European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday May 10.1989 floppy the Otter takes a swim monday with her surrogate mom Julie Hymer in Monterey Calif. Hymer is working at the Monterey Bay aquarium to rehabilitate four orphaned owners rescued after the alaskan Oil spill. Exxon faults authorities says $95 million spent on cleanup Valdez Alaska a Exxon says it has spent about $95 million to clean up the alaskan Oil spill and could have contained much of the crude if authorities had t blocked the Early use of chemical dispersant. A lop state official however accused Exxon of spreading a  and said the Oil giant had not sought to employ dispersant. Also on monday gov. Steve Cowper signed a Bill raising stale taxes on the nation s two largest Oil Fields both on Alaska s North slope. He said the spill had helped make the hike possible. Exxon executives disclosed their cleanup costs at the end of a Stormy to inlay congressional subcommittee hearing in Valdez. The $95 million figure does t include the Cost of government operations or fishermen s losses. The executives told the five member subcommittee of the House Interior committee that they could have contained perhaps half of the spill had they been allowed to use powerful chemical dispersant soon after the Accident they said the coast guard and the state s depart ment of environmental conservation rejected their requests to use the chemicals widely. We came to Alaska to use dispersant Exxon shipping co. President Frank Larossi said. "1 was pleading on my pan to begin dispersal use. We were very  Exxon Usa president Bill Stevens said we re confident that had we obtained prompt permission to use the dispersant the environmental damage would have been  Dennis Kelso commissioner of the Alaska depart ment of environmental conservation called Exxon s account a  he said the state had Preap proved the use of dispersant in parts of Prince Wil Liam sound before the March 24 spill. Dispersant were not used extensively in the three Days following the Tanker Accident because the winds and seas were too Calm to provide the turbulence Nec Essary to mix them with Oil Kelso said in a statement. The Day before Kelso told the subcommittee that Exxon and Alyeska which operates the trans Alaska pipeline spread disinformation by contending that they sought to use dispersal is. Kelso testified that Exxon did not request permission to use the chemicals. A coast guard spokesman said Exxon and Alyeska did not urge the use of dispersant. Small scale tests of the chemicals proved inconclusive. Neither of them had the equipment on site to Deal with it. Either through mechanical Means or chemical Means he added. He also said a contingency plan at Alyeska was inadequate to Deal with a major spill but Stevens said the stale earlier had endorsed the plan. Cowper signed the new tax Bill after the Senate approved it 11-9. The Bill will bring in $235 million in Revenue next year and More than $2 billion during the next two decades based on current Oil prices. Oil Industry officials had argued that changing the tax formula ultimately will Cost the state jobs and Oil  s no doubt about the fact that the spill made the political atmosphere different from what it was before Cowper said. It became a matter of competing credibility the credibility of the state versus the credibility of the Industry the cleanup continued in Prince William sound where the Exxon Valdez ran aground and spilled More than 10 million Gallons of crude. Exxon said the worst of the Oil will be cleaned off five islands in the sound by wednesday with 364 Miles of Beach to be cleaned by sept. 15. The plan must be approved by the coast guard. The former Captain of the vessel Joseph Hazel Wood 42, is accused of operating the ship while intoxicated and faces trial june 20 in Valdez. Stateside Trump reports getting rival to give up property new York a Donald. Trump says lie got rival Developer Lcona Helm sly to part with a pet piece of Boardwalk property in Atlan tic City  totally conceded defeat in her attempt to deprive me of something to which i am entitled Trump said monday. According to Trump Helm sly agreed to sell the property to Penthouse International which in turn agreed to sell i. To Trump. He said the agreement was sealed monday. Trump said the property is now Worth considerably More than the $21 million option Price he s paying which was one reason Helm stay had tried to prevent the Sale. A spokesman for Helmsley did not return a Call for comment. 6 Rodeo bulls 2 cows shot after Highway rampage Hanford Calif. A six Rodeo bulls and two cows escaped from an overturned truck and charged a California Highway patrolman and several cars during a nearly 10-hour ram Page before authorities shot them. They charged anything that moved High Way patrol spokesman Jim Gregg said. The animals ran Loose after a trailer tipped Over Early monday near this Central California town. One other Bull was killed in the crash. Owner Frank fires of Strathmore asked authorities to kill them instead of trying to round them up. Gregg said. The bulls which were being driven Home from the Riverdale Rodeo grounds were valued at $ 1,500 to $2,000 each. Air new zealand 747 nearly collides with plane los Angeles up an air new Zea land 747 heading for los Angeles International Airport with 386 people aboard was forced to swerve sharply to avoid a Light plane less than Soo feet away officials said monday. Two people aboard the jetliner suffered minor injuries in the incident which occurred about5 30 . Sunday about 20 Miles cast of Santa Catalpa Island said National transportation safety Board regional director Gary Mucho who is heading the investigation. The Large plane landed without further Inci Dent 10 minutes later. Investigators had not found the Small plane a twin engine Cessna or its  jumbo Jet on the last leg of trip from Auckland new zealand had made a Stopover at Tahiti and was approaching los Angeles at 7,000 feet about 26 Miles Southwest of Long Beach when the incident occurred air new Zea land spokeswoman Heather Jeffrey said in Syd Australia. Sentenced Man retaken after fleeing courtroom Cleveland a a Man convicted of burglary and theft bolted from the courtroom ran Down 22 flights of stairs and caught a rainout of the area after learning he d been sentenced to three to i5 years in prison. Leonard Graham 22, was caught two hours later after a search involving about 50 police officers authorities  s Mother said her son apparently had expected to get probation. Sex army officer gets probation in Marcos Aid plot Newark . A a 69-year old former army Captain has been placed on three years probation and fined $10,000 for conspiring to ship weapons to forces Loyal to former philippine president Ferdinand Marcos. . District judge Alfred j. Lychner or. On monday also ordered Leon Dicker to perform 600 hours of Community service. Dicker pleaded guilty monday admit Ting that h tried to make the shipments in 1987, months before two coup at tempts failed to return Marcos to Power. Dicker was convicted in 1987 and sentenced to four years in prison. A Federal appeals court ruled however that Testi Mony was improperly introduced and the court overturned the verdict. Gemmo Trinidad Marcos spokesman in Hawaii said he had not heard of the Case and could not comment on it. Known As the general to his associates Dicker was an army Captain in world War 11 and is a disbarred Hewlett n.y., attorney. He said he believed Atwould be in the United states interest to ship the arms to the Philippines. Marcos fled the Philippines feb. 26,1986. In the face of an uprising that car ried Corazon Aquino to Power. Dicker was arrested in 1987 in a sting operation As he drove to what he believed was a warehouse containing the weapons. The indictment said he conspired to ship machine guns and israeli made sub machine guns to Thailand. Dicker told the court that Thailand was identified As a destination Only so that an Export License could be obtained. Federal Law requires that arms exports be licensed by the state department. Assistant . Attorney Claudia j. Flynn said an investigation is continuing in the Case. She supported the judge s request for no prison time citing Dicker s cooperation with the investigation and his age