European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 14, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 Crew picked for 2-year stay in inner space i a the eight member biosphere ii Crew includes from left Bernd Zabel Abigail k. Ailing Linda Leigh Jane Elizabeth Poynter Taber Kyle Maccallum or. Roy Walford Mark Van Thill and Sally Silverstone. Oracle Ariz. Apr a 66-year-old physician a botanist and a Marine biologist were among four men and four women selected wednesday to spend two years inside a 2 a acre sealed dome intended to be a microcosm of Earth. The eight from the United states West Germany England and Belgium will be the Crew of the giant terrarium known As biosphere ii. The privately financed $30 million project Aims for a december Start. Biosphere ii will resemble a space Colony tethered to Earth. It will be a Laboratory for solving environmental problems on biosphere i a the Earth a plus a prototype for sustaining life outside this world. The Crew All single consists of a or. Roy Walford 66, the oldest Crew member and the Only physician a research gerontologist nutritionist and professor of pathology at the Urcla school of Medicine. He is the projects medical chief and biomedical consultant. A Linda Leigh 38, a botanist who directed and coordinated the projects ecosystem planning for land areas or biome directed the collection and acquisition of More than 2,000 Plant species and spent three weeks last fall inside a closed test module. A Bernd Zabel 41, an electrical Engineer from Munich West Germany who served As construction general manager for the project. A Sally Silverstone 35, a native of Walthamstow England who has administered the space biosphere ventures architectural division. A Abigail k. Ailing 31, a Marine biologist from Maine with degrees from Middlebury College and Yale University who has directed the biosphere a Marine ecological systems. A Taber Kyle Maccallum 26, of Albuquerque n.m., in charge of the biosphere a analytical Laboratory. A Jane Elizabeth Poynter 28, a native of Surrey England who has been manager of the intensive agriculture system. A Mark Van Thill of Wilrick ant Werp Belgium who has been in charge of construction Quality control. Two others who had been included Norberto Alvarez Romo 37, of Guadalajara Mexico and Silke Schneider 31, a West German. For two years the Crews world inside the geodesic Frame of Glass and steel will consist of seven ecological regions rain Forest Savannah Ocean fresh and Saltwater marshes desert agriculture and human habitat. The latter includes apartments and Laboratory office and recreational facilities. Sprinkled into the ecological Stew will be 3,800 Plant and animal species. All air water and food will be generated independently of the Earth a Atmo sphere and will be recycled As will All wastes. The Only link Between the dome s ecological system and Earth will be electrical Power transmissions plus computers and telecommunications. The Experiment a stepchild of Texas financier Edward p. Bass could become a Money producing venture particularly As a Means of showing ways of responding to environmental problems such As pollution scientists have said. Cisco fortified wine called too potent by Cox news service Washington a a Cisco takes you by Surprise a the ads say and some health groups agreed wednesday saying the beverage is so unexpectedly Strong that it is a threat to tippers. The 40-proof fortified wine is four times More powerful than regular wine coolers said Christine Lubinski of the National Council on alcoholism and drug dependence. However Cisco often sits with the wine coolers on the shelves of convenience stores. A this potent brew 1 Ricks Consumers because it is packaged like a lower alcohol wine cooler a said Patricia Taylor of by Cox news service Washington a the Federal government will have to repay taxpayers up to $22.5 million because senior internal Revenue service officials failed to sign the necessary tax collection documents an irs official said wednesday. About 3,000 individual and corporate returns filed during the past five years could be eligible for refunds or for abatement on future tax Bills said irs spokesman Steve Pyrek. A the irs has discovered that 31 assessment certificates forms 23c, were not signed on the Day of assessment in the last five years a Pyrek said. Under a 1954 regulation the Golem the Center for science in the Public interest. A in fact Cisco is 20 percent the critics said the beverage is known As a liquid crack on the Street. It comes in five flavors a a red peach Orange Berry and Gold a and costs about $ 1.50 for a 12-ounce bottle. The two health groups along with mothers against drunk driving urged Cand Antigua winery to change its marketing approach for Cisco. However a spokesman for Cand Antigua winery said a it is almost impossible for a consumer to be confused Between coolers and the two health groups also asked cannot enforce the payment of business or personal taxes unless a design fed officer in each irs service Center signs an assessment certificate. A without the signature the assessment is invalid. Therefore Well have to return some Money a Pyrek said. A even if we have to Abate the full amounts in each Case it would come to about $22.5 million that the government has to lose in reimbursements and abatement taxpayers who Are eligible for reimbursements or forgiveness of taxes owed will be notified by the irs Pyrek said. He did not indicate when those no Louis w. Sullivan the Secretary of the department of health and human services to push for the removal of Cisco from the Market. A promotions for Cisco Are aimed at african americans and latinos who Are already targeted by manufacturers of High alcohol Content malt liquor products a the Center and the Council said in their letter to Sullivan. Madd supports tighter advertising and packaging rules but has not called for the beverage to be withdrawn from the Market because a a we re not in the prohibition business a said Andy Briscoe Maddus National Public affairs director.$22.5 million times will be sent out. The tax Agency is changing its procedures to process the assessment certificates with a signature machine. The errors in the forms were made Public wednesday by a coalition of irs whistle blowers who obtained copies of an internal irs memo secretly acquired by Freedom Magazine a Church of scientology publication. The irs officials failure to sign the documents constitutes a a Gross incompetence to do their main Job a said Paul desfosses the coalitions president. He added that the error places an unfair Burden a on the rest of citizens who pay their fair tax ruling keeps Neil Bush Case on docket Washington apr an administrative Law judge has denied Neil Bush a request to dismiss the governments Case against him for alleged conflict of interest in his role As a former director of a collapsed Colorado Thrift. Judge Daniel j. Davidson turned Down Bush a petition in an order issued tuesday and disclosed by the government on wednesday. Davidson a decision clears the Way for a Public hearing that has been scheduled starting on sept. 25 in Denver. Bush 35, was an outside director of Silverado banking savings and loan association a Denver Thrift that failed in late 1988 at a Cost to taxpayers estimated at $1 billion. In written arguments submitted to Davidson late last month Bush said there was no possibility that he could continue the alleged abuses since Silverado already has been taken Over by the government. Bush continued to deny any wrongdoing. The judge rejected Bush a argument in his one Page order saying it is not supported by existing regulations and Case Law. Bush and his attorney James nest and have maintained that the office of Thrift supervision which is seeking to bar the presidents son from working for any Bank or savings and loan is politically motivated. Oversight May Cost irs up to
