European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 15, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5 Oswego . Apr a Power failure knocked out warning lights and other control room instruments at a nuclear Energy Plant tuesday and backup Power. Systems also failed authorities said. Plant officials declared a site area emergency the second most serious classification under Federal guidelines. But operators of nine mile Point 2 were Able to shut the reactor Down safely. No radiation was released no Plant workers or local residents were evacuated and no sirens sounded under the site area emergency said Robert Burtch spokesman for Plant operator Niagara Mohawk Power corp. Among the instruments that shut Down was a display monitoring the reactors control rods said a spokesman for the Federal nuclear regulatory commission. But Burtch said operators monitored the reactor s status using other instruments that were not knocked out. The reactor shutdown was completed and the emergency declaration was lifted nearly 14 hours after the 6 . Power failure said Steve Brady another Niagara Mohawk spokesman. The arc sent seven inspectors to the 3-year-old, 1,080-megawatt Plant on Lake Ontario to investigate the incident and operators response. A they have five Power supplies that were supposed to be non interrupt Able and they proved to be inter rup table a arc spokesman Joseph Fouchard said. A there were systems that Are important to operators that did not function and we want to find out  Burtch said a preliminary investigation linked the Ini tial Power failure to a malfunction in one of the Plant s three 25,000-Volt transformers each the size of a two ear garage. The Power loss first knocked out devices called annunciators warning lights above gauges in the control room officials Saidt backup Power sources did not kick in. And other control room instruments such As temperature and water pressure monitors failed for about 22 minutes. Burtch said. Plant workers eventually got one backup Power source to work said Niagara Mohawk spokeswoman Debbie Cienava. Among the instruments Plant operators lost was a the display that tells them where control rods Are Quot Fouchard  Mars Plymouth Rock but Only briefly Plymouth mass. Up vandals sprayed a Swastika on Plymouth Rock out workers quickly cleaned off the nazi Symbol from the site where the pilgrims Are believed to have landed in 1620, officials said. A Fisherman called the Plymouth police station about 4 . Tuesday to report that youths were loitering on Plymouth Rock said it. Victor Higgins. No one was there when officers arrived but a Black Swastika was found Spray painted on the Rock Higgins said. A Crew from the state department of environmental management was called and removed the nazi Emblem without damaging the Rock said Susan Frechette chief of staff at the department. The anti defamation league of by Nai by Rith called the incident a an intentional affront to jews Blacks and others and urged police to investigate any possible connection to Neo nazi skinheads which it said had recently organized a group in Massachusetts. In the stars and stripes there had been no recent outbreak of vandalism in the coastal town Frechette said but she noted that Plymouth Rock has been the target of vandals in the past. A for some reason it seems to be an attractive site for people who tend to that kind of thing a she said. A a we be had a history of problems Down  the Rock on the Shore of Plymouth Harbor sits in a shallow pit surrounded by a 3 /2-foot-High wrought Iron Fence. A it does no to take much to jump Over it a Higgins said. After climbing the rail the vandals would have to drop about 5 feet from Street level into the enclosed pit where the Rock sits. No arrests had been made but police were looking for youths who had been seen on the Rock earlier. According to legend when the pilgrims disembarked from the Mayflower they stepped ashore on Plymouth a Rock. Official Pilgrim records do not mention the Rock. Historic Plymouth Rock bears the Mark of vandals using Black Spray paint.10 years ago aug. 15,1981 a the defense department planned to increase to 1,000 the number of military air traffic controllers assigned to help handle commercial flights in the absence of striking controllers who had been fired.20 years ago aug. 15,1971 a an Irish Republican army Leader announced that the group would extend its sabotage Campaign to government City and commercial installations in britain.30 years ago aug. 15,1961 a in an Effort to halt the exodus of refugees East Germany began sealing off All Border Crossings into West Berlin. By the end of the Day a virtual no Many a land ranging from 100 to 150 Yards wide was maintained along the City a Border and All telecommunications to West Germany were severed.40 years ago aug. 15,1951 a Gen. Matthew b. Ridgway commander of Allied forces in Korea said the United nations would flatly reject any military dividing line based on the 38th parallel As demanded by the communist forces. Ridgway said . Negotiators were demanding a line that would assure a More defensible position. Alleged sexual advances by Tyson prompt suit from pageant owner Philadelphia a Tatj incr of the miss Black America pageant on tuesday sued former heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson and the Indiana Black expo saying allegations that Tyson sexually assaulted contestants had ruined the pageants reputation. The lawsuit filed by j. Morris Anderson in Federal court alleges that Tyson and expos president the Rev. Charles Williams a maliciously and wilfully engaged in a conspiracy to ravage rape and despoil the miss Black America pageant in  the lawsuit said Williams should have known of Tyson a history of lewd conduct. Tyson 25, made promotional appearances for the Indiana Black expo a Black cultural Celebration and the miss Black America pageant in Indianapolis in july. The Pascani was videotaped Between july 12 and 21 for delayed broadcast aug. 31, but the lawsuit said a television station now plans to cancel that program. Since the taping an 18-year-old con Testant has accused Tyson of raping her in an Indianapolis hotel room. A six member grand jury in Indianapolis was empanelled tuesday to investigate the allegations of rape. It. Tim forty a spokesman for the Indianapolis police department said the jury was selected late tuesday afternoon from a Pool of Indianapolis residents. Horty said it will take about two Days of administrative work before the jury will be Able to hear evidence. He said the jury could begin hearing testimony Friday. Former miss Black America Rosie Jones has also filed a $100 million lawsuit against Tyson in new York accusing him of fondling her buttocks during the i91ji pageant. Anderson the pageants executive producer said in an interview tuesday that 11 of the pageants 23 contestants he interviewed said that Tyson a fondled their fannies fondled their breasts and made Al sorts of lewd perverted remarks during the pageant. A spokeswoman Lor Don King Tyson a manager said Tud amp it Aye that the former Champ was unavailable for comment. Williams also declined comment tuesday saying he had not seen the lawsuit. Anderson who has staged the miss Black America pageant for 24 years said the charges against Tyson have defamed the pageant. He said Indianapolis television station wish which has always aired the show has refused to broadcast it on aug. 31 because of the t Yson publicity. The pageant has not been aired. A the accusing Finger was pointed at the pageant As if this pageant had done something a Anderson said. Anderson acting As his own lawyer seeks $21 million from Tyson the Indiana Black expo and Williams. According to Anderson Williams is a Friend of Tyson a and should have known that Tyson was a a perpetrator of lewd and disrespectful acts against Black women of the most vulgar  jailed cubans shifted after reported abuse marksv1lle, la. A some 75 male cuban nationals held in the Avo Yelles Parish jail for the immigration and naturalization service Are being moved because of allegations they were tortured. The Justice department is investigating reports that guards unleashed dogs against some unruly inmates and beat others. Sheriff Bill Belt said he does not believe any abuses have occurred. A if there was any wrongdoing Well Deal with the individuals themselves a he said. A the whole Parish   Belt s office could not say where the inmates were being moved. The ins already had moved about 125 male cubans from the jail to facilities in Texas because of the allegations leaving just 75. The ins has been paying Bell $45 a Day to House the illegal aliens. I lie ins contract was Worth More than $3 million a year before the transfers. Belt said. State prisoners held in Parish jails being in Only $18.25 a Day