European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 12, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 3their fight for life won these babies partied by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Lan Stuhl West Germany a it was graduation Day and enc Spangler had already fallen Down several times. Ken he discovered people watching him he began crying each time he fell. He got plenty of attention. Eric was one of More than 30  of the neonatal intensive care unit returning monday to the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. When he and his twin brother Jeff were bom on May 4, 1989, they were six weeks Early and weighed too Little to leave the Hospital when mom went Home. The parents Colleen and Scott Spangler Are air Force staff sergeants stationed at Ramstein a. All the graduates had the look of Ordinary 6-month, 1-year-old or 2-year-old children. An observer  Tell that for Many of these youngsters their births were causes for alarm rather than Celebration. A most of these kids started with one foot in the grave a said maj. Charlie Gabarino the doctor who directs the hospitals neonatal unit. The unit had 150 children from All Over Europe As patients in 1989, said Gail Childers a civilian staff nurse. A we just get a glimpse of How they re doing a she said. A a we be gone through bad times and Good times with the parents. They re part of our  Gabarino the driving Force behind the party said there were three reasons for hosting the graduation party. A the last reason is for myself a he said. A the second reason is that its Good for the kids to come Back have a Eood time celebrate. The first reason is for the nurses. They re there 24 hours a Day. Its their party As much As the  members of the nursing staff were not shy about approaching families they had worked and worried with. Many said they appreciated the Opportunity to see How effective their efforts were. A amps Lynda Davidson capt. Laura Ronnenberg and Pat Tillson of the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center visit with 6-month-old Christina Harris a former patient. A a it a neat for us to see the kids a said maj. Pamela Walker the head nurse at the Nursery Complex. A the population Here is so transient that its hard to track everyone  parents grandparents and friends who celebrated along with the graduates and the Hospital staff also gave the event High Marks. A a it a Good for people to get together to talk to compare problems a said Krista Grundy of Sembach a. She was at the party with 10-month-old Daniel who weighed 4 pounds 4 ounces when he was bom. Daniel spent much of the party on his mothers Lap smiling and giggling at everyone and charming the nurses who a helped him win that first fight. Daniels father senior airman Todd Grundy  make it to the party. Although her husband senior airman Reinaldo Heredia of Hahn a  get off work Karen Heredia and 4-year-old Tchah brought twins Karina and Kiam. The twins each weighed less than 5 pounds when they were bom last sept. 29. They spent three weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit. Teeth showed More interest in the refreshments and balloons than helping her Mother with the twins until someone offered to take the Little ones Home. Teeth Shook her head from Side to Side and firmly said a but 1 want  Melissa Hale 3 months travelled the farthest for the party. Her father Petty officer 2nd class Chuck Hale and her Mother Robin had travelled from Sardinia to Lan Stuhl for other medical appointments when they heard about the party. Melissa weighed 4 pounds 4 ounces at birth. Her parents said that she took after her sister Krystal 7, who was also bom premature. Hale is a machine repairman on the submarine tender Orion. Chancel Riser 19 months had the distinction of being the lightest baby at birth. Her Mother staff sgt. Marlene Riser of Ramstein a said Chancel was bom three months Early weighed just Over a Pound and spent three months in the care unit. The youngest graduate was Chelsea Haywood who was bom March 14, weighing 2 pounds 6 a ounces. She spent the party fast asleep in the arms of sgt. Robert Nash a nurse who helped care for her during her eight week stay. Alberta Haywood Chelsea smother said that Chelsea was originally due june 6. A week past that Date Chelsea now weighs 7 pounds. A i wanted to be Here a Haywood said. A i feel that she earned it. I wanted the nurses to see  burning Tanker s Stern slips beneath surface 1 Galveston Texas apr the rear end of crippled supertanker Mega Borg slipped beneath the water monday afternoon raising new fears that the fire a Are vessel could sink coast guard officials said. We have reports from the scene that the Stem Quarter of the Mega Borg is awash a that Means underwater a coast guard spokesman Todd Nelson announced shortly after 2 . Monday. That increases the danger of sinking out Only incrementally a he said a we Are not talking right now about  coast guard officials said the a created a larger Oil spill to the Gulf of Mexico because instead quote a ver he top of the ship into into t Era 1 now is 8�in8 directly lion Trofo so Quot a 38 mini us is 8 dispersant on the 6nru>w u e cd ast guard deployed a woot Boom to contain the spill Watt rom to Rel who have been pouring to bin c burning ship still planned foot  no foam later on the 853 of unix a a in piled 57 modes Southeast foam Wae a a no 3t?�?T000 Gadonas of Ioam was brought in during the night. Five pm a onday the rear deck was just  water and had a co ouch Structure a of 0" he lame a we Are applying water to the super Structure of the vessel in order to keep it Cool and in order to Knock the flames Down to some degree a said Petty officer Mark Sedwick. A we Are going to apply foam from six commercial vessels at the scene in an attempt to smother the fire. We re trying to get the fire extinguished while its still afloat a he said monday. The norwegian ship was hit by an explosion and fire saturday while some of its cargo was being transferred to a Small Ngi or Tanker. Two of the 41 crewmen died two were missing and presumed dead and 17 were injured none seriously. Little if any of the african Light crude Oil spilled initially or during Small explosions later saturday and Early sunday. But on sunday afternoon five powerful blasts within 20 minutes ripped through the ship sending flaming crude Oil into the air and water. The Blaze collapsed the ships superstructure which remained engulfed in flames. Columns of thick smoke could be seen nearly 40 Miles away. The Mega Borg carried More than three times As much Oil As was spilled by the Exxon Valdez off Alaska in March 1989 in the nations worst Oil spill. But authorities noted that the Oil that was spilled in Alaska was heavy crude which does no to dissipate nearly As rapidly As the Light crude aboard the Mega Borg and that much of the Oil spilling off Texas was being consumed by fire. Thousands of feet of Oil spill con fires aboard the Tanker Mega Borg still bom out of control monday off Texas. Tain ment booms were brought in. Four coast guard cutters were in place around the Tanker while two Salvage team ships sprayed water on its deck in an attempt to keep the ship Cool. Foam  be used earlier because the nearest available equipment to Spray it was in Louisiana said coast guard chief Petty officer Sam Wilson. A Slick about one mile Long North of the Mega Borg and one about 20 Miles Long to the South were visible late sunday. There were widely varying estimates of the extent of the spills with the top estimate ranging up to 100,000 Gallons. A plane dropped Oil dispersant late sunday. Currents and winds were expected to push the Oil toward a 150 to 200-mile stretch of coast Between Freeport and Corpus Christi. But coast guard capt. Thomas c. Greene said the currents were expected to keep the spill from coming ashore. The cause of the explosions was not immediately known. The Tanker operated by Mosvold shipping of Farsund Norway was bound from palanca Angola. It was to travel to Aruba after Galveston