European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 07, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday May 1989 states want defense waste cleaned up within 30 years by the associated press ten governors have urged Energy Secretary James d. Watkins to Sel a National policy for cleaning up radioactive and hazardous Wasle at the nation s nuclear defense plants within 30 years. The cleanup and disposal of. Defense wastes has been deferred Loo Long the governors said in the cover letter to a seven Page report they delivered to Walkins on Friday. The defense waste problem is National in its scope and severity the letter said. Each of the governors has a department of Energy research or defense facility in his state. The proposal requests the setting of a firm timetable for cleaning up All Doe Sites within 30 years and creating a Trust fund to guarantee adequate resources to Complete the Job. Without a firm schedule there is no Assurance that the critical cleanup work will be completed in a timely manner if at All the report said. We feel that a commitment to clean up All. Facilities within 30 years is both essential and achievable the Federal government has estimated that cleaning up defense waste will Cost from is 10 billion to $130billion Over the next 50 years. The current Federal Bud get authorized less than is billion mainly for waste management and temporary storage rather than clean up and permanent disposal. The Competition for funds Between production an cleanup activities must end the report said. Fund ing priorities for cleanup must be driven by the risks posed by waste problems and not the need to maintain production  the paper was signed by goes. Ned Ray Mcwhorter of Tennessee Richard Celeste of Ohio Booth Gardner of Washington Cecil Andrus of Idaho. Carroll Campbell of South Carolina Garry can hrs of new Mexico Roy Romcro of Colorado Bob Miller of Nevada Neil Goldschmidt of Oregon and Wallace Wilkinson of Kentucky. Former airman arrested by Fri accused of trying to pass secrets Dallas a a former russian language specialist for the air Force was arrested Friday on espionage charges and accused of trying to give . Mili tary secrets to the soviet Union. Ronald Craig Wolf 34, was arrested without Inci Dent by the Fri on a warrant charging him with Gath ering or delivering defense information to Aid a foreign government authorities said. Me was being held at Lew Sterrett Justice Center and was to appear before a . Magistrate officials said. If convicted. Wolf could face life imprisonment. Wolf never actually made Contact with anyone from the soviet Union but believed he was doing so when he handed Over classified materials to an undercover agent the Fri said. Wolf who worked occasionally As an automobile Salesman was unemployed and living in a Dallas Rooming House at the time of his arrest according to the Fri. As a specialist who monitored and transcribed Sensi Tive communications Wolf had been granted a top secret clearance that gave him Access to classified air Force documents and programs vital to the defense of the United states according to an affidavit by Fri special agent James w. Evans. Wolf was discharged from the air Force in 1981, upon recommendation from superiors who said he was financially irresponsible. In March. Wolf contacted someone he believed was a soviet agent but the Man was actually an undercover Fri agent officials said. Over the course of five conversations Wolf allegedly discussed his military Back ground and made it Clear that he would sell military secrets and that he also wanted to defect. According to the Fri a motivation besides gaining Money was to gel revenge for his treatment by the United states government he later sent two letters containing material to a Post office Box in Maryland the Fri said. The Materi Al was later determined by air Force investigators to be sensitive information about air Force operations and programs