European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Soviets violating Bio weapons ban Pentagon reports monday August 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 by Norman Black a military writer Washington the Pentagon in an admittedly dismal report to con Gress jays thai the soviet Union is routinely violating an International ban against the development of biological poisons and that no arms control agreement can Ever address the problem. The by biological ind toxin Pic lure has been radically altered by recent scientific developments Douglas j. Pc ill the Deputy assistant defense Secre tary for negotiations policy wrote in a report to Congress. La is now possible to synthesize by agents tailored to military specifications. The technology that mates possible so called designer drugs also makes Possi ble designer  moreover such agents can now be produced quickly without maintain ing any Large stockpile in self cleaning equipment inside Small laboratories making it impossible for anyone to prove that a Given substance has been  Teilh s report was submitted to the House intelligence committee on aug. 8. An unclassified version was released saturday. The 11-Page report deals exclusively with the military use of poisons and Tox ins produced Wilh live organisms an techniques such As genetic engineering. It does not address the Issue of weapons made with chemicals such As nerve agents Mustard Gas and cyanide. The United Stales has not produced any chemical weapons since 1969, Al though the Reagan administration is now in the midst of another fight with Congress seeking permission to destroy the current aging stockpile of such weapons and replace it with More Modem safer weaponry. At the same time it stopped making chemical weapons the United slates unilaterally renounced All biological weapons. In 1972, it joined More than 100 other countries including the so Viet Union in signing the biological and toxin weapons convention. That agreement makes it illegal to develop produce stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain biological or toxin weapons. According to Feith s report the de sense department has now concluded in essence that the ban is worthless because of the Advance of technology. " i is not a pleasant task to deliver so dismal a report to the Congress Feith wrote. While the Reagan administration has no intention of changing . Policy on biological weapons. Congress must under stand How this Field of weaponry has changed he continued. The administration has also decided that when the signatories to the 1972 ban gather in Geneva nest month to review the agreement the u United suites will make an Effort to highlight the nature of the problem and inc critical defects of the by  the danger of not publicizing these matters is that friends and allies will continue to neglect by defense work aimed at developing detection and medical capabilities and protective  whereas 14 years ago biological weapons were judged militarily insignificant because they could nol he produced cheaply or controlled on a Battlefield the Advance of science has provided nations willing to ignore the ban a vast Range of options he said. Indeed the biological Field now favors offence Over defense Faith wrote and toxins can be developed that defy identification after  la is a technologically simple Mailer to produce new agents but a problem to develop antidotes new agents can be produced in hours antidotes May Lake years. To hum hurry up governor up photo four year old Alexandra Brandon yawns a she sits atop her mount Cricket near Lexington vs., and tails far the arrival Al Virginia s governor Gerald Bailies. The girl was one of the riders in u horse review part of  ceremonies for the new Virginia horse Center. The festivities were held up for a half hour be cause of the governor s late arrival. Pho a moving out of the Way police in Iowa City Iowa drug a protester from the path of a bus canal not 28 members of the Iowa National guard s 109lh medical in who plan to train in Honduras. Several officers used Billy clubs to Remote Aboul so demonstrators and one woman was arrested when she refused to leave. Christian groups Anfor monism increases with Contact poll shows by the los Angeles times an opinion Survey examining the deepening hostility Between Liberal and conservative christians in inc United states has Indica cd that increased Contact and communication Between the two groups often thought to ease the animosity usually Only makes matters Woree. Greater knowledge in other words is More Likely to Lead to contempt than to sympathetic understanding be tween christians on the left or right ends of the spectrum according to a recently published Gallup poll this disturbing finding contrasts with results of studies of racial and ethnic prejudice which consistently show that interaction Between differing groups lends to reduce unfair characterizations and animosity said sociology professor Robert Wuthnow of Princeton University. Wuthnow who has Analysed the study said the effect of greater Contact was especially pronounced among conservatives. Strong anti Liberal feelings were expressed by 59 percent of conservatives who had a great Deal of Contact with liberals whereas Strong Ami Liberal sentiment was Felt by Only 13 percent of the conservatives who had Little or no Contact with Liber als according to the study. Part of the problem Wuthnow said in a Telephone interview is that while racial stereotypes Are usually untrue there Are real differences Between religious liberals and conservatives conservative christians Are More Likely to emphasize the simple truths of inc Bible inc Basic facts As they would put it of the Christian message and liberals Are More Likely to look for broader meanings and express a Little More  in the Survey conservatives were often characterized As Overly strict on moral issues closed minded jul of Grant of other religious views fanatical about their beliefs holding Loo harsh an emphasis on guilt sin or judgment and too rigid and , on the other hand were often seen As substituting social concerns for the True  too compromising Wilh the world morally Loose hav ing a shallow knowledge of he Bible and too much influenced by secular  poll was commissioned by the Robert h. Schul Ler ministries Mission Arm of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove Calif. George Gallup jr., president of the polling organization said he suggested the study to Schuller during a meeting of Church leaders in Chi  Gallup Survey in its analysis of answers found that most respondents were neither left nor right in their religious views moderates Lou cd 47 percent conservatives 18 percent and liberals 19 percent. An other 16 percent did nol respond to the question. A recent nationwide los Angeles times poll which asked respondents to classify their own positions on religious belief and doctrine found thai 29 percent said they were Liberal 21 percent conservative and 25 percent Middle of the Road. Another 19 percent said they were not sure of or Don t pay that much attention to religious beliefs