European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a the stars and stripes saturday april 7,1990 emergency Landing a super Constellation cargo plane with skims the Ocean before it crash lands on coast thursday. The Pilot of the plane killed. Two others aboard the aircraft fire and smoke billowing from its Wing its belly just off puerto Rico a Northern that witnesses say lost an engine was survived the crash and were  states dropping Bills on Labelling of albums by the new York times Washington a Bills that Call for mandatory Labelling of record albums with explicit lyrics have been dropped by most of the states that had been considering them a Trade group for record retailers and two Parent groups announced thursday. Because virtually All record companies agreed in March to adopt a uniform sticker for potentially offensive albums that says a explicit lyrics a parental advisory a to be placed in a uniform position on packages for los cassettes and compact disks legislators in 13 states have withdrawn Bills saying they will give voluntary Labelling a Chance. The announcement was made at a press conference held at the National press club by the Trade group the National association of recording merchandisers with the National Congress of parents and teachers and the parents music resource Center the two groups that raised the Issue of objectionable lyrics in the mid-1980s. In 1985, the two parents groups reached an agreement with the recording Industry association of America the record company Trade group that record companies would Label albums the companies considered potentially objectionable. Warning labels now appear on Many albums but their wording and appearance varies. The new labels appearing in a uniform place will be easier for casual Consumers to identify. A we believe the record companies Are going to do the Job correctly this time a said Tipper Gore president of the parents music resource Center. A we believe in their Good faith.�?�. Two state legislators in West Virginia Tom Susman. Iid Jack Roop both democrats said they were withdrawing their Labelling Bill. Printed statements from legislators in Alaska Arizona Illinois Iowa Kansas Maryland Minnesota new Mexico new York Oklahoma Rhode Island and Tennessee said they were also withdrawing their Bills or would not submit planned Bills. Some added they would reconsider the situation after a year. The Pennsylvania House of representatives passed a Bill in december that would require fluorescent labels warning about lyrics that describe or advocate various kinds of sexual conduct violent conduct and illegal drug or alcohol abuse. Record retailers would be penalized for Selling such albums without stickers. Similar Bills Are still pending in Delaware Florida and Missouri. Jason Berman president of the recording Industry association of America was scheduled to meet Friday with the legislators who had sponsored Bills that Are still Active. State rep. Ron d. Gamble a Democrat who sponsored a Labelling Bill said from his office that if the discussions about the uniform sticker were satisfactory he would ask the Pennsylvania Senate to a put a hold on our legislation until the end of the session and it will  a we think that the uniform Labelling system across the nation is the Way to go a he said. A the leverage for this is my legislation and the other legislation across the country and we think we Are near  Moscow circus Clown wants to defect to . Reno Nev. Apr a Moscow circus Clown who disappeared after the troupe ended a two month engagement Here wants to defect his attorney said. A a he a applying for political Asylum because he fears reprisals from expressing his political views a attorney Michael Ross said thursday by Telephone from Southern California. Ross  discuss the specific political views Sergei Ukhanov advocates that could get him into trouble but intimated that Many soviets still done to feel free to express their views despite president Mikhail Gorbachev a policy of glasnost or openness. A have you talked to Many soviets lately a Ross asked. A a it a not that Good Over  a Hanovs a last performance with the Moscow circus at Bally a resort Casino Reno was sunday night. When he did no to show up for a bus to the Airport monday his friends checked his hotel room and found that All of his possessions were gone Bally a publicist Brian Lawson said. A missing persons report was filed with Reno police on wednesday. Ross said he notified police thursday that his client was Well. David Ilchert a spokesman for the immigration and naturalization service office in san Francisco said it is the Agency a policy to neither confirm nor deny if his office had been contacted by Ukhanov. Ukhanov 28, is being sequestered pending approval of his application for political Asylum Ross said. Ross would not reveal where the application would be filed. He also declined to disclose his clients current  havens threatened by waterway Gas spill Newark . Apr As much As 21,000 Gallons of gasoline spilled into a waterway Between new York and new Jersey on Friday morning officials said. The gasoline is threatening two Bird sanctuaries near the Busy waterway called the Arthur kill officials said. They added that the . Coast guard closed the waterway to All traffic. Between 300 and 500 barrels of Low Grade unleaded fuel spilled at the general american tank storage terminal in Carteret said quartermaster 1st class David Jersey at the coast guards 1st District operations Center in Boston mass. There Are 42 Gallons in a barrel. The kill was closed at 6 45  from Tufts Point to the Southern tip of Ralls Island said it. Cmdr. Paul Milligan at the guards Headquarters on governors Island . He said the spill was affecting two environmentally sensitive Bird sanctuaries on Ralls Island and the Island of Meadows. A Gas spill is potentially More dangerous than other types of Oil spills because the fuel is More flammable and can explode he said. However it evaporates More quickly than heavier types of tue such As heating Oil. The fuel commonly known As a cat feed a is lighter than water and floats on the surface Jersey said. A at the most its 21,000 Gallons he said. A the spill goes from Shore to  the kill was closed by the Captain of the port. An terminal employee said he could not comment and to Call Back later. The waterway has been affected by a least four major spills this year including a break in an Exxon pipeline in. That dumped 567,000 Gallons of heating Oil into the waterway separating n Jersey and Staten Island