European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 21, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 7 los. Agents seize ship stored cocaine in record amount two . Ments in Miami inspect put of the record cocaine Seinige. A photo Miami Uhl Federal agents thursday uncovered he last of a record 4 tons of cocaine smuggled into he United Szalc Laboar a ship carrying lumber.  Antose Iucci snore Shah a ton of afghan hashish in a separate raid. Agents confiscated 6,292 Pound of cocaine from one shipping Container wednesday night he most found hid Den in a single Container and opened a second Container from the same vessel thursday and found another t,760 pounds of the drug. The 6,052 pounds of cocaine carried a Street value of $1.4 billion and set a re Cord for the most cocaine seized from a single shipment authorities said. There were no arrests in the Case and the investigation is continuing said . Customs service spokesman Michael Shechan. It s one of the More ingenious and sophisticated ways that traffickers have found to disguise their cocaine said Jack Hook a spokesman for the drug enforcement Agency. Hook said agents thursday also seized 2,200 tons of hashish which originated in Afghanistan and a transported through Bombay India to Houston new Orleans and Savannah a Hook said Federal agents infiltrated a drug ring based in Bombay and transported the hashish to Miami where it was delivered to two suspected traffickers who were arrested., they were bolide stifled the cocaine shipment was unloaded at port everglade Fla., nov. 11 from the honduran freighter Siena Mariner which customs agent decided to exam Ine tuesday based on Dea intelligence Sheehan said. Shiehan said the shipping Container held 13 pallets each stacked with 115 boards. The lop five boards held no co Caine but the remaining 110 boards on each pallet were stuffed with one Pound of cocaine each. Customs officials then repacked the Container and followed it As it was taken to a Wood warehouse wednesday. Law enforcement agents watched the locked warehouse and when no one immediately picked the Container we said Lei s go get it ourselves " Shechan said. The search of a second cargo con Tainer moved by the same shipper and destined for the same warehouse revealed 1,760 pounds of cocaine found in wooden boards. The previous record for a cocaine i Zure in a single Container is 5,000 pounds hidden aboard a Container from Honduras that was filled with bananas. Heifetz battling Henry Jackson bust prompts tributes tumor Friend says los Angeles up virtuoso violinist Jascha Heifetz who was recognized As one of the world s fore most musicians by the age of 16, is undergoing treat men for a malignant brain tumor a family Friend said thursday Heifetz 86. Was not hovering near death but is very seriously ill said the family Friend who asked to remain Anonymous. Ron Wise spokesman for Cedars Sinai medical Center confirmed Heifetz was at he Hospital but declined to comment further at the family s  the Friend said Heifetz was suffering from a Mali Nant brain tumor and was hospitalized after falling in his Home in the Hollywood kills. Born feb. 2,1901, in Vita Lithuania then a province of the russian Empire Heifetz started violin lessons when he was 3 and made his first Public appearance when he was 7. By the Lime he was 16, he was recognized As one of the Premier violinists in the world. His youth was dominated by study and practice six hours and More each Day and he continued a Habil of daily work on his music into his 80s, playing in a soundproof studio in his Home which he helped design. Washington a the Chin is set the eyes seem to twinkle and the larger than life bust of the late sen. Henry m. Jackson unveiled thursday seems about to make another speech on National defense. During a Brief ceremony colleagues from his 42 years on Capitol Hill described the Washington demo crat As a senator who practice a Brand of politics that was above convenience and opportunism was a Cham Pion of Strong defense in the Pursuit of peace and believed strongly in social Justice. He found the world an imperfect place and sought to make it better said Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd,. The Bronze bust 33 a inches tall and almost 30 inches wide was created by Wendy Ross a washing ton d.c., artist who served As a of is alive intern in Jackson s office in the late 1960s. He would be so proud to know that this bust is Here in the office building where he spent so Many  said Jackson s widow Helen As she pulled the wrap off the bust. Jackson served in the Senate from i9s3 until his death in 1983. Study finds More radiation exposure Washington Nytz new calculations of the average amount of radiation an american is exposed to in a year have nearly doubled the estimate. For the first time the calculations include the effects of radon Gas seeping into houses. That estimated exposure which would be equivalent to the radiation of More than 25 Chest a rays remains far below the limits set by Federal safety Stan Dards. The report assembled at the request of Federal Agen cies and the White House doubled the commonly used figure for average radiation exposure to 360 Milliren from 170 Milliren although doses people receive have not increased said the National Council on radiation Protection and measurement. The Federal Standard for maximum Safe occupation Al exposure i about 5,000 Milliren a year. The new estimates Are an average for All americans but the actual exposure of individuals varies according to where they live and work their medical experience and other factors. Determining the average radiation exposure pro Vides a base figure to compare against unusual expo sures sex Peru said. . Assigns Relief ships to persian Gulf Force Washington up As part of its Effort to maintain a continuing military presence in the per Sian Gulf Region the Navy has begun replacing pan of its Armada assembled there last summer Navy officials said thursday. Seven ships deployed almost five months ago to the Gulf Region to econ kuwaiti Oil tankers recommissioned to Fly the american Flag Are on the r Way Back to their h it ports in the United Stales. Their replacements Are either in the Gulf Region or in route the Navy officials said. A spoils Man said the Navy had no intention of reducing its presence in the Gulf Region currently numbering 23 warships with an additional 22 operating in the adjacent Indian Ocean. Five ships based on the East coast will begin arriving at their Home Pom Early next week the officials said. Arrival of the West coast ships will take longer they said. The amphibious transport  Raleigh which held iranian captives after . Gunship helicopters crippled an iranian boat caught laying mines sept. 21, is expected to steam into Charleston . On sunday or monday the officials said. The ship will unload mine sweeping boats which have been replaced in the Gulf by six larger Ocean going mine sweepers before sailing on to its Home base in Norfolk vs., tuesday or wednesday the officials said. The guided missile destroyer Kidd is to arrive at Norfolk on dec. 4, they said. Three East coast Fng acts also will be resuming to their Home ports about the same time the Kawes and Klakring to Charleston and the flailed to Mayport Fla. The amphibious assault ship Guadalcanal and the guided missile Cruiser Fox have left the Gulf and Are in route to their Home port of san Diego the officials said. The Guadalcanal which was seaborne base for Many of the helicopters patrolling the Gulf is being replaced by the amphibious assault strip Okinawa which is currently stationed in the nearby arabian sea the officials said. They had no information on the Fox replacement. Officials said the battleship Missouri operating in the North arabian sea will be relieved by the Battle ship Iowa which recently left Norfolk and is in route in the Western Mediterranean. The aircraft earner Ranger which has its Home Baw in san Diego also has been replaced in the Indian Ocean by the Carrier Midway which is based in Yokosuka Japan the officials said