European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes saturday september 14, 1991 . Seeks danish plans on Bridge Over Baltic route Copenhagen Denmark apr the United states has asked Denmark for details about a Bridge project that could keep warships of the future from entering or leaving the Baltic sea officials and news reports said thursday. Finland has already sued Denmark in the International court of Justice Over the Bridge. The soviet Union which has its Large naval base of Kaliningrad on the Baltic coast has also complained. The finns say the planned suspension Bridge 215 feet at its highest Point would Block movement of finnish built Oil rigs and platforms from Baltic sea ports into International Waters. The Bridge being built across the store balt Strait connects two danish islands and crosses danish Waters. But it is the Only passage Between the Baltic and North seas. The . State department is concerned that the Bridge might not be High enough for some . Warships to pass under danish press reports said. They quoted the american journal oceans policy news As saying that the state department believes International conventions on free passage through danish Waters prohibit Denmark from building a Bridge across the Only passage Between the two seas. A the . Has not yet reached any conclusion with regard to this specific project but the . Maintains a worldwide interest in the right of transit passage through International Waterways a said a state department comment made available thursday by the . Embassy. A we have sought information from Denmark on the details of the project a it said. The state department holds that the right of free passage should also apply to future vessels that could be taller than existing ships the journal was quoted As saying. Fyke Lehmann head of the danish foreign ministry Slegal department said the United states raised questions about whether the Bridge project was in keeping with International Law. A to this we can say Only that this is precisely what the present dispute with Finland. Is about a Lehmann was quoted As saying. Denmark and the United states Are Allied in the North Atlantic treaty organization. Nato ships can now pass through danish Waters into the Baltic sea which is bordered by the soviet Union Poland Germany Lithuania Latvia Estonia Sweden Finland and Denmark. Oil Slick threatening penguins brains of a thinkers or. Ilya Victorov head of the Laboratory at Moscow a brain research Institute holds a tray with a portion of the 30,000 slices of the brain of Vladimir i. Lenin which were prepared for analysis in 1925. Lenin a brain tissue As Well As that of soviet figures such As dictator Josef Stalin has been lying in secrecy virtually undisturbed for decades in the crypt like room. Room no. 19 holds the Gray matter of Many old bolsheviks dyed in Bright colors and smeared on Glass slides. But it is Only the mind of the a great thinker a As Lenin was known that the scientists still Revere. Buenos Aires Argentina up the Argentine tourism office asked the . National aeronautics and space administration on thursday to use its satellite network to locate a dangerous Oil Slick that has already killed 500 penguins in the patagonian province of Hubut. In a statement from the Argentine tourism secretariat the Agency said it had sent an a a urgent request to Nasa to search for the Slick that environmentalists say is threatening the lives of thousands of the migratory Birds in one of the americas largest Penguin colonies 600 Miles South of Buenos Aires. Representatives of Greenpeace and the Argentine Vida Silvestre foundation estimated that More than 1,000 Oil covered penguins were fighting for their lives on patagonian beaches unable to Ward off the cold or swim to catch fish for food. A spokesman for the Hubut coast guard said they had sent patrol boats As far As 60 Miles off the coast without locating the mysterious Oil Slick. Greenpeace Buenos Aires spokeswoman Andrea Figari said the International environmental group was in Contact with representatives of the Hubut fishermen a association who said they had noted the Waters just off the Penguin Colony Normal. The spill could create a disaster in the Penguin population which is just beginning to arrive in great numbers to begin a three month Breeding season on the Argentine coast. Group says soviet prisons improve As . Ones Worsen Moscow apr Over the past 10 years conditions in soviet prisons have improved while those in the United states have grown worse the . Helsinki watch committee said thursday after lengthy surveys of superpower jails. Both countries still have the highest incarceration rates among major nations of the world with 1 million people each behind bars Helsinki watch said in reports published to coincide with an ongoing 38-nation human rights conference in Moscow. A in most cases the conditions under which people Are confined Are very bad. In Many cases they arc really intolerable and inhumane a said professor Herman Schwartz of the american University Law school chairman of the Helsinki watch prison project. In the soviet Union the report said a prison reforms Are being seriously attempted and changes Are  however grave problems remain the report said including exploitation of prison labor overcrowding that Breeds tuberculosis and harsh climates that result in severe physical deprivation. Helsinki watch called on the soviet Union to Amend its Laws to encourage release on bail and speedy trials. In the United states Schwartz said conditions arc worse than they were 10 years ago because prisoners Are being packed into overcrowded facilities and a courts Are less sympathetic to complaints of alleged human rights abuses. Helsinki watch said it was distressed by the increasing use of a prisons within prisons a citing the win Dowless a Wing of the Florida state prison where inmates never go outdoors. It also cited the use of Handcuffs As a disciplinary measure at the Broward institution for women in Florida As violating . Standards on the treatment of prisoners. South african areas sealed off Johannesburg South Africa up police went into action by the thousands Friday in a bid to Stop six Days of violence in Black South african townships announcing they were sealing off entire areas South of Johannesburg. As the death count Rose to at least 120 people since sunday 1,200 police officers moved into position Friday morning around a squatter Camp known As Phola Park next to Tho Koza township where this weeks violence began. Police spokesman capt. Eugene Oppermann said police were searching the squatter Camp for weapons and explosives. The violence was sparked last sunday when three unknown a and As yet uncaught a gunmen mowed Down 18 supporters of the mainly Zulu inkatha Freedom party in Tho Koza. Leaders from both inkatha and its rival the african National Congress have called that attack a deliberate bid to wreck peace talks which Are due to Start today. No blame has be been placed by the two organizations senior leadership but there is mounting frustration in the lower ranks with the fact that not a single killer has been caught.2 earn honors As Eagle scouts by the stars and stripes the following boy scouts have joined the ranks of the Eagle scouts the highest award in boy scouting. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. The new Eagle scouts and their projects Are a Jeremy Matis 15. The son of col. Bruce and Joan Matis Jeremy is a Junior at Gen. . Arnold High school in Wiesbaden Germany. He collected furniture for members of his Church who Are serving As missionaries in Germany. Furniture was donated by Church members and Jeremy was allowed to Purchase furniture at a special Sale organized by the local defense re utilization and marketing office. Twenty one apartments were furnished with the donations and purchased items. Jeremy has been involved in scouting for eight years and is a member of troop 311 in Wiesbaden. A j. Mckay Smith 15. The son of chief warrant officer 4 Steven and Maria Smith Mckay completed his freshman year at Gen. . Arnold High school before his family returned to the United states. He placed More than 700 radon detectors in the Wiesbaden military Community housing areas. Mckay has been involved in scouting for seven years and was a member of troop 311 while in Wiesbaden