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I trtiiK't. The Sioux City Journal, Sunday, July 31,1 988 A 7 1 Greenhouse effect targeted WASHINGTON (AP) Senators serious process of legislating. We'll act as fast as the public's willing to support us." Johnston is a cosponsor of most elements in a package developed by Sen. Tim Wirth, that represents the broadest Capitol Hill response yet to the greenhouse warnings. "The greenhouse effect is the most significant economic, political, environmental and human problem facing the 21st Century," Wirth said.

Johnston, who recently held a hearing on the greenhouse effect, said: "The evidence of global warming is virtually undeniable. It is so much more comprehensive, dangerous and life-changing than anything we've ever seen." Aides said Johnston has become convinced that global action is necessary to combat the production of carbon and other gases that scientists say trap heat in the atmosphere. Johnston stopped short of endorsing a key element of Wirth's proposal: reducing carbon monoxide emissions by requiring new car fleets to average 55 miles per gallon by 2010, a doubling of the 1985 fuel efficiency standard. The Wirth package would force this country to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent by 2000. Scientists estimate that carbon dioxide, coming mostly from fossil fuel combustion, produces about half the world's greenhouse gases.

The United States is said to be responsible for 20 percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. The proposal would require administration officials to draft a national energy plan emphasizing the least expensive ways to reduce fossil fuel use and increase use of renewables such as solar energy. The package would authorize about $1 billion through 1992 for research and development of non-fossil energy sources and a new generation of safer and cheaper nuclear reactors. It also calls for greater reliance on cleaner-burning natural gas for heating and transportation. On the international front, the secretary of state would be urged to hold a meeting aimed at getting other nations to commit to a 50 percent cut in greenhouse gas production by 2015.

The legislation also would authorize this country to spend more than $1.5 billion in the early 1990s to provide birth control information in an effort to slow the demand for fossil fuels in burgeoning nations. It also calls for the United States to work through international lending and development agencies to slow the destruction of forests, which consume carbon dioxide when alive but which emit huge amounts when they are cut down. Johnston said that to slow down polluting development in the Third World, "we're going to have to pay for their non-development in some way, and it's going to be expensive." are using the closing weeks of the 100th Congress to put the issue of global warming from the "greenhouse effect" at the top of their environmental agenda for next year. They got the ball rolling this week with the introduction of legislation prompted by a series of hearings over the last two years at which scientists warned that the greenhouse effect threatens the planet with higher temperatures, climate changes and rising oceans in the next ceniury. Sixteen senators, including Energy Committee Chairman Bennett Johnston, unveiled a comprehensive plan on Thursday that calls for a variety of steps, from developing safer nuclear power to slowing the destruction of forests in the Third World.

A day earlier, a group headed by Robert Stafford, submitted a package to end U.S. use of chlorofluorocarbons, the chemicals that contribute to global warming and destroy the Earth's vital ozone layer. Johnston, who has been identified more with energy development and production than environmental protection, said he would hold a series of hearings in coming weeks to set the stage for 1989. Next year, he said at a news conference, "we'll have to begin the ill i mi i4 ft frti 7 M- ft Bad crackers appeal to Sooners survival crackers. The crackers, placed in storage 25 years ago in case of nuclear attack, had been not been distributed by Thursday, but Ms.

Grant said she has had calls from as far away as California. Most people want the crackers to feed cattle, fish or wildlife, she said. Another caller wanted the crackers for shipment to Third World coun tries. "We have had more requests than we have crackers," said J.J. Steward, manager of Emergency Services.

One of the more unusual requests came from the Oklahoma Deparment of Corrections, which wanted all 350 tons. Some state prisons raise cattle and have unlimited manpower to open the containers of crackers and distribute them, Steward said. Can you ear me? Marisa Dalo uses simulated ears at the Childrens Zoo which is part of the Bronx Zoo in New York City. The ears allow children to hear as animals do. (AP Laserphoto) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Local officials are finding out that 350 tons of rancid crackers do indeed appeal to some people in fact, a lot of people.

"We never anticipated such an avalanche of response," said Donna Grant, who has been handling requests since the City Council announced last Tuesday it wanted to dispose of a cache of Civil Defense Sites okayed for military women, black patriots WASHINGTON (AP) Advocates of a proposed memorial to honor black Revolutionary War soldiers are concentrating on a design now that two federal commissions have approved its location on the National Mall. The Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital Planning Commission this week approved plans to build the memorial in Constitution Gardens, a grassy area close to the reflecting pool between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument. The two panels also voted, at separate meetings, to approve a plan to build a memorial honoring women in military service at the entrance of the Arlington Cemetery. Advocates for both projects next must develop designs and win another round of approvals from the two panels and the National Capital Memorial Commission, which approved the siting plans last month. Marshall E.

Purnell, executive vice president of Devrouax Purnell, one of three architectural firms involved with the project, said designers will meet with memorial supporters "to get a feel for what they think it should look like." The designers will then draft plans to present to the memorial's foundation by early next year. L.M. Boyd Still unsettled is why builders of early bridges covered same. So horses wouldn't shy over water. So decking wouldn't ice up.

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