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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 2, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7 the am Irak locomotive lower right lies on its Side after hitting a stalled tractor Traller near intercession City Fla. Witness says warning preceded Amtrak k crash fingerprint shown to jury at bombing trial in . From wire reports new York a prosecutors showed a jury a fingerprint on a parking stub of the bombed world Trade Center adding to the Trail of circumstantial evidence they say leads to four Muslim fundamentalists. W the stub was one of two entered into evidence tuesday in the Case against four men charged with conspiracy in the feb. 26 bombing that killed six people and injured More than 1,000, Manish Agarwal a police chemist testified that she examined two parking stubs from the Trade Center garage where prosecutors say the bomb was planted inside a Van. She said she used chemicals to raise a single print off one of the stubs. John Byrnes a lawyer for Mohammad a. Salameh 26, of Jersey City n.j., was the Only attorney to Cross examine Agarwal. He said outside court later that he believed prosecutors Wou d try to link the fingerprint to his client. Prosecutors say Salameh rented a yellow Van that carried the bomb into the Trade Center parking garage. Larouche to be paroled Washington a persistent presidential candidate Lyndon Larouche imprisoned nearly five years for raising Campaign funds illegally will be freed from Federal custody next month the . Parole commission says. The 71-year-old political extremist will have served one third of his 15-year sentence for mail. Fraud and conspiracy when he leaves the Federal medical Center in Rochester minn., on Jan. 26. The parole commissions decision announced tuesday follows a sept. 29  the terms of his parole Larouche will be under the supervision of a Federal probation officer until Jan. 26,2004, when his original sentence would have expired. A. Rose Parade panel widened Pasadena Calif. A for the first time in the 105-year history of the Rose Parade women and minorities have joined the committee that presides Over the new years Day television spectacle. Two Black men a hispanic Man an asian american woman and a White woman were added to the nine member tournament executive committee officials said tuesday. All previous members of the committee have been White men. The appointments ended months of controversy surrounding the racial makeup of the tournament which controls millions of dollars in contracts and plays a prominent role in Pasadena a civic and business affairs. Diplomats face curbs new York a foreign ambassadors who try to beat parking tickets by claiming diplomatic immunity could lose their License states under a new policy announced by local and Federal officials. The crackdown expected to affect officials and staffers at All of the City a 71 foreign consulates and 166u.n. Missions was reported wednesday in the new York times. City officials said the state department will not Issue or renew diplomatic registrations to any consulate or vehicle with unpaid tickets from the previous year. Some diplomats have habitually ignored parking restrictions under the auspices of diplomatic immunity. A Clifford freed of charges new York a a judge dismissed Bank fraud and bribery charges against aging and frail Clark m. Clifford in the Bank of credit and Commerce International scandal. The former defense Secretary s lawyer said he would  the court to Seal the record to prevent its use in civil lawsuits. _ Justice John . Bradley of state supreme court agreed tuesday with both the defense and prosecutors saying Cliffords a Page and ill health prevent his being brought to  from Washington the 86-year-old Clifford said a the ruling was Sody right in Light of the prosecution s a a feeble Case and a vicious and venomous leaks. Clifford and his protege Robert Altman 46, were indicted in july 1992 on charges of fraud and receiving bribes. The Washington Law partners were accused of helping the Arab owned Eccl illegally gain control or first american ban shares Washington a largest Bank holding company Altman was acquitted. Intercession City Fla. Apt a train Dis Pat Clur was warned that a tractor Traiter was stuck at a crossing Well before an Amtrak locomotive barrelled around a curve and slammed into it a Utility official said. But train and track officials say they never were called. A it was a communications breakdown a said Chris gent a spokesman for the Kissimmee Utility authority which owns the Generator the truck was towing. The trailer was carrying a $12.6 million Power Plant Generator from Tampa sport to the Utility a new Power station in this Dusty outpost about 20 Miles Southwest of Orlando. Gent who witnessed the Accident said a train dispatcher was notified about 12 35 . Tuesday that the truck was stuck. _ confusion apparently arose about the location of the crossing. V \ gent said Utility officials were told the first train heading that Way would Stop at the nearby Kissimmee station at 1 . And wait until the line was freed. But the trailer was stuck Between the station and the oncoming Amtrak train. The Accident occurred at 12 45 ., injuring 72 peo pie. Fourteen were hospitalized none with life threatening injuries. Both Amtrak and Cox transportation which owns the track said no one called. A there Are Al sorts of allegations and its unfortunate a said Amtrak spokeswoman Pat Kelly. A but there a a missing line somewhere and Well All be most cooperative in finding  Cox spokeswoman Donna Rohrer said Cox pro new York apr a chemist working independently of Exxon Corv has found evidence supporting the company a claim that not All of the Oil fouling alaskans Prince William sound came from the Exxon Valdez spill the new York times reported wednesday. The information could complicate billions of dollars in claims against Exxon resulting from the March 1989 spill and possibly reduce the company a liability Exxon said. Keith a. Kvenvolden a geochemist working for the . Geological Survey Analysed Oil from the spill site. He said he fount Jurat at least on the surface of shores around Prince Wulliam sound it is easier to find residue from a 1964 spill than from the 11 million Gallons of crude spilled from the Valdez in 1989. Vides toll free numbers to police and emergency authorities but apparently no one called that line. She said the first can Cox received was from police at 12 46 .,telling of the crash. A a we have second by second control Over every train a said Cox spokesman Jay Westbrook. A we have the ability to Stop a train by radio or by signal if we get a warning like  National transportation safety Board officials were to begin their investigation wednesday the Amtrak Silver meteor from Tampa to new York had 111 people on Board and was travelling at the authorized v8 Mph before the crash officials said. Engineers said they had Only about 30 Yards to react. They needed at least Anile to Stop the train. Quot we had just come around the curve and it was there a said Engineer James Thomas 46, who with his assistant lunge into the safety of a engine room compartment. A we hit. Boom bang just like that a the Impact crumpled the truck trailer and Generator and pushed them the length of a football Field. Four of the train s eight cars tumbled off the tracks in a Cloud of dust. A fall i know is i woke up underneath the table a said Margaret Hawkins 71, of new York City who had just finished eating a snack in the lounge car when the collision knocked her to the floor. She suffered minor bruises. The truck moving slowly under its huge Burden was escorted by two Highway patrol cars As required by the state department of transportation. Just a few Hundred Yards from its destination the belly of the truck ground to a halt top the raised Railroad crossing. Exxon already has paid about $3 billion in claims. Attorneys representing groups suing the Irving Texas based company say remaining claims total about $3.5 billion and involve about 5,000 actions. According to Exxon it is Likely that residue from the earlier non Exxon spill forms part of the basis of the claims from individuals businesses native villages and others who Are suing the Oil company. Trials on the it tails Are to begin in . District court in Anchorage next May 2. A a if it can be shown there Are other hydrocarbons a a. Edward Bence a geochemist working for Exxon said a then some of the claims for damage will not be  Oil from/64 spill May help Exxon Case  
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