European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 18, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 ., Shell ordered to pay costs of cleanup Denver a a judge has ordered the Government and Shell Oil co. To pay the costs Esti mated to be Between $357 million and $1.9 billion to clean up the Rocky Mountain Arsenal the state attorney general s office said saturday. The 27-Squarc-Milc Arsenal Northeast of Denver has been described As one of the most polluted pieces of real estate in the nation. . District court judge Jim r. Carrigan made the ruling late Friday in a lawsuit filed in december 1983 by Colorado against the Federal government and Shell slate attorney general Dunne Woodard said in a statement. "1 consider this to be a landmark in the state s continuing Effort to protect the health of our citizens and Colorado s fragile environment Woodard said. The Arsenal was contaminated during the 40 years of production of deadly chemical weapons and toxic com Mercial pesticides several of which arc now banned. Munitions and toxic chemical agents such As nerve Gas also were defused there. Before the state filed its suit the United states had sued Shell asking that it pay for the cleanup. Howard Kinison a state Deputy attorney general who oversees Federal superfund litigation in Colorado said the Colorado suit sought Money for damages to natural resources and recovery of Legal fees and asked that either Shell or the Federal government be held liable for the cleanup. How the costs will be divided will probably be the subject of a major Battle Between the two of them Kinison said. However Rich Hansen a Shell spokesman in hous ton said the two sides were near an agreement. It s a High priority item right now because of con Gressional pressure Hansen said. We operated there. We know we operated there. We arc a responsible corporation. If there is pollution and we know there is we will do the responsible Congress is considering a Bill calling for the cleanup plan to be in place by september 1986. The army. Shell the environmental Protection Agency and the stale will conduct studies to determine the Best Way to proceed with the cleanup. The results of those Sladics should be a remedial plan being Sulc Clad to clean up inc Silc. Once Ihal s determined you will be icel will what can t be cleaned up. And we will be seeking damages on those Perma nent changes to the Kinison said. The Arsenal was a scaled in 1942 to make chemical incendiary munitions. During the korean War the fed eral government began manufacturing nerve Gas there. Production of nerve Gas was slopped in 1958 but inc govern men Conlin cd assembling chemical weapons incr Cunill 1969. Shell leased a portion of the 17.000-Acrc Arsenal in 1952 to make insecticides producing now banned toxic substances such As Aldrin and dieldrin. Panel won t close the door7 on Mengele s death Terre haute ind. A too Many questions regarding the reported 1979 drowning of a i doctor Josef Ming Etc remain unanswered for his death to be considered a certainty a panel concluded saturday after an unofficial inquiry. We cannot close the door on Man Gale said new York attorney Gerald l. Posner. Posner is chairman of the panel convened by an organization of jewish twins. The twins were subjected to genetic experiments by the nazi Angel of death while Al the Auschwitz concentration Cam during world War ii. The panel also called upon the Wesl Ger Man govern men to pay inc twins who sur Vived Ming Csc s experiments Wilh an appropriate amount of for medical expenses. Remains believed to be those of Man Gale were dug up near Sao Julo Brazil last june. Forensic experts sent by inc Justice depart Mcnol inc Wisl German government and the los Angeles based Simon wic Senchal can scr for holocaust studies have said they believe within a reasonable scientific certainty the remains were those of Man Gale. 3 Days of testimony but after three Days of to Alimony from medical experts Auschwitz survivors in dependent investigators and people who believe Mengeac is alive the panel concluded that several key que Lions regard ing the credibility of the forensic investigation remain unanswered. Testifying at inquiry at Terre haute ind., actress Susanne Severeid demonstrates a cigarette lighter with a concealed camera she used to photograph a Man she thinks was Josef Mengele on an Island near Western Africa last april. The photo was not conclusive. Those questions Deal with the reliability of witnesses inc forensic investigators had questioned including German families who sheltered Mengeac in Bra in the absence of tests on the Libers of the elot hcs found in the Sao Paulo grave my reports of sightings of Mengele since 97l. One witness Al the inquest claimed to have seen Mengele playing the piano with an Argentine combo in Angeles in i4no, a ear after he supposed died. Noting that some of the twins have suffered kidney cardiac and spinal problems. The panel urged the West German govern ment to compensate them fur medical Bills. Sponsored b candles the inquest was sponsored a can children of Ausch if a is deadly lab a up Crimens Surv ors. The Justice department and the Wie enthral Center have credited candles. Through ils mock trial of Mengele last february in Jerusalem with generating publicity thai helped locale the remains David Marwell. A Justice department his Lorian said issues raised during the inquest would be considered before inc final report on the remains is issued. However he told the inquest he Hud heard no new information. None of the forensic specialists who exam ined the remains agreed to appear at the inquest. However one of their colleagues or. Michael Baden said the specialists fully considered the possibility of a hoax. Rev. Moon launches movement of purification Mcafee . A the Moon who served 13 months for tax Eva Myung Moon delivering the first speech since Sion addressed More than 600 people from his release from prison this summer saturday 75 countries who were flown to this ,._j u _ n no u.ir4, re in Inin n a imm Imily he Moon s unification Church asked the world s religious leaders to join a movement of Community by for a we Klong conference on the common Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov 18 1945 Gen Charles do Gaulle unanimously elected interim president of France last week announced that he has decided to resign the office because of his inability to Compro Mise differences Wilh the communist party and form a coalition government. 30 years ago today. Nov 18 1955 Twenty five . Members proposed that inc Security Council agree to admin to membership a group of 18 nations including five communist countries. 20 years ago today. Krov 18 1965 British prime minister Harold Wilson warned Rhodesia thai in must inn in Dervini itself an the British govern men has imposed drastic economic Iff is is Taos signed to topple the illegal while supremacy government. A Rhodesia. Tools of inc world s religions. The conference under inc theme re covering the classical heritage is pro a cycled As the first of three such Gale crags to be held every four years. The unification Church paid the expenses of the participants most of whom do not represent religious organi a tons. "1 have Long been exp cling certain Lead ers of the elder religions to initiate an As Sembly of the world s religions. After a Long period of wailing i have initiated this project because i believe in should be done at any Cost said Moon the korean born Moon spoke for a half hour at the americana great Gorge con Ference Center. Moon blamed hedonism atheistic materialism and secular humanism for moral corruption. Unjust distribution of wealth. And local icarian he decried inc declining Faith and Spiri Tual exhaustion of this Moon said religious leaders All Over the world should join together and encourage a movement of purification in every religion but did not elaborate on the proposal. An organizer refused to say How much Money the unification Church spent on the conference. Each of the 603 participants submitted a paper on one of 12 subjects Hal will be Dis cussed in workshops throughout inc week. The topics include images of god woman and Man poverty and human rights and the encounter Wilh Colorado tax amnesty deadline passes ?0 years ago foday nov 18 1975 Eldridge Cleaver the fugitive Black pan Lucr Leader who has lived in exile for seven years announced in Paris that he is returning to the United Stales to face trial. Denver a Colorado s tax am Nusly program had collect cd $1.85 million by tale Friday As delinquent lax papers Hur ried to beat a Midnight deadline for applications for amnesty. State Revenue director Alan champs had predicted earlier in the week that the program which allowed delinquent taxes to be paid without penalty would raise $5 million. We really have no idea what our actual total is. What we arc gelling Are applications and tax returns for payments that will come later said Kathy Anderson the de part mini s director of policy planning and research. The deadline for making pay ments is dec. 13. Cathy Kanda. Spokeswoman for the department of Revenue said there had been 6.300 Calls in the last iwo Days of inc pro Gram
