European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes . Dump tainted blankets Pentagon urges shelters Washington a the Pentagon said Friday that it has advised 2,000 homeless shelters to discard 1.5 million blankets donated by the military and later found to be contaminated with the pesticide Dot. The Pentagon said it made the recommendation As a precaution even though the environmental Protection Agency determined that the blankets posed Little or no health risk. A despite even this negligible risk we recommend that any blankets you May have be discarded As soon As it is practical to do so said a defense department memo sent to 2,000 homeless shelters nationwide. Joan Alker assistant director of the National coalition for the homeless expressed concern that Many health risks from Dot May be unknown since it has not been produced for 20 years. The Epa banned Dot in 1972 As a cancer causing Lauren Fields of Wrightsville Beach n.c., strokes the Mouth of a beached sperm whale As it lies in the beaches surf Friday morning. The animal a female that los Angeles a the police department has complied with a civilian panels recommendation that a group of so called a problem officers be counselled or retrained on the use of excessive Force a report said. Thirty seven of the 44 officers identified by an investigative commission have received counselling and the others have left the Force according to a report to be presented this week to the police commission. Details of the unreleased report were revealed Friday in the daily news of los Angeles. Each of the 44 officers had been named in six or by the Washington Post Norfolk a. A attorneys for sen. Charles s. Robb d-va., have persuaded Justice department officials to allow Robb to testily a second time before a Federal grand jury Here. The move postpones a vote on the indictment the Justice department decided to seek against the senator charging him with conspiracy and obstruction of Justice. Sources said assistant . Attorney Robert w. Wiechering the Lead prosecutor in the Case presented Robb s request to the grand jury. Sources said jurors then voted to give Robb another Chance to appear in their investigation into an illegally intercepted car phone Call of gov. L. Douglas Wilder when he was lieutenant governor. The panel which has been hearing evidence in the substance. A a it a a sad Day when the Only assistance that a homeless person receives from our Federal government is a Blanket laced with Dot a Alker said in a statement. The blankets were distributed Over the past six years to shelters and local governments As part of a Pentagon program to distribute surplus property. It was discovered this year that the 1.5 million blankets along with 7 million uniforms made since 1956 contained Wool contaminated with Dot. The Pentagon last month set up a toll free hot line 1-800-888-3338, for questions on both the uniforms and blankets. Pat Miller spokeswoman for the defense logistics Agency the Pentagon a Supply Arm said none of the blankets went to Hurricane Andrew victims in South Florida or to the . Military Relief Effort in Somalia. Measured 37 feet in length died before a Rescue team was Able to get to her. The whale was to be buried in the beaches nearby dunes. More complaints of brutality or improper tactics. None of the officers was identified. The Christopher commission which investigated the police department after the videotaped police beating of Black Motorist Rodney g. King concluded in july 1991 that the officers should undergo counselling or remedial training. Deputy chief Ronald Banks chief of staff for police chief Willie l. Williams said in the report that the department also is completing its review of 136 other officers who the commission said had four or More brutality complaints against them in a five year period. Robb Case off and on for 18 months had been scheduled to disband after fridays meeting but now will meet again thursday. Sources said Deputy attorney general George Ter Williger Iii authorized Wiechering on thursday to seek an indictment against Robb despite appeals from the senators attorneys. Sources said that in addition to charges of conspiracy and obstruction of Justice in the proposed indictment investigators also were looking into whether Robb perjured himself during his first grand jury appearance. It was not Clear what Robb wants to Tell the grand jury on his return visit. A spokeswoman for the senator. Peggy Willde declined to comment on reports that Robb had asked to make a second appearance. Sunday december 13, 1992long Island shooting victim still feels pain doctors say from wire reports los Angeles doctors said Friday the housewife shot by the school girl in the infamous Long Island love Triangle is suffering from an infection near the Bullet still lodged in her head and is still in pain from the shooting. Ron Wise a spokesman for Cedars Sinai medical Center said Mary to Buttafuoco was in stable condition Friday and still experiencing a lot of head and  pain. Wise said doctors found the infection in her face near the gunshot wound and said it appeared to be related to that injury. Buttafuoco and her husband Joseph Are in los Angeles working on a television movie about the notorious Case. Amy Fisher 18, shot Buttafuoco outside her Massapequa n.y., Home last May 19.anti-stalking Law signed Lansing Mich. A gov. John Engler on Friday signed the nations toughest anti stalking Law threatening prowlers with up to five years in prison. The Law which takes effect Jan. 1, makes it a crime to harass and pursue anyone relentlessly and maliciously. Michigan a Law differs from similar legislation enacted in More than half the states by the severity of its penalty for repeat offenders prescribing the most prison time and highest Fine. The legislation sailed through the House and Senate after lawmakers heard chilling testimony from dozens of  liver planned Baltimore a . Grace and Rhode Island Hospital announced Friday they Are developing a Type of artificial liver called a liver assist that could keep a person alive until a human donor Organ is found or until the liver heals itself. The device which would be attached to the patient outside the body is a hollow Cartridge packed with pig liver cells. A membrane developed by . Grace would then be used to screen the body a White blood cells from coming into Contact with the pig cells. This should prevent the body a immune system from recognizing the device As foreign and trying to reject it. Several times in the past year surgeons have used pig or Baboon livers with limited Success to sustain patients until a human Organ could be  Well acquainted Decatur 111. A an accused drug dealer was jailed Friday with someone he knows Well a the Man who used to be his defense lawyer. Police say not Only is Decatur attorney James Economy suspected of buying cocaine he allegedly bought it from none other than his own client Thomas Lewis. To add insult to injury Economy allegedly paid for the drugs with a rubber Check and offered to inform against Lewis when police Learned of the alleged drug deals. Lewis 48, hired Economy to defend him after he was arrested aug. 23 on charges he sold cocaine at a Decatur Public housing project. But Economy became a suspect when police picked him up oct. 9 for allegedly buying drugs from an undercover agent. Richard Mcelroy a detective with a local Antidrug task Force testified at a hearing thursday that Economy identified Lewis As one of his drug suppliers after Economy was  assail safety probe Golden Colo. A the leaders of two unions at Rocky Flats nuclear weapons Plant Are calling for a Federal inquiry into alleged safety violations and mismanagement. 1 he unions said thursday the Energy department and the Plant operator leg amp a inc., wasted millions of dollars for minor Security measures while ignoring serious violations. And despite the end of plutonium production three years ago new workers Are being hired to state Many ineffective safety regulations the unions said. I he . Inspector general should investigate the Nagrant violations of spending taxpayers Money a said Jim Vissar president of the Security guard Union at Rocky Flats. Fatal beaching . Officers reportedly counselled Robb to testify again in probe of intercepted phone Call