European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 14,1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5greenpeace protesters delay Exxon ships voyage san Diego apr two Greenpeace protesters chained themselves to the rudder of the Exxon Mediterranean wednesday but were quickly removed As the Tanker formerly called the Exxon Valdez returned to serv ice. Several Greenpeace boats hovered near the Dock where the Exxon Mediterranean was scheduled to depart after Dawn wednesday said Exxon spokesman Les Rogers in Houston. The departure was delayed several hours because of the incident Rogers said. The Tanker left a pier at National steel amp shipbuilding co. Shortly before 10 ., but was further delayed by fog in san Diego Bay As tug boats Harbor police boats and coast guard vessels hovered nearby. Nine Greenpeace protesters were arrested and were cited for suspicion of trespassing and disturbing the peace said Harbor police chief Arthur Leblanc. He said they would be released after being processed. Company officials said the ship was undamaged and they hoped it would leave san Diego without further disruption. Before it was renamed the Exxon Valdez was involved in the worst Oil spill in . History when it ran aground in alaskans Prince William sound on March 24, 1989. It spilled almost 11 million Gallons of crude killing scores of animals and fouling hundreds of Miles of coastline. Greenpeace spokeswoman Dori Smith said at about 4 30 Two members of the group used suction cups to climb to the ships rudder and fastened themselves to it with a Metal Chain. Police sgt. David Rohowits said that shortly after 6 ., a Harbor police diver used Bolt cutters to get the two protesters off the rudder. Officers arrested them and a third protester in a a Iii mail its a san Diego Harbor police converge on a protester and an inflated Globe a Symbol of Greenpeace. A rubber raft trying to put a Greenpeace sign on the ship Rohowits said. A your goal was to attempt to prevent or delay departure of the ship and we Hope we have been Able to delay them so they would miss the morning tide a said Greenpeace spokesman Bill Walker. A we think we have been partially the ship is scheduled to go to Singa pore for refuelling before heading to the Mediterranean where Exxon officials say it will haul crude from Middle East countries to Europe. Repairs on the Tanker the largest in Exxon a 13-ship Fleet began in August 1989 and ended in july. Workers replaced one third of its Hull which was mangled by the grounding with 3,000 tons of Inch thick steel. Repair costs Tota cd $30 million. The Tanker can hold nearly 1.4 million barrels of crude. A barrel is 42 Gallons. The ship was renamed the Mediterranean in july. Exxon officials denied that its renaming and relocation were related to last years spill and said it is company policy to name tankers according to the areas they Seal replaced tuesday liftoff set Houston apr a crushed Seal that escaped detection in repeated checks of columbian a leaking rear compartment has been replaced and a confident Nasa set the space shuttles fourth launch attempt for tuesday. Engineers initially believed that one of columbian a three recirculation pumps leaked during fueling last week for nasal a third attempt to Send the shuttle on an astronomy Mission. The pumps were replaced and the crushed Seal was discovered tuesday As technicians checked the new pumps. Nasa spokesman James Hartsfield said wednesday that the Seal apparently was damaged when it was installed improperly after columbian a last flight in january. The Teflon Seal about 2 i inches in diameter is part of a valve on a Hydrogen line that leads to one of the shuttles three main rocket engines. The engineers a feel extremely confident that a what stopped our show last time a Hartsfield told reporters. A they think they be cured it. That a a great thing to be Able to Nasa has been trying to Send Columbia on an astronomy Mission since May when the shuttles Hydrogen leaks first were detected. The space Agency replaced the Hydrogen lines Between the orbiter and external tank and made minor repairs in the aft compartment. The new components did not leak during fueling for thursdays launch attempt. But Hydrogen flooded the rear compartment where the pumps and three main engines Are located. Exacting tests of the pumps that were removed found Only minor leakage and that could not account for the amount of Hydrogen that filled the compartment Hartsfield said. The National aeronautics and space administration has Only a few Days next traffic victims vital organs save 5 transplant patients Detroit apr As a Young boy Valdies Doss ran into a burning building to save a neighbourhood child. At his death the 29-year-old Man donated his vital organs for transplant operations that saved five More lives. A the loved people. He helped people All the time a his Mother Marva Odister said wednesday. Her son suffered fatal head injuries in a traffic Accident on sept. 7, and doctors approached her about the Organ donations. Early sunday surgical teams removed Doss heart lungs pancreas kidneys and liver. They also saved his eyes week in which to launch Columbia and its seven astronauts and a $150 million Observatory called Astro. After that the flight would have to wait until after discovery Stop priority Mission to Send a satellite on a 5-year journey to study the suns Polar regions. The space Agency on wednesday set oct. 8 As discovery a launch target Date although officials said that could change by a few Days either Way depending on flight preparations. Discovery must lift off by oct. 23, or the $750 million Mission will have to be delayed until 1991 when the Earth is aligned properly again with the Sun and Jupiter. The plutonium powered Sun probe called Ulysses will use Jupiter a Strong gravitational Field to a a Slingshot it Back to the Sun. It will be the first spacecraft to orbit Over the suns poles. Discovery a five astronauts in interviews at Johnson space Center onion the stars and stripes wednesday said they have full Confidence in Nasa and their shuttle. Discovery is the Only spaceship in which a Hydrogen leak has not been detected. Two of columbian a three launch scrubs occurred during the fueling process five to six hours before liftoff. Problems with one of four telescopes inside the cargo Bay accounted for the second failed launch attempt. Atlantis leaks were discovered when Hydrogen was pumped into the shuttle during a tanking test in june. Nasa has not launched a shuttle since april when discovery was sent into space with the Hubble space Telescope. The Telescope later was found to have a flawed Mirror that prevents it from focusing sharply. Discovery astronaut Bruce Melnick attributed nasal a trouble with the Telescope and leaking fuel systems to a an unusual string of bad a "1 a skin and Many Bones and veins. Doss heart was Given to a 40-year-old Man who had been waiting for two years to receive a transplant. His liver went to a 40-year-old patient and a 38-year-old Man has Doss left lung. Both of his kidneys were Given to women. A the number of patients that have benefited from this one donation is what a so exciting a said Gerda Lipcaman executive director of the Organ procurement Agency of Michigan. A the heart recipient the liver recipient the lung recipient a they have no recourse they get a transplant or they 40 years ago today. Sept. 14, 1950 a president Truman said he had dropped defense Secretary Louis Johnson and named Gen. George c. Marshall to succeed him. 30 years ago today. Sept. 14, 1960 a the soviets rejected the protest of the Western allies against East German interference with free travel in Berlin. 20 years ago today. Sept. 14, 1970 a the popular front for the liberation of Palestine threatened to retaliate with a Complete ruthlessness for israelis mass arrest of arabs. 10 years ago today. Sept. 14, 1980 a a chartered dc-3 _ rainstorm moments after it was cleared for an instrument Landing in Freeport Bahamas. Officials said none of the passengers or Crew survived. 1 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean in a driving for an in. _
