European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 1, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 Exxon indicted on 5 counts in Oil spill by the los Angeles times Anchorage Alaska a in a move that attorney general Dick Thornburgh said a throws the environmental Book at Exxon a a Federal grand jury indicted the giant Oil company and its shipping subsidiary tuesday on five criminal counts arising from last year s Exxon Valdez Oil spill. If convicted on All counts Exxon could be fined $640 million based on current assessments of the damage caused by the March 24, 1989, spill which dumped nearly 11 million Gallons of crude Oil and wreaked environmental havoc from Prince William sound to locations As far As 700 Miles away. The Federal charges allege that Exxon the worlds largest Oil company and its Exxon shipping co. Subsidiary were responsible for employing crewmen they knew to be a physically and mentally incapable of performing the duties assigned  Honor 8 americans for quake Aid Washington apr eight americans who helped in the armenian earthquake Relief Effort were honoured by soviet officials monday for their actions following the disaster which claimed 25,000 lives. Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin told americans they had put a lofty human principles of Charity and compassion Over political differences when volunteering after the quake hit the soviet Mountain City in december 1988. Julia Taft former director of the Agency for International developments foreign disaster assistance office was one of the eight who received the soviet order a for personal courage a a prestigious award signed by president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Taft of lotion. Van a said the armenians were a Majestic  a i feel we have built said. The quake caused such devastation that the soviet Union opened its Borders to foreign assistance for the first time accepting the help of thousands of experts including Rescue teams doctors and construction specialists. More than a half billion dollars in assistance poured into the disaster area from overseas marking a change in East West relations after years of soviet propaganda that depicted westerners As greedy. The other seven americans who received the Honor were a William Dotson a Quality control inspector for Merck and co. In Ruckersville a. A Caroline Hybard of be Cardsville n.j., who took a team of Rescue dogs a Warren Isman a fire chief in Burke a. A Joseph Johnson an aerospace Engineer from King George a. A Neil Kahanovitz a surgeon from Arlington a. A Frederick Krimgold an architect from Alexandria. A. A Merton Perry fire chief in Miami. Aubrey Carlson of the . Embassy in Moscow will also receive the award officials said. Another 109 americans including president Bush and Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii received lesser honors. A great tomorrow together a she the grand jury charged that the helmsman of the Valdez was known to be a a incompetent and that the mate on watch at the time of the Accident a lacked the required coast guard certification to Pilot a Tanker in Prince William sound. The indictment was returned by a grand jury Here after Exxon and the Federal government could not reach a negotiated plea. Thornburgh said the plea bargain failed because Exxon rejected a terms we insisted  he would not elaborate. The plea bargain negotiations had drawn Sharp criticism from alaskans attorney general Doug Baily and other state officials who contended that the settlement would hamper the states ability to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Although Thornburgh said that a plea bargain agreement remained a possibility the indictment sets the stage for what could become the most bruising boys Best Friend Gregory Holzworth pets his dog Shadow at their Home in Raynham mass., on monday after the two had to spend a cold night in the Woods together sunday. They became lost on a walk near their Home and rescuers found them huddled together for warmth a Tad Chilly but in Good shape. Man surrenders in momus slaying Bethlehem a. Apr a Man who described himself As a former mental patient surrendered at a newspaper office in the Shotgun slaying of his Mother after telling a reporter she ridiculed him and withheld a $ 150,000 inheritance. Leslie s. Amison was taken away in Handcuffs from the Globe times office about three hours after his 76-year-old Mother was shot monday night at the Home they shared. A my Mother liked having Power Over me a the Bethlehem newspapers tuesday editions quoted Amison As saying. A she  let me have my own place. She said i did no to deserve  Amison. 44. Who told the newspaper he had been in and out of mental hospitals for More than 15 years was charged with criminal homicide police said. He was ordered held without bail at the Lehigh county prison. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for March 7 in county District court. Amison who said he was a writer and poet wandered into the newspaper office behind a cleaning Man. He identified himself to night editor Kevin Flynn who recognized his name because authorities had been looking for him in the slaying of his Mother Catherine Amison Murray. The newspaper said Amison told a reporter that his Mother withheld his inheritance after his father died in 1986 and that she laughed at him rifled his computer files and read his letters and poetry. Flynn said Amison told him he chose the newspaper for his surrender because police patronized him like his Mother. At one Point Flynn left the newsroom where Amison and the reporter chatted to make Coffee. He telephoned the newspapers City editor who called police. Bethlehem is a steel town of about 72,000 people about 10 Miles East of Allentown. Environmental Battle Ever to reach the Federal courts. A firms which violate the environmental Laws will face Tough prosecution in the Federal courts. We intend to see that the environmental Laws Are fully and strictly enforced a Thornburgh said. In a statement from the company a new York Headquarters Exxon chairman Lawrence g. Rawl said a nobody wilfully grounded the ship or caused the  Rawl said Exxon was a disappointed that the Federal government has taken this step but we will defend ourselves in court against these  describing the spill As a a tragic Accident a he said Exxon had paid More than $180 million to 13,000 fishermen and other claimants and spent More than $2 billion on clean up efforts. He said the company will resume clean up operations this  killed after shooting 2 in Montana Missoula Mont. Apr a Man sat in an Al night restaurant for three hours tuesday before drawing a pistol without warning shooting an employee to death and critically wounding a customer police said. Police shot and killed Clifford James Harper 39, when he stepped out of the 4b�?Ts restaurant and ignored repeated orders to drop his weapon said police chief Don Millhouse. A the first thing i heard was the police Yelling a freeze a a said Paul Richards who was a half a Block away. A there was some Type of guttural response. Then pop pop real Quick  Harper used a Ruger revolver to kill George Loe Wen 64, who had been vacuuming the restaurant and to wound Larry Lacock 40, a customer sitting at the counter Millhouse said. Harper had been staying in a Motel in this secluded College town of 35,000 in Western Montana Millhouse said. He apparently entered the restaurant about 1 . And stayed three hours. Two police officers and a Missoula county sheriffs Deputy confronted Harper when he exited the restaurant Millhouse said. Despite several warnings Harper advanced and continued pointing his weapon at the officers who shot him the police chief  gets Navy contract Beverly Hills Calif. Up a Litton industries inc. Has said that its Ingalls shipbuilding division has been awarded a $614.2 million Navy contract to build three Arleigh Burke dog Aegis class guided missile destroyers. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 1, 1950 a the fugitive Leopard which had stalked Oklahoma City for Days was captured and returned to Lincoln Park zoo.30 years ago today. March 1, 1960 a in a unanimous decision the supreme court backed a Federal drive to enforce Black voting rights in the Southern United states by restoring voting privileges to 1,377 Blacks illegally stricken from the voter registration Rolls in louisiana.20 years ago today. March 1, 1970 a the Chicago seven were released from jail on Bond on the order of a Federal appeals court. The court rejected the Contention of the government and the judge who sentenced them that the Radical activists were a dangerous men.�?�10 years ago today. March 1, 1980 a the army a first Turbine powered Battle tank named to Honor the late Gen. Creighton w. Abrams rolled out of Chrysler a Lima Ohio army tank Plant amid the whistles and cheers of factory workers