European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday decembers 1985 Herschel the California sea lion seems to have become a permanent resident at Seattle s Ballard locks. Fax sea lion unpopular with fishermen Seattle a a fat Sassy califor Nia sea lion nicknamed her Schul is being blamed for the devastation of an entire run of Steelhead Trout one of the most popular game fish in the Pacific Northwest. Her Schul has taken up residence at the Entrance to the Lake Washington ship canal a bottleneck through which seagoing Trout must pass to reach spawning grounds in the Cedar River and its tributaries. The number of Steelhead returning tothe Cedar declined by 80 percent last year and experts fear Herschel is the cause. What s More he and other sea Lions Are a protected species under the 1972 Marine mammal act. Herschel named by fisheries workers hangs out just below the fish ladder at the City s Ballard locks the Gateway tothe passage Between puget sound and Lake Washington. Periodically there s a sudden splash in the water and Herschel surfaces with a fish in his jaws. Wildlife agents have seen hers chel kill 13 fish in an hour and 20 minutes. Wildlife officials say the number of Winter Styc Licad spawning in the Cedar River system dropped from 2,575 in 1983 to just 464 last year said Chuck Phillips another state biologist. Herschel delights thousands of visitors to the locks a popular tourist attraction but is less popular with the fishermen  Vicinity. Crowds will cheer when a sea lion grabs a Steelhead and rips its been of. They love it said Gene Pilzer who fishes below the locks in Winter but 1 Don t think they d cheer if they really knew How Many fish Are being  slice head spend most of their lives in the Pacific Ocean returning to Freshwater streams to spawn. Unlike Salmon which die after spawning a Steelhead May spawn an return to the sea several times. Fisheries workers have tried to scare the sea Lions with Seal bombs Large firecrackers and ultrasonic devices but her Schul foils the ultrasound by sticking his head out of the water and just swims away for a few hours while the bombs Are detonated Dickerson said. State game Federal Marine fisheries and army corps of engineers representatives will meet next week to try to figure out what to do with Herschel he said. Cd Cryl Law allows killing a protected animal if it s a nuisance but Dickerson and others Hope there s another solution such As trapping her Sahel and moving him where he ii cause less damage. That s a big animal to try to cat hand not harm him Dickerson said. House oks $480 billion spending Bill Washington a the House sent to the Senate i $4ko billion Stopgap Bill that pays for government programs White slow moving regular spending Bilu await final approval but Republican opposition to How foreign Aid and other programs were handled in the Bill resulted in Only a slim plurality for Pas Sage . 212-208. The top led Senate appropriation committee planned id Start work on its ver Sion of the measure thursday. The House Bill besides extending spend ing authority for the government would lift the moratorium on Oil and Gas exploration off the California coast and provide new assistance to Farmers controversies expected to be raised again in the Senate. Congress must pass the Bill known As a continuing Resolution because Only three of the 13 regular appropriations Bills have been approved by Congress and signed by the president. Interim spending legislation which has allowed Normal government operations so far this fiscal year expires dec. 13. With out new spending legislation most of be government would be forced to shut Down. The new Resolution would last throng sept. 30, 1986, the end of the fiscal year that began oct. 1, but As separate spending Bills Are approved and signed the Resolution no longer will cover those areas. While most of the spending in the pack age bad at least been passed separately by the House a big exception is the $14.6 Bil lion appropriation for foreign Aid. Republicans including rep. Jack Kemp r-n.y., said the $5.9 billion for military Aid in the foreign assistance Bill was insufficient to help smaller countries. But rep. David obey d-wis., said tax payers facing cuts in Domestic programs w mid not support increasing Aid to Foreng countries. Other republicans attacked the farm credit provisions in the Bill measures the White House criticized As potential budget busters. Reagan warned this week he will veto the Bill if it exceeds the budget in any  in Buwa i lib. Uuugv.1 lit Billj talc tit sex Navy analyst sentenced for stealing documents d a t t1\mf\tk my to  not Samuel Lor ing Morison a former civilian intelligence analyst for the Navy was sentenced to two years in prison wednesday for stealing classified documents and giving secret Ameri can satellite photographs of a soviet air Craft Carrier to a British military journal. In Federal District court Here Morison s lawyers who had requested probation for their client said he would Appeal the prison sentence. Pending a final ruling on the Appeal which May take several years Morison the 41-year-old grandson of the naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison was freed by judge Joseph h. Young on $100,000 bail. Before the sentencing wednesday the Federal prosecutor assistant is. Attorney Michael Schatzow denounced the plea for probation As ludicrous and As astound ing arrogance on the part of a defendant he described As not  the prosecution had recommended a sentence of four years in prison and a Fine of $10,000. In their plea for probation Morison s attorneys Robert f. Muse and Mark h. Lynch argued that he was a patriotic and decent individual who Felt the construction of the soviet aircraft Carrier represented a serious threat to the Security of the United states about which americans were entitled to know. Morison had faced a maximum of 40years in prison and $40,000 in fines. The Morison Case was Only the second in which the government had used the espionage Laws to prosecute a Federal employee for disclosing secret information to the press. In the first Daniel Ellsburg and an Thony Russo were charged with making Public a government history of the Vietnam War known As the Pentagon papers. The Case against them was dismissed in Federal court on the ground of government misconduct Morison was charged with sending Jane f defense weekly a British naval journal copies of classified satellite photographs of the russian vessel in dry Dock under construction which were then widely published elsewhere. In his defense at the trial and briefly in a statement to the court wednesday Morton said he had made a mistake in disclosing the documents but that he did not know be was committing a crime. "1 am not that tort of person he said. . Inc 01 person he said. Polish Sailor seeks political Asylum after leaving ship Cleveland a a polish Sailor Kapsa a Cook left the ship sunday evening if he Wim applied Foi political Asylum in the United on a snore pass accompanied by a polish Ciu slates i think he a "1 a n c United Kuncik id Kapsa is from the Rort c 5t.teft, he Teho lives in Cleveland and is also seeking Metzenbaum a. �u8 " � a owed l0-" of Szczecin. Ken Ted the said Cleveland a a polish Sailor applied for political Asylum in the United states on wednesday three Days after he deserted his ship while it was unloading steel Here. Leszcak Kapsa 27, speaking through an interpreter said he wanted to slay in the United states because of its Freedom first of All  Kapsa 27, had been a member of Soli Darity the outlawed Union in Poland and had thought about jumping ship during ear Lier trips to the United states said the Rev. Marian m. Kuncik of transfiguration Church in Cleveland. Kapsa o o a Shor citizen who lives in Cleveland and is also seeking political Asylum said Kencik who served a interpreter at a news conference. Kuncik said Kapsa did not know the Cleveland resident until they met on the ship sunday. Members of the polish Community often visit polish ships when they visit Cleveland said Kencik who emigrate from Poland 15 years ago. After Kapsa was brought to him Kencik contacted sen. Howard Metzenbaum d Ohio who intervened with immigration officials. A w no More Medvin in Kuncik said Kapsa is from the port Day of Szczecin. Kencik Sai e Sailor had expressed concern that his defection would endanger his parents in Poland. Kapsa is not married and he is an Only child. Kapsa has worked on ships since 1977 Tod has made eight trips to the uni cd Stales. He saw Many cities and Many people and he very much liked the United states Lai Kencik. Kapsa arrived in Cleveland on saturday aboard the Zic Mia Lubelska. The ship s Cap Tain notified . Officials monday that Kapsa was missing and the ship left for Detroit on tuesday