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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. Match 9. 19bb the stars and stripes Page 7 court halts work on Nimitz relocation san Francisco a a Federal appeals coi irl monday halted work on the Navy s plans to relocate the aircraft Carrier a Itnatz to Everett wash., a project that has been opposed by environmental groups. In a 3-0 decision inc 9lh . Cir Iii Dun of appeals ordered the Navy to Stop preliminary work on the $272 million project until in appeals Hoard review a Smil permit chiefly on inc Issue of How la dispose of contaminated sediment from Harbor dredging the Washington shorelines hearing Board began a final week of hearings monday on water Quality and development permits Tor the project a decision is scheduled in May or june. Four Voles arc needed on the six member Board 10 reject the state permit. We fully expect hat when the project receives full review there will be significant modifications soil Victor Slier a lawyer for Sii Environ mental groups that oppose the dredging. The ruling Means the Navy must comply with stale environmental Laws just like everybody else he said. Also opposing the project is the Tulalip Indian tribe whose fish ing ground include eve Ceil Bay. It. Cmdr. Joe March a spokesman for the Home port project said he would study the ruling to Sec what options the Navy a. The Navy plans to relocate inc Nimitz and 12 support ships in Everett Harbor on Pugol sound hoping to have the first ships arrive in 1992, the principal dispute is Over the Navy s plan id dredge about 1,4 million cubic Yards or sediment from the Harbor and dispose of it in port Gardner Bay near crab Beds at Depths of 310 to 4 30 feel. Aboul a third of the sediment i contaminated with heavy metals and organic compounds and the Navy plans to Cap the contaminated sediment with a layer of Clear sediment. But the court said the technique i experimental and has been criticized by the . Fish and wildlife service which said the method had failed the two limes it had been tested at comparable do Phi Church gunman had been spurned by woman Emporia Kan. A a Man who drove up to a Baptist Church and then allegedly opened fire on worshippers had been spurned by a woman who used to belong 10 the congregation. One person was killed and tour wounded in the sunday morning shooting spree at Calvary Baptist Church. Parishioners wrestled the gunman to the ground after a Church trustee chased him outside and struck him with a hymnal. Police identified the Man As cd Culphon i 29, a native of Taiwan who earned a Mailer s in business administration from Emporia state University in de Cember 1984. He returned to this Eastern Kansas Community of 26,000, about 110 Miles Southwest of Kan Sas City just minutes before the assault said police chief Larry Blomenkamp. I was charged with one count of first degree Mur Der. He also was charged with is counts of Allemo cd first degree murder involving inc four people who were wounded and to others who were shot at. As he was being brought to inc courthouse past a crowd of journalists i was asked by a cameraman Why the shootings occurred. He shouted Justice  magistrate judge Francis Towle set Bend at is million. A preliminary Healing was scheduled for March 31. Investigators were seeking people who knew i when he lived in Emporia As they inc to find a motive. Ronila Roth. 34, a member of inc congregation said jihad a ended Bible classes in her Home in 198 or 19im with a woman he hoped to marry. The unidentified woman who still lives in Emporia had met i through her work but was not interested in him romantically. She just wanted to share the lord with him she said. Hut we knew he was different. He had a differ ent kind of religion you know Buddha and All that Rolic said i attended Only two classes and rarely spoke during Lliam. When the woman refused his proposal for her to marry him and return to Taiwan to care for his parents he became bitter Roth said. He also was really upset when she married someone else two years ago she said. The pastor of the Church the Rev. Donald Kusmaul. Cheun Phon i says Justice revenge were Irmi said the Man and parishioners exchanged words As he was subdued and thai among the epithets he was told the Man hurled at the congregation members was while supremacist  Kusmaul pastor of the 1 50-Mcmbcr concur Calion fur 17 years said he had never seen the Man until he walked into the Church interrupting the singing of like a River glorious is god s perfect i ease Wilh a burst of gunfire from a semiautomatic pistol. Usher Scott Davics said he was about to offer a Church bulletin when the Man pulled a gun from a has. Aimed it at him and fired. I jumped behind a Wall. And looked Back out to make sure what was happening was real and in  said Davics. He began shooting across inc auditorium itself randomly m people about five or six shots. There was about five six seconds of just silence and then there began to be cries and screams hollers Davics said. In was just  police said i who was wearing car protectors was trying to reload a 9mm gun when Church trustee Jerry Waddell 46, Rose and ran toward him chasing him outside and striking him Wilh a hymnal. Other men from the congregation joined in Pursuit and tackled him Ihen held him until police arrived. Police said they found two other guns both ,44.cali Ber magnum pistols and several Hundred rounds of ammunition in a Duffel bag i carried. I thank god thai no More were killed said Kus Maul. 4j, he had inc capability the firepower to wipe out a number of  Blomenkamp and Kusmaul praised Waddell for confronting the gunman. I m sure he d want the glory id go to the lord bul he was the hero of the Day said Kusmaul. If we had All stayed Down he would have just taken the other clips and kept  Waddell played Down his role and said it s i real tragedy or the Church and i feel sorry for the Mem Bers of Fth Church who wore injured and lost  Thomas o. It a Csc 47, a Farmer and father of five from Rural Amarieus was killed by a gunshot wound to the Chest officials Suid. His daughter us Vurly. 18. Suffered a flesh wound and was released from a Hospital after treatment. Daniel Goza. 14. Of Emporia. Was also treated and released. Still hospitalized tuesday were Sandra matrix. 43. Of Emporia in fair condition Wilh a shoulder wound and Robert Adamson 14, in Good condition Wilh a High wound Blomenkamp said i apparently entered the United states in 1981. Kim Maxwell director of University relations said i listed an address in Hack Ida Heights. Calif., when he enrolled and was known As Paul while studying Here. Maxwell said school records show i moved 10 Rushing a y., when he left Emporia in january 1985. First .-made Honda cars shipped of Japan Portland. Ore. Up Honda made automotive history monday by be coming inc first japanese car maker to ship a mrs built in its . Plants Back to its Home country. Honda North America inc., loaded 540 Honda Accord coupes built in Marysville Ohio aboard the cargo ship bound for Japan. The luxury Coupe which sports leather seats and other up scale options is build Only in Hie United slates. The cars Are Standard . Models with a left hand steering wheel even though the japanese drive on inc oppo site Side of the Road from americans. Company officials predicted inc cars would be accepted because most euro Pean cars sold in Japan also have left hand steering. The company also shipped 120 of its lop of inc line cold Wing i Sou motorcycles which arc also built in Mary Ville. It was inc first shipment of Honda s  manuf Clurid motorcycles to Japan. Tetsuo China president of Honda North America and Oregon sen. Bob Packwood drove inc first car a Gray a Auto imports int Japan 3aa b3 84 of 86 87 ind Dos West Germany Britain i Laly France  Conj Aoa Tribune graphic Cord aboard inc Auto cargo ship Green Bay. It has always been our goal to develop the capabilities to Export our Ameri can made products to inc world said Chino who spoke to a crowd of dignitaries and reporters assembled in tents on the foggy Portland Dock. Ii is not enough thai our . Operations arc competitive Only in inc United Stales he said. In is the world Arena where the comp Lilion will be  Packwood said the shipment was an example of How a manufactured goods could compete in the world marketplace without protectionist Trade Laws. America is a Force he said. This is a Day that we prove once again Hal we can do anything Given inc proper management and the proper my emotional  we Are demonstrating Hal we Don i have to be afraid of International  added Scon n. Whitelock vice president and manager of the Marysville Plant. Americans can  Chino said Honda will Export slightly More than 4,000 of the can to Japan this year and Hopes la Export 70,000 of its .-Buill models by 1991 Wilh 50.000 of those going to Japan. The american subsidiary already sex. Ports four door Honda accords id Tai wan. The 4,000 cars will make Honda the leading . Exporter of cars to Japan in 1988, China win the Export business is part of the com Pany s expansion strategy in the . Thai includes construction of a new $380 million Aulo plan in Ohio to will have a capacity of 150,000 cats per year and will employ an additional 1,800 workers. Construction is scheduled to begin this month with completion in August 1989, the company already employs i.300 people at its nary silk Plant and other . Operations according to Whitelock. Chino said other parti of inc company s strategy include expanding is Engi Neering and development operations in the United slates and increasing the amount of dome site pans in the Ameri can hondas from 50 percent to 75 per cent by 1991  
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