European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday september 23,1990help Rolls in cleanup Volunteer Louis Valentin of new York City and about 60 others offered their assistance to the Rolls a discarded truck tire off the Beach in Keansburg improvement Effort which was part of a nationwide n.j., on saturday. Undaunted by the steady rain he Campaign to clean up waterfronts. _ a a a i in. I. I Quot i a a i i a a in i. A third outage in 3 months Blacks out Chicago area Chicago apr equipment failure saturday at a Commonwealth Edison station caused a major Power outage on Chicago a West Side for the third time in the past three months authorities said. Utility spokesman John costello said Power was lost about 7 15 a.m., but he was unsure How Many customers were without electricity. A it May be As Many As 10,000 people a costello said. Commonwealth Edison vice president Don Petkus said the Utility expected Power to be returned to All customers by mid afternoon. The outage resulted from a failed circuit breaker at a switch Yard outside a Power station on the West Side. The reason the circuit breaker failed is still unknown. A july 28 overnight blackout left 40,000 customers without Power. For some the outage lasted three Days. It also prompted several instances of looting at local markets in largely poor neighbourhoods. On aug. 5, a second blackout left about 25,000 customers without Power for about seven hours during the Day. Despite the number of outages that have affected the area Petkus said he doubts the equipment is failing because of age. A while this equipment is old. It is designed Well so Well that it would be hard to replicate a Petkus  outlines Cost to cure nation s ills Washington up1 a beyond the Well known budget and Trade deficits the nation suffers from a a third deficit a its failure to invest in people and Public works such As roads Bridges water systems and airports a study reported saturday. The Center for Community change estimated the nations so called third deficit at $130 billion and recommended tax increases to pay the Bill. Failure to make such Public investments the report said is undermining the ability of the nation to solve such problems As poverty health care and education. A a we re constantly hearing about budget and Trade deficits a said Pablo Eisenberg the centers president. A but the most important deficit for our future is the deficiency of investment in solving problems that Are undermining us economically and politically. A unfortunately no one issues monthly updates of this deficit a he added. A few politicians talk about it. The Media does no to cover it. Most commentators done to denounce it. A yet it keeps growing year after year like a leak in a roof that goes unnoticed until the ceiling collapses Quot the hew study a a american a third deficit too Little investment in people and infrastructure a examined 61 other studies surveys and reports to estimate the extent of the nations social problems and the Cost of seriously addressing those problems focusing on National issues that require investment by the Federal government. For example it concluded the Federal government needs to spend an additional $85.6 billion to Deal with such social problems As the High level of poverty inadequate education and training the Lack of affordable housing and increased Access to health services and Long term health care. Moreover it found the Federal government needs to spend at least another $40.9 billion annually to maintain and improve the nations physical Plant a its network of highways Bridges airports prisons and systems for water and sewer a and to clean up hazardous waste Sites. Center officials said their estimates were conservative. A Many people will be Able to cite needs and studies we did not include or question ones we did a said Woodrow Ginsburg the centers research director. A but our purpose was not to determine absolutely the size of our third deficit but simply to get More people to think about its size a a most of us would say we need to do something about these problems but for the most part we done to because we be been told for years that we done to have the resources a Eisenberg said. A but As the report shows a $5 trillion Economy that has 65,000 people who make More than $1 million a year does have the  Dakota Winter Withers Hope for Bushy tree Bismarck . A when president Bush planted an Elm tree last year he predicted it would be a Mammoth almost 50 feet tall As Hardy and Strong As the people it  lets Hope the people make out better. A you could make a walking stick out of it a City forester Paul Blumhardt said Fri Day a Day after the tree in front of the North Dakota Capitol was unceremoniously dug up and replaced. It had been killed by a harsh Winter. Bush threw the first shove Fuls of dirt on the tree april 24, 1989, As part of North Dakota a Centennial Celebration with 10,000 people looking on. The Elm is North Dakota a state tree and Centennial officials set a goal of planting 100 million Trees on the states Barren Prairie by the year 2000. The saplings problems began immediately. It arrived infested with Leaf chomping Gypsy Moths. The Elm nurtured on the White House Lawn also had trouble adapting to North Dakota a weather. A it was not our recommendation that you bring a tree in from a Southern climate a Blumhardt said. The slender 15-foot tree that had stood Bare of leaves or buds was replaced by a Bur Oak provided by a Minneapolis  Homes reportedly shun dying aids baby Milwaukee up1 a baby girl near death with complications from aids has been shunned by two funeral Homes and at least one minister it was reported saturday. The Mother of the 13-month-old girl has been diagnosed with aids As has the baby who May die in a month. The Mother told the Rev. Patricia Parker assistant pastor at Isom memorial Christian methodist episcopal Church that at least one minister refused to baptize the baby and two funeral Homes in Milwaukee declined to handle arrangements for the child the Milwaukee Sentinel reported. Parker who also serves As a chaplain at a Halfway House and a social worker and therapist will baptize the child monday in a hospice Home. Parker was contacted about a month ago by the Mother whose name was not disclosed. Parker said she contacted both funeral Homes but could not persuade either to take the child a body. The situation illustrates the need for education about aids Parker said. A this is going to be an ongoing Issue a she said. Quot this woman wants to have a Christian burial. A i suppose. The Hospital could prepare the body a Parker said but the burial a is for herself and her family. Its an abomination that this would have to be a big  when the child became ill the Mother was tested positive for aids and has developed a lung disease from it Parker said. Will Handy a manager for an aids support group in Madison said some Madison area funeral Homes were willing to cooperate and were Quot quite knowledgeable and quite  he said he knew of funeral Homes in other parts of the country that have refused to serve people with aids and was not surprised to hear of such cases in Wisconsin. But he said he did not know of any cases in which a minister had declined to baptize an aids victim. Parker and the Mother will join forces with a network of supporters to find a funeral Home that will provide the services the newspaper said