European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse D official wants information on converter testing Page 2 n North defends role in Iran Contra affair. Page 4 d Cincinnati ends Hershiser s Streak Page 21 d sex nato commander urges 50% troop Cut. Page Zub the publication for the . Armed Torch vol. 47, no. 352 Frida april 1989 Good morning Etc ii ind is Heliy. D bb93 a Exxon Tanker freed from reef Gosf guard to take Over cleanup Valdez Alaska al1 the Tanker Exxon Valdez was freed. Wednesday from the reef thai ripped in Hull Ana spilled More than 10 million Gallons or crude Oil.,. Alaska s. Governor said the coast guard would Lake Over the cleanup from Exxon. Hola cd Star i Lige ,1. Salvage Crews pumped compressed air into the$125 million ship and floated it off Bligh i of 25 Init a s. From the port of Vallez. From there ii i Gan a 30-mile journey under the control of is lugs to a Remote Cove Aff Naved Island for Tempo Rary repairs picking ils Way through scattered icebergs. Cleanup Crews continued id skim Mayonnaise thick Oil from Prince Wil Liam sound but Progress was Stew and the Oil had spread Over in area Large than Delaware. Oil from the spill has floated Over 2,600 Square Miles soiled Sod Miles of Beach and killed Elliou Sandrof animals including at Leas 30 sea by tors officials said. In Juneau gov Steve Cowper said the coast guard to take Over the much maligned cleanup and the Federal Agency had agreed. the coast guard could handle the coordination and manage ment of the cleanup belter than Exxon which he said was Loo bureaucratic. Maybe that s been the problem Allamong. You need a military system to get things done the governor said. President Bisish earlier sent High level officials to Valdez and they determined thai Federal manage Fatien i of inc cleanup was unnecessary. Although Cowper said he did l want to be critical i f Exxon a letter scr to the coast guard by a state environmental official said Exxon had been unresponsive. _ Exon has Pailett to provide. Inc information necessary to make sound planning recommendations regarding the. Cleanup of. Oil and she i of Calion of re. Sources wrote Lynn Kent chief of the state Oil and hazardous substance spill response Section. Dixon spokesman Henry. Dea hard said the company disagreed with charges in was t handling the cleanup properly and thought Exxon was the Best Argani nation to manage the Effort. Tug Bual pull the Exxon Valdez for non a ref in alaskan s Prince William sound and Icard nil cd Island fur temporary repairs. Elsewhere Bond for the Tanker s fired Captain was slashed thursday in new York state. Justice Thomas Stark supervising judge of Suffolk county criminal coun Clit the bail for Joseph Hail Wood from is million to $25,000. Saying the higher amount was disproportionate and the i Kipper was unlikely to Slee. Shark s ruling came in response to an Appeal by a Elwood s lawyer Thomas Russ on wednesday judge Kenny in Rohl a natural isl who comes Froni a family of professional seamen St Hardwood Sbail at is million Bond or $500,000 Cash comparing the. Effect of the spill to the . Hazelwood who faces Ihrck Mise a Treanor charges in Alaska is accused of being drunk when he re Yinqu Ishad Coni Mand of the Exxon Vaidez to an uric Erti. Fied Seaman. The Wcisel then hit a ret f March 2, gushing 11 i million Gallons of crude creasing North America s worst Oil spilt. Josi Iii Hafi a Oil Ali Iii Thumash usso Upp tar inn girl. . Insiders by Chuck Vinci Rusli Insun Bateau Washington the three peo ple reported. To. Be pfc use so Cicta Lydick Cheney s choices As Vtha civilian secretaries of the army air Force and Navy arc described by those who know them As Veteran Washington insiders i la a passion for hard work and a Knack for keeping a Lov. Profile. The three whose nominations have hot ,1 Are Richard Armitage assistant Secretary of defence for. International Security affairs .10 head the army a ii wrench. Garret t 111, undersecretary of the Navy 10 take thai service s top civilian spot and Donald Rice of the Rand corp. To head. Inc air Force. Cheney reportedly has sent the names of the hired to preside no Bush approval if Bush approves of. Them and the. Senate concurs they should hit the , As each is familiar.with1-ihe issues facing the services. Said pen Lacorti sources who spoke an rond Hion of anonymity1 Arini Tage and Garrett Are Veteran government Bureau crawl while Rice is a former government official who has kept his hand in defense affairs As a specialist at Rand one of the nation s largest and Best known think tanks. Sources said none of the three is Likely to upstage Cheney in the Way that. Continued on Page 3
