European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday june 1,1987 army test Plant probed paper says Aberdeen proving ground my. A a Federal grand jury i in pc slighting army and civilian officials who oversaw the operation of a deteriorated testing Center where highly Hazar Dous substances were mishandled the Baltimore Sun reported sunday. The investigation centers on alleged violations of Federal environmental and worker safety Laws involving handling storage Imd disposal of dangerous sub stances at the now closed Pilot Plant at Aberdeen proving ground the newspaper said. The substances included components of lethal nerve agents sources told the Federal right to Board ships challenged charlevo1x, Mich. Not great lakes Sailor is challenging the .  guard s Rygh Lobain vessels without warrants or the suspicion of Ille  activity on Board. On May 14, Cliff Biddick jr., a Sailor from Charlevoix in northeastern Michi  refused the coast guard permission to Board his 32-foot Sloop Kagan on what a coast guard official described As a routine safety inspection. After a two hour standoff Biddick complied and Wai cited for several safely violations. He says he had proper equip ment on Board by wanted to be cited so he could Lake his fight to the supreme court or whatever in tales to have he Law  the coast guard has been boarding an increasing number of Boals on the great lakes in response to a National policy announced Lasi fall aimed at cracking Down on drug trafficking. Coast guard spokesmen say they have unlimited authority to Board and search vessels on the basis of j nearly 200-year old statute that was upheld by the us pfc Courtin 1983. The local coast guard station at Charlevoix estimated that it conducted 40 boardings in the Short Lime Between the announcement and he end of the boating season. In Only one known Case in the Northern lakes was the boarding in response to suspicion of drugs on Board. There were no drugs found. In the de troit area Here were four minor drug arrests Diddick says he watched the boardings with  but if the Law gives them the right to Stop boats and search them without cause Ihen the Law should be  the boardings included coast guardsmen carrying not Only smile arms but in a least one Case an m-16 Rifle. Coast guard officials confirmed thai Long guns were carried. But now a shot gun is kept on a coast guard vessel Dur ing Board Ings. The local coast guard authorities emphasise that with the exception of bid Dick and the one Case in which drugs were suspected last fail their boardings Are limited to 20-Mmutc requests for documentation and safely equipment. They also emphasise that there has been ittle Adverse reaction from boaters Dur ing the inspections. Biddick is awaiting a decision on his violations by a coast guard hearing judge. Coast guard officials in Cleve land Repon the judge s decision could involve prosecution in a civil court. The local coast guard informed Biddick thai he could not sail his boat until he was inspected for compliance. He had his boat re inspected several Days after the incident. Newspaper. Scores of army documents were subpoenaed by the grand jury May 6 and delivered May h. Some of the records allegedly had been falsified and supervisors had lied in an attempt to cover up some questionable practices at the Plant sources told the newspaper. The investigation also has uncovered evidence that he army appeared to have used the Plant for storing hazardous waste from bases around the United slates As Well As from the proving ground the sources said. John a. Yai quaint a spokesman for base commander maj. Gen. Charles f. Drenzy referred All questions about the investigation to Brickin Ridge l. Wilcox . Attorney for Maryland. Willcox on saturday would neither confirm nor deny the investigation. Sources told the newspaper that the grand jury asked for records dating Back to january 1982 from the proving ground Headquarters and from the army s chemical research engineering and development Center which oper ated the Pilot Plant. Before it closed in february 1986, the Plant performed a reproduction studies on he army s binary chemical  scheduled to go into production later this year. The dilapidated 46-year-old Pilot Plant building is located a the base Sedge Wood Arsenal near the upper end of canal Creek a tidal Stream that flows into the Gunpowder River which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The newspaper last year reported problems at the Plant including the alleged illegal burning and dumping of chemicals and unsafe exposure to work ers. In March he army acknowledged the problems and said the Plant would be closed except in the Case of an emergency. Playing it Cool when the heat is on App Lulo if you can t stand he heat gel out the Lawn sprinkler so says 4-year-old Lan Ier Hume. Lunier and her dog Bandit escape the heat of an aug Sta ga., Day with a sip and a Spray of Cool water from grandma s sprinkler. Bradley probably will seek presidency but not in 88 Washington a sen. Bill Bradley s political plans for 1988 Are easy to understand when in comes Torunn i no for president he just says no. But ask him about his presidential ambitions beyond next year and what comes out is some twisted language that Means  people say will you Ever run " the new Jersey Democrat says. The answer is certainly not definitely not and it s Proba Bly " As to when he Sayi Only. I know it when i m  since the Cul lapse of Gary Hart s candidacy Bradley says that Bradley the question has been put to him a thousand limits. No i m not running for president Bradley Bigart an interview last week before the question was even asked. The answer is no " he says. As i sit Here now i can t imagine a Circum stance that would sure me  new Jersey gov. Thomas Kean a re publican says Bradley would Rise like Cream if he entered the Raee. Even the other most talked about holdout new York gov. Mario Cuomo says tic thinks Bradley should run. Bradley s methodical intellectual approach has earned the respect of his sen ate Peers and brought him National at Tention. As a Bright Young Sckalor and former Star professional basketball player he has a credibility and name recognition that could make him a standout in a Field of obscure candidates jul As Bradley says he has done since High school he listens first to an inner drummer that tells him How and when to proceed. He marched to the beat fran Small Lown Missouri to Princeton l diversity on to a Rhodes scholarship and then 10 starring years with the new York Krieks. The decision to run is based on my own sense of what s the Hunt time. 1 had to Trust my internal drummer he says. People have been pressing bul Bradley says that s happened to him before in High school people urged him to go to a basketball  he a Cal to Prin Clfon. Afterwards hey told him to head for the pros. He went to Oxford to study economics. Then he was urged to a tend Law school. He joined the knocks finally when he wanted to try poli tics people said he should run for town Council. Bradley ran for the Senate. The same is True for the 1988 Campaign he says. Are there friends who arc urging me to do it  Bradley says he believes the question will eventually become  he predicts one of the announced candidates will pick up steam and gain sup port. He sees lilt a Chance of a brokered convention picking a nominee from out Side the declared Field. Bradley says he has spent lilt a Lime figuring what role he would like to play in the nomination process or in shaping thu is democratic platform. Bradley s Senaie term does not expire until 1991 and right now he says he is not As interested in National politics As he is in next year s race for control of the new Jersey legislature. To me that s the most significant election he said