European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Leak feared at original nuke Plant Saxton a. A an attempt to dismantle one of the nation s first nuclear plants has sparked opposition from residents who fear radioactivity will Beun leased from the reactor dome. Dedicated with fanfare in 1962, the 7-megawatt test commercial reactor was one of the first in the nation and helped Herald the Dawn of the commercial nuclear age said Michael Roche a spokes Man for Saxton nuclear experimentalcorp., a general Public utilities subsidiary. Gnu also owns the three mile Island reactor near Harrisburg the scene of the wont commercial reactor Accident in the United Stales. The Saxton Plant became an object of suspicion after area residents found out nearly 10 years after the fact that Radia Tion had escaped Accident four limes in the Early 1970. I just Don t Trust them. That s the Bottom line said Jim elder a school teacher in Saxton a Rural Community of 16,000 people. The 1979 Accident at three mile is land further eroded Public Confidence in the Saxton Plant added James Tydeman who lives nearby. How can you Trust them be asked the Saxton accidents were revealed tothe Public when a local newspaper found reports to the nuclear regulatory com Mission tucked away in Federal records. Both the arc and the company late assured townspeople that the radioactivity released was not harmful in 1983 11 Yean after the Saxion reactor was shut Down because of the leak Gnu announced plans to begin dismantling the Plant nearly 40 Yean ahead of schedule. The reactor dome in which 99 percent of the Plant s radiation is trapped Wilt Day intact for now Gnu officials have bid. But they said they will push ahead with plans to dismantle it if a study next year reveals the steel inner Wall is badly corroded. Monday july 21, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 7 Navy traps red foxes Seal Beach. Calif. Up the Navy has started trapping dozens of red foxes that threaten the survival of two endangered specie of Birds on a  wildlife Refuge within the 5.000-acre Seal Beach naval weapons station. The foxes have been preying inbreeding pairs of Light footed clap per rails and least terns. Both Birds once common along the California coast Are on the Federal endangered species list Only five pairs of Breeding clap per Rajs survive from a once prolific Colony of 200 pairs. The Navy hired a trapper to catch the so to 60 foxes in we ref Uge with Cage traps snares end padded leg traps. The first dozen foxes captured will be taken to the wildlife Way station in Tujunga Pat Jones � coordinator of the Navy s trapping Effort said. He said an Irvine Park has agreed to Lake one animal an North crop animal care m an Aheim will Lake at least one botany Fox that cannot be relocated in the wild or placed in a zoo will be killed by injection. New York City teachers and some of their students Clown wound u the educators graduate from a course on using bring on the clowns the Durcos As learning experience. The Atlon with i coarse was Given by the Fordham Una the ring Long i f entity school of education in Cooper Ley circus. Ufi Polo salvadorans in . Accused of killings Phoenix ariz., up1 three of 16 salvadoran officials who were in the United states to team How american police departments operate May have been involved in 3,000 death squad murders the Phoenix Gazette reported. Lionel Gomez former Deputy director of the agrarian Reform Institute in Al Salvador was quoted saturday in the Gazette Story As saying col. Jose Dioni Sio Hernandez it. Col. Jose Adolph Medrano and maj. Baltazar Lopez Cor Tycz Are the worst killers that the Al salvadoran army has  this is unbelievable Gomez was quoted As laying. Those three May be responsible for maybe 3,000 deaths or  congressional sources confirmed that the three men were on a state depart ment approved list of officers who could participate in the . Visit salvadoran officials including Mem Bers of the National guard were in Phoe Nix last week As part of a training pro Gram with the Phoenix police department and the Arizona depart ment of Public safety. The City ended the program a Day Early thursday after protests fro human rights groups who linked the officials to death squads in Al  16 were believed to have left the United states and returned Home. Gomez interviewed by Telephone from Washington was granted Asylum in 1981 after his Boss and two american were gunned Down in san Salvador. Those Are the three names that would raise questions about Gomez said of Hernandez Medrano and  were involved in death squad a  Gomez said however that other salvadorans in the program Are honorable people. Good officers  Tracy Thomas Al Salvador s honorary Consul in Phoenix accused Gomez of Gross misinformation and of making dishonest  the training session also created a stir at Northwestern University in Evans Lon 111., a Branch of which reportedly helped stage the training session. Northweste s traffic Institute con ducted the raining in Arizona with fund ing from the slate department s $ 17 Mil lion anti terrorist assistance program the Chicago Tribune said sunday. The Northwestern student newspaper proclaimed in a front Page Story no training suspected killers. That charge was denied by Robert Oakley the american ambassador at Large . They were checked quite carefully to ensure they had no links to the death squads that terrorized that country through 1984, Oakley said. A second group will begin training in August he said. Smuggling of arms into Mexico on Rise by the los Angeles time san Diego . Officials report an alarming increase in the flow of arms across the 1,900-Milc Border into mexi co. Most of the arms Are believed to be destined for participants in Mexico s lucrative drug Trade although authorities say Mexico has also been used As a con Duit for arms destined for other latin american nations. The gun smuggling which has always been a problem has escalated and be come More lucrative As Mexico s drug business has boomed and its participants have found a need for additional fire Power according to police. Authorities Point to various numbers to Back their concern. In fiscal 19m, . Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms Houston office which covers More than 1,000 Miles of Border in Texas and new Mexico documented1,480 ,-pnrchased guns that ended up in Mexico since oct. I the number i approaching 10,000. I Don l want to say that things Are getting out of hand said Phillip Chojnacki special agent in charge of the Houston office but we re fairly confident from the cases we be made. That it s reaching major proportions. It s gone from a mom and pop operation where relatives would buy a couple of guns so Cousin Joe could protect his farm Down in the Interior to a real commodity thai drug traffickers Are looking  officials say that the flow of guns impart of a two Way traffic of contraband Between the two nations drugs come North and guns go South. In some cases authorities Lay the same smugglers who have brought narcotics into the United states return with arms. One agent com pared the technique to that employed by Cross country truckers who Are hesitant to return Home without a Load of goods. South of the Border the arms traffic has raised considerable concern among mexican officials who Are often out gunned by trafficking rings equipped like sophisticated militias with guns brought in from the United Stales. Once they Cross into the unite states mexican drug traffickers and others seeking to buy sophisticated weapons Don t have far to look As scores of gun shops from Brownsville to san Diego Cater to the Border Trade. In the Border counties of Texas noted the ats Chojnacki there Are about 1,400 licensed fire arms dealers. One pending Texas Case involves As Many As 6,500 weapons going to Mexico from a Jingle source. Once buyers get their guns authorities say they encounter Little difficulty bring ing them Back to Mexico. , Border authorities do not routinely Stop vehicles or pedestrians heading South although a License is required to Export . While Mexico has stringent gun control Laws and it is illegal to bring fire arms into Mexico without a permit , officials say that mexican custom searches Are often cursory