European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes sunday october 14,1990 soaring air traffic Long travel delays predicted by 2000 Washington a air traffic Likely will double Early in the next Century and billions of dollars in Airport expansion and thousand seat planes May be needed to prevent gridlock in the skies said a report released saturday. A delays in air travel have been mounting and could reach staggering proportions in the coming years the National research Council concluded in its report on a one year study conducted for the Federal aviation administration. In 1987, each of 21 major airports experienced More than 20,000 hours of flight delays. But by 1997, the report said 39 airports could reach that level. Delays could reach 100,000 hours a year at such major hubs As Chicago Atlanta and Denver. The nations air transport system is expected to carry about 1.3 million Domestic and International passengers a Day in 1990. But shortly after the year 2000, the number is expected to reach 2.5 million a Day or nearly 1 billion passengers a year the report said. A if this growth continues the system could be carrying 4 million to 5 million passengers daily by 2040, More than triple the present volume of traffic a the report said. If plans Are not made now to handle such vastly increased Levels of air travel a congestion and delay. Will be a constraint on growth that will profoundly affect the society in the 21st  the study Calls for a blend of new construction changes in approach and greatly expanded research and development. Specific recommendations urge that Thefan a establish a strategic planning process through the year 2040 with Shorter Range goals in each 10-year period. A increase capacity at up to 50 existing airports at a Cost of $40 million to $65 million each with runway changes and improvements in air traffic control. A develop new secondary hubs for connecting flights at some or All of 28 underused airports at a Cost of $250 million to $500 million each. A study ways to improve Airport design manage resources reduce Airport noise and integrate air and land transportation a create an expanded centrally organized Airport system by giving the Federal government authority to oversee improvements in Airport capacity possibly including construction of 10 new major airports. A develop larger subsonic jets of up to 1,000 seats for heavily travelled routes supersonic commercial transports for International routes and Short haul aircraft and mini ports at suburban locations for Transfer purposes. A develop new surface transport systems to absorb some of the 200 to 500-mile intercity traffic now handled by aircraft. The estimated Price tag in Federal local and private funding Between $50 billion and $100 billion by 2020 and perhaps $125 billion to $165 billion More by 2040. Well armed Dennis Kucmerowski of fort Lauder amond stunt Kite so Kucmerowski de Dale fla., flew his Kite with a sense of cited he needed four  for the Job. Humor Friday at the american Kite the five Day convention brings Hun fliers association in Seaside Ore. It dress of Kite enthusiasts and makers took four lines to Fly his double i from All Over the world. A Charles and Thelma Bellows hold a giant replica of a $10 million Check presented Friday. She was later  turns out to be big loser Detroit up a easy come easy go. Mcdonald a restaurants announced late Friday that a Kawkawlin woman identified earlier in the Day As winning $10 million in its a pm millions on Abc Quot promotion had been declared ineligible. A company statement said 49-year-old Thelma Bellows was ruled out because her daughter is a Mcdonald a restaurant employee. It said this information was not revealed during the official verification process conducted earlier in the Day but was later confirmed. Bellows could not be reached for comment. Mcdonald a spokesman Chuck Rubner said she was informed by a representative of Simon marketing of los Angeles of the disqualification. First . To Anchorman Dies new York a Douglas Edwards one of the pioneers of broadcast journalism and the first network to Anchorman in the United states died saturday in Sarasota fla., lbs reported. He was 73. Edwards who worked at lbs from 1942 until his retirement in 1988, had suffered from cancer the network said. He died at 10 40 a.m., lbs spokesman Roy Brunett said. In 1948, then lbs pres Edwards ident Frank Stanton tapped Edwards to Anchor the networks nationwide to news broadcast calling it a Douglas Edwards with the  he held the Job for 14 years when he was succeeded by Walter Cronkite. When he gave his last radio broadcast in april 1988, Edwards said Quot a deep Bow of gratitude love and respect to the men and women of lbs news and to the comp r for which they stand. To you out there thank you for honouring me with you presence in my  he already Haa 10 years of radio broadcast experience when he joined lbs in 1942. He became part of Edward r. Murrow a London staff toward the end of world War ii and also served As Paris Bureau chief. In 1948, he joined Murrow and Quincy Howe in cd so acclaimed radio coverage of the 1948 presidential conventions. A we did very Well the three of us on those conventions a he recalled later. A a afterwards lbs asked me to go into television and i did it with some fear and trepidation not because i was nervous about being on television a i had done quite a bit of it a but radio was the Power and i was pretty Young at the  Edwards was born july 14,1917, in Ada okla. He began his broadcasting career at the age of 15 on a radio station in Troy Ala. He attended the University of Alabama Emory University and the University of Georgia combining his studies with work at various radio stations. Lead in school water criticized Philadelphia up a despite a 1988 Federal Law toxic Lead can still be found in Many school drinking fountains in the mid at Antic Region a published report said saturday. A recent study by the inspector general found that the environmental Protection Agency states and local school districts Are doing a poor Job of implementing the Laws the Philadelphia inquirer reported a your findings confirm that harmful amounts of Lead exist in drinking water provided by schools a the report said. R the study covers schools in the Epars Region 3, which includes Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland West Virginia Virginia and the nations capital. A we had a Law passed in 1988 to protect kids in school from Lead and the Epa and the states have dropped the Ball a said Erik Olsen a lawyer with the National wildlife federation. Exposure to the heavy Metal can impair a child a neurological development and learning ability.  nation has been a problem in some older models it water coolers that have Lead lined tanks and the up has estimated that As Many As 250,000 children Aero the nation maybe drinking contaminated water. The report said one unidentified Maryland Scho District found elevated Levels of Lead in 32 percent of i water coolers with some found to have Lead Levels for times higher than the Epa Standard. In Philadelphia 73 water coolers were tested for in last year and 50 were removed. However the report a school officials have filed to test More than 1,100 on Sean Mcilhenny he u. A pvt amp Voziou a a has been constrained in enforcing the Lead Contr nation control act by a Lack of resources