European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes thursday january 3,1991 Madison wis. Apr the strictest statewide recycling Taw in the nation took effect new years Day but Wisconsin residents  worry there will be no trash police to haul violators away. Its a Law authorities Hope nobody would want to break. A y / a a a. A a. _ a in Wisconsin we re going to have voluntary racy cling a said rep Spencer Blackd Madison co author of the Law. A if we had to enforce the recycling Law the Way we enforce the Speed limit we wont have  / a Quot a. A Black said sceptics who think mandatory recycling without enforcement wont work should look at the compliance rates of the estimated 100 communities where recycling began before the Law took effect. A a a they be relied on cooperation from the Public which has been very Good a he said. A Wisconsin and Maine now have the nations toughest trash recycling Laws. Maine a decade old returnable bottle Law was expanded last fall to include All non Dairy beverage containers including juice boxes liquor bottles and soup and . It  a Law is even More sweeping. It will be implemented in three phases and by 1995 will ban newspapers plastic containers Glass containers aluminium and steel cans grass clippings leaves used motor Oil and household appliances from landfills. A that is something we done to see with other states. Wisconsin is really leading the Way on this a said David Loveland executive director of the National recycling coalition in Washington. The first phase of Wisconsin a Law banned used motor  household appliances and Lead acid car batteries from landfills As of the first of the year. In Many communities officials trave arranged special pickups for waste Oil and appliances. The Law also requires stores that sell car batteries to accept and Recycle old batteries even if they weren to purchased there. Yard wastes such As grass clippings and leaves will be banned from landfills in 1993 and newspapers Glass plastic aluminium and steel cans will be banned in 1995. The Law Aims to reduce the 6.5 million tons of trash that Wisconsin generates each year and to find uses for the estimated $100 million in recyclable materials that unnecessarily go into landfills annually. Although  sets fines of $50 to $2,000 for illegal dumping officials say they in rarely invoke penalties hoping education and  Good will make them unnecessary a cast  named Rhonda Range Ollie Oil and Battery Bob will promote the first set of recycling rules through advertisements pamphlets and educational seminars. Zeroing in on new year a bostonian Joseph Alecks 79, receives a who has been doing this since he was 16, congratulatory handshake As he for is a member of the l Street brownies a Mally emerges from his annual icy dip group that annually washes away the that Sifers in the new year. Alecks old year with a swim in frigid Waters. Chicago apr militant animal rights activists broke  Hospital research Laboratory freeing rabbits Guinea pigs and. Dozens of rats while treating caged Baboons to a new years Day treat of bananas and dried fruit. The animal liberation front which opposes the use of live animals in scientific experiments issued a statement claiming responsibility for tuesday Early morning raid on Cook county Hospital s Hektoen Laboratory. Quot j a these so called scientists arc Lucky they Only lost their animal captives and arc not behind bars a the statement read. A theirs Are not deeds of science or Medicine but of shocking sadistic  it said the activists fed Baboons the natural sweets during the raid. A beware researchers harvesters of sorrow Alf is watching a the statement concluded. The intruders pried open the lab door about 5 . And took 11 rabbits and 10 Guinea pigs. They also released an undetermined number of a is from their cages said Hospital administrator Aaron Cunningham. A. 1 he letters a a ally were Spray painted stateside 13 illegal aliens Char gel in kidnapping scheme new York up a thirteen illegal immigrants from China were charged in the kidnapping of another illegal alien who had not made payments to a Hong Kong organization that helped him slip into the United states police said. A v a by. I lice said the victim Kin Wah Fong 30, was taken to Bronx Lebanon Hospital on tuesday with bruises and cracked ribs caused by blows from a Hammer. Police reported they found three illegal handguns and an ar-15 Semi automatic Rifle in an apartment building in the last Tremont Section of the Bronx where Fong was held. A a a a a a a a a a a a police also found More than $50,000 in Cash at the location officials said. A a a a Fong a restaurant worker who entered the country with false documentation was abducted from Kam  restaurant in Manhattan at 10 30 . Monday police said. The restaurant is owned by his in Laws. A the family received a Telephone Call demanding a $30,000 Ransom police said. A a the ii men and two women arrested were All from  province in China. They were charged with weapons Possession and first degree kidnapping which carries a penalty ranging from 15 years to life in prison. A a a. Break into lab animals in red on lab doors but there was no other damage he said. A researchers were conducting Burn and gastrointestinal experiments on the animals the Alf statement said., the statement was released anonymously in the same pattern of the militant group that has staged similar raids in California and elsewhere. Cunningham said he did not know what Type of research was conducted at the lab and could not confirm that Baboons Are kept there. None of the rats was thought to have escaped the Laboratory cunning Ham said a. No arrests had been made by late tuesday night police officer Kenneth Ostafin said. A a a. A a a a a v 1 a building worker spotted two women pushing a cart about the time of the break in Cunningham said. A your Engineer spotted two Young ladies going through the Hospital Halls pushing a yellow cart and he got suspicious he checked every floor and he no to Cerf that the lab door was open a he said. The pair escaped through a Tunnel linking some of the buildings at the Hospital Complex Ostafin said. A a Man proposes new Calendar 29 annual holidays Stamford Conn. Apr Stewart a Edelstein says everyone should have a three Day weekend twice a month and 29 holidays a year and to get that All we have to do is change the Calendar to make every month 28 Days Long. A i he current  be revised by the next millennium which begins in the year 2001, said Edelstein 42, of Southport. �?o1 he Calendar is an arbitrary clustering of Days a he said. A a it a a human invention Quot. There a no reason to hav e 2s Days in one month and of Days in another month what sense does that make a Edelstein proposes that each month be  up of tour weeks that alternate Between seven and eight Days. That was there would be two three Day weekends each month and our current a holidays could be scheduled on those extra Days. Since the new calender would add up to Only 360 Days Edelstein is calling for a five Day Holiday at the end of the year. With 24 three Day weekends and five holidays at the end he figures his Calendar gives us the equivalent of 29. Holidays a year far More than most employers currently allow. He figures employees could make lathe extra time by working one extra hour three Days a week. A by staggering the extra hour we could reduce traffic jams and Auto pollution a he wrote in an cosy published this week in the new York times. Edelstein whose Hobby is etymology a the study of w ords a said he got his Calendar idea while doing research for a Book on eponyms which Are people from whose names words Are derived. Quot