European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a a a the stars stripes Friday August 17,1990 stateside1 2 injured in collision of Tanker army Barge Venice la. Apr a Tanker collided Early thursday with an army corps of engineers Barge on which about 100 employees were living the coast guard said. Twelve people were reported Hurt in the Accident on the Mississippi River. It. Mark Kasper said up to 17 people originally were feared missing but that it was later Learned that everyone had made it to safety. The injured were taken to hospitals for treatment the extent of their injuries was not immediately known. The collision involved an empty 800-fool Hong Kong Tanker a living Quartz is Barge said coast guard spokesman Steve Guy. The Accident occurred near Venice which is not far from the Mouth of the Mississippi about 80 Miles below new hold up Fri agents take weapons equipment los Angeles apr bandits armed with an Uzi robbed a pair of Fri agents wednesday fled in a government car full of weapons radio equip men stolen from one of the lawmen police said. No one was injured in the Robbrt that occurred at 12 30 p m. When the two agents in separate government vehicles stopped on a Street to discuss a Case said police sgt. Greg Correa. A was they were talking a car drove up a ass engr jumped out carrying an Uzi a said Orrea. A the pointed it at one of the agents who jumped out of his car. Ran away leaped Over a Fence to . The gunman ordered the other agent out of his car then got in the government vehicle sped away the sergeant said. The gunman a accomplice followed in the car the pair had arrived in. The agents names the robbery location were withheld. Be sex prosecutor pleads guilty Aspa. Drug probe widens by the Washington Post Scranton a. A former Pennsylvania Deputy attorney general Richard l. Guida pleaded guilty to a felony cocaine distribution charge wednesday shortly after a Federal prosecutor said Guida had supplied cocaine to a numerous friends associates while in office used the drug with Henry g. Barr a former top aide to attorney general Dick Thornburgh. The plea by Guida who until he resigned in september 1986 had been Pennsylvania a chief criminal prosecutor came on the same Day that another former state Deputy attorney general w. Michael Trant pleaded guilty to a Misdemeanour charge of possessing cocaine Between april 1985 october 1987, for All but the last three months of that period Trant was director of the state attorney general a office of legislative affairs. A. The two guilty pleas provided new details about a 15-month Federal drug investigation that officials say has uncovered widespread cocaine use among professionals at the highest Levels of Pennsylvania Ana Federal Law enforcement. Last Friday Barr who served As general counsel to Thornburgh when he was governor later As Thornburgh s special assistant for criminal investigations at the Justice department was indicted on two Misdemeanour cocaine charges two felony counts of making false statements to obtain a department Security clearance. Assistant . Attorney Gordon . Zubrod said the ongoing investigation will focus on cocaine use among those involved in Public health such As doctors others who hold jobs a involving a Public but he added a a we re not anticipating the indictments of any other current or former Public officials at this Guida 43, a wiry Man with a Salt Pepper Mustache appeared relaxed at wednesdays proceeding bantered with Fri agents who had investigated him. A flamboyant courtroom performer Guida had gained prominence for winning the conviction of a Philadelphia area High school principal on charges of murdering teacher Susan Reinert her two children a Case that became the subject of a Book a made for to movie. In March Guida agreed to cooperate with Federal prosecutors testified that he had used cocaine repeatedly with Barr others including one of his Law partners a local investment banker sports club owner whom he has identified As Barr s a source of but Guidas initial guilty plea to Misdemeanour Possession charges was dissolved after Zubrod alleged that Guida was holding Back information on his cocaine use with another High ranking Public official. Zubrod told reporters after wednesdays proceeding that on More than 50 occasions during the december 1984 to october 1987 period Guida had shared Small a lines Quot of cocaine totalling a Gram or less with friends others. In court Zubrod identified Barr As a among those individuals who had used cocaine with Guida. But he emphasized hat he was not alleging that Guida was Barr s supplier. Barr is scheduled to be arraigned in Scranton Federal court next week his lawyer has said be will plead not guilt Zubrod also said the government was not alleging Guida distributed cocaine for profit a a Point made by both Guida his lawyer Paul Killion during a court hearing Ort the Pica before . District judge Edwin Kozik. Guida told Kozik his cocaine distribution was Only in a social situation. The Legal term for this is a accommodation distribution a Zubrod acknowledged that such charges Are rarely brought against Ordinary citizens. But Zubrod said that drug use in this Case is far More serious when it involves Public officials. Guida could be sentenced to 20 years in prison.9 Homes for Sale at love canal remain Niagara Falls . Apr a state Agency put nine Homes up for Sale wednesday near the love canal chemical dump a but without guarantees that toxic leaks will not recur. The Homes have been rigorously tested arc As Safe As any in Niagara Falls said William l. Broderick executive director of the love canal area revitalization Agency. But he said no written guarantees Are going to be Given because it is impossible to ensure against future leaks from the 22,000 tons of chemicals still buried in the canal. The leaking toxins once drove 2,500 people from the neighbourhood which was bought by the government in the 1970s. A fall we have is the written Assurance of the state health department the state environmental department As to the maintenance of the canal a Broderick told a news conference at his Agency a offices about 500 feet from the toxic dump site. A if there is a problem in the future in a sure the state will come Back do As they did last the Agency originally planned to offer 10 Homes wednesday out Broderick said a neighbourhood resident Al read y h o to red t o b u y one. Eight years ago the idea that anyone would want to move Back to the neighbourhood was so preposterous it became a joke in the movie Quot Tootsie a when Dustin Hoffman a character considers taking a part in a play called Quot return to love James e. Carr the Agency a planning director said Tours of the Homes will be Given for the next 20 Days to interested buyers. The Agency plans to Start accepting offers sept. 5, Broderick said a flurry of last minute court action tuesday would not prevent the Agency from going ahead with plans to sell some love canal Homes. More than 200 people including several former residents. Have expressed interest m the Small single Lami by Homes. Asking prices of $40,000 to $60,000 a about 20 percent less than comparable Homes elsewhere a have stimulated interest. Many prospective buyers say they belies e the danger from the chemical dump has been overstated. A the canal went right through my Back Yard. As kids we used to go Back in those to ields mow them Down play baseball a Gail Mcclinsey said. A i m Tine 1 have two children. They re line 1 keep in touch with some of the friends 1 grew up with. They re but doubts remain about allowing people to move a 1980 Aerial View shows the love canal dump where toxic leaks once drove Many families from their Homes. Hit into Homes just a few blocks front the canal bed where Hooker chemical co. Dumped dioxin fobs other toxins in the 1940s 1950s,leaks discovered in the late 1970s led 2,500 residents to abandon their Homes making love Cana a National Symbol of he threat posed by toxic waste. Carr said the area containing the 10 Homes is Safe even though most of the chemicals dumped in the canal have not been removed Quot they do testing Alt the time. There a continual monitoring going on Quot he said. Quot sure live Richard j. , a lawyer Tor environmental Community groups seeking to Block resettlement disagreed. "1 would never buy a Home in love canal. 1 would never put my family in such jeopardy a he said. Quot if 1 do it there is no Way i could recommend to any one else to do it.�?�. The groups asked stale supreme court Justice Joseph mint to enforce his 1985 injunction barring resettlement pending environmental a ability studies. Lint the Agency urged him to lift the order saying the studies have been done. No rulings Are expected until Milz a Tunis Imin vacation next month
