European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 14,1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 new York a an old English sheep dog nicknamed a co key for the 5 pounds of cocaine discovered in her belly May become an ambassador in school drug awareness programs. The 4-year-old dog arrived dec. 1 at Kennedy Airport on a flight from boots Colombia. She was lethargic and dehydrated and a rays revealed she was carrying 10 cocaine filled condoms with a Street value of $250,000 in her Abdomen. A Quot  a cokey is recovering at the . Customs canine enforcement training Center in front Royal a. The Agency said monday that cokey a May very Well turn out to be the Best ambassador the . Customs service will have for the drug awareness programs that Are presented to  she would visit schools a to show children what happened to her to show what they did to her to get the drugs into the country a said Joan Baran a spokeswoman for the Agency. Baran said cokey is a eating Well but still has 25 pounds to  a new Jersey Man who came to claim the dog was charged with Possession of drugs with intent to distribute. Panama says cubans must leave by March Nuevo Emperador Panama a five Days after cuban refugees rioted in Camps Here Panama a president has announced that All 8,500�?~of them must leave the country by March 6. A i want to reiterate what was a Promise to the panamanian people a president Ernesto p6rez Balladares said monday evening after arriving from the Summit of the americas in Miami. A it was six months and it will be six months up rez Balladares said referring to the length of time that he told president Clinton the refugees could remain in Panama. He added that none of the cubans would be allowed to stay. A we did no to invite them to Panama. We Lent them our territory to save them from what would have been certain death on the High seas a he said. His comments came As 630 More . Soldiers from two battalions arrived to reinforce troops guarding the Camps where 1,000 cubans rioted on dec. 7 and thursday. The soldiers arrived late monday to bolster 2,000 troops guarding four cuban encampments said . Army capt. John Leggett spokesman for the refugee operation. A there Are children playing baseball but you can Chilly dog \ Well padded motorcyclist zipping along a Street in downtown Hamburg Germany hardly feels the Nippy december air. But his Sidecar pal not dressed for rid ing has to make do with a shawl. 4 in Sioux City Iowa apr an explosion rocked a farm chemical Plant South of Sioux City on tuesday tilling at least four people officials said. The Terra industries Plant about 10 Miles South of Sioux City is the largest producer of nitrogen based fertilizers in Iowa. The explosion also caused numerous injuries and knocked out four nearby electricity generating stations. As a precaution hundreds of people were evacuated from a Casino about 10 Miles away. A the word that i heard was a devastated a a said Keith Wilkins director of 911 services in Woodbury county. A it is a refinery like Complex. It has multiple buildings in this Complex. My understanding is that it was extremely  he said however that there were no reports of toxic materials leaking. Authorities at an Impromptu command Post said at least 30 people were injured when an explosion destroyed the North building at the Plant about 6 15 . The blast was Felt As far away As 30 Miles. A we be transported now approximately a dozen people to the Hospital a Wilkins said. He had no detail on their condition. Gov. Terry Branstad gave the go ahead for local officials to Call in National guard troops from Sioux City to help. Branstad said emergency officials told him As Many As 30 people were at the Plant at the time of the blast. A Terra spokeswoman said shed had no Contact with the Plant because phone lines were Cut. A we done to know Many details other than there was an explosion. The reason or extent of damage has yet to be determined a said company spokeswoman Paula c. Norton in Sioux City. Feel tension in the atmosphere a Leggett said. Soldiers who conducted a second sweep of two Camps on monday confiscated a Cache of homemade weapons the Miami Herald reported tuesday. The weapons included Nail studded boards Home made knives sharpened aluminium cots and stolen shovels and baseball bats the Herald reported quoting Leggett. Last weeks rioting was the worst violence since Clinton ordered . Warships to begin intercepting cuban refugees at sea in August. Hundreds of refugees broke Down barbed wire fences ran through the Jungle and tried to swim the Panama canal. More than 200 . Soldiers and several refugees were injured in the Melee at two of the four Camps about 12 Miles West of Panama City. About 1,000 cubans escaped but All except 10 returned voluntarily or were apprehended. About 700 cubans have been sent to a detention Center for participating in the riots including 36 arrested monday. Log sctt said those detained were a accused of being  in a related development 40 cubans were sent to the United states tuesday under a program that allows provisional entry to the sick the elderly and unaccompanied children younger than 13. Simpson s lawyers want jury to hear Dan evidence los Angeles a taking their biggest Legal risk to Date . Simpsons lawyers tuesday asked the judge to cancel a pretrial hearing on admissibility of crucial Dan evidence. In a 13-Page motion the defense said the Battle Over genetic evidence should be played out in front of the jury a rather than in a hearing outside the panels presence. The defense said that holding the four to eight week hearing tentatively set to begin Jan. 4, would deny Simpson his right to a fair trial. The ourt papers say Simpson a has been personally advised by counsel about the risk and benefits of proceeding without the hearing. Simpson a has a knowingly waived the right to claim any prejudice arising from the jury a exposure to potentially inadmissible scientific evidence a the papers said. No Date was set for Superior court judge Lance Ito to consider the defense motion. Calls placed to District attorneys spokeswoman Suzanne Childs seeking prosecution reaction to the filing were not immediately returned. Prosecutors have said they could go to trial with or without the hearing. The proceeding known As a Kelly Frye hearing was intended to determine whether and to what extent the jury May be told about Dan evidence the Linchpin of the prosecutions Case against Simpson. Legal analysts have said forgoing the admissibility hearing comes with some Legal Penl since it would deny Simpson a record for an appellate court to see when considering whether to overturn on a conviction on the basis of improperly admitted evidence. However the tactic has some benefits for Simpson. For one it Grants his longstanding wish for a fast trial by eliminating a time consuming and for him expensive admissibility hearing before a judge who has rarely sided with the defense. Also it eliminates the potential for damaging publicity that could taint the jury Ana alternate panel if they Are not sequestered. The motion asks that opening statements when lawyers Lay out their cases before the jury begin on Jan. 4, when lawyers and jurors return from the Holiday break. The Dan hearing was requested by Simpsons lawyers and such hearings Are generally for the Benefit of the de sense. The new defense strategy Marks a dramatic change in course. Up until now the defense has challenged virtually every piece of evidence against Simpson and appeared to be gearing up for a major pretrial fight Over the acce Tabili to Oydna evidence. Simpson hired the nations leading Dan attorneys who filed a voluminous motion attacking every aspect of genetic evidence. Prosecutors Are hoping to link Simpson to the killings by genetic matches Between his blood and blood found at the crime scene where his sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman were slain june 12