European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday october 15,198b Reagan warns sandinista arms for rebels not ruled out Washington a president re Agar told Congress Friday he would not hesitate to Call in into special session later this year if he decides that additional military Aid needs to be rushed to Nicaragua s Contra rebels. Reagan s statement had been anticipated in Light of reports from Capitol Hill earlier this week that the president had Given up Hope of obtaining additional military Aid for the rebels before Congress adjourned. A special session is considered very unlikely however. Asked about the threat on wednesday House speaker Jim Wright a Texas said i Hope the president docs l try to grandstand and make a political football out of Central America. To a bit of show Biz 10 come around after we have gone Home. Surely he won t do  and presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwalter noted that the White House is fully aware that other issues could come up during such 3 special session. He said the admins ration would prefer not to see that happen. At present the dwindling Contra forces Are subsist ing on j27 million in humanitarian Aid food clothing and medical supplies approved by con Gress last month As part of a Pentagon Money bin. They have received no weaponry from the United slates since february when lethal Aid was suspended in deference to efforts toward peace Between the rebel Sand Nicaragua s leftist sandinista government. The mood in Congress remains strongly opposed to sending new military Aid. Spokesman Fitzwater acknowledged wednesday that Reagan and his advisers realized it would be up to the next president to obtain a formal renewal of military Aid for he rebels. The consensus was that we d be better off to wait until the next session to consider the military Aid re quest and we agreed Wilh that Fitzwalter said report ing on a wednesday meeting Between Reagan s nation Al Security adviser it. Gen. Colin Powell and the gop congressional leadership. But in a statement issued Friday by the White House Reagan warned the nicaraguan government against taking advantage of the fact thai . Lawmakers arc leaving town soon and would conceivably be unable to Send any Aid until a new Congress convenes in january. In the event the sandinista attempt to capitalize on this situation they should know i would not Hesi Tate to Call the 100th Congress Back into session to consider emergency assistance to the Freedom Light ers Reagan said in his statement. Reagan s statement also contained he expected pledge of continued support for the Contra rebels which was seen As an attempt to boost their morale until new Aid could be obtained under the next administration. America must stand with those who fight for free struggle and together we can achieve democracy in  there had been speculation that Reagan might president Reagan holds no the welfare Bill he signed thursday in the while House Rose Garden. Move to release $ 16.5 million in weapons stockpiled in Honduras if the rebels came under attack by the leftist sandinista. To release the funds a special session of Congress would be required. Wife s ride on car lands Driver in jail Torrance Calif. A a retired unite airlines Pilot who sped Down the san die of freeway at so Mph while his estranged wife Clung to the Hood of his car was sentenced to six years in slate prison. Russell a. Jobst. 44, who pleaded guilty last month to child endangerment and iwo counts of assault with a deadly weapon was sentenced thursday by Torrance Superior court judge William c. Beverly  drove off Wilh his 19-Monlh-old son on aug. 17, 1987, As his wife Madonna Kennedy jabs Clung to the ear s Hood. Jobst said he was remorseful and would Hurt mrs. Kennedy jobs if he were spared a prison term. But the judge said the circumstances out weighed the defendant s Good behaviour in jail his solid record As a Navy helicopter Pilot and his apparent belief that he had received custody of the boy during a divorce and custody dispute in a hawaiian court. Jobs could be eligible for parole after about two years and two months in prison a slate department of corrections official said. 3 people exposed to plutonium at Rockwell nuclear weapons Plant Golden Colo. A Rockwell International has acknowledged for the first time thai three people were exposed to plutonium last month in an incident that led to the shutdown of part of its nuclear weapons Plant. Two Rockwell employees and a department of Energy employee were exposed to waste tainted by Hie radioactive element when they entered an area where plutonium reprocessing is done part of the production process in the Plant that makes plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons. Rockwell officials had said previously there was no release of any radioactive material in the building and no contamination at the Rocky Flats Plant. A warning sign was blocked from View and the three were unaware they should have been wearing respirators to protect their lungs Rockwell officials said. None of the three is expected to have health prob lems As a result of the incident the Rockwell statement said. Rockwell operates Trie facility 16 Miles Northwest of Denver for the department of Energy which ordered the building where reprocessing takes place closed. Rockwell officials said the shutdown of the building will have Little Short term effect on the Plant s production of plutonium triggers but a longer shutdown would cause a production cutback. The shutdown of building 771 and of reactors at the Savannah River Plant in South Carolina has raised safely questions about government nuclear weapons  issued a statement thursday saying Laboratory test results available this week revealed the three people had been exposed to Small amounts of  of those tests indicate the employees were exposed to detectable amounts of plutonium Well below All applicable safety standards Rockwell s statement said. Colorado s annual background radiation level ii 350 Milliren the statement said. This Means the maximum exposure to the three employees involved was 9-Ioo, of the average Colorado resident s annual exposure to natural background radiation expo  is considered dangerous even in minute quantities because of its High radioactivity. Research ers have said it has the potential to cause cancer and brain tutors when inhaled or ingested. Mortician charged Over improper Graves Cross Plains Tenn. A the Cross Plains cemetery is dotted Wilh Mounds of freshly turned soil marking Graves reopened by families who feared that a funeral director improperly buried their loved ones. Many were horrified by what they found. This lady right Here her casket was rolled Over on its Side and one of he arms and her head was sticking out said Bonnie Clinard of Springfield. Funeral director Bobby Wilks of near by Milki Alc was arrested after family members told authorities Hal he had buried a body without the $375 vault they purchased. When the grave was opened no vault was found. At least 10 other families have filed complaints since Wilks s2, was charged a week ago Wilh fraud and attempting to commit a felony Robertson county sheriff Bill Norman said. The funeral director was arrested again Friday by sheriffs deputies As he checked out of the Tennessee Christia medical Center in Madison said Robertson county chief Deputy Milton Frederick. Wilks was charged Wilh six counts of obtaining Money under false pretences said sheriffs la. A Jones. Bond was set at580,500, and Jones said he expected to turn Wilks Over to Sumner county deputies As soon As we gel through process ing him  Sumner county chief of dec Clivos George Farmer said Wilks is charged there with one count of larceny by use of false pretences. Wilks son Gary Wilts was charged last week Wilh larceny and released Osbond authorities said. Wilks who resigned As a Robertson county commissioner the Day he was charged was admired by the Community Clinard said Darrell Dowdell. An Independent grave Digger said be knew of 11 grave that were reopened in i rec cemeteries around Cross Plains about 40 Miles North of Nashville and Only one was done property. The others ranged from slightly wrong to grossly wrong. Some were put in on their sides some had the vault removed or the caskets were damaged or they were the wrong caskets he said. One had the vault and casket re moved. It was just a body lying in the  trash including cans bodies a bag of human hair and Flower arrangements was found in All 10 Graves Dowdell said. Some bodies were surrounded by trash inside the  had an old Metal Flower pot on top of his head Dowdell said. Terry Carlisle shovelled dirt from Bis father s grave thursday afternoon As his Mother and a dozen other people watched. With the help of relatives be dug Down about 2 feet and used a Metal Rod to probe another 4 feet into the grave. No sign of a Caskel or vault for Andrew Carlisle was found. I Don t think we re going to find any Caskel said Ola Carlisle whose Hus band was buried in 1982. The family said they would have a funeral Home exhume the body Friday. The widow said she had trusted Wilks and was nol suspicious at the funeral when he asked family members to leave the grave site before the coffin was Low ered. The Robertson county health depart ment had issued 19 Disint Carmenl permits by thursday afternoon Secretary Pau Idle Cowan said