European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. April 28, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 5 report notes Rise in air controller errors Washington up air traffic coi Lral error increased 65 percent at Chicago s o Harc International Airport Between 1985. And 1936 and nearly led to major disasters on several occasions according 10 a report released sunday by a House transportation sub committee which said a High level Board should be appointed by the Federal aviation administration to make an in depth review. Faa spokesman Stephen Hayes said Independent assessments of the problems at o Hare already have been conducted and recent changes appear to have reduced controller errors dramatically. The report prepared by a subcommittee chaired by rep Vardiss Collins d-ih., said 23 so called operational errors occurred in 1986, compared to 14 in 1985. The errors in maintaining Sale distances Between air Craft included several instances in which jets carrying hundreds or passengers might have collided the report says Hayes said Only three such errors have occurred so far this year two to january and one in february and thai aggressive tools to reduce them appear 1o be work  Collins said the report indicates the problems at o Hare resulted from poor training inadequate coordination Between controllers an atmosphere of laxness and inattention id  at least one error chronicled in the report led to the death of a Pilot of a commuter aircraft in 1985 when his plane White rolling past a Boeing 747 on a taxiway was blown Over became the jetliner revved its engines while facing the wrong direction. Another crash was narrowly avoided when the Pilot of a dc-9 with 116 passengers and Crew pulled the aircraft s nose up prematurely on Takeoff to avoid bar reling into a Boeing 727 carrying 119 people that had Lakind into his path. Other errors reported during the two year period included incidents in which Small planes Hying in controlled airspace came within hundreds of feet of each other or jetliners. Ground vehicles and aircraft were simultaneously cleared to use the same runways. Airliners in night Drew As close As 400 feel to each other. One jetliner was allowed to land while another was still on the runway. Congress has been turning increasing attention to airspace management problems at o Hare and other major centers in Light of recent reports of rising num Bers of errors. Police Nab prof up photo or. A so Nitro. Rel nah at the Urcla Schmo at month of term cd it of put Tel Kcf my rothls slew Al and 22 others were arrested after they entered the office of the Dean of Medicine and refused to leave. Arc was told in 1986 of 3,000-plus mishaps Washington a fourteen of the nation s nuclear Power plants each reported More than 50 mishaps in 1986, according to a study by a watchdog group released saturday. During 1986, More than 3,000 mis haps were reported to the nuclear regulatory commission. They ranged from minor incidents to a fatal Accident at a nuclear Plant in Virginia the study by Public citizen said. The watchdog group predicted that the number of incidents Tor 1986 will increase when the commission issues its final total of Licensee events reports later this year Public citizen a non profit research group founded in 1971 by consumer advocate Ralph Nader based its study on Public documents Tram the arc and in formation obtained through the free Dom Oflyn formation act. John Kopek a spokesman for the arc said the Agency had not seen the report but said the incidents were operational events with safety  he said that during the first half of 1986 there were 2,818 Licensee event re ports or Ler. Scott Peters a spokesman for the atomic Industrial forum said employees at nuclear plants Are committed to write Down everything that goes out of whack a Light bulb out on a panel a supervisor signing in late All the Way up to a major Accident. The fact that there Are so Many Ler indicates in a perverse Way that the Industry is Well Waich cd Peters said county left holding 7 buckets of Silver Joliet. In. A talk of a melt Down in Wilt count a cooled since a conv Monich her medallion be came a hot a inv the count nought  Silver medal in Tiv Rytti Lite Luttner than a half dui tar  at i Joth anniversary last to. Only 1.100 fold leaving officials homing in but Lucli of Silver and in debt k the m m rib the of Jidoun his been postponed Tod a count Board member estimates about 100 medallions have been sold in the past week. People think the coins arc becoming another Edsel said Richard Colombo referring to the car that became a collector s item after it was taken off the mar Ket in the 1950s. The company that minted the coins will pay Market value for the Silver minus 10 cents a Troy ounce Colombo said. At the current Price of Silver a meltdown would give the county about $27,000 enough to pay off us $21,551 debt and  Money left Over. But Selling out the Nin at 117jo each would net More than $60,000. The local Bank indicated a desire to keep stocking Idem Colombo said i be talked to my Barber my insurance Man my dentist. I be got a Coin in my packet All the Lime. I said Mon Fel lows it s not for me it s for the county bring in your us Money and get a me  women planning protest of Pope s visit Washington turn leaders from k eral National women s groups Are planning prows of Pone John Paul h is Fps itel1 a la the United slates thai wild ii Lude civil  at the Vatican 1 Kiwy. The Cadi to an from groups ranging from the uvula National Qatani Ilion for women the National abortion rights action league and Henru j parenthood to Argani atom in the women Church convergence movement within catholicism such As catholics for a free Choice and the women s ordination conference. A planning meeting was convened on april 13 by now s Eleanor Simcal and Frances Kissling. Head of catholics for a free Choice. While precise plans fur i lie women s response to John Paul s nine cily 10-Day visit arc not yet final tentative arrange Nicini agreed to at the april 13 meeting include a witness for women s rights at the Vatican embassy in Washington from aug. 16 through sept. 19. A women s response rally in Detroit on sept. 19. The rally is seen As particularly important As Detroit was selected by the vat ican to counter what is expected to be major negative publicity surrounding the Pope s presence in Sun Francisco and the roman Catholic Church s position on Gay civil rights. To december eight workers were injured when a steel pipe burst and re leased 30,000 Gallons of boiling water and steam at Surry unit 2 in gravel neck a. Four employees died from their injuries. On this the first anniversary of the chernobyl Accident it is important for . Citizens to recognize that a major nuclear Accident of similar proportions can occur Here said Joshua Gordon a nuclear policy analyst and author the report. Yet incredibly in the face of an Ever worsening nuclear safely record . Government and nuclear Industry officials continue to argue that we Are somehow immune to such an Accident Gordon said. The study titled nuclear Power safety report 1979-1986" found More than 23,000 mishaps reported to the arc since the 1979 Accident at three mile Island in Pennsylvania. On March 38, 1979, in the wore Acci Dent in . Commercial nuclear history nuclear fuel melted at Tim s unit 2 re actor releasing radioactive Gas into the environment. In 1979, there were 2,310 mishaps at the nation s 68 nuclear Power plants including the Accident at Tim the report said. The number of mishaps increased to 3.804 at 69 plants in 1980, with 104 designated especially significant mishaps by the arc according to the report. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 28, 1947 the jewish Agency was reported to be preparing new proposals to combat terrorists whose latest attack was the killing of the senior pales line police officer in the port City of Haifa authorities in Jerusalem said. 30 years ago today. April 28, 1957 syrian troops have begun moving out of Jordan said travellers in the area who passed Long convoys of tanks trucks armoured cars and anti aircraft guns on Mads leading North to Syria. 20 years ago foe a. Ai Rilik l%7 the St Nale ethics comte iliac recommended that sen. Thomas a Odd a Conn. Be ensured for misconduct. The committee said the Connecticut Democrat Emic i cd Public funds obtained through political testimonials. 10 years ago foe a. April 28, 1w us imports boosted by Sharp if Der Petroleum Pur chases exceeded the 51 Hill inn Murk Lor the first time Ever a j helped Puih the nation s mule in Tutti into a Mccurd Inonu Lily deficit