European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                / monday january 11, 1993 the stars and stripes b Page. 3hurricane-Force winds battering Oil Tanker Sumburgh Shetland islands a winds gust ing to Hurricane Force and churning seas sunday battered the Oil Tanker shipwrecked in the Shetland islands and hampered Salvage efforts. Gusts of up to 115 Mph were forecast for Early today the strongest since the Braer ran around tuesday in the Bay of Quondale during a Hurricane. The pounding will test the strength of the 89,700-ton ship s damaged cargo hold. A it has stood up to a great Deal of punishment already. This would tax it once again but there is to Way one can speculate on the effect this is going to have on the ship said George Sutherland the shetlands Marine operations director. The cargo hold separated from the rear engine Section of the 17-year-old ship Friday but no new leaks were created. More than half of the ships 24.6 million Gallons of crude Oil is still believed to be on Board a no bomb it was still a blast los Angeles a a car counting device exploded saturday night at los Angeles International Airport sending fiery debris onto a parking garage ramp but causing no injuries in an incident authorities at first feared might have been a terrorist attack. Police sgt. Mike of Donnell said the device mounted on a 10-foot pole a May have gotten wet and shorted out exploding in  police initially reported a bomb had exploded and dispatched the departments anti terrorist unit and bomb squad to the scene. The area was cordoned off and investigators spent hours looking for other explosives before it was determined that no bomb was involved. A it turned out to be no big Deal a of Donnell said. A initially the people called saying a we saw an  when the bomb squad arrived they saw debris in the shape of a Cylinder. A a that show the thing got  the device counts the number of vans shuttling passengers Between the Airport and area hotels. The Airport then charges the vans for the number of arrivals and departures. Worker charged in theft of drugs West Palm Beach Fla. A authorities have charged a former evidence custodian with stealing cocaine from the county a evidence vaults. Phillip Della Jacova was charged with tampering with evidence Possession of cocaine official misconduct grand theft and Possession of drug paraphernalia. He is free on $4,000 Bond. Della Jacova who was fired dec. 31, admitted he stole cocaine and crack from five evidence vaults at the Palm Beach county courthouse for about a year authorities said. They done to know How much he allegedly stole but they done to blame him for All the drugs missing from county vaults nearly 20 pounds of cocaine and other evidence in 60 criminal cases have been tampered with or stolen since 1975. Krischer said most of the drugs were stolen from cases that had already gone to trial. But Many cases Are on Appeal and three cases Are still pending in which drugs were stolen or tampered with he said. Cording to Geert Offeman of the dutch Salvage company Smit Tak. Also sunday news reports said the tankers Crew tried to get the engine going for two hours before summoning help and a former Captain of the Braer said he would not Nave risked taking the vessel South of the Shetland islands during a Hurricane. An Aerial Survey on sunday of the North a Waters surrounding Mainland Island where the Tanker is beached in a Rocky Cove showed no new release of Oil said David Bedborough the department of trans ports Marine pollution control officer. The heaviest Slick is along the South Point of main. Land but a Sheen of Oil extended at feast 25 Miles mostly on the West coast. The government has banned fishing in the area. Wildlife casualties amounted to More than 500 Birds and three seals dead according to a tally by the Royal society for the Protection of Birds. A Barge equipped with powerful pumps was sche ditled to arrive in the shetlands from Rotterdam today and could begin removing Oil from the Tanker tuesday. The sunday times reported that the ships Crew struggled to repair the engines for 2vi hours on tuesday Ocford sending a mayday signal. A the newspaper said Marine experts believe the disaster could have been averted if the Captain had signalled for help immediately when the chief Engineer was called out of bed at 2 30 . Tuesday instead of waiting until 5 04 . When the first sos Call was radioed. But the ships owners bar Gall and Hudner denied that there was any delay in getting help. A at that time 2 30 the engineering staff were not concerned about the performance of the main engine a which continued to function nor Foially until a Power failure at 4 40,�?� the company said in a statement. Home again from Quick trip coming Home is the Best part of leaving when you re called away to duly. For some sent to Somalia Tor operation restore Hope the Homecoming came sooner than expected. Some soldiers from cod 502nd aviation regt were in Somalia for about 10 Days when they were returned to their unit in Mannheim Germany. In lop photo spec. Kenneth i. Brookins of co i502nd aviation regt and his wife Marion second from left Toast his return saturday night at Rhein main a Germany from the somalian Relief Effort with Gladys f. Richardson wife of sgt Ivan b. Richardson also of co i. In photo at right spec. Bruce f. Cain of co i greets his 5-month-old son Bruce jr., and wife Bridgett. Above sgt. Alma r. Amezcua offers a kiss to her husband sgt. Martin Davila. Photos by v corps Public affairs