European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday october 1, 1985 400,000-gallon Oil spill Means months of cleanup Claymont Del. A a spill of More than 400.000 Gallons from a panamanian ten scr was one of the largest spills Ever on the Delaware River and will take several months to clean up officials said. The Oil Slick which stretches 15 Miles from where the 761-foot grand  ran aground late saturday near Claymont. On the Pennsylvania Border was expected to reach the Chesapeake and Delaware canal 17 Miles away by monday night said . Coast guard Cape. Edward Roc the Captain of the Phila Delphia port. Roc who oversees operations on the Delaware River and in Delaware Bay said that by Early sunday afternoon Only 3,000 Gallons of Oil had been removed from the River and some Oil had washed ashore. It s going to be a Long process he said of the cleanup. It will take several  Federal officials said the Oil could move South at a Rale of eight to 10 Miles a Day and could reach Dela Ware s environmentally sensitive wetlands within three Days if efforts to contain the Oil fail. Waterfowl including seagulls and egrets arc Al ready being coated with Oil said John Price of the emergency management office. He said officials Don t know yet How Many Birds arc affected. Officials of Tri slate Bird Rescue and research inc. Began working sunday to prepare to care for Birds injured in the Oil spill. Spokeswoman Patricia Orris said Tri state expected to begin receiving injured Birds monday As teams from Delaware and new Jersey and Federal wildlife officials began to gather them from the River. She said each Bird would be Given a checkup and fed before being washed in detergent. The spill was one of the largest Ever in the River and will Cost millions of dollars to clean up Roe said. Coast guard it. Robert Mitchell said the ship lost about 435,000 Gallons of Oil or about 10.400 barrels after it ran aground about 11 30 . Saturday. He said a spill of More than 100,000 Gallons generally is considered a major Accident. The ship which drifted onto the Cherry Island Flats in the Center of the River later proceeded under its own Power to the Sun Oil co. Refinery at Marcus Hook pa., said Clark Jester the head of Delaware s emergency management office. The leak was stopped before 4 30 . The coast guard said. Coast guard officials said the Slick at first stretched Short to Shore for up to three Miles then broke into a photo workmen install an i Barrier. Trying to keep the 15-mile Slick from spreading narrow strips. The coast Gaurd established a safety zone sunday and allowed no vessels through it with out special permission. Gov. Michael n. Castle said the Oil posed no threat to Public drinking water supplies or to Industrial water intakes along the River. About half a dozen Large ships were lined up below Delaware City waiting for permission to head upriver to the ports of Wilmington and Philadelphia Castle said. Bear invasion of Minnesota City being ended by Early cold snap Duluth Minn. A an Early cold snap has sent Minnesota s bears heading Home for a Long win Ter s Nap ending a Black Bear Blitz in search of food that saw As Many As 70 hungry bears a Day wander into this City of 100,000. It started dying Down a week or so ago Ralph Olson of the City police department said sunday. We had been getting 15 to 25 Bear Calls a Shin and now it s Down to Only a couple the bears caused thousands of dollars in property damage while breaking into houses Cabins and can plundering Apple Trees and walking off with garbage cans. A costly heating Oil spill was blamed on a Bear that broke off a spigot while trying to enter a Mobile Home on the City s outskirts. Early in july a Bear sitting on an air conditioning vent took a swipe at a restaurant window and shattered it much to the alarm of three police officers eating breakfast on the other Side. Olson said there had been Calls in the past about bears prowling around but never a deluge like  the game wardens were Busy trying to relocate them but they had to give up because the same bears kept coming right Back he said. Wildlife experts say a bad year for nuts and berries in the wild forced hundreds of Minnesota s estimated 8,000 bears to Migrate South to forage among the Gar Bage cans and Apple Trees of Duluth. Police have handled More than 700 Bear reports since Midsummer not including complaints received by the Minnesota state patrol or the St. Louis county sheriffs department in Duluth. The invasion prompted the Duluth convention and visitors Bureau to set up a 24-hour Bear watchers hot line now ended and an extended Bear  but a week of temperatures in the 40s and Low 50s is pushing the bears toward their Winter habitats. Many bears particularly pregnant females Are heading for their Dens earlier than usual this year. We be had some around Here that started Denning a couple of weeks ago said David Garshelis a biologist. The bears that arc doing the nuisance activity the Young to Middle age males Are still  when chasing the Burly wanderers out of town proved ineffective police and game wardens tried to trap them. But officials say officers and citizens had to resort to killing at least 210, compared with an average of v j such killings in a Normal year. Hunters have been free to kill the animals since sept i when Bear season opened and reports indicate the kill in some places is three to four limes greater than usual. Lynn Rogers an Ely Bear researcher is recommending that the state set up feeding stations outside Duluth if bears return next season. Stateside 2 killed As homemade air plane crashes onto Idaho raceway Post Falls Idaho a a homemade air plane plunged Onlo an Auto raceway killing both people aboard it when one of its fabric covered wings ripped off officials said. About 30 people most of them Drivers preparing for an afternoon race watched As the two seater smashed onto the track at Northwest Speedway said Kootenai county sheriffs Cpl. Wayne Johnson. Witnesses said the aircraft was flying 300 to 400 net above the track and had banked steeply when its left Wing ripped off according to Johnson. The aircraft built from a kit is similar to an ultralight Johnson said. Stranded children teachers flown to safety by helicopter d1llingmam, Alaska a foul weather pre vented a flight service from retrieving 30 eighth graders and two teachers As planned from an Outing on a Remote Peninsula and authorities used a helicopter to Rescue the group. The group which had been on a Field trip to Cape Constantino since Friday broadcast a distress Call by radio saying the weather conditions  deteriorated said stale trooper Lew Rich. A flight service was Able to land and pick up seven children before High tides temporarily wiped out a Beach Landing strip the trooper said. A helicopter brought the remainder out in groups of three or four said Rich. Cape Constantino is at the Southern tip of the Nusha Gak Peninsula about 375 Miles Southwest of Anchorage. Colo court issues dress code for All divorce seekers Colorado Springs Colo. A District court referee Gary lawyer is fed up with people coming to court in scruffy attire to seek divorces. I do not allow cutoffs Bermuda shorts Rock concert sweatshirts frayed dirty jeans undershirts or Sec through body shirts All of which i have seen in my courtroom lawyer recently wrote in a letter to a Colorado Springs newspaper. Dress for court As you would dress for Church or a Nice restaurant. If you Are not appropriately dressed for court you will be asked to leave and your Case will not be  lawyer who said he has sent half a dozen people Home since january said he issued the warning out of frustration of seeing people come into court inappropriately  i think they arc genuinely surprised that they re inappropriately dressed he said adding that what bothers him the most is the apparent disregard for the judiciary  death of Dusky Seaside Sparrow leaves just 2 of vanishing species Orlando Fla. A one of the three remaining Dusky Seaside sparrows known to exist has died bringing the fragile species one step closer to extinction expert at Walt Disney world said. The Bird was found near death in its Cage at Walt Disney world and died shortly after being rushed to a veterinarian said Charles Cook curator of discovery is land where the huskies Are kept in an environment closely resembling their natural habitat along the St. Johns River. It s very traumatic a heartbreaking thing Cook said. He said age was a Factor in the Bird s death. Thousands of dollars and the Best scientific techniques known Are being used in efforts to perpetuate the vanish ing Breed at discovery Island. Sex i who exposed plot to kill Eisenhower in Wii Dies Muskegon Mich. Up Leon m. Hansen a world War ii hero who exposed four German spies who planned to assassinate Gen. Dwight Eisenhower during world War ii has died at 80. Hansen an army staff sergeant was credited with exposing four English speaking German who planned to blow up american installations and assassinate Eisenhower during the Battle of the bulge. The germans were dressed in us. Army uniforms and Riding in an american jeep when Hansen found them. After the War Hansen who was from twin Lake Mich., operated the Collier Hansen Beer distributor co and the Continental bar