European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes world 1 sunday january 10,1993sales off fish from shetlands Sumburgh Shetland islands a two of Britain s biggest supermarket stopped Selling fish from the Shetland islands where millions of Gallons of Oil from a wrecked Tanker have polluted part of the sea. The supermarket ban along with a government ban on fishing and Salmon harvesting around the Oil spill has sent turmoil through the fishing Industry a mainstay of the windswept islands 100 Miles Northeast of the scottish Mainland. Oil began fouling the North sea on tuesday when the Braer carrying 24.6 million Gallons of Light norwegian crude grounded on the Southern end of Mainland Island after losing Power in Gale swept seas. The Tesco Chain which advertises itself As Britain s biggest fish seller said Friday that it temporarily will Stop Selling fish caught anywhere around the shetlands. Another National supermarket group Marks amp Spencer said it has stopped buying Salmon from off Shore Shetland fish governments scottish office on Friday night or dered a total ban on fishing and the suspension of Salmon harvesting at fish farms in a 328-Square-mile area around the spill. Millions of gallops of Oil have been disgorged threat ening fishing related industries that offer a major source of employment in the shetlands. Salmon farming in offshore pens is Worth $50 million a year to the Shetland Economy. Fishing is Worth $35 million and fish processing $32 million. Fish seabirds seals and other mammals from the shetlands Rich wildlife colonies have died. A scum of oily sea Spray has covered thousands of sheep on the Southern part of Mainland Island along with their pastures potato Fields and other crops. Blown onto land by gales that have swept the islands this past week the Sticky Brown scum covers everything and suffuses the air with the stench of Petroleum. Planes have sprayed the Slick with chemicals to break it up and booms have been Laid to try to contain the Oil but bad weather has hampered cleanup operations severely. More gales Are forecast for the weekend. Shetland Marine operations chief George Sutherland said Friday that the Braer a engine room showed signs of separating from the cargo tank. Geert Offeman of the dutch Salvage company Smit Tak told a news conference Friday that he thought More than half the Oil was still in the Tanker. Madrid up Spain a Royal household saw its biggest shake up since King Juan Carlos was crowned in 1975 with the departure Friday of two generals who had run Palace affairs for the last 16 years. The replacement of Gen. Sabino Fernandez Campo and Gen. Joel Casino As head and Secretary general of the Royal household by two Young diplomats Marks the end of an Era in which the army has been successfully persuaded to stay out of politics. Government spokeswoman Rosa Conde said Friday that the new head of the Palace household was career Diplomat Fernando Almansa 44, and the new Secretary general was Rafael Spotorno 47. For the first time since Juan Carlos Coronation a and the re establishment of the Spanish Crown after More than half a Century of Republican or dictatorial Rule a the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid is not being run by the military. Observers believe the King now feels in unnecessary to stress his position As commander in chief of Spain a armed services and wishes to concentrate More on foreign affairs., Quot it is quite probable that the first phase of the transition to democracy would have been subjected to even harder tests if the military had not looked on the King As their commander in chief a the daily Al pais commented in an editorial Friday. Campo 74, is credited with having masterminded the King s response to a coup attempt by military and paramilitary police officers on feb. 23, 1981. Juan Carlos Swift appearance on television denouncing the coup leaders who had taken Over the Spanish parliament was crucial in putting Down the rebellion. Coups Are now considered a thing of the past and the King s new advisers Are Young diplomats expert in relations with the United states and Eastern Europe. Condoms buried in India after use new Delhi India up a family planning group in Southern India has dumped hundreds of thousands of gov Crement supplied condoms Over the past few years because they were unpopular and people did not know How to use them a newspaper reported Friday. A social worker belonging to the group told the Indian express the county a a largest Chain of newspapers that the Madras Branch of the voluntary family planning association of India was supplied with More than 100,000 condoms a year for free distribution. But largely because of ignorance about their use family planning workers could not persuade citizens to accept handouts of condoms the paper said. The associations employees and volunteers found a novel Way to get rid of their burgeoning condom stocks they began burying thousands of undistributed condoms in specially dug pits the report said. According to the express the groups workers also dumped excess Oral contraceptive pills in the ditches. The organization apparently did not hand Back the unused contraceptives to the government for fear the authorities might Cut its future funding the paper said. Madras the capital of India s Southern tamil Nadu state and India s fourth largest City has a population of More than 4 million. The government heavily subsidizes the Sale of contraceptives in the Indian Market. It also Doles out free contraceptives through its dispensaries and hospitals and through Independent associations. Libya shuts Borders in protest Cairo Egypt up a Libya on saturday closed its Borders for three Days to protest 9-month-old sanctions imposed y the United nations. According to radio and other reports from Tripoli the libyan government blamed the sanctions for the death of its Interior and Justice minister Ibrahim Vautar in car Accident thursday. The government argued that because the embargo includes a ban on air links the official had to travel by car while returning from an Arab league meeting in Tunis Tunisia. The sanctions were imposed Over libyans refusal to surrender suspects accused of bombing two Western airliners. British and . Investigators charged two libyans in the 1988 midair bombing of pan am flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland which killed 270 people. France accused four other libyans in a similar bombing of a French Airliner Over niger a year later. Tripoli has since resisted demands for their surrender. Besides denying the charges it argues that the libyans should not be tried in countries hostile to Libya a norwegian skier Erling Knagge takes off nov. 17 on a Solo journey to the South pole which he completed thursday after 50 Days through freezing Antarctica. Ian to South pole Oslo Norway apr after 50 Days alone in the wastes of Antarctica norwegian Erling Knagge has become the first person to ski alone to the South pole with no outside help. The 29-year-old lawyer completed the journey thursday after seven weeks of travel in temperatures that fell As Low As minus 40 degrees said his spokesman Hans Christian erlandsen a after walking 864 Miles totally alone he is bound to be very Happy a said erlandsen. R Kagger smother Aase Gjerdrum of Oslo also was feeling Happy. A i feel enormous Relief and Joy a a she said by Telephone. The norwegian skier who will turn 30 on Friday reached his goal 10 Days ahead of schedule leaving his welcoming committee stranded by bad weather in Punta Arenas Chile. Knagge started out from Berkner is land in the Ronne ice shelf at the Edge of the continent nov 17. He pulled a sled loaded with up to 265 pounds of supplies about 16.5 Miles per Day erlandsen said. A i want to be the first in the world to do this a said Knagge before he left Oslo in november erlandsen said word of the accomplishment had been relayed to him by shortwave radio from the american Scott Amundsen base at the South pole the news prompted cheers and and Early morning Toast in Champagne at erlandsen a crowded office. A we Are trying to find out More a said erlandsen a but the americans Are strict about the outside use of their shortwave Knagge can Only communicate with the outside world in Brief coded messages. A
