European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a. The stars and stripe3 tuesday april 16, 1991historians feel Reagan lacked intellect Louisville by apr Ronald Reagan lacked the intellect for the presidency but he ranked ahead of nine of his predecessors in the White House a Survey of historians concluded. A of 481 historians asked about the performance of the . Presidents More than 90 percent said Reagan lacked the proper intellect for the Job. Some 68 percent agreed that the Reagan administration had a a significant and negative Impact on the nations Val a us. The Survey results were presented Over the  at the annual conference of the organization of american historians. The historians answered 118 questions by researcher Tim Blessing of Penn state University. A. A a a a a. Reagan ranked 28th among 37 presidents who were rated a in the a a below average category alongside Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce and John Tyler. Below him in the a failure category a were Richard Nixon Andrew Johnson and Ulysses s. A Grant. A. A. A a a. A.  v the historians nominated four presidential a greats Quot Abraham Lincoln George Washington Thomas Jefferson and Franklin d. Roosevelt. Ninth two percent of the respondents said they believe the american people have overestimated Rea Gan and 89 percent said they believe social welfare programs were underfunded during his two terms in office. A a a a  a the Survey reflected generally favourable opinions of the Reagan administrations handling of relations with the soviet  a two to one margin respondents preferred Reagan a tendency to Delegate authority As opposed to the intense involvement in Day to Day affairs of his predecessor Jimmy Carter. A the. Reagan record is not utterly beyond redemption a Blessing said in reviewing the findings for the historians group. Armed with their Polaroid cameras Marion Frazier left and Anthony Prestino patrol handicapped parking spaces in Westport Conn. Disabled keep Eye out for illegal Conn. Porkers Westport Conn. A people who Park illegally in spaces set aside for the disabled in this City had better take heed the disabled Are watching and they be got cameras. The parking watch program began last month after Anthony Prestino decided head had it with non disabled people filling All the spaces for the disabled in front of his clock repair shop a it happened too often a says Prestino an amputee who wears a prosthesis on his left Teg. A you a always see a handicapped person trying to wait for someone to come out so they could  Prestino went to police chief William a Chiarenzelli. The two decided to give cameras to disabled people willing to keep an Eye out for lawbreakers. The nine person corps of volunteers had photographed 13 violators As of last week. All 13 paid fines said Robert Quinn the police department s Public safety officer. And word seems to have spread quickly through this affluent suburb of new York City that its not Wise to take a parking space reserved for the disabled a there Are More and More spaces available now for the handicapped folks to Park a Chiarenzelli said. Members of the parking corps Range in age from their 40s to their 80s and include a wheelchair user and people with heart and lung conditions that prevent them from walking Long distances. One Volunteer Marion Frazier photographed a Van parked at a Beach in a spot that Frazier had lobbied authorities to set aside for disabled people visiting the Boardwalk. A i guess he Vas no to too Happy a she , Well i Wasny to too Happy when i  Park  Frazier injured in a car Accident five years ago uses a Cane. She said people illegally using handicapped spaces have often forced her to Park so far from her destination that she has arrived at her night school classes in tears from the pain. A a people Are inconsiderate a she said. The volunteers Are under orders to avoid confrontations and have thus far. They also have been told not to Jie in wait for violators. Police originally planned to have volunteers provide their own equipment but the Polaroid corp. Donated cameras and Westport based marketing corp. Of America provided film. Police use the photos and affidavits from the volunteers to cite motorists who face $30 fines. Quinn said the program has drawn attention from around the country and in Canada. The Connecticut department of motor vehicles is looking at Westport As a possible Model for a statewide program he said army test dropped dangerous chemical in 1950s, paper says Salt Lake City a army researchers dropped a dangerous chemical Over 40 states in the Jat 1950s to determine the effectiveness of scattering biological weapons in the wind a newspaper reported sunday. Cadmium sulfite was used in tests Over states East of the Rockies in 1957 and 1958, the Deseret news said in a Story based on army documents obtained. Through the Freedom of information act. The testing program dubbed a operation Lack for a Large area coverage was conducted by researchers at the army Spurway proving ground in Utah. This was done despite literature published As Early As the 1930s warning that the chemical could cause disease and death the newspaper said. Smaller scale tests of cadmium sulfite including drops Over unspecified Public land near Dugway continued for years the newspaper said. The army has refused to disclose How much cadmium sulfite was dropped and How much was found at ground monitoring stations. A the amounts and altitudes Are still classified a said Dugway spokesman Dick Whitaker. A if you looked at the total amounts dropped you might think it was terrible. But this was dropped front High Altitude Over very Large areas. So Little danger was posed to  Whitaker said the army did no to realize the chemical was dangerous until roughly the time a Young military meteorologist a Arthur Spomer pointed it out. Whitaker said the army has not used the chemical in tests since then. Whitaker said researchers were partic ulary interested in such things As whether wheat Stem rust spores could be dropped from air planes to possibly de stroy an enemy a wheat crop Over Large areas. A a a a a a that a pretty Damn Gross a Jay a. Young a private consultant in Silver Spring md., said of the tests. He has written extensively on chemical safety arid health. 1. A i would have to say that by 1950, the. Published literature on cadmium was sufficiently authoritative and voluminous that from that Date Forward it would be irresponsible to put a cadmium compound of any kind into the air to be dispersed by wind and weather a Young said. A. A v a a a a a a a a he added a i might even go a bit further than to Call it irresponsible and Call it downright  the newspaper said no cadmium poisoning was Ever identified from the army testing. Spomer an agriculture professor at the University of Illinois said he doubts individual tests presented Milch danger to people beneath them. But he said that they presented a risk to the. Sob Diers who worked around the chemical with no Protection. In four tests the army identified 1.9 million Square Miles in 40 states East of the Rockies As its testing area and dropped the chemical to see How particles would travel in the wind the Newsom perseid. A 1 a a a Spomer said he was stationed at fort Douglas in Salt Lake City when some of the testing occurred a �?o1 noticed two gis mixing Zinc sulfite and cadmium sulfite. They had no shirt or gloves or anything a he said. �?o1 told them it was toxic especially in that concentration. Their commander Pooh poohed that and called me on the carpet.�?�. A a. Man carrying grenade san Jose Calif. Apr police shot to death a Man who after a standoff of More than two hours approached them with a hand grenade that was later found to be non functional. ,. The Man., in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene near downtown san Jose sgt. Greg Trapp said sunday. The Man s name was withheld until his family could be notified officials said. The standoff involving a dozen police officers began 2vi hours earlier As officers investigated complaints of a fight. Otic cars tried to question the Man in his apartment but retreated after seeing the grenade Trapp said. The Man agreed to come into the Street after talking by Telephone with negotiators. Several police shot at the Man when he refused to Stop walking toward them with the grenade in hand Trapp said. Police later discovered the grenade lacked an explosive charge. A it was in the officers estimation a realistic looking hand grenade a Trapp said. A there is Only one Way to determine whether it explodes or not and that is when it  Trapp said officers saw a Copper wire running Between the grenade and the Many a cloth inc