European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes wednesday september 18, 1991 Allstate says big Auto losses Force withdrawal from . Plainsboro . Apr Allstate insurance co., one of the largest insurers in new Jersey a bounced monday that it intends to withdraw Alt pop erty and casualty business from the state. De Young the company a group vice president of Auto insurance attributed the decision to what he called the High Cost of Selling insurance in new Jersey. Allstate lost $72 million on Auto insurance in new Jersey last year resulting in a $24 million total loss to the company on property and casualty insurance statewide Young said at a news conference. Allstate is new Jersey s largest Auto insurer with 15 percent of the Market and the largest in homeowners insurance with More than 13 percent of the Market. It has 1,400 employees in the state. It could take several years for the company to disengage from new Jersey. Allstate must receive state approval for an orderly plan of withdrawal. State insurance commissioner Samuel Fortunato who is attending a conference in Pittsburgh said space Center Houston apr the slightly increased risk of a nighttime lauding has t fazed the discovery astronauts As they prepare tuesday to return to Earth. A a there a a Little More risk involved in Landing at night than in the daytime Quot commander John Creighton told radio talk show Host Larry King on monday. But Creighton said he was confident he and Pilot Kenneth Reightler would a bring the shuttle in right on the  As the shuttle zoomed around the Earth at 17,500 Mph the five Crew members answered questions from 13 callers across the nation on Kings Isaic night talk show. It was the first time astronauts have participated in a talk show although past Crews have used Ham radios to talk to people on Earth. A what really changed you when you went up in space a the first caller from san Antonio asked. Creighton said he gained More respect for Earth. A it tends to give you More of a global perspective and an appreciation for the environment a Creighton said. A when you look out at the horizon and you see an through a spokeswoman that he would review the application to withdraw a was we would for any  Fortunato disputed Allstate a claims it was losing Money in the state. The announcement comes four months after the state supreme court turned Back an insurance Industry Challenge to gov. Jim Florio a Auto insurance Reform Law. The court said the state can legally assess the insurance Industry $1.4 billion Over seven years to pay off about half of a debt incurred by a now defunct Pool for High risk Drivers. Allstate fought hard against Florio a reforms passed in March 1990, contending that companies should be allowed to automatically pass the Cost of the assessments to customers. Many insurers also warned that they would leave California when an insurance Reform initiative known As proposition 103, passed in 1988, threatened them with Auto insurance rate reductions. The exodus Hasni to occurred but Legal Battles have kept the full Force of the reductions from being put into effect. Atmosphere that s Only about an Inch thick you realize just How fragile this planet can be. We better take care of  the astronauts scheduled to return Home Early wednesday earlier released an atmospheric research satellite that will examine the thinning Ozone layer. Weather permitting the shuttle is scheduled to return to its Florida launch site at 2 06 . Edt 8 06 . Central european time. It would be the ninth shuttle touchdown at Kennedy space Center and the first one there in darkness. The alternate Landing site is Edwards fab Calif. Shuttles usually land at Edwards but Nasa has decided to make Kennedy the primary site As often As possible to save time and Money. The astronauts accomplished their primary goal of the five Day Mission late saturday night when they released the research satellite. The satellite is expected to function for 1 years sending data Back to Earth on the Ozone layer. The satellite will also measure wind temperature and chemical composition in the atmosphere. The whole project w ill Cost $740 million. . Budget approved without abortion funds from wire reports Washington a the House and Senate have approved a $3.86 billion budget for the District of Columbia but without an abortion provision that prompted president Bush to veto it last month. In a duplication of the Battles a and outcomes a Over the abortion Issue in 1989 and 1990, lawmakers on monday agreed to drop from the Bill a Section that would have allowed the City to use its own tax dollars to pay for abortions for poor women in the fiscal year beginning oct. 1. As he has in the past Bush As promised vetoed the original Bill on aug. 17 because of the abortion provision. The Senate approved the appropriations Bill on a voice vote monday night after the House acted on it earlier in the Day. It retains the record $630.5 million Federal payment to the City plus $52 million for the City a pension fund. Local officials complain that because of Congress unique jurisdiction Over the City the nations capital is the Only municipality in the country with no say on whether it will provide abortions for poor  concern voiced Lansing Mich. A Here a something new to worry about experts at the Michigan department of natural resources say creating the dead May be endangering the living. They Are particularly worried about Mercury in Teeth fillings. Mercury is a Poison that can damage the Central nervous system when inhaled or ingested. In the cremation process Mercury vaporizes under intense heat and goes up the smokestack unchecked by emission control devices. Druhman Shah a senior Thermal Engineer for the Der says toxicologists and other engineers will be looking into the problem cremation is used in about 17 percent of deaths. Concern Over the effects of cremation is nothing new. Chuncey Miller a cemetery historian and president of the greater Detroit cemetery association says there have been environmental concerns about cremation for centuries beginning soon after the romans borrowed the death rite from the ancient  cub bites girl 3 Tucson Ariz. A a lion cub bit the  of a 3-year-old Girt who had climbed Over a guard rail and reached into its Cage officials said. Chloe Capin of Nogales received 15 stitches for lacerations along her right  after being bitten sunday at the Reid Park zoo. Her Mother Cynthia Capin said neither she nor her husband saw the girl approach the Cage. The parents and another person freed the child. The cub reacted to the child sarm As it would to a Bird or Squirrel said Marc Burns senior keeper for mammals at the  ignores advice Washington the food and drug administration has turned a deaf car to the advice of its own scientists by agreeing to let breast implants made by four companies remain on the Market pending a full review a congressman says. Rep. Ted Weiss a Democrat and the chairman of the government operations human resources subcommittee said monday that his staff has reviewed thousands of pages of data and documents the companies submitted to the Fra in july. According to Weiss the documents show that the of Day a own scientists found the studies did no to prove that the implants were Safe and effective. He made his remarks in a letter to Fra commissioner David Kessler. The Fra in april gave silicone breast implant manufacturers three months to submit evidence that the implants Are Safe or to Stop Selling them. The Agency then had 45 Days to review this evidence submitted in the form of a pre Market approval applications and to decide whether to file them. Approval for filing would allow manufacturers to keep the products on the Market until the Fra reviewed the data fully by january 1992. It accepted for full scale review the applications submitted by four companies and rejected applications by three companies. A discovery Crew members Mark Brown left and Jim Buchli conduct space station tests. Shuttle Crew not worried about Florida night Landing