European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 9, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 aging nuke reactor similar to chernobyl closed for repairs r1chland, Wash. A the Hanford nuclear reservation s aging n reactor the Only one in he United Stales similar in design to the chernobyl nuclear Plant in the soviet Union was Cloud wednesday for six months while it undergoes Iso million in safety improvements. Technicians inserted Neutron absorb ing control rods Inlo the n reactor s Core to Stop the nuclear Chain reaction and allow the boiling water to Cool. The 1.s30 employees of unc nuclear industries which operates the reactor for the department of Energy will begin routine maintenance and repairs while wailing for the Agency to draw up a schedule for the safety modifications said unc spokesman Sieve Irish. The Energy department won t have a plan of proposed safety modifications until the end of january after meetings with senior unc officials Irish said. The Plant will in closed for at least six months the Energy department said. The shutdown Means every major Plu conium producing facility on the 570 Square Milc reservation is closed. Two plants that extract and process plutonium from the n reactors irradiated fuel rods were ordered closed in october. Conn governor takes oath asks War on poverty despair Hartford Conn. Api William a. O Neill took the oath of office for a second term As governor wednesday and called on the general Assembly to Battle poverty and despair in a time of unprecedented Prosperity in Connecticut. Our Challenge is to be creative with Prosperity the democratic governor said in his annual slate of the slate address. Nowhere in the world is there an Economy As productive As that which we have fashioned  o Neill 56, was re elected in novem Ber by a 167,000-Vole plurality one of the largest in decades Over Republican Julie d. But Aga. The legislators and spectators greeted o Neill with thunderous applause after he entered the Capitol following the traditional inaugural Parade through Down town Hartford capped by a 19-gun Salute. Members of the democratic con trolled legislature also were sworn in. Out of court a photo any Carter 19, daughter of sex Presl Deal Jimmy cuter and 1960s activist Abble Hoffman so pause outside Northampton maj District court after their pc trial hearing on charges stemming from an Ontl Cla Demon stration. They Wen among 60 people arrested nor. To while protesting he presence of Cia recruiters at the University of Massachusetts. Congressman May be indicted in bribery Case new York not Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have asked the Justice department for approval to seek indictments against rep. Mario Biaggi of the Bronx and the former Brooklyn democratic Leader Mcade h. Esposito on charges of bribery and obstruction of Justice officials said wednesday. A memorandum outlining the findings of a six month investigation and the potential charges against both men was submitted last week to Justice depart ment officials by the head of the department s organized crime strike Force in Brooklyn Edward a. Mcdonald according to investigators. Justice department officials who agreed to be inter viewed on the condition of anonymity said the pro posed indictment concerned the rules of Esposito and Biaggi who is a Democrat in trying to obtain financial Aid in 1985 and 1986 for the coastal dry Dock and repair co. In the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Over the last 20 years Biaggi and Esposito have been the targets of several Federal inquiries that were unrelated to the current one. None of the previous inquiries has resulted in an indictment Biaggi in a statement issued by his Washington of fice denied wrongdoing. I maintain that i have in paged in no wrongdoing and 1 am confident that will be borne out when the entire process is completed he said. Esposito did not return Telephone Calls made to his office in Manhattan. Esposito s lawyer Ronald g. Russo was not in new York City wednesday Accord ing to his receptionist and could not be reached. Federal officials and investigators said prosecutors contend they have evidence that Esposito paid for a vacation trip taken by Biaggi and that he promised to pay for another trip. The payment prosecutors assert was in return for Biaggi petitioning other representatives and senators and local officials to provide Finan Cial assistance to the coastal company. Coastal s president and chief executive Charles l. Montanti is a longtime Friend of Esposito and coastal has been in debt to Esposito s insurance brokerage concern for several years investigators said. Carlucci plans Csc changes Washington not the National Security Council will undergo major changes under Frank c. Carlucci the new National Security adviser including virtual prohibition against Covert operations a senior while House official said wednesday. The official speaking of Carlucci s plans said the new director saw no role for the Csc in Covert actions an1 believed further thai keeping such opera Lions out of the while House allowed president Rea Gan to maintain some distance from them. Among moves Carlucci will undertake is the appointment of a general counsel to handle developments related to the Iran affair the official said. In addition he is expected to begin several policy reviews including one of the Middle East that will examine . Policy options toward Iran in the aftermath of the arms scandal. Al the same Lime Steps would be taken to assure thai Reagan received All options before making nation Al Security decisions a practice some officials have said was absent in the Case of Iran. The official said one improvement is Likely to be the reduction in the staff of the crisis management unit at the Csc and a redirection to ensure that it plays Only a coordinating role. The unit oversees sensitive Diplo Matic military and intelligence missions such As the Grenada invasion in 1983. Ap1�u president Reagan and Frank Cariani Confer wednes Day at Bethesda naval Hospital. Witness tells of Howard Beach attack new York a a witness to the attack on three Black men last month in the Howard Beach Sec lion of Queens says she watched a group of Whites Chase and then encircle a Man near her Home the new York times reported in thursday s editions. The times said Hal what it called the first Independent description of the attack came from members of a family that saw one of the victims staggering Down the sidewalk near their Home. The woman said two attackers hit the Man with Slicks As he doubled Over in pain. One of the objects they used she told the times could have been a Bat. "1 knew it did t look like a game at that Point said the witness who was identified Only As a woman in her 20s who holds a doctorate. The woman s Mother also saw one of the Black men running across inc Parkway near their Home and an other running nearby without any attack Era in sight inc newspaper said. Because the Mother had concluded that the incident was Over she said she Laid her daughter to hang up the Telephone with which she had been trying to reach the police emergency number. The woman who saw the incident on Pec. 20 said she was not Able to describe the attackers except that they were Young and dressed incan Tandski jackets. One of the victims Michael Griffith 23. Was struck by a car and killed As he fled. Authorities have said that having additional wit Nesses was important to making a criminal Case be cause another victim Cedric Sandiford 36, a re fused to cooperate with prosecutors