European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. October 27, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 Oil from broken pipeline into russian Rivers Moscow a an Oil spill from a burst pipeline has reached two Rivers and drenched Tundra in Russia s far North. But russian officials insisted tuesday that the spill poses no serious environmental threat. The size of the spill was unclear. . Energy department officials said it could Range from 4.5 million Gallons to More than 80 million Gallons. The higher estimate would be eight times the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska. The spill first reported in tuesday York times extends Over the fro zen ground like a ribbon about 3 feet deep 40 feet wide and 6 to 7 Miles Long Deputy Energy Secretary Bill White said tuesday in Washington. Alexander a Doshin a spokesman for Russia s ministry of emergency situations said the pipeline burst in february. He said he had no figure on the size of the spill but called it considerably smaller than 80 million Gallons. There have been several minor spills along the aging pipeline about 1,000 Miles Northeast of Moscow Dat ing to 1988, officials said. Cholera cases in Bari Italy a the number of confirmed Chol Era cases has climbed to four since the outbreak was detected in this Adriatic port last week. The latest victims Are an 88-year-old-Man and a 59 year old woman. Health minister Raffaele Costa con firmed the latest cases but said it was a positive sign that no other suspected cases have been reported in Bari Over the past 48 hours. Valery Ilyin a spokesman for Komi Neft which operates the line said the most serious spill of crude occurred in late a gust when 4.3 million Gallons escaped. An estimated 4,9 Mil lion Gallons of other contaminated liquids spilled he said. An emergency pipeline was built to bypass the area and a 25-foot-High Dike was built to contain the spill. Heavy rain washed out the Dike oct. 1 near the town of Usinsky and Oil spilled into the Kolva and Usa Rivers Tributa Ries of the Pechora a Salmon spawning River that flows into the Arctic Ocean. A Doshin said regional authorities did not report the collapse until oct. 4 be cause it was not these Oil spots presented no serious danger to the environment he said. A Moscow representative of the environmental group Greenpeace criticized the official response. No real cleanup has been done said Igo Klokov. A v v -. Site of washed out Oil Dike Estonia Moscow Lithuania a Alex Sibirnyj City Rise to 4 authorities have blamed the outbreak on raw sewage reaching the sea and contaminating shellfish. At least two of the cholera patients ate raw seafood highly pop ular in italian coastal areas. Cholera is rare in Western countries but has caused widespread deaths in developing countries. In 1973, a cholera outbreak in Naples struck about 1,000 people killing25. Marine Given 40 years in murder of sergeant from the associated press Tokyo a . Marine was found guilty in the murder of a fellow Marine and sentenced to 40 years in prison military officials said tuesday. Cpl. Michael of stalling 22, of Springfield md., was sentenced at a general court martial Friday for the murder of sgt. Michael a. Allen of Pittsburg Calif. Allen was found floating in a ditch at Iwakuni Marine corps air station near Hiroshima with multiple Stab wounds. In september another Marine Bryce Cpl. Mark d. Jimenez of lament Calif., was sentenced to 30 years for the May 4 killing. The Pacific stars and stripes said Jimenez testified at his trial that three marines killed Allen because they thought he was giving investigators a hispanic gang to which All four marines belonged. Gunnel Prairi goofs again. London the High Speed train through the Channel Tunnel suffered a fourth embarrassing delay tuesday with 400 invited guests aboard. The euro Star train heading for Brussels Belgium from London s Waterloo station had to switch tracks in the Tunnel because of a signalling fault. The hitch caused the journey through the Tunnel to take 31 minutes instead of the scheduled 20 minutes. The trains open to the Public nov. 14 snakes Sci and guard Amsterdam Netherlands the nation s Premier department store decided that a shop window bulging with $4 million Worth of jewelry was t enough to get shoppers attention so it added four rattlesnakes As guards. We re using the snakes in their traditional role from egyptian times As guardians of treasures big Entorf store spokesman Tom littaur said the snakes and the jewelry display Are removed from the window and locked up separately each night. A. V air Frankfurt May Toum it my 1h Moscow a on its Way to the target size set by president Boris Yeltsin Russia s army will be Down to 1.9 million men by january and 1.7 million by the endofl995. The timetable described by defense minister Pavel Grachev on wednesday and reported by the inter fax news Agency is to meet the goal of a 1.5 million a n Force that Yeltsin pledged earlier this year. The army had 2.3 million at the be ginning of 1994. The smaller army will be less than a third of the size of the old soviet army. Grachev has pledged to carry out Yeltsin s orders but he has fought budget cutting measures by the government and the parliament the defense minister has been under fire since a bomb blast oct. 17 killed Moskovsky Koms molets correspondent Dmitry Kholodov who was investigating military corruption. Grachev on tuesday blamed the re Porter s slaying on the russian mafia. Lost Yonkers met Dmont mom ihbu1mc am Itou hah do Namath od.14. Is. 21129 7w-Ho of .1h� Leaf k oco a i
