European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes sunday May 25, 1986 Flora Lewis new nuclear rules needed in Wake of chernobyl two spectacular Scis of accidents this year arc bringing gradual but possibly far reaching changes in the International Climac. Initial reaction to chernobyl and the series of american space launch disasters focused on causes and remedies. But it is becoming clearer that both arc going to re quire some major reassessments of assumptions in Washington and Moscow and other capitals As Well. In some ways they May make the world a Little safer but in others More dangerous at least in the next few years. Leave aside attempts to make Petty propaganda out of dramatic misfortune. They do no credit to either super Power and Aren t Likely to have More than transitory Impact. The key issues arc safety in the use of nuclear Energy and warning in terms of military posture. There has been a glint of useful new understanding in the chernobyl Cloud along with the radioactive fallout. That is the spreading admission that the atom even put to peaceful purposes concerns the whole world and can no longer be considered a matter of purely National policy cordoned off by haughty claims of Sovereign Independence. It was not much noticed that in addition to denouncing the russians the seven Industrial nations at the Tokyo Summit meeting called for a new treaty to establish rules for International behaviour in Case of nuclear accidents. About a week later the soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev also offered to negotiate. This is an unusual conver gence on a sensitive Issue obviously due to the pain of circumstance. The moment must be quickly seized for a conference to write some International nuclear safety Laws before the pressure to act fades. The International atomic Energy Agency in Vienna provides the appropriate forum. It has expertise but it was established primarily to Monitor the nuclear non proliferation treaty while helping states without nuclear weapons to develop nuclear Energy. It can recommend safety standards but can t impose them and countries Aren t committed to accepting rules. It will take a new treaty to give it additional Powers. The seven proposed Only the Early elaboration of an International convention committing the parties to report and Exchange information in the event of nuclear emergencies or but the statement also said that for each country the maintenance of safely and Security is an International responsibility " both obligations should be included in the pact and the russians should be quickly invited to fulfil Gorba Chev s Promise necessarily involving inspection. This is an Opportunity for cooperation that must not be missed. Many countries especially but by no Means Only in the East bloc have ambitious expansion plans for nuclear Energy. They will proceed despite chernobyl and safety needs must be watched from the Start of construction. That Chance is Good news. The bad news is that the . Has lost some vital capacity for surveillance and warning of soviet military moves which it will have a hard time making up in the near future. This is bound to make the people in charge edgy and More than Ever suspicious in the event of crisis. It is also Likely to weaken the advocates of arms control since it adds to doubts about assured verification. That should also worry the russians because it in creases the danger of miscalculation or Oscrr Calion when the signals arc ambiguous it is a reason to hurry up in the time marking Geneva negotiations on arms limitation instead of playing out the game of each Side making bombastic proposals on the Assumption that the other Side will reject them. Sadly there in t yet much realistic Prospect of Prog Ress at Geneva. If there were it would improve the polluted atmosphere during the difficult period just ahead. Warnings of the tensions Between Israel and Syria which could erupt in a new War give an example of the kind of crisis that could be magnified when Washington and Moscow have extra fears about Reading each other s intentions. Starting right away moves toward acknowledging obligations in the Field of nuclear Energy would at least lighten one area of gloom. It might help set some Prece dents in the whole Issue of inspection. It could make everybody feel a Little better after the undeniable demonstrations that National catastrophe on one Side affects the other. That would be a modest antidote in the risky stalemate but the timing is favourable and some Success is badly needed. C new York times news service Ivin Xiv i James Kilpatrick High court to Monkey around with creationism in supreme court bless its bold and reckless wards has now appealed. The Case will be argued in the seven i decs dissented the fan Iii �uv�.i., in non mar Realini to /. La n,. A. Str --.l. J ill a nil 6. Him circa. 1 no i8ci that Crocall Olsi the bless its bold and reckless heart look on one More religion Case the other Day. This one promises to be a Lulu. The court is headed for replay More or less of the famed Scopes trial of 1925 in Dayton Tenn. This is essentially the question the High court agreed to consider May the state of Louisiana constitutionally direct its Public school teachers to give equal Lime in their classrooms to conflicting theories of evolution and creation the Case originated in 1981, when the state legislature passed a Law titled the balanced treatment for creation science and evolution science the Law docs no require that teachers Deal in any Way with the subject of the origin of Man life the Earth or the however if the subject is dealt with at All teachers must give balanced treatment to theories of creation and evolution and neither theory must be put Forward As proven scientific fact. A group of Louisiana educators religious leaders and parents of children in the Public schools immediately challenged the act. They contended that the Law was nothing More thana Effort by Christian fundamentalists to write the Book of genesis into the code of Louisiana. A Federal District court granted them summary judgment. The 5th us. Circuit affirmed by an 8-7 Vole. From that decision gov. Edwin de War october term arid decided sometime in 1987. Sponsors of the balanced treatment act deny that their purpose is a manifestation of religion. They arc concerned Only with academic they contend that theories of spontaneous creation Are As scientifically valid As Theo Ries of evolution and they have offered testimony of Well credentialed professors to that effect. One such affidavit came from Dean h. Kenyan a professor of biology at san Francisco state University. He earned his doctoral degree at Stanford. He has been teaching biochemistry and human biology for the Post 20 years. It is my professional opinion he slated based on my original research study and teaching that creation science is As scientific As evolution although it currently docs not have the volume of research that has been carried out under evolutionist prenup he finds substantial reasons for doubting the truth of the theory of evolution and he believes that a scientifically sound creationist View is not Only possible but is to be preferred Over the evolutionary eight judges of the 5th circuit flatly disagree. Irrespective of whether it is fully supported by scientific evidence said the majority the theory of creation is a religious the Constitution forbids the states to promote a religious belief. The act therefore is unconstitutional. Seven judges dissented. The fact that creationism is a religious belief does not preclude the possibility that the theory May also be scientifically True. The teaching of provisional truths provides a secular reason for the act. It is an abuse of judicial Power to nullify a presumptively valid state Law be cause of subjective ideas on what must have been the True sentiment of the Louisiana pith it is. In the View of the eight circuit judges the Louisiana Law continues the Battle Wil Lam Jennings Bryan carried to his in the View ofe. Forbidding lives again t wi1,lhbfhimcresli18 to Sce whal the supreme court a " cats Lac Hish Cour h a int Ash Mcnurl Glausch of Fth or amendment As a kind of Mulberry Bush. The court has gone round of apr Vine a my Kipal creche in Paw one " in ulc of Silc Nee in " a wet Ama Louisiana s balanced treatment act will take the court around the Bush once More. Let 9u Universal Preu Syndicate
