European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages a the stars  stripes saturday september 29,1990 a lion in his tank Tony Allen under the watchful Eye of his pet african lion so Cuba fills his jeep with Gas at a station to Anderson . Allen who got Shucha when she was 4 weeks old feeds her 10 to 15 pounds of Chicken a Day. Although she a been declawed the Anderson resident warns the curious she still has her Teeth. Family awarded City Hall As payment for jail injury Las 1 s i. Lou is 111. Apr Walter Debow  ins family fought City Hall  won the building that is. B Debow 55, suffered permanent brain damage after being beaten into a coma by a fellow prisoner at the City jail More than six years ago. He  his family were awarded $3.4 million in a 1985 court settlement with the City. With interest that amount has grown to $4 million  the debt Ridden City has failed to pay at least is million of it said the do bows lawyer Clyde Kuehn. So on thursday judge Roger scrivner of St. Clair county circuit court awarded the East St. Louis municipal building  220 acres of City owned property to the Debows. Kuehn said the Debows plan to sell the property. Quot definitely my clients want what they were awarded  i think this is necessary to accomplish that Quot he said. City officials estimated the municipal building alone Cost $10 million to build. City attorney Eric Vickers said the value of the property far exceeds anything owed the Debows. Quot i think this decision is just a major miscarriage of Justice  demonstrates Bias against the City of last St. Louis Quot Vickers said. Quot the City has not defaulted on its payments. Its  another lawyer for East St. Louis Irvin Williamson said the City would ask a court to stay the judgment pending Appeal. If the court allows the judgment to stand against the City what a next the police cars the fire trucks a Williamson said. East St. Louis is plagued by debt estimated at $47 million. Gov. James r. Thompson signed a $34 million bailout Bill aug. 30. The Money will come from state Bond issues. Mayor Carl e. Officer declined to comment on the judges order but aldermen were flabbergasted. A a it a amazing a Alderman Percy Mckinney said. A i guess we pay rent from now  state Law gives Debows family the right to evict the City in seven Days but Kuehn said his clients Arentt Likely to do that. Walter Debow was comatose for three months following the january 1984 beating which occurred while he was being held on a traffic charge of illegal transportation of alcohol. He is being cared for at a head injury rehabilitation Center in new Jersey. Kuehn has taken the City to court several times since Debow was awarded the $4 million. In March 1988, he won an order to freeze the City a assets stopping City workers paychecks  threatening to push the City into bankruptcy. The City later tried to pay off the debt by issuing nearly $5.2 million in Bonds but on thursday Kuehn said the actual value of the Bonds was Only $2.8 million prompting him to ask the judge to award the City property to Debows estate to make up the difference. Debow also will continue to hold the Bonds  receive biannual Bond payments Kuehn said. Stateside Man s ashes lost in mail on Way to Pennsylvania Birdsboro a. Apr somewhere Between Florida  Penn Elvania a Many a cremated remains that were entrusted to the . Postal service have disappeared. Adelaide Findlay said the urn holding the ashes of her Uncle Earl h. Miller 94, was mailed to her on july 16 by officials of the Fairchild funeral Home in fort Lauderdale Fla. The insured package never showed up in Birdsboro a town of 3,500 about 10 Miles Southeast of Reading. Miller died july 10 in Pompano Beach Fla. A a it a been hectic  has worn on my health a Findlay said. A a in a afraid that waiting for the ashes to arrive is a lost cause.  i m not going to sue because that would Only upset me  Findley had planned to inter her uncles remains in a plot near his wife Amelia r. Miller who died in 1971.32,500 vans trucks being recalled by Ford Detroit up a Ford motor co. Has announced separate recalls involving about 14,500 Aerostat vans  18,000 a la series heavy duty trucks All from the 1989  1990 Model years. The Aerostat recall involves vans equipped with the optional a squad captains chairs to replace a Latch Assembly on the second Row passenger Side seat. Ford said the seat could become unlatched during an Acci Dent. The automaker said it discovered the condition during a simulated Barrier crash test but was not aware of the seat unlatch ing in any owner accidents. Ford is also recalling about 18,000 Al series heavy trucks to replace a valve in the air Brake system. The valve is designed to protect the pressure in the secondary air tank in the unlikely event that pressure in the Supply air tank is lost. Ford said it has received no reports of this condition occurring but it added Drivers would experience no loss of vehicle control or braking because of the defective air valve. Owners of recalled vehicles will be notified by mail. All repairs will be made free of  company to build hotel Casino in .s.r. Austin Texas a officials of Western global partners inc. Say they have received approval to build a the n?01? hotel Anc casn0 Sochi a soviet resort on inc Niace sea when the Casino is finished in about 18 months it will be the soviet unions largest said Ken Brown chief executive officer of Western global. The soviet venture is one of three the Austin company has launched in the soviet Union under the name of a subsidiary fru  fined $3.75 million for waste violations Chicago apr a company has been fined $3.75 million for violating licensing regulations for burning p?.nd a ther hazardous wastes an environments Protection Agency official said. Tie Fine was the Agency a largest Ever assessed against a single facility. Be Federal Epa cited Cwm chemical services inc., the management inc., for several technical violations including improper record keeping  failing to Monitor continuously for oxygen Carbon monoxide  Carbon dioxide emissions when burning Tough . Emissions limit adopted for 1993 a i n a a v m v m not to _. I Albany , up promising new \ or Kors cleaner air state officials thursday adopted the Tough California motor vehicle emissions Standard for cars sold in new York after 1993. In doing so new York became the second state in the nation to adopt standards higher than those imposed by the Federal government. New Jersey  Massachusetts Are expected to follow suit. He action comes is California considers even tougher regulations requiring less polluting cars. The new York emissions Standard is identical to the present California Standard. However California is expected to adopt a stricter Quot tier two Standard on Friday. The new regulations will bring 10 percent of cars sold in California to Zero emissions in the year 2003. The Auto Industry has opposed the stricter new York Standard As too expensive  not relevant to the Northeast where they say a colder climate inhibits a climbing level of Ozone. But state environmental conservation commissioner Thomas Jorling said the Cost of the new emissions Standard should be no More than $100 which he described As Quot half the Cost of an electric  the Auto Industry he said a is not interested in building clean cars a add ing that the Industry prefers to a spend its resources fighting Laws that promote clean air. Under the new regulations All passenger cars  Light trucks  certain medium weight vehicles manufactured for Sale in new York will be required Lune the new stand ads beginning in the 1993 Model year. The new limit for emissions of nitrous oxides would be reduced to 0 40 Grams per mile from 1.00 Grams p mile. Hydrocarbons will be reduced 0.25 Grams per mile from 0.41 Grams. The first year the Law is in effect manufacturers must certify that 40 per or to cent of the vehicles made for Sale i new York will adhere to the new Stai Dard. By Model year 1994, 80 percent a the cars must meet the Standard. 1 Model year 1995, All cars must meet the Standard. The regulations also extend the a it quire durability of emissions Contr equipment to 100,000 Miles from the Federal clean air act limit of 50,00 Miles a diagnostic system must also b built into vehicles to Alert the owne when the emissions control system i malfunctioning  requires repair