European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Oil Slick stalls in Gulf easing threat to coast Galveston Texas apr the 30-mile-Long Oil Slick from the supertanker Mega Borg has stalled in the Gulf of Mexico and might not hit Shore a coast guard official said wednesday. A the longer it stays out there the More it evaporates and the More Crews can pick up a Petty officer Dave Oney said. A there might not be anything significant left in a couple of  the Slick up to 30 Miles Long and 8 Miles wide in some spots floated about 10 Miles off the Texas Shore Northeast of Galveston and showed few signs of moving the coast guard said. Coast guard officials had predicted earlier in the week that tar balls from the Slick could reach land near High Island about 30 Miles Northeast of Galveston but changing winds altered their forecast. Oney said that if the Slick was moving its current path would put it South of Galveston. A but that does no to mean anything because its probably not going to come ashore a he said. A i done to think it will but i can to guarantee that it  cleanup Crews Are using skimmers to grab As much Oil As possible. But some 1,200 volunteers from five counties remained on Alert to clean up the beaches should the tar balls arrive. Booms and other Deflector devices also have been deployed to protect sections of the Shoreline. Skimming Crews so far have recovered about 463,000 Gallons of an Oil and water mixture the coast guard said. Salvage Crews were completing plans to Transfer the remaining Oil from the Mega Borg to another Tanker. The Mega Borg is anchored about 57 Miles from Galveston. The norwegian Tanker was carrying 38 million Gallons of Oil when it was rocked by an explosion june 8. Two Crew members died in the blast and two Are missing and presumed dead. A total of 3.9 million Gallons of Oil spilled from the ship although most of it either burned evaporated or has been collected. Coast guard officials have been hesitant to say How much Oil remains in the water. Spooked elephant crushes handler at Fla. Flea Market fort Lauderdale Fla. Up a a circus animal handler was crushed wednesday by a 6,500-Pound circus elephant apparently spooked by a passing automobile authorities said. The handler identified by officials As David Dickerson 27, was taken by helicopter to Broward general Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Dickerson died of a a severe crush injury to the Chest a Hospital spokesman Craig Biles said. Dickerson who had been a handler for the Hanne Ford family circus of Sarasota Fla., for four years was moving three rare female asian elephants from a tent to a performance Arena at a Flea Market grounds when the Accident occurred said George Crolius spokesman for the Broward county sheriffs office. A an Auto moving through the Swap shop grounds apparently either squealed the brakes or hit the Horn startling the elephants a Crolius said. A they turned abruptly in something of a panic and the handler was kicked or possibly sat upon by one of the  Friday june 22, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 activists Are carried off and arrested by Humboldt county sheriffs deputies and Eureka police at a Samoa Mill. 44 arrested As activists stage Redwood summer9 rally in Calif. Samoa Calif. Apr hundreds of environmentalists demonstrated outside a giant lumber Mill wednesday 44 being arrested during a a Redwood summer protest of logging that they say endangers californians ancient forests. About 350 protesters environmentalists and a sprinkling of labor Union activists demonstrated at the coastal Louisiana Pacific Mill As part of a summer of protests planned by the militant Earth first environmental coalition. About 250 Miles to the Southeast in the Sierra Nevada a group of loggers was fired on wednesday by gunmen with semiautomatic rifles. No one was injured and authorities did no to relate it with the rally on the North coast. Redwood summer organizers Hope activists throughout the United states will converge on Northern californians Redwood country to protest logging of ancient Trees in an environmentalists reprise of the 1964 a Freedom summer civil rights demonstrations in Mississippi. They seek to end what they say is excessive Clear Cut logging and cutting of Virgin Redwood Trees. Mainstream environmental groups including the Sierra club have shunned those plans disavowing tactics of Earth first followers of the loosely organized group advocate what they Call direct action to protect the environment including standing Between loggers and Trees. The group renounced its old practice of driving spikes into tree trunks to make them useless As lumber after Sawmill workers were Hurt by the spikes. Wednesdays demonstration was the first in the Redwood country of Northern californians coast Range. A previous Redwood summer rally had been staged in Sacramento. The protest outside the Mill across Humboldt Bay from Eureka and 275 Miles North of san Francisco was largely peaceful except for sporadic name calling. After several hours a contingent of protesters marched onto company property and approached officers in what they called a a planned act of civil  the 44 were then arrested most charged with trespassing said Humboldt county Deputy sheriff Leona Mendenhall. Most of them were cited and released. As the demonstrators gathered at the Mill Gate and across the Street on coastal Sand dunes police said members of the Greenpeace environmental group in a Small boat tried to approach a Louisiana Pacific freighter that was being loaded at the company a Dock. Authorities ordered the boat away a police dispatcher said. No arrests were reported. At one Point a dozen Humboldt county sheriffs deputies were called out to head off a confrontation Between the demonstrators and Plant workers who staged a pro company rally during their lunch break. There were heated exchanges of epithets. In the apparently unrelated incident in the Sierra county two or three people with semiautomatic rifles fired up to 300 rounds at a group of loggers wednesday said sheriffs dispatcher Fred Burns. Two were arrested Burns said adding that it appeared the gunmen were trying to scare the loggers. A i think with 300 rounds they could have hit someone if they wanted to a bums said. 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The final Price fell just $ 1 shy of a Rule that limits the military on direct purchases from manufacturers to items of $ 1,000 or less the newspaper said. Other recent examples of military spending includes $1,868 for toilet covers for c-5 cargo planes $120 for cup dispensers and $ 117 for soap dish covers the Herald said. An air Force official and a Pratt amp Whitney spokesman defended the amount charged for the pliers. Pratt amp Whitney based in Palm Beach county a did warranty the item. They did make sure the item was made in accordance with the drawings with All the necessary checks and compliance and whatnot a said Cliff Goodhue a Cost analyst at the air Force logistics come Headquarters in Ohio. A perhaps $999 was a bargain for this item after All a he said. A crackdown on military waste began in 1985 by then defense Secretary Cas Par Weinberger when a $435 Hammer topped a list of costly Pentagon purchases. That Effort produced the $1,000 Rule among other reforms. Pratt amp Whitney decided the performance of 20-year-old full engines could be improved by installing new exhaust Gas deflectors but unique curved pliers were needed to hold new clips in place the Herald said. A the air Force concurred that the Price was Correct and appropriate for what they needed to do a said fratt amp Whitney spokesman Robert . Carroll Iii