European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday december 10, 1988 Gao study criticizes Way coast guard Cut budget Washington a the coast guard in deciding to close two of its largest ship traffic control Center Faili d to consider safety and environmental factors and incorrectly estimated the Cost savings a government study has concluded. The general accounting of fico the investigative Arm of Congress said economics was the main reason for closing the facilities known As vessel traffic serv ices in new York and new Orleans harbours. Yet be cause of incomplete  the coast guard was not sure How much Money it actually would save. Because the coast guard did not consider such information it does not know if it made the Correct decision in closing the new York and new Orleans facilities two of the three largest in terms of vessel activity said the report. The Gao said the closings will save about j3.5 million mainly due to lower personnel costs. That is $228,000 More than the coast guard in self had Esti mated. The ship traffic control facilities Are similar to air traffic control systems. They use a combination of radar radio and closed i Vuil cameras to Monitor ves so traffic in Waters where the possibility of accidents is High. The cuts were part of a plan to pare 1,060 military and civilian jobs nationwide in the coast guard and save the government about $48 million. The new York facilities on governors Island were closed Las july while the new Orleans Center was decommissioned in March. The coast guard chose new York and new Orleans because they would take less time id close and because it believed i could close the new York and new Orleans Voss with a minimum of Public resistance the report said. New Orleans is the nation s busiest Harbor handling More than 212,000 vessels in fiscal 1987, while new York is the third busiest with traffic of about 157,000 vessels in the same period. The report criticized the coast guard for failing to consider ,1 number of relevant factors in tile closings including prevention of accidents and fatalities and Protection of the environment through prevention of Oil spills and accidents involving a Amlous  although it took Issue with the Multi is used by the coast guard in reaching the closure decision the Cao did not specifically say the closures were a mis take. It it my a a s  � t  to ii a i r a i a fancy footwear Dan Winner knows one thine Shoul slaying in Sytner bin Golden retriever Bandi before Inq two set shape jog jars Fri d Good Shires. So the Denver out on a snowy jog through he mile High cites h it main slipped some suede bouts in the paws of her Wash Niton Park on thursday. Stateside incumbent defeats sibling after bitter Campaign Union Point a. A the mayor of this town of 1,600 people narrowly Defeated his brother to win re election after a sibling Campaign rivalry. Only about half the expected 00 voter turned outto decide the race Between mayor Ben Stewart 39. And his brother Bob Stewart 33. The vote was 168 for the mayor 154 Tor his brother in the non partisan race. Ben Stewart who has been mayor for eight years railed the contest a very sad regrettable unfortunate  Bob Stewart who has been on the town Council for eight years said his brother had told him he did not intend to seek re election. Both were surprised to see each other show up on the first Day of qualifying for i hello a Mont Job. A lot of people Are friends of both of us and this has made it hard Bob Stewart said. Residents of the town located Between Atlanta and Augusta said the Brothers disagreement went beyond politics. Bob Stewart who runs an insurance company had hied a complaint in Superior court Over the distribution of part of their late father s assets. Cancer 2nd leading cause of premature death in . Atlanta a while cancer rates Are declining among americans under 55, the disease remains one of the two leading causes of premature death in this coun try according to a report thursday by the Federal Cen ters for disease control. In 1985, the last year for which statistics Are Avail Able cancer robbed americans of 1.95 million years of potential life they would have had if they had lived to be 65, the Atlanta based cd said. Only injuries at some 2.2 million years ranked higher. The cd counts Yean of potential life lost to various causes As a Way of measuring the premature mortality they cause using age 65 As a statistical Benchmark. The actual life expectancy is higher. Sex business week editor pleads guilty to mail fraud new York a business week s former broadcast editor pleaded guilty thursday to mail Frau charges in an insider trading scheme admitting that he used Advance material from the Magazine to buy and sell  p. Rudy Rud cretan admitted making$15,000 Balw can january 19b6.and last july in Securi ties trades using not Cyl published information from upcoming issues of the business weekly. Ruderman 62, of Scarsdale n.y., waived indict ment and pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud before . District judge Robert Ward who released him on s 100,000 Bond. Ward scheduled sentencing for March 8, 1989, Ruderman faces a maximum Penally of five years in Pris on and $250,000 in  each count. Nofziger rejects idea of Pardon by Reagan Washington api former while House Idelyn Nofziger told president Reagan he would t accept a presidential Pardon for ethics Law convictions because he wants to be vindicated in the courts his lawyer said thursday. Nofziger wrote a letter to the president a number of weeks ago to state his refusal to accept any Pardon that might be contemplated before Reagan leaves of fice next month said defense attorney a Lawrence Barcella. Nofziger 63, is free on Bond while appealing 9fk Day sentence and $30,000 Fine he received Carder this year for three felony ethics Law convictions. Man holds chief captive with beef Austin. Texas a a prisoner being taken to a mental Hospital used iwo i incs of beef Jerky shaped like a gun muzzle to hold a police chief hostage for about 40 minutes before he was subdued Wink praying authorities said. Billy Rains police chief of nearby Cisco said he was taken hostage by the prisoner to had once been hospitalized for treatment As a manic depressive. Wednesday night in the restroom of an Austin service station. Rains and jail administrator John Blair had stopped at the service station on their Way to Austin state Hospital where the 58-year-old prisoner was being committed at the request of relatives. However the prisoner who was not handcuffed got into an Amlock with Rains in the filling station bathroom 1 he was trying to grab my gun and he told me he had a Derringer in my Back Rains said. But the ,22-Calibcr Darrin eur turned out to be two rounded pieces of beef Jerky one on lop of the other to simulate a double barrel covered with a bread wrapper. Rains said Blair rushed to assist Rains after miscall for help but was held at Bay by the prisoner who stood behind the police chief. We just simply did t know for sure and it was t the time to take a Gamble Blair said. An Austin police department hostage negotiator and special Mission team we recalled to the scene. The Man. Who was not identified by police tried to con Vince the officers that he did not need to go to the stale Hospital he was trying to convince in thai god was going to cure his mental ill Ness Blair said. Blair and two Austin officers finally subdued the Man after he dropped to his Knees and began praying