European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes stateside Friday july 8,1988 Lloyd s of London accused of exploiting . Industry Washington up consumer advocate Ralph Nader accused Lloyd s of London wednesday of exercising a greedy Cartel like grip Over the . Insurance Industry resulting in massive profits for the insurance giant at the expense of Consumers and the . Economy. Lloyd s the world s largest reinsured or insurer of insurance companies is an out of control bully that has forced enormous unneeded hikes in premiums or cancellations of coverage for government and private enterprises that Are vital to americans said Nader. Lloyd s also has been a leading Force in efforts to persuade state lawmakers to enact anti victim changes in . Liability Laws he added. Lloyd a already enjoying record profits launched the Campaign to win even bigger profits in the past few years for reasons of greed. It also wanted to recoup tens of millions of dollars in losses from mismanage ment and fraud Nader said. Boeing Sells advanced Jet to Thailand s Royal family Seattle up the Royal thai air Force has ordered an advanced technology Boeing 737-300 twinset for use by the Royal family of Thailand Boeing officials announced. Company officials said tuesday the aircraft to be delivered in september 1989, will be outfitted with a vip Interior. The Price was not announced but a 737 300 usually Sells for $25 million to $30 million de pending on Power Plant and Interior configuration. The 737-300 is one of Boeing s new generation air Craft quieter and More fuel efficient. It will be pow ered by two cfm-56-3 engines manufactured by com International a partnership of general electric and Snelma of France. Boeing also has been awarded a contract to Supply two aircraft to replace air Force one the Jet used by the president of the United states. Massachusetts could close a plants if petition passes Boston a a binding ballot question which if upheld As constitutional could close Massachusetts two commercial nuclear Power plants by july 1989 has qualified to appear on the statewide ballot in novem Ber. I think this is a historic step said Matt Wilson Field director for the citizens for Safe Energy petition drive. We have one More step to go and Well be the first state in the country to in fact shut Down an unsafe and uneconomical nuclear Plant by ballot initiative. The anti nuclear proponents collected 13,497 certified voter signatures considerably More than the 8,421 signatures needed to put their question on the nov. 8 ballot John Cloonan director of the Secretary of state s election division confirmed wednesday. The anti nuclear activists collected More than 74,000 signatures last fall to initially qualify the ballot question. However the nuclear proposal could still be kept off the ballot if the state supreme court rules that it is unconstitutional. First lady celebrates birthday a photo Nancy Reagan surrounded by the smiling cast of Les miserable and accompanied by the president Speaks with cast members after the presentation of a birthday cake in Honor of her 67th birthday. The presentation came during the intermission of the play s performance at the Kennedy Center on wednesday. Soldier of Fortune asks readers for Money to fight court judgment Boulder Colo. A Soldier of Fortune mag Azine has appealed to readers for Money it says it needs to keep publishing and fight a $9.4 million court  Boulder based Magazine is appealing the award to the family of a woman whose killer was hire through a Soldier of Fortune classified advertisement. A jury in Houston made the award in March in the lawsuit filed by Gary Wayne Black 18, and his grand Mother Marjorie Eimann 64. They sought $22.5 million. Sandra Black Black s Mother and mrs. Eimann daughter was fatally shot in february 1985 at her Home in Bryan . Black s husband Robert was convicted of pay ing John Wayne Hearn $100,000 to kill her. Hearn is serving three life terms in Florida for that slaying an two others. Black has been sentenced to death. Black contacted Hearn through a classified and Hearn placed in the Magazine in 1984.attorneys for the Magazine said they had no Way of knowing the and was for an illegal activity and note that the publication stopped accepting personal service ads in january 1986.maintaining that Soldier of Fortune s owner Omega group ltd., was denied first amendment rights to Freedom of speech the Magazine has formed the Omega first amendment Legal  will not be an easy Battle the editors wrote in the july Issue. There Are Many liberals and those of leftist persuasion who would like to see Sof go under and they re marshalling their forces to that , if we let this abridgement of our personal free Doms go unchallenged then we surely open the door to big brother and his minions of the thought police the editors  Carson an accountant hired by the Magazine to be trustee of the fund said about 500 readers have sent in donations for a total of $ 12,000 to $ 15,000.the Appeal has been estimated to Cost $5,000 to $ 10,000 a month he said. Medical debris puts beaches off limits Mineola . A swimming along a 25-mile stretch of Long Island s South Shore was prohibited wednesday after medical waste including blood vials and syringes washed ashore officials said. State county and town beaches were advised to for bid swimming until health inspectors determine that the Waters Are Safe said Shelly Domash a spokeswoman for the Nassau county health department. Beaches were closed from Long Beach in Southwest Nassau county East to Robert Moses state Park in Southwest Suffolk county she said. The area includes the popular Jones Beach state Park. Officials were trying to determine the origin of the debris. Domash said it May have been illegally dumped by a Hospital or Laboratory. The discovery came just As a heat wave moved Over the Region with forecasters predicting temperatures in the 90s through the weekend. Hundreds of thousands of people usually flock to the beaches on the weekends. Two syringes were spotted at Nassau Beach on tues Day Domash said. On wednesday As the tide came in a vial of blood empty vials and a medical scrub Brush were found at Lido Beach then two More syringes a Nassau Beach she said. At East Atlantic Beach a Glass Container and surgical sutures washed up. Two truckloads of debris including a red waste bag apparently carrying infectious Hospital waste filled and empty vials and syringes bandages grease balls seaweed and firecrackers were removed from the Lido Beach area Domash said. Mother who dressed boy As pig pleads innocent Hayward Calif. A a woman who dressed her 7-year-pld son As a pig and tied him to a Bench in the front Yard where neighbors could View the crying child pleaded innocent thursday to a child abuse charge. According to police Mary Francis Bergamasco 29, said she wanted her son to understand for if Only 30 minutes that lying and stealing make you ugly like  it May have been wrong she said but mom said it worked on us  however police said her actions constituted child abuse. At her arraignment in san Leandro Hayward municipal court Bergamasco pleaded innocent to the Misdemeanour child abuse charge. She was ordered by judge John Burke to appear july 18 for preliminary hearing before judge Robert Fairwell. This is a first for me said sgt. Craig Hoyer a child abuse investigator for the Hayward police department. This was Public humiliation. I mean when your Peers see you like that in my mind it could almost destroy a kid s  the boy s hands were tied behind Misback his face was painted Blue and a cardboard pig nose made from an egg Carton was taped to his head. About 15 neighbors gathered As the boy sat for 30 minutes with a sign on his Chest Reading i m a dumb pig. Ugly is what you will become every time you lie and steal. Look at me squeal. My hands Are tied because i can not be trusted. This is a lesson to be Learned. Look. Laugh. Thief.  boy the sign read. When she was arrested june 28, Herson and 1-year-old daughter were taken into protective custody and placed i separate Foster Homes. The punishment was intended to teach the boy a lesson after two weeks of thievery during which he stole $25 Worth of baseball cards $6 Cash an earring a Belt buckle and another child s toy police quoted Bergamasco As saying. After each theft the boy lied about what he had done she said. Bergamasco s own Mother used the discipline technique and also placed Bergamasco s hands on hot stove burners for punishment she told police in a six Page written statement. According to court records Union City police investigated Bergamasco on a report of child abandonment in  warrants were issued for her arrest after she failed to make court appear ances for her february offences. In the latest incident police arrived Ather House to find the boy crying on the porch. A 28-Inch piece of Nylon rope was tied around his wrists in a secure  love All my children and really try to stress a Good and healthy surrounding. Also to Tell the truth no matter How bad Bergamasco said