European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 11,1994 . The stars and stripes pages cruise ship spills Oil after grounding alaskan voyage May be Cut Short company says Alaska Anchorage Canada Juneau ship runs aground Anchorage Alaska a cruise ship carrying 1,275 people ran a round wednesday in the inside passage of Southeastern Alaska and leaked an undetermined amount of Hydraulic fluid the coast guard said. The Nieuwe Amsterdam operated by Holland America lines was re floated with no evacuations or injuries coast guard spokesmen said but the rest of the we Klong cruise maybe cancelled. The Hydraulic fluid a Light Grade of Oil leaked from a damaged Shaft it. Ray Massey said from Juneau. Passage to await inspection by the coast from Vancouver British Columbia to guard Marine safety office which had Seward Alaska said Larry Dessler i investigators on Board Massey said. Rector of Public relations for Holland he said a Forward ballast tank was Tak America line West ours in Seattle. It was ing on water but the extent of damage a Eadeth for a port Call at Ketchikan when \ Al & t n a v%/�1 a �%4 Vert a mum it Jowas not known. The Accident occurred at Gravina Point about four Miles South of Ketchikan. Seas were Cali with a thick pea soup fog at the time of the Accident Massey said. The first account said bad damage Oil All Over the place but they re saying re i a it 0 it Fritt am on 4-4. Of am it my the incident occurred. Passengers were comfortable and All shipboard services were functioning Dessler said. But it s doubtful that the vessel will be Able to continue on it cruise. Of. Well have to wait for a damage assessment so we know what our Are Dessler said. Athe ship deployed an Oil Boom around now it s a Light Sheen Petty officer Bill if the cruise had to be cancelled the the spill and backed into open water. It Schlueter said front Juneau. Shi oui anchored at the North end of Nichols ship would Likely go to Ketchikan for Pas the ship was on a seven Day cruise sengers to disembark coast guard detains defectors off Florida Cuba Calls the group criminals key West Fla. A Twenty six cubans who tried to reach the United states on a stolen cuban government boat were detained at sea wednesday while the . Coast guard awaited or Ders on How to Deal with them. A cuban Diplomat demanded they be returned to Cuba As common criminals saying a cuban Navy lieutenant was killed and four other sailors were forced Over Board monday when the boat was taken from Mariel. But the defectors told the coast guard on tuesday night that nobody was killed and based on initial interviews it appears the report from Cuba might be a mis take it. Cmdr. Steven Banks said. In fact Banks said it appears that the purported victim of the hijacking was actually one of the people on  hijackers also said three not four sailors were forced overboard and were not injured Banks said. . Officials said Little about Why the cubans were being held at sea after they were picked up about 60 Miles Southwest of key West on tuesday. They would Only say the cubans would be questioned about How they left the Island. This is supposedly a hijacking and we want to make sure the state department takes a proper action on this senior chief Petty officer Luis Diaz said. The defectors told the coast guar that one of four military personnel on Board the 50-foot vessel forced the others off then stopped to pick up passengers before heading for the United states. Video taken of the waving cubans showed one person wearing camouflage fatigues. The Miami Herald quoted an unidentified state department source As saying the department received reports that the group includes a High level defector. The newspaper did not provide details. Cuba demanded that the whole Groupie returned to Cuba. This is a crime said Rafael Dausa political officer of the cuban interest Section in Washington. They killed an officer of the revolutionary  the . State department also expressed concern Over the hijacking. Mon Day s was the fifth in Cuba since the be ginning of june. Last week Havana erupted in riots after ferries were commandeered. One involved five defector who allegedly threatened people with a grenade pistols and a Machete. They were still being held at immigration Cen Ter West of Miami on wednesday. The reported use of sometimes lethal violence by those taking Over vessels to flee the Island is a disturbing trend said state department spokesman David Johnson in Washington. The use of Vio Lence in such acts places everyone at  fire hits planned parenthood clinic Brainerd Minn. A a fire that apparently started in a planned parenthood clinic damaged several businesses in an office Complex wednesday. No one was injured. The Fri the Federal Bureau of Alco hol tobacco and firearms and the state fire marshal s office were investigating the Early morning fire. Planned parenthood officials said they had no imme Diate indication it was purposely set. The office was a federally subsidized family planning clinic that has never provided abortions. It has operated in brai nerd a Central Minnesota town of 12,000, for More than 20 years said Tom web Ber executive director of the state planned parenthood group. The clinic has been the site of occasional picketing but never any violence. Planned parenthood plans to relocate the clinic he said. No damage estimate was available. Diana left walks away from photographers tuesday on Martha s Vineyard. Diana nestled in isolated spot for vacation on mass Island West Tisbury mass. A Many people knew few told. Maybe that s Why Diana the Princess of Wales decided to spend her vacation on Martha s Vineyard. It was five Days after the Princess arrived by plane thursday that her location on the Island was confirmed Diana is staying at an 18th-Centuryclapboard Home rented by Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima Brazil s Ambas Sador to the United states. The cottage is on one of the Many secluded almost inaccessible sections of the Island that make it popular with peo ple who jealously guard their privacy. She knows it was one of the very few places in the world where she could be surrounded by Nice people of and it would be hard to be found by the press said the ambassador wife Lucia de Lima. Employees of the Edgartown yacht club said they saw the 33-year-old estranged wife of Britain s Prin Echarles sailing Friday with retired lbs Anchorman Walter Cronkite across the Atlantic Ocean. Persons princes William and Harry Are on vacation in Greece with their dad. Judge strikes Down g Cincinnati a a Federal judge struck Down an anti Gay rights measure tuesday that had been approved by Cincinnati voters last fall v . District judge Arthur Spiegel ruled that the measure is unconstitutionally vague and violates the first amendment rights of homosexuals to participate  political process. The City charter amendment was approved nov. 2. Suzanne Goldberg a lawyer with the Lambda Legal defense and education fund inc., which helped rep resent Gay rights activists in challenging the measure praised the ruling. The majority cannot deprive the minority of Funda mental rights. Government cannot strip lesbians and homosexuals of their Basic rights she said. Karl Kadon a Deputy City solicitor said the City will Appeal. The City is legally obligated to defend voter approved initiatives. The amendment barred Cincinnati from enacting or enforcing Laws based on sexual orientation. It also eliminated sexual orientation As a basis for discrimination complaints. Supporters of the measure argued that existing civil rights Laws were adequate to protect homosexuals. In 1992, Colorado voters approved a measure prohibit ing local governments from passing Laws protecting homosexuals. That amendment is on hold while the Colorado supreme court decides whether it is constitutional