complex it is completing at its Corwin Springs Headquarters five Miles North of Yellowstone. The fuel was intended for use after an unspecified global catastrophe a possibly a nuclear holocaust a the group believes May occur this Spring. The Church and its followers Are building dozens of smaller shelters in the Paradise Valley Region North of Yellowstone preparing for possible disaster. The fuel leaked from at least three of the 35 underground tanks. The Church reported the leaks last week. State officials fear More ruptures. The head of the state water Quality Bureau Steve Pilcher warned monday a a they re popping the seams big time these Arentt any Small  reporters were not allowed by the Church to visit the site near Mol Heron Creek a Trout spawning Stream that runs into the Yellowstone River. Small amounts of fuel that reached the Creek sunday were gone monday and no major damage had occurred officials said. But . Fish and wildlife service officials took water samples downstream from the spill for tests. State officials met on monday in Helena to discuss Legal Steps against the Church but reached no decision. A i think any further Progress of construction should be stopped. Wed like to see penalties assessed for the damage that a occurred a said Julia Page president of the upper Yellowstone defense fund in Gardiner Mont., at the Parks Northern Gate. Church officials said they re committed to cleaning up the spilled fuel and will excavate and inspect All 35 tanks. Workers were pumping out tanks and loading the fuel into trucks to be taken As far away As Salt Lake City. A no one wants a repeat of this situation a said Church spokesman Murray Steinman. A everything that can be done is being done. Our goal is to get this cleaned up. They be mobilized a literal army up  state officials Are trying to determine if the spill violated the states water Quality and underground storage tank Laws. The state also May seek an injunction to guarantee that the tanks Are emptied tested and removed or to halt construction at the site Pilcher said. State officials said the confirmed ruptures in three tanks suggest More of the tanks May leak because of a possible flawed installation. A each and every one of these tanks is at risk a said Kevin Keenan of the water Quality Bureau. Pilcher said the tanks May have ruptured because they were installed in Frozen soil that shifted when it began to thaw. Their installation during the Winter exempted the tanks from regulations that took effect april 1. Steinman said the tanks met state and Federal specifications and were installed by experienced engineers. He said the Church had not rushed to beat the april 1 deadline. The group owns about 30,000 acres in Southern Montana spark county. Local officials estimate 2,000 to 3, Church members live in the Scenic Mountain Valley. I he Church said nobody is living in the fallout  Calls joint .-soviet Mars Mission too risky Washington apr joint missions to Mars by the United states and the soviet Union Are too risky now a panel said monday recommending instead that the two nations follow a a Graceful path of coordinated but Independent exploration. A the United states and .s.r. Have no prior experience with the degree of cooperation necessary to carry out a technical project of this complexity or magnitude Quot said a committee of the National research Council. The committee said it was concerned a about relying on the consistency of the relationship Over a period of a decade or More into the  the panels report appeared to chill the idea frequently expressed by Many experts that Mars would be explored jointly by the soviets and americans doing together what would be too expensive for either nation to do alone. The United states and the soviets have cooperated in space in the past most notably in 1975 when three Apollo astronauts joined their spacecraft with a soviet soyuz and exchanged Bear hugs in orbit with two cosmonauts. The committee was commissioned by the National aeronautics and space administration to look into undertaking missions with International partners to use robots to gather rocks and soil from Mars and bring them to Earth for analysis. The committee concentrated its study on efforts by the United states and the .s.r. Because a they Are the Only nations presently in a position to take on the Lead role in a major Mars  detailed Mars investigations before any manned Landing would include robotic missions at four to six selected Sites Over a number of years. The committee said its recommended cautious approach a would allow a Graceful path to increasingly close Levels of  the committee said it reached conclusions after considering these three Levels of . Participation with the soviets in a Mars venture a each country conducting programs independently. The Cost would be too High the returns would be less than maximum . Technology would Benefit greatly and there would be no additional ask of transferring technology to the soviets. A split responsibilities and joint technical operations. A a commitment by both nations to a fully cooperative venture. Would have a greater presumably positive Impact on .-soviet relations than would options involving lesser degrees of interaction and Reliance a the committee said. Such a venture would allow the nations to share costs while increasing returns and to take advantage of the Best both nations space programs. A a highly coordinated exploration a a he two sides would work together at All stages a said the report. Howei. The two sides would conduct the r o self contained and independently signed missions.�?�. I. There would be cooperation in Ana y ing samples and the Cost would be c half because each Side would Nelt commit to Only half of the needed Sions said the committee