European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday. June 17, 1986 Miami shoot out prompts Fri bulletproof Vest order Washington not As a result of a shool Oul in which two agents were killed and five were wounded. Federal Bureau of investigation officials say they will require seems to Wear bulletproof vests when they Are apprehending armed suspects. William ii Webster the Fri director said a review of the gun Kink april 11 in a Miami suburb showed Hal the agents could not have understood the danger when the dosed in on two suspects in a robbery. The suspects who were armed with an automatic Rifle and a Shotgun were also killed in inc Billle. Bill Baker a Bureau spokesman said bulletproof vests would no have prevented inc deaths of the two a germ. Who were shot in the head. But he and Webster indicated that the order to ust1 he vests could prevent deaths in similar incidents. The order will require Fri agents to Wear vests when there is a reasonable Assumption that they May encounter dangerous suspects. In the past decisions about the use of vests were left to the Bureau s local supervisors. Sume of the Genis in the Florida shooting were wearing Hollim proof vests and it is unclear How Many injuries Reghl have been prevented had vests Bee worn by All of them. In a recent interview. Webster said an internal investigation was being concluded to determine whether the agents should have carried More powerful weapons. They will be looking at the weapons Issue he said of the investigators. Did we have All the weapons that we should have had and were they As accessible As they should have been the agents hid several types of weapons including automatic pistols. Although powerful such a pistol would be no match for the Rifle carried by the suspects which was capable of firing dozens of rounds in seconds. Even so the feb Sard that of the More than 130 rounds fired More than half came from the agents i Don t think inc Miami Case will in and of itself Point up major shortfalls Webster said. I thought i was a heroic  the agents had no indication that the suspects had an automatic Rifle Webster said the suspects Michael l. Plait 32. And William r. Matin 35. Had no criminal records. In the Exchange of gunfire they killed the two agents Gerald Dove 30, and Benjamin Grogan 53, and wounded five. The shooting came after fat agents spotted the suspects in a car that had been stolen several weeks ear Lier. The car belonged to a Man who had been shot and left for dead in a Remote Rock pit on the outskirts of Miami near inc Everglades. The agents were part of a Law enforcement Tea searching for a gang that had shot several guards in a series of holdups in the area. When Fri agents in three cars pulled Over the suspects car. Main and Plait jumped out firing at the agents with the automatic Rifle and the Shotgun. They had opportunities to gel out of there Webster said of the suspects but instead they chose to  explaining the new policy on bulletproof vests. Baker the Bureau spokesman said we re looking for As Many ways As possible to reduce the Chance of in jury. The real lesson is that in is was a tragedy and we re trying to preclude further  near a half of toxic waste facilities found to be violating Federal Laws Washington a almost half the Federal installations handling ionic wastes were found to be violating Federal ,., waste Laws when inspected congressional investigators said in a report. An investigation carried out by the congressional general accounting office found that 71 percent of installations examined had not been inspected by stale authorities or the environment a Protection Agency and of those thai had been checked 46 percent were violating requirements of the resources conservation and recovery act or Acra. Gao investigators last year looked Al the activities of 247 installations of 17 civilian agencies handling hazardous wastes in 12 states. Federal Agency performance in implementing the Taw has been less than exemplary he Gao Saith investigators found that 10 Federal agencies had provided Little or no guidance on hazardous waste Dispo Sal to their Field activities and six had done no follow up to see that requirements under the Law were under stood. Eight agencies were not even confident that they had identified All of their installations that handle Hazar Dous waste and two others had serious reservations about whether hey had. We found that the Overall reason for Federal Agen cies slow Progress in assuring that their inventory of handler was Complete was Lack of Agency head our Len attention and emphasis in implementing the Acra program the investigators said in their report to the House Energy and Commerce committee Commerce subcommittee. A Lack of expertise in the agencies also has hampered compliance the Gao found. The report also cited a violation that was corrected at the Marshall space flight Center at ,.ala.,run by the National aeronautics and space administration where groundwater monitoring Wells were in stalled in the wrong places and the Job had to be Don Over. Environmental officials at 10 agencies the army corps of engineers the general services administration the Vel Tani administration the postal service and the departments of Justice housing and Urban development. Agriculture Treasury Commerce an labor did not even know that handling As Little As 2.2 pounds a month of any one of More than 100particularly hazardous substances would bring their facilities under jurisdiction of the hazardous waste Law. The Survey covered facilities handling hazardous wastes of those Federal agencies plus the departments of Energy Interior transportation health and human services the Tennessee Valley authority Nasa and Epa itself. Many of the installations were laboratories. The investigators said Epa already had begun pay ing More attention to compliance by Federal agencies and believed thai 1984 amendments extending cover age of the Law will require the Agency to eventually inspect All Federal installations. Auto Plant Boss tells workers hell keep execs off pedestals Nashville Tenn. A executives will no Park in reserved spaces and workers will not punch Lime docks at the $3.5 billion Saturn corp. Aulo Plant under construction in Spring Hill the company s top executive says. Saturn president Richard Lefauve said the general motors corp. Subsidiary will turn out a better Auto Mobile and create a better workplace by eliminating executive privileges. In american industries we tend to take executives and put them up on pedestals he told members of the democratic National committee meeting in  keeps executives from knowing what s going on and keeps workers from identifying with  executives will be encouraged to eat alongside Assem Bly line workers Al a common employee cafeteria As a Wayto boost morale and break Down artificial barriers be tween workers and management Lefauve said. When you eat in cafeterias with everyone else peo ple will talk to you he said. Employees on the Assembly line will work in Tea Sand will be paid Alaric he said. Stateside teen age girl electrocuted when Light Falls into tub big Spring Texas a a is year old girl thrown into a Bathtub As a. Prank during a party Early sunday was electrocuted when a electric Liam Tell into the water authorities said. Justice of the peace China Long ruled the death of Carla Michelle Bowlander an Accident. Between 10 and 20 people attended the party at Bowlander s Home Laic saturday night. Bowlander apparently was thrown into he Bathtub because she had escaped gelling wet when several people sprayed each other with Garden Hose in the front Yard the judge said. After she was thrown in the Lub a Bare Light bulb plugged into a Wall socket by an Extension Cord was accidentally knocked into the water. Watergate tapes saved the Post Graham says Washington