European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes monday january 22,1990 news update City sues Exxon Elizabeth. . Apr the City or Elizabeth has sued Exxon charging the recent Oil spill into the Arthur kill ravaged its waterfront and polluted the Elizabeth River. A this represents a terrible terrible setback Quot in a 17-year Effort to clean up the waterfront said City health director John Surmay. The Superior court lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. New Jersey also has sued Exxon. Surmay said damages to City property have been estimated at $500,000 to $4.5 million. Elizabeth has two Miles of waterfront on the Arthur kill the waterway separating new Jersey from the new York City Borough of Staten Island. About 567.000 Gallons of heating Oil spilled into the Channel Jan. 1-2 when a pipeline ruptured. The pipeline linked Exxon s Bayway refinery in Linden to its distribution terminal in Bayonne. Exxon was still seeking to determine the rupture s  sales up Reykjavik. Iceland apr the consumption of alcohol shot up More than 20 percent in Iceland last year after the nation lifted a 73-Ycar ban on the Sale of Strong Beer according to figures Iclea cd by the state alcohol monopoly. Father of Haiti a Constitution among political leaders exiled port a Prince Haiti apr the Man considered the father of Haiti a Constitution was forced into exile sunday by the military government a Day after it imposed a state of siege and arrested dozens of its critics. Or. Louis Roy Quot was earning a Small suitcase kissed the ground two times and mounted the stairway to exile Quot a relative told the associated press. Roy 74, founder of the haitian red Cross boarded a Miami bound commercial flight a Day after prominent conservative Leader Hubert de Ron Cray was forced into exile after police and soldiers rounded up dozens of opponents in a citywide sweep saturday that followed the slaying of an army colonel by unidentified gunmen. Max Bourjolly second in command of the haitian communist party was arrested at his Home sunday said party Leader Rene Theodore who added that police phoned Bourjolly s servants and told them to prepare his passport and belongings. A the police told the servants they would never see Max again a Theodore said adding him  Quot they arc going to banish All appeared quiet in port a Prince on sunday. Residents went to Church no army patrols could be seen and Public transport was operating. Dozens of political leaders and militants were rounded up saturday witnesses said. About 10, including socialist Leader Serge Gills were released after being severely beaten. Bourjolly or. Sylvain Jolibois of the Small Radical can Jacques Dessalines group Abby Brun of the Center left Congress of democratic movements and about 30 militants of that party remained in custody sunday said Mosc senatus the party a co Leader. Critics said the arrests beatings banishment and state of siege indicated haitian ruler it. Gen. Prosper Avn plans to turn his regime into a dictatorship and renege on promises to hold free elections this year. On saturday night the government said on state to that under the state of siege four articles of the Constitution were suspended including one that for bids the forced exiling of haitians. Human rights activist can Claude Bajeux said sunday he believed Avril used the killing Friday night of col. Andre Neptune As a pretext to round up critics and abort plans to hold free elections scheduled for october. Neptune his wife and servant were gunned Down in suburban Fon Tamara. 100 Yards from do Ron Cray a House As they were driving Home. The motive for the killing was not known. Roy had been banished in 1957 by dictator Francois a papa Doc Duvalier. He As Well As de Ron Cray spent several years in exile in Montreal before returning to Haiti after the end of Duvalier s Rule. Roy was a co author of the 1987 Constitution approved by 99 percent of voters in a plebiscite. De Ron Cray who has urged Avn to resign also was a key Leader of the opposition to Duvalier. Avril who took Power in a september 1988 revolt by soldiers has promised to hand Over Power after elections this year but political and human rights leaders Are increasingly  Plant had near meltdown in e. Germany Hamburg West Germany apr East Germany averted a major nuclear Power Accident in 1976 that could have been As Devastino As the one at chernobyl in the soviet Union a West German Magazine said sunday. East German officials have not disclosed the potential seriousness of the incident Der Spiegel said. The Hamburg based Magazine said the incident took place in 1976 at the soviet designed nuclear Power Plant called Lublin. The Plant is near the town of Greif Swald in Northern East Germany. Quoting a former Engineer from the Plant. Der Spiegel said careless manipulation of an electrical grounding system by one of the plants electricians resulted in a major fire that destroyed most of the Cable network. The fire disabled six water pumps for the Block i reactor at the Plant and five of six backup pumps were also inactivated Der Spiegel said. A it was Only through Luck Quot that one of the backup pumps functioned because it had been accidentally hooked up to the electrical system of Block ii at the Plant the Magazine reported. The electrical system at Block ii was functioning. If the one emergency pump had not functioned a meltdown As devastating As the 1986 chernobyl Accident could have occurred and would have spread radioactive fallout Over much of Northern Germany Sweden and Denmark the Magazine said. Der Spiegel quoting the Engineer said that the East German army was called in to clean up the Plant which was repaired and Pul Back into operation four months later. The report which is to appear in the weekly magazines monday edition was provided in Advance to other news Media. Outbreak of head lice in schools fairly common health adviser says. A a a a a t i 1.11 a nil this res Itzpan on of tilth 21 Flatt by Mary Neth stall writer Heidelberg West Germany a military health officials arc advising parents not to gel too bugged by an outbreak of head lice at some american elementary schools in West Germany. Quot head lice cause discomfort but unlike body lice they do not transmit disease Quot said col. Jerilyn Mallory the Community health nursing consultant for the army a 7th medical come. Quot mini head lice epidemics arc a fairly common occurrence in elementary schools but so Are Pink Eye colds and flu. A they head lice Are no reason to keep a child  treatment Mallory says is fairly simple. Children afflicted by head lice should be taken to their local paediatrics clinic for a special shampooing. After that first treatment the child can go Back to the classroom. A a second treatment in a week to 10 Days will destroy the eggs or nits a she said. To prevent further infection parents should Wash their childrens bedding clothing Caps Combs and brushes in hot water and vacuum rugs and furniture. They also should Check other members of the family for infestation or ask that the school nurse do so. Head lice can be detected Best behind the cars and at the Nape of the neck. The lice appear As tiny Black moving specks. Their minuscule eggs have a translucent appearance. Some parents have demanded that classrooms be sprayed by exterminators but Mallory pointed out that the lice spread Only by hair Contact. They Don t walk on surfaces other than hair shafts and they done to leap from one person to another. They also can to live for any time away from the human environment she said. Children at the affected schools have been told not to Trade Combs Caps and Coats with their classmates but they often forget said Linda Lassahn the school nurse at Karlsruhe elementary school. A when a Case occurs in a classroom we Check All the children and Send a note to All the parents telling them what to look  children who have been found to have head lice Are not allowed to return to the classroom until they have been treated said Robert platen Borg. The principal of the Darmstadt elementary school. Platen Borg said he has included information about the problem and its treatment in general notices sent to parents. Quot the situation does not seem to be As bad in Germany As it has been in other countries where i have taught Quot he said noting that head lice can be picked up anywhere you hang your coat. Quot if there Ever was a severe epidemic we would require the children to bring plastic bags in which to keep their Coats and hats. He said. Mallory assures parents that a head lice arc not a sign of uncleanliness. They Are not a parasite limited to the poor or to certain  a Black children because of the different Structure of their hair arc less Likely to become infested a she said. Pontiff will visit Czechoslovakia before National election in june Vatican City apr Pope John Paul ii has accepted an invitation to visit Czechoslovakia and his spokesman said sunday the trip would take place before the country selections in june. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro said the Pope a had accepted with gratitude Quot the invitations from president Vaclav Havel and Cardinal Frantisek Tomasek the roman Catholic primate of Czechoslovakia. Navarro said the visit will last two or three Days. He said the Dale had not been determined but that the visit would take place before the elections scheduled june 8. Generally the Pope avoids visiting countries at the time of an elec Tion he added. The czechoslovak government said thursday that it wants to renew diplomatic relations with the Vatican which have been suspended for 40 years. The policy change is possible now because a popular revolution recently ousted Czechoslovakia a hard line communist leaders leading to Broad democratic reforms that have included More religious Freedom. The Vatican spokesman said officials would have to find a break in the Popes schedule which includes a trip to five african countries from Jan. 25 to feb. 1, a May 6-14 visit to Mexico and a May 25-27 trip to Malta. The austrian Catholic news service Kathy Russ citing unidentified Vatican sources reported Friday that the Pope would visit Czechoslovakia on april 2122. The Rome daily ii Tempo also said the trip would be made on those dates. Navarro said those could be reasonable dates. But a for the moment there is no precise indication Quot when the Pope will travel to Czechoslovakia. The Pope formally accepted the invitation after meeting with archbishop Jan Sokol of Tamava archbishop Frantisek Vanak of Olomouc and a czechoslovak government delegation that included first vice president Jan Cam Gursky vice president Josef Hromadka and foreign minister Jiri Dinst birr