European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 c the stars and stripes wednesday August 7, 1991 Greenpeace activists suspended from ropes hang a protest Banner from a Dock at the Valdez Oil terminal monday Greenpeace activists arrested Oil Dockin protest at. Valdez Alaska up a five Greenpeace activists were arrested monday after they sailed a Small Craft to the Valdez Oil terminal scaled a Tanker Dock and Hung an anti Oil drilling Banner. The activists who were protesting development of Arctic Oil refused to leave and vowed to keep a Tanker from Docking. They Hung a 20-by-50-foot Banner Reading a Stop Arctic drilling. Yield to clean Energy a those arrested were Nathan sanity 21, Lindsay Berry 26, and Robert Carpenter 25, All of Seattle Mike Morris 36, of san Francisco and boat operator Joel Clement 25, of Falmouth Maine said Valdez police chief Bert Cottle. All five were charged with trespassing and one was also charged with interfering with a lawful arrest. The charges Are misdemeanours. A a we re keeping a Tanker from coming into this berth Quot Nathan Santry said by portable radio from his rope Perch at berth 4. Quot they did no to interfere with operations a said Marnie issues spokeswoman for Alyeska pipeline service co., the Oil consortium that runs the trans Alaska pipeline and Valdez terminal. The activists left the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in an inflatable boat and sailed through the 200-Yard restricted zone around the terminal. Four of the protesters then climbed onto one of the berths used to unload Oil tankers. Authorities asked the protesters to leave the berth but they refused. Police then Cut the ropes from which several of the activists and the sign were hanging and lowered the protesters Down into a waiting boat where they were taken into custody Cottle said. The Rainbow Warrior has been sailing Alaska s Waters this summer to document and protest pollution. The ship remained outside the restricted area. Greenpeace said it has found a shocking amounts of Oil left from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill activist Carol Alexander said. The protest at the Alyeska terminal was aimed at such controversial Alaska Oil developments As the proposed drilling in the Arctic National wildlife Refuge in the northeastern part of the state and government Oil tract leases that permit drilling in Arctic Waters North of Oil produced from the wildlife Refuge or Arctic Waters would be pumped Down the 800-mile pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. That Oil currently accounts Tor one fourth of . Domestic production. Driver held after pickup truck hits buggy killing 6 in family mount Gilead Ohio apr a Man who police believe had been drinking was arrested after his pickup truck slammed into a horse drawn buggy killing six members of an Amish family authorities said. Four others were injured when Douglas a. Lions of Fredericktown 26, struck the rear of the buggy on a state Highway shortly after 10 . Monday said Highway patrol dispatcher Teresa Ash. Arresting officers believe that Lions had been drinking said Highway patrol it. Ken Wellendorf. He refused to submit to blood or breath alcohol tests Wellendorf said. Morrow county prosecutor Howard Hall said he would file six counts of aggravated vehicular homicide against Lions and present evidence in the Case to a county grand jury wednesday. Morrow county court judge Lee Mcclelland said he did not expect Lions to appear for a Bond hearing until wednesday. Four victims died at Morrow county Hospital said administrator Bill Jenks. They were identified As Aden Yoder 28 his wife Esther Yoder 27 her Mother Sarah Miller 54 and the Yoders 6-year-old son Eli. Millers 16-year-old daughter Clara died at Grant medical Center in Columbus and Millers 14-year-old son Noah died at Ohio state University hospitals in Columbus Hospital officials said. Four of the Yoders other children were flown to children a Hospital in Columbus. Atlee i and Anna 2, were listed in fair condition Early tuesday and Susie 5, and Lydia 4, were in critical condition according to Hospital spokeswoman Betty Diaz Holmes. Lions was treated for facial cuts at Morrow county Hospital. He was being held in the Knox county jail. The horse pulling the buggy also was killed Ash said. Authorities said the buggy exceeded the requirements of state Laws for visibility of animal drawn vehicles which Call for Only a reflective Triangle or reflective tape 72 inches across a they had flashing red lights on the Back of the buggy. They were in compliance where that is concerned Quot sol. Jim Garrison said. Some Amish have objected to Laws requiring modern reflectors on their buggies is violating their religious beliefs prohibiting the use of worldly symbols. The Minnesota supreme court ruled in 1989 that the state could not enforce a Law requiring Amish buggy Drivers to place a Bright Orange Triangle on their vehicles. There Are about 90,000 Amish in 22 slates with the largest population in Ohio which has about 31,000, Amish followed by Pennsylvania s 27,000 and Indiana a 22,000 anti crime candidate becomes break in victim from wire reports t Houston a a mayoral candidates pledge to fight crime did not Stop a burglar from breaking into his Campaign office and stealing a television. A burglar struck the Headquarters of state rep. Sylvester Turner during the weekend breaking two windows after an aide forgot to switch on the burglar alarm Turners staff said. A basically what it says is no one is immune a said Turner a Democrat. A a it a just another indication we do need to increase police presence in this a violent felonies in Houston have increased 19 percent during the first half of this year compared with the same period last year. Turner is running against mayor Kathy Whitmire in the nov. 5 non partisan train kills Man Anchorage Alaska a a Man lying on the Railroad tracks was struck and killed by a train on the same tracks where he was hit by a train four years ago police said monday. Alexander Paulsen 25, was run Over by seven cars before the 100-car Alaska Railroad Coal train managed to Stop. Police sgt. Greg Stewart said Paulsen had a bottle of liquor at his Side and apparently had passed out. In 1987, a train rolled Over Paulsen after he fell asleep Between the tracks in the same place. He suffered cuts and bruises that filed Over photos Tampa Fla. A it was the hit of the party a an album with hundreds of pictures of naked women and lovers in action All allegedly made from film developed at the local drugstore. But a woman whose Boyfriend saw pictures of her passed around by a former eco card express photo store employee was not amused her attorney said. Last week Wendy Ellingson sued Jack Eckerd corp. And three former employees seeking unspecified damages of More than $10,000. Ellingson 26, said photographed her taking off her shirt lying naked on her stomach Reading a Book and bathing. She said agreed to have the film developed but destroyed the prints and negatives when the pictures . She said the pictures surfaced two years later. It. The photo album and her attorney Matthew Powell said she was Patch growing Chicago a a two acre Section of Prairie appears to be taking to its new Home a year after being transplanted to a site near Chicago. Environmentalists moved the Prairie about six Miles from a gravel mining site near the suburb of Barrington Hills to a nature preserve outside suburban Elgin it s beginning a Long recuperation and the Prospect seems very encouraging a said project Leader Steve Packard of the nature conservancy. I he bulk of the species Are , and the ecological skin the turf is Healing a. _ the Prairie was one of the last representatives of growth on gravel deposited during the last ice age about 10,000 years ago. Threatened by gravel mining the Patch was moved last Bill hits $11,467 Queensbury . A lot of water has flowed through the Home of John and Dee Clark it you believe their latest water Bill a ?ark5 on saturday received their quarterly Bill which said they owed $11,467.40 for using More than 9.5 million Gallons of water in three months. I either an error or they have a very Green Lawn said Thompas Flaherty water superintendent in the town about 40 Miles North of Albany. A meter Reader apparently added some extra dits to the Reading Flaherty said. The Clarks water Bill is usually $35 to $40 every three months. The Bill said that if the Clarks failed to pay by month s end they would be charged a $1,200 late
