European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday december 2, 1985 fugitive tycoon extradited to Spain news update a photo Ruiz Mateos on Way to Madrid court. Madrid. Spain a the former head of Spain s biggest holding company arrived Here saturday from Germany after the Bonn government agreed to extradite him to face Spanish charges of fraud Ana embezzlement. Jose Maria Ruiz Marcos left Frankfurt aboard a special plane of the Spanish air Force accompanied by his daughter. Paloma two Spanish plainclothes policemen and his . Lawyer Arthur to Csc. Other plainclothes policemen met Ruiz Malcos when the plane landed at a cafe air base near Madrid and escorted him to a wailing car which took him to the National court building for questioning. Ruiz Malcos the former owner of almost 700 companies grouped in the Numasa holding company was arrested in april 1983 at the Frankfurt Airport when he flew there from the United states. The Frankfurt High state court had ruled Iha Ruiz Marcos could be extradited to spa the Spanish government took Over re Masa in february 1983. Charging that it us close to collapse and in its demise would cause an economic crisis. The holding company was reported to have a $1.7 billion deficit at the time of the takeover and the Spanish government said it was forced to act to protect the jobs of 60,000 employees and deposits of the conglomerate s Bank customers. Ruiz Mateos 52, fled Spain to escape trial on charges of fraud and embezzlement shortly after the government seized the Esti mated s3.5 billion business Empire. Me left Britain \ a authorities there cancelled his residence omit. The companies in the Numasa group in clude Sherry exporters luxury hotel chains shipping firms chemical businesses depart ment stores and 23 Banks. Ruiz. Mateos will be questioned by the judge investigating fiscal crimes Luis Lerga who will determine if Ruiz Marcos will be held or released on bail pending trial. Reviews Gas leak that killed 2,000 Indian official puts blame on Carbide Bhopal India a the top mad Hya Pravesh official on sunday branded Union Carbide executives As unscrupulous death dealers blaming the firm for the toxic Gas leak that killed More than 2,000 people last dec. 3 and saying it acted with a disregard for human life unparalleled inhuman  Adhya Pravesh chief minister Motilal Vora also denied that the leak from Union Carbide s pesticide Plant had been caused by sabotage by Radical sikhs. There is no question of any sabotage he told the United news of India when asked about Indian press reports that Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson during a recent inter View with an american newspaper had blamed the leak on Radical sikh saboteurs. More than 300,000 people were injured when they inhaled the Gas. Thousands still suffer from lung damage and other ailments. The tragedy was caused by unscrupulous death dealers said Vora. Such cynical Dis regard for human life is unparalleled in human  Vora said the same death dealing company is spreading disinformation to evade its responsibility for Ine disaster. He called the leak of deadly Methyl is Ocya Nate Gas totally Iran made. By those who would for making easy profit not hesitate to indulge in any kind of reckless  "1 have not named Anderson by name in my statement because i do not want to give him any importance Vora said later. My statement is also not a sudden outburst of anger. It reflects the anger of he people of Bhopal which is shared by the government towards the multinational  the state government has officially accused Union Carbide before a judicial com Mission of negligence and responsibility for the leak claiming that its Plant was badly designed and unsafe. On saturday Union Carbide denied the allegations saying that the Plant was Well designed and Sale and was routinely inspected by Indian agencies that never found any significant  the corporation questioned Why Indian authorities had allowed poor squatters to Settle next to the Plant in slums encroaching on land designated Only for Industry. Thousands of slum dwellers and activists an a torchlight March monday night to the Nion Carbide Gates in Bhopal. On tuesday they plan to Burn More than 2,000 effigies of Anderson. The state plans prayers expanded Relief programs end dedication of a disaster management Institute. A memorial to the Gas victims created by dutch sculptor Ruth Waterman is to be unveiled. In another development sunday a team of Indian scientists reported that they still do not know the exact nature of the 40 tons of Poison Gas or its components that poured from a storage tank. Dutch sculptor Ruth Waterman stands in Trot of the Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Waterman will unveil Concrete suture As a memorial to the victims of the Gas leak various possibilities Are still being examined or. . Krishnamurty chair Man of a Federal scientific study commis Sion told a press conference. Postmortem reports and studies indicated the Gas had More than one entity. Their identification at the moment is not  Krishna Mishy said the Gas could be Methyl is Cyanate Mic Hydro Yanic acid or phosgene but he ruled out Carbon Mon oxide. Union Carbide insists that the Gas was entirely Mic although some Indian scientists say there is evidence that deadly Hydrogen cyanide also was present. Krishnamurty a Lexicology is who Heads the two year panel said it was premature to give any opinion about the genetic mutations or cancer causing effects of the Gas. He said serum samples were being collected for study but that it could take 10 or 15 years to reach such conclusions. He also said that some trapped Materi Al still had not been examined and said left Over gases would yield valuable information. The commission of scientists was appointed by the Federal government to study effects of the Gas on human beings soil water plants animals and the total environment. An interim report is to be submitted this month. Krishnamurty said that drinking water seemed to be Safe but that the testing equipment was inadequate. He that a forensic expert. Or. Hirsh Chandra had detected Cyanate in water dimples taken from a City sewer two months ago. Or. . Guleria a Chest specialist on the commission said effects of Thi  Gas still persisted in those expos i to it. He said the average Thio Cyanate level usually Indi Cating presence of cyanide was significantly High in those who inhaled the Gas. Doctors said there was no single line of treatment. The commission said that a fairly Large number of victims still suffering from respiratory problems had stabilized but that others were deteriorating. India s Central Bureau of investigation is studying the cause of the leak. India s Indi an Council for medical research also is investigating but neither has reported an conclusions. Nuclear shutdown san Luis Obispo is if. A a super conservative safety sys tem at the Diablo Canyon nuclear Plant caused an automatic shutdown of its unit 2 reactor during a test run a spokesman said. Technicians at the Plant on the California coast discovered that a Monitor overreacted when it shut Down the unit during a High steam flow that lasted less than a second said Pacific Gas and electric spokes Man Ron win Borg. Officials said there was no release of radioactivity during the incident thursday. The reactor was being prepared saturday to resume testing during which engineers Hope to bring inc unil to 75 percent Power. The Plant s unit 1 reactor has been generating full Power since May. Heart lung recipient Tucson Ariz. A a heart lung transplant recipient who Learned via a televised message that donor organs were available has been taken. A Respirator and is reported recovering Well bul remains in critical condition officials say Terry May 32, a Tempe account land received the heart and lungs in a six hour operation. He was awake this morning. He s visiting with his wife said Jan Roo nay a spokeswoman for University medical a Cal to. He s still in a very weak condition bul he was recovering Well from the operation she added. May had suffered from primary pulmonary hypertension a degenerative lung condition that eventually causes the heart to fail. He had been awaiting donor organs for about a year and was alerted that the organs were available through a televised message during a thanksgiving Day football game. Hospital officials sought inc television Lalion s Aid Afler finding that May was not Home and that the Beeper he carried apparently was nol working. Tim unit 1 at 75% m1ddlktown, a. A More than 360,000 households Are receiving electricity from three mile Island s unit 1 nuclear reactor at its highest level of Power Oul Pul in More than 6w years a Plant spokeswoman said. Everything went smoothly Lisa Robinson a spokeswoman for Gnu nuclear corp the Plant s operator said after the Plant had been brought to a 75 pc Iceni plateau Over the weekend. The Plant was supplying Power to362,000 Homes Tim said. Unit 1 was restarted oct. 3 for the first time since March 1979, when nuclear fuel melted at unit 2 in the nation s worst commercial nuclear Accident. Unit 2 remains closed. Soft drink poisoning Tokyo up -. A High school student has died a week after she drank a beverage spiked with paraquat bringing to 12 the number of people who have been lulled in ran Dom soft drink poisonings since april police said. Yachiyo Tsuchiya 17, had Pur chased a soft drink from a vending machine near her Home in Tokyo s neighbouring Shitama prefecture on nov. 17 and found two bottles in the dispensing Slot a police spokesman said. Tsuchiya took both beverages Home and became very ill after she drank about a third of one bottle. She was taken to a Hospital where she died of paraquat poisoning the spokesman said