European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 26, 1990 the stars and stripes rage Hazelwood yearns to be a Mariner again by Jay Mathews Washington Post writer a flight attendant pushing a beverage cart a Quot of former Tanker Captain Joseph j. Hazelwood a n s c of Alaska airlines flight 90. The flight is taking him out of Alaska after a seven a cd trial that forced him to relive his role in the nations worst Oil Tanker spill. A a a something for you a the attendant asked. Diet Pepsi please a Hazelwood replied. So began the rest of the life of Hazelwood a a quiet Horn voiced 43-Ycar-old Mariner who wanted to go to sea from age 13 and now wonders whether he might some Day command another ship. H ill Wood has reason to be wary although a jury no omitted him thursday of the most serious charges m the grounding of the Exxon Valdez a year ago. There is a festive mood on the 5 45 . Flight from Anchorage to Seattle a the first leg of his overnight return to his Home and family in Huntington . The 727 jetliner passes Over the spot near Valdez where Hazelwood s third mate and helmsman failed to make the right turn he ordered before going to his Cabin a an act the prosecutors called a reckless abandonment of his Post after what they contended was an afternoon of drinking at the Valdez pipeline club. Lawyer Michael Chalos an old Friend from maritime College Days who helped win the acquittals cannot resist. He leans Over Hazelwood and smiles. A you want us to turn right a he asks. Dressed in Green Cotton sweater faded jeans and loafers Hazelwood docs not look different from the night he walked up the Gangway to his Tanker and stepped into history. The Short Brown Beard and thinning hair still Frame his round face. He Speaks slowly and chooses his words carefully As the tapes show he did that night. He will not talk about the trial. His lawyers have forbidden it for he still faces several civil suits. He and his lawyers who plan to Appeal the one guilty verdict for negligent discharge of Oil Are unhappy about Superior court judge Karl Johnstone s remarks at the sentencing earlier in the Day. Johnstone while suspending the 90-Day sentence and $1,000 Fine attached to Misdemeanour conviction said he thought a no reasonable prudent person would have left a third mate in charge of the Bridge As Hazelwood did. The judge ordered him to spend 1,000 hours cleaning oiled beaches and pay $50,000 restitution. Since the jury ruled he had not been reckless or intoxicated the speech a was no to germane to the remaining charge a Hazelwood said. Another of his lawyers. Tom Russo seemed much angrier. A this is Hazel Wood bashing. And this is going to have to  perhaps it has. Few alaskans and certainly none of the jurors express the a Community outrage Quot Johnstone said led him to devise the t9ugh sentence requiring a 25 percent deduction from his income until the $50,000 is paid. A few people on the flight recognized Hazelwood and wished him Luck. A the Mark of being a criminal has been  he said. A i done to have to go through life seeing my picture with numbers in front of  other sea captains he said have largely supported him and some testified in his favor. A they realize it could happen to anyone and it has happened to some of them Quot he said. The Exxon shipping co., before it fired him rated him tops in seamanship and he appears willing to sue to get his Job Back. His friends Call him Well read and patient useful traits for a career that once kept him at sea at least half of every year. He said he has just finished Reading a new biography of James Cook the English explorer but has so far rejected requests to write the Story of his journey. A there weren t titanic Waves or blowing  he said. A it was t the Poseidon  s 2nd Condor hatched at California zoo los Angeles apr the hatching of two healthy California condors late last week and the possibility of eight to 10 Chicks in All during this Breeding season could accelerate the program to return the endangered species to the wild a zoo official said. A 5.8-ounce Bird named Kareda from the Karok Indian word meaning a creator of All things a emerged at 4 30 . Friday the first of the vulture like Chicks to Hatch at the los Angeles zoo said spokeswoman Cindy Richardson. Its gender wont be known for about three months. Kareda s hatching came Only a Little More than 24 hours after the second Chick of the 1990 Breeding season hons was hatched Early thursday at the san Diego wild animal Park. It was less than two years ago that the first California Condor Chick was hatched after being bred in Captivity. A Chick named Moi Ioko was hatched at san Diego on april 29,1988, amid National fanfare. The latest hatching nudged the total population of the species to 35, All in the two zoos. There were Only 27 known California condors when All were taken into Captivity for Breeding in 1987. Scientists Are trying to Breed enough of a veterinarian and animal keeper help Kareda the Condor with hatching process. The Birds which can have a wingspan of nearly 10 feet to begin returning some to their natural habitat. Wildlife officials had planned on releasing the first of the condors sometime Between 1993 and 1995. But Michael Wallace curator for Birds at the los Angeles zoo said the captive Breeding program has achieved such Success that the first Birds could be released in the los padres National Forest next year. Officials Hope to establish a wild flock there while they keep a healthy captive flock he said. Two eggs arc under incubation in los Angeles and four in san Diego making for a possible record Breeding season. Wallace said. The incubation period for Condor eggs is about two months. Under the captive Breeding program four Chicks were hatched last year in addition to the one hatched in 1988. In 1984, eight eggs were taken from the wild and hatched. A we re hoping for eight to 10 youngsters this year a Wallace said. Kareda like hons appeared healthy and hungry zoo officials said. A a it a had its first feeding of minced mice a Wallace said. Hawaii hotel workers end strike Honolulu apr a month Long strike that left some hotel guests making their own Beds ended saturday when negotiators for workers at 11 Hawaii hotels agreed to a tentative five year contract. Terms of the Deal Between local 5 of the hotel employees and restaurant employees and the Council Al Hawaii hotels weren to revealed. The Union however called it an improvement Over a pact approved at one big hotel the previous Day. The strike affected about one fourth of the 37,000 hotel rooms in Waikiki the states tourist capital and about one seventh of the states total number of hotel rooms. The walkout by 7,500 maids bellhops clerks restaurant and bar workers and others left some hotel pulls without room service and making their own Beds. Managers struggled to fill the gaps As some of the attested hotels offered discounts of up to 20 percent. The tentative Accord reached after an All night bargaining session was announced Early saturday by Union and management representatives gov. John Waihee and Federal mediator Frank Schoeppel. A he Union achieved its main goal of bringing pay in. Line with that of Mainland hotel workers said Union spokesman Roderick Rodriguez. Union members were told they did no to need to wait for formal ratification and could return to work As soon As their hotels called them. The Deal approved by workers at the hawaiian re gent hotel on Friday Calls for pay increases of 7 percent the first year and 6 percent each of the following four years for non tipped workers. Tipped workers at the Regent received a 20-cent-an-hour pay raise the first year 15-cent-an-hour increases the next three years and a 20-cent-an-hour increase in the final year. Hotel workers Union Leader Tony Rutledge said the tentative agreement saturday would add about 40 cents per hour across the Board to the one approved at the Regent. Salaries under the old contract ranged from an average of $3.85 an hour for bellhops to an average of $ 11.04 an hour for Cooks. The strike which began feb. 24, affected eight hotels on Oahu and three on the neighbor islands. Among affected hotels on Oahu were the Hilton hawaiian Village 2,523 rooms Sheraton Waikiki 1,900 rooms Hyatt Regency Waikiki 1,250 rooms and Princess Malulani 1,150 rooms. Others were Likai hotel 800 rooms Sheraton Moana surf rider 793 rooms Royal hawaiian 525 rooms and Kahala Hilton 369 rooms. Neighbor Island hotels affected arc the Sharaton Maui 495 rooms Sheraton Kauai 456 rooms and Kona Hilton 445 rooms. In addition two other hotels the Turtle Bay Hilton and Royal Waik Oloan agreed to abide by terms of the  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 26, 1950 a president Truman called on Congress to approve the full $3,375 billion in administration Aid requests and thereby strike a major blow for world peace.30 years ago today. March 26. 1960 a Secretary of stale Christian a. Herter indicated that the United states opposes a soviet Union proposal to ban Small underground nuclear tests on the basis of Faith rather than inspection.20 years ago today. March 26. 1970 a Many air traffic controllers stayed at Home claiming to be a sick a creating shortages in some key centers and causing increasing delays and cancellations of flights at new York and other Eastern points.10 years ago today. March 26, 1980 a despite a congressional ban on women in combat an army study speculated that some v corps women soldiers would fight and die in the opening Days of any conflict with Warsaw pact nations