European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 2. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 sch Rurup left Pho paints u Bright Plch tre of or. Seuss on the tall of an examination room at the american medical dental clinic in Butzbach. West Germany. Eleven year old a this t just indulging in Graffiti he s one of 18 Art students at Butzbach schoolkids bring color into patients lives american elementary school who have volunteered to paint colourful figures and scenes on the inside Walls of the but Bach clinic. The project was started in Early february by the Butzbach school s Art teacher a in Judis and clinic commander or. Capt Ernest brei Tingir who were interested not Only in the Beauty of colourful surroundings but in the therapeutic value to the patients. Hard at work in the photograph at right Are Art students sue Simpson 11 left Jeramia Bry ant 12 Center and Karlton Steward 12. Saudis hold Tanker demand cleanup guarantee Manama Bahrain Dpi the Cap Tain of an Indian supertanker accused of causing an Accident six Days ago in which some 3.9 million Gallons of crude poured into the red sea will not be allowed to sail for Bombay India until someone Guaran tees to pay for cleanup expenses maritime sources said monday. The skipper has been ordered to stay put until the question of who pays for the damage is  a maritime source in the red sea saudi arabian port of Jed Dah where parts of the giant Miles Long Oil Slick have already begun to Wash ashore told United press International. The master of the 276,744-ton Tanker Kanchenjunga claimed his vessel ran a round wednesday on reefs some six Nau tical Miles from the Yanbul terminal near Jeddah because of poor visibility. But officials at the Jeddah port authority were quoted As saying Cape. S. Dag Chi went off course in Good weather after using an outdated map and an unauthorized route. First estimates placed the spill from the Bombay bound full Laden Tanker at some 5,t 0 tons or 1.3 million Gallons but later updates said the spill had grown to some 15,000 tons or 3.9 million Gal Lons. In the United Stales worst Oil spill. 10.9 million Gallons of Oil poured from the Exxon Valdez supertanker in alas a s Prince William sound last month. Causing severe environmental damage to the Rich sea life. Maritime sources said Oil from the Kanchenjunga had already hit the beaches of the cosmopolitan red sea re sort of Jeddah ahead of a two week holi Day period marking the end of the holy moslem month of fasting and prayer called Ramadan when thousands of vacationers flock to the coast. The Jeddah port authority has tried to place rubber booms in the water Between the Oil and the coast but while that s keeping most of the Oil away for the moment some of it is getting through Here and there a source said. The port authority said it was using tactics similar to those used in the recent Exxon Valdez Oil spill to contain the spilled Oil and hoped to break up the Oil within two weeks by dumping detergents from the air. A spokesman for shipping insurers Lloyds of London said the owner of the damaged Tanker the stale owned ship Ping corp. Of India would in Normal circumstances be held responsible for the multimillion Dollar cleanup operation and any other expenses. Officials at saudi Arabia s official meteorological and a environmental Protection administration told us l they would sue the owners of the Tanker to recoup the Cost of the cleanup operation. B it the Cost of the operation is expected to increase sharply now that the first patches of crude have started to hit saudi beaches. It was not known whether the Indian Captain could face criminal charges of negligence in a saudi port. Saudi press reports said the skipper delayed eight hours before calling for help after running aground. The reports pointed out that under moslem sharia Law prevailing in the kingdom the Indi an company could be sued because islam recognizes claims for damage to property or life. The Indian Tanker was loaded with i million barrels 42 millions Gallons of crude at the time of the Accident. None of the vessel s 69 Crew members was Hurt. Although the shipping corp. Of India had no immediate comment on the cause of the Accident or compensation claims the Tanker s skipper said his vessel  sail until an assessment of damage to his ship was completed his water tanks emptied and permission to sail received. Workers unhappy with management of Oil cleanup aboard the Juneau a some of the peo ple getting nearly $17 an hour to mop up the largest Oil spill in . History Are unhappy with How the mess is being handled and 20 have quit their jobs. We Don t even know who our supervisors arc said Chris Christofferson who had been staying aboard the Juneau. Christoffersen was one of 20 workers taken Back to Valdez during the weekend after quitting. As they lined up to leave new workers arrived. Valdez has been the Center of the cleanup since March 14, when the Exxon Valdez went aground in Prince William sound and spilled More than 10 Mil lion Gallons of crude. Monday was the deadline for Exxon to provide the state with a plan for waste disposal and the cleaning of Gulf of Alaska shorelines. We want to Sec a documented plan a Well documented plan with the equipment and people show ing How they Are going to dispose of that Oil said Barbara Loolian spokeswoman for the Alaska depart ment of environmental conservation. We want of know what they arc going to do with that oily waste there is some talk of using a hazardous waste incinerator on a Barge brought up from Washington she  Are different kinds of incinerators and a Hazar Dous waste incinerator has More safeguards built into it.  meantime some people like Christofferson arc get Ting fed up with what they see As an exercise in futility. The Juneau a 569-foot amphibious transport Dock is anchored at an estimated Cost of $150,000 a Day. The Navy ship arrived last week with More than 1,000 Crew and workers aboard. Operations started thursday but fizzled Friday when seas Rose to 7 feel and winds got up to 38 Mph. Work resumed saturday several workers remained aboard unable logo ashore for Lack of equipment. One group that labelled itself the forgotten 14" had not worked since wednesday. The workers spoke on condition of anonymity. They said they would fire us said a 25-year-old fishing guide. He and the others said they were being paid Over time at $25 an hour saturday to do nothing. We get paid the same As the people out there working. I m Here because i Don t know if i la have a fishing season he said. I thought i d get my Money now. 1 Don t know where my fish  others complained about the Lack of activity. At first the Days started out like weeks and now they re like years said one worker. The Juneau s Captain Ted Willandt said that after the first Day Exxon reported that a Section of Beach measuring 300-by-45 feet was about 30 percent cleaned. They have to go Over it at least two More times to get it clean Willandt said. The company has promised to clean 300 Miles of coastline within Prince William sound by sept. 15. Workers Are pulling in 12-hour Days working 14 Days and gelling seven off Exxon s Victor Blanco said from his office aboard a Barge tied alongside the j Juneau. Blanco who is heading the Smith Island Effort attributed the complaints to Startup problems. It was hard the firs Day. The conditions out Here Are Tough he said. It s Lough work. He said Exxon was trying to make the Crews Happy aboard ship. He said Hal in addition to televisions the company planned a free store and had paid for double rations of food