European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes june 1985 arc delayed enforcing panel says inaction led to mishap at Ohio Plant Washington not the nuclear regulatory commission delayed for Al most six years forcing improvements at a nuclear Power Plant in Ohio that it knew was vulnerable to a failure like the one at three mile according to a report made Public by a House subcommittee Fri the commissions the report allowed a similar mishap to occur at the Ohio Plant june it was an Accident waiting to said the chairman of the Edward at a briefing on the six years is too Long to delay in protecting Public health and for nearly six according to the subcommittee commission staff Mem Bers had repeatedly and urgently recommended installation of an additional water jump at the but installation was eld up by questions by its the Toledo Edison about whether it was Worth the the near suffered a Complete failure of the system of pumps that provides Cooling and then of the backup in similar to the Early stages of the three mile Island Accident in March the failures did not result in any injuries or major damage to the reactor because operators correctly assessed the situation and took Steps to Correct at three mile these Steps were delayed Many Cru Cial in response to the three mile Island a the commission staff ruled in july 1979 that which is similar in needed either an additional pump in the feed water system that provides the water the reactor turns into steam to drive its or another Way to strengthen the systems at the time of the three mile Island Davis Esse was one of three plants in the United states that had Only one Way to pump feeding now it is the Only Toledo Edison plans to install the pump next it appears that the matter slipped through the cracks in a paper War Between the arc and Toledo Edison that has lasted for almost six said a report by the staff of the subcommittee on Energy Conser vation and Power of the Energy and com Merce made Public Markey berated a panel of High ranking members of the commission staff at a Brief ing not Only did the feed water system fail the regulatory system failed he one member of the five member com James who attended the agreed that the incident raises questions about our own perform according to the subcommittee to Ledo Edison hired an engineering firm to study alternatives to the proposed and told the commission in december that the pump would Cost changing some procedures and modifying valves could solve the problem for the Utility it appears that arc took approximately 14 months to review Toledo Edison said the subcommittees it then appears that arc took an additional 14 months to respond formally to the company in a member of the commission Harold director of the office of nuclear reactor said at the briefing Friday that the staff could have simply ordered the installation of the but did not do so because it believed that the probability of the existing system fail ing was already one in the he would have raised it to one in but the performance was not anything like one i he this particular pump  become the focus of reliability for this he adding that the system had failed repeatedly i recent and that better maintenance of other parts was Denton and others said Friday that the incident at Davis Esse was of concern be cause of the number of separate failures the similarity to previous Inci and the pattern of problems at the the commission staff is now considering fining Toledo Edison for an incident on april when a commission in a Surprise found an unlicensed operator asleep in a pump the company has previously paid fines for allowing employees to be exposed to too much radiation and for violating various operating the commissions administrator for the James said at the Brief ing that Toledo Edison is the weakest of All the companies that i Meese backs death faster appeals process Washington a attorney general Edwin me Csc wants a speedup in the appeals process for condemned in an interview published in the july Issue of the Ameri can bar association Meese said he supports the death penalty As Well As accelerated appeals of death sentences so the sentences can be carried out in a timely i dont think that the judicial processes have kept Pace with either the number of defendants who have received the death penalty or have been responsive to the will of the people supporting the death Meese while Meese acknowledged that death penalty cases Are primarily within the jurisdiction of the he what we need More than anything else is a will on the part of the courts to remove frivolous obstacles and unnecessary delaying Meese also renewed his Call for restricting or abolishing the exclusionary which bars the use of illegally seized evidence in a longtime opponent of the said the Doc Trine has allowed a number of criminals to go in has dramatically increased the crime attorney general Edwin Meese up photo when you Deal with the exclusionary you have to recognize it Only helps the guilty criminal by throwing out otherwise valid probative it does not help the innocent Meese in line with the Reagan has Long been record opposing the decade sold Rule that prohibits the introduction of illegally seized evidence in the administration supports a Good Faith exception to the Rule that would allow the use of illegally obtained material if a police officer did not intentionally violate the Law in obtaining Meese said he supports a Law that would create a Good Faith instead of a court ruling because a stat Ute would not leave the exception open to possible change by future another Benefit of statutory codification would be the training and management of police forces to use the Good Faith exception so that the courts As Well As the will feel Freer to expand the exceptions to the exclusionary Rule and i Hope at some Point in the future to do away with the exclusionary Rule Meese Reagan Calls demo defens cutback plan sheer Folly Washington a president Reagan accused the democratic run House of sheer folly1 on charging that its proposal to scale Back defense spending will Aid those working so hard to bleed and cripple Reagan used his weekly radio delivered from the presidential Retreat at Camp to lash out at the contending that its budget plan would Send a signal of weakness to the his remarks were aimed at House sen ate negotiators who ended two weeks of budget talks on Friday at a near impasse in their attempt to Compromise Over the key issues that Divide defense spending and social the Republican run Senate budget Calls for a Rise in defense spending to cover inflation and a freeze in social the House is seeking a freeze in Pentagon spending and refuses to act on social Reagan charged that the House has pro posed Only phantom cuts to reduce the burgeoning while he said the Senate has offered substantial and Perma nent he praised the Senate for its courage in passing its version of the but the he has turned away from realism on defense and has refused to accept the Many program reforms and per manent savings in Domestic spending in the Senate House majority Leader Jim d giving the democrats la bleed the presidents attacks a rhetorical and he defended the House budget As fair and we Are As committed to an adequate defense As Reagan said adding that the pentagons budget is twice what it was in added the president would have you believe we Are cutting vital defense and that is emphatically he claimed that the enormous military buildup since 1980 has been so rapid that waste and flagrant abuse have sapped our strength and robbed our As for the Senate Wright said it would renege on the commitment to our elderly by denying costo living adjust ments for would increase medicaid and would make it harder for Young people to obtain student although the president noted that there has been waste in the defense he blamed it on years of others closing their eyes to the problem and said that his administration has Wen the one to go after defense contractors who shamelessly cheat reports of defense department purchases of ashtrays and Coffee makers have helped raise bipartisan support on Capi Tol Hill for moves to hold Back on reagans drive to increase defense we can and must eliminate but it is sheer Folly to blindly weaken our selves when our adversaries Are conspiring and working so hard to bleed and cripple Reagan musician Ike Turner arrested on cocaine charge a rhythm and blues musician Ike Turner was arrested with two other men Friday on a cocaine police the former husband and musical partner of Singer Tina Turner was booked for investigation of conspiracy to sell said police Ray Turner was being held in lieu of police seized four Grams of cocaine when they arrested of Baldwin and the two others following a three week Bolton an undercover officer who was wired for sound was offered cocaine for Sale just before the he arrested with Turner at the musicians condominium in los Angeles were Eddie Coleman of a Delfem played record and Richard Lee of los a music company Bolton Coleman and Griffin were held on the same charge and the same he adding that the initial investigation had focused on one of those two Turner was arrested in november 1982 on cocaine but authorities discovered that the White powder found in an envelope in his car was not an illegal sub his attorney said it was baking soda that Turner used to fight