European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 09, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 9. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5 Indiana City opposes test Range closure Madison ind. Apr scattered to save Money. Site would Cost from $500 million to area of  said sen. Dan co across Miles of land North of the Ohio River lie the fruits of 50 years of War preparations 1.4 million rounds of unexploded ammunition. Nobody had paid much attention to the bombs shells anti mines that have piled up at the army a Jefferson proving ground since testing began there in 1941. But now that there Are plans to move testing operations to Yuma ariz., by 1995 and leave the bombs behind Public outrage is building. A it does no to make any sense economically environmentally or morally a said mayor Morris wooden. He dismissed the move approved by Congress As  the proving ground was among 86 Money in the Case of the Jefferson facility the panel decided $6.6 million a year could be saved by closing the test Range eliminating its 380 local jobs and consolidating its operations with those of the Yuma proving ground. Under the Law the commissions decisions had to be accepted or rejected by Congress As a package with no bases considered individually. The commission also was ordered not to consider cleanup costs. So far Congress has made no plans to remove any unexploded ammunition from the test Range. If the bombs stay behind the 100-Square mile site will have to be abandoned officials say. A the lands basically lost forever and no Good to anybody. And its a horrible military bases marked for closure by the safety Hazard a a said Mike Moore Lead congressionally appointed commissioner of a group of civilian employees try on base realignment and closure. The ing to keep the test Range open panel of retired military personnel and studies by Federal state and army former lawmakers was told to find ways officials estimate that cleaning up the billion. That would cover Only a surface sweep that would make the area 45 Miles Northeast of Louisville kv., suitable Only for grazing or wildlife. A a it a Safe to say the technology does not exist to clean it on a scale that would make it free for unrestricted use a said mpg spokesman Gary Stegner. A a a.  without taking cleanup costs into effect the congressional commission estimated the Cost of closing the proving ground could be recouped in six years through the annual $6.6 million in savings. But Congress general accounting office said that with cleanup costs included it could take More than 200 years for taxpayers to realize a savings. A closure of mpg will Cost the american taxpayer millions of dollars damage our country a conventional readiness and leave an environmental wasteland in an already economically depressed a of Indiana a said sen. Dan Coats a and. But Coats and other Indiana lawmakers say there is Little Chance of getting Congress to take any base off the closure list. Reconsidering one base would be certain to bring demands for reconsideration from the congressional districts where the other bases Are situated. At the urging of Indiana lawmakers the army is considering keeping the proving ground As a government owned contractor operated testing site. It is also possible the base could be sold to a contractor who would continue to use it As a testing ground. Officials say if those options Arentt successful the Only solution is to abandon the property. A the Issue Isnit the jobs of the Economy a wooden said. A the Issue is it makes no sense at  backs crime Bill s Tough approach Washington a passage of president Bush a crime Bill would strengthen the hands of Law enforcement agencies in dealing with hostage taking incidents like the one in Sacramento calif., in which six persons died attorney general Dick Thornburgh said sunday. A a a a a a a a a it a a very Good example of precisely Why we need the Tough approach that the president has proposed Quot Thornburgh said in an interview on in no so news maker  three hostages and three gunmen died when police stormed a Sacramento electronics store where four men held 41 hostages thursday night. Eleven people including the one surviving gun Mari were wounded in the ensuing shootout. Thornburgh was asked whether the incident increased the pressure for gun control. He replied a i think what that does is Point up about four or five of the essential features in the presidents Bill that make it front and Center when it comes to addressing the problems we re dealing  Thornburgh for one thing he said the Bill makes the taking of hostages subject to the death penalty. Also any weapons seized during the investigation of the Sacramento action would be admissible As evidence. The Bill provides a that when firearms Are seized in the course of an investigation of a violent crime or a drug offence that they will be admissible no matter what a Thornburgh said. He said the Bill a provisions dealing with delays in the criminal Justice system would assure a Swift and sure punishment of those responsible in such cases. He said other sections of the Bill providing for gang task forces a would Deal with the Type of activity that was carried on  the gunmen reportedly were members of an asian youth gang called the Oriental boys. But Sacramento county sheriff Glen Craig said Friday the incident a was not gang related  Thornburgh also suggested in the interview As he has before that passage of the crime Bill would make the president More Likely to accept Federal gun control legislation. A pending Bill for instance Calls for a seven Day waiting period before a handgun Purchase. A there May be bargaining in the Congress. And the president will certainly look More favourably upon what comes out of the Congress if he gets the essentials of his own Bill a Thornburgh said. Former president Reagan endorsed the seven Day waiting period Bill during a Washington visit a Torch 28. The Bill is named the Brady Bill after James Brady Reagan a former press Secretary who was shot and permanently disabled during a March 30, 1981, attempt to assassinate the president. In the stars and stripes10 years ago april 9,1981 a Pope John Paul ii condemned artificial birth control and quoted Pope Paul i saying Quot a husband May lose respect for his wife and consider her a Mere Means of selfish pleasure and no longer a companion whom he respects and  20years ago april 9,1971 a military information officials questioned the motives of Morley safer a lbs newsman in Vietnam. Officials were concerned he was working on a documentary about incidents in which enlisted men purposefully set off fragmentation grenades against officers. Safer denied having any ulterior motive. 30years ago april 9,1961 an f-100 air National guard fighter acc Dently downed a b-52  a training flight Over new Mexico. The incident marked the loss of the fifth b-52 this year. 40years ago april 9, 1951 a an official at Lockheed aircraft corp. Predicted that passenger rocket planes will Fly from new York to London in an hour at altitudes of up to 500,000 feet. Ufos reports no laughing matter delegates at convention informed Eureka Springs Ark. A the annual convention of ufos enthusiasts that ended sunday was no laughing matter an organizer said. Lou Farish said he a heard the snickers from people who done to take seriously talk of cow mutilations crop circles Ana i extraterrestrial kidnappings. And he insisted its no joke space aliens that visit the soviet Union really do look different than those that visit the United states. A a in a assuming the sceptics done to know anything about the subject or they done to want to face the implications of the subject. They done to want their world disturbed a Farish said sunday in a Telephone interview from the third Ozark ufos conference. A the implication of the subject is we re definitely not alone i done to know if we re in danger. There a that possibility a said the 53-year-old part time postal clerk who publishes a news clipping service about ufos. Speakers from around the world gave presentations about ufos at the conference attended by approximately 400 people. Sergei Budantsev 46, a ufos researcher from the soviet Union told Confer ence goers that aliens in his country Are better looking than those in the United states. A a they re just like europeans like foreign tourists a Budantsev said of the aliens that visit the soviet Union. A it seems to be different teams of aliens Are operating in our two  George Wingfield of Glastonbury Long lamp said circles Are being Cut out of crop Fields All Over the world. Wingfield said he was unsure Why the numbers of incidents Are increasing. A i can to explain but it does seem that there has been a sort of response to the fact that people Are. Taking interest in these sightings a he said. A Quot Linda Howe an author and film producer spoke about animal mutilations. Farish said a cow was mangled in Berry Ville Ark., two months ago by an incision produced by intense heal similar to that produced by a laser. Escape prison in san Juan puerto Rico apr three convicted drug traffickers were whisked from a prison Yard sunday after leaping aboard a helicopter apparently hijacked for oreo a construction company authorities said. One of the men aboard the chopper fired a Small machine gun around the Yard before it flew off with the inmates police said. Prison guards did not return fire and there were no injuries reported. Corrections administrator Mercedes Otero de Ramos said the escapees were convicted for Federal drug trafficking. Two of the inmates Lazaro Diaz Fernandez and Fernando Montanez Bultron Are from puerto Rico the administrator said. She said the third Escapee is a former air plane Pilot William Lane from Texas. She did not have information on the hometowns of the escapees All assigned to the prisons maximum Security Section. The helicopter landed Early sunday in a basketball court during visiting hours at the prison which is located in a suburb of san Juan. A / police said the helicopter Pilot had been forced to Fly the Craft some 50 Miles from a Small Airfield at Las Piedras which is Southeast of the capital. The helicopter is owned by a Las Piedras based construction firm. A Quot Ramos de Otero said one Escapee Montanez Bultron had worked As a manager at the construction firm. Police Are investigating if anyone at the company involved in the Elt a Ine