European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. May 15, 19bb the stars and stripes Paga 7 . Biological weapons research poses no significant dangers Pentagon reports Washington not afr what it called a comprehensive review of environmental risks the Pentagon hns concluded a its research into defences again biological weapons i virtually free of significant danger to people or the environment. While acknowledging that the use of cite Emcy lethal viruses bacteria and logins in its laboratories is inherently dangerous the of Cense department s Stu released under a court order thursday asserted that comprehensive safely precautions had eliminated any substantial hazards. The study came one Day after a congressional staff report asserted that there were major tailings in the management of safely in the program. The staff Repon tiled the Luck or any single hotly of regulations governing inc research work which emphasizes the development of vaccines protective equipment detection systems and other defences against germ warfare. The Pentagon in its study. Mid the biological defense research program is conducted under rigorous controls which serve adequately to protect the health and safety or inc work Force and the Quality of the human  1 said thai every aspect of the program which involves More than 100 government and private laboratories and offices was in compliance with applicable statutes regulations and  the report acknowledged that the safety rules were fragmented into several bodies of regulations but it said they were elaborate and assure adequate Protection for the work Force and virtually total Protection for the external  even severe accidents sabotage or terrorist acts would not Lead to catastrophic results the report said. It postulated several of the worst Type of accidents and or guck that measures in place would contain the darn age in every conceivable cd Chi. Because of these measures which include working with very Small amounts of living organisms and selecting those that arc less virulent for research no scenario however Likely or unlikely presents a significant threat of accidentally releasing test materials to the environment outside the facility the report said. The Pentagon is engaged in a growing program of research into defences against weapons that use biological agents such As viruses and logins but it has fors worn the Possession or use of biological weapons. The program which has grown fivefold under inc Rea Gan administration costs More than $90 million a year the Pentagon has justified its work by contending that As Many As i u nations including this soviet Union arc con ducting research on offensive biological weapons. Other nations said to be engaged in such research Are China Taiwan and North Korea As Well As some unnamed countries in the Middle East. The environmental review of the military s program was ordered by a Federal court after the Pentagon was sued by the foundation on economic trends a Washington based group hat is opposed to such research. One of the Pentagon s laboratories at inc Dugway proving ground in Utah is planning a new containment facility to enable it to conduct aerosol tests of highly dangerous microorganisms Dugway has be come the focus of substantial local objections to the biological research program. Lotto chances a into player in Sacramento trim out Une of the it plan actuated Lull it machines being tried Liy California Over a four month period. Players in Sert $1 or $5 Bill and select numbers on h Louch Sennitt to screen. Divorced Man arrested Candle causes fatal fire after Power was shut off Lennox Calif. A a House fire started by burning candles killed a 9 year old girl and injured her brother hours after the Power company Cut off electricity for non payment of a $34.8ft Bill officials said. Tammy Tiggs was pronounced dead at can Tinea Hospital medical Center in Inglewood Early Friday after she was pulled from her burning Home sheriffs la Ray genial is said. Her brother Alwon Tiggs 12, was in critical condition at Robert f. Kennedy medical Center in Hawthorne a nursing supervisor said. Their sister. Pc Mica bolts 17, who was earing for he younger children White their parents attended n Church meeting was treated and released. Several deputies firefighters and paramedics were overcome by smoke or Cut by Glass but All were treated and released at area hospitals. The fire was reported at 11 41 . Thursday. Vornica bolts had blown out most of the candles being used to Light the House before everyone went to bed. But apparently at least one kept burning and ignited the Blaze county lire inspector Ken Sotro said. Earlier thursday the Southern califor Nia Edison co. Disconnected service to the House because the family s $34.86 Bill was overdue said Darcy stages an area Man Ager for the Utility. The Chad been n cred it problem Over a Long period of time   proper nonce. We hand delivered a final notice on May 3. There was no response. The final notice expired on May ii. On May 12. Service was  acquitted former Marine can t be tried by Virginia Richmond a. A Virginia s attorney general said Friday that a for Mer Marine cleared by a military jury in the 1983 rape and attempted murder of another Soldier s wife cannot be tried in state court for the same offence. Tuomey general Mary sue Terry responding to an inquiry from Prince Wil Liam county Commonwealth s attorney i aul Ebert said that bringing former Cpl. Lindsay Scott to trial in state court would amount to double jeopardy. Scott 32. Of Louisville by. Was convicted in a court martial in 1981, but the verdict was overturned on Appeal. He was found innocent at a second court martial feb. 19 after More than four years in prison he was discharged from the marines after his acquittal. Earlier last week Eberl whose jurisdiction Borders Quantico Marine corns base where the alleged attack look place said he was not convinced of Scott s innocence and asked Terry if he could prosecute him. After Ebert questioned Scott s inno Cence John Lino. One of Scott s defense attorneys charged. Apparently they re going for the Busl two out of three Here we Are months after the trial and like stale prosecutor of Prince William county wants to take a shot at  he said. Who s nest Manhattan South or trying to attend prom Smith Lille. Tenn. A a divorced Man who defied a principal s prohibition against escort ing a High school student to her prom was arrested on trespassing charges after arriving with his Daw Friday night. Troy Cri rips Iii dressed in a Tuxedo was taken into custody at the re Kalb county High school prom after arriving Wilh 18-year-old Tammy Slider Dekalb county sheriffs Deputy Steve Johnson said. Cripps 23, Ivas freed on s2io band and is scheduled to appear in Zouri May 25. Circuit court judge John Muddy had ruled earlier Friday that the school Board and principal Ernest Kay could bar Cripps from escorting Sliger to the dance. Ray had barred four divorced men from the prom after receiving an Anonymous letter threatening Trou ble if they were alb Ted to attend said school superintendent Aubrey Turner. We Felt that it was probably from one of the divorced wives saying they did t feel the school should let term Lypp of thing occur he said. There was ,1 in cat As far As just causing a  Slig Crand Laura a a Cooper 17, asked the court for it restraining order arguing that school officials were discriminating against their Dales because of age and marital status said Carolyn Todd. Sliger s Mother. She s just crushed and her feelings were Hurt so bad Todd said after the court ruling. Turner conceded that the fact that the four men were divorced May have disturbed some school offi  can l say that that was t a Factor that might he a secondary Factor because that gels into  he said. The primary Factor was that Ali arc might be some problems and we have to ensure a Safe Environ ment for their  Todd said that divorced people had been allowed to attend the prom in he Pusl and thai school officials overreacted to the Anonymous letter if they can keep people from going to the prom then they can keep people who write a threatening letter from coming into the prom she said