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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday january 19.19b8page 4 the Star 0 stir tit in essay january in Dodo widow wants King papers returned by pm news strict Boston in the summer of 1964, the Story goes Martin Luther King or. Believed White supremacists might attack and Burn his Home in Atlanta. Lie hurriedly packed his papers a chronicle of the civil rights movement to that Point into 15 boxes and sent them to Boston University where he had earned i doctorate in theology in 195s and where he thought the papers would be Safe we sent two trucks Down to get them and i told the driven to be very cautious drinking Lem Back to take Back roads said Howard Gollick director of he special collections Section of the University s Mugar Library. They were so cautious i did t hear anything from them for two weeks. Was frantic something had happened to them times then were so tense that later Hal year. King hid to be escorted to the Campus by up i when he came to dedicate the collection to the University. From the outset said Gotlieb Boston University was thrilled to have the papers of one of its most renowned graduates. Gollick called the 83,000 documents the jewel in the Crown of Boston univer sity s extensive collection of 20th-Century papers. But in is a jewel thai King s widow wants Back in Atlanta. Coritta Scott King lied suit late last year demanding that the papers be returned to her As heir to and administrator of her husband s estate. The University has responded by filing a motion asking that the suit be dismissed. In her suit mrs. King claims that the Martin Luther King or. Center for nonviolent social change in at Lanta is the rightful repository for the thlire collection of King s a pen. We have More than a million documents Here Alto Gether said King Center research associate Steve Klein. This is the National repository for All the King stuff. Those documents should be Here. In Boston there is a different argument. It s very important to in to have those who contribute papers to us understand that we will carry out their express wishes mid Boston University trustee and lawyer Mclvin Miller. If we were willing to give up anyone s papers no one would want to leave them with , King himself in a july 16, i9m, letter a Iho Riding the University to have his collection  the event of my death All such materials deposited with the University shall become from that Date the absolute property of Boston  Richard Taylor now a Boston real mate Developer pm a member of the University Board of trustees said that As an undergraduate there he read extensively from the King  remove them from Boston University where King did his most significant graduate work and devel oped relationships with faculty members that lasted his lifetime would be an injustice to the Voung men and women in the new England area. Trey would Nolan pc the Opportunity to be inspired by looking at the works of or. King As i  spearheaded an Effort in the past year to build a Reading room in Mugar Library dedicated tothe King collection and containing several of the most important and interesting of the original documents. Wjk club a a to lilt to Ibe White hour. Principal Calls Board Bunch of outlaws Paterson no. A a High school principal praised by the Rea Gan administration for his Lough poli cies has singled out the school Board s to Black members for criticism be cause they did t support him a newspaper reported monday. Eastside High school principal Joe Clark who also is Black called the Board a Bunch of  he called trustees Elcas Evans and Marion Mitchell despicable beings worthy of the Guillotine according to the record of Lack Chuck. "1 had better Fortune when the Board was  Clark has been in a dispute with the Board for kicking 60 students out of school i Luul notifying the Board and for chaining fire door shut. He made the statements in response to a letter from Paterson mayor Frank x. Graves or. Who was trying to make peace Between the principal and the Board. The people who Hurt me most were the iwo Blacks on the Board. The Only person who stuck by me was amere puerto Riean said Clark re Ferring to trustee Frank acc Cdo who supported him. Mitchell was one of seven trustees who voted to discipline Clark earlier this month Over the student action and Evans abstained from the Vole. Acc Cdo voted against the measure. Evans a previous Clark supporter said she was shocked that Clark had targeted her and Mitchell. We appreciate the Good Job he has done but All this name cajuns is to tally unprofessional she said. We need role models but he s becoming an  Mitchell said i m not going to eel Inlo this game of reacting to him Acevedo was unavailable for com ment monday. School District offices were closed for the Martin Lush or King or. Holiday and his borne num Ber was nol listed. Clark also was unavailable for com ment monday. The school was closed and a Call to his Home was not an swered. Return free tax system not currently feasible Washington a president Reagan s dream of a lax system in which most people would t have to file returns apparently is nol to be. The internal Revenue service says it just in t feasible. The idea advanced by the president when he sent his ton overhaul plan to Congress in May 1985, eventually Wouldhave allowed Roost is payers to Settle their accounts with the government Sim ply by verifying figures provided by theirs. A yearlong study has led to the conclusion thai it ii nol currently feasible to implement a return free system which meets the desired objectives at a reason Able Cost the irs has concluded in a report to Congress. Under present conditions Large expenditures of resources would be needed to ensure thai such a system would Gen Erate returns thai were both accurate and timely the irs said. Among the problems with the pro posed system it would require most garlic paling taxpayers to Wail until Early april to receive refunds the irs now mails More than 30 million refunds by the end of March each year. The change could male it difficult for taxpayers 10 meet deadlines for filing their slate lax returns. Returns in most states must include a figure that is Avail Able Only from the Federal return the inability of the irs to Compart information documents such As statements of interest earned with re turns could result in generation of inac curate returns by the Agency. This document Matching process is one of the most effective compliance tools available under present Law. Perhaps even More important the irs found thai the system probably would nol significantly reduce the paper work Burden on taxpayers. Nuke facilities May get and Ferrari of Protection Washington a Federal regulators say they Are concerned about Possi ble terrorist strikes Al commercial facilities containing highly enriched uranium fuel and they May require the facilities 10 install crash proof fences and to Sei up a special highly trained learn of guards. We re looking at terrorist groups of they got their hands on this material they could make a crude nuclear weapon said Donald Kusuno a Section chief in the nuclear regulatory commission s safeguards and transportation division. Kasun said the arc regulations were proposed last month to keep the com Mission s standards in line with fact Tilicks controlled by he department of Energy. The four plants thai would be affected by the rules change Are unc naval products in Montville conn., a division of United nuclear corp Babcock & Wilcox in Lynchburg is. Nuclear fuel services in Erwin Tenn. And a technologies inc. In la Jylli. Calif. The four companies Are of special con cent because they Are the Only arc licensed to lilies in the country Hal con Tain highly enriched uranium fuel. That Type of uranium unlike the nuclear Fuei found at most atomic Power Planis can be used to Mahe a crude nuclear device. The facilities in Connecticut and Vir Ginia have the fuel on site to build re actors for atomic submarines White in Tennessee company processes the fuel for the sub program. The California pm nil is a storage facility. It had produced fuel for the fort St Vrain Plant in plan Leesville. Colo. In Only High temp Calure. Gas cooled com Mercial nuclear re actor in he country Kasun said. Those types of reactors use highly enriched uranium. The arc s six Point proposal covers a wide Range of Security aspects. One provision would require the companies to fortify their barricades to protect again a truck crashing through. The vehicle barriers could vary from placing boulders or digging deep ditches in Franl of the fences to installing con Crete filled steel pipes. Kasun said. At the Entrance Gates the companies May be required 10 install Hydraulic steel Gates thai would come out of he ground. The regulations also Call for adding a second Fence inside the already required barriers with alarms. Under the proposal the four fuel facile lies would have la create a tactical response icam similar 10 a police swat unit Hal would undergo 12 controlled exercises a year including a full scale Drill witnessed by arc inspectors. The learn would Wear uniforms Dis Tinct from the regular Plant guard Foree carry special weapons and undergo Spe Cial training Kasun said. As part of the requirement an entire plants Security system would be tested  
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