European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes monday july 22, 1991work begins to dilute California spill Sacramento Calif. Up Crews began work saturday aimed at diluting about 12,000 Gallons of deadly herbicide that spilled from a derailed train into californians largest Reservoir. The plan to aerate the pesticide using an air pump on a Barge in Lake Shasta was hatched by Southern Pacific Railroad officials and agreed to by representatives of the 35 agencies involved the cleanup As the safest most efficient Way to rid the Reservoir of the contamination said Lenny Clavecilla a spokesman for the state fish and game department. Officials Hope that blowing compressed air into the herbicide mass located near the reservoirs Northern end w h Speed its dispersal and dilution into the 555 billion Gallons of water stored in the Reservoir. Lake Shasta is used to collect water for the Central Valley project californians largest water distribution system. Most of the water is used for Central Valley agriculture but the Reservoir also supplies water to Alameda Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties. To prevent poisonous Vapours from escaping hoses will Spray a a dome of water Over the site to collect fumes and return them to the Lake where they will be further diluted by the water Clavecilla said it was estimated that it would take about two Days to dissipate the spill. Between 11,000 and 12,000 Gallons of the toxic substance a soil fumigant widely used in California spilled from a Southern Pacific tank car that derailed july 14 in a narrow Canyon in the Northern part of California. The spill killed More than 100,000 fish As it crept along a 50-mile stretch of the Sacramento River Channel Between the derailment site and Shasta dam. Pcs cleanup Crews use pump trucks to Spray water Over an area of Lake Shasta contaminated by herbicide. It also appeared to have killed plants close to the Bank before sinking to a depth of about 20 feet below the surface of the Reservoir behind the dam. Health officials began testing private and Public water supplies Friday taking 26 samples. The testing continued saturday at More than 40 private Wells. Results were expected sunday. About 19,500 Gallons of the chemical were being transported in the Tanker car at the time of the Accident. A Southern Pacific spokesman said about 7,000 Gallons of the herbicide were pumped out of the Tanker after the Accident. The remainder leaked into the River. The san Francisco chronicle reported saturday that the derailment May have been caused by uneven loading of six freight cars heavily loaded with scrap Metal. State environmental officials said Friday that they will file suit to Force Southern Pacific to pay for the cleanup. Attorney general Dan Lungren also said that the state is considering filing criminal charges against the company. Calif police use of his list protested by aids activists Union City Calif. Apr aids activists have suspected for years that police dispatchers use code words to Tell officers when a suspect is known to be infected with aids a police dispatcher did t bother to use a code word last month when he told an officer Over Public radio Waves that a person was infected. The department later acknowledged it kept a list of people known to carry the his virus. J the american civil liberties Union and aids adv easy groups want to ensure that such a conversation never goes Over Public radio Waves again. They say its a flagrant violation of privacy Laws As Well As those meant to ensure the confidentiality of people with aids. A it s an outrage a said Jill Jacobs director of the aids project in Oakland. Quot people Are discriminated against every Day of the week and now we make it Public and broadcast it on the  on june 28, police in this Blue Collar town of 50, Jim residents South of Oakland responded to a Domestic disturbance. They were radioed an address and a person s name and told that the person was known to carry his the aids virus. I he Acle has asked police chief Al Guzman to de stroy the list and halt such broadcasts. Guzman confirmed the june 28 broadcast took place but said it was a one time occurrence. The chief will meet with the Acle and representatives of several activist groups aug 2. In response police removed the aids notations irom the data base and agreed to Stop the practice until the meeting acting police chief Connie Van Putten said wednesday. Guzman was on vacation and could not be reached for comment. He has said that the radioed aids remark was an isolated incident but that he will continue to argue in favor of the practice. Van Putten said the data base which is used by police and fire officials provides various types of information to officers responding to a potential crime scene including whether a person is infected with tuberculosis or hepatitis. Hie data base had tour names with references to aids which Van Putten said was used to protect officers. Quot this particular Call was a fight Call a Van Putten said. A it would be Hoove the officer to know that his status. Not on every fight Call would they Don  Law local ends 26-Day walkout Baltimore apr striking workers at a general motors corp. Minivan Plant overwhelmingly ratified an agreement saturday ending a 26-Day walkout Over safety issues. A. Sunny Biedrzycki a spokesman for United Auto workers local 239, said More than 99 percent of the plants 3,200 workers approved the agreement. Strikers charged that several Hundred layoffs had made the Plant unsafe. I he company agreed to hire 46 More workers and Stop using outside contractors in place of Union workers Biedrzycki said. 1 Hose workers include Law plumbers electricians welders and pipe fitters. Workers were to return to their jobs sunday night said Terry Youngerman the plants personnel director. A we re absolutely delighted an Tlly a sure the local Union is delighted a Youngerman said. Quot we re glad this thing is behind us and we can move  Union members walked off the Job june 24, charging that the layoffs left remaining workers facing dangerous conditions As they strove to maintain production Levels. Pm Laid Oft about 400 workers in february but rehired Many of them to replace others who retired or were on vacation the company  supremacist rally draws anti Kkt protesters from wire reports Aurora Colo. A a rally of about 80 White supremacists and Kun flux klan members saturday Drew about 10 times As Many counter protesters. About 300 police officers monitored the standoff but there was no violence said police spokeswoman Linda Barrow. I lore than 700 people yelled Quot death to the klan and a no peace for racists from the opposite end of the Aurora Park. White supremacists including some skinheads listened to speakers at a podium flanked by men carrying Shields with the Kkt insignia. Some participants carried Confederate and . Flags Aurora officials had tried to discourage people from protesting against the rally but some Black and hispanic leaders encouraged the demonstrators to go. Some protesters wore to shirts that said Quot Rainbow Power and a Black  Dies in fall Tulsa okla. A a High school graduate Cele a Brating his 19th birthday climbed onto the school roof and crashed through a skylight falling 50 Leet to his death police said. Tien Van Chau and four friends were celebrating his birthday when they decided to climb onto the roof of memorial High school said police it. Larry merchant. Chau began walking around a stepped on a plexiglas skylight and fell through it onto a wooden basketball court below merchant sail. Firefighters had to break open the gymnasium doors. Chau was pronounced dead at a Hospital. Chau graduated in the Spring said principal Bill Bond. He said students often return to the Campus to visit with friends but he was not aware that students had been on the roof before. A a lot of kids love this place and come Back to it a Bond said