European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 11, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 Bush initiates policy to balance growth Washington a president a Bush announced a new wetlands policy Friday saying he Hopes to slow1 destruction of valuable swamps marshes and bogs but also balance environmental Protection with economic growth. White House spokesman Marlin Fitz water said the new policy rejects the theory that a every mud puddle is  conservationists have accused Bush of abandoning his 1988 Campaign Promise to achieve a no net loss of the nations wetlands. A the administrations new wetlands policy represents a death sentence for see Anthony Lewis column on Page 13 millions of acres of this critical american resource a said Jay d. Hair president of the National wildlife federation. Wetlands used to be considered useless but now arc recognized As ecologically vital. A wetlands serve an important role in flood control. They help filter waste from water a Bush said in a statement issued in Kennebunkport Maine where he is on vacation. A they provide an important habitat and Breeding ground for fish Birds and animals and they Are an important recreational  the government estimates that More than half of the 215 million acres of wetlands originally found in the 48 contiguous states have been destroyed with current losses put at about 290,000 acres a year. Alaska has an estimated 170 million acres of wetlands. But regulations intended to protect wetlands have infuriated Farmers developers Small landowners Oil and Gas companies and others who found they might be prohibited from building on their land. Complaints have grown louder since 1989, when a new government manual for defining wetlands seemed to expand the reach of Federal jurisdiction to cover property that is rarely wet. Included in fridays announcement is a new proposed manual with complicated rules for soil saturation and vegetation which apparently will drop from Protection millions of acres that have been covered since 1989. A the administration s decision is Welcome news a said Dean Kleckner president of the american farm Bureau federation. A we have argued All along that lands classified As wetlands should be truly  Bush promised to seek More funds to buy endangered wetlands while streamlining current regulatory programs that have angered property owners seeking permission to develop their land. A the plan seeks to balance two important objectives a the Protection restoration and creation of wetlands and the need for sustained economic growth and development a the president said. Agriculture Secretary Edward mad Igan said the plan was a Good news for americans Farmers and a the beginning of a process to restore common sense to the Federal governments wetlands rules and  jogging As George an unidentified Jogger wears a George Bush mask while running through the streets of Kennebunkport Maine on thursday. The real president Bush is spending a monthlong vacation at the family Home  groups seek recall of pickup tires Washington apr safety groups Are demanding the recall of millions of Light truck tires that May explode if mounted on wrong size rims. They say such explosions have killed and maimed thousands. Benjamin Kelley of the Institute for injury reduction said the tire Industry has known since the Early 1970s that weakly reinforced 16-Inch tires can blow up if mounted and inflated on 16 /2-Inch wheels. While most makers in recent years have strengthened the beads or wire skeletons of tires to prevent explosions there Are millions of the weaker tires still in use and on tire retailer shelves today Kelley said at a news conference Friday. The Institute an organization founded by trial lawyers said More than 250 lawsuits have been filed or Are in the process of being filed concerning deaths or injuries from tire explosions. R Quot based on that figure Kelley estimated that 2,000 to 3,000 people have actually been Hurt or killed in the past 20 years from explosions while mounting 16-Inch tires on 16 /2-Inch rims. He displayed 16-Inch and 16>/2-Inch rims claiming that even an Auto Mechanic would be unable to distinguish Between the two. Kelley also showed a video of a Dummy being blown off its feet by an exploding tire. The Institute said an explosion from a tire Bead failure can throw a 170-Pound Man 60 feet in the air. A this is a totally unnecessary and devastating tragedy a said Joan Claybrook of Public citizen a consumer group founded by Ralph Nader. Kelley in particular faulted the Firestone tire and rubber co., now Bridges tone Firestone which he said waited until 1990 to reinforce its tire beads although it knew of the explosion danger two decades ago. A Firestone has knowingly and consistently refused to recall its defective tires to effectively warn owners and users of those tires of their propensity to explode and to install fail Safe beads at an estimated Cost of $15 pet tire a Kelley said in a letter to the head of the National Highway traffic safety administration Jerry Ralph Curry. Bridges tone Firestone in a statement from its Akron Ohio Headquarters said the millions of 16-Inch tires it has produced have a proved to be absolutely Safe when fitted on the Correct size wheel  it said the Industry has a conducted massive warning campaigns for Many years warning about the hazards of mounting tires on the wrong sized rim and any accidents it is aware of a involved the violation of longstanding and Well known lire Industry safety  record store magnate Sam Goody Dies at 87 new York up1 Sam Goody who built a Fortune from a Chain of record stores that capitalized on the popularity of the Long playing record after world War ii has died an announcement said Friday. Goody who was 87, was born Samuel Gutowitz in 1904. He died thursday of heart failure at St. Johns Hospital in Queens. He lived in Woodmere on Long Island. Goody entered the record business in the Early 1940s when he bought a stack of old records from the superintendent of his new York apartment building. When he found he could get As much As $5 for one record he opened a Small shop on Manhattan a West Side in 1945. The introduction of the first Long playing 33 rpm records in the late 1940s was a Boon to the record Industry. Goody capitalized on it with such promotional campaigns As giving away Silver dollars to customers who bought More than $ 15 in merchandise. Goody expanded his outlets and had 26 Goody record stores when at age 75, he sold the business to conglomerate american can now the Primerina corp., for $5.5 million in 1978. His found in 2 patients but dentist unlikely cause new Day new York a two patients of a deceased his infected Long Island dentist have tested positive for the aids virus but new York health officials said Friday the two had risk factors that made it highly unlikely they had been infected through his dental practice. Based on preliminary tests of 567 patients the remainder of whom tested negative state officials said that they had found no evidence that the dentist Philip Feldman had spread the virus through his practice. Feldman died june 19 of aids related pneumonia. The two individuals who tested positive a had other risk factors More Likely to cause his transmission a the department said in a statement and had previously tested positive for the virus. Although  refused to discuss the details of those cases a source familiar with the investigation said both involved Gay males. A we think that the other risk factors Are much More Likely to be responsible for the transmission of the virus than the dental practice a health department spokesman Peter Slocum said of the two positive cases. Quot its very unlikely that transmission took place in the