European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday. May 16,1989 bomb that fell from Carrier dissolved safely . Says world Toda Tokyo a a . Hydrogen bomb was crushed by sea pressure when it fell into the Pacific Ocean Oft Japan 24 years ago and its nuclear material has dissolved harmlessly on the sea floor the United states has told Japan. The material poses no environmental Hazard the . Defense department said in a report Given to the japanese embassy in Washington on Friday. Japanese Cabinet members said the country would Check for possible environmental dangers. Japan the Only nation Ever attacked with nuclear weapons is sensitive to the nuclear Issue. Since the1965 Accident was disclosed last week several protest demonstrations have been held and opposition Mem Bers of parliament have pressed the government to get a full explanation from Washington. Japan also was still asking whether the aircraft car Rier Ticonderoga had been sailing to a japanese port when one of its a-4e sky Hawks accidentally fell into the sea while carrying the 1-Incgalon bomb. This country bans nuclear weapons from its territory but is thought to look the other Way in the Case of port Calls by . Vessels Likely to be carrying nuclear bombs. The Navy docs not comment on whether its ships carry nuclear weapons. Japan asked the United states for an explanation last week after details of the 1965 Accident were Dis closed in Washington by William Arkin a researcher Forth Institute of policy studies. Arkin said the b-43 bomb was not in danger of exploding but its 33 pounds of plutonium could threaten the environment As the Structure of the bomb deteriorated. The defense department report said that the bomb was not built to withstand the tremendous pressure of the 16,000-foot Depths in which it Sank and that its nuclear materials had leaked into the sea. The High explosives that would trigger a nuclear blast also would have been gradually neutralized by exposure to water the report said. This action will assure that no nuclear or High explosive detonation can Ever occur in the environment now or in the future it said. Nuclear weapons specialists at the . National Laboratory had tested the unspecified Type of nuclear material by dissolving it in sea water the report said. These tests show that the material will dissolve in a relatively Short time it said. Because of its High density the Solute would have settled very quickly to the floor of the Ocean along with other sedimentation. Therefore there is no environmental  foreign minister sous pc Uno. Responding in parliament to opposition questions on the incident said Japan accepted the american report saying there was no environmental danger. But i think it necessary to have experts from the concerned ministries consider the pertinent  such As environmental pollution. Uno said. 30 guardian Angels earn wings in London London a the first 30 citizen volunteers to form a new York style guardian an gels chapter for patrolling London s subways have been awarded their trademark red berets and to shirts after a three month training course. The anti crime group s american founder Curtis Sliwa. Made the presentation sunday Dur ing a ceremony in a pub in London s East end. Sliwa. Who flew from new York for the graduation told the group we must not play rambo with criminals. We have to work with the police and the underground Crews to show we arc responsible people and not  the eight women and 22 men Ages 16 to 45, were trained in martial arts first Aid and Law. Sliwa said the Angels had been invited to patrol a North London housing project. East common Market called for by Prague Prague Czechoslovakia a Czecho Slovakia on monday proposed that the soviet economic bloc com econ create an East bloc common Market by 2005. A front Page editorial in the communist party daily rude Provo sketched Only vague plans for what it termed a United Market in the East bloc comparable to the european Community. Idled by strike Downs of subway trains stand empty in the Upminster depot in London be cause of a 24-hour bus and subway strike monday that had millions of commuters seeking different ways to get to work. Only 11 sub a trains and 10 double Decker buses operated during the City s morning Rush hour when train operators staged an unofficial strike and bus Drivers carried out a Legal protest. Both were demanding More pay. Troops blow up Homes of palestinian suspects Jerusalem a the army monday blew up or scaled 13 houses of palestinians suspected of killing alleged collaborators with Israel or attacking sol Diers and police in the West Bank. The move came a Day after the cab inet voted 20-6 to approve a plan for elections in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip to choose palestinian representatives for talks with Israel on an interim settlement of the palestinian israeli conflict. Prime minister Yitzhak Shamir con siders the plan As a step toward a Perma nent peace but Many palestinians criticize it for not linking the balloting to the eventual creation of an Independent palestinian stale. In the occupied lands palestinians observed a general strike monday to pro test the displacement of More than 600,000 palestinians after Israel was founded on May 15, 1948. Pro Plo underground leaders of the 17-month uprising called the event the palestinian catastrophe in a leaflet or Dering the strike. In the West Bank town of Bethlehem shops were shuttered and transportation came to a halt. Activists Hung outlawed palestinian flags from electrical poles near Manger Square and blocked roads with stones to enforce the strike. Israel celebrated its founding on wednesday marking the event by the jewish Calendar. The army blew up six houses monday in the City of Nablus the refugee Camps of balata and a rub and the Village of Dir Widham. Troops sealed seven other houses four in Nablus and three in the town of Hebron. The homeowners in Nablus were accused of killing two alleged collaborators on Jan. 12 and april 28, the army said. Suspects in a rub allegedly fired at an army unit in february 1988 but the bul lets struck a local woman who died of her wounds. A Man in Dir Widham allegedly stabbed and injured a Border police officer in february. More than 40 alleged palestinian collaborators Are among the 474 palestini ans killed during the uprising. Most of the deaths occurred when israeli soldiers fired on Stone throwers. Twenty one israelis also have been killed. 8 explorers Complete journey to North pole Ottawa a an International team of eight explorers completed a 620 mile trek to the North pole on sunday despite poor visibility and Drifting ice that hampered their journey expedition organizers said. Organizers said the bad weather pre vented a twin Otter plane from making the trip to pick up the explorers who Man for the trip which is known As ice walk. They think they re at the  the explorers left Elle Smarc Island in Canada s Northwest territories on March 20. They made their journey to draw attention to pollution and the Dan Gers of global warming the greenhouse effect. The team includes members from the United states. Britain Canada the soviet Union Australia West Germany and Japan. The Mission was designed to be differ ent from previous expeditions by making use Only of human Power. The group planned its Mission with skis and with sledges for supplies but without dogs cd or ski mobiles. The missi9n has been led by Robert Swan a British explorer who walked to the South pole with two other men in 1986. A successful completion of the cur rent trip would make him the first person on record to walk to both poles