European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28i the stars and stripes monday May 5,1986 Reagan wants Lull Story on chernobyl Tokyo a president Kea Gina publicly demanded full soviet accounting at the Nicl ctr Accident it Cherno Byl and the japanese government convened an emergency meeting of l or urls sunday 1o study reports or Low Levels of in diction in ruin Over Central Japan a japanese official speaking on condition of anonymity said scientists were sure the radiation was from last a k s nuclear Accident in the Ukraine and was blown by winds to Tokyo site of the seven nation economic Summit. Reagan said the soviets owe the world an explanation of the chernobyl nuclear Accident and prodded . Allies to work harder to combat terrorism. On the eve of the 12th annual Summit of industrialized democracies Reagan and japanese prime minister yarn Hiro Nakasonc the Summit Host and chairman agreed that the nuclear Accident and terrorism should be on the Agenda for the talks. Reagan indicated that the nuclear Accident along with the problem of terrorism could be the top items for disc Cussion at an economic Summit expected to be dominated by non economic items. Soviet from Page 1 ago. The soviets say the Accident killed two and seriously injured is. A clout of radioactive debris Cut a wide Swain across Northern and Eastern Europe the Tass. Report was read out Over the evening television news without accompanying film of the visit but with a map in the background showing the location of the chernobyl station North of Kiev. Toss said the leaders familiarized them selves with the situation and considered measures being taken to eliminate the focus of the the report did not fur ther explain what was meant by the focus of the breakdown the soviet press did not report remarks made Friday in Hamburg West Germany by Boris n. Yeltsin another member of the top soviet leadership. His remarks were broadcast by radio Liberty the Munich based american financed station that beams programs into the soviet Union. Yeltsin in Hamburg to attend a communist parly convention Laid a West Ger Man television network that the Accident had been caused by human error and that local water supplies had been contaminated. The Power station and its isolated Cooling Pond Are on a High Bluff above the Pri pyal River a tributary of the Dnieper River which flows through Kiev and forms a hydroelectric Reservoir just North of the City. Soviet officials have said that the Kiev radiation from Page 1 Leafy greens such As artichokes cauliflower Zucchini blossoms Basil Parsley chickory endive let Luce spinach and cabbage. There was some confusion Over just what had been banned. It was decided that Al though carrots have leaves they could be sold because the vegetable grows under ground. In a country that prides itself on the Quantity of fresh vegetables in the Normal diet the ban was dismaying. One woman interviewed at a Market in Rome saturday said she could not under stand Why her diet should change " i m worried about even the air j breathe she said. But i m breathing so Why should t i Cal the government order also advises against the consumption of fresh milk by children under the age of to and by preg Nant women. Officials met saturday with angry farm ers in an Effort to negotiate compensation and some politicians urged the government to demand payments from the soviet Union. One television announcer saturday night captured the scepticism toward the govern ment action with two questions if it s hot dangerous Why Are hey Banning it and if it is dangerous Why Aren t they telling us members of two environmental organizations friends of Europe and the italian environmental league handed letters to the soviet embassy protesting the soviet Union s withholding of information on the chernobyl disaster. In Geneva the Swiss government issued warnings saturday against drinking water from rain fed cisterns or giving fresh milk to children under 2 Yean old As radiation Levels from the soviet nuclear Accident Rose above acceptable Levels a several areas. The recommendations by a government task Force come after heavy rain Friday brought increased radiation Levels from four limes above Normal in Western Switz Erland around Geneva to 10 times nor Hiat in some parts of Ticino state in the South East. The commission was to review the Situa Tion after thunders Owen brought More rain and possibly More radiation to South Ern Switzerland saturday. But the commission said radiation Levels still were far from being dangerous and described its action As a officials also advised people not to take iodine tablets which can slow the absorb lion of radioactivity saying it was unnecessary. Rocket from Page 1 to shut Down the engines he said. Preliminary data such As Turbine Speed and temperatures in and around the engines All appeared to be very Normal Russell said the final three solids boosters were burning very Well after the main engine shut Down he said. The six solid fuel boost ers that began their Burn at liftoff had been jettisoned at that Point. Russell said he had never before seen such an abrupt Mam engine shutdown in an in commanded Ihrcke Slage Delta is assisted into space by nine solid propellant boosters strapped to its Bottom stage. The boosters Are similar to those that help Power the space shuttle and Titan 34d, but arc much smaller and made in one Section rather than segmented like the others. Investigators believe that the challenger and Titan rocket explosions were caused by failures of joints Between segments. Morton Thi Okol makes both the solid fuel boosters used for the shuttle and the Delta. The debris from the rocket landed in the Atlantic about 30 Miles off Cape Canave ral said air Force col. Elbert m. Thomas. There Are no immediate plans to try to re cover the debris he said. Nasa could not immediately say How nigh the rocket was when it blew up. Nasa had counted on a successful launch to instill some badly needed Confidence in a program heavily damaged by the shuttle and Titan failures. It devastates me Russell said. It s quite a setback because we were counting on a Success. ,. And the Delta was our. Most reliable Gay said launch managers in the control Blockhouse could t believe it happened. People out there were sad. Obviously we re very upset about rep. Manuel Lujan jr., . These Nior Republican on the House science and technology committee said that there should be a temporary halt to All launches pending an investigation. The space program is losing credibility. This places us further Back Lujan Laid. It looks As if we have no capability of any Faunch and it s a cause of real concern that our last three attempts at launch Hove been failures.". Nasa s acting administrator William Graham said earlier in the week that the launch to important because we need this satellite and we need to remind our selves that we have had Success in the space the Delia s payload was goes-7, the geostationary operational environmental satellite designed to track and report the formation of hurricanes and other Adverse weather conditions along the nation s East Ern Seaboard. The 157,5 million satellite was to have been parked in a permanent 22,300-mitc High orbit above the Equator Over colom Bia. The National oceanic and atmospheric administration paid Nasa $42.5 Mil lies to launch in. Bomb from Page 1 Minal building. Officials said 24 people were injured but witnesses at the Airport put the number at More than 40, Lanka Purath said 12 of the injured were in critical condition. Passengers were boarding the plane at 9 10 a.m., 20 minutes before the scheduled departure when the explosion occurred state radio said. A Western Pilot who spoke on condition of anonymity said he saw bodies lying on the Tarmac and cargo such As chickens and vegetables strewn Over the area. Passengers were running and screaming he said one injured passenger a member of the French Navy told reporters he had not yet taken his seat when the explosion rocked the aircraft. "1 was Lucky to escape alive said the Man who would Only identify him self As Redato. The Airport was closed for four hours after the explosion. The Security minister claimed the explosion was timed to coincide with the arrival of an Indian delegation seeking to mediate Between the tamil rebels and the sri Lan Kan government. Tamils most of whom arc hindus make up 18 percent of sri Lanka s 15 million people. They claim discrimination by the majority sinhalese by ddts tamil guerrillas have been fighting for three years to establish a separate Home land in northeastern sri Lanka where most of the notion s tamils live. Moderate tamils seek autonomy for the Region but not Independence the Lockheed tristan had arrived from London via Zurich Switzerland and Dubai in the United Arab emirates. Passengers had left the plane so it could be cleaned and refuelled. Newt reports said 128 passengers were scheduled to Leboard for a flight to male in the Maldive islands 388 Miles Southwest of India s Southern lip. Water Supply is the Moscow City Leader said a Diode Tyrity Levels at the Plant bad fallen off but were still Loo High for people to enter. He said the level remained no about 200 Roentgen. A Roentgen is a measure of Radia Tion and a dosage of 200 Rem Roentgen equivalent Man is considered by some a minimum lethal the limited information made available by the soviet government was matched by growing criticism of the coverage Given the nuclear disaster by Western news organize tons. " ,. Soviet spokesmen have accused the Western press of exaggerating the Accident to whip up anti soviet feeling. In the absence of official soviet information some Early Western news reports cited highly exaggerated casually figures and speculated on a calamity probably in excess of what happened. The soviet authorities have yet to Dis close what exactly happened at the nuclear Power Plant How much radioactivity is caped and How much of a threat exists. Muscovites interviewed on the Street by soviet television expressed indignation Over what one called Western a Middle aged Man said that russians had Felt genuine grief Over the challenger disaster but that the West s attitude toward the soviet Union in such cases was " he worse the better.". The soviet Union seemed intent not Only on undermining the credibility of Western reports broadcast into the soviet Union but on deflecting any Domestic dissatisfaction toward the West television tried to convey an image of normalcy by showing scenes of Kiev Resi dents frolicking in the Sun including scenes of children swimming in the Dnieper River. Balt Boiton Buffalo Orte Niyam cat a ally Cna Leilon a cmdr Tami vhf Muo Cincinnati Rel Nonra or. Lout of pm try Uro n franc co . Fargo Harinord Honolulu Houlton Kamal Curlain vegas Coon Taton Furu Klum i u Shane farm Leerdam m Arneau , in Berlin ,75 ,77 Prii m 70 Rome p a 7bl Wii in so i bruised. D no led . 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