European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 19, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 Del. River spill forces 250 to flee Philadelphia a up to several Hundred Gallons of a hazardous chemical was spilled from a Tanker into the Delaware River during unloading saturday morning forcing the evacuation of about 250 people from a three Block area. _ five workers at a pier near the spill site were treated at a Hospital for headaches and nausea from breathing the fumes of the solvent cumene authorities  s coast guard Petty officer Richard Minnich said the spill occurred when a norwegian Tanker the to Rogn was unloading the chemical and some of it sloshed out onto the deck. Some of the spill was contained on the ship but an undetermined amount of the chemical flowed into the River. A i heard a Siren and when i opened the door there was smell an odor like plastic a said Marie Saxton who lives three blocks from the spill site. She and her three children were among the evacuees. _ cumene often used in Nail polish remover is hazardous if inhaled ingested or absorbed through the skin in Large quantities coast guard officials said. It can also pose a fire Hazard. By noon the fire department declared the situation under control. Minnich said most of the chemical that got into the River dissipated or evaporated. The chemical spilled on the ships deck when ship employees were transferring it to a holding tank at uni tank co., the coast guard spokesman said. The leak was stopped immediately he said. Officials at the scene gave conflicting reports of How much of the chemical May have spilled into the River. Philadelphia fire department Deputy chief Matthew Mccrory said up to 800 Gallons spilled onto the tankers deck while . Coast guard officials placed the amount at 125 Gallons. An undetermined portion of the spill then went into the water both agencies said. Sprawl in a Days work Joyce a 32-year-old Elphant sprawls in the Middle of mad Sion. If the prostrate pachyderm startled nearby residents Ison Street in Reading pa., during a stunt and exercise ses shrine circus animal handlers insisted its strictly routine. I Jii Sireci Iii  rim us Imp a Stum Anu sva a a Quayle contras May not disarm until new government proves Tseh Washington up1 a vice presi a news maker saturday program that was sure the rebels j that to ten non acc fair a in nor Hora Imp of i warm. Washington up a vice presi Dent Dan Quayle said saturday that the .-backed contras Are not going to disarm immediately and May wait until the new nicaraguan government has proven it a can Institute  Quayle spoke a Day after meeting with Contra leaders at the White House and declaring that demobilization should not wait until the april 25 inauguration of Violeta Chamorro As Nicaragua a president. Quayle then indicated on the can a news maker saturday program that the process will take longer because of continuing sandinista aggression. A they have to answer this question for themselves a Quayle said. A is their personal Security in jeopardy right now Many of them feel that their lives arc in jeopardy and therefore they Are not going to Lay Down their arms  the vice president interviewed at the conclusion of a six nation swing through Central America said however that he was sure the rebels would at some Point disarm. A they will eventually Quot he said. A when Violeta Chamorro shows that she can Institute democracy she can Institute peace. Then both sides can Lay Down their arms and you can have finally peace in Nicaragua. A now is the time to Stop the fighting and begin the peace process a Quayle told reporters earlier. A we done to have to wait until april 25. We should begin  study finds 28 . Doctors serve 1.7 million new York apr Only 28 doctors provide primary health services for the 1.7 million people who live in the City a poorest neighbourhoods a study reported. The report released by the Community service society of new York said that the patient to doctor ratio represents a shortage of about 500 doctors based on the National average of Basic care by americans. The additional 500 doctors would be needed in order for each resident in the nine communities to make 3.6 primary care visits a year a the National average. The study found that there Are in fact 701 physicians in the surveyed neighbourhoods but discovered that Only 28 of them Are available to the majority of residents and Able to offer their patients the minimum elements of primary care. Nancy f. Mckenzie director of the ass health unit told a City Council hearing Friday that More doctors is not the answer. A in fact there is an oversupply a Mckenzie said. A we Are speaking most Ora a about realigning the system of health care  in analysing the findings the report said a the picture painted Here is frightening. The poor health status of people in Low income communities is exacerbated by the significant shortage of primary care providers in these  the study also found a almost none of the 900 people who graduate annually from new York medical schools practice in Low income communities. A Only a few minority students a those most Likely to practice in High need areas a arc accepted at state schools. A those who do tend to the poor find the costs almost prohibitive. Medicaid rates arc Only $11 a visit and Many patients have no medical insurance. The report a building primary health care in new York City slow Iconie communities a called for increasing medicaid payments and starting a slate authority to finance primary care in poor areas. Journalist Ridder Dies at 72 Washington apr Walter t. Ridder a former member of the Knight Ridder inc. Board of directors whose newspaper career spanned 50 years died saturday. He was 72. Ridder died at his Home in suburban Mclean va., alter a Long illness. His first paying newspaper Job was an $18-a-week reporting Job at the Hartford Conn times. He later worked for Ridder newspapers in Duluth and St. Paul Tribu serve As polisher of the Gary ind., Post. After serving As a War correspondent in Europe during world War ii a he covered the liberation of the nazi death Camp at Dachau in 1945 a he ran the Mior mation service for the Marshall plan in Paris and Tor Many years headed the Ridder papers Washington his last Job was on the Board for Knight Ridder a Post he retired from last year. Ridder was bom in new York City in 1917. His Grandfather Hermann Ridder came to the United states from Germany shortly before the end of the 19th Century and bought an interest in a German language paper in new York the Staats Zeitung. That was the Root of the Ridder publishing Empire which grew to include 19 newspapers radio and television stations at the time it merged with Knight newspapers in 1974. When he went to work for his family a paper in Duluth he started in the circulation department but soon asked to be transferred to the editorial Side. He later wrote that while a the other departments of a newspaper Are indisputably necessary the heart and soul of journalism rested in the reporters copy desk men. Rewrite men and  Experiment fails As Kangaroo Dies san Francisco apr Skippy a san Francisco zoo Kangaroo that received a donated pacemaker in a first of its kind operation has died of complications from a weak heart zoo officials said. The 7-Ycar-old red Kangaroo died at the University of California at Davis veterinary Hospital where she had been transferred alter the March 5 surgery. Zoo director Phil Arnold said that even with the pacemaker Skippy a heart contractions weren to Strong enough to move blood through her body. A team of cardiologists led by or. John Langbert of the University of Cal Fomia san Francisco medical school performed the operation