European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. December 31, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 looked again Cory car narc Jason Hursty us menacingly at a Friendly chess match Between the two 11-year-Olds in red dins calif., moves into the final Sidge. . Nuclear plants had 3,000 mishaps in 87, report says Washington a the nation s nuclear Power plants had nearly 3,000 mishaps and at least 430 emergency shutdowns in 1987, according to a report issued thursday by Public citizen s Crit ical mass Energy project. The non profit research organization a longtime critic of nuclear Power also said that in 1987 there was a record number of More than 104,000 incidents in which nuclear workers were exposed to measurable discs of radiation. Also it said at least 492 violations of safety regulations occurred at nuclear Power plants in 1987. The group s annual report on nuclear Power safety was based on nuclear Regula tory commission data compiled Ana an Al Zed by Public citizen. Joan Claybrook president of Public Cit Izen said in releasing the report Public attention has recently been focused on the poor safely conditions at the nation s nuclear weapons reactors. However in 1987, badly managed commercial nuclear plants daily threatened the safely of the Public particularly the 96 million americans who live within 50 Miles of a  Robert Nowlin an arc spokesman said he could not comment on specific allegations without first having a Chance to examine the Public citizen report. Here arc key findings of the Public citizen report in 1987 there were at least 2,940 mishaps at . Power reactors. Reactors with the highest number of mishaps were nine mile Point-2, Scriba n.v., 79 mishaps Perry a North Perry Ohio 77 mishaps and Vogelle a Waynesboro a 75 mishaps. A total of 430 scrams or emergency Plant shutdowns were reported to the arc in 1987. This worked out to an average of 4.4 shutdowns per operating reactor. Plants Ceperic icing the largest number of scrams during the year were Vogttc-1.27 shutdowns Shearon Harri Newhill n.c., 21 shutdowns and Beaver Vallcy-2, shipping on pa., 17 shutdowns. In 1987 an All time High of 104,438 incidents occurred in which workers at nuclear reactors received measurable doses of radiation. The h i ghost number of radiation expo sure incidents occurred at Pilgrim-1. Plymouth mass., with 4,710 incidents peach Botlom-2 and 3, peach Bottom pa., 4,363 incidents and Limcrick-1, pot Slown pa., 2,156 incidents. At least 492 violations of safety Reg. Ulalious at . Power reactors were cited by the arc in 1987. Plants at which the highest numbers of violations were reported include Sou Oyne to and 2, Daisy tenn., 37 violations Browns ferry-1, 2 and 3, Ducat air ala., 35 violations and Turkey Point-3 and 4, Florida City fla., 33 violations Eastern Revea a new safety inspection procedure Miami a Eastern airlines trying to counter a wave of negative publicity said thursday it will regularly use electrical current devices to select the tiniest of gaps in the bodies of older Boeing 727s. We had an unfortunate incident and we Are responding said Joseph b. Leonard executive vice president referring to monday s emergency Landing of an Eastern Boeing 727 in Charleston w.va., with a 14 Inch tear in its fuselage. After the incident in which two people suffered minor injures the airline visually inspected the 46 oldest of its 111 727s those with 30,000 or More landings. ,. ,. De Upton. Eastern vice president for maintenance and engineering said that the airline had been inspect ing its planes visually. When inspectors suspected a crack in an obscure place they used electrical detectors known As Eddy current devices for further checks. Upton said the devices have been recalibrate to go deeper into the Metal and select a Jap of on 130,000th of an Inch and will be used on older Boe Ings on a regular basis.  often depends on results of the electrical in. Up action of the 46 oldest jets he said. The rivet to rivet testing will be conducted on a 100-Inch-Long Strelch of the planes from about the last Row of seals to the rear door. The 22-year-old plane that Tore open monday developed the Hole in the roof Earth Tail.-.". A Boeing 727 was grounded in Boston on monday after a 3-Inch crack was discovered near the Tail. On wednesday Eastern maintenance workers m Miami found corrosion near fuselage rivets on a 727. The company also disclosed that cracks were found . Mcdonnell Douglas d&9 during an unrelated previously begun Industry wide inspection of dc-9 planes with 55,000 or More landings. Leonard said tiny non hazardous cracks Are found in aircraft every Day during routine inspections. This is not an Eastern exclusive problem. It s absolutely consistent with the. Industry Leonard said. He also said the age of the aircraft was being Over emphasized and he said a plane s age does t necessarily affect its safety. The tear on the flight monday was from inside an overlap of aluminium on the fuselage a new twist Upton said. The routine visual inspections conducted after 1,100 landings could t detect such inside out tearing he said.  spokeswoman Karen Ceremsak said it will take about a month for the electrical testing to be completed on the "46 planes. I the Federal aviation administration will propose sex midshipmen files Gay rights suit Washington a a Gay midshipmen who says he was forced to resign from the naval Academy after admitting his homosexuality two months before hit scheduled graduation asked a Federal court on thursday to order his reinstatement. Joseph c. Steffan. 24, of Moorhead minn., claimed in the suit filed in . District court that his forced Sepa ration from the Academy violated his constitutional. Rights of free speech due process and equal Protection under the Law -.-. Paula to Elt Brick Legal director for the Lambda Legal defense and education fund a homosexual rights advocacy group acting As St fan s Legal counsel said that the suit is the first of its kind against a service Academy. St flan How employed by a computer software company in Fargo  acknowledged that he was aware of a provision in the midshipmen s manual that homosexuals. Would be dismissed from the Academy. Although Sec fan said that he realized by the end of his Sophomore year that he was homosexual he tried to keep. It apart from his life As a midshipman until he was in formed in March 1987 that he was being investigated by the . -. ". \  the Lime St fan was a battalion commander in charge of one sixth of the Academy s 4,500 midshipmen a Solo performer with the Academy glee dub and in the lop 10 percent of his class according to the suit upon learning of the  investigation Sec fan said he admitted to a chaplain and then to the Academy s commandant Cape. . Haber Meyer jr., that we was a homosexual. Within eight Days a brigade performance Board and an academic Board on the Annapolis md., Campus recommended Stefan s discharge after determining that he had an insufficient aptitude for a  officer s commis Sion accordingly the suit. The boards said my evaluations were completely irrelevant Steffan said at a news conference thursday. All they needed to have was that 1 was Gay. They never even looked at my  Steffan said he agreed to submit a qualified resignation rather than fight a dismissal because of stress that his Situa Tion was causing his family and because his father was suffering from High blood pressure at the time. The suit names defense Secretary Frank Carlucci and  Secretary William Ball in addition to the naval acad Emy  and commandant . Jay Fromor a spokesman for the naval Academy said the school Only abide by  regulations. Since we arc a part of the department of the  we Are bound by  regulations which state homosexual in to is incompatible with military service he said. Many air planes would be covered. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec 31, 1948the Baltimore Sun reported that Whittaker Chambers met with rep. Richard m. Nixon r-calir., and under oath disclosed new name and More detailed information concerning espionage activities in the government 10 years earlier. Soyea Sogo toddy. Dec. 31, 1958 u a. Officials announced that the International monetary fund. 11 private Banks and three . Government agencies were providing s329. Million in emergency economic Aid to arc Nina. 20 years ago today dec. 31, 1968 the Arab world demanded re Venge for an israeli commando attack on Beirut inter National Airport in which 13 commercial air planes be longing to Arab airlines were destroyed. No casualties were reported. To yeah ago today dec. 31, 1978 Woody Hayes Ohio slate s Long time foot air coach was fired by University officials after slugging a Clemson player in the Gator bowl. .