European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 saturday february 10,1990 artist s drawing shows participants in the Fede hearing in Miami in the trial of Manuel Noriega foreground judge rejects to avoid trial Miami not a Federal a strict judge William m. Hoe Clur ruled thursday that Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega must stand Trudl on drug trafficking charges. Hoe Clur rejected defense lawyers arguments that . Courts had no jurisdiction Over the fallen panamanian Leader. Hoe Clur said he was of qualified to Rule on the defense argument that Noriega was a prisoner of War As defined in the get Mcva convention and that he should be moved to a Neutral third country. But he said Noreiga s possible status As a prisoner of War did not affect Wjt Lucr he could stand trial. Quot i Don t find ill under the Geneva convention i must divest Musolf of Hoe Clur said As Noriega watched quietly wearing an open shirt with the four stars of i general on his shoulders. At one Point in the court session he sat hunched Oscr a Spanish language edition of the 1949 Geneva convention. Once it subs Clear that the Case would proceed a defense lawyer raised several objections to a proposal by prosecutors on How classified documents should be handled in Fth Case. And for the first time it was indicated that the de Noriega bid in . Court \. Fens amp Avold seek computer files compiled by the a Tiona Security Agency of conversations that intelligence officials had with and about Noriega. Defens lawyer David l. Lewis objected to a proposal by the prosecutors seeking a protective order requiring la Wych in the Case to be subject to Security clearances. Lewis a new York lawyer who specializes in classified documents Ana recently joined the Case said the proposed restrictions were so harsh that they might even affect lawyer cliche conversations. He said the was suggesting that statements by Noriega to a jigs lawyers might include classified information that would have to be screened by government Security specialists. The government contends that the order is necessary to protect National Security Lewis said that while Quot we have he objection to the government requirement that Defenso lawyers undergo routine background Security fingerprinting he said the defense objected to a in clime requirement that they submit All future writings even works of fiction for screening by the fran Gage 1 trader. Fit Chad been fully loaded with 21 million Gallons of Oil. Iffy off the coast surrounded by a floating Oil containment Boon Jand coast guard vessels. A if the weather hold two have a Good probability of getting most of the a Mudguard rear adm. William Kim told a press conference after an inspection flight. Quot every indication is the pm Frijs no longer leaking the spill began wednesday aft Moo a while the Tanker mane Vered Miles off huntingto5rgach.jr was trying to Moor at a nest of mooring Boyne pm offloading station for an underwater to a refinery on Shore. Or coast guard commandant adm. A Frost said the ship s Hull apparently was it hit something on the Bottom As the Crew nge pared to Hook up to the pipeline. It was not cd Carje Ifica Tanker hit one of its own anchors or a buoy atm no he said. The Slick covered and Fra measuring 2vi Miles by 4 Miles said coast Edard it. Vincent Campos. Five Skimmer boats pure at work and four More were in route to Thoy Wea. Olf the Orange county coastline about is fees Southeast of los Angeles. Biologist Esther Burkel said Oil coming ashore on a Sandy Beach would be less harmful than in an Estuary such As Bolsa Chica. Where Birds would ingest the Petroleum with the plants they eat. Eighteen Oil soaked seabirds mostly Westem grebes were rescued from the Beach Padai leaned by volunteers at a lifeguard state wildlife biologist Jon Fisher said eight Bink fad died. Curt Taucher a fish anti Damn spokesman said there was some initial Copcea about migrating Gray whales but that was no tone biggest worry. A the concern is for the fur faring animals Harbor seals animals like that be said. alcohol tests Given to the ship s As Robert Law arc and the Pilot first note and second mate All were negative the coast a gird said. Drug test results were incomplete r the american trader was last boarded by the coast guard on dec. 28 in san Francisco and was found free of violations. Its last certificate of inspection was issued in Honolulu on May ii 1989. After the Hole in the Tanker is patched the coast guard plans to pump the remaining Oil from the Punk Dygd compartment into a Barge. The same pumps weres cd to unload the Exxon Valdez when it ran aground Ali Alaska last year and spilled More than 10 million Gallons of crude Oil into Prince William sound. There a Eluio formal discussions on the use of chemical Dispir lets said Rolf mall Deputy regional manager for the Stilt department of fish and game. Damage from chem rads has to be weighed against harm from the Oil he sate a the further out it get kurd the deeper the water the More Likely it is Well use mall said. The american trader was by British Petroleum Oil shipping co Usa. Soviets drop major Block to Start by the los Angeles times Moscow a As both sides offered new ideas to Speed arms control talks the soviet Union appeared thursday to remove one of the last major obstacles to a .-soviet strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty by eliminating the final links Between offensive weapons and anti missile defense issues surrounding the . Star wars program. Soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze told visiting Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii that Moscow was willing to sign and implement a new strategic arms reduction talks or Start agreement to Cut offensive weapons by about half without any declared linkage to How each Side must conduct research work on defensive systems according to a senior . Official. For years Moscow insisted that the Start treaty could not be signed until the United states gave up its plan to develop a space based anti missile defense system commonly known As Star wars. Then the soviets edged away from that position step by step now they have provided what the . Official termed a the important clarification on this Long standing question however democrats in Congress May still insist on linking the offensive and defensive issues in their continuing Effort to curtail the Star wars program another . Official said. But this official noted that with or without such linkage Congress would always have the Power to enforce its policy on the program through the budgetary process. For its part in the attempt to Complete new nuclear and conventional arms treaties by the end of the year the . Side brought new proposals on How air launched cruise missiles should be counted within the total of 6,000 nuclear weapons to which both nations would be limited under a new Start agreement. Essentially the new . Proposal offers a Compromise on such issues As missile Range and bomber carrying capabilities. . Officials said. Soviet Deputy foreign minister Alexander Bessmer Nyoh said that inc new . Position on the cruise missiles Quot could promote the solution to this the . Negotiators also provided new ideas on How to Monitor spare and stored missiles that Are not dip loved. And How to broadcast openly the inflight data from a test so that the other Side will be aware of the missiles various characteristics. A we gave them an awful lot to Chew on Quot another senior . Official said. The initial soviet reaction was positive he added and detailed replies were expected before Baker s visit ends from Page 1 fined 50,000 lire or about $40, the police spokesman said. If the test sundays persuade people to ride Public transport Auto less sundays could become frequent events according to Silvano Masciari the City s transport manager. Italian news reports said City officials also Are contemplating limiting private vehicles on weekdays. Still the City a Public transport system could be severely strained if Many people use it on the designated sundays. Buses carry the bulk of mass transit customers because the City has Only one subway line. Buses operate Only about one third As often on sundays As they do on weekdays and it would be difficult for the City to expand service because it is already Short 700 Drivers. The bus Fleet is also aging and Creaky of 1,010 buses operated by the City 467 Are More than 10 years old. Carmine Simcone a City health official has called on Naples to reduce traffic especially in the City s older sections where narrow streets cause congestion and trap exhaust fumes. Contributing to Titi amp report stall writer Candy Sansons in Nap Tat
