European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes wednesday july 31, 1991 land fired 6 officers report says by the los Angeles times los Angeles at least six los Angeles police officers who stood by and did nothing to Stop the videotaped beating in March of a Black Motorist Are being relieved of duty and Are in the process of turning in their guns badges and department serial numbers the los Angeles times Learned monday. Moreover four other officers Are being suspended for up to 22 Days and another has been Given a five Day suspension for allegedly conducting personal business on a police computer terminal shortly before the King beating. Police officials refused to release the names of those officers affected by the disciplinary actions until tuesday when All of the 19 los Angeles officers who were bystanders during the beating of Rodney g. King would be notified. But other department sources said that those relieved of duty include Tim Blake 28, a three year Veteran Paul r. Geb Hardt 48, a 16-year Veteran Joseph f. Napolitano 46, a six year Veteran Danny Shry 36, a three year Veteran Robert j. Simpach 46, an 18-year Veteran and Louis m. Turriaga 26, a member of the department since 1988. The sources added that four probationary officers hired in 1990 Are being suspended without pay and identified them As Rolando Solano suspended for 22 Days Christopher Hajduk 15 Days Ingrid Larson 10 Days and David a. Love five Days. Another officer Corina Smith who was not at the scene was suspended for five Days sources said. Although Smith was not present during the King beating officials said she sent a series of messages to a patrol car occupied by officers Laurence m. Powell and Timothy wind and that the officers sent her a racially insensitive message. The Fate of another nine bystander officers was unknown. And police officials said the department is still investigating the actions of a police helicopter Pilot and his observer who spotlighted the scene during the beating. A dead Murre lies beyond ropes stretched to hinder the flow of Oil onto Shi Shi Beach on the Western coast of the olympic Peninsula. 30 Miles of Washington beaches fouled by Oil from sunken vessel Neah Bay Wash. Up Oil from a sunken japanese fishing vessel fouled More than 30 Miles of coastline As wildlife rescuers scrambled to retrieve surviving Birds and sea otters. The Canadian coast guard said a three member submarine would be sent in by wednesday to study whether the flow from the boat could be plugged. Tides and winds pushed the Oil ashore along the vulnerable stretch of Beach mostly on the Makkah Indian reservation but also on Shi Shi Beach a popular camping area for hikers in the olympic National Forest state department of ecology officials said. A 50-mile-Long Slick was visible in the water and globs of Oil were collecting on the once Pristine beaches. There were no reports of Oil South of Cape Alava the Northern tip of a longer 40-mile coastline that is part of the olympic National Park. But damage from Oil ashore elsewhere was extensive. A i done to feel Good about picking up Birds that Are covered with Oil Birds that Are half dead a said Alan Haines a Makkah tribal member taking part in the Rescue Effort. A especially when you pick up dead ones. Its something that  be  also monday an Oil coating was found on two sea otters the first such animals known to have become trapped in the gooey muck said Doug Zimmer a state wildlife department spokesman. Zimmer said Oil had been blamed for the deaths of 140 Birds and another 320 Birds fouled by the muck had been rescued. Efforts continued to move a Herd of about 20 otters a including pups a away from the Oil. Marine biologists said most vulnerable were Young sea otters and newly hatched Birds entering the water for the first time. The 365-foot japanese ship Tenyo Maru was rammed july 22 by the 610-foot chinese Grain vessel Tou Hai near the Entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca which separates Canadas Vancouver Island from Washington state. The . Coast guard reported the flow of Oil leaking from the sunken japanese fish processor had slowed. The Canadian coast guard set up a base at Ucluelet British Columbia to protect Western Vancouver Island eaches from the spreading  Oil Slicks were shifting offshore including some about 4 Miles Long. One Slick was estimated to contain 30,000 Gallons of  agencies clash Over Louisiana fish kills new Orleans a a half million fish have turned up dead in Southern Louisiana Rivers and bayous Over the past month starting a quarrel Between two agencies with an interest in the leading possible cause pesticides. The state department of environmental Quality has All but blamed the kills on pesticides and suggested immediate action. The department of agriculture which regulates pest killers has turned the matter Over to a special panel. Fish kills Are common during summer when water loses oxygen in the heat. But 14 kills since Early july have a common denominator nearby sugar Cane Fields that Are Spraye to for pests. An accessory May be record rainfall that has increased Runoff from Fields into streams. A these Are the worst fish kills we be seen in Louisiana in the Jast 10 years a said Maureen of Neill assistant Deq Secretary in charge of water Quality. Conflict Between the agencies erupted when the agriculture department insisted on waiting for test results on the water before blaming pesticides. The Deq wanted the agriculture Agency to go on private property to obtain soil and Cane samples something the environmental Agency can to do of Neill said. She said the dead fish showed classic symptoms of pesticide poisoning including tremors and fins pointing Forward. Quot something is terribly wrong a she said. A what you have is either a Legal product that has been used wrong or an illegal  residents near one kill complained of Strong doors and Eye nose and Throat irritation a Deq report said. In Many cases crop dusters were spraying nearby shortly before the kills the report Saia. Larry Michaud an agriculture department spokesman said the Agency waited for results of preliminary tests before a jumping on the pesticide bandwagon. The tests showed pesticides in the water at seven of the 13 Sites he Saia. The Deq had some authority Over pesticides until 1990, when the legislature turned Alt regulation Over to the agriculture  to probe How dentist passed aids virus West Palm Beach Fla. A Federal health authorities said they will renew their investigation of How a dentist infected five patients with the aids virus including whether he deliberately injected them with his tainted blood. The National centers for disease control announced plans monday to search for More than 1,000 former patients of or. David acer who died of aids in september. The Palm Beach Post the new York times and the Atlanta Constitution re ported monday that researchers at the Atlanta based cd will run new tests on acers blood renew the search for his personal medical records and examine a theory that he deliberately injected the five patients with his the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome. A in my View we should continue for As Long As it takes a said or. Harold Jaffe Deputy director of the aids division of the cd. Jaffe said the investigation would be conducted by the cd and the state department of health and rehabilitative services. A there has to be a common Bond that we have not yet been Able to document a said or. John Witte of the health department. A my feeling is that we missed some clue in the  one theory that will be examined is whether acer injected patients with his blood. A a it a a question that keeps coming up Quot Jaffe said. A it was brought up in february at our Public meeting and it continues to come up. We have to ask ourselves whether there is any reason to consider a criminal  but Jaffe added a no one has described him As doing anything unusual or  a theory that acer passed on the virus while having sex with his patients while they were under anaesthesia has been ruled out officials said. No infected patient had general anaesthesia and All denied having sex with the dentist