European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6the stars and stripes tuesday july 31,1990standards done to Stop tvs from killing kids panel told Washington apr a 2-Ycar-old agreement regulating All terrain vehicles fails to protect children from death and serious injury lawmakers and consumer advocates say. A Matvs Are kid killers Plain and simple a said Charles j. Chvala a Wisconsin state senator urging further Federal action to ban at use by children under 16. Even adult riders face risks because of inadequate safety standards regulating the Oft Road vehicles witnesses told the Senate governmental affairs committee. A your age does no to mean you re going to be Safe a said . Rep. Bill Sarpalius describing How he suffered a broken Back when an at in which he was Riding rolled Over. The Texas Democrat called for an outright ban on sales of tvs in the United states. Government figures show that about 300 people Are killed annually in at related accidents and 50,000 people arc injured. The government estimates there will he 200 such deaths and 39,000 injuries in 1992.All 44 on plane Safe after nose gear collapses new York apr the nose gear on a pan am express flight carrying 44 people collapsed As the plane landed sunday but no one was injured officials said. Flight 4805 from Boston landed at John f. Kennedy International Airport at 5 57 . After two approaches said Federal aviation administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen. Marines Call Home tipped Noriega off paper report Miami apr Manuel Antonio Noriega Learned in Advance of the . Invasion of Panama when a Marine telephoned his Mother to complain that it would interfere with his vacation the Miami Herald reported. The newspaper based its account on secret army debriefing papers that were videotaped by a British journalist. The documents also describe efforts by a Noriega aide to mediate discussions about commercial and diplomatic relations Between Israel and Cuba. The Security leaks that warned Noriega of the pending invasion were described in some of the More than 140 secret reports written by the joint debriefing Center of the . Army a 470tn military intelligence brigade following the dec. 20 invasion the Herald reported sunday. Captured panamanian officers told . Interrogators that Noriega never expected a full scale invasion until dec. 17, when he obtained Telephone intercepts and intelligence reports indicating an assault was imminent. The panamanian military intercepted a phone Call from a Marine assigned to the . Embassy in Panama who contacted his Mother in the states. . Troops later found a transcript of the conversation at the Headquarters of Panama a military intelligence Agency. A a we be been Here in the embassy since 10 o clock last night waiting for the War to Start a the Marine said. A i was upset. They want to Start when in a getting ready to go Home on  Noriega also received warnings on dec. 19, just hours before the attack began. Capt. Ivan Castillo one of Noriega a bodyguards said two . Soldiers were overheard saying the invasion would begin that night. And on the same Day a . Soldier assigned to the arms room at an american base warned his Girlfriend of the invasion. Another woman a panamanian Soldier who was with the Girlfriend at the time immediately contacted Noriega a secret police about the conversation officers said. Highlights of the debriefing reports were recently videotaped by a British investigative reporter Paul Lashmar of Granada televisions a world in action Quot and provided to the Herald. The . Southern come in Panama has refused to confirm or deny the authenticity of the documents. A we do not discuss alleged intelligence activities a one official said Friday. The documents also contain accounts of meetings Between cuban president Fidel Castro and Mike Harari a retired israeli intelligence officer and an aide to Noriega. The panamanians said Harari was working a under israeli government instructions to Foster better relations with Cuba. Maj. Felipe Camargo a Noriega loyalist now imprisoned m Panama who was the general Stop Liaison with Cuba said Harari began working with Noriega regularly about 10 years ago when the israeli arranged for training of the panamanian army a special anti terrorist forces in Israel. Neither Harari a lawyers nor the israeli government would comment on the documents. A we Are not commenting on this subject at All Quot said israeli foreign ministry spokesman Motti Mihai. A this is just what some officer says or. Harari said.  an Oil carrying Barge attached to a tugboat nearly sinks after being ruptured in a collision saturday with the liberian Oil Tanker Shin Oussa in the Houston ship  try to keep Texas spill from wetlands Galveston Texas apr a 5-mile-Long Oil Slick from two collision if ruptured barges in Galveston Hay moved a away from Shore sunday As cleanup Crews tried to deflect the Patch from sensitive Marshlands the coast guard said. Both barges were damaged saturday in a collision with the liberian Oil Tanker Shin Oussa in the Houston ship Channel. One Barge nearly Sank and the other was listing. Some 50,000 Gallons of Oil have been spilled. The two barges were carrying about 700,000 Gallons of a cat feed Oil a similar to a no. 5 heavy crude used in refining coast guard capt. Thomas Greene said. Oil leaking from the nearly sunken Barge bubbled to the water s surface while Oil spilling from the other vessel was mostly trapped by absorbent pads. The barges were among three being towed by the tugboat cd Handy n. The tug was undamaged and no injuries were reported. The 601-foot Tanker carrying 29,400 metric tons of Jet fuel remained anchored another coast guard official said. Although the collision left a Gash in its Hull the vessel did no to leak because of its double Hull. The 27,793-ton Shin Oussa Wras built this year he said. Crews worked sunday to contain the spilling Oil As the ship Channel remained closed backing up several vessels for the second time in a week. In addition to the main Slick a smaller Patch developed near the Accident site Greene said. Quot its nothing significant compared to the Patch in the North a Greene said. However the new Patch was about a mile from a Beach South of the Accident site. A your concern right now a coast guard cmdr. Frank Whipple said Quot is mainly the Oil in the water and keeping it out of the sensitive areas and the Barge that a leaking a securing it so that it slops leaking  the Slick drifted North Northeast earlier sunday farther into the larger part of Galveston Bay but also on a possible path toward Trinity Bay which has several sensitive estuaries. The Slick which starts about two Miles from the Accident site shifted to a southerly course As currents changed sunday afternoon Greene said. A the Slick is going to keep oscillating Back and Forth each time farther and farther North and South with the tides Quot he said. Booms were placed around both vessels to contain spilling Oil. Greene said Crews also placed about 2,500 feet of Boom at the Slicks leading Edge in Hopes of encircling it until the Oil can be skimmed from the water. Coast guard Petty officer Dennis Schaefer said Salvage Crews were working to right the nearly sunken Barge. Tugboats surrounded the second Barge to keep it afloat while the third Barge carrying 20,000 barrels of fuel was moved up the ship Channel. Apex re amp to inc., a St. Louis based towing firm owns the tug and barges and was working with Salvage contractor to amp to Marine of Galveston on the cleanup Schaefer said. Salvage Crews planned to Transfer the fuel from the barges to other vessels this week coast guard Petty officer Gene Maestas said. Texas water commission chairman . A a Bucko Wynne Iii said the Slick is a in the open Bay and we re quite concerned about that although this is not a relatively big spill. There Are some very sensitive Estuary areas in Galveston Bay and they could be  although More Oil was spilled from the norwegian supertanker Mega Borg last month the latest Accident could be More serious because of the heavier Oil and the proximity to Marshlands Wynne said. Some thought has been Given to employing Oil eating bacteria which were used experimentally to clean up the Mega Borg Oil spill and have not been found to Hurt the environment Wynne said