European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a the stars and stripes saturday july 21,1990 times Beach cleanup plan a St. Louis apr Federal and state environmental officials announced an agreement Friday intended to Clear the Way for the cleanup of dioxin contaminated times Beach which has been an untouched ghost town since 1983 Morris Kay regional director of the Federal environmental Protection Agency announced the settlement with syn tax agribusiness inc., a Palo Alto chemical and animal health company at a news conference. Fridays agreement Calls for syntax to incinerate the dioxin contaminated soil from times Beach and 27 other Sites in Eastern Missouri. Syntax will design and build the incinerator at times Beach and then tear it Down and remove it when the cleanup is Complete. Times Beach about 20 Miles Southwest of St. Louis made headlines reveil years ago when health officials discovered that dioxin in waste Oil had been sprayed on the towns streets. The Federal government bought out the town a 801 Homes and businesses a in 1983 and began trying to figure out How to clean up the contaminated streets. Syntax which was not the producer of the dioxin became involved in the settlement because it leased a Plant owned by one of its subsidiaries to a company that produced the dioxin As a byproduct in making a disinfectant. Under Federal environmental Laws syntax is considered a responsible party. A we Are very pleased with the agreement and we believe the agreement addresses the local Peoples concern a Kay said. A a we re not going to allow anything that a the Epa has said the entire cleanup of times Beach and other Missouri Sites would Cost about $ 118 million and could take up to 10 years syntax estimates it will take seven years. The company declined to say How much it expects to spend on the cleanup. A we have accepted this settlement because it allows us to use our scientific and technical expertise to help rid Missouri of contamination a said syntax spokesman Ray Forrester. The agreement was first proposed in 1988, but negotiations Public hearings and other required procedures had to be held before fridays settlement could be reached. Although the settlement brings the Start of work closer it remains unclear when the first loads of soil will actually be burned. A 30-Day comment period is required before the company can take the next step which is to look for a company to design and build the temporary incinerator. Unhappy Cadillac campers after being evicted from their $4 million the family Cadillac on Friday Bank was never repaid. Mrs. Liggett a native of town House off new Yorkus Sutton place Leumi foreclosed on the House last octo France said she and her husband would on wednesday Joseph Liggett and his Ber because it said the couple owe More remain in front of the House until it is wife Mylene Camp outside their Home in than $1 million on a business loan that returned to them. T see Barry using drugs in Virgin islands Washington apr Marion Barry spent a Virgin islands vacation working and playing with his son not drinking and using cocaine As prosecutors allege a police bodyguard testified Friday at the mayors drug and perjury trial. But the witness. Detective Ulysses Walltower also testified that he was not in barrys presence during much of the time that government witness Charles Lewis has said he used drugs with the mayor. Testifying on the second Day of the defense a presentation Walltower said Barry split his time Between official duties anti playing with his son Christopher during the four Day trip to the Virgin islands in 1988. Lewis has testified that during barrys first afternoon in the Virgin islands the two smoked crack cocaine together when others were absent from the mayors hotel room. The detective said that on that afternoon he accompanied barrys son and the boys companion to a. Nearby Beach. A they went Down several times for 30 or 45 minutes a Walltower testified. A then they would go Back to the room mess around and go Back Down to the Walltower also acknowledged he spent Little time with the mayor in the evenings a periods where Lewis and other wit a Nesses have said drugs were used. Walltower a 20-year police Veteran also said he saw Bariy in the company of Only two women. Lewis a convicted drug dealer has testified that he brought three women to barrys hotel room. On thursday two of the mayors other Security guards said they frequently drove the mayor to the Homes of people who allegedly provided him with drugs. And a contract supervisor said he understood the mayor was interested in a City contract for barrys Girlfriend former Model Rasheeda Moore. Outside the courthouse Barry characterized some of the governments questioning As a satanic Dir like the two Security guards who Are City police officers Ana the supervisor were called by the mayors lawyers in an attempt to attack the credibility of prosecution witnesses who said they saw Barry use druggy. Instead out Xor James stays testified reluctantly that he took Barry to the Homes of alleged drug suppliers Lloyd Moore and Jen Mitchell and the restaurant of a Man who said he gave drugs to Barry about 30 times. Officer Warren Goodwine testified that he drove the mayor to the Home of Doris Crenshaw on at least two occasions. Crenshaw testified she saw Barry use drugs about a dozen times. Is 11 i Raleigh . Up a if its too hot for food and sex its really hot a whether you re a Chicken or. A person a poultry expert says. Frank Jones a poultry specialist at North Carolina state University said hot weather is reducing poultry production because turkeys and chickens lose their appetites in the heat and Are in no mood Tor sex. And what affects Birds also affects humans Jones said. A a they re subject to a lot of the same stresses we Are As humans Quot he said. Quot that Means there will be less mating. They done to really feel like when temperatures reach 96 to 98 degrees chickens use More Energy to keep their Normal 106-degree body heat from climbing to a deadly 118 degrees. That leaves less Energy for mating. A it takes More Energy to stay Cool Quot Miller said. Because the Birds refuse to eat laying hens done to produce As Many eggs. Ana roosters who typically service a harem of eight to 10 hens done to do what they Are supposed to do either. A the hens done to Lay the eggs and the eggs Are not As Fertile a Miller said. A the mating slows Down in hot North Carolina ranks first in the production of turkeys and fourth in chickens supplying the Birds for Holly farms Perdue farms and other poultry giants. Temperatures in the Carolinas have soared past the 90-degree Mark for More than a month. On Friday the National weather service advised poultry and livestock producers to take Steps to protect their animals. Quot heat stress will be a major concern the next three Days Quot the weather service said. A the warm temperatures and High humid ties will put All areas East of the mountains under the danger category and some areas May climb to the emergency category. All producers must make plans to protect animals during this the heat stress could Send poultry prices higher because when the Birds eat Ess they weigh less when slaughtered generally at seven weeks for broilers and 116 to 20 weeks for turkeys. Less mating Means fewer chickens w ill Hatch. It takes three weeks from the time a fertilized Chicken egg is Laid until it is hatched and four weeks for turkeys. Gordon Miller of Holly farms in Wilkesboro whose company processes 100 million Birds a week said prices will soon Rise As a result of the heat. A i think you la probably see that pretty soon a he said. Quot it has been All Over the broiler growing but Steve Mccauley of Perdue farms inc., said any increase in poultry prices would amount to Mere Chicken feed. A my impression is that line is alarmist a Mccauley said. A typically if a flock is affected its because something went wrong a fans broke alarms did t work. A but one flock is a few thousand Birds and Perdue processes 1.6 million Birds a week and that a Perdue alone a he said. A the loss of a flock or two would never have a significant Impact on
