European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes thursday october 10, 1991$1 billion Deal of d in Oil spill Exxon Accord settles state Federal suits Anchorage Alaska a a Federal judge tuesday approved a record $1 billion settlement and Exxon a guilty pleas to four misdemeanours to end stale and Federal litigation Over the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil spill. . District judge h. Russel Holland who had rejected an earlier settlement offer in april said he approved the Deal because it included More Money for restoring Prince William sound. He said Exxon a voluntary efforts to pay some civil claims and its cleanup work in the sound during the last three Summers were the most important factors in his decision. A obviously Exxon corporation is very Large and has been very profitable. But what is now very Clear to me is that Exxon has been a Good corporate citizen a Holland said. A it is sensitive to its environmental  \ environmentalists and other critics said the penalties were insufficient to punish the giant company or restore the  members lose privilege of fixed tickets Washington a House speaker Thomas s. Foley on tuesday ordered House officials to Stop helping members reverse City parking tickets As special privileges for lawmakers continued to disappear. The policy wont end dismissal of parking tickets issued to members of Congress because a City ordinance allows them to Park almost anywhere when they Are on a official  but the action by Foley d-wash., will Force a member who receives a ticket a whether at noon outside an office building or at 3 . In front of a nightspot a to personally make the Case that he or she was on House business. The sergeant at arms had been handling the Job. It was the latest action taken by the House to do away with privileges that had been abused by some members. The House voted 390-8 last week to close the members Bank by the end of the year and have the ethics committee investigate the Bank s policy of covering members bad checks without penalty. Foley announcing the ticket policy at his daily news conference said a we re not inter mediating in any of these cases of dispute. I thought it was appropriate that the House and Senate have the same  the Senate eliminated its intervention in january. A former High ranking District of Columbia official who coordinated the ticket adjusting process at City Hall estimated he handled Between 20 and 40 requests each month for members of Congress during most of the 1980s. City parking tickets were valued at a minimum of $10 when the official handled them during the last decade but the lowest amount now is $20 per infraction. Hundreds of lawsuits filed against Exxon by private individuals Are pending. Under the agreement Exxon and its shipping subsidiary will pay a $900 million civil settlement Over the next 11 years As Well As $100 million in restitution to be split Between the state and Federal governments specifically for rehabilitating the waterway. The companies also were sentenced to pay $25 million of a $125 million criminal Fine with the rest forgiven because of its earlier restoration efforts. Two felony counts were dropped. Federal prosecutors said the penalties were the highest Ever assessed for environmental damages. A the Fine says to others in the Industry you can expect fines that Are off the Chart in response to Oil spills that Are off the Chart a Holland said. A but it also says to those others in the Industry if you accept and live up to your Legal responsibilities As far As cleanup and damage control. You will get credit for  in Juneau gov. Walter j. Hickel praised the judges action. He said he had a letter delivered to Holland on tuesday explaining the states position on the settlement. A state House judiciary subcommittee still plans to review the settlement starting with a hearing Friday said Terence of Malley spokesman for the democratic led House majority coalition. A they still feel a responsibility to bring to Peoples attention what the financial effects of the settlement Are a of Malley said. A obviously it has a Little different significance in that its no longer a proposal. Its a done  of Malley said lawmakers still need to address the constitutional issues raised by the settlement such As the Legislatures role in appropriating the settlement Money and the legality of a dedicated spill restoration fund. Five months ago Holland rejected a $1 billion Deal Between Exxon the state and the Federal governments saying it failed to punish Exxon enough for the environmental damage it caused. The total Cost to Exxon was $25 million More in the new Deal a difference some environmentalists said was irrelevant. Fire ravaged Chicken Plant won t reopen workers told Hamlet . Apr the Chicken processing Plant where 25 people died in a fire last month wont reopen the company a owner told employees. The closing of the Imperial food products Plant was effective oct. 2, according to the letter signed by the company a president Emmett j. Roe. Employees began receiving the letter monday. Roes letter said about 225 employees will be affected. The plants closing is a caused in part by the disaster. Ana by the company a inability to make an arrangement to finance its Short and Long term obligation a the letter said. The fast moving fire and heavy smoke swept through the Plant sept. 3 after a Hydraulic line ruptured spewing flammable fluid onto the natural  flames that heated Chicken fryers. The fire also injured More than 50 people. A Man who answered the Telephone tuesday at roes Atlanta Home said the president a is not available at any Given time or at any Given place and quit harassing this  the company a Only other Plant in Cumming ga., was closed last week a Friend of roes said. William w. Sawyer executive vice president of the Forsyth county a. Chamber of Commerce said Roe told him last week he would have to file for bankruptcy unless he gets new financing. Imperials primary Lender northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania has demanded repayment on Loans Worth More than $5 million according to court documents. Meanwhile four lawsuits have been filed against Imperial by relatives of those who died or were injured in the Are in Hamlet 60 Miles Southeast of Charlotte. Bozo s not just a Clown court rules Mason Tenn. Apr bozos restaurant will keep its name thanks to a . Supreme court decision that ended an eight year Legal Battle with the Clown of the same name. A a we re glad this is finally Over Quot restaurant manager Jeff Thompson said tuesday. The supreme court refused without comment monday to hear a Challenge from Larry Harmon the entertainer who performs As a Bozo the  the . Patent and trademark office and the . Court of appeals in Washington have upheld the 68-Ycar-old restaurants request to Register its name. Harmon claimed that would violate his rights to the Bozo trademark. The Clown graces a variety of items from bedsheets to Bubble gum. The restaurant called bozos was founded in 1923 by Thompsons great Grandfather Thomas Jefferson �?obo2o�?� Williams. That was 17 years before Harmon took on his Bozo Persona. Thompson said the restaurant does no to try to play off Bozo the clowns image. A we never have and we never will a he said. The restaurant sits 100 customers and is known regionally for its pork Barbecue and its Bozo  of right to die group found dead Eugene Ore apr a co founder of the Hemlock society right to die group was found dead tuesday in a wilderness area. Her former husband whose new How to guide to suicide is a Best seller said he believed she killed herself. Ann Wickett Humphry 49, had been missing in Central Oregon since oct. 2. She went through a difficult divorce last year and had battled breast cancer. Her former husband the Hemlock society s executive director Derek Humphry said that the malignancy was removed and that he was unaware of any recurrence of the cancer. But he said she had been depressed. A a it a not within the philosophy of the Hemlock society that you take your life if you re unhappy or you have a setback a Humphry said. The group advocates assisted suicide Only for those who Are terminally ill. Ann Humphry last was seen oct. 2 near three creeks Lake on the Eastern Border of the three Sisters wilderness area. Her horse its Saddle and bridle removed was found wandering later that Day near the Lake where she had parked her pickup and horse trailer. Her body was found about noon tuesday and an autopsy was scheduled de schutes county undersheriff Norm thrasher said. Humphry said police told him his former wife had left a suicide note at her Home near Monroe in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon. Quot i Felt the w Orst had probably  Humphry said. The Humphry s were married in 1976 and founded the non profit Hemlock society. The two collaborated on the books jeans Way about the assisted suicide of Humphry a first wife and the right to die understanding euthanasia. Humphry a latest Book final exit has been no. I on recent National Best seller lists. The Humphry s divorced in 1990$, a bitter separation. She also filed a $6 million lawsuit against her sex husband and the Hemlock society last year charging libel and slander for comments he made about her mental state. She contended that his actions were intended to induce her to commit suicide. Humphry said his sex wife met recently with the son she gave up for adoption when she was in College. He also said friends of hers in los Angeles told him she had intended to visit them later this month with a doctor she had been dating. Ann wicked Humphry