European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes saturday september 1,1990maine bans hard to Recycle juice boxes Portland Maine apr a Back to school quiz what lunch Box fixture will be history in school lunchrooms across Maine answer the juice Box that soft sided single serving Container. The legislature has outlawed it because the bonded layers of plastic paper and aluminium that keep the contents fresh defy recycling. Maine a unique ban on the Sale of most beverages in aseptic packaging was to take effect saturday just As children prepared to return to school and parents thought about what to pack in their kids lunch boxes. While the timing of the Law was by All accounts coincidental it has left parents scrambling to replace the drinks packed in convenient 8 /2-ounce containers that come with straws. A i done to know what we re going to do a said Linda Ball of Portland As her 3-year-old son Billy selected a three pack of fruit juice at a supermarket. A those Glass things a she said pointing to a nearby display of single serving juice bottles. Quot we re afraid  Hurt his  still Ball and other parents who stocked up on the popular juice boxes before the ban took effect indicated they were prepared to sacrifice convenience in order to counter the states buildup of solid waste. A a in a concerned about the environment so ill make do with something else if its that much of a problem a she said. Supermarkets say they will no longer have the same variety of fruit juices and punches available. Cans or bottles take up More shelf space and have higher handling costs than a Brick packs of boxes. A we estimate that its going to Cost Consumers in Maine about 17 cents More per unit a for each single item they Purchase a said Margaret me Wen consumer information director at shawls supermarkets. Juice boxes have surged in popularity since they were introduced to american supermarkets in the Early 1980s. Their advantages Are obvious less weight unbreakable safer than Metal or Glass easy to stash in backpacks and lunch boxes and easily crushed and discarded. But juice boxes have become a prime target of environmentalists because they replace containers that can be recycled easily with current technology said Jeanne Wirka of the environmental action foundation in Washington. Maine with a goal of recycling half its solid waste by 1994, banned the boxes in an expansion of a Law enacted More than a decade ago to require deposits on bottles and cans of soda and Beer. The revised Law made All beverage containers except those used for Dairy products subject to deposits. Liquor bottles came under the Law last january wine bottles become returnable on saturday and All other non carbonated beverages will require deposits by years end. The Only Brick packs permitted under the new Law Are those that contain milk products or juice concentrates. Tetra Pak inc., the company that pioneered aseptic packaging said juice boxes Are environmentally sound because they Are lighter and smaller than bottles and cans. A we have so much less material in our packages that it creates a lot less waste a said Edward Klein Tetra Pakus vice president for environmental affairs. Juice boxes remain Legal in the other 49 states. Lawmakers in Massachusetts and Vermont last year rejected bans. Rhode Island took a different tack enacting a Bill that requires die aseptic packaging Industry to work with the state to develop a Pilot recycling program. Recycling projects also Are under Way in Massachusetts new York and Canada As Well As in Rhode Island Klein said. Sharon treat of the natural resources Council which fought to include the ban in Maine a Law expressed scepticism about such Pilot projects saying they turn out a compound for which there May be Only limited demand. University student among several questioned about Florida killings Gainesville Fla. Up a police investigating the shocking slayings of five students questioned several people Friday including an 18-year-old University of Florida student who had lived in an apartment Complex where two of the victims were found. The Orlando Sentinel quoting police sources said the 18-year-old was arrested thursday for beating his grandmother. Sources said police were interested in the student because he had lived in the Gator Wood Complex during the. A grief shows on the face of Miami lawyer Gary Marks during a visitation thursday for victim Tracey Paules War waged on Amherst mass. Apr militant attitudes May be the new fashion for Many americans but townsfolk Are chewing Over a proposal to muzzle a fighting words on the streets of Amherst. The proposal designed to silence racial slurs is part of a Long line of efforts to promote Harmony in a College town that has voted against every . War since 1812. It is already drawing fire from civil rights advocates. A this is a caring Community. Its a Community of people who really have some deep and genuine humane values a said Paul Rogers a member of the citizens review committee which has written a first draft of the bylaw. Rogers said he a not sure whether the proposal will succeed. It was inspired by an incident last May in summer and was familiar with the neighbourhood. The sources said the student who has had emotional and physical problems since suffering a head injury two years ago had been under surveillance since wednesday. Authorities have not commented officially on the student. The Sentinel said the student was arrested at his grandmothers Home in Indialantic 180 Miles from Gainesville after she called police to say that he had assaulted her. He a being held on $10,2s0 Bond in connection with the beating. Gainesville residents remained frightened and wary answering their doors with guns and bricks. Meanwhile Calls and tetters poured in to police Hunting the killer who stabbed and bludgeoned the five College students within a 2-mile area around the University Campus. Four of those killed were University of Florida students and the fifth was a student at Santa be Community College in Gainesville. Police believe the killer sought out slender Young women with dark hair and forced Nis Way into their apartments. All the victims fit the description except for a Young Man who was the Boyfriend of one of the victims. Mourners jammed the first Baptist Church in Pompano Beach on thursday for the funeral of one of the victims Sonya Larson 18, of Deerfield Beach. Larson and her Roommate at the University Christina p. Powell 17, of Jacksonville were found stabbed to death in their apartment late sunday. The Gainesville Sun quoting sources said one of the other victims Christa Hoyt 18, of Gainesville had been decapitated and her body sliced open from the Jervis to the breastbone apparently after she had been filled. The newspaper said Hoyte a decapitated head had been propped up on a shelf As if to Shock anyone who walked inside her apartment. Hoyte a body was found Early monday. Funerals were scheduled around the state Friday for Powell and Hoyt Tracey Paules 23, of Palm Springs North and Manuel Taboada 23, of Carol City. Paules and Taboada were bludgeoned to death. Their bodies were found  words which a White youth reportedly shouted racial slurs and knocked Down a Black teen Ager. In Amherst a town of about 34,000 where residents have marched scores of times for peace and against War debating constitutional rights is nothing new. In keeping with tradition a group of residents this month marched to the town common to protest the . Military buildup in saudi Arabia and to suggest that president Bush turn to alternate methods to resolve iraqis invasion of Kuwait. The proposal does no to give a list of a fighting  it defines them As those that a by their very utterance inflict injury upon the person or group of persons to whom they Are directed or which tend to incite an immediate breach of  stateside hefty Marine hopeful goes the distance to get in san Diego apr a Man who was turned away As overweight by Marine recruiters in Detroit walked and hitchhiked 2,500 Miles to san Diego dropping 20 pounds in the process and gaining acceptance into the service. A with that kind of initiative and determination he May make a Good Marine a said staff sgt. Duane Wilmurth the Drill instructor overseeing Michael pigeons training at the san Diego . Marine corps recruit depot. A i very much wanted to be a Marine a said Pigeon 18, who slipped out of his parents Home in Detroit two weeks ago with $40 in his pocket. Recruiters in Detroit had told Pigeon they would not sign him up until he neared the 219 pounds the corps says is maximum for his 6-foot-3 Frame. He had weighed 245 pounds. Asked whether the . Military buildup in saudi Arabia aimed at rolling Back iraqis invasion of Kuwait had anything to do with his decision Pigeon said a not directly. I volunteered for the Marine infantry. Ill fight wherever die corps sends  accused of giving silicone injections illegally Colorado Springs Colo. Apr authorities said a woman illegally injected liquid silicone into the breasts of several women one of whom May have to undergo a Mastectomy. Authorities Are looking for Sookie y. Ricketts 42, who is charged with two Misdemeanour counts of practising Medicine without a License District attorney John Suthers said thursday. Ricketts allegedly charged several women thousands of dollars each to perform the procedure at her Colorado Springs Home in late May Suthers said. Doctors in the United states discontinued the use of silicone injections in the 1960s, and now use sealed bags of sterile silicone or Saline said or. Lawrence Ketch chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Colorado health sciences Center. Silicone that is injected is Likely to break up and move to other parts of the body causing grotesque and sometimes painful lumps under the skin Ketch  leak sets off Alert at nuclear Power Plant Shippingport a. Apr Carbon dioxide that was accidentally vented triggered an Alert at the Beaver Valley ii nuclear Power Plant. There were no injuries or release of radiation and the Plant continued operating during thursdays incident said Duquesne Light co., the plants operator. The release occurred during maintenance testing of valves one of which leaked Carbon dioxide and decreased the amount of oxygen below Safe Levels Duquesne said. Oxygen Levels returned to Normal after the area was vented the Utility said. The Alert lasted two hours. An Alert is the second lowest of four Levels of emergency classification designated by the nuclear regulatory commission. Beaver Valley ii is an 833-megawatt reactor located 22 Miles Northwest of Pittsburgh