European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday december 16,1990 san Francisco a manufacturers of gasoline powered tools such As Lawn mowers and Chain saws must meet strict new anti pollution standards in coming years if they want to do business in California. Consumers May pay millions of dollars changes manufacturers say. The state air resources Board voted 80 Friday to require manufacturers a by 1994 a to drastically limit the amount of pollution produced by new gasoline powered tools frequently used by homeowners. Tools made before the end of 1993 would be exempt and old machines would not be banned. Outdoor Power equipment produces about 72 tons a Day of californians air pollution compared with 1,600 tons a Day produced by cars and trucks arb spokesman Jerry Martin said opponents said the changes could push up costs for Consumers nationwide because manufacturers May opt to change to one Marc expensive product line in order to retain a piece of californians huge Market. Others said the new rules could cause a run on equipment sold in neighbouring states. Quot this could Chase billions of dollars of retail sales out of the state and in the current Economy i done to think we can afford it a said Dave Parke of j amp n Garden equipment co. In the los Angeles suburb of Inglewood. Under the new rules manufacturers must reduce emissions of smog forming hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides by 46 percent by 1994 and by a total of 55 percent by 1999, Quot the 1994 standards arc not easy but not impossible a arb chairwoman Jan Anne Sharpless said. The new standards would be reviewed in 1994 and 1996. Air resources officials say outdoor Power equipment engines produce. 50 times More pollution per horsepower than the average truck engine. A Chain saw operated for two hours emits As much smog producing hydrocarbon As a new car driven 3,000 Miles they said. The air Quality in some California Cit ies such As los Angeles is among the worst in the nation even though the state already has the strictest Auto emission standards in the country. In october it adopt controls on hair sprays air fresh Eners shaving creams and other products that contain hydrocarbons. The Board suggested that improved carburettors could reduce pollution caused by two Cylinder engines and that catalytic converters could be added to engines with four cylinders. The Board estimated that the proposed changes would increase the Price of a typical Lawn Mower by about $30. However Edward Heidin who con ducted a study on the economic effects of the proposed regulations for the portable Power equipment manufacturers association told the Board it had overlooked Many Likely costs including those involved in turning out a separate line of products for California. The regulations Are the result of a Federal court ruling prompted last year by a lawsuit filed by the san Francisco based citizens fora better environment. The ruling ordered the Board to regulate the operation of Power equipment engines in the san Francisco Bay area but the Board decided to have the regulations apply to the entire state. Gives up Over new Britain Conn. A a 7-Ycar-old girl in the Middle of a dispute Between her Mother and the state Over How to treat severe swelling in her joints is once again Home after the state relinquished custody. Juliet Cheng won the right to use traditional chinese treatments on her daughter Shirley who has rheumatoid arthritis. State officials wanted the child to have surgery and won temporary custody in july. Shirley went Home Friday after five months at children a Hospital in nearby Newington. A asked How it Felt to be Home Shirley said Quot its Good a and continued watching saturday morning cartoons on television. A judge awarded the state department of children and youth services temporary custody after Cheng refused to allow doctors to operate Shirley a swollen constricted joints. She cannot walk and usually uses a wheelchair a a a a a. A a Quot of course in a very Happy but in a also very angry a Cheng said. Quot this Case is ridiculous. It did no to make sense from the beginning. It was beyond belief Quot Cheng who emigrated to the United states from China a decade ago wanted to continue treatment with the Medicine of her ancestors a acupuncture herbal medicines and Massage. Two out of three doctors on a court approved panel recently recommended against surgery after examining the girl invalidating an earlier court order permitting doctors to operate against Chengos wishes. On Friday the state filed papers in juvenile court returning custody to Cheng. Cheng who had planned to return to China to get treatment for Shirley said she probably wont do that now and will instead continue Shirley a treatment under the homeopathic physician who has been treating the girl for the last two months. Cheng has enrolled Shirley in the first Grade at a local elementary school where she is scheduled to Start classes monday. Quot doctors at Newington children a Hospital had urged the state to intervene after deciding that surgery to ease the tension of the tendons and ligaments around the child ships Knees and left ankle was her Only Hope of walking. A the state won a court order in August allowing Doc a a a a a a a a a map Juliet Cheng holds her daughter Shirley 7, at Home in new Britain Conn., on Friday tors to operate but in october Cheng won a reprieve when a Federal judge approved an agreement that gave her two months to follow the treatment of her Choice As Long As it was administered by a licensed doctor. Cheng could not find a traditional chinese practitioner who was also a licensed medical doctor. So she chose or. William Shevin who practices homeopathy a 200-year-old alternative treatment that administers Small doses of natural drugs that in a healthy person would produce symptoms like those of the disease. Shevin insisted that Shirley improved under his care but the Newington doctors said the swelling got so bad during the last two a months that they sought she vines permission to treat her with Nap Rosyn an anti inflammatory drug the drug helped ease the swelling Hospital spokesman Thomas Hanley said. Can t 2 live Crew album Lake Charles la. Apr a judge Friday barred a record store from Selling 2 live Crews album Quot As Nasty As they Wanna be after listening to one song and deeming it obscene. Sheriff Wayne Mcelveen brought the civil action against Harvest records to prevent the record store Here from Selling the album. Calcasieu Parish judge a Woody Thompson heard one song before making the ruling. The sheriffs department lawyer Fred Book gave the judge a transcript of the lyrics and played the song Quot me so the judge Shook his head As he listened to the lyrics. Book said he wanted to enter the entire evidence and asked if Thompson would like to hear the entire album ill Rule that i done to want to hear any More a Thompson replied. In Lafayette 45 Miles East of Lake Charles a member of 2 live Crew Mark Quot brother Marquis Ross pleaded guilty to obscenity and was fined $1,000 for simulating sex during a show by the rap group in 1987. The plea came two Days after Ross and two other members of the group were acquitted in fort Lauderdale ida., of obscenity for an adults Only show at a nightclub in june. Stateside Mazda Breaks ground for facility in Michigan Flat Rock Mich. Up Mazda North America inc. Broke ground Friday for a new $9 million facility adjacent to its Flat Rock Assembly Plant that will House two Mazda subsidiaries. When completed the 65,640-Square-foot, two Story building will provide space for both Mazda of North America inc. And and development of North systems services Mazda research America inc. The systems services unit currently employs 43 people and will increase the number of employees to approximately 60 by the end of 1991. Mazda also has a research and development Center in Ann Arbor Mich. . Firm signs contract for drilling rights in China Houston up a a subsidiary of Santa be Energy resources inc. Has signed an agreement with the China National Oil development corp. For what is believed to be the first Mainland China exploration contract granted to a foreign firm. The agreement reached after two years of negotiations allows exploration and development on 4 million acres in the Jianhan Basin about 500 Miles Northwest of Hong Kong Santa be said Friday. The work commitment Calls for the completion of seismic surveys and the drilling of two exploratory Wells during the initial three year period. Former rep. Sieminski collapses Dies at 79 Vienna a apr Alfred Dennis Sieminski a onetime democratic member of Congress from new Jersey who served As an army officer in world War ii and Korea has died at 79. A 1 a friends said Sieminski collapsed and died while attending the annual Christmas party of the Mclean va., kiwanis club. He was a resident of the nearby suburb of Vienna. A native of Jersey City n.j., and a 1934 graduate of Princeton University Sieminski also studied at Hamburg University in Germany the University of Warsaw in Poland and Harvard University Law school.,. At Princeton he was a member of the University boxing team and was a member of the Princeton Crew that raced at the Henley regatta in England. When the United states entered world War ii Sieminski enlisted As a private. He ended the War As a Captain in the military government division in Austria after service in the italian Campaign. He was discharged to the infantry Reserve As a major in 1950 and promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Reserve san 1956. A Sieminski was elected to Congress in 1951. He won re election three times but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1958. He worked at the medical and general reference Library at the veterans administration from 1962 to 1973
