European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday August 28,1991 Only Hugo ranks As costlier insurance study says fish for soviets these cases of canned Alaska Pink Salmon Are among 10,000 pounds waiting to be loaded onto a soviet Jet at the Anchorage International Airport sunday s fish lift was practical As Well Friendly millions of excess Pink Salmon Are being destroyed in Prince William sound because of huge fish runs and weak markets. The boxes were stamped in English and russian a gift to the people of the . From the people of  from wire reports Boston a Hurricane Bob caused $780 million in damage to insured property along the East coast making it the second most expensive Hurricane in . History according to insurance Industry figures released monday. The estimate came a week after the Hurricane hit new England damaging buildings boats and Farmland and knocking out Power to More than 2 million customers. A Crews worked monday to restore Power to the last several thousand people without electricity. The damage total ranks Bob second behind Hurricane Hugo but its a Distant second. Hugo caused $4.2 billion Worth of insured losses in the Caribbean and Southeastern United states in september 1989. Meanwhile on monday the Bush administration declared Rhode Island a disaster area eligible for Federal Aid in the Wake of Bob. Barbara Cottam a spokeswoman for Rhode Island gov. Bruce Sundlun said the governor received a Call from the White House on monday night informing him that the state could apply for Federal help in cleaning up after last weeks storm. There was no immediate word on whether Massachusetts or Connecticut would receive Federal Aid. Gary Kerney claims consultant with american insurance services group inc., a Trade group that prepared the estimates said inflation helped Bob achieve a lofty ranking compared with other storms. For instance Kerney said Hurricane Frederic which caused $752.5 million Worth of insured damage in the Southern and North Central United states in 1979, undoubtedly would have Cost More than Bob had it hit in 1991. But the fact that Bob struck a densely populated area was probably the biggest reason for its High Cost despite the fact that insurance experts did not see any sign of widespread destruction of buildings Kerney said. Damaged yachts and other boats also accounted for significant losses although precise numbers were unavailable. The largest loss occurred in Massachusetts with $525 million in insured damage. Estimates for other states a Rhode Island $115 million. A new York $75 million. A Connecticut $40 million. A Maine $21 million. A North Carolina $4 million. While the Hurricane also affected parts of new Hampshire that state was not included in the total because the damage was not considered catastrophic Kerney said. The estimate covers losses Only for insured property which excludes flood damage unless the property owner had a specific policy to cover flooding. The Federal government however provides insurance for flood damage. Hurricane Gloria which hit new England in 1985, caused $418.7 million in insured damage. Jeff Palca spokesman for the insurance information Institute in new York said the Industry As a whole has plenty of capital to absorb the damage  reportedly profited from property deals Washington apr sen. Mark Hatfield r-orc., declined comment monday on reports he made As much As $300,000 on generous real estate deals with friends in 1981. The new disclosures by the oregonian newspaper come at a time when Hatfield a finances Are being reviewed by the Senate ethics committee and a Federal grand jury in Columbia . The four separate deals provided Hatfield and his wife with Money that appeared in some instances to be in excess of the property a Market value the newspaper said. The largest deals were with two wealthy friends a an Oregon electronics tycoon and a Maryland Oil millionaire the report said. In one Case Paul n. Temple of Maryland paid the hat Fields $250,000 Cash in february 1981 for an acco Keek md., House that Antoinette Hatfield bought 16 months earlier for $160,000, the newspaper said. Almost four years later Temple resold the property for a $90,000 loss the newspaper said. The oregonian reported that at about the same time As the House Sale Temple sold the hat Fields his Coop apartment in the Shoreham West Complex in Washington. The hat Fields resold the apartment later that year for a profit of As much As $100,000. Hatfield a financial forms filed with the Senate in 1981 showed Temple sold him the apartment on credit loaning Hatfield As much As $300,000 that year at below Market interest rates. Hatfield later told the Senate that he repaid the loan. Temple has worked for More than 20 Oil and Gas exploration companies currently affiliated with Houston based ene Cap corp. In the other major Deal the hat Fields sold a Beach House on the Oregon coast to c. Norman Winningstad of Beaverton ore., at a Price that was $113,000 higher than its assessed value the newspaper said. Winningstad told the oregonian he wanted the property because he found he could land his helicopter on it and avoid heavy traffic to the Beach. He said he paid the asking Price of $300,000 in october 1981 because he wanted to be sure his offer was accepted. He dismissed any suggestion he paid an inflated Price As a favor to Hatfield. The newspaper quoted Lincoln county assessor de Todd As saying the property a Market value was probably no More than 10 percent higher than the $186,200 listed on tax Rolls at the time. Daughter shot As detectives argue _ by the new York times new York a the 3-year-old daughter of two new York detectives was shot in the head sunday when one detective tried to shoot the other during an argument at their Home in Queens and hit the child police said monday. A Bullet entered the Back of the girls head and exited near her Chin the police said. She was in serious condition at new York Hospital on monday. Police said that at first the detectives had tried to blame the child for the Accident by saying she herself had somehow pulled the trigger. The two detectives who share a Home in Rosedale Queens but Are not married were identified As Earl Foster 46, and Janatta Lee Felder 36. Both were off duty at the time of the shooting. The daughter whose name was not released is the couples Only child police said. They said officers had responded to a Call at 2 50 . Sunday that a child had been shot and seriously wounded. A when they arrived the people present at the scene led the police to believe that it was an accidental discharge of the gun caused by the child a said detective Joseph Gallagher a police spokesman. But police were suspicious of the circumstances and explanation Given by the parents and carried out their own investigation. They concluded that Foster tried to shoot Felder with his .38-caliber service revolver during an argument and shot the girl instead. Both officers were suspended from Active duty Early monday As a result of what Gallagher called a a lengthy detailed  the Case he said has been referred to the Queens District attorneys office where a decision about criminal charges would be made. A relative of felders who answered the Telephone at the couples Home monday said the detective was in the Hospital. He declined to discuss the incident. Both detectives worked in Brooklyn. Foster who was assigned to the 88th precinct in fort Greene is a 17-year Veteran of the police Force. Felder worked in the 90th precinct in Williamsburg. She joined the police nine years  with ill son receives Light term san Francisco a the last of four Oakland housing authority police officers convicted of beating residents and faking evidence Drew a Light sentence of three years in prison because his year old son has sickle cell anaemia . District judge Fern Smith said she would have followed Iea eral guidelines establishing a minimum term of just under five years for Larry Houston had his son not been ill. She had earlier sentenced the other officers to eight years in prison. The four members of an Oakland housing authority drug tax Force were convicted in april