European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 11 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 2 space Center Houston apr Nasa on monday grounded Ino Veteran shuttle commanders one involved in a Fatany it elision of stunt planes at a weekend air show and of accused of flying too close to a commercial Airliner Navy cmdr. Robert  Gibson and Navy capt. David m Walker Wert grounded for violations of Johnson space Center flight a operations guidelines Nasa said. Gibson was Greg pred for one year and Walker for 60 Days. %. A this is the first time we have removed Crew members from flights for disciplinary reasons Nasa spokesman Jeff Carr. _ Gibson 43, piloted an eight Day challenger lesion in 19s4 and commanded the 1986 Columbia mis on and the december 1988 Atlantis Mission. A Walker piloted a space shuttle flight in 1984 anti. Was commander of the space shuttle Atlantis during a four Day flight in May 1989. Nasa said Gibson was removed from shuttle flight assignments and from t-38 Jet Trainer flight status Tor one year for violating a policy that restricts High risk recreational activities for astronauts named to flight Crews. A v v a. Gibson s stunt plane on saturday collided with another plane during a Texas airshow. The second Craft hurtled into a Cornfield and killed its Pilot Henry a Jones jr., 69, a retired fighter Pilot from Newport news a. Gibson landed his plane safely at the new braunfels municipal Airport 25 Miles Northeast of san Antonio Donald r. Puddy Nasa s director of flight Crew operations said Gibson a participation in. The event. Was a a dear violation of  Walker was scheduled to command a department of defense sponsored shuttle Mission in March 1991. He was replaced on the flight and suspended from t-38 flight status Nasa said. Walker was suspended for a May 1989 incident in Pilot of s _ mid air collision a Between his aircraft and a t-38 Jet which the Pilot of a pan am flight reported a a near flown by Walker near Washington a Dulles International Airport. A near collision is generally reported when two planes come within 500 feel of each other and either capt. Dat Ivainer Pilot feels the planes tote in Dang Fqy colliding. The Federal aviation administration said controllers filed a a Pilot deviation report acting Walker of violating flight procedures. It said the planes came within 100 Fiatt vertically but that it was not Clear How far apart the planes were horizontally. Walker had descended to 7.oq0 feet a the assigned Altitude of the pan am Airliner a when a controller ordered him to climb to 8,000 feet Faa spol John Leyden said at the time. Cmdr Robert Gib soit an Carr said the Liming of the two groundings was incredible  the decision to ground Walker was made a week ago but the announcement was delayed while authorities searched for a replacement for him on next years Pentagon shuttle flight Carr said. Walker had come up for disciplinary action review because of a number of a aircraft operating infractions a including the pan am incident Carr said. He refused to disclose any of the other  to pump out new York apr Mobil Oil corp. Agreed monday to pump out an underground Lake of fuel Oil gasoline and naphtha that leaked beneath the streets from a Eric Eksic terminal during the last half Century or More. The 14.5 million gallon Pool of Petroleum products lying under the Brooklyn Borough is larger than the nearly 11 million Gallons spilled by the Tanker Exxon Valdez off Alaska last year. That was the nations largest one time  officials said it will take years and Cost tens of millions of dollars to remove the Oil in Brooklyn which lies on top of an underground Pool of water or aquifer. The aquifer is not us cd for drinking water. Authorities have known of the problem since at least 1950, when gasoline fumes exploded in a sewer on Henry Street. In 1978 they estimated the size of the spill at 17 million Gallons. Of that about 2.5 million Gallons have been pumped out in a cleanup program that began in 1981. The state a called that cleanup rate far too slow. The work had been shared by Mobil and Amoco Oil co. Under the new agreement Mobil alone is to Dean up the spill and May seek on its own to recover costs from other Oil companies that it believes share responsibility. A fall this time there have been arguments Back and Forth regarding who a responsible for the cleanup a said Ben Marvin spokesman for the state department of environmental conservation. A under this agreement Mobil has accepted responsibility for the cleanup  the Oil is removed by drilling Wells then pumping it out. Mobil first will seek to gauge the size of the spill and decide How Many Wells Are needed and where to put them. This Marvin said May take a year. The Oil and other Petroleum products leaked from the Gree Point terminal a Complex on Newtown Creek where Oil has been stored since after the civil War. The leaks Date at least to world War ii Marvin said. No Oil is known to be leaking now although authorities cannot be certain about the condition of underground pipes at the terminal he said. Authorities also Are unsure what health danger if any May be posed by the underground Oil. Marvin noted that almost All of the City a water Supply is drawn from upstate reservoirs. Nonetheless he said a it s being cleaned up because it constitutes a threat to the environment having a Petroleum plume on top of an aquifer a the state believes Mobil is primarily responsible for the spill and it May have sued had Mobil not agreed to the cleanup Marvin said. Mark Cohen a company spokesman said a Mobil has stated in the past that we will do whatever is necessary to remedy whatever Wren re responsible for. Right now we think that the problem deserves attention and we re going to do whatever we can to accelerate the cleanup. That a our primary concern Quot 1 supreme court rejects bid to free reporter Washington apr the supreme court on monday rejected an Appeal to free a Texas reporter serving a six month jail term for refusing to reveal the name of a confidential source. The justices by a 7-2 vote rejected an emergency request by reporter Brian Karem of Mol to in san Antonio. Justices William j. Brennan and Thurgood Marshall voted to Grant Karemi a request that he be freed pending Appeal of a judges contempt order that led to his jailing. Karem was jailed june 27 after refusing to disclose the identity of a source who helped arrange his Telephone interview last year with jailed murder suspect Henry Hernandez. Hernandez is charged with fatally shooting san Antonio police officer Gary Williams in March 1989. Hernandez said in the interview that he shot the officer in self defense. Attorneys in the murder trial of Hernandez and his brother Julian have said they need to know who arranged the interview to assure a fair trial and to determine whether the interview should be admitted As evidence. Sheriff Harlow Copeland of Bexar county Texas said last week that he tracked Down the source who helped Karem and identified the individual As Hernandez a Cousin. Karem has refused to say whether the Cousin was the source. Supreme court Justice Byron a White on june 28 denied an earlier bid by Karem to be freed. Karem renewed his request by asking Brennan for help and Brennan referred the matter to the full court. Meanwhile the society of professional journalists called sunday for Karemi a immediate release and commended the reporter and his station Quot for their dedication and willingness to stand by the principles in which we believe even in the face of such adversity and at the Cost of such High personal sacrifice.�?�. A pi&Quot-�?T1 r a a 1 i 11 f Quot Fiji j of -. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. July ii 1950 a Gen. Douglas Macarthur announced in Tokyo that a heavily outnumbered battalion of american infantry trapped by the North koreans near Chonan had fought its Way through enemy lines and rejoined the main . Forces.30 years ago today. July ii i960 a belgian paratroopers landed in Leopold Ville in the newly Independent Congo to halt a week Long spree of murder rape and looting by Drunken congolese troops. At least 10 europeans including italian vice Consul Tito Spohia were known to have died in the widespread viofencc.20 years ago today. July 11, 1970 a the Nixon administration said it would revoke the lax exempt status of private schools that do not have nondiscriminatory racial admissions policies. The decision climaxed a year Long debate within the  years ago today. July 11, 1980 a a British scientist said Ash from the mount St. Helens Volcano in the state of Washington was the Likely cause of Britain s cold Rainy summer