European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 30, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 experts failing to duplicate claimed fusion test Success what makes by the Ink Nisic terns scientists a Ludell scattered laboratories have been unable. In far x duplicate the efforts of two scientists who claimed last it cent to have produced fusion at room temperature with a simple apparatus various sources said  Lack of Success was blamed partly on a shortage of information about a ally How the Experiment was Ron Jutei. The sri Ulisis with the full Barking of inc University of Liah announced their findings at a press conference trip Irod in. Several weeks before a technical paper with details of the Experiment is to be  no one Vise . Been Able to duplicate what has been called a simple exercise physicist James a i trophy vice president for research Al the University of Utah insisted monday that the Experiment is easy local Synill once you know How they theto scientists have reproduced it a Down times ii Rophy said there is no doubt it works.". Hut it docs nol work quite the Way some physicists would . Trophy said monday As he disclosed new details that arc sure to Craic even greater confusion. The Experiment produces heat that could Only come from fusion he said but it does nol produce the radiation that physicists a would expect fusion to Gener ate. It is. He said a new Type of fusion that no one understands. Numerous laboratories plan to continue their torts in either validate or repudiate the work of Elco  h. Stanley i on of the University of Utah and Martin Fick Elsmann of the University of South Ampton , some laboratories however arc abandoning the Effort. We have hut Kaily decided thai we Don t know enough about to ," said  Charles Martin of Texas am. To would not be productive for us to  Martin reflected the frustration of Many scientists who Are trying to determine. Whether ports and Fleischmann really have discovered something hat could revolution i a the world. Much is Riding on these attempts to confirm the findings the scientists Njaim their work could Lead to a virtually endless source of clean inexpensive Energy through fusion the welding of atoms together in a process that releases enormous amounts of Energy. Many scientists have spent billions of dollars in that quasi yet fusion Power remains an elusive goal. I on and Fleischmann however claim to have reached it with a modest investment of about & 100,000 of Cir own Money.  the claim sounds Loo Good to be True and there was. Precious Little emerging monday that would suggest otherwise. Sieve Dean president of fusion 1 Ower associates a Trade group with its Headquarters in Ger Roan town md., said he  that Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in Northern California had kept three versions of inc Experiment operating Over the weekend without Success.". Trophy said he thought that pens had explained to the scientists at Livermore what they were doing wrong but As of late monday the Ian reportedly had still not been Able to duplicate the Experiment Brophy also said that As far As he in Cruis Alamos National Laboratory in new Mexico had carried out the Experiment successfully but no one at los Alamos could confirm that. News accounts of the Experiment alarmed some scientists familiar with fusion. Experts said that if the table top apparatus demonstrated in the press Confer ence actually produced the amount of Energy the Utah scientists claimed i should have posed a severe Radia Tion Hazard. You can add that unshielded said Robert Conn from the University of California los Angeles. Nuclear fusion work what it is fusion occurs when two nuclei under intense heat Combine to produce a heavier element. In the process Energy is released in the form of heat generated by the unimaginably rapid motion of nuclear particles freed in the  reaction o deuterium. Nucleus Freeo Neutron Energy helium nucleus a Nornie ii Ian ship passes through inc Panama canal where workers now Are facing intimidation from Panama s . Harassment called threat to canal Fly the Nashiri Kitin Post Washington a growing intimidation Campaign against Panama canal employees by the panamanian government threaten the use of inc canal Art official Vaid monday. The charge by William r Vianelli chairman i Lite i Nama canal com Mission followed reports that . Military personnel and their family members in Panama have into singly become a icbms of assaults and a Ras srom by the j ,,in defense  the incident appear to be a pres sure Campaign b Gen Manuel Anlo Nio Noriega to get the Bush administration to drop inc . Effort to Force Panama s military strongman out of Power officials said Gianelli said the Noriega controlled government of  Solis Palma has caused rising fear and de Spair among he canal s 4,000 i Orl ers by refusing to Issue new License Plalos to replace those that expired March i. Forcibly removing Plaier from automobiles and confiscating vehicles that allegedly arc registered improperly. Gianelli said he did not know How Many employees have been affected and he added thai canal manager arc now using buses to transport Wor ers to Csc Cost $13,000 per Day Gianelli . Oia Nellt strewed that if the Campaign escalates the commission May be unable to guarantee unimpeded Pas Sage to ships in the canal. The situation stems from the . Government s refusal to recognize the Solis Palma government. That has obliged it commission which with holds i   from worker paychecks to Pui the Money in an is Crow account which now totals s86.5 million Panama has retaliated with a Law require info applicants for 5089 License Plalos to prove they have paid their taxes the Panama canal treaties provide for transferring sovereignly Oer the canal to Panama in 2000 and stipulate that interim administration should be overseen by a commission composed of  and four panamanians. Ii since tendons escalated be Luecna the United states and Noriega a Jim ago Panama members have boycotted commission meetings. How it works if the nuclei Are to fuse they Nijst of slide with sufficient Energy to overcome their natural detect Rosialia repulsion. Heated of 100.000,000� or higher the nuclei begin moving so fast they break through to to tier electrical barriers and Luse. This reaction can occur Only in a special form of matter called plasma. The fuel the primary fusion fuel is deuterium and tritium which occur naturally and Are therefore obtainable in virtually inexhaustible Supply by. Separation of heavy Hydrogen from water. Only Small amounts of fuel Are needed. Memorial set for victims of pan am crash Syracuse.  us la a memo rial sen ice for he 270 victims of i an american to Light Ion killed b a terrorist bomb dec. 21 Over Scotland is scheduled nest week outside the White House official said monday family members and friends of the victims will Appeal monday to president hush and Congress to investigate the crash and a take measures to prevent similar tragedies Saidi aul Hudson chairman of a group called victims of i an am flight 103. April 3 Marks the 03rd Day since the tragedy Hudson said. His 16-Ycar-uld daughter Melina. Died in the explosion. Relatives arid friends of inc victims and other concerned individuals will gather and the name of Eracli victim will be read aloud. Flowers till lie placed in front of the White House he said flight 103 was destroyed by a bomb hidden inside a radio cassette player authorities said. The Enri Losion killed 2s  he hoeing 747, including .15 students returning Home from a Syra Cuse University overseas study program and ii Reid Denis of Lockerbie Scotland on the ground. The bomb Wai smuggled aboard inc Jel Despic at least la o warnings in the previous month from the Federal aviation administration of  directed a . Airlines officials said the group wants to know Why warn Ings Riboul planned terrorist Anark were nol heeded Hudson said the group will ask Congress to tighten Airport Security and to require that governments notify passengers and fight rfcs of any Lerron St in Cali he said. The 45-Rninutq censorial service in u a cute Park is expected to draw sever Al thousand people according 10 a Syra Cuse University statement