European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 20, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9splashing into Summers amps gory Miller with summer just a paddle pull away rafters in Italy launched the season Early last weekend with a race at Nisida Island. Ten Crews of americans britons and italians competed for the broken paddle award that earned $300 for local charities. Rafters such As Royal air Force Squadron Leader John Jeffery left and his Parrot raced their homemade vessels in Naples Bay from the jetty at Nisida an Island where naval forces Southern Europe a Headquarters arc located to nearby buoys and Back. It took Energy and Luck for some entries such As the two at right to make it. The British at Allied forces Southern Europe Headquarters in Naples organized the race. Navy commanders now liable for leave ferries Jacksonville Fla apr the . Navy is making its commanding officers personally responsible for the seaworthiness of commercial ferries used by their sailors during Shore leaves a Navy spokesman said tuesday. A \ \ the decision was the result of an Accident investigation by the Navy judge advocate general a office into the ferry Accident that killed 21 Mayport  sailors last december in Israel a the commanding officers will be required to certify that the Liberty boats Are up to standards a it. Fred Henney a Navy spokesman in Washington told the Florida times Union in Jacksonville on tuesday. A that has never been done before. Usually the Supply officer will take a look at the Liberty boats and hire them on a Henney said. The a1 Tovia one of two israeli ferries hired by the . Aircraft Carrier Saratoga was returning to the pcs Sel from Haifa with 102 sailors aboard when it filled with water and Sank because a Bilge pumping system was either missing or broken. A the Navy investigation report was first made Public monday night by lbs news in Washington which obtained a copy under a Freedom of information act re a quest. A a a a t a. A Henney said the Navy also is requiring that a Navy Shore patrolman ride on each commercial ferry and that a member of the Navy ships Shore detachment in Spect All the ferries Bilges before each trip. A we implemented those things right afterwards said cmdr. Mike Kaczmarek the Saratoga a executive officer who As the senior officer aboard the Carrier the night of the Accident took charge of Rescue operations. Harold and Delores Mccright whose son Brent 23, drowned in the Accident found Little Solace in the new rules. Quot a. A. A a a the new procedures done to help me a said Harold Mccright. His wife said their sort was an excellent swimmer but could not escape from the ferry slower compartment. A Why did no to the Navy have someone on the ferry checking it a she asked a a it a such a waste. The Navy knew better than  the Navy report said the a1 Tovias pumping system had not been working from-6 . On dec. 21 until the Accident six hours later. In 3 to 5-foot seas the ferry continuously took on water during four round trips from Shore to the Saratoga Henney said. Arrives in us. For leukaemia treatment new York up a an anxious and eary eyed soviet boy arrived in the undid states on  receive chemo therapy for the leukaemia he contracted rom the explosion at the chernobyl no Ilear Plant. Vladimir Simanovich 10, of Gomel 50 Niles from chernobyl arrived at Kenne in International Airport and could not obtain his tears said Tom Mcdowell of he humanitarian organization chernobyl help North America. Mcdowell said he and his wife Mari a gave the boy a tiny  Flag and i balloon which he Clung to during the ride to the Agency a Manhattan office. A i Jet a very nervous and scared a Mcdowell said adding that the boy had been on a plane for 12 hours. A on the Way Home he started bleeding from his nose and Mouth. A the did no to want to say anything. He was crying All the Way  Vladimir seems studious said Mcdowell describing How the boy looked through magazines in the office. A letter the boy carried said he likes drawing Reading television cartoons and postage Stamps Mcdowell said. The boy was to leave for Iowa at 10 . Wednesday where he is to receive treatment Over a three month period at the Iowa methodist medical Center in Des Moines. Mcdowell said the boy desperately needs the chemotherapy treatment calling his Case �?ocritical.�?�. The boy is the second child the Agency has been Able to bring to the United states Mcdowell said. The first soviet child a girl is still undergoing a Bone marrow transplant at a Hospital in Rochester. A although the situations Are grave and they re life threatening we re hopeful a Mcdowell said. A a by Henry Unger. Cox news service Madelyn Miller created a voodoo doll to stick it to the tax Man. Now the tax Man is sticking it to her. Miller who started Selling a a Taxman voodoo dolls last february has been notified that one of her Dallas based companies will be audited by the Texas comptrollers office. A this just popped up As a routine audit a said Andy Welch director of tax information for the comptroller. A it had nothing to do with any specific product she May be  Miller agreed but added a i think having the doll will help relieve my stress and  the 12-Inch doll comes with three pins so taxpayers can take out their frustrations on a nerdy looking irs employee. Miller who attracted a lot of Media attention with the doll sold about 2,000 of them nationally for a suggested retail a ice of.$10.40. The comptrollers office will be conducting a sales tax audit of Millers advertising Agency which is a separate company from the one that sold the doll. So is Miller worried about an irs audit As Well a i sure Hope i wont get one of those a she said a but i am