European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday May 4, 1977 of Russ reported to have beam weapon Washington Ltd the soviet Union has leapfrogged a generation of advanced scientific technology to achieve an experimental weapon which could Neutral ize America s entire ballistic missile Force an authoritative publication reported monday. The Pentagon which confirmed three months ago that the russians had in creased research in esoteric physics did not immediately comment on aviation week and space technology s report of soviet breakthrough. The Magazine said the russian re search May soon provide a directed Energy beam weapon capable of neutralizing the entire United states ballistic mis Sile the weekly publication accompanied highly technical article with an editorial saying the development could checkmate this country s strategic one More at Rushmore the lop a lilo of the mount Riu More National memorial in South Dakota shows the carved Heads of presidents George Washington Thomus Jefferson Theodore lion Sevelt and Abraham Lin Coln. In lower photo the profile of an american Indian is outlined to Shuw what italian documentary film director Piero Tellini considers a fifth head at the site. A photo personnel Seldom checked investigators say while it is unclear How Long it will take the soviets to translate their experimental developments into a usable weapon the Magazine said. The soviet Union is devel Oping a charged particle beam device de signed to destroy . Intercontinental and submarine launched ballistic missile nuclear warheads. Developments Are being conducted at a facility in soviet Central . Officials in explaining the weapon concept aviation week said a charged particle beam weapon focuses and projects atomic particles at the Speed of Light which could be directed from ground based Sites into space to intercept and neutralize re entry it added both the .s.r. And the . Also Are investigating the concept of placing charged particle beam devices on spacecraft to intercept missile warheads in space. This method would avoid prob hos Alibi for himself i with propagating the beam through the aviation week said the incredible Story of How the soviets leapfrogged a generation of High Energy physics technology and developed a workable experimental Model of a directed Energy beam weapon now has been largely verified., by the Brilliant work of a Small group of extremely Young physicists in this coun ii also said the soviets exploring another possibility of beam weapons technology arc preparing to test a space borne Hydrogen fluoride High Energy laser de signed for a satellite killer the race to perfect directed Energy weapons is a reality the weekly said. Despite initial scepticism the United Stales scientific Community now is pres Suring for accelerated efforts in this area. Ray on to links Raoul to King assassination Washington up James Earl Ray said monday he was in a Gas station having his car serviced when Martin Luther King or. Was killed. Ray who pleaded guilty to the 1968 assassination of the civil rights Leader said in a filmed interview broadcast monday on abcs Good morning America that a Man named Raoul might be responsible forthe murder. Ray was interviewed in his prison cell at Brushy Mountain Park prison in Tennes see by Mark Lane the author who claims the assassinations of both King and presi Dent Kennedy were the result of conspiracies and not the single deeds of Ray Andlee Harvey Oswald. Shows parts of interview w Lane appeared on the Abc program an showed parts of his my,.�rvi�w with Hay. Who is seeking a new trial. He said Ray May have pleaded guilty Asa result of inhuman torturous conditions he was subjected to in prison mid that a clue As to the identity of haul might bt1 contained in a recent by in which he described a calling card which May have had the name of a con tact for Liis card and the Mory that Kay told me is now being investigated by the House select committee on assassinations Lane said. The committee itself has me a viewed Ray four times so far. As for his precise movements on april 41968, when King was shot Flay said at that time. I intended to go to a movie. I recalled that i had car trouble the Day before. 1 doubled Back to service the car. I believe that s close away from the terminal and where the shooting a matter shipping Security faulted Washington is investigator for the general accounting office and the. State of new York charged monday that there arc major weaknesses in the Federal government s systems for protecting the shipment of bomb Grade nuclear Man rial. Monte Canfield jr., a Gao official re leased a report which suited that Gao investigators discovered a guard in a facility handling bomb Grade mad rials who had a criminal record under another name including a 20-year sentence for bunk Rob Bery. During the period he served As a guard the Man was arrested for allegedly participating in a Bank robbery and shouting during his off hours. Canfield asserted that the nuclear regulatory commission currently does not re never been subjected to a background Check. He added that further details of the shipment had been posted on employee bul Letin boards so that us knowledge was even More widespread Shea said he found it ironic that the new York port authority the Agency which would have to Lake police action in Case of an emergency was on a number of Occa Sions not even informed As to the existence of a shipment Shea said he Felt the Best solution for protecting such shipments in Light of the increasing probability of theft by terrorist groups would be to use military Security and trans ports. The Gao report concluded that a new in dependent Security Agency should be established to oversee All Federal shipments quire commercial processors which Deal with Pluton my or highly enriched uranium under government contract to make Secu Rity checks of its employees. John f. Shea 3rd. An assistant attorney general for the state of new York who testified along with Canfield before a House interstate Commerce subcommittee said his office had uncovered lax Security during shipments of plus mum and uranium Ai Oul o jut " f. Kennedy Airport although the arc required armoured cars for such shipments. Shea said his office has discovered that fake armoured vehicles or simple vans have been used on one such shipment. Shea said he found that 121 persons in ii Public and private Agen cies pm a the details before it occurred Many of those who knew he said had after he left the Gas station he said i ran into a police Road Block in the imme Diate Vicinity of where the shooting was supposed to have taken place. There have been police statements that they waved me off. Anyhow i went to new Orleans " the Fri. Which investigated the King murder and a Justice department review earlier this year concluded that Alt the evidence showed Ray killed King with a Rifle he is known to have bought several Day before. Epa directed to rewrite its pollution legs Washington a _ the supreme court monday gave the environmental Protection Agency another Chance to write acceptable regulations designed to reduce air pollution from automobile exhaust fumes in cities. The court vacated three Federal circuit court decisions which for the most part struck Down Epa regulations for Arizona California Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia. A f of Usi no opinion the court note that spa has conceded that its regulations should be changed to do away with provi Sions telling the slates what rules they should adopt to curb Auto exhaust. We decline the government s invitation w pass upon the Epa regulations when the Only ones before us Are admitted to be in need of certain essential modifications us. Court said. For the court to review regulations not yet promulgated the final form of which been lulled at would novel the justices wrote. court m that communities May not by convicted h r � a. . Haldeman and John Ehr Thal a in the Case for whether evidence Legal can be used in after theci.arv.1. Vav -"7 aide w of Mac i g�v.eT1 attorneys say that rhe Opiol body Huml
