European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 14, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 human Thain judge rules indians courts i t i -. A.  Char by Effort Short of Finks  apr there will be an Al mom Texas sized Gap in the Hawls arms America human Chain unless Hist minus interest develops. With less than two weeks before the Nii in Witk Charity Clain links up tas acc by 819,720 fid pie 10 cover the Ful mile expanse across the Lone Suir state. The Texas link is the largest in i he 16 state. So million person Chain and officials1 Siviy it May have to be filled with ribbons tractors and Indian inc pics to keep the for mation together. It just does t seem feasible to me i Don l believe they la get it done said Chil Dren county sheriff Claude Lane who has been Lold by organizers to expect 33,000participants in his Panhandle county of 7,200 people. Gaps to be filled Buzz Buzinsky the Texas logistics coordinator said High school bands banners Farmers tractors family cars and teepees will be used in Rural Texas to fill in gaps caused by a Lack of human hands. He said he does t have a current count of participants but promoters say they la need 1,320 people each mile on May 25, a project of the Usa for Africa organization which produced the song we Are the world hands across America is on Effort to raise 150 million for the hungry and homeless in the United states. Texas is not the Only state having trouble rounding up enough people. Nationwide about 2 million people had signed up by late last week organizers said. The Chain will be a giant logistical prob Lem stretching from Battery Park in new York City to a Pacific Ocean pier in Santa Monica Calif organizers expect most participants in the 4,125-Tnile line not to sign up until the last few Days. Ken Kragon the group s chief organizer said Many of those who have signed up have requested places in Large cities near their Homes leaving Rural areas struggling to fill the gaps. Cases new York a Lii Luns of Dollar in damage claims arising from the 1984 Lih Piil chemical disaster that killed an Esti mated -1,7 10 people should be decided by courts ill India not in the United states a. Federal judge has  decision by . District judge John or. A Mcmin on monday was a Victory for Union Carbide corp., which fought for a year to Send the Case to India . Courts which tradition ally deliver More Money to Accident victims and deliver it faster than their Indian counterparts were favored by lawyers for the Vic Tims and by the Indian government in the court s View to retain the Liti gation in this forum As plaintiffs request would be yet another example of Imperial ism another situation in which an established Sovereign inflicted its rules its Stan Dards and values on a developing nation a Conan wrote in a 63-Page decision this court declines to play such a role he said. The Union of India is a world Power in 1986, and its courts have the proven capacity to mete out fair and equal jus Tice to deprive the Indian judiciary of this. Opportunity to stand tall before the world and to pass judgment on behalf of its own people would be to revive a history of subservience and subjugation from which India has  Keenan also wrote he was firmly con Vinced that the Indian Legal system is in a far better position than the american courts to determine the cause of the tragic event and thereby fix  Carbide lawyer William Krohley said the company had expected to win on the jurisdictional Issue because India is the Only proper place for the litigation. He said company officials were pleased. Attorney Aaron Brodur whose partner f. Acc Bailey was part of the three Man executive committee appointed by a Conan to speak for the victims said the ruling would be appealed. Jack s. Hoffinger a new York lawyer who coordinated the efforts of plaintiffs attorneys said the ruling was not cause for elation by Union Carbide. It would be a Bhopal disaster what  a Ockert a chemical reaction forces open safety a frat pest eke manufacturing Plant releasing Over 50,000 pounds of poisonous Methyl to Cyanate Over 15 Square Muzea of  inc Fin City when Early morning or dec.3,1984 dam More than 1,700persons injured More than 300,000, ,10.000 continuing to  health problems Ciao Torlin on hic bom Congo Ortun atm it Corot " cause for elation if the Case was settled in u Way acceptable to All sides and if the Vic Tims eel Protection and soon Hoffinger said. He added that the plaintiffs lawyers drug trafficking centers Are target customs service beefed up in Texas Washington a the customs service plans to put j25 More agents in Texas As part of a Federal strike Force designed to combat newly identified drug trafficking centers on the Texas Mexico Border and the Gulf coast sen. Phil Grambor Texas said monday. As Gramm announced the plan at a news conference in his office customs commissioner William Van Raab testified before the Senate finance committee that his Agency s budget under the Gramm Rud a in deficit reduction Law would not allow customs to do everything we might wish to do to combat drug smuggling. Von Raab did confirm though the in creased number of agents in Texas. Gramm said the Cost of the additional agents would be borne by lower priority customs programs. He said about 200 agents would be added along the Border about 20 already have been hired. I have been working with the commissioner on this Effort and he is a Strong proponent of u and in fact was very instrumental in making the decision to commit 200 personnel slots to it which again in an pm of Light budgets is a real commitment Gramm said of von Raab. Gramm said the effect on customs shows that the Gramm Rudman Law works forc ing the Federal government to make difficult but necessary choices. When we re talking about fighting a War against those that Are profiteering at the expense of the health and sometimes the lives of our children i think that s a very High priority Grumm said. And 1 think what we be proven Here is that even in a Lime of Light budget where there is a Clear and present need that we can take funds away from lower priority uses he said customs has identified several Hundred new crossing Points on the Border Between Mexico and Texas new Mexico and Arizona Landing Sites on the Texas Gulf coast and the establishment of stash houses in Mexico. Gramm said be believes the mexican government wants to fight the drug Trade but that the goal is severely diluted by the Lime it reaches Law enforcement officials. . Edging out of ., Moynihan says new York up sen. Daniel Pat Rick Moynihan a Farmer  Ambassador said monday the United states is slowly edging out of the United nations which he describes As a Adf  Bod 1 because of its abuses. The Democrat from new York accused the United nations secretariat and the . Government of remaining silent on the Case of former  Secretary general Kurt Waldheim who has been accused of nazi War crimes. Moynihan suggested that the soviet Union knew about Waldheim s nazi past and blackmailed him but he did not elaborate. The United Stales is slowly edging out of the  Doors Moynihan told a meeting of the Institute of International education. The organization and its satellites if left alone will self destruct he said. Left alone they won t be there in 10 years time. Their behaviour is  Moynihan said some of the signs the United Stales is leaving the 159-Natiort organization or cried in the Wake of world War ii to maintain peace around the world have been its refusal to pay in full its dues. Congress last year voted to reduce the . Contribution to the  Budget by 5 percent or some s40 million from the cur rent 25 percent assessment the largest of All  Members. Congress demanded that the  Genera Assembly Institute weighted voting that will give big donors More votes in budgetary matters. Believe the Indian Legal system is not equipped to handle the litigation Over the Accident. Keenan had delayed his ruling for Severn months a he tried to coax All sides into reaching n settlement. At nne Point lust month Union Carbide announced a Tenta Tive 5350.million Deal with lawyers for individual Accident victims Only to have the pact fall apart in the face of objections from the new Delhi government. In addition to those who died 200,000 people were reported injured when Methyl Isac Yanavic Gas tented from a pesticide Plant in Central India on dec 3, i9h4. The Plant was owned by Union Carbide India Ltd., which in turn is mostly owned by Danbury  Union Carbide. . Government Tats have indicated that scores of the surviving Bhopal victims Likely will suffer lifelong health problems from having inhaled the Gas. Union Carbide at Keenun s suggestion agreed in november to provide 55 million for the Indian red Cross for disaster Relief. The payment was not an admission of liability. In its arguments on where the Case should be heard. Union Carbide said Union Carbide in Iii Ltd. Was Independent and responsible alone far its Chapal Plant. Union Carbide also staid the Gas leak May have been caused by sabotage and said u Collel close to the scene would Bland the Best Chance of finding the truth. It did not pre sent i reel evidence of sabotage. In response lawyers for the victims argued that India s court system is Mil equipped to provide Swift Justice in so complicated a ease. And the Indian govern ment while not conceding that its courts May be inadequate said Large corporations must be held accountable for their subsidiaries. Carbide s Indian unit possesses Only a fraction of the assets thai would be Avail Able to satisfy a claim against the Parent. Keenan accepted the Union Carbide claim that the United slates was not the most appropriate forum for the Case. But his conditions for sending the Case to India were that Carbide concede that that coun try s courts have jurisdiction Over the american Parent that it a scr to satisfy any judgment rendered by the Indian courts and that it agree to make available internal documents and other evidence to plaintiffs on the same terms it would face if the Case were in the United Stales. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 14, 1946 the United Stales Muy restore food rationing in August a Washington official said soon after the Arri Val of Herbert Morrison British Cabinet minister on a special food Mission to presi Dent Truman. 30 years ago foday. May 14. 1956 actor Montgomery Clift was seriously injured when his car struck a Power pole As he drove Home from a dinner party Given by actress Elizabeth Taylor in West los Angeles. 20 years ago foday. May 14, 1966 the new China news Agency in a broadcast monitored in Tokyo said a communist chinese plane was shot Down Over China near the North vietnamese Border by missiles fired from . Fighter planes. F 0 years ago today. May.14, 976 the Cincinnati reds Pete Rose known of baseball s or. Hustle for his fierce competitiveness on the Diamond was named the sixth recipient of the Roberto Cleminte award Given annually to the player who Best exemplifies the game of baseball on and off the Field