European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hammond takes Lead Golfi world series Page 26 d Kelly s nil debut delayed Page 21 d . Diver wins world title Page 25 d Tucson Taiwan in la final Page 27  unofficial publication for the . Ahmid vol. 45, no. 128 sunday August 24. 1986 cd or d 8693 a s. African president assails world leaders Johannesburg South Africa api president . Botha accused world leaders saturday of gambling with his country s stability i a contest Over who would control the strategic sea route around Africa s Southern lip Itic state run radio reported. The South african broadcasting corp. Said Botha made the remarks while standing at Cape Agulhas the Windy Southern tip of Africa to unveil a Monu chernobyl worse than reported soviets concede new York a a soviet report says radiation spread More widely than first thought after the chernobyl nuclear Accident and raises inc possibility of 6,500 premature deaths in that country the new York times reported. The soviet Union s 382-Page report to the International atomic Energy Agency says evacuated residents May not be Al Lowed to return to their Homes for four years the times said. The report expresses concern that radiation in some areas remains at higher Levels than had been disclosed and might Rise As particles Drift and thai there May be continuing contamination Offish vegetation and buildings dozens of Miles from the Plant. Topsoil is being scraped up in parts of the evacuation zone of 1,000 Square Miles and hauled off for burial. It said some contaminated forests May have to be bumped Down. The report has been sent to the inter National Agency s Headquarters in Vienna and is 10 be discussed at a symposium there monday the times said. The april 26 Accident led to 31 con firmed deaths and hundreds of injuries. The report said that the Accident occurred when Power in the reactor surged from 7 percent to 50 percent in less than three seconds during a test while safety systems had deliberately been turned off. The resulting explosion blew the roof off the Power Plant and sent debris 3,600 feet into the air about 3.5 percent of the radiation in the reactor got out into the atmosphere the report said. The times quoting Western experts said this Means the Accident released More radiation than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the end of world War ii. Immediately after the Accident some people received As much As 400 Rem which is a measure of radiation s effect on humans. That level of exposure kills about half the people who receive it. He was myth tidied Kansas City Kan. A court decisions Are based on fact so it s no wonder a Federal judge got his mythology wrong. It s All greek to me said judge John p. Moore who sits on the 10th . Cir Cuit court of appeals in Denver. Moore wrote an opinion in a mail fraud Case that said a pertinent Legal Issue had Arisen like Venus from the head of  Robert Strepy an assistant . At Torney in Kansas City sent off a letter to Moore. Zeus was the greek supreme god sure copy said. The goddess that sprang from his forehead was Athena the goo Dess of War and peace As Well As wis  a reprinted version of the Page in question was inserted into the court file. One of my biggest problems in life is thai i can t remember names said Moore. "1 was sure it was either Venus or Athena so i figured i had a 50-50 Chance. I just picked wrong i  Meni Mark ing the spot. According to the Brief report Botha said Western political leaders who Are pressuring his country to end apartheid do not often mention the Cape s strategic value although military leaders in the West and East Are aware of it. Botha said he is prepared to fight efforts to forcibly bring about a marxist government in South Africa As Well As we Mem leaders efforts to Force their will on his government the radio said. The african National Congress the main guerrilla group fighting apartheid has communists among its leadership. But the ideologically pluralistic Organiza Tion does not consider itself communist dominated. Botha Sal silently through most of a three hour debate by parliament Friday in which opposition members demanded see s. Africa on Page 28 grieving family a Philo Randy Welch cent Erthe husband of slain postal worker Patti Welch is comforted by his Mother after services Friday in of twin okla. Mrs. Welch and 13 of her co workers at Ibe Edmond Post office were shot and killed wednesday by part Lime postal worker Patrick Sherrill. Making a leg men supp or sunday Magazine