European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes tuesday july 23,1991 a pumper trucks create a watery canopy above a Section of Lake Shasta in an Effort to remove toxic chemicals. Dramatic Progress claimed in battling toxins at Shasta by the los Angeles times Redding Calif. A Southern Pacific transportation co. Officials reported their first Success sunday in cleaning toxic pesticides from Lake Shasta. The officials said they used an experimental system that has a a trapped the Poison in a narrow Bay and is slowly removing it from the water. The department of fish and game also announced that Levels of the chemical Are now so Low in the Sacramento River that test Trout placed in the River in cages survived overnight. A there clearly is dramatic improvement a said James Strock Secretary of the new California environmental Protection Agency. = the first Progress in cleaning up the spill came nearly a week after a Southern Pacific train derailed and dumped up to 19,000 Gallons of Metal sodium into the River killing All aquatic life along a 45-mile stretch of the waterway. With the pesticide plume moving slowly in the Lake toward Shasta dam cleanup Crews set up a floating decontamination system on barges near Sugarloaf Marina. Huge pumps sucked the tainted water from the Lake and sprayed it into the air to Speed decomposition of the chemical. At the same time Large hoses washed the los Angeles apr police officials Are cracking Down on messages sent via patrol car computers after an Independent commission found hundreds of racist and otherwise offensive transmissions a newspaper reported sunday. Three full time and 15 part time officers have been assigned to conduct spot checks of thousands of transmissions that patrol officers and dispatchers Send each Day the los Angeles times reported. The newspaper quoted unidentified sources and did not say who or cred the assignments. A police spokesman did not return messages sunday the review is intended to Stop personal messages and to identify officers who Send offensive transmissions the newspaper said. It also is aimed partly at finding and punishing those who sent messages deemed Dallas up a prosecutors have charged the executive director of the East Dallas Myca with failing to report suspected child abuse in the Case of a former Myca Counselor who admitted to molesting More than 40 children. Gigi Woodruff 30, was expected to surrender to authorities this week. A warrant for her arrest was issued Friday and her attorney was notified police said. Woodruff could not be reached for comment. Officials would not say Why police believe Woodruff had reason to suspect Counselor David Wayne Jones. Vapours Back into the Lake to prevent dangerous fumes from escaping and endangering Public health. By recycling the water through the aeration system around the clock Railroad officials said they Hope they can reduce the Poison to Safe Levels within several Days. A a it a working perfectly a said Herbie Bart a Southern Pacific expert brought in from Houston to head the operation. A i know in be got it  Bart said the Coth nation of sunlight air and fresh water will cause the chemical to break Down quickly into harmless elements As the tainted water is pumped out of the Lake and sprayed upward. Measurements of the Mist show that near the Spray nozzle the pesticide is still at Levels that exceed safety standards. However Bart said the a protective canopy of water sprayed Over the site is not letting any of the Poison escape into the air. The detoxification system is processing 5,200 Gallons of Lake water per minute Bart said. That a equivalent to one third of the water entering the entire Lake from All its tributaries. As the pesticide plume travelled More than three Miles into Lake Shasta the Poison spread out and became More diluted. But Southern Pacific experts said they were confident they had set up their operation in the right location to flush out most of the chemical. Offensive by an Independent commission that reviewed the department the times said. The commission reviewed computer messages As part of its investigation of the los Angeles police department after the videotaped beating of a Black Motorist by a group of White officers in March. The commission said it found recurrent racist sexist and homophobic remarks typed by officers into patrol car communication systems. Among examples it cited a sounds like Monkey slapping time and a i would love to drive Down Slauson a Street that runs through minority neighbourhoods with a Flamethrower. We would have a  the commission published 700 messages it deemed offensive. They were sent in the 16 months preceding the beating. The charge against Woodruff is a Misdemeanour punishable by up to six months in jail and a $ 1,000 Fine or both. Frank Branson a Dallas lawyer representing the parents of a child molested at the East Dallas Myca accused the organizations officials saturday of a a cover up for failing to report suspected abuse. Jones 20, was arrested in March on a charge of sexually abusing a child while baby sitting at the boys Home. Jones later admitted to police that he had molested at least 40 children who attended the East Dallas Myca the largest molestation Case in the City a  Sailor defects during Stop in Florida from wire reports Mayport naval station Fla. A soviet Sailor on a visit with his Fleet has defected officials said. The Sailor whose name was not released turned himself Over to the . Immigration and naturalization service in Jacksonville and asked for permission to remain in the United states officials said saturday. A state department spokesman said no decision has been made in the sailors Case. The ins notified the state department and the Fri about the request. But representatives of both agencies said they had few details. Three soviet ships the. Guided missile Cruiser marshal Ustinov the destroyer Simferopol and Supply ship Nestr were in town for five Days on a Goodwill visit. They carried about 1,000 sailors. The soviets toured Jacksonville visiting two shopping malls and a supermarket attended a baseball game and participated in a soccer match. Many of the sailors also went to Walt Disney world and Epcot Center in  Maccready honoured Dayton Ohio a Paul Maccready who designed a human powered aircraft that flew from England to France has been inducted into the aviation Hall of Fame. He designed the 70-Pound Gossamer Albatross which made the flight in 1979. Several years earlier Maccready designed and built the Gossamer Condor which stayed aloft for seven minutes while flying a figure eight course. Also inducted into the Hall saturday were a Gen. Hoyt s. Vandenberg who was air Force chief of staff from 1948 to 1953. A Edward Wells who was an executive with the Boeing co. A Vincent Bendix who As head of Bendix aviation corp. Helped to develop new air plane parts. The 65-year-old Maccready of Monrovia Calif., is the Only living inductee among the four. He is chairman and chief executive officer of Zerovi Rosment which develops Energy efficient vehicles including aircraft. In 1981, his solar challenger a powered solely by the Sun a carried a Pilot 163 Miles from Paris to England at 11,000  suit brings award Pittsburgh a a jury has awarded $1.2 million to a Florida woman who says her husband died of lung cancer caused by exposure to Asbestos. In the . District court decision last week Alvira h. Hill 71, was awarded $751,675 for wrongful death and $475,000 for the pain and suffering of her husband James o. Hill or. Hill died of lung cancer three years ago at age 72. The jury found Asbestos manufacturers Owens Corning fibreglass corp., Johns Manville corp., Gay corp. And Keene corp. Liable for Hills illness. Owens Corning which argued that Hills illness was caused by smoking plans to Appeal company attorney Patrick Hewitt  killed on Ferris wheel Myrtle Beach . A a Ferris wheel cab tipped Over when youths rocked it causing a Chain reaction Accident that killed a 17-year-old boy and injured two girls authorities said. The boy and his sister fell into another cab saturday night tipping it Over and knocking another girl about 30 feet to the ground with them said Rick Zeckman general manager of the Pavilion of Myrtle bean amusement Park. Ronald Turner of Wilmington n.c., died sunday of head injuries a grand strand general Hospital spokeswoman said. Turner and another youth in the cab apparently ignored warnings from a ride operator not to Rock their cab Zeckman said. The Ooyd a companion climbed Down the wheel Zeckman said. A girl in the second a amp a became entangled in the rides superstructure and was rescued by firefighters. Turners 12-year-old sister Crystal and a 7-year-Otd girl were in fair condition the Hospital spokeswoman said. La. Police seek to clean up patrol messages paper says Myca official charged in abuse Case