European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 09, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. January 9, 1994 us. The stars and stripes Page 5 Crews Start up Oil spill in by the associated press san Juan puerto Rico. Crews rushed saturday to stabilize a crippled Barge that dumped 750,000 Gallons of Oil into the Ocean off san Juan spread a Slick along three Miles of coastline and sent tourists  Barge ran aground before Dawn Friday Hemorrhagic to heavy Oil that blackened the sea and sullied the Capi Tal s  saturday morning a second Barge with pumps moved up to the stricken ves Sel which was wedged on a reef 300 Yards offshore. Efforts began to stabilize the Barge and Start removing the remaining 750,000 Gallons of Oil. Crews also began efforts to clean a Beach stained by the  of tourists in hotels along the Palm lined Shore made arrangements to relocate or make the Best of the Situa Tion. It was the first major spill to hit the Island in  won t be diving around this area for a while said Alberto Rodriguez a scuba instructor who surveyed the mess from  pungent spill was limited to three Miles of san Juan s Shoreline the coast guard said. Gov. Pedro Rossello said he hoped for a Quick cleanup to soften the. _. _. Workers contracted by the . Coast guard try to clean up Oil Friday that leaked from a grounded Barge off san Juan puerto Rico. Possible economic blow to the Island s tourism Industry. Puerto Rico attracted 3.5 million visitors in 1991, who spent $1.4 billion according to the latest Fig ures published by the Caribbean business directory san Juan also is a major port of Call for cruise ships by late Friday about half the Barge s 15 million Gallons of heavy Oil had leaked out . Transportation Secre tary Federico Pena  top priorities for Federal and local Relief agencies Are to prevent further leakage protect sensitive areas along the coastline and clean up the mess he said.. Coast guard cmdr. Robert Ross said there was an unknown amount of damage to the Bottom of the Barge and the internal  was conflicting information about who owned the Barge named the Morris j.  Preusch a manager at Standard tank of Bayonne no. Told the associated press that the Barge belonged to his firm but had been chartered to another company which he refused to identify. But Ross said the Barge was owned by new England Marine services. There was no explanation for the  coast guard and other agencies began investigations into the cause of the Accident. Rossello said Crew members were tested for alcohol  Trie d to accommodate tourists by busing them to other beaches on the Island. Studies cite costly toll of Washington a a single crime can inflict $41,000 in medical and psychological injury and the nation toll is More than $20 billion a year for gunshot wounds alone health studies estimate. The Tab for All the injury causing crimes that occur in a single year in medical psychological and productivity losses ultimately is $202 billion Over the victims life times conclude the studies in the latest Issue of the health policy journal health affairs. The economic toll should pro lawmakers to find some Way to curb the nation s epidemic of Vio Lence the studies authors  want their data used to study the Impact of everything from strict gun control Laws to violence Educa Tion projects. These Are preventable injuries Wendy Max of the University of California san Francisco said Friday they represent a real potential Sav Ings of health  the studies Are the first to calculate the economic Impact of violent crime on such a Large scale. Pre Vious efforts have looked at the Impact on a particular Hospital or at the National Burden of murder. But calculating the costs of Al crime related injuries is difficult because Many hospitals Don t keep records showing their patients were crime victims unless the patients die researchers say. That Means these estimates probably Are grossly underestimated Max said. Thousands mourn Clinton s mom hot Springs Ark. A several thousand mourners from neighbors and friends to top administration officials and entertainer barbra Streisand joined presi Dent Clinton on saturday in paying final respects to his Mother Virginia Kelley. Nearly All of the 3,000 seats at the hot Springs convention auditorium were filled for the morning service in Clinton s boyhood  residents of hot Springs were invited to the rites to Grieve the death of the vivacious stylish presidential Mother who was the town s Best known personality. Flags throughout town flew at half staff. Clinton and first lady Hillary Rod Ham Clinton both dressed in Black sat soberly in the first Row of the Auditori Kelley urn As the strains of the hymn amazing Grace filled the room. Kelley died thursday after a Long Bat the with breast cancer. She was 70. She was an american original said there. John Miles of the St. James methodist Church of Little Rock the Clinton family preacher referring to her love for make up her pencilled eyebrows and he signature Streak of White in her hair. She was filled with the very essence of life. She was a Celebration on the Way to heaven Miles said. After the service the president was joining a funeral procession for the 90 mile drive to his Birthplace in Hope Ark., for a private burial ceremony. Kel Ley was being buried among the Graves of other family members. Because of the number attending the service was held in the civic auditorium instead of a Church. However three Reno won f appoint Spedrl counsel Washington a attorney general Janet Reno is rejecting re publican suggestions of White House interference in the Federal investigation of president Clinton s role in an Arkansas real estate venture. Reno insisting that she is in charge of the Justice department probe said she refused to appoint a special prosecutor because any such counsel would not be regarded As truly inde pendent As Long As that person owe the Job to her and could be fired by  statements came in letters Fri Day to Senate Republican Leader Rob Ert Dole of Kansas and rep. Jim Leach a Iowa who have called Forreno to appoint a special counsel. Who really is in charge of the jus Tice department s investigation Dole demanded in a letter to  it the White House or is it the jus Tice department s career prosecutors As you claim the answer responded Reno i that the investigation is being con ducted by career prosecutors of the department of Justice and that As at Torney general i have ultimate responsibility for All matters in this depart  s defense came As White House Counselor David Gergen de cried the Republican attacks on Clin ton. I just have to Tell you As the president goes Home to Bury his Mother to have the political opposition on the Warpath hammering away raises All sorts of questions about what has happened in this town Gergen said on Abc s today show. The controversy concerns the Clin tons investment in the Whitewater development corp. Real estate com Pany and its links to Madison guaranty a failed savings and loan association under Federal investigation. The1989 failure of the Arkansas Thrift Cost taxpayers some $60 million. Clinton and his wife Hillary Rod Ham Clinton were co owners of Whitewater with James Mcdougal a longtime Friend who also owned mad Ison guaranty. There have been allegations that funds were diverted from the Thrift in the mid-1980s to help Pav debts of prominent arkansans including then gov. Clinton. Methodist ministers close to Kelley con ducted the rites. Scores of lifelong friends of the Clinton and the Kelleys attended the service. The memorial tribute also Drew Many prominent americans from All walks of life including the governor of Nevada Robert j. Miller and Hollywood pro Ducer Harry Thomason originally from Arkansas and a close Friend of the Clin tons. Streisand came to the auditorium wearing a dark coat with a Black fur col Lar. Just last week the president s Mother jetted to Las vegas with her husband Richard to enjoy a Streisand concert. She stayed for two shows. The actress Singer returned the compliment flying to hot Springs in a private Jet saturday to attend the service. Strei Sand has been one of the president s Strong political supporters