European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday april 11,1987 Man accused of Selling nuclear materials to Plo Washington up a nuclear facility i Chni Cion with top Security clearance ii accused of Selling classified documents and uranium to the Plo As Wendi being involved in rape anon robbery and illegal drugs a government report said thursday. The general accounting office in a report critical of he department of Energy s personnel Security practices neither identified the worker nor gave details of his alleged Sale of nuclear materials to the Plo. It said he was a senior Laboratory technician at a government nuclear operation it did not identify. The Agency investigation disclosed allegations that the employee sold classified documents and uranium to the Palestine liberation organization raped Juve Nile girls used cocaine amphetamines and Quad Lutcs sold drugs impersonated a police officer As pulled people committed burglaries trafficked in stolen property and committed Arton for hire so individuals could collect  the report did not say who made the allegations. The Gao report said the technician suspected of committing the series of crimes got an initial Security clearance in 1974 and answered Security questionnaires in 1978 and 1984, but no derogatory information was uncovered until a Deputy sheriff told the in Safe in a s paws siberian Tiger Martha with not even a twitch of whisker stoically ignores the chewing of her playful baby Martha Tare birth to twins feb. 14,but the tue one made their Public debut at the . Zoo tuesday. Orgy department about the employee s arrest for carrying a weapon and having an expired. License plate. The report did not say where the technician worked but Oao officials said alter the hearing that the technician was employed either at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state the Oak Ridge nuclear facility in Tennessee or in the Albuquerque n.m.,District, which includes the los Alamos nuclear facile  department which administers the nation s nuclear weapons research manufacture and testing pro Grams initiated an investigation in August 1985 and completed it the following april the report said. The employee kept his Security clearance until it was re voted in july 1986.bui the worker remains on the government payroll while the allegations of criminal activity Are investigated further and Gao officials indicated no format criminal charges have been filed against the technician the Gao report also listed other Security risks among Energy department employees including a Security inspector who was found to have used cocaine and amphetamines on the Job a Secretary suspected of using and Selling drugs at work and several others House drugs. Hosp of fined in dialysis death Albany . A state authorities have Fineda new York City Hospital 14,000 in the Case of a patient who died when his kidney dialysis unit was mistakenly hooked up to the air conditioning system. The patient at Booth memorial Hospital medical enter in Queens died two years ago when the connection caused coolant to enter the pure water in the dialysis system the health department said thursday. Booth was one of 11 hospitals fined in the stale the department said. Seven of the hospitals including targe teaching institutions Are in new York City. Some of the fines can be reduced if the Hospital Correct problems and Institute recommended oversight and review practices the department said. St. Luke Roosevelt Hospital Center in Manhattan was 4 fined $7,000 for a Case involving a psychiatric patient who committed suicide. The department criticized the Hospital for assigning an inexperienced aide to the patient. The aide had tried to Slop the patient from jumping to his death. St. Vincent s Hospital and medical Center in Man Hattan was fined $9,000 for dumping biological wastes on a partly residential Street the department said. The state said the dumping continued from 1982 to1986 and included contaminated syringes possibly used on aids patients. The syringes were found clog Ging a nearby Drain the department said. Long Island jewish Hillside medical Center i Queens was fined $20,000 for a Case involving improper diagnosis of a cancer patient and other problems units dialysis and cancer treatment units officials said. The faulty diagnosis left a 13-year-old paralysed the department said. Stateside hotel used by at Capone up for Sale in Chicago Chicago a for Sale the 95-year-Oldlexington hotel Kangsler at Capone s head Quawn during the prohibition Yean when the government banned the manufacture and con sumption of alcoholic beverage in he country. "119 an exciting building but in needs a lot of work Barbara Mot said. She is the Commer Cial sales manager for Century 21 Kennedy Ryan Monigal and associates the real mate office handling the uttering debris is Wain High and there s no heat or running water in the once grand hotel priced at s 1,3 million mom did. The Sunbow foundation a non profit group that trains women for construction jobs bought the Lexington for $500,000 in 1984, hoping to turn the prohibition Era landmark into an inter National women s museum and research Center private program offers College Loans to students Washington a students from mid dle or upper income families who would not otherwise qualify for College Loans will be Able Roget up to $15,000 a year through a program being launched by a group of University official Sand Bankers. The co sem program Loans will fill a glaring Niche on the campuses Lloyd h. Elliott presi Dent of the George Washington University Tolda news conference. At the moment Loans Are not available to thousands of students across the country in the form which they can  the Loans currently offered by about 9v per cent interest rates will be arranged through Pri vate financial organizations and will not carry government subsidies the sponsors announced wednesday. There will be a minimum of red tape and no family income test As there is with traditional government guaranteed student bans and Aid but the student or a co signer most have enough credit to cover the loan amount. The maximum loan amount will be 160,000. Italy s prosciutto Ham of d for import to . Washington a a certain Type of uncooked italian Ham has been approved for import into the United slates the meat Parma Ham or prosciutto previously was denied entry because of the possibility of foreign animal diseases agriculture department officials said. But an italian consortium of Parma Ham producers has developed processing procedures strict enough to prevent the entry of such diseases officials said Karen Darling Deputy assistant Secretary for marketing and inspection services said the procedures were tested by agriculture department scientists. Federal rules require that the individual proc Essing plants first be inspected and approved by the department of agriculture before beginning to process uncooked Ham for Export to the United Stales. The minimum processing and curing Lime for prosciutto entering the . Market is 400 Days. Near accidents tied to Faa s controller policies Washington a the Federal aviation administration is being told that inadequate training and a shortage of controllers Are contributing to an in creasing number of near collisions of air Craft both in the air and on the ground. The number of reported incidents especially those involving controller errors has increased significantly during the past three years Jim Burnett chair Man of the National transportation safety Board told a House investigations subcommittee thursday. Severe committee members criticize senior Faa officials for not hiring More controllers bending to pressure from the airlines to put More aircraft into the air and not adequately training controllers to Deal with growing traffic require ments. The Exchange occurred amid disclosure by the safety Board that it is investigating two incidents that occurred this week one in Chicago and another Over new Jersey involving near Colli Sions of commercial aircraft. The incident tuesday at o Harc inter National Airport in Chicago involved s Northwest airlines jumbo Jet carrying190 passengers and 18 arc members. And a United airlines Boeing 727 with108 people aboard. According to the safely Board an Faa Northwest night 3, bound for Tokyo was in its Takeoff Roll when the Pilot screeched to a halt after being told by the control lower that the United Jet liner. Right 229 bound for Denver was on the same runway just  said the safely Board was investigating the incident but preliminary Indi cations were that the controllers were not at  United plane had never been cleared to actually get on the runway an Lake off Faa spokesman Fred Farrar  safety Board meanwhile also was investigating an incident Over new Jer sey on wednesday in which a pan am express commuter plane had to Lake Eva Sive action to avoid an air Force cargo Jet. A Light attendant and a passenger were injured. Bob Gibbons a spokesman for North West said the Boeing 747 look off about an hour after the incident Ofir the tire were coated and checked. Last year there Wen 866 reports of near collisions in the air and another497 incidents on Airport runways and taxi ways Boih increases Over previous Yean