European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                \ Page 2 a the stars and stripes monday july 2 1990news updates. It a. A a French beaches Paris apr French Beach goers this summer will Cool off in Ocean Waters at their cleanest fince testing began in 1972, according Tan government report. The report based its findings on tests made last sum mop at 1,751 Shore Points along 1,242 Miles of French coast line a from the English Channel in the North to the Atlantic Ocean on the West and the Mediterranean in we South. With 89.3 percent of French beaches meeting  established in 1975, the results were better than Ever said health minister Claude Evin. Forty three percent 750 beaches earned a ratings for cleanliness while Only five a Dow from 15 last year a got Dos for pollute  in court new York apr a judge deferred sentencing for at least a year after a teen Ager pleaded guilty to slashing actress Viveca Lindfors and another victim in january. _ Peter Bedford a guilty plea to one count of first degree assault would ordinarily mean a mandatory prison term of up to 15 years said Gerald Mckelvey a spokesman for the Manhattan District attorney. But acting Justice Renee White promised the 18-Vear-old Brooklyn Man that if he met conditions set by the court during the year he would be allowed to plead guilty to second degree assault. That charge does not mandate prison time. Bedford was accused of slashing Lind fors across her left ear and Cheek As she was walking with friends. The actress also suffered scrapes and bruises after she was knocked Down. Minutes earlier Mckelvey said Bedford had encountered Dennis Beale and slashed him from the right ear Down to the Chin. Police arrested Bedford seven Days later after receiving an Anonymous tip. The judges conditions include cd Ford getting psychiatric treatment remaining employed or in school and not committing any  spill insurance London apr the London insurance Market paid $344,5 million Friday in settlement of the pollution cleanup from the Exxon Valdez Oil spill in Alaska in March 1989. The Institute of London underwriters which represents the company Marine insurance Market said it was the largest single Marine claim Ever paid by the London insurance Market. A pollution cleanup resulting from the Exxon Valdez disaster and agreement of the claim was finalized Only recently a said the institutes general manager Peter Worsfold. The Money was paid to Thos. R. Miller and son reinsurance brokers ltd., representing the liability insurers who incurred the loss for the cleanup the Institute said. Institute members paid $73.4 million Over 21 percent of the total. Institute spokesman Denzi Stuart said the rest was paid by Lloyd a of London underwriters and some Continental  scheduled for Accident victim Raf Milde Nisall England a amps a a memorial service for a government employee killed in a motorcycle Accident will be held at 11 . Tuesday at the base Chapel. Charles Miller a civilian employee with the 513th Supply so was killed june 23 when he lost control of his motorcycle near Bury St. Edmunds. His wife tech. Sgt. Susan Miller was a passenger do the motorcycle and broke her  in the crash. She was transferred to the military Hospital at Raf Lakenheath from a British Hospital in Bury St. Edmunds Miller also is survived by a son. Upon hearing that colombian guerrillas had released their brother Linda Heimdal right and her sister Angie Good rows at last hug Joy oily in the amp Peoria iii., Home by the folks in Peoria to free their 27-Friday. Roy a a sufi be Heimdal paid year old son Scott Heimdal a Gold the captors $60,900 Tii sed Back Home Miner for a firm in Ecuador. In Iceland on 3-month trial basis by Amy Geiszler Jones staff writer the Midnight curfew for single and unaccompanied e-5 service members at Nas Kcf Lavik Iceland is on hold for a three month trial. But e-4s and below still must be Back on base by Midnight. The e-5, exemption started june i said it. Cmdr. Scott Wilson a spokesman for the Iceland defense Force. After aug. 31, the icelandic foreign ministry will review the situation and decide whether to permanently exempt that Grade of enlisted people. The curfew now bans All single and unaccompanied e-4s and below from being in Public places such As dance Halls nightclubs discos and pubs Between Midnight and 6 . About half of the 3,200 personnel stationed at Kef Lavik Are affected by the curfew. A the curfew Here in Iceland is the Only Ope we know of in the world that is done for social reasons not safety reasons a Wilson said Friday. The curve is intended to Cut Down on the cultural Impact of a Large foreign Force on the 2$0,000 icelanders. The curfew imposed since american troops first arrived in Iceland in 1951, included officers in its earlier Days. A Over the years its been slowly whittled away a Wilson said. To enforce the curfew military Law enforcement cos and icelandic police patrol nightspots in downtown Reykjavik 35 Miles East of the base. Negotiations began in november Between rear . Thomas f. Hall commander of the Force and Iceland a defense director to exempt the e-5 personnel Wilson said. Among Halls arguments were that the e-5s, who generally Are in their late 20s, tend to hold highly technical jobs indicating they Are responsible Well educated career oriented personnel Wilson said. Hall also said that of the 400 or so e-5s, 46 percent Are women. Quot typically its not the women getting into trouble a Wilson said. After winning the final approval for the exemption from foreign minister Bald in Hap Maisson in april Hall met with All e-5s and outlined the provisions of the trial. Wilson said that in the four weeks since the e-5 curfew restriction was lifted ther have been no problems. Last year after a few american serv ice members went on a Drunken Flag stealing a primp in the capital the curfew was tightened from 1 . To Midnight. In the Early 1980s, the curfew had been stopped altogether but an outcry by icelanders led to the restrictions being put Back in place Wigeon  care expanded for Vii corps re tht1 full Elf in Quinn u a a a a by the stars and stripes Day care for children hot i improved in two Vii corps communities with the opening of expanded child development facilities. The Stuttgart Community opened a temporary child development Center May 24 at the Pattonville housing area in Ramseck after obtaining a department of the army waiver permitting use of the new $500,000 one Story Wood Frame building for that purpose Community spokesman George Huettig said. An army regulation prohibits the construction of wooden child development centers but the Community was unaware of the regulation until the project was nearly completed. The building is equipped with sprinklers and fire extinguishers and All rooms open to the outside. Also the Heilbronn military Community opened a $143,400 child development Center Annex Friday by holding a carnival like Celebration at Wharton Barracks. The Glass walled addition is expected to accommodate about a third of the 73 children now on the  a daycare waiting list. The previous capacity was 70 children. The grow firm a German contractor built the addition. The design by architect Stierie kept costs under the  construction budget ceiling by putting the addition near existing bathrooms thereby avoiding plumbing costs