European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 11, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 Nasa space Center Houston apr Nasa on monday grounded two Veteran shuttle commanders one involved in a fatal collision of stunt planes at a weekend air show and one accused of Fly my too close to a commercial Airliner. A Navy cmdr. Robert l. A a Hoot Gibson and Navy capt. David m. Walker were grounded for violations of Johnson space Center flight Crew operations guidelines Nasa said. Gibson was grounded for one year and Walker for 60 Days. A this is the first time we have removed Crew members from flights for disciplinary reasons a said Nasa spokesman Jeff Carr. Gibson 43, piloted an eight Day challenger Mission in 1984 and commanded the 1986 Columbia Mission and the december 1988 Atlantis Mission. Walker piloted a space shuttle flight in 1984 and 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 for one year for violating a policy that restricts High risk recreational activities for astronauts named to flight Crews. \ a a Quot. Gibson a stunt plane on saturday collided with another plane during a Texas airshow. The second Craft hurtled into a cd Enfield and killed its Pilot Henry w. 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 nasal a director of flight Crew operations said Gibson a participation in the event was a a Clear 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 which the Pilot of a pan am flight reported a a near mid air collision Between his aircraft and a t-38 Jet flown by Walker near Washington a Dulles International Airport. A near collision is generally reported when two planes come within 500 feet of each other and either i i. Quot a a a t capt. David Walker Pilot feels the planes were in danger of colliding. The Federal aviation administration said control cmdr. Robert Gibson fill Irtz accusing Walker of the planes came pm a vertically but that it was not Clear How far apart the planes were horizontally. Walker had descended to 7,000 feet a the assigned Altitude of the pan am Airliner a when a controller ordered him to climb to 8,000 feet Faa spokesman John Leyden said at the time. Carr said the timing of the two groundings was a an incredible coincidence a the decision to group to 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 infractions. Mobil agrees to pump out huge spi n new York apr Mobil Oil corp. Agreed monday to pump out an underground Lake of fuel of gasoline and naphtha that leaked beneath the streets from a Creekside 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 spill. State 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 used 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 has 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 clean 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 Tor 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 a it a being cleaned up because it constitutes a threat to the environment having a Petroleum plume on top of an  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 Quot Mobil has stated in the past that we will do whatever is necessary to remedy whatever we 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 sex gov. Moore sentenced to prison Charleston w. A. Apr Fonner gov. Arch a Moore or. Was sentenced tuesday to five years and 10 months in prison for mail fraud extortion filing 1alse income taxes and obstruction of Justice. U s District judge Walter Hoffman also fined Moore u a. A the three term Republican governor had faced up to to years in prison and $ 1.25 million in fines for crimes involving his 1984 Campaign and his 1985-89 term in office. Hoffman sentenced Moore to concurrent terms of five years for extortion six months for mail fraud and two years on each of two tax fraud counts. Moore receive an additional 10 months for obstruction of Justice in blocking a Federal grand jury investigation into corruption in his administration. The longest serving governor in West a Tjwan history was ordered to report to a Federal prison on july 31. The . Attorneys office told Hoffman before the sentencing that Moore failed to accept responsibility for the crimes. Of there is one thing missing from that Man it s remorse a said assistant . Attorney Joe Savage. Also at Issue were the sources of $100,000 Moore admitted funnelling into his 1984 Campaign fund. Savage said Moore has identified the sources for Only $20,000. Moore s lawyer William Hundley said that amount is All Moore can recall. ,. Moore who was indicted april 12, admitted extorting $573,000 from Coal operator h. Paul Kizer of Becl Dey in return for a $2.1 million refund from the state s Black lung fund which provides benefits to Coal miners Moore a former six term congressman who also served As governor from 1969 to 1977, is the second West Virginia governor to be convicted on Federal charges . A Wally Quot Barron a Democrat who served from 1961 to 1965, was convicted of bribing the Foreman of a jury that acquitted him of bribery in 1968. Moore was acquitted in 1976 of extorting $25,000 from a financial holding company trying to get a state Bank charter. Sands  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. July 11, 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. A. July 11, 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 violence. 20 ears ago today. ,. July 11, 1970 a the Nixon administration said it would revoke the tax exempt status of private schools that do not have nondiscriminatory racial admissions policies. The decision climaxed a year Long debate within the government. 10 years ago today. July ii 1980 a a British scientist said Ash from the mount St. Helens Volcano in the state of Washington was the Likely cause of Britain a cold Rainy summer