European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday october 19,198b standoff continues talking to reporters from behind a barricade Al a monastery firm Are in Morris township no Mother Teresa Hewitt Prioress of the carmelite monastery answers questions about five rebel Lious nuns who isolated themselves two weeks ago to protest plans to liberalize the religious order. The standoff continued monday after the protesting nuns refused to negotiate with the Rev. Kevin Culligan a priest sent by the Vatican to try to Settle the dispute. . Probing whether 20,000 were affected by radioactivity Atlanta a government researchers Are investigating whether As Many As 20,000 people who lived near the Han Ford nuclear reservation in Washington state in the 1940s and Early 1950s were contaminated by radioactive spills. The Federal centers for disease control said the leakage of iodine 131 and several other radioactive elements Over a period of about nine years could constitute the most massive radioactive leak of any facility in the country. The reservation opened in 1944 and produced the plutonium for the atom bomb hat destroyed Nagasaki Japan in 1945. All nine of Hanford s reactors Are now closed although a plutonium processing Plant continues to operate. A Tot of iodine 131 was released into the Atmo sphere at  said or. Dan Hoffman assistant director of the cd s Center for environmental health and injury control which is doing the study. Several people who lived near the reservation have claimed to have thyroid problems and other health concerns. Hoffman said research in Utah and the Marshall islands in the Pacific where people suffered radiation exposures have indicated iodine 131 can cause thy roid problems. But he said there is no proof yet that there have been Long Range damaging effects from the radiation spill at Hanford. It s All anecdotal so far he said. Records of the Hanford leak and the size of the dose were not released until a Spokane wash., environmental group obtained them in 1986 under the Freedom of information act. Congress last month authorized the cd study which Hoffman said May Lake five years and Cost up to $6 million. The most difficult task will be to find the people to reassemble the populations and try and track them Down said Hoffman. He said the cd will use birth and school records to try to find people who lived downwind to the West of the nuclear reservation in Richland in Southeastern Washington state. Thai will be our hardest Job he said. I imagine they have spread out All Over the  2 plead guilty to cheating Dod by inflating Cost of f-15 s radar Pittsburgh a two former officers of a Western Pennsylvania firm pleaded guilty monday to providing false information on a defense contract that inflated the Cost of a fighter plane s radar by $ 1.8 Mil lion. Wendell e. Hagar 58, of Greensburg Farmer presi Dent of nuclear automation inc. Of North Hunting Don Westmoreland county and a Ray rambler 50, of Greenville s.c., former vice president of opera Lions entered guilty pleas before . District judge Donald Ziegler. The men pleaded guilty to two counts of an 83 count Federal indictment handed up june 15. . At Torney j. Alan Johnson said the Justice department will dismiss the remaining counts in return. Assistant . Attorney Peter v. Marcolino said the men falsified documents when presenting Hughes air Craft corp. Of Al Segundo calif., with hourly costs for the manufacture of actuators used in the radar units of f 1 5 fighter planes. Johnson said the actuator is a hydraulically operated component of the radar system located in the nose of the f-15. Each fighter has two actuators to move the radar horizontally and vertically he said. In seeking payments from sept. I 1982, to oct. 1, 1986, the men had nuclear automation s controller inflate the time needed to build each actuator from 70 to 93 hours resulting in an overpayment by the government to Hughes according to Marcolino. Johnson said the actuators were priced Al about $6,500 each when they averaged about $5,100 each to manufacture. Nuclear automation owned by Emlerline corp. Of Darin Conn until november 1984, when it was acquired by Neon inc. Of slam Ford. Conn., is still Mak ing the devices for the air Forte the government said Hascar and rambler were released on Bond pending completion of present once reports. Officials said they Are to be sentenced nov. 30 and face a maximum office years in prison and a $10,000 Fine on each count stateside . Pirate Rock station shut by coast guard new York a a pirate radio station has been shut Down by Federal authorities for the second time in As Many years blocking its efforts to broadcast Rock music without a License. The station on a ship anchored 4 a Miles South of the town of Long Beach on Long Island . Went off the air monday night after being presented with a temporary restraining order la. Jonathan tremble said from a . Coast guard office in Boston. A coast guard officer read the Federal court order Over a Loudspeaker from a nearby vessel. Taiwan buys . Goods valued at $520 million san Francisco up1 a Trade delegation from Taiwan save it has purchased 1520 million Worth of . Industrial and agricultural products during a 13-dly, three week rip. On monday the group signed contracts to Purchase about 114.5 million Worth of goods from California companies and offered to pro vide below Maricl financing for . Exporters who want to sell to Taiwan. Taiwan usually has a Large Trade surplus with the United state 116 billion last year and has sent 14 buying missions to the United states Over the past 10 Yean in an Effort to Case Trade frictions. Researchers find sperm in t infected with aids new York a men with the aids virus have aids free sperm raising the possibility that infected males May be Able to father children through artificial insemination without passing the disease to the fetus researchers say. Or. Bernard Poiesz and colleagues at the Slat University of new York at Syracuse found that the Aqui Rcd immune deficiency syndrome virus is pre sent in the seminal fluid in which the sperm is suspended but not in the sperm celts themselves the new York times reported monday. Poiesz and researchers at the University of Southern California working independently found that most men with aids do not even have the virus in their semen the times said. Drug buyers ring up time in jail with Calls fort Angeles. Wash. A people kept calling to buy cocaine the folks answering the phone kept saying come on Over and the arrests kept  Learned later hat they had been talking to Jefferson county sheriffs detectives who raided a Home in Quirene. Detectives found less than around of cocaine and some loaded firearms and they arrested two people when the raid began. By the Lime it ended 10 people were arrested and More than $2,500 and five vehicles were confiscated said sheriff Mel melt Ord. While detectives were searching the House the phone kept ringing so they answered and told prospective buyers Well sure come on Down Muff bad said. I suppose if we had stayed there we could have been making arrests there for Days he said. Philadelphia youth gangs roam streets Rob people Philadelphia a gangs of youths surged through the City s popular South Street area following an anti drug rap concert robbing and beating people said police who arrested 13. A firefighter trying to help a woman attacked by a gang suffered a broken nose. Detective William Brennan said. He said a youth was arrested for the beating which occurred saturday afternoon. About three hours later a gang cat and robbed another woman then got away Brennan said Shonley afterwards a gang broke a store via Dow and removed jackets and other clothing. The youth were chased by witnesses and police arrested eight suspects Brennan said. A Short Lime later four people were arrested on charges of beating and robbing a Man eight blocks Iron the store Brennan said