European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes f sunday april 28, 1991 logging limits proposed to save endangered owl Washington apr the fish and wildlife service proposed logging restrictions Friday for 11,6 million acres of Northwest forests saying huge areas of Oregon Washington and California provide a critical habitat for the threatened Northern spotted owl. Environmentalists generally praised the proposal which came in response to a Federal court order but critics said it would Cost the Region tens of thousands of Timber jobs. Quot this is biology run amok Quot said sen. Mark Hatfield. A Ore. A a a a a. A a a a a a a a. A a. A a a a but Mark Liverman the National Audubon society a conservation director in Portland Ore., said simply a this is the first step toward the Birds  the proposal a covering an area the size of Massachusetts and Vermont combined a was described As the most sweeping action to protect wildlife in the history of the endangered species act however the director of the fish and wild de service John Turner said the amount of land involved could be reduced after a review. Turner told a House subcommittee last week that an earlier strategy to ban logging on 3 million acres was insufficient because it would allow too Many owls to die a  a a a. A a a a a a he said Friday there is no Way of knowing How much logging will be allowed to continue within the 11.6 million acres a 5,1 million in Oregon 3.3 million in Washington and 3.2 million in Northern California. Anyone wishing to Cut Trees in that area would have to obtain permission from  and wildlife service. An outright prohibition of logging would be invoked Only in cases m which officials Felt there would he Clear harm to the owls. But Hatfield said he fears Federal judges will treat the entire 1.1.6 million acres As a a wilderness area where logging is not allowed. Sen. Amp Lade Gorton r-wash., and a Timber Industry spokesman agreed that the Likely result of the Agency a proposal would be to place All 11.6 million acres off limits to logging. Environmentalists generally praised the proposal As the most significant development since the Agency de dared the owl to be a threatened species inst june. Turner the fish and wildlife director will present his proposal and details of the maps on monday to . District court judge Thomas Zilly of Seattle Zilly could reject the proposed Rule because the Agency said it had not fully considered the economic Impact of. Designating the critical habitat As required under the endangered species act the Agency s largest previous designation was 6.4 million acres for the Eastern Timber Gray Wolf in Minnesota and on Isle Royale Michigan. Hatfield told president Bush on tuesday that the new proposal ultimately could Cost the Northwest 100,000 jobs. Federal estimates place the loss at less than 30,000. R a a a. A a. A -. A. A a a. A a. A a. Map sen. Phil Gramm a Texas left and Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady look Over a Page of newly printed $1 Hills. Currency Plant opens in fort Worth. Fort Worth Texas up1 a fort Worth moved of currency production in the United states and one More step from its cow town image Friday with the throughout the world dedication of the Western currency facility the first Brady said the demand for . Currency Domestic Al modern Plant for printing . Currency outside Wash by and internationally has grown at a rate of 5 percent Egton. Annually the past three decades. Currently 60 percent the facility which sen. Phil Gramm a Texas said of All the . Currency circulates overseas will turn fort Worth into a the City where the Buck be at the new facility some 800 million $1 notes Are gins Quot was expected to release its first is Bills into Cir scheduled for production this fiscal year. When fully dilation by july. Equipped in 1.994, the Plant will be Able to print 4.5 Bil Treasury Secretary Nicholas f. Brady who pressed lion notes of All denominations annually or 40 percent the Button to Start the currency printing presses a of the Federal Reserve system s requirements Cep cd one of the first notes that rolled Ott. Fort Worth was selected for the facility from 83 Quot today we Are making history a Brady said at the other cities. The City provided $15 million in local do dedication attended by a crowd that included Gramm nations including 100 acres of land site improvements former House speaker Jim Wright . Treasurer cat and a 280,000 Square foot building Shell. The Federal Alina Villalpando fort Worth mayor Bob Bolen and government invested $110 million to Complete and rep. Pete Geren of fort Worth. Equip the fortress like facility. A for the first time the Treasury department will in his remarks Gramm said the Plant will eventually print currency outside of Washington d.c.,�?� Brady employ some 540 people and will help spin off an Addi told the gathering. A using state of the Art technology Tionel 900 jobs pumping about $50 million annually this new facility will be Able to meet the growing needs into the local . Man sues to collect winning lottery ticket from wire reports. Chicago a a Virginia Man says he bought a winning ticket for the $118.8 million California lottery from an Illinois ticket buying Agency but the Agency claims the ticket belongs to someone a a else. A a Quot a a a a a a a a ���.�. A Stephen Colvin filed suit Friday in  District court in Chicago against Monticello communications inc. Of Monticello 111., accusing the company of breach of contract. . District judge George w. Lindberg issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting Monticello from cashing the ticket and ordered the ticket turned Over to the court. Colvin said he bought $20 in tickets one bearing the numbers 1, 7, 16, 19, 26 and 53, he said he received a facsimile of the ticket from Monti cello. Three Days later however Monticello Noti Fichtl him he did not win a share of the Jackpot. A spokeswoman for the California state lottery said nine of the 10 winning tickets in the $118.8 million Jackpot have been redeemed. She said the owner of Monticello communications contacted lottery officials last week saying he held a winning ticket for a Texas  hits grand Canyon area Phoenix a a moderate earthquake hit near the grand Canyon on Friday rattling some Rural communities but causing no injuries or a damage. A. A. V. The quake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale. Hit at 6 08 ., said sunny Ward a technician at the Arizona earthquake information Center in Flagstaff. A it was entered about 20 Miles North of the grand Canyon said Waverly Terson a geophysicist with the United states geological Survey National earthquake information Center in Golden Colo. An earlier quake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale hit about 12 Miles North of Paragonah in Southern Utah at .1 20 ., sue Nava of the University of Utah Seismograph stations  released from Hospital Washington a sen. David Pryor d-ark., was released from George Washington University Hospital on Friday 10 Days after suffering what physicians characterized As a moderate heart attack. / a it he doctors say i have recovered nicely but the next several weeks Are going to require a lot of rest a Pryor said in a statement released by his. A office. 0�- a a. -. A Quot Pryor 56, suffered he heart attack about 2  On april 16 at his Washington Home. An angioplasty to Clear a partially blocked artery was performed last monday. His physician or. William Herzog said the heart attack was caused by cholesterol deposits partially blocking Pryor a arteries and due most Likely to a High cholesterol intake and cigarette smoking. A a a. Herzog said he anticipated an a excellent recovery but added that Pryor should spend the next several weeks recuperating at Home before returning to work. Pryor was first elected to the Senate in 1978. Prior to that he was Arkansas governor for four years and a three term member of the .  to visit Eastern Europe Washington a vice president Dan Quayle will travel to several countries in Eastern Europe next month on a fact finding Mission aides said Friday a. The aides said Quayle will visit Budapest Hungary and Prague Czechoslovakia As Well As other countries that were formerly under the control of the soviet Union. They said arrangements for the visits Are under Way but Quayle a office was not ready to announce his itinerary until it is completed to Sarid be to pm probably lasting one week would be formally announced on tuesday