European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 20, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 police chief Norman Schwertz of Kamus Utah gathers Luggage at the scene of Abus truck Accident on tuesday. 7 killed 41 Hurt in Utah in bus truck Rig collision a by Peg  associated press writer Emory Utah a a a tractor trailer Rig collided tuesday with a greyhound bus and a truck on an icy interstate killing seven people and injuring 41, authorities said. 7 a a a a a.  7. Five of the injured were in critical condition after the 9 . Accident on interstate 80 near the Utah Wyoming line said Summit county sheriffs sgt. Robert Berry. Quot Quot a v. Y. The bus in route to Chicago from Salt Lake City had More than 40 passengers aboard. 7 a a 7&Quot. 7officials believe All of the dead were passengers on the bus Berry said. The bus Driver and one of the truck Drivers were among the injured. A witness Blaine whimper of Morgan Utah said a westbound truck apparently Slid off the Roadway into the eastbound lanes colliding with a second truck and the bus. The bus turned on its Side he said. 7 -7. A a Sands of time Idaho a i Wyoming a  amps Mapa i could see the bus. There were people up on top of the bus pulling people out everybody that came out of the bus that i had seen was Hurt broken arms legs cuts Quot whimper said Quot they were just All moaning and groaning and freezing they wanted a warm place to get  the National weather service said there was Snow and wind gusting to 29 Miles per hour at Evanston wyo., about 10 Miles from the Accident putting visibility at about three quarters of a mile. The injured were taken to Evanston regional Hospital said Craig Rasmussen. Of lbs Hospital a sister facility in Salt Lake City one Rhian was flown to lds Hospital where he was listed in serious but stable condition Rasmussen said. Eighteen passengers most with lacerations and broken Bones were admitted to the Hospital. The rest were treated and released in the emergency room. Passenger Stuart Palmer of Buffalo n.y., said the bus Driver could do nothing after one of the trucks slammed into the left Side of the bus forcing it off the Road and Down a 35-foot embankment. 7 Palmer was released from the Hospital with a broken ankle and a bruised knee. The Accident closed both eastbound and westbound 1-80 from Evanston to Silver Creek Junction Utah for several hours. Rule revised he the co news service Washington the Bush administration on tuesday reversed Only part of a controversial policy on College scholarships for minority students leaving civil rights groups discouraged and lawyers confused. An education department official announced last week that eol Leges would be breaking civil rights Law if they reserved scholarships for particular minority groups the revised policy released tuesday would allow Public colleges to  financed scholarships reserved Lor minorities. But the decision leaves intact the underlying notion that such sheol a shins Are illegal. Schools would simply be Given Lour years to adjust scholarships so that they Are not racially exclusive. 1 a this is Absurdity on top of Absurdity a said Georgetown University Law professor Peter Edelman. A former speech writer for sen. Robert of Kennedy . Ralph Neas executive director of the leadership conference on civil rights said that while the White House retreated Quot the right Wing is in control with respect to civil rights  y Quot i think what s Likely to come out of this is a lot of litigation Quot said John Scully an attorney with the conservative Washington Legal foundation. President Bush meeting with a group of regional reporters said that while he has Quot Long been committed to affirmative action Quot he expects minority scholarship pro crams and Public support for historically Black colleges to he challenged in court. In that event Bush said Quot if somebody can legislatively Correct it fairly Why id be open for  meanwhile rep. Augustus Hawkins d-calif., chairman of the i Louse education and labor committee said he would Convene a hearing wednesday on the Issue. His Lead witness was Likely to be Michael l. Williams chief of the education departments civil rights  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 20,1950 a president Truman said that additional . Forces would he sent to Europe As soon As possible to join the combined forces under Gen. Dwight a Eisenhower a command Truman would not specify the number of troops.30 years ago nuclear weapons stockpile unsafe scientists say dec 20, i960 a a thirty six people were killed when the Constellation the worlds largest aircraft earner under construction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was swept by raging flames. The fire seemed under control at first then suddenly exploded out of hand and ravaged the missile carrying Flattop from Stem to Stern. /20 years ago today. Dec. 20, 1970 a the Senate rejected an attempt to halt debate on a Money Bill containing funds for the controversial supersonic transport.10 years ago today. Dec. 20, 1980 a former Premier Alexei n. Kosygin died at age 76 in Moscow he had stepped Down As Premier two months earlier because of illness. Washington up a scientists told Congress tuesday the nations stockpile of nuclear weapons should be rebuilt with the latest safety devices and warned that the danger of an accidental explosion is greater than once thought. The sobering look at the nations stockpile of weapons was accompanied also by the suggestion that the government consider changing the design of the newest submarine launched missile and rebuild the entire Supply of an air launched nuclear missile that already has been taken off Alert bombers parked at airstrips the unclassified portion of the report presented to the House armed services committee said that new super computers have Jed to advances in models of How an accidental explosion would affect a warhead and its plutonium Core. A Quot a major consequence of these results computer models is a realization that unintended nuclear detonations present a greater risk than previously estimated and believed for some of the warheads in the stockpile Quot said the  report was made for the panel by or. Sidney Drell Deputy director of the Stanford linear accelerator Center Nobel laureate or. Charles Townes of the University of California at Berkeley and or. John Foster head of the defense science Board. At the Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said the department welcomed the report and added a we Eon Sider the safety of nuclear weapons to be a mutter of the utmost importance. We give it the highest priority. The goals of the Drell report Are consistent with both departments established priorities for safety. The specific recommendations will require careful joint evaluation by the department of Energy and the department of  a 7. V 7. A. The report was prompted by a decision earlier in the year by defense Secretary pick Cheney to Nyll the Short Range attack missile a known As the spam a a from planes kept on Alert at air bases. It is equipped with the w-69 warhead some warheads such As the w-69 and the w-88 aboard the Trident ii missile Are built with High explosives rather than the More stable insensitive High explosives. A a a. A