European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday March 27, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7debate continues 1 year after Exxon Spil Alaska not a on the first anniversary Valdez Oil spill alaskans top environmental walked the Oil stained beaches along Prince Lal official want enough had been done to not foul the Shore line we re in a better position than we were in last mirth 24 a said Dennis Kelso commissioner of alas a department of environmental conservation but Irp not where we want to be. Win one of Many Legal and political confrontations resulting from the Tanker Accident Kelso has squared off against the Alyeska pipeline service co. Over a new contingency plan to Deal with Oil spills. Alyeska the Oil Industry consortium that operates Valdez Harbor has been ordered by the state to describe in detail How it is prepared to prevent or contain Furiyes assays its draft proposal would greatly improve its ability to respond to emergencies such As the one last March 24 in which the Exxon Valdez ran aground in the sound spilling nearly 11 million Gallons of North slope crude Oil into Prince William sound in the nations largest Oil spill. Since the Accident Alyeska has positioned a Fleet of vessels in the sound to assist tankers. The vessels have equipment to contain a spill. The plan also provides for what Alyeska says is More Oil spill equipment in a single location than anywhere else in the world. But Kelso who is expected to decide by june 30 whether to approve the plan said he was not satisfied. A two items that done to appear Are performance standards that describe what they can accomplish with Oil cleanup equipment and answers to questions about wind and weather restrictions on operations. A if wind and weather restrict the use of equipment and you can to pick up the Oil would you Stop the tankers from sailing that concerns me. A would Alyeska be Able to handle a spill comparable to the Exxon Valdez they done to want to among the other issues Kelso raised is whether Alyeska will accept responsibility for tankers outside of Prince William sound where he said a Drifting Tanker Laden with Jet fuel was lost in november. Mike Williams Alyeska a vice president for environmental planning and control said he knows Alyeska had done nearly everything it could. But he said one action Alyeska could not take was to Promise to Kelso that Alyeska would respond immediately to a spill collect thousands of Gallons of Oil and prevent crude from marring the coast. A promises Are meaningless a Williams said. A response depends on Many things including the weather and How far offshore the Accident policies police arrest an unidentified Man protesting . Policies in Central America during demonstrations saturday in front of the White House. Some 2,000 demonstrators called for a halt to . Military Aid in Al Salvador. Texas gop candidate retreats admits rape remark was insensitive victims Dallas apr Republican gubernatorial nominee Clayton Williams admitted sunday that his off the cuff remark suggesting should a relax and enjoy it Quot was insensitive after initially downplaying it As just a joke. Women a groups and the millionaire ranchers political foes reacted with outrage. State treasurer Ann Richards who is in the april 10 Runoff for the democratic Williams nomination said sunday that Williams seemed not to realize that rape is a crime of violence. While preparing for a cattle Roundup at his West Texas ranch saturday Williams compared the cold foggy weather spoiling the event to a rape. A if its inevitable just relax and enjoy it Quot Williams said to ranch hands Campaign workers and reporters sitting around a campfire. On sunday his Campaign issued a statement in which he said a i feel just terrible about this. I had no intention in my heart to Hurt anyone especially those women who have been traumatized by rape. A looking Back 1 realize it was insensitive and had no place at the campfire or in any Williams who is making his first run for Public office initially downplayed the remark. On saturday he said it was a joke and he apologized Quot if anyone s asked if some people might be offended Williams said a a in a not going to give you a serious answer. It was t a serious Deal. It Wasny to a serious Marilyn Rickman head of the Texas women a political caucus which has endorsed Richards for governor said that Williams remark was inexcusable. Quot rape is never a joke with women under any circumstance a she said. �?o1 done to think i know any woman who would say hey sit Back and enjoy it a a the needs a brain transplant Quot reacted Joyce Gursh chairman of the Houston area National organization for women which also has endorsed Richards. A anyone who is not sexist would not have come up with that she said. Williams will face either Richards or attorney general Jim Mattox in the november general election. A just because you re in the barnyard does no to mean you have to act like Jay ton Williams docs a Mattox said. �?o1 just think that women voters arc going to remember his attitude about several republicans defended him including stale executive committee member Virginia Stevnson. A a it san old joke which we be heard a million times a she said. A the certainly have meant that soviets get official of for rotary club Chicago apr the first rotary club in the soviet Union has been officially established after several years of behind the scenes efforts the president of Ine International service organization said sunday. A tired but Happy Hugh Archer president of rotary Nie National said three years of contacts Between so Ossa san re tary officials from around the Oria led to his final journey this weekend through the soviet bureaucracy. ?l dim cult from the standpoint of intrigue in Art he l19, to the person who could help us a new said ,.a Telephone interview sunday night or returning from Moscow. We ethere w sales to speak As an individual. What of to it u a As get a let of people convinced that it was o have a rotary club started in Brnjic a Al a not approval from soviet officials for a mucin i that will initially be made up of about 25 is and professional people from Moscow. Mary Lyle National which has Over 1 million Ine than 00 countries has forged grow 198q d a Eastern Europe in recent years. In june Huneau Lary esi1a, its first clubs in Poland and Sodok Anrce yer a War ii said John of Brien a Man for rotary International based in suburban Evanston 111. Archer first met with soviet officials in december to explore the possibilities of opening a club in Moscow. He also visited a group eager to form a club in Tallinn the capital of the soviet Republic of Estonia. In a key discussion saturday with Deputy minister of foreign affairs Vladimir Petrovsky Archer said he received assurances the club can meet and select members without surveillance or restrictions and that it will be allowed to maintain contacts with clubs in other countries and contribute financially to the association. Rotary a Constitution prohibits it from becoming part of another organization or being restricted by government or political forces. A it All follows from soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev because of his reforms that sort of paved the Way a of Brien said. The members of the provisional club in Moscow who have been holding informal meetings for the past six months Range in age from 30 to 50. They include two lawyers three businessmen a theater manager and the head of a translation service. Rotary founded in Chicago in 1905, is a not for profit service organization consisting of business and professional men and on Broccoli nets Bush tons of it Washington up a two truckloads of Broccoli sent into presidential Purgatory by the Leader of the free world has arrived at the White House a an Effort to teach president Bush a lesson in Good taste. The 10 tons of Broccoli shipped across the country by a California vegetable grower determined to change Bush a mind about the Vitamin Rich vegetable arrived sunday. It was to be presented monday to Barbara Bush. She is More sympathetic to the vegetable and As her husband put it a the Broccoli the Brouhaha Over the vegetable began with a presidential decree that banned Broccoli from air Force one the presidents Jet. A i do not like Broccoli a Bush declared. A and i Haven to liked it since i was a Little kid and my Mother made me eat it. And in a president of the United states and in a not going to eat any More Broccoli Quot
