European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 23, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 arts panel approves design for memorial to korean War vets Washington a an arts panel approved a modified design thursday for the $14.9 million korean War vet Iraq so memorial. That commission of Fine arts voted 41 to approve a plan calling for statues of 38 soldiers advancing toward an amen can Flag. But the panel said it must be allowed to review models of the soldiers before the memorial is built. The National capital planning commission must also endorse the design before the memorial is built across the reflecting Pool from the Vietnam veterans memorial. Both commissions oversee development on the Washington mall. Last month the arts panel rejected the design by Cooper Lecky architects of Washington As too cumbersome. It asked that the memorial be smaller and that detail on the faces and uniforms of the sculptures be reduced. A we Hope they the sculptures have a certain rough Edge and that they Don t have a highly polished finish that the soldiers of the Vietnam memorial have a commission Secretary Charles Atherton said after thursdays meeting. A we Hope they have a certain rugged  commissioner Joan Abrahamson dissented after expressing concerns that the soldiers weren to abstract enough and that their poses were too action oriented. Left in limbo were four Pennsylvania state University architects who won a $20,000 Competition last year to design the we Hope they have a certain rugged Quality Charles Atherton memorial. The entry was declared the Winner by a jury of korean War veterans. The University architects said the plan was for the government to retain Cooper Lecky to Quot implement the original idea but that Cooper Lecky submitted its own design amounting to a a Ugi Joe Battle  the Penn state design called for a a a dreamlike collection of soldiers moving some unevenly across a Remote landscape toward an american Flag. The main difference in the new design is that the soldiers Are Battle ready. The original designers filed suit in december seeking an order blocking the government from proceeding with the a a substituted design. The lawsuit is pending. The korean War Quot veterans memorial advisory Board created by Congress to select a site and design said thursday the commissions approval moved the project a a giant step closer toward  some 5.7 million americans served in Korea during the 1950-53 conflict and More than 54,000 were  of prevention distraught Nicole Cook 4, held let it her nil her inc Rosa Nils a was los Liol from nurse Ellen Diflorio at a health Center in Philadelphia. Five children have died from the childhood disease and hundreds of others have come Down with it in an epidemic sweeping the  tied to espionage san Diego apr a Marine Corporal was arrested on attempted espionage charges after a four month undercover investigation by the Navy and the Fri a Navy official said thursday. Cpl. Charles Lee Frances Anza Lone a Field Telephone wire specialist assigned to the Marine corps air station in Yuma ariz., was accused of making Contact with an intelligence agent of a foreign government said Navy spokesman Mike Burke. Anzalone 23, of Jamestown n.y., was being held at the Camp Pendleton Brig Buike said. Investigators refused to disclose when he was arrested or the foreign country allegedly involved. An informant tipped naval investigators but no further details were released although Burke said that the investigation indicated no connection with the government of Iraq. Senate car execs debate plan to hike fuel efficiency by 2000 Washington a automobile Industry officials promised thursday to look for ways to make cars and trucks More ,1 but insisted that a proposed 40 percent improvement by the turn of the Century was unrealistic. Spokesmen for Domestic and foreign automakers strongly opposed a Senate Bill that would require manufacturers new car fleets to average 40 Miles per gallon or better by the turn of the Century up from the current minimum of 27.5 mpg. Such an increase could be achieved Only through drastic reductions in car size which would cause sales and automotive employment to fall and Highway deaths to Rise the officials told the Senate Commerce consumer subcommittee. A the Bill a approach is fundamentally and in a afraid fatally flawed a Jerry Benefield president of Nissan motor manufacturing corp. . A the legislation will produce Energy savings far smaller than those claimed by its proponents a said George c. Eads vice president of general motors corp. In occasionally testy exchanges with the subcommittee chairman sen. Richard Bryan d-nev., the Bill a sponsor representatives of six Auto manufacturers denied that available technology could achieve the proposed efficiency improvements without making cars smaller or less Safe. A Toyota is not hiding some magic technology a said James Olson vice president of Toyota motor sales  a if we had it wed use it to gain a competitive advantage in Japan where Gas is $4 a  Bryan criticized the automakers hard line. A. A. A the most striking thing about these claims is their similarity to claims made in the 1970s, when the Industry opposed the current Law a he said. A history has demonstrated that the fears. Were  the Industry has consistently fought government mandated standards in sisting that Only the Price of Oil and consumer Choice can determine fuel efficiency. Conservationists argue that the private sector will not make efficiency a priority unless required Toby Law. Despite the Sharp rhetoric however there were hints of interest in an eventual Compromise. Although resisting Bryan a repeated entreaties to say what increase in fuel standards they could accept officials of five automakers a Ford Toyota c Chrysler Nissan and Honda said their new car fleets fuel Economy should improve Over the next decade. The Lone exception was Eads who said the nations top automaker would be hard pressed just to maintain the status quo. _ the Industry spokesmen urged the committee to await the outcome of a National Academy of sciences study commissioned by the department of transportation.  is searching Lor a reasonable fuel efficiency Standard and will consider factors including economic feasibility the officials said. But they declined Bryan s invitation to Promise to accept the study s findings even if they endorse a higher mandatory fuel Standard. School Holiday Bill in Little Rock Ark. A a legislative committee Defeated a Bill that would close Arkansas Public schools for a Day to horror the Rev. Martin Luther King or. The House education committee acknowledged the accomplishments of the slain civil rights Leader but voted 5-9 against a Hill that would close Public schools to observe Quot  he Billner cd a he ones to pass the 20-member committee. A i done to think the state should create a school Holiday for any Man. That should be a local decision said rep. Bill Mills a Democrat who voted against the measure. Some opponents argued that schools do not close to Honor presidents and  do so for Kings birthday. The Federal Holiday honouring King who was born Jan. 15, 1929, is on the third monday in january.  first celebrated As a Federal Holiday in 1986, eight years after his assassination. �?1 on feb or Montana added Ati oliday Hunu ring Kingi to its Calendar leaving Only three states a North Dakota new Hampshire and Arizona a without some form of paid state Holiday. In most states the Holiday also includes the closing of Public schools. In Arkansas the Holiday Means a Day off for state a employees in Honor of the births of either King or Confederate Gen. Robert h. Lee. The Bill a sponsor Republican state rep. Jerry King said a school Holiday might help to erase the damage done to the states image by the Little Rock school crisis of 1957. When Federal troops were deployed to ensure the safety i. Nine Blat Quot students adm Tleiji to a High school under a Federal court order. A we need to make a statement in this state and in. The nation that we re honouring a great Man a a he said