European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday april 4,1990pittsburgh water escapes fuel spill pollution Pittsburgh apr gel like fuel creeping Down the Allegheny River on tuesday fouled water supplies and stymied steel Glass and juice factories but the water supplies of Pittsburgh and some nearby towns were spared. Water had to be trucked into one Community where intake valves were closed monday because of the spill of up to 300,000 Gallons of diesel gasoline and kerosene that leaked after a landslide Friday ruptured a 10-Inch-wide pipeline near Freeport 35 Miles North of Pittsburgh. But water service to Pittsburgh residents continued normally tuesday. The Slick hugged the South Bank of the River when it reached downtown Pittsburgh during the night and missed main water intake pipes operated by the Pittsburgh water authority which serves about 450,000 customers authority spokeswoman Donna Sagmeister said. A number of communities near Pittsburgh reopened their intake pipes As the fuel passed but they still asked customers to use water sparingly. Pittsburgh and suburban water authority officials tuesday said they were treating River water with increased amounts of chemicals for safety. The spill had threatened the water supplies of up to 1 million people. The National guard had sent 100 water trailers and a brewery took bottled water to Harrison township where 20,000 people were without water monday. Factories offices and about 400,000 people were advised to conserve water As the 20-mile spill a mass 5 to 21 feet deep oozed into Pittsburgh at half a mile an hour or less forcing communities to shut their intakes one by one. Daily juice products inc. In Verona suspended production of pasteurized juice. The Plant uses 100,000 Gallons of water a Day said Plant manager Bob Rivett. Five Tanker trucks delivered water to make non pasteurized drinks he said. Steelmaker Allegheny Ludlum inc. Trucked in water for the toilets and other uses at its 2,600-employee Plant in Brackenridge. Pig industries inc. Halted production of automotive Glass at its Creighton Plant which employs 360 people. Plants making cough syrup steel office furniture Anh were dosed Cut als0 either pm production 0dr at least nine school districts closed monday Init More than 21,000 students. A a ,dlln8 Buckeye pipeline co estimated that 75,000 Gallons of the mixed fuel flowed into the River. But John c of the Allegheny county emergency management Anthonty and others said the amount was closer to 200.000 to 300,000 Gallons. 0ser t0 Buckeye permit manager Roy Haase or said the company and its contractors had recovered 50 000 Eai ions of a fuel and water mixture. A b about 100 people worked to collect Oil and build a dam below the spill site where fuel continued to Leach from a quagmire covering the pipe. Two years ago an Ashland Oil tank ruptured sending 713.000 Gallons of diesel fuel into the nearby Mon Onea Hela River and affecting water supplies downstream on the Ohio River As far away As Sistersville w.  . Returns Money Panama City Panama apr the United states has returned to Panama More than $2 million confiscated by american troops during the december invasion. During the invasion that began dec. 20, . Troops raided Homes and offices of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega Panama a ousted strongman. . Soldiers also went through Homes and offices of Noriega associates seizing documents weapons Money and other items. Marcos Ostrander chief of . International and operational Law said in a letter accompanying the funds that authorities do not know who the Money belongs to. He said private funds should go Back to their owners but it was up to the panamanians to decide How to distribute the Money. It was returned to panamanian officials a due to the form and circumstances in which it was confiscated a said Equilia Santos a panamanian attorney general a office spokeswoman. The Check for $2,015,750.21 was sent to the panamanian comptrollers office to determine How the funds will be  newspaper Prague Czechoslovakia apr after years of Clandestine work Ledove Novtny Czechoslovakia a Best read underground newspaper became a daily monday and pledged to stay Independent. Despite police harassment Ledove Novtny Peoples news circulated As a monthly since december 1987, carrying frequent contributions from former top Cal Iber dissidents such As Vaclav Havel Czechoslovakia a current president and Jiri Dienstbier the country a foreign minister. Poindexter trial jury sequestered after Media try to talk to 2 jurors Washington apr two jurors deliberating Iran Contra charges against John Poindexter were contacted by the news Media the trial judge disclosed tuesday. He ordered the jury sequestered because of the a irresponsible behaviour of the  . District judge Harold Greene said the jurors Hung up on the reporters. They were a Alert and intelligent a he said. Greene ruled that the jurors Leroy Witherspoon and William Harris would continue to participate in the deliberations which began monday. Poindexter a lawyer Richard Beckler said he had no objection. The judge said that a some now might think this Contact during jury deliberations a was an obstruction of Justice. I will think about  Witherspoon told a hearing tuesday that Washington Post reporter Nora Boustany telephoned him late monday afternoon just As he arrived Home from jury deliberations. He said she wanted to know when the jury would deliver a verdict. He Hung up on her but she called Back. He Hung up again he testified. Greene said he was told the reporter had just come to the United states from Leb anon and did no to know the a ground  Greene called that a a lame  a i have no Confidence that these rules will be obeyed a said Greene. A i understand the Post has Many More reporters ready to Call the jurors. A none of us has any Confidence that these regulations will be observed. I have decided to sequester the jury. The irresponsible behaviour of the press leaves me no  asked about Boustany Scall to the juror the posts assistant managing editor for National news Bob Kaiser said a she made a  Kaiser said editors instructed Boustany to find out How to get in touch with Witherspoon after the verdict was decided in the trial. A she did this by calling him up to ask him a said Kaiser. Kaiser said he called Greene to apologize after Boustany told him what she had done. Kaiser said the second juror was not contacted by a Post reporter. Harris said he Hung up on a woman who called monday night identifying herself As a reporter. It was not immediately known what news organization she represented. The judges order Means that jurors will be brought to the . Courthouse each Day by Deputy . Marshals and will be housed at a hotel by the government until they reach a verdict. Jurors deliberated for four hours monday afternoon after receiving final instructions about the Law from Greene. Their first note to the judge requested More than 50 trial exhibits admitted into evidence during the three week trial As Well As copies of the judges instructions and the five count indictment against Poindexter. Poindexter who was National Security adviser to then president Reagan from late 1985 to november 1986, is accused of five counts of conspiracy to obstruct Congress making false statements to lawmakers and obstructing congressional inquiries. The indictment charges that he lied to congressional committees by denying in 1986 that White House aide Oliver North was orchestrating private military Aid to the nicaraguan Contra rebels at a time direct . Assistance was banned by Congress. A Long saturdays to get shorter12 escaped wolves All accounted for Hanau West Germany a amps a West German forestry officials have accounted for All 12 wolves that escaped from a wild animal Park in Klein a him on March 1, a Hanau military Community spokeswoman said tuesday. Eight of the wolves were returned to the Fasan Erie Park. Four others had to be killed the spokeswoman said. The wolves escaped after heavy winds knocked Down the Fence that surrounded their enclosed area. The wolves roamed the Woods surrounding the Park in the Hanau suburb and forestry officials placed food in the Woods to lure the wolves. By Mary Neth staff writer shoppers in West Germany Are about to lose some shopping time. Traditionally shops stay open until 6 30 . On the first saturday of each month. From saturday to sept. 1, though this Long saturday will be Cut Back to 4 ., said Gabriele Becker of the Darmstadt Consumers Union. The reduction that begins this weekend was set up in the Law that created the country a new a Long thursday hours last year. The country a restricted shopping hours Force stores to close at 2 . On other saturdays of the month and at 6 30 . On mondays tuesdays wednesdays and fridays. Shops can stay open until 8 30 . On thursdays. The extended thursday shopping hours put into effect oct. 5, will last through the summer and beyond with the exception of april 12, the Day before Good Friday. On that Day stores will observe the 6 30 . Closing time Becker said. The country a Long thursdays remain a subject of controversy. Presented As a consumer Friendly project by the West German government the idea immediately Drew stiff opposition from the two big unions representing retail Industry employees. In Frankfurt Small store owners on the outskirts of the inner City complain that it does no to pay them to stay open. Shoppers they say done to stray from the main streets. These retailers claim it is All costing them Money. People who otherwise might buy in their stores Are spending their Money thursday evenings in the downtown stores. A that May be True a said Robert Weiss of the Federal Guild of retailers in Bonn a but the loss of Money is not dramatic. The program generally has been very  he said that one third of West German businesses Are keeping their doors open late thursday evenings and about one half of them say that they Are profiting from the late hour sales. But Gunter Dax a spokesman for the Federal Guild of retailers in Cologne said the new hours definitely could not be called a Success. A i get out in the Small communities the outlying areas a they re losing Money dramatically a Dax said shoppers Are flocking to the downtown City malls and not shopping in their reign Bor hoods. Politicians will face some angry constituents in the near future. Contributing to this report staff writer de Reav Darmstadt West Germany oops tickets for Ball Cost two bits More Darmstadt West Germany a amps a the 32nd army air defense come is coming up a Little Short for its annual Ball this year. Two bits a head to be exact. The problem stems from an Advance announcement that listed tickets for the april 28 event at $21.25 per person. They actually Cost a Quarter More. The Ball set for the Patrick Henry Vil Lage officers and civilians club in Heidelberg is open to air defense artillery officers warrant officers and command sergeants major. It was not immediately Clear How the organizers planned to make up the missing Money from those who have already sent in checks for reservations. A i done to know How they re going to handle that a a spokesman for the com Mand said tuesday. A have people mail in a Check for a Quarter that would  those still interested in attending a the More expensive once can Ca Traud Cogan at ets 348-7304 or a reservations can be made until a and remember a tickets Are $21.5