European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 10 the stars and stripes monday june 16, 1980 no regrets about their work a bomb makers reunited Zero hour my god we be ignited the Atmo sphere a hatching scientist thought when the first atomic bomb was exploded at Trinity site n.m., on july 16, 1945. The lest climaxed in a blinding Flash of Light a Seething mass of Flanse and a mushroom Cloud which burned a Hole in the oct Casl and climbed to 40. 000 feel. Less than a month later the bomb was dropped on Japan. A los Alamos. . A scientists who developed the atom bomb during world War ii fear the world is forgetting the awesome capabilities of nuclear weapons. Gathered Tor a reunion last weekend at the once secret City where much of the re search look place participants in the Man Hattan project recalled without any apparent regret inc events that led up to the explosion of Lite first atomic device and the dropping of bombs on the japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hut they warned against the use of such weapons in future conflicts. Norris i. Bradbury Deputy director of the project said he believes scientists build bombs not to kill people but 10 bring them to the conference table. When the Manhattan project was formed in 1943, it was feared that the germans would Complete work before the allies on a deadly atomic weapon. The Manhattan project scientists secreted on a Remote plateau in Northern new Mexico worked with an intense feeling of excitement and dedication those at the re Union said. For 28 months military and civilian scientists worked feverishly on the government reservation. The project culminated in the detonation of the first atomic device at Trinity site in Southern new Mexico on july 16. I94s, and the dropping of the Little boy and fat Man bombs on Japan less than a month later. The scientists warned that forgetting what these weapons can do could Lead to disaster. Bradbury said he would like to require every High school senior to look at pictures of the destruction of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. And Harold Agnew second director of the los Alamos scientific Laboratory and a self described Young Turk on the manhat Tan project said he would have world Lead ers watch the detonation of a nuclear weapon. He said one of his major concerns is that soon there will not be a single Leader of a major Power who has witnessed a nuclear explosion. When that happens then inc balance of terror we have now will go away. And when that happens Well be in real trouble he said. Bradbury considers nuclear weapons a a bomb site a Monument stands at Trinity site in new Mexico where the lint atomic explosion Shook the desert in 1945. Dpi deterrent but one that cannot be used in the modern world. It s Clear we can t use them. We can t use it in Iran. How Many people arc you going to kill Tor 60 hos tages he said referring to the s3 Ameri cans held since november by iranian Mili Tants. Bradbury Agnew and the latest director Donald Kerr say that Over the years the Laboratory has changed emphasis from pure weapons research and development to work i Lull includes Energy and Medicine. Less than half the work at the lab is now do Vuick to weapons. Kerr said although he expects it to remain asked about a comment in a Laboratory museum guest Register Aren t you ashamed of the Manhattan project Shook his head. That generation did t live the manhat Tan project. Where would they be right now if the russians had been first in 1948, or if Miller had had it you can t blame the country that nature made the atomic bomb award May bring at to rate boost Chicago a if american Tele phone & Telegraph co. Loses an Appeal of a record antitrust award its costs will be borne by shareholders and May in part be passed along to Consumers in the form of higher rates a Federal official said saturday. But Fie company that won the judgment said it would make the Long distance Tele phone Industry More competitive and could Lead to lower Rales. The award which at to attorney George Saunders called the largest Ever was made Hue Friday night by a . District court jury that found the communications giant had violated antitrust Laws by denying certain in rarity Telephone connections to inc much smaller Sci communications corp. The jury said at to wilfully maintained or attempted to maintain a monopoly on the Long distance Market and that Sci had suffered to the tune of $600 million. The award was two thirds of inc s900 Mil lion Sci sought but was automatically trebled to si.8 billion on the plaintiffs to lion. At to s lop antitrust attorney. Hal Levy said saturday that inc company would Appeal to inc 7th . District court of appeals. I Don t regard this As a Deci Sion that at this time has any measure of finality or Levy said. Onn und j. Wade vice president. At to Long Region in a statement to All who might consider that the Bell system s Sie makes it fair game for Legal harassment we demonstrated our readings to defend ourselves in the courts. We will continue to do 40 suits pending Levy said 40 antitrust suits were Pend ing against at to or its Bell system subsidiaries. The Best known is a Case filed by the Justice department which charges at to has affected a number of Compa Nies besides Sci through Many years of anti competitive practices. In Washington. Philip pc racer chief of the Federal communications commis Sion s common Carrier Bureau said sat urday that the acc treats penalties and fines As below the line expenses to be borne by the shareholders. They arc to be charged off against the shareholders nol part of the Normal expenses the company k allowed to Lake he said. Pc racer who had disqualified himself from any participation in the Case because of a previous involvement with Sci said ii is Likely that at to will contest the acc policy. He also said at Casl some of inc costs indirectly might wind up in the laps of Consumers through higher Rales. Tull would occur if at to has to pay More to borrow Money because of the however Sci chairman William g. Mcgowan said the verdict will allow everybody in the country to gel Long distance service at a much lower rate and will Force the Bell system to be a lot More he said Sci a Washington based firm formed in 1968 with service now in 2,000 communities was held Back from realising its growth potential because at to in 1969 denied a request for in rarity connections. Sci needed the connections to com plete Long distance Calls on its own Micro wave system and said at to had violated Section 2 of the Sherman antitrust acl by denying the connections. The verdict showed that the jury will not allow the biggest corporation in the world to use its Power to try and stifle its competitors in this business Mcgowan said. Ripoff charged Saunders said inc suit filed in 1974, was a he said Sci wanted to skim the Cream by serving the most profitable Long distance markets and ignoring the More Remote ones a practice which would ultimate increase prices to the Public. The jury reached its verdict following roughly 20 hours of deliberation which be Gan wednesday. In 54 Days of often com plex testimony jurors heard from some 70 witnesses and reviewed More than 1,000 documents. The judge gave at to 30 Days to file Post trial motions after Saunders said the jury s damage finding was not consistent with some of its other findings. The Success of Mcl s Case depended on it proving there was a Market of economic significance that at to possessed monopoly Power in this Market that at to wilfully maintained its monopoly by ant competitive acts and that Sci was injured in its business or at to had contended it did nol have regulatory approval to give Sci the serv ices it was asking. Interconnection Sci argued was ordered in a 1971 decision of the acc. Saunders said the jury s finding on damages did not correspond to its findings on what he said were major issues in the Case including whether at to discriminated against Sci in favor of Western Union by denying Sci interconnections that it gives to Western Union. The jury found that at to had not done this. Saunders said. I think we won the major issues in this Case and the jury did Noc understand the consequences of its own
