European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes sunday september 2,1990 found innocent master sgt. Roberto Bryan rejoices wounded Man last dec. 23 after a with his wife Amelia after he was sneak grenade attack because the Man found not guilty of the unpremeditated made sudden threatening moves. A murder of a panamanian Man during paratrooper with the 82nd airborne the . Invasion of Panama. Bryan div at fort Bragg n.c., Bryan says he testified that he opened fire on the will return to Active duty tuesday. Cocaine use in . Declining study says Washington apr new statistics on drug use confirm earlier surveys indicating that cocaine use in the United states is declining officials at the National Institute on drug abuse said. The new data show a continued drop in the number of cocaine related visits to Hospital emergency rooms across the country a a 27 percent decline from the third Quarter of 1989 through the first Quarter of this  we Are finally beginning to see some Progress in reaching those who Are seriously affected by the cocaine epidemic a said Charles schuster director of the Institute which is in the department of health and human services. The figures from the drug abuse warning network or Dawn show that the number of Hospital visits for the first Quarter of this year was 8,135, a 4 percent reduction from the last Quarter of 1989, when 8,507 visits were recorded. Visits in the third Quarter of 1989 numbered 11,145. The data is based on reports from 431 emergency rooms nationwide. Most of the facilities Are located in 21 Large metropolitan areas. Despite the improvement however the number of cocaine related deaths continued to increase last year to 2,496, up from 2,254 in 1988. Dawn reports death data Only on an annual basis. A a we re assuming deaths occur most often among the heaviest users and that a the population you a expect to see changes in last a said Edgar Adams director of epidemiology at the Institute. A a we re just beginning to see change in the emergency room data and if that continues we would Hope to see a downturn in the deaths next a he said. Heroin use followed the same trend As cocaine both for Hospital visits and for deaths. The Dawn data shows the number of emergency room visits related to heroin dropped 22 percent from 3,933 in the third Quarter of 1989, to 3,071 in the first Quarter of this year. Heroin related deaths however climbed from 1,884 in 1988 to 1,995 in 1989. Significant decreases in cocaine and heroin related visits to emergency rooms were reported by hospitals in most of the cities included in the Dawn report officials said. They said this confirms decreases in drug use reflected in two other surveys the National household Survey on drug abuse and a study of graduating High school students conducted by the Institute. The decrease in cocaine related visits to emergency rooms began in september of last year after three quarters of holding steady and increasing 354 percent Between the second Quarter of 1985 and the last Quarter of 1988. Epa not required to enforce acid rain measures court says Washington apr a Federal appeals court refused on Friday to order the environmental Protection Agency to install new curbs on the precursors of acid rain that would Benefit Canada. The . Circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia said the Epa could study the Issue further. The Case could be close to moot since Congress is expected to order new measures against the precursors of acid rain a chiefly Fulfur and nitrogen oxides emitted by Utility and other smokestacks a in revisions to the clean air act expected to pass this fall. The United states and Canada have begun negotiations on a treaty to Deal with the Issue. Half of the acid rain falling in Eastern Canada originates in the United states much of it from the Industrial areas of the Midwest and Central Atlantic states. The province of Quebec sued the Epa More than two years ago in an attempt to Force the Epa to act. Canada contends that 14,000 of its lakes Are endangered by acid rain which can turn the water in sensitive soil areas so acidic that no fish can live. Just before president Reagan took office the departing Epa administrator Douglas Costle wrote Secretary of Oakland Calif. Up a a Harmon Ca playing con Man who poses As a grateful dead Rock band member was sought by police after allegedly freeloading off Rock fans and seducing a woman with the Promise of a european trip with the band. Randall Delpiano 34, who spent time in prison for the same ruse was sought on stolen property and parole violation charges police said Friday. Delpiano convinced some people in discovery Bay a resort Community in the Sacramento san Joaquin River Delta that he was Gratful dead guitarist Bob Weir and was in the area seeking respite from pressures of the Rock world police said. Delpiano a res Coblence to Weir his Harmonica playing of grateful dead songs and apparent inside knowledge and stories about the band convinced two Young businessmen Ken Whitaker and Carl Peterson that he was the grateful dead musician. A we were enjoying his Harmonica music and his stories a Peterson said. A i had no reason to believe it Wasny to Bob  Peterson put him up at his Home for several Days state Edmund Muskie that . Pollution was harming Canada. Quebec supported by new Brunswick Ontario nine northeastern . States and several environmental groups argued in court that costless letter constituted a determination under . Law that required action against offending pollution sources. The . Environmental Agency countered that it was not trying to stall a pollution cleanup but needed More time to identify specific remedial actions and sources. A three judge panel of the appeals court agreed and said the Agency had the right to wait until the completion of a massive scientific study on acid rain commissioned by Congress 10 years ago. The hundreds of scientists involved in the study Are expected to release their final report in december. A the Epars delay in action on the plaintiffs petitions has been neither arbitrary nor capricious nor contrary to Law a the court said in its ruling. In . Federal administrative Law courts generally May overturn decisions in an Agency a area of expertise Only if those decisions can be shown to be arbitrary capricious or otherwise contrary to Law. Providing food and drink and taking him to restaurants where he signed a Bob weird autographs for people who approached him he said. Peterson and Whitaker also introduced him to the 20-year-old daughter of a neighbor who was swept away by his promises and became his Lover. A the promised me the world a she said. A the took a lot of my emotions and a lot of my feelings away for a Long  among other things he promised to take her on the grateful dead a october tour of Europe and she abandoned plans for the fall semester at a Junior College. The ruse came unt racked last weekend when another grateful dead fan recognized the suspect As an imposter. Among other things Weir does no to play the Harmonica according to a band spokesman. Peterson said he confronted Delpiano who insisted he was Weir but agreed to leave for $40 in cab fare Peterson said. Delpiano was paroled in april after serving a 15-month prison term for fraud and theft stemming from impersonating Weir police said. Stateside Post office resolves Flap Over Christmas envelopes Washington apr postal officials Are red faced about reports that they want americans to have a White Christmas. Not so said Richard j. Strasser senior assistant postmaster general for marketing and customer service. Strasserr a comments came after postal officials in Kansas City told area residents earlier last week that they should a never use red Green or any dark coloured  if people buy Christmas cards that come with envelopes that Are red Green or some other color the . Postal service will deliver them happily Strasser said Friday. Americans Send some 2 billion cards annually millions in coloured envelopes. White envelopes Are easier for the Agency a automated machinery to handle Strasser admitted. Dark coloured backgrounds can make the addresses written on them very hard to read. A they Are a Challenge a he said a but we can handle it.�?�3 sailors seriously burned aboard Carrier America Norfolk a. Apr a steam line in a machine shop aboard the aircraft Carrier America ruptured thursday seriously burning three sailors the Navy said. The three were taken to the bum unit at sen Tara Norfolk general Hospital. Hospital spokeswoman Rhonda Hoover said one Man suffered second and third degree Burns Over 95 percent of his body and another suffered second degree bums Over 45 percent of his body. Both were in critical condition. A third crewman suffered second degree bums Over 15 percent of his body and was in stable condition she said. It. Cmdr. Steve Honda a spokesman for the naval air forces Atlantic said the Accident occurred while the ship was berthed at the Norfolk naval base. Details of the Accident were sketchy. Man accused of bilking dead fans