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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 20, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 20, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 9 to \ is in sask in v a off to a new Homes amps Jim Dorheim the last f-16 from the 50th tac fighter Wing takes off from Hahn a for the United states on monday with 1st it. Bob Fraine at the controls. At right tech. Sgt. Doug Prince his wife Peggy and their two daughters Angela 6, and Elizabeth 3, watch the departure. Two other jets also left Germany in monday. They were flown by capt. Keith Vraa and col. George w. Norwood the Wing commander. The jets will be flown to Mcconnell fab kan., where they will be part of the National guard  search for Oil Barge victims ended Hong Kong up the search for victims in the sinking of an Oil construction Barge during a typhoon in the South China sea last week was called off monday after a 16th body was found. A it is unrealistic to expect anyone to have survived this length of time a said Trevor Berry coordinator of the search Effort. A the last survivor was rescued late on thursday  of the 195 Oil workers and Crew aboard the Panama registered Barge when it Sank 173 were rescued thursday despite High winds and heavy seas generated by typhoon Fred. Rescue officials said 16 people were confirmed dead As a result of thursdays sinking 65 Miles East of Hong Kong. The other six were listed As missing but presumed dead. The body of the 16th known victim was spotted by a fixed Wing aircraft scouring a 400-Squarc-mile area of the South China sea East of Hong Kong officials said. A police launch was dispatched Tifre cover the body but there was no immediate word on the identity of the victim officials said. A police launches and aircraft will be asked to keep a Lookout for bodies during their routine operations a a government spokesman said. The panamanian registered Barge was owned by new Orleans based Mcdermott International a Marine construction company. Mcdermott said it was launching its own investigation of the incident. The vessel was laying pipeline Between two Oil platforms for a chinese Petroleum operation at the time of the Accident. New Jersey Indiana announce plan to curtail illegal dumping by Steven Lee Myers the new York times after months of antagonism new Jersey and Indiana agreed sunday to crack Down on the illegal dumping of new jerseys garbage in Indiana a landfills. Under the agreement the two states will share information and coordinate investigations into the dumping which has been a contentious Issue in Indiana. The agreement was announced by new Jersey gov. Jim Florio and Indiana gov. Evan Bayh at a conference of the nations governors in Seattle. A this agreement will provide us with the Opportunity to have a combined collaborative Law enforcement Effort Between both states for the mutually desirable goal of eliminating illegal dumping a Florio said in a Telephone interview from the conference. New Jersey is the nations largest exporter of garbage shipping 55 percent of its trash to landfills in other states primarily Pennsylvania and Ohio a a practice that irks residents in those states. It also appears in spite of the fact that new Jersey does not have permission to dump in Indiana that thousands of tons of new jerseys garbage have ended up there. That has prompted demands from Indiana lawmakers that the state or Congress ban out of state dumping. Sen. Daniel r. Coats a Republican appointed to his seat after his predecessor Dan Quayle was elected vice president used the Issue in his successful bid for election last november. One of Coats television advertisements sardonically portrayed an overweight Cigar smoking Man a with a new Jersey accent a Yankees baseball Cap and a Cape May to shirt a littering on the Steps of Indiana a state Capitol. Florio said that a there was in some respects misunderstanding about new jerseys position on the dumping. He said new jerseys regulatory system forbade shipments of garbage by private companies to unapproved Sites. A if there is somebody illegally dumping in Indiana we want to know about it so that we can crack Down a Florio said. The agreement he added gave the state a Freer hand to do so. He also said that the state which is under political and practical pressures to find alternatives to out of state dumping had taken Steps to reduce garbage by recycling and other Means. Bayh a Democrat said sunday night that nearly 100,000 tons of garbage from new Jersey were illegally dumped last year primarily because of the lower fees at the states landfills. That amount he said was expected to Rise pushing the states landfills to a the saturation  a we done to like being a target for a massive influx of waste a said Bayh who has also made out of state garbage a Campaign Issue. He welcomed sundays agreement but said that a Congress has to act to solve the problem of illegal out of state dumping. The agreement in the works since february when the two governors first met to discuss the Issue Calls for new Jersey to give Indiana information on private companies that have had their licenses revoked or that Are suspected of illegal dumping. The two states will also coordinate investigations by sharing documents such As fee payment records and shipping  Job Sis Jim a Choim a hard hat gives 4-year-old Alex Gregory Protection for some rambunctious construction work at a housing area in Darmstadt Germany last week. The Days of summer Sandbox play Are drawing to a close and school is around the Bend for these and Many other youngsters in Europe. Alexis pals Corey Gray 7 left and Troy Myers 8, will be entering the second and third grades respectively on monday. Alex wont be left to play alone however since hell join new friends in preschool later on  
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