European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. February 17, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 jurors listen to Hazelwood tape Anchorage. Alaska api jurors in Joseph a Elwood s trial heard a tape recording thursday of the skipper s harried voice reporting the Tanker Exxon Valdic had run aground and thai he was trying to steer Oil the  recording was of conversations Between Hazel Wood and the coast guard in the minutes after the nation s worst Oil spill Carl last March 24.  Valde.  Hegan the first transmission of a Elwood s voice he said. We should be on your radar we be fetched up hard aground. Evidently we re leaking some Oil and we re going to be Here for quite a  Oast guard responded. You re about a mile North of Bligh reef " to which Hazelwood said. Thai s  he promised a status report. Within minutes the Captain of the port. Coast guard mar. Steven Mccail. Was on the radio asking for More information. We re working our Way off the  Hazelwood said right now we re trying to steer of Lac  Mcall then urged Hazelwood to Lake it slow and  promising that help was on the Way. He warned against doing anything drastic to try to get underway and told a Elwood. I would t do much wig gling prosecutors allege a Elwood tried a potentially a boy 1 3, Dies of injuries from copter crash new York Al l a 13-scar-old boy injured in the crash of a sightseeing helicopter last weekend die thursday without regaining consciousness a Hospital spokeswoman said Robert Faller and his father. Bernard were among lie people aboard the helicopter when it plunged into the fast Ruhr feb. Ii. The boy. Strapped in his seat was under water for 20 minutes before divers reached him the others All adults were rescued quickly and escaped serious injury the teen Ager suffered a heart attack and was put on a Respirator at hell Vuc Hospital. Doctors never tested fur brain Active it because his condition was  said Karen Crowe a Bellevue spokeswoman. The bodied at 10 42 . Thursday she said. The Pilot of the helicopter a hell Jet Ranger 206-l operated b Island helicopter corp. Said he believed Agust of wind swung the aircraft into the water As it lifted Olf from a Riverside heliport. Vardous Man Euver after the grounding which could have capsized the crippled ship. Other witnesses have said a Elwood ordered the engines of the ship restarted about 20 minutes after the grounding and gave commands to move Forward. Hazelwood s lawyers maintain he was trying to stabilize the Tanker on the reef not Lake the dangerous action of trying to move off the reef. A Elwood. 43. Of Huntington. . Is charged with one of Cluny count of second degree criminal mis chief and Misdemeanour charges of reckless endanger mint. Negligent discharge of Oil and operating a vessel while Intai catch. If convicted the former Tanker skip per could draw up to 7" years in prison and $61.000 in fines. Earlier thursday the vessel s chief mate testified he had warned a Elwood that the Seaman who had the Helm before the disaster needed practice in  James Kuncl corroborating earlier testimony by another officer in Hazelwood s trial said he d sailed with Seaman Robert Kagan four years earlier and on that voyage Kagan could not perform a simple task such As painting a Bulkhead without constant supervision. He said he discussed Kagan s performance with Hazelwood before the Exxon Valde began its trip into i race William sound. I mentioned i d sailed with him before and i thought he needed extra supervision and extra practice in  Kuncl said of his conversation with Hazelwood. His steering ability needed to he  Kunkel said that after sailing with Kagan in june and july 1985, he wrote an evaluation that said Kagan needed special attention and tended to Drift off while steering. He noted that when assigned to paint a Bulkhead Kagan was unable to proceed unless someone watched him to make sure he used the right paint and the right Brush. Kagan was at the wheel of the Exxon Valde when the Tanker ran aground on jagged Bligh reef spewing More than 10 million Gallons of North slope crude. Kagan. Who was under the supervision of third mate Gregory cousins testified he had been timid about steering since a previous journey when he had been reprimanded for oversleeping. Cousins testified that Kagan unders Mccred the Val de. Failing to turn hard enough to avoid the ground ing. Cousins said he thought Kagan did t understand the steering orders. Previous witnesses have said a Elwood was unaware of Kagan s problems hut Kunkel contradicted that invasion of the sea Lions Barking sea Lions have invaded the ducks us san Francisco s famed i Ier .19. Al Huunh u tourist draw. The sea Lions in search of herring. Haie made life miserable for Marina and boat owners. 4th prisoner wrongfully convicted in Dallas released on new evidence  a four convicts have been released in less than a year by the courts on new evidence leading som lawyers 10 question How Many More in mates May have been wrongly convicted in Dallas. The question in my mind is. How Many More arc out there asked Joe Cook president of the american civil liberties Union in Dallas. It s bother some to me because it could happen to you. To me. Or anyone else out there for that  prosecutors and court watchers say the chances of that happening in dal Las Are no worse than anywhere else it s the Price one pays for Justice. We handle about 25.000 felony cases a year and i m sure that some mistakes Are  Norman Kinnic. First assist am District attorney in Dallas county said thursday. I think the importance of it is not that mistakes arc made but that we do everything to rectify them once it s brought to our attention two inmates gained i hair Freedom in the 10 Days another Learned she would not he retried. The fourth. Randall Dale Adams was within Days of being executed for killing a Dallas police officer before his sentenced was commuted in 1980 to life in prison. He was released last March. On wednesday prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss aggravated robbery charges against Joyce Ann Brown. 42. Who was released in november after nine years in prison for a jewelry store Rob Bery. The Texas court of criminal appeals overturned inc conviction ruling that prosecutors should have known and should have told defense lawyers that a key witness against Brown had been previously convicted for lying to police. Also wednesday. Gov. Bil Clements signed a full Pardon for Michael Anthony Woten 36, who spent eight years in prison for a grocery store robbery. Authorities sought the Pardon after the dal Las times Herald located his Alibi wit Ness. Another Man has since admitted the crime. On feb. 9, a judge released Martin Kimsy. A 49-year-old Waco Man who spent five years in prison before a Federal prisoner came Forward and took responsibility for a robbery Kimsy was convicted of committing. Perhaps the most celebrated Case was that of Adams an Ohio Man who spent12 years behind bars for the 1976 shoot ing death of a police officer. A slate appeals court overturned the conviction and authorities chose not to seek a new trial. Much of the credit Foradas release went to inc film. The thin Blue  which detailed the Cassand alleged misconduct by prosecutors. Before Adams came Lenell cider an Engineer who spent 16 months in prison for a restaurant robbery before his Case was profiled on lbs "60 minutes and established the guilt of another Man. Kerry fit Gerald. Brown s lawyer said he thinks prosecutors have been More willing recently to take a second look at cases and backtrack if they must. Nonetheless he said Cili cons Are becom ing concerned. People Are getting scared of  he said. They re hearing that people Are falsely accused. And the person on the Street i m running into is saying that could he me. What s going on " Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Fth. 17, 1950 Secretary of stale Dean Acheson warned that the Chines communists agreement with Moscow was Juit the beginning of trouble for the chinese lie said the soviet s proposed five year Aid program was not sufficient help fora China on the verge of famine. 30 years ago today. Feb. 17. 1460 president Hisen How or asked Congress to provide $4 billion in foreign Aid funds to safeguard the free world against the enormous Power bloc of communist  20 years ago today. Feb. 17. 1970 the United slates reported a deficit of $6.99 billion in it balance of Palm ends for 1969. The worst year on record. J 0 years ago today. Feb. 17. 1980 the United states joined by 49 other countries began a search for a series of alternative Sites for its counter olympic summer games. The olympic Boycott was in protest against the soviet invasion of Afghanistan