European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 11, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 72 teens held in slaying of crossing guard Mother v from wire reports Long Beach Calif a grossing guard Catherine Tucker made sure youngsters got to and from school safely. But in her final moments no one was around to do the same for her. Minutes after she arrived at her Post monday at Lafayette elementary school the 46-year-old Mother of seven was kidnapped in her own car. Five hours later police found her body in the trunk. She had been shot in the head. Virgil Jason Clarke 18, and a 17-year-old whose name was not released were arrested and held for investigation of kidnapping robbery and murder. Police said the teen agers kidnapped Tucker and drove to a High school where they attended morning classes leaving the body in the , Barge collide Tampa Fla. A a freighter and a gasoline Barge collided tuesday in Tampa Bay and the Barge burst into flames . Coast guard officials said. No major injuries were reported said coast guard it. Gary Bracken. Passing boats helped pull out Crew members who had jumped into the Bay. The collision occurred about o  2vi Miles West of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge which spans the Bay. The sea was Calm wind was about 17 Mph and the sky was Clear Bracken said. The Salsa 37, a 400-foot freighter collided with the 500-foot Barge carrying gasoline. The Barge was being pushed by a tugboat he said. It was not immediately known what the freighter was  to live on in clone Austin Texas a the treaty Oak poisoned in 1989 by a Man heartsick Over an ended relationship will live on in a new tree grown from cuttings of the original. Quot As the old treaty Oak fades the new one will take its place Quot City forester John Giedraitis said. Shortly after the treaty Oak was poisoned Giedraitis collected twigs and sent them to experts. Clones were made by grafting cuttings to the roots of another Oak. In october a 5-foot sapling is to be planted next to the original. Paul Stedman Cullen served three years in prison for pouring herbicide around the tree where Stephen f. Austin is said to have signed a peace treaty with indians in the Early 1800s.weather satellite launched Vandenberg fab Calif. A a 32-year-old Atlas e rocket blasted into orbit monday carrying a replacement weather satellite to watch floods hurricanes icebergs fires and damage to Earth a Ozone layer. The Noaa 13 satellite built by Martin Marietta corp., was launched at 3 02 . Put from Vandenberg fab a sprawling military Complex 140 Miles Northwest of los Angeles. The Noaa 13 is to replace the aging Noaa 11. The new satellite is to Circle Earth every 102 minutes and View the entire planet twice  can pick titles Albany . A in this state done to Call an assemblyman an Assembly person unless that a what he wants. And done to even think about calling an assemblywoman an assemblyman without her approval. On monday gov. Mario m. Cuomo approved legislation allowing Public officials to insist they be referred to by titles that Are either gender specific or Neutral. Under the measure if a woman elected to a City Council wants to be called Council Wortan or Councilperson she now has the right by Law to get her wish. And male members of that Council can insist on councilman or Councilperson. The Law which took effect immediately was approved unanimously by both houses of the  Spe Lunker rescued sinks Grove . A woman who became ill on a weekend spelunking expedition was rescued from a Cave monday by paramedics and More than 100 volunteers from five states. Michelle Bostic 21, of sinks Grove suffered abdominal pains saturday while exploring the unnamed Cave on private property. She was unable to make it out on her own. Oks Deal to accept More spent nuclear fuel Boise Idaho apr Idaho has agreed to accept several More shipments of spent nuclear fuel from the Navy in return for faster action on the states environmental concerns. Quot we got the Best Deal we can get Quot said gov. Cecil d. Andris who has battled the government for five years Over its stockpiling of radioactive material at the Idaho National engineering Laboratory near Idaho Falls. Andrus agreed on monday to accept 19 More shipments of spent fuel from the Navy a nuclear powered ships Over the next two years. In return the Energy department will finish an environmental Impact study of the site by mid-1995. It also pledged to Speed up processing of the millions of cubic feet of stored liquid waste to reduce the risk of environmental damage. That could mean tens of millions of dollars in construction of facilities to handle waste. Navy Secretary John Dalton said defense Secretary los Aspin also will invoke a National Security provision allowing him to Send even More waste to Idaho in addition to the 19 shipments. Dalton said the extra shipments involving two dozen or More containers now stored on a Barge off Virginia Are needed to prepare for refuelling the aircraft Carrier Nimitz and returning it to service. The Navy earlier this year had hoped to make As Many As 64 shipments of nuclear fuel to the Complex. But on june 28, a Federal judge barred any further shipments pending the environmental Impact statement. Opponents of the shipments fear the nuclear waste might Poison Southern Idaho a major underground source or water. With mondays settlement Andrus hoped to Block a ush in. Congress by the Navy for a Law exempting it for Federal environmental regulations. The Navy has said that if it cannot dispose of the spent fuel it May have to store it on vessels anchored at a avy docks. E up n rallying for Tyson a release boxing promoter Don King left joined by the Rev. William f. Crockett of Cleveland Speaks at an Indianapolis rally monday in support of Mike Tyson. The former heavyweight champions Appeal of his rape conviction was overturned Friday by the Indiana appeals court. About 200 people listened to King plead for Tyson a release at the gathering outside the state House. Tyson is at the Indiana youth Center about 20 Miles away. He was sentenced to six years in prison followed by four years probation. Pot grower killed in police standoff Brodhead by. Apr a Man who sat in a Lawn chair guarding his marijuana Field with an assault Rifle was shot to death by police after a Daylong standoff. Gary Shepherd 45, had told officers they would Quot have to kill me to get at his plants state police said in a statement monday. The standoff began sunday after members of a state task Force in a helicopter spotted about 50 plants behind his Home. The troopers landed and told Shepherd they were going to Cut Down the plants said trooper Gilbert Acciardo a state police spokesman. Shepherd went inside and came out with a Rifle. Quot he was pretty much sitting there probably about six or seven hours a Deputy sheriff Darrell Doan said. Quot he did t talk to us at  Shepherd was shot several times in the head and Chest As he raised his Rifle toward the troopers authorities said. Mary Jane Jones 42, who lived with Shepherd and their Young son said that he never pointed the gun at anybody and that police made no serious Effort to negotiate. Grazing fees to increase on Federal land by the new York times Washington a the Clinton administration took the first step toward reshaping Western land policy by announcing plans monday to More than double grazing fees for ranchers who use Federal land. Environmentalists heralded the action and predicted it would reduce grazing on Public land that they say harms wildlife forests and streams. Western republicans condemned the plan As a be trayal. Democratic senators from the West said the measures were less severe than the proposals president Clinton originally had made in his budget which they had persuaded him to drop. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt who announced the fee increases along with a number of new controls Over water rights and the use of Public land said More changes would be announced next month