Page 2 *** THE STARS AND STRIPES Saturday, March 14.1987to remove weaponsJ.L. KOMINICK1f writerThe United Stale* will begin removingti aging chemical warfare stock* TramGermany laler thmmr. following Ger-many's veto of a Pwagon plan 10 de-stroy the weapons on Qifman soil.Eliminating the weapYis was part ofan agreement worked Vit with theNATO nations In May.ThVsKI soughtla saUify • long-standing vrman re-quest Tor removal of the (munitions,while clearing the way to prodVe saferUnary weapon) in the united1Congress had called for priorapproval of binary munitions andfor their wartime deployment beforeproving final funding for product!How scheduled to begin Dec. I.U. Cot Werner Widder, a spokesmanfor the German Defense Ministry, taidremoval plant have progressed as far aj a.timetable, tied to the production of newweapons, that would close Americanchemical depots in'the Federal Republicby 1993.Based on current schedule*, 1X5.chemical stores would be removed fromall of Europe by 1994, said KUJ. DennisPinkham, a European Comd spokesman.He joined Widder in declining to givethe size or location of the stocks.The agreement also stipulates that nonew chemical weapons will be stored in.Europe during peacetime. During war,the weapon! would be deployed onlywith the consent of the nation* in whichthey would be used."We tee this at the main point of theagreement, that no new chemical weap-ons will be stored on NATO soil," Wid-der said. "And in Germany, we will notgive consent unless the weapon* are sta-tioned in at least one Other country. Ob-viously, if you are the only country tohave them, that ii where the other side isgoing to come to destroy them,"While some ministry sources havejd removal will begin Dec. 1, Widderted no weapons would leave the|ry until binary production begins.ins and actual schedule for re-mical weipona now in Ger-many liRNy will be worked out through"regular %1 close" consultations be-tween the tv\BOveramerits, he said.Some German political ^groups, pri-marily the leftist Green forty, claimtransporting the aging weapon! will poichazards, but Widder described the muni-tions as being in good enough conditionthat "one could take them out and firethem away.""There have been rumors of leaks ofstockpiles in the United States," he said,"but I emphasize that these weapons (inGermany) are of a different variety.These, for example, are not in canisters,There is no need for fear or uncertaintyon the nutter of leaks."Me said Germany will work, closelywith state and local governments In re-moving Che munitions.About 10,000 tons of nerve gas is said.to be stored in the heavily guarded "AralOne" of the U.S. Army depot at Fiyjrbach, Germany, a village ofRheinLmd-PfafoMayor Dieter Schehl last wedKtid hewas not aware of plans to remjft chemi-cal weapons from the depoi^"1 don't know anylhitriid I don'twant (o know anything, JPe said.The weapons are j subject formany Fischbach residents, who claimnews reports have hurt tourism. Talk ofthe munitions is alto viewed^* a threatto German jobs at the dflot. whereabout 120 area residents wl as guards,As an employee at t|Mown bakery putit, "You won't maka«p5ny friends askingabout poison gas jgnsclibach."In the Unitejfllates, stocks of unitarychemical weans are stored at eight lo-cations. ThMrmy has opposed a plan toestablish* or more national disposalsites, jijms it prefers 10 destroy theat their present locations,ihe past, America has resorted 10Vying old chemical weapons or sort-.Ing them aboard World War H-vintageberty ships off the U.S. East CoastChemicals destroyed in ihe last decadehave been burned in furnaces capable ofI.SCO-degree F blast*.Germany has used a slmifar furnacefor more than a decade, destroying itschemical weapons from the world wanand, Widder said, "The stocks that havebeen found to date are going to keep thaioven busy for the next 10 years."tSMwnwEd HwHcn»lblM4 n Ml npart)Divers recover 5$th body from capsized ferryZEEBRUGGE. Belgium (AP)~ Divers at the wreck- the•ge of the capsized Herald of Free Enterprise ferry have Ellisrecovered the body of another crew member, raising to jjzed last Fi55 the number of confirmed dead, an official said Pri- had beenday. other infoiPaul Ellis, spokesman far the ferry's owner. Towns- U was theend Thoresen, »id the "chance discovery" of the body On Wednesday diwas made Thursday afternoon by divers employed by and found theIvage company Smil Tak.le victim, an officer ofjriTshlp that cap-near tie entrance twEebmgge harbor,identified, bujffE could release no/ in w many days,i Ihe bridge of the shipp member who they ap-parently knew had been in that area.The latest recovery meant 55 bodies had been pulkdfrom the wreck, of which 49 had been identified, seven-' ty-ninc bodies are believed still trapped in the sunkenhull. There were 409 surviven.Ellis also said Smil Tak officials had set March 30 asthe target date for pulling the 7,951-ton Henfcl of FreeEnterprise over onto its ked.If-'mpc-raturesIt * Muny34 U Ahqoifu M namfL/SC, reseg^ers accusedof unsafe/adw/on controlCHptr41 » Pntum.0Bin HugoBtnRtmamBinJujn44 S4 jKhx»nl>31 H MnHlCHyH Ti K»yW»tjsaSaWttagajraa.tsaBaB»-«CUKX* to auriir nw»» c*uvtd «MWn v*u. wtfi partly e•UUfflVtM iMflptrlMHrt ~LOS ANGELES (AP) JFThe Univer-sity of Southern CalifMUa and 10 re-searchers have been ftuted in a 179-count criminal cxndRaint of violatingstate law restnctjnjphc handling of ra-dioactive materuUr"In one injTnce, an investigatorfound researdrpersojinel eating theirlunch in a rdln containing unsealed ra-dioactive mKerials and apparently obliv-ious to twpolenlial danger," said CityAltornei«ames Hahn, who filed thet Thursday in municipal court_ohn Hisserich, vice president forI affaire, refused comment but saidf was to have released a statement Fri-y aflerevaJuatmg the complaint.'The complaint followed inspectionsy the state Department of Health Serv-ices at USC's Health Science Campus19-yeor-old Gl diesof crack overdoseWILDFLECKEN, Germany (S&S) —A 19-year-old U.S. soldier died March 8of a crack overdose, a communityspokesman said Friday.Pvt, I Brian K. Robinson of Co D,S4th Engr Bn, 130ih Engr Brigade, diedin WuerzbuiK University Clinic, HansGlaeser said. He had been foundunconscious in a company latrine March2 and taken to the post's dispensary,Glaeser said.He was taken to Ihe hospital soonafter that but never regained conscious-ness. Clatter said. The hospital said thedeath resulted from an injection ofcrack, a highly purified form of cocainethat is usually smoked, Glaeser said.Robinson is survived by bis parents,Mellody and Lawrence Winfield of Kan-kakee, 111.and itHNorris Cancer Hospital at LosAngeles%unly-USC Medical Center.Hahn sBd there was "a patten of in-credibly cawer conduct." The misdemea-nor charges mcludc failure lo check forleaks of ladioamivity from small capsulesof certain matekals and failure to deter-mine whether reghrchers and others hadbeen overexposed twbstances, he said.USC was nameo% 148 violations onIhe Health Science linipus, as well asthe Norris Cancer Hpfcjial, where pa-tients receive radiatidaVlherar.iy. Thenumber of charges againsHndividual re-searchers variea from one 1Each charge carries a maxflhim penal-ty of six months in jail and a SVPO fine,The inspections were condtnmd lastNov. 10-M and Jan. 20-22 oflhisHir.In 1981 the univcraty was ,from conducting research involvtndioactive materials after it was ciu _ ,346 wolalions of California RadialicControl Regulations,The violations were handled administra-tively, but no criminal charges were filed. Itwon back its authorization in March 1982but continued to violate regulations, ac-cording to Deputy City Attorney Gwendo-lyn Irby, who is handling the case.Last Jan. 29, at the slate's urging, USCvoluntarily suspended its research with ra-dioactive iodine. USC has applied to havethat permission reinstated. The itinsiate-meni could come in several days, accordingto Gordon Sidling, one of the state inspec-tors.Most violations cited Thursday consist-ed of inadequate training and failure toexamine personnel for radiation exposure,but inspectors also found evidence of care-lessness in handling dangerous materials.No one has displayed any symptomsof radiation sickness, but investigatorssaid it is unknown whether anyone wasoverexposed because required examina-tions were not conducted.Book ban appealMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) —Members of the Stole Board of Ed-ucation who decided to appeal afederal judge's ban of 44 textbooksfrom public schools say they chosepublic interest over personal reli-gious belief.The board voted 5-4 Thursdayto appeal U.S. District Judge w.Brevard Hand's decision removingthe textbooks. In his ruling lastweek, Hand said secular human-ism is a religion and is being es-poused in the books in violation ofthe U.S. Constitution's separationof church and state.Board member Evelyn Pratt,who voted for an appeal, saidHand's decision would take Ala-bama's textbook selection processput of the public arena and into ajudge's chambers. She said keepingthe system intact outweighed herreligious beliefs.k Chernobyl trialt MOSCOW {AP} — The head of; Soviet Union's atomic energykmission Friday said those ie>soomible for last year's nuclear ac-cidemal Chernobyl will soon goon trKin the Ukrainian capital ofKiev. _i Peirayanu, chairmanof the Sfce Committee for theUtilizalionW Atomic Energy, toldreporters alfcbriefing that ne hadno details &who will be tried,what the chaw? will be or whenthe proceedinflMould begin."Soon therein be a trial ofthose responsibunbr the Cherno-byl accident," Petrosyanu said."All I can say is thafct will be soonand it will be in Kiev?
