European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday May 29, 1991. 4 damage shows in the cruise ship Regent sea following the collision in the alaskan port of  damages cruise ships Docking at Windy alaskan port Skagway Alaska apr two cruise ships buffeted by Strong winds collided monday while mane vering to Dock in this Southeast alaskan port. Only minor injuries were reported the Island Princess suffered a 50-foot Gash on one Side that exposed 11 staterooms about 30 feet above the waterline and damaged railings and a lounge. Damage to the Regent sea was limited to a ripped steel Hull plate on the Stern the coast guard said. A we saw curtains and Sparks and a puff of smoke. We did t know what the hell happened a said Passen Ger Lynn Biller of Lockport 111., who witnessed the collision while standing on the Stern of the Regent sea. Three of the 600 passengers aboard the Island Princess suffered minor cuts said Peter Ratcliffe chief operating officer in los Angeles for Princess cruises the ships owner. A a the coast guard in Juneau said it was investigating the Accident and would let neither ship sail until the seaworthiness of both vessels had been confirmed. Ratcliffe described damage to the Island Princess As superficial and said its seaworthiness and Structure weren to affected. He said company officials Hadnot decided whether to Transfer passengers to other vessels. There was no immediate word on How Many passengers were aboard the Regent sea according to company records the 63lfoot Regent can carry up to 756 passengers with a Crew of 365. The 553-foot Island Princess has a capacity of 626 passengers and 344 Crew. Most Alaska cruise ships at this time of year carry full or near full passenger loads. Skagway is a Normal port Call for Alaska cruises situated in Southeastern Alaska about 85 Miles North of Juneau. \ the ships collided at 7 . In Skagway Bay about one half mile from Skagway said Jeff Brady a reporter for the Skagway news who witnessed the collision. Weather at the time of the collision was Clear although there were heavy South winds. Brady said. Both ships had pilots aboard at the time Ratcliffe said. V a \ a a a. The Regent sea was accompanied by a tugboat at the time of the collision Brady said. The Regent sea is owned by Regency  aids . Heist of $130,000 in coins from wire reports new York a thieves using a forklift loaded a truck with $130,000 in coins from a Bank warehouse in Queens and fled leaving an-1 other truck with $250,000 in coins behind police reported monday. Detective George Zaroogian of the 104th precinct said the heist by a unknown number of men was interrupted by Security guards making their rounds about 1 . Sunday at a Chase Manhattan Bank warehouse. Though the burglary was interrupted the thieves managed to escape with one vehicle on which was loaded $130,000 in $1, 50-cent and 25cent coins the police said Security guards spotted two men fleeing on foot and found the other truck loaded with approximately $250,000 still in the warehouse hiker Hurt in 50-foot fall twin Mountain . A Man fell 50 feet while hiking with a companion on mount Liberty and was in critical condition with head and neck injuries authorities said. Scott Landkamer 21, of Weare fell sunday near the Summit of the 4,460-foot Peak officials said. He was unconscious when rescuers reached him nearly 10 hours later said appalachian Mountain club spokesman Charlie Mccrave. Landkamer was in critical condition monday at Dartmouth Hitchcock medical Center in Hanover Ai Hospital spokeswoman  lands on Hope s lot Burbank Calif. A comedian Bob Hopes vacant lot was just sitting there when a House mover unexpectedly deposited a two Story House on it. Hope was nonplussed. A i went by there and said to the Guy a what Are you doing a and he told me he just wanted to leave it there for 20 minutes or so a a he said. But 20 minutes became six weeks because the mover Alfred Hampton never returned. Hampton did not respond to Telephone Calls to his office in Altadena. Calif., but it seems that his company was moving the 22-foot-High House on april 19 when it got mired in a Flower bed and blocked the Road. City officials allowed him to rest it temporarily on Hopes property the Only vacant spot in the neighbourhood. Hopes lawyers have 1 asked to have the House removed but without sue Cess a. A a a it a the property owners responsibility for keeping the property Clear a said the Burbank City attorney Joe Fletcher who would also like the House removed a but obviously he did no to put it  r Milwaukee of fourteen percent of teen agers convicted of a driving after drinking alcohol have kept their licenses since 1984, when Wisconsin adopted an a absolute sobriety Quot Law requiring License suspensions records show. A review of state transportation department records showed that 8,397 teen agers have been convicted under the Law but 1,169 did not have their licenses suspended. The Law intended to curb Drunken driving among teen agers forbids Drivers Between the Ages of 16 and 18 from having any alcohol in their blood and requires judges to suspend of fenders licenses for three months on conviction. Some judges and state officials blamed judges7 non compliance on poor communication he tween courts and. The transportation department opposition to the Law from judges and misunderstanding of a 1987 change in the Law. The percentage of cases resulting in License suspensions decreased from 96 percent Between 1984 and 1987 to 76 percent Between 1988 and april 30 of this year the review found. Three other states have absolute sobriety Laws. Arizonans Law applies to Drivers under 21. North Carolina and Oregon have Laws covering Drivers under 18. The Lack of suspensions May reflect opposition from judges who disagree with the Law and choose not to enforce it said Dane county court commissioner Todd Meurer who oversees county courts that cover Madison Home to the University of  Disi for caution Newton mass. Up a Leader of the Tiana men Square protest warned monday that president Bush a decision to continue granting China preferred trading status without conditions would be a profoundly damaging to human rights in his country. Shin Tong 22, who is now chairman of the  democracy for China fund said his group did not oppose China a receiving most favored nation treatment but he said it should be extended Only of Beijing improves its record on political and religious rights. In a commencement speech at Yale University earlier in the Day Bush announced that he planned to continue China Quot a Trade status Tor one year despite Beijing a continuing crackdown on dissidents. Shen a Leader of the june 1988 mass protests in Beijing s Tiana men Square which ended in a brutal military crack Down said the Bush administrations policy would be a profoundly damaging to the human rights of the chinese people and was a sending the wrong message to  a president Bush continues to choose. The wrong Side of history standing with a dying generation of rulers who have lost the support of the chinese people a Shen said. We believe free Trade is important for democratic change in China but the world must not let the rulers in Beijing conclude that anything goes a he said. Man with human rights conditions attached is the Best w a to keep the door to China open and to maintain pressure for  Shen who graduated from Brandeis University on sunday was the first protest Leader to escape to the United states after the repression and a Book on his experiences a almost a revolution a was published in 1990