European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 12, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 7 report sees Little spinoff from ski warns of harm to Economy by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the Promise that Star wars research will spin off Benefi Cial civilian technology appears illusory and continued spending on the space based missile defense system could dam age America s economic Well being a private study concludes. The military goals of president Rea Gan s strategic defense initiative arc so i cd that the plan is unlikely to pro Duce significant commercial spinoffs despite a huge investment of . Re sources a report by the Council on eco nomic priorities says. President elect George Bush s Campaign Promise to continue funding for ski research and development bodes ill for the nation s shaky competitive position in the world Economy the report says. The. New York based Council do report urges $50 billion nuclear plan by the Washington Post Washington the department of Energy has recommended to the while House that the nation spend $50 billion in the next 20 years to relocate iwo critical plants in its nuclear weapons Complex build five new production re actors and clean up the worst of the environmental damage caused by four dec Ades of bomb production sources in the Reagan administration say. They said Dof. Recommends building four Small reactors at the Mil a National engineering Laboratory near Idaho Falls Idaho instead of the single unit the department proposed earlier this year. It also proposes a Large new reactor at the Savannah River Plant in South Carolina. In the classified report delivered to the National Security Council last week the department also proposes closing a uranium foundry in Ohio and a plutonium processing Plant near Denver and moving plutonium Rda cd activities out of facilities in Florida and California be cause one source said there Are too Many people  the report a blueprint for he future of the nuclear weapons Complex is scheduled to be forwarded to the Senate and House armed services committees thursday but administration sources said it is Likely to be held up for several weeks because of a dispute Between Doe and the office of management and Bud get Over the High costs. A White House official characterized the report As a draft that is still being looked  in a separate report also delivered to the while House last week the Energy department recommended spending in additional $50 billion Over 40 years in environmental cleanup work at its n major production plants less than half what the department told Congress ear Lier this year might be needed. Scribes itself As a Public interest research organisation specializing in National Security issues environment and corporate social responsibility. Nearly All of its numerous studies on Star wars in past years have been critical of the program. Proponents of the Reagan administration s ski arc positioning the program not Only As a technological fix1 for the arms race but an economic cure All As w do a 21st Century Industrial revolution that will put a Moriea securely ahead of its economic competitors the report says. It said a one year Council study finds that whatever commercial spinoffs result from ski they Are unlikely to be substantial in relation to the Cost of he  and while the United slates pursues technology development indirectly through ski the europeans and japanese pursue it directly through sophisticated government Industry ventures it says. The defense department in a written response dismissed the study As Funda mentally flawed and said the depart ment had never sought to justify research with the Promise of substantial Commer Cial  Reagan  ration has budgeted $4.1 billion in 1989 for Star wars which is aimed at developing lasers and other exotic weapons that could be used to shoot Down nuclear missiles fired Al the United slates or its allies the Council s latest study concludes that Between fiscal 1983 and fiscal 1989, ski took up 22 percent of the increase in Feder ally funded research and development 11 percent of National research and development and 26 percent of defense depart ment research and  the report said ski will Lead to some civilian  hut added. The key question is not whether ski will produce spinoffs but rather How Cost effective these up lofts will  the Council said Star wars is unlikely to produce Many commercial innovations because of an emphasis on hard Ware development instead of Basic re search and Reliance on a few Large defense contractors instead of what it called Cost conscious entrepreneurs the report said scientists working on Star wars probably would be reluctant to Transfer technology to the civilian sector because their careers depend on the defense sector 1 Decd. It said. Star wars research could cause a brain Drain Potop flight research ers from work on civilian goods and sen ices. In Ryin demonstrators March in Pru Lesl against a croup us m-u-na/1 sting buds marking the death of their Fanner i adv. 200 protest Neo nazi gathering Freeland Wash. A More than 200 people loudly but peacefully protested a Small gathering saturday of White supremacist skinheads " Mark ing the death of a Neo nazi Leader. Sheriffs deputies and state troopers tried to make sure the two groups1 stayed apart As the demonstrators carrying signs and chanting slogans circled in it parking lot Al South Whid Bey stale Park on Whidby Island Abou 35 Miles tront Iwest ouse Altic. The skinheads who favor closely cropped hair dark clothes and tattoos were not As visible. Terry Poran regional manager for the Washington stale Parks and recreation commission said about a dozen supremacists were at a group campsite inside the Reserve and several others were elsewhere in the Park. " Doran said he was told the group planned a candlelight Vigil for saturday night to commemorate the dec. 9,1984, death of Robert Mathews Rounder of the violent Neo nazi group the order. Mathews died Al age 31 in a shool out with Fri agents at a Cabin on this mostly Rural Island. After his death 22 order members were convicted or pleaded guilty after being indicted on racketeering charges they were accused of robberies that netted More than $4 million and other crimes including the june 1984 murder of Alan Berg a jewish radio talk show Host in Denver. John merger Leader of the White aryan resistance youth had called fora Vigil on  to Mark Mathews death Mcl Zgur is the son of Tom Mcl Zgur founder of the White aryan. Resistance a group based in fail Rook calif., that is the most Active in the recent spread of no nazism among the Youthful followers of the skinhead subculture. Police guarded the campsite turning away anyone not part of the group including reporters and photographers. Charlie James a Community activist from Seattle said an organization called United front against racism chartered three buses to bring Demon. Str Alors to the Park _. Diploma in Saspe How of 6 month Green Bay wis. A the. University of wis Consin presented nearly 4,000 diplomas to graduates in May but it took six months for anyone to notice that the name of the state was misspelled. It s amazing that something like this could Hap. Pen said Rosa Johnson supervisor of degree sum Mary and verification Al the registrar s office on the University s Madison Campus it s disbelief.11. The error is in the lower right hand Corner of the diploma under the signature of us Madison Chan cellar Donna Shalala. It reads Chancellor University of Wisconsin Madison v. A student noticed it in mid november Johnson said the Green Bay press Gazette reported saturday we do proofread the diplomas but we concentrate on the name and the degree. We usually consider that the Standard information is Correct. It just did t occur to us that this could happen.1 Joslyn diploma service in red wins minn., where the diplomas were produced will pay for new replace ment diplomas Johnson said a spokesman As Joslyn s said the person who had information about How the error was made would not be available for comment until monday. Johnson said she had been told a incorrect plate was made but does not know How Many were printed incur acc try " a we awarded 3,133 undergraduate degrees and 764 master s diplomas in May Jonnson said but we Don t know How Many were incorrect because they used several. Plates. So we ordered a Complete new set and will have them if anyone discovers the mistake and. Wants it Eor reeled "., but this is not being done at the expense of she stale of Wisconsin. It will Cost the company a pretty Penny