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I* By Alex Dominguez The Associated Press BALTIMORE “Robin HUD,” the former real estate agent who claimed she stole about $6 million from HUD to help the poor, was sentenced Friday to the maximum prison term of nearly four years. t The Associated Press U.S. District Judge Herbert Murray issued the 46- month sentence at the request of the agent, Marilyn Har­ rell, who federal officials said stole more from the government than any individual. “I will ask you for the maximum term because I DEATH AND SURVIVAL — A father, above, deserve it,” Harrell told the judge. “I have never said what I did was right. In fact, if a person steals 5 cents takes his child who died in an earthquake that then they should be done with whatever the court sees rocked the city of Manjil. Iran. Thursday to the fit.” ^ cemetery for burial. At right, an alive man is Murray also sentenced Harrell to three years’ proba­ OFFLOADING CRUDE — Angolan crude oil is being offloaded from the fire-gutted super­ o \ pulled out of quake debris in Manjil after being tion and 624 hours of community service and ordered her tanker Mega Borg this week, 57 miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas. The tanker Janus is 5 -n to pay $600,000 in restitution. She was also ordered to under the ru'is for over 32 hours. Over serve a concurrent one-year sentence on the tax charge. taking the first of 35 million gallons of crude that will be offloaded over a five day period. 32.000 people were killed and wounded in the Prosecutors asked Murray to refigure the federal sen­ quake, which measured 7.3 on the Richter tencing guideline formula used to determine her sen­ n ^ scale and hit the northwestern Gilan Province tence, moving the limits from 30 to 37 months to 37 to Q o area. V 46 months, because of aggravating factors. Crews transfer oil from “We got what we asked for. You have to be satisfied with that, assistant U.S. attorney Gary Jordan said. Despite Harrell’s comments, public defender Anthony Gallagher, who asked for a 16-month sentence, said he tanker as slick dissipates intended to appeal the longer sentence. Harrell, 46, will GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — not be eligible for parole. Unless there are complications, raising the possibility that much of Crews aboard the fire-ravaged Mega z m “I think it’s fair and I’m delighted, which is what Tony the entire transfer should be com­ the remaimng oil spill may never Borg are continuing to tr a c e r mil­ pleted by Monday, Snyder said. reach the beach. told me not to say,” Harrell said after the hearing. “I lions of gallons of oil from the ship O “0 Crews already have removed 1.3 “It’s out there and heading further asked for it because I deserve it. onto other vessels artd expect the million barrels of oil off the crippled o i^ ” Snyder said. “It’s about 18 “The money I took was not from a program that gave process to be finished by next week. Rescuers free 1,000s; death toll hits 36,000 Mega Borg, anchored 57 some miles miles offshore and not well defined g o to the poor,” she said. “The money I took was from a The tedious transfer, known as from Galveston, he said late at all. It’s breaking up because of a program that put people on the street through “lightering,” began Wednesday By Martin Marris seizure of hostages at the U.S. Em­ earthquake. foreclosures.” Thursday. 3- to 4-foot chop.” The Associated Press said 25,241 were killed in Gilan night. It had been delayed for a few The tanker’s remaining cargo, es­ bassy in Tehran, ^jpealed fw inter­ As an escrow agent, Harrell collected money from the If the oil patches start to move, Iran’s UJvf. Mission in New York province and 3,709 in Zanjan days so salvage crews could test the timated at 34 million gallons, will be national help. The government said sale of properties purchased with federal Department of they probably would wash ashore on Friday afternoon said that ac­ province. stability of the 886-foot Norwegian taken to terminals in Texas City and NICX)SIA, Cyprus — Rescuers freed thousands of it would welcrane relief from the Housing and Urbsm Development-guaranteed loans that somewhere along a 47-mile stretch cording to the latest estimates from tanker, which was rocked by an ex­ Houston in two trips, said Robert people I^day fiom buildings flattened by an earthquake American Red Cross and other U.S. had been foreclosed on. Harrell said lax management al­ of beach between High Island and m northern Iran, but Iranian officials said at least 36 000 humanitarian groups even though it the region, at least 36,000 people . surpassed a quake that plosion June 8 while transferring oil Klawetter, an attorney for the Mega were killed and more than 100,000 lowed her to divert the proceeds. to another ship. Sabine Pass, the Coast Guard people had been lolled in the world’s deadliest tr ^ o r has no diplomatic ties with the kill^ 25,000 people in nearby Borg’s owners. No decision has predicted. High Island is about 30 o > were injured. U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh has called the The transfer is being done using since 1976. United States. boviet Armenia in December 1988, been made on whether the super miles northeast of Galveston, and case the largest theft of federal funds by an individual. portable pumps because the Mega Iran, at odds with the United States since the 1979 “We want to be helpfiil without and a quake in Iran in 1978 that also tanker will be scrapped or salvaged, Sabine fttss is farther up the coast at IRNA in its most precise figures Hairell became a symbol of mismanagement at HUD Borg’s pump room was destroyed in 33 CO regard for our political differences killed 25,000. he said. the Louisiana border. during the Reagan administration . the fire following the explosion. with Iran,” said Richard Boucher, Coast Guard officials said 3.9 There have been no reports of tar > The actual size of the theft and how much she gave to Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer deputy State Department spokesman million gallons of oil leaked from balls from the Mega Borg reaching Lotteiy State group sending supplies charity were not resolved Friday. Harrell has admitted Jerry Snyder said Thursday. > H in Washington. the tanker. Most of it either burned, Texas beaches. Earlier this week, sti^ing $5.7 million and claimed she gave more than $5 “The lightering is going well,” he “0 By Janet L. Cappiello evaporated or has been skimmed volunteers helped clean beaches of The ma^itude of Thursday’s Iranian authorities have told million away. Prosecutors said she failed to turn in to said. “They boosted their maximum Here are Rriday’s lottery results from around New The Associated Press from the water. debris in an effort to make any later pre-dawn disaster became more ob­ HUD’s Washington office about $6.6 million from the output to 9,600 barrels per hour. It’s England: United Nations officials that about An oil slick, once 30 miles long, cleanup of oil easier. vious as rescuers were able to get 35,000 people have died in the sale of 99 pro[»rties between 1985 and 1988, and gave continuing right on schedule and we CONNECTICUT STAMFORD (AP) — A Connec­ that resulted from the explosion is The cause of the Mega Borg blast Daily: 2-5-2. Play Four: S-6-5-6. Lotto: into the region about 125 miles earthquake. about $1.1 million to charity. expect to fill the motor vessel Janus ticut-based relief organization plans continuing to dissipate into a series has not been determined. Two crew 3-10-13-17-18-39 northwest of Tehran near the There have been only rare instan­ Harrell pleaded guilty in January to stealing govern­ by Saturday and then start o-ansfer- to send a medical team and 80,000 of patches offshore. Coast Guard of­ members died and two others are Caspian Sea to view the destruction. ces of U.S.-Iranian cooperation ment property and filing a false tax return. The two char­ ring the cargo onto the motor vessel MASSACHUSETTS pounds of supplies to earthquake- ficials said they could not predict missing and presumed dead. Mass Millions: 1-6-8-19-32-36. Bonus number 24 The Islamic Republic News since the two countries broke ges carried a maximum sentence of 13 years in prison Atlantis.” where tar balls may wash ashore.