European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 18, 198b the stars and stripes Page 5 3 states demand payment to keep nuclear Plant open Salt Lake City not three Western Gover nors have demanded Cash for their states and Environ mental cleanups As i hair Price for allowing a nuclear weapons plan to stay open in an extraordinary confrontation Between the states and the Federal govern ment. The governors demands came at a meeting Here Friday with lop officials of the department of Energy Over How to dispose of radioactive waste from the Rocky Flats plutonium processing Plant 16 mile Northwest of Denver. I said i would not accept the old statement of Law some said gov. Cecil Andrus of Idaho. He issued the ultimatum Friday along with Carrey Carruthers of new Mexico and Roy  of Colorado. Waste has been piling up at Rocky Flats since octo Ber when Andrus refused to allow a Boxcar of contaminated material to be stored at the Idaho National engineering Laboratory near Idaho Falls. Unless a repository for the waste is found the Colo Rado Plant will run out of room for the waste in several weeks and be forced to Hall operation. Rocky Falls task is to form plutonium into the shapes needed for triggers on bombs. Part of the Plant is now shut for cleanup but work continues in other portions. A sustained shutdown would prevent the United states from deploying new weapons accordingly experts. A storage site in new Mexico the waste isolation Pilot Plant has been unable to open because of questions about whether there is water in the Sally ground at the site that would create a brine and spread the waste the three governors arc at the Vanguard of a move ment by stale officials around the country that has Larouche convicted with 6 aides Alexandria a. A a Feder Al jury has convicted political Maverick Lyndon h. Larouche or. Of 13 counts of tax and mail fraud conspiracy for cheat ing Federal tax collectors As Well As Politi Cal supporters whose Loans were never repaid. After less than two Days of deliberations the jury of eight women and four men Friday also convicted six Larouche associates of mail fraud and conspiracy in the Case of 130 million in defaulted Loans. ,.chief . Dis Ricl judge Albert v. Bryan or. Set sentencing for Jan. 27. Larouche a perennial Independent presidential candidate who condemned the convictions As an obscene miscarriage of Justice faces a maximum pen Alty of 65 years in prison and fines total ing $3.25 million. The other six face lesser penalties Tor i hair roles on the mail fraud and conspire Acy charges " the six Are William worn who was Lahouchuc s chief fund Raiser Edward Spannaus his Legal coordinator and fund raisers Michael willing Lon Dennis Small Paul arc Enburg and Joyce Rubinstein. Larouche 66, and the six aides were charged with mail fraud and conspiracy for allegedly raising More than s 30 Mil lion in Loans from supporters without any intention of repaying them. All seven defendants were convicted of All 48 counts in the indictment re turned on oct. 14 by a Federal grand jury. They remain free on their own re cognizance until sentencing. A who did not testify in his forced the Energy department to make major change sat its plants in Ohio threatens to do the same in Washington state and raises questions about the depart ment s ability to expand operations in South Carolina the immediate topic of discussion Here was How to dispose of wastes contaminated with plutonium a Long lived radioactive material that is dangerous  tiny quantities if inhaled or swallowed. If the governors Force a shutdown of Rocky Falls they would be the first to Stop the Federal bomb com plex although technical problems have caused numer Ous shutdowns in recent months. At Friday s meeting the Energy department emphasized the National Security implications of the Issue by conducting a classified briefing in a windowless conference room watched Over by guards armed with piles of electronic anti bugging equipment Andrus want the department to commit itself to an expensive program of digging up repackaging and re moving chemical and radioactive waste that Are improperly buried and threatening the Snake River aquifer beneath he Idaho National engine ring Laboratory. The department considering stabilizing the wastes without removing them said it would discuss remo Val in new Mexico Cam there wants Washington to procure a Grant of $250 million to 1300 million with the opening of the Carlsbad project for new Highway bypasses on which the wastes would be carried. The department promised Friday to seek the Money from Congress and to pursue an administrative alter native Colorado s Romcro said we understand the Neces sity of a solution to this problem. I think each of shave our conditions. I have one 1 cannot work with additional storage in a metropolitan area of a million no Clit weapon True Indur Irmota. Booth transportation route a to th4 act Roulat Are moral 1. Bang of. Wash. A halted. Wash Etta he National Enton writing lab t. Alamada can. 9. Us Wner. Call.6. San dts no 7. Nevada Tiki silo Bhodia flab. Coto. I. Santa . 10. Pm Alamos no t1.panlar.jts. 11 pukka a by. 13. Oak Ridge Linn. . 1j.fnmald.ohd 16. Wound Ohio it. Port Nouth. Chilo 1b. Kings Bay. On. In. Savannah floret Plum. S. C. A. Charl Baton. . , a. 22. Newport Nayva. 23. Ashtabula. Ono 24. Grain. Cain. 33. . And a half  the department also said Friday that the new mexi co waste site would not be ready until August at he earliest because the government had decided to com plete a new environmental study. It had said earlier that the $700 million site would open in june a delay from the original plan for an opening last fall. With the delay in new Mexico and the refusal by Andrus to accept Mare waste in Idaho the Rocky Flats Plant is expected to hold 1,600 cubic Yards of waste the limit it is allowed under an agreement with Colora do by May 1. 3 deaf is blamed on storm California highways snarled Lyndon Larouche own defense stood rigidly facing the jury with his arms crossed in front of  is clerk recited the guilty verdict on All 13 counts against . Afterwards he sat Down without a word or gesture. His associate Rubinstein broke into tears and fell into the arms of a Friend alter she left the courtroom. Defense attorneys said they planned to Appeal it convictions. Larouche told a news conference  his conviction was a wrong Gross disgusting obscene miscarriage of jus lice which he said was the result of along Campaign of Hale by the news Media and purported friends of the soviet Union within the Federal government. The Way the jury voted i m dead he said adding that he fully expects to be killed in prison if his conviction is upheld in appeals courts. But Larouche said he would leave be Hind an International anti bolshevik resistance that his followers were willing to fight and die for. Under questioning by reporters la Rouche said repeatedly thai he fell no remorse for what happened to those who loaned Money to his organization Man of them elderly people who have never gotten their Money Back. They were wronged not by us but by the government he said. Larouche said it was the government that forced several of his groups into involuntary bankruptcy and thus prevented his organization from repaying he Loans. Los Angeles a one of Cali fornia s interstate highways reopened Friday but conditions were Messy after Winter storm that stranded motorists caused 50 trucks to Jackknife and was blamed for at least two deaths. Also Friday Hurricane Force winds abated in Northern California. Power was knocked out to More than 575,000 residences and one child died. The California Highway patrol began escorting care Over the Summit of inter state 5 on the 4,500-fool Tojo ii pass Nonh of los Angeles but sleet continue to Force intermittent closings along the heavily travelled North South route. Interstate is traffic in the 4,400-Footcajon pass near los Angeles moved fas Ter when Snow and wind subsided. Two people were killed thursday in accidents that occurred when the storm Florida county repeals last temptation ban Pensacola Fla. Apr the nation s first ordinance Banning the movie the last temptation of Christ has been repealed by Escambia county. The ordinance was thrown out by a Federal judge on sept. 9, one Day after the Escambia county commission adopted it but remained on the books until thursday nights  commission also agreed to pay a 510,000 Legal fee to a Tampa Law firm that successfully challenged the constitutionality of the movie ban. The commissioners passed the Emer gency ordinance 4-1 after several people charged the film was anti Christian. Commission chairman Willie Junior said jokingly that he Wilt ask the people who requested the ordinance for contributions toward the s 10,000 Bill. They said they would help out and we would really appreciate them passing the plate he said. Hit the pass a major route betwee Southern California and Arizona. Highway 101 in san Luis Obispo county reopened for Drivers stuck on icy Cuesta Grade since thursday. In Northern California residents an authorities began to clean up after Fero Cious North winds that damaged boats and air planes downed Power lines and Trees and fanned Brush ires. In Santa Rosa nine Homes were destroyed or damaged by fire and three to bile Homes damaged by  win which gushed to 102 Mph atop mount Diablo knocked out Power to Homes in upstate  Asghar 3, died in a Berkeley fire. Sands of time 40 years ago today. Dec ,-1948 Israel s bid for membership in the United nations failed As five members of the Security Council abstained from voting for the proposal and Syria voted against it. 30 years ago today dec. 18, 1958 a new York stale supreme court dismissed a complaint Bya group of citizens from the town Ofos is Rifle that a nativity scene displayed on a Public school Lawn violated the constitutional separation of Church and stale. 20 years ago today. Dec. Is 1968 riot police chased bands of youths through the latin Quarter in Paris and set up command posts at key Points in the City to suppress a new wave of student unrest. 1 to years ago today. Dec i a 1978 the organization of Petroleum exporting. Countries announced that it would raise the Price of crude Oil by 14.5 percent in four step during 1979, beginning with a 5 percent increase on Jan 1,