European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday november 17, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 housekeepers conduct own world series Nashville. Tenn. A twelve sin member Leanis from Nashville he lucked pc Djini. Sci irked and vacuumed their Way through the world series or House keeping Here saturday in Pursuit of Sloo per Ntembi r prics the housekeeping teams screamed and chanted another one fights the dust throughout the-4 i hour contest. The big bed Takeoff was won by Cynthia Cook a room inspector for two years at the sponsoring Oryland howl. I am so Happy i Don t have to look for another Job now she said after her Victory. Bubba Bright a Houseman no Maxwell House attributed his team s win in the attack of the killer vacs to practice sessions at work and at Home. He reassembled an Industrial vacuum cleaner after teammate Earl Viccy look it apart. Their time 40 seconds. Russel Stulljr of of Ryband won the blazing both los event in which contestants try to remove whipped Cream from an opponent s shoulder with a Spray bottle. . Accepts soviet offer to inspect old radar Sites Washington not states Mizii Tiki Paltu d Savici after to inspect several old radars that some conservative senators have asserted May violate the 1972 missile treaty administration officials said sunday. The soviet Union offered the inspections when Secretary of slate George p. Shultz visited Moscow last month. But sortie civilian and military Penta gon officials have been sceptical of the offer and the american acceptance was not formally made known to the soviet Union until late last week. The United slates and fhe soviet Union still have to work out the proce dures for carrying put the inspections administration officials said. At Issue Are two types of old radars known in the West As Pawn shop and Flat twin that were first observed by Western intelligence experts 15 years ago. Several of the old radars had been kept at soviet Natiba Listie missile test ranges. Citing this the Reagan administration charged there was ambiguous evidence that the radars were a Poten tial violation of the 1972 treaty which bans Mobile adm radars. Earlier this year the stale department said most of the radars had been dismantled. But a Pawn shop radar and n Flat twin radar were later dejected at an electronics installation in Gomel a City in l Stu Hwesi of Moscow and North of lev. Hard liners in the defense depart ment argued thai the radars violated the Arm treaty an agreement that they oppose As a Barrier to president run inn s program to develop space based anti missile defences. Rut other administration officials argued Hal there was no basis for accusing Moscow of a violation and that to do so could open Washington to counter charges. Meanwhile conservative Republican senators have sought to portray Moscow As a treaty violator in their Effort to Rno Bilie support against the abm treaty and the prospective agreement to ban medium and Shorter Range missiles. Soviet officials have reportedly denied any violation. The old radars Are housed in Large Van like containers. Soviet officials Are said to have told the United Stales that they removed the electronic equipment from the vans. The soviet offer led to debate in the Rea Gan administration about the value of on site inspection and the terms under which such inspections should be carried out. Some administration officials argued that the United states has Little Concrete information Aboul the status of the radars and that acceptance of the soviet offer could dispel the concerns of hard liners. Which these officials say ?.rc exaggerated. Siut civilian defense department officials were sceptical. They reportedly argued thai the win ill be by the Limp american inspectors arrived and thai the inspections would Only he useful if they were wide ranging. Optic gals said the joint chiefs of staff were concerned Hal the inspections Fuld establish a 1li.ii would allow the russians to request inspections of Ameri can facilities unde r the aum i scaly. In an Effort to resolve the differences within the administration the United slates has asked to inspect the two radars at Gomel As Well As installations in the adjacent area it has also asked to inspect an old Pawn shop radar near Moscow that so Viet officials have said was dismantled. The soviet Union told the United Stales Hal the Container for this radar is near Moscow but american intelligence experts have nol detected it officials say. An administration official said that the debate Over How to carry out the inspections of the old radars showed that on site inspections Are not a cure All for insuring compliance. The lesson the official said should be remembered during the Senate debate Over the missile treaty that presi Dent Cagan and Mikhail s. Gorbachev expected losing next month. Safety experts begin probe of Texas explosion Pampa Texas a safely experts began work sunday to prepare for an investigation of two explosions that ripped apart a chemical Plant blowing out windows six Miles away touching off a huge fire and killing three people. Plant officials visited the Hooch so celanese corp. Chemical Plant for the first time since the blasts rocked the Plant saturday injuring 35 people and forcing 60 Resi dents of a nearby subdivision to evacuate their Homes residents were allowed to return Home talc sat urday said department of Public safely trooper Wayne big hic. And the fire burned itself out before Dawn sunday the safety team extinguished several Small ground fires sunday morning said Plant manager Ron guard. The team also slopped some leaks in chemical vessels. A damage assessment team was to enter the Plant later after the safely team decided in was Safe guard said. Three people remained hospitalized one in critical but stable condition. One worker reported As missing saturday night turned Oul to be one of the dead authorities said. We will be going in unit by unit by unit to try to assess the guard said sunday. Two of our major units were damaged Exten sively he said. Other units have damage but most of what we saw was the petrochemical Plant has nine operating units. Plant officials would nol speculate on causes of the explosions at Hooch so clan Csc the largest employer in Pampa which is 60 mites from Amarillo. Officials of the environmental Protection Agency and the Texas water commission were patrolling the Plant sunday wailing for approval logo inside. Guard said. The Federal occupational safety and health administration also is expected Lojkin the probe. They have been Nolif cd and obviously going to participate said Cela Csc spokesman Herb Reed. Aerial photograph Sho a explosion damaged line Cost celanese Plant w test of Pampa fails officials determined that the first blast occurred near a Turbine in an auxiliary Utility area where natural Gas is used to produce steam. The second and More powerful explosion occurred in a Blanc reactor unit next to inc Utility area said guard. Guard said thai to his knowledge the operators Ai the Point of the first explosion did not do anything to trigger the Glasl. Ted Rodgers. 45. Was working with an Assi Manl at the Plant when he heard a boiler explode. We began running and we made it about two feel out of the control room and the building just disintegrated he said. Debris was filing c t cry v Here and my glasses and hard hat were blown prof Esters police clash at Navy weapons depot Concord Calif. A protesters and police clashed at a Navy weapons Lalion when officers charged into the crowd to dismantle 3 shanty sym ii ing the plight of Burn bed out salvadorans. Four people were arrested. The crowd of about 5 10 people pro testing weapons shipments to the govern ment of Al Salvador mobbed the make shift Hui to prevent officers from tearing in Down. While protesters shouted shame on Contra Custa county sheriffs deputies joined by Concord police lore Down the Shack throw ing pieces of Wood and cardboard in marines on thi1 other Side of a barbed win Feno at acan Cord naval weapons station this is one of she most oui Ragerus things l a Ever said Slan Dewey a lawyer serving As a Legal observer. There s no reason for the police logo Minlu the crowd like the police were l Oncel a do noun strains Midlil use Wood rum the , in climb Over 4-foot-Higji coils of barbed w in that been
