European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday. January 3,1990 Barge sinking another leaks in a. Monongahela a. A a tugboat was sent tuesday to keep a Barge carrying 400,000 Gallons of fuel from sinking in the Monongahela River and Crews drained the remaining gasoline from another Barge that spilled up to 10.000 Gallons. The two barges were among at least 50 to break Loose monday when Rushing ice broke mooring ropes Alon a 40-mile stretch from Brownsville North to Pittsburgh. The coast guard and state agencies continued rounding up the barges. The sinking Barge carrying gasoline and i Csc had not leaked by mid morning said Betsy Mallison. A spokeswoman for the state department of Environ mental resources. That s our biggest concern  she said. The Barge that leaked owned by Gutman Oil co. In Charleroi. Hit the Monongahela Bridge and ruptured about 15 Miles South of Pittsburgh spilling gasoline. The Barge was pumped clean tuesday of its remaining 360.000 Gallons. Mallison said that the spill did not affect area water supplies. The leaking Barge was tied up along the Shore near new Eagle late monday afternoon but the Swift cur rent prevented a tug pushing two cleanup barges from reaching the site. The gasoline spill came nearly two years after some 750,000 to 1 million Gallons of i Csc fuel spilled in the Monongahela fouling the drinking water of Ohio River communities in three states. The Monongahela unites with the Allegheny River to form the Ohio River at Pittsburgh. About 11,000 fish and 2.000 waterfowl were killed in the Jan. 2, 1988, spill but researchers said that environment recovered rapidly and that the Oil concentration at the Bottom of the affected Rivers is de  Bottom line is the residual effects Are not very significant at this time said Edgar Bercy. President of the University of Pittsburgh s Center for hazardous materials  monday s incidents about 25 Coal barges broke Loose several Miles South of the leaking Barge and pileup at the Maxwell dam where severe flooding result ing from a similar Barge Jam up in 1985 damaged numerous Homes. About 200 people temporarily evacuated their Homes monday near Maxwell 30 mites South of  dozen barges also broke Loose in Pittsburgh Early monday and floated into the Ohio River. Three be came stuck underneath the historic Smithfield Street Ridge in Pittsburgh and the Span was temporarily closed to traffic. Comic settles suit with huckster court bout becomes a no show new York a a Long awaited Legal grappling match that was to pit comic Richard Belzor against wrestlers Hulk Hogan and or. T never made it into the eng the combatants settled out of court at the last moment. Norman Roy Grutman Belzer s Law yer said tuesday that the $5 million Case involving an encounter on Cable to show that left the comedian unconscious was settled in the last hour of the last working Day of the year. I have not signed any papers but we have exchanged  and what exactly was the settlement it includes a covenant of confidentiality which indicates that when asked by the Media i am to say that the Case has been settled to the Mutual satisfaction of All  the High profile lawyer sounded a lot like a child who had lost a favorite Christmas toy. I m not Happy about  he admitted. Indeed a lot of wrestling fans lovers of comedy court buffs and devotees of the bizarre were looking Forward to see ing Hogan the 307-Pound world wrestling federation Champ take on Belzer 150 pounds dripping wet. Jury selection had been scheduled to begin tuesday. The suit stems from the appearance of Hogan and or. T on hot prop erties a Cable program hosted by Belzer in 1985. The two were promoting an upcoming wrestle mania tag team bout. The show was videotaped and would have been shown at trial. Shortly into the segment Belzer says things got ugly he gives a front Chin lock. You know some people Call it the Sleeper hold Belzor writes in his 1988 Book. Hulk Hogan How to be a stand up  his arms arc As big As mine Are Gonna be if i pump Iron for 800 years. So he gets me in a front Chin lock and he starts squeezing i figured he s fooling around. And then he squeezes More and it starts hurting and my brain goes Check please no oxygen i m outta Here babe. Thank you " Belzor had submitted a three Page laundry list of injuries allegedly inflicted by Hogan everything from nine stitches to the head to trauma to the Skull and neck to severe Humilia  he sued the huckster. His tag team partner or. To world wrestling federation impresario Vince Mcmahon and Mcmahon s Titan sports inc. Grutman s court papers never mentioned Hogan by his ring name the big bad Hulk Star is simply Terry Gene Bollea. He and or. T Are de scribed As Tough outrageous physically aggressive Brash unswerving in sympathizing uncompromising Macho  we Sec the suit As a publicity ploy pure and simple said Whf attorney Ted Dinsmoor before the settlement. He asked the Hulk Star to demonstrate a wrestling move and he was accidentally  said Dinsmoor he wants to get his name in the news. People Don t go to court Over a couple of stitches and Tyle nol for a headache. This Guy s a  Bush to submit his 91 budget a week late Washington a president Bush will submit his budget for fiscal 1991 to Congress a week late congressional and administration sources said tuesday. The budget will be followed by Bush s first state of the Union address tentatively scheduled for Jan. 30, said the officials speaking on the condition of anonymity. Dates for both the budget and the address were expected to be announced later this week. Originally the budget was to have been submitted by Jan. 22. Barbara Clay a spokeswoman for the office of management and budget confirmed tuesday that the administration would not meet the original Jan. 22 target. She said the Date will  she said there would be a delay be cause a final deficit cutting Bill for the current fiscal year one of the last Mea sures Congress enacted before it began its vacation did t arrive Here until quite  she declined to say when the budget would be sent to Congress. However other sources in the administration and on Capitol Hill said the budget would be submitted on Jan. 29. The measure will Call for $1.23 tril lion in spending sources said. By Law it must Call for reducing the Federal deficit to $64 billion in the fiscal year that begins oct. 1. A sings praises of National cemeteries Washington a the veterans affairs department says too few people Are taking advantage of its most lasting Benefit free burial in a National cemetery while at the same time a officials Are planning for More  of the nation s 27 million living veterans Don t know about the National cemeteries a a Survey  just sort of forget about things Many years after military service said Joann k. Webb National cemeteries director. She said the burial should be viewed As something they re giving Back to you in perpetuity for your , the a expects the number of burials to increase by the year 2010. But the private cemetery Industry says it believes the a is overestimating the number of future burials and it suggests limiting eligibility for burial in National cemeteries. All veterans but those with dishonourable discharges May be buried in a National cemetery regardless of whether service was during War or peace. Also eligible Are Reserve. Roth or National guar members who died on Active duty surviving spouses who do not remarry and unmarried minor children. The a prepares the grave site buries the dead furnishes a Headstone or Marker and a Flag for the casket and provides perpetual care. They Are truly shrines Webb said. You gel a real Good feeling when you visit  a does not however provide funeral arrange ments transportation or military honors. Grave Sites cannot be  who choose burial elsewhere May receive a Headstone or grave Marker from the a. Veterans also May receive an american Flag to Coyer their casket Anda memorial certificate with the president s signature. The a buries about 10 percent of All veterans. Webb said and with the increasing age of the veterans population. We arc in a growth  median age is 67.4 years for More than 9 Mil lion living . Veterans of world War ii while More than 100,000 surviving world War i veterans have a median age of More than 92  number of a burials has grown More than one third since earlier in the 1980s and should exceed 60,000 in the year ending with september 1990. The a estimates burials will grow to 80,000 in the year 2000 and Peak a decade  to 2 million people have been burned in Veter ans cemeteries since Abraham Lincoln created the first 12 on or near civil War battlefields. The number of cemeteries has grown to 113. The burial operation s budget has risen from 139million in fiscal 1983 to $49 million this year although actual funding is expected to be $1.6 million less due to Federal budget  1987 report by the a said that in the next few decades 36 National cemeteries will have to join 47 that limit internment to relatives of people already buried there. The same report identified 10 areas where the need for burial space would be greatest those Are Chicago the san Francisco area Mumuni fort Laud Crdal Csc Ucland Akron Canton Detroit Pittsburgh Dallas fort Worth Seattle Tacoma Albany Utica . And Oklahoma cily Lawton. Okla. But the american cemetery association estimates there is enough existing private space for new burials for the next Century executive vice president Stephen l. Morgan said