European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news updates the stars and stripes thursday june 1,1989 afghan refugees Kabul Afghanistan a in the last two weeks at least 4,000 refugee families left Camps in Pakistan and Iran and returned to their War devastated Homeland the government said tuesday. Refugees were returning mainly to the Western province of Herat and the Southern provinces of Kandahar Nan Gahar and Logar said foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Nabi Amani. Pakistan based guerrillas were using Force in some cases to pre vent More refugees from returning. Bridge victim found Cincinnati a the River currents that toppled a Section of a one Lane Bridge last week were pow Erful enough to drag the body of on of the victims five Miles Down Stream. Three others Are still miss ing authorities believe. The body of a woman was found tuesday snagged by debris in the great Miami River. Her remains were the first found since a 100-foot Section of a temporary Bridge col lapsed Friday evening and dropped at least two vehicles into the rain swollen River. Authorities did t release the identity of the woman whose body was found. London subway fire London a the director of Public prosecutions said tues Day he has decided against prosecuting subway officials for an escalator fire that killed 31 people ruling deplored by victims rela Tives and a firefighters Union. Allan Green in charge of prosecutions brought by the police said he had insufficient evidence to bring charges of manslaughter or endangering life by neglect. The Case has been turned Over to the health and safety executive a regulatory body for Possi ble Legal action. Green said. An official report blamed executive complacency and an untrained staff response for the nov. 18, 1987, fire that erupted in Busy King s Cross station during the evening Rush hour. Domestic partners san Francisco a a Law allowing unmarried couples including homosexuals to Register their unions and receive a document like a marriage License was sent for sign ing to mayor Art  mayor has pledged to sign the legislation which won its Sec Ond passage tuesday by the City Board of supervisors. The supervisors voted 9-0, with two absent to support the Domestic partners Law allowing unmarried couples to Register their relationships publicly for a $35 fee. 14 missing off Okinawa after Marine copter crash Tokyo a a . Marine Heli copter crashed upside Down into the sea during night training exercises off Okinawa leaving 14 marines missing and feared dead wednesday . Military spokesmen said. Authorities said eight other marines on Board the ch-46 sea Knight helicopter based in Kaneohe Bay Hawaii were rescued shortly after the 11 55 . Crash tuesday about 30 Miles South of Okinawa s Kaduna a. The names of the missing were with held pending notification of relatives the Navy said. The cause of the Accident was under investigation. The sea Knight helicopter had just taken off from the amphibious transport Dock Denver said Marine master sol. Jake Rodrigues a . Military spokes Man in Japan. Rodrigues said the helicopter built in 1967. Was carrying a Crew of four and 18 service members assigned to the 2nd in 3rd Marine regt in Okinawa for six months training As part of a unit Rota Tion program. In Washington Marine corps spokes Man it. Col. Fred Peck said the Hal icon they re Able to talk Well Start getting information immediately so we can Start trying to piece together what happened in this  he said the Pilot was not wearing night vision goggles at the time of the Accident. The helicopter went Down 9 a Miles tar pitched Over to the right and went Southeast of Kiyan Cape said Nagatoshi into the water inverted upside Down. I Naruse spokesman for the maritime nothing to indicate Why it did safety Agency Japan s coast guard. He said three japanese aircraft and six Mari time safety Agency patrol boats joined two . Vessels including the Denver and four . Aircraft in the search. Another coast guard spokesman Kazuhiro Sameshima said the weather in the area was fair at the time of the crash and Waves were about 3 feet High. Okinawa Japan s southernmost prefecture has the highest concentration of marines outside of he United states.  Peck said four injured men were being treated aboard the Denver which is de signed for amphibious assaults and Capa ble of carrying up to six ch-46 helicopters. Capt. Lenny Ryan spokesman at Kaneohe Marine corps air station said the four suffered minor injuries. An investigation will be initiated immediately Ryan said. As soon As Claude Pepper s body lying in state Tallahassee Fla. A rep. Claude Pepper was remembered in the stale he represented in Washington for half a Century As a tireless advocate for the elderly and poor a powerful orator and a charming Humble Man. He was a particularly talented and Able Man who did t have any selfishness in him said rep. Charles Bennett 78, a Democrat and Dean of the stale s con Gressional delegation. He was just inter ested in what he could do for  the body of the 88-Ycam old Congress Man who died tuesday will lie in stale in the . Capitol Rotunda on thurs Day a measure of respect typically re served for National heroes. He will be buried in Tallahassee next to his a if 1, Mildred who died of cancer in 1979. Tributes came from admirers and political foes from All Over Florida which Pepper watched grow from mostly Rural land into the nation s fourth most pop Ulous state and Home to Many of the senior citizens whose cause he championed. The sense of loss we All feel is soft ened by the warm memory of a lifetime full of achievements on behalf of All peo ple said gov. Bob Martinez. He always said it was the senior Citi Zens who made this country great said Leila Johnson a 74-year-old resident of Mildred and Claude Pepper towers a federally subsidized senior citizen apart ment Complex in Miami where the Flag flew at half staff. Johnson remembered Pepper s telling her that after working to raise and Edu Cate their children senior citizens Are still contributing to society. In my life he made me think that maybe i did make a contribution she said. Pepper served in the Senate from 1936 to 1950, when he lost a re election bid Afler being branded red Pepper and charged with being soft on the soviet Union. He taught and practice Law until winning election to the House in 1962. Sen. Bob Graham praised his fellow Florida Democrat As a Champion for Justice for civil rights for a prepared America to defeat nazi tyranny and for dignity for older  America will miss this Champion but we will Honor his memory by renewing our dedication to his ideals of Justice and human dignity Graham said. Republican sen. Connie Mack re called that Pepper once served with his maternal Grandfather Morris Sheppard who represented Texas in the Senate for 42 years. He said Pepper would be missed by americans everywhere whose lives arc now better because of his dedication and  senator Pepper was As old As this Century yet he was perhaps the first of our modern leaders for the new Florida said Florida House speaker Tom Gustaf son. When you consider he was a Man who knew Orville Wright and welcomed the astronauts Back from the Moon you have an understanding of the Span 91 history he represented said democratic state sen. Jack Gordon of Miami Beach Pepper s Friend for 30 years. Airman jailed for writing 35 bad checks product recall Washington a scars Roe Buck and co. Is voluntarily recalling 325 smurf and snoopy ceiling fans be cause of defective mounting brackets the consumer product safety commis Sion said tuesday. The 48-Inch White ceiling fans feature an imprint of the cartoon characters and were sold through a Sears Catalon supple ment from november 1984 through Jan uary 1985. The safety Agency said scars reported three cases of fans falling because of defective mounting brackets and that while no injuries have been reported it recommended Consumers Stop using these fans and return them to Sears for a refund. Bidav Odiehl . Bureau Raf Ben Waters England an air Force Security policeman who ran up More than $23,500 in debts and bad checks was sentenced to 15 months in prison a base spokesman said. Airman Damn a. Dockery of the 81st Security police so pleaded guilty to writ ing at least 35 worthless checks on accounts at an american and a British Bank according to court records. Dock cry 20, also admitted to taking on credit he did not repay. The native of Marlton n.j., also was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade Given a bad conduct discharge and or dered to forfeit $300 a month for 15 months at his general court martial tuesday according to master sol. Do Minic Donelli. Dockery could have received a sen tence of 26 years in prison. I could have made the payments i just did to said Dockery who is known As doubled the name he uses in his off duty act As a rap disc jockey. Dockery cashed the checks at car rent Al agencies cafes outlets the base class i store and the american express Bank on base. The airman wrote most of the checks Between february and no vember 1988. In one 2 i Wick spree in november and december Dockery wrote 11 $500 checks and two $600 checks be could not cover. Dockery also rang up a $ 10,791 Bill Onan american express card and used nearly $5,000 of credit to Purchase Kitchen appliances a television and a video cassette recorder from Eastern electricity the regional Power company. The airman since has made Good on a least six checks and paid Back about $1,340, Oil spill carcasses stored for evidence Anchorage Alaska a dead animals Are piling up in refrigerated Trai lers on the coast As officials collect Evi Dence of the vast damage caused by the Exxon Oil spill. The carcasses of 22,818 migratory Birds 733 sea oilers and 51 Birds of prey most of them Bald eagles had been collected tagged and stored by tuesday at four coastal cities. It s a morbid Milestone we have reached this week More than two months Afler the Oil spill from the Exxon Valdez we Are still counting its victims Bird with Tux Dohnke markings said Waller Stieglitz Alaska regional i the carcasses in cold storage May rep Rector of inc . Fish and wildlife scr resent Only a Small percentage of thrice. Total number of animals killed by the about 11 million Gallons of Oil spilled from gashes in the Tanker Exxon Valdez when in ran aground March 24.the gooey fingers of the spill have drifted More than 500 Miles from Prince William sound across the Gulf of Alaska and beyond Kodiak Island. More than 70 species of Birds have been affected the wildlife service said. About 60 per cent of inc dead Birds Are murres a sea spill officials have said. They Are saying these numbers Are about 5 percent of the actual number impacted from this said Craig Tidrick a fish and wildlife service employee i Valdez. The carcasses Are being saved for evidence. For the  Are under Way but the Federal government has not yet made an official estimate of the wildlife deaths