good parents. He asked for privacy and for prayers.

Neither Namowicz nor McClure took questions from reporters.

Bettis was elected mayor of New Bern in 2009. He has previously announced he would not seek re-election.

Alderman Sabrina Bengel, who as mayor pro tem will take over during Bettis’ absence, said she talked with Bettis Wednesday and asked him if he was going to resign, but he told her he did nothing wrong and would continue his role as mayor.

Alderman Dana Outlaw called for Bettis’ resignation Wednesday and wanted to have a special meeting of the Board of Alderman, but none of the other aldermen seconded his proposal, Bengel said.

“This is his (Bettis’) personal issue and he needs to address his own personal issues,” she said. “I will lead the meetings inRefining and Marketing Co.
Patricia C. Hannigan, U.S. Attys. Office, Wilmington, DE, Michael McIntyre, Environment & Natural Resources Div., EES, Washington, DC, and Peter F. Frost, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for claimant U.S.

MEMORANDUM OPINION
SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.

I. Introduction
On June 24, 1989, the M/V PRESIDENTE RIVERA, an oil tanker owned and operated by the government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ("limitation plaintiff"), ran aground in the Delaware River. The tanker's hull ruptured and the vessel subsequently discharged over 183,000 gallons of fuel oil into the water.[1] At the time of the accident, the tanker was manned by a complement of Uruguayan nationals on active duty in the Uruguayan Navy and by a licensed Delaware River pilot who the ship had taken on at the entrance to