European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page. 6 b the stars and stripes saturday june 1, 1991 it . Parents lose court Appeal in son s death from aids a a. A. A a a Quot / Wilmington . Apr workers began a slow process thursday of extracting 330 pounds of highly radioactive uranium that accidentally contaminated a tank of liquid waste at a nuclear fuel Plant,.authorities said. Quot. A a a a Federal inspectors declared an Alert and kept a round the clock Vigil but let  electric cos nuclear fuel and components manufacturing facility continue operating. No injuries or radiation exposure were reported. A v. There was no  Ati Clear explosion by an. A a unlikely a potential for spontaneous fission a reaction that would release radioactivity. The potential exists until uranium Levels Are lowered by two thirds Federal officials said. A a a v. A Plant officials declared an Alert the second lowest of four emergency classifications said Ken Clark a spokesman for the nuclear regulatory commission in Atlanta a spokesman for be the plants owner said the waste system tank holds 20,000 Gallons of liquid mostly water. The uranium would displace about 20 Gallons of water said the spokesman Fred  a the concentration of that amount of uranium in that amount of liquid would not constitute a concern a guilty plea Joan Kennedy pleads guilty thursday to her third Drunken driving offence. She was Given a suspended 90-Day jail sentence on condition she enter treatment. Kennedy 55, was arrested May 14. Police said they saw her driving erratically on interstate 93 South of Boston. Jackson said. He a said the accidents cause Wasny to known. K. Bingham Cady a professor of nuclear Sci once and engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca ., said the problem Wasny to serious. The. Uranium a could Only go critical begin a fission reaction if it was concentrated in less than 350 liners it f water a Cady said in a Telephone  Washington arc spokesman Joe Fouchard said the incident is a safety concern Only within the Plant. A about 2,4 10 people  the Plant which pro a ceases fuel for nuclear reactors by converting enriched uranium into uranium pellets and stacking the pellets into rods to be shipped to nuclear plants. The Plant has no reactor. Few people live near the Plant on the outskirts 6f Wilmington and there was no threat to the coastal town of about 55,000, the arc said. A a. About 55 pounds of uranium had been removed from the. Tank by thursday afternoon using a Centrifuge process Fouchard said. A. Ahe said the uranium ended up in the waste tank because of a a malfunction in a solvent extraction  he did no to elaborate. Clark said workers apparently discovered the problem at 9 . Wednesday and the arc was notified at 5 55 . Wednesday. Aids linked lab shutting Down Portland Ore. A the american red a Cross plans to temporarily close a Laboratory criticized for allowing aids tainted blood to reach hospitals. The action thursday came a Day after a Man infected. With the aids virus sued the red Cross for $10 million for supplying tainted blood from the. Portland blood Center. -. 7/ 1 7 a Quot a a a a the food and drug administration recently threatened to shut Down the Center after finding blood that tested positive for aids could have been released to hospitals because of lax record keeping in response to the Fra report the red Cross installed new lab equipment and is shutting Down the Portland Laboratory for four to eight weeks to retrain workers red Cross spokeswoman Trudy Sullivan said. \ v during the shutdown blood samples will be tested at a regional red Cross blood Center ii Minnesota Sullivan said. The Fra must approve the shutdown and is expected to do so next week she said. The red Cross plans to close its 53 blood centers in rotation next year in a multimillion i Dollar overhaul of the blood collection system. The red Cross collects about half the nations blood Supply. 7 Quot 7 a by reorganizing the Portland lab now Sullivan said the Center is getting a jump on the National revamping. The entire Portland Center still will close in rotation with the other blood centers she said. The Portland Center is the sole provider of blood and blood products to 72 hospitals in Oregon Washington and Southeastern alaska./�. Blood collections would continue while the Portland lab was closed Sullivan said. The Center collects an average of 540 units of blood five Days a week. Nader assails postal Washington up consumer advocate Ralph Nader thursday accused postal service executives of a out of control wasteful practices by running up expenses with $300-a-night hotel rooms and $60 meals. A 7 a the rate increase confronting postal Consumers Are certainly not paying for improved service a the rate increases Are paying for the wasteful practices of. Postal service managers a. Nader released records he said were obtained through the Freedom of information act and filed by. Employees of the postal services government relations department since Jan. 1, 1989.just weeks before the postal service implemented a 20 percent rate increase Nader said. Postal service sex ecu Rives stayed in the new York City Plaza hotel at a Cost of More than $260 per night per person a this did not just happen once a Nader said. A the same postal manager who stayed at the Plaza Motel in january of 1991, stayed at the Plaza hotel three times during 1990 a each at a Cost of More than $200 per night per person.�?�. .77 a .7 Nader also released a list of. Expenses indicating. Postal service employees a frequently wine and Dine congressional staff Voith Means costing As., much As $60 per a this demonstrates that the postal services wasteful practices Are out of control Quot Nader said. A these Are the records for Only  within the postal service a the tip of the iceberg. Imagine what would be discovered if All the postal services records were revealed. Furthermore it Calls into question the judgment of these congressional staff who should be vigorously investigating out waste and mismanagement 1 in the postal service a instead of luxuriously dining off  postal service had no comment. Nader said an october 1989 Gao. Report showed that top postal service managers use first class air travel 36 percent of the time and had spent As much As $10. Million on  wire reports a. Re Quot san Francisco a a state appeals court ruled thursday the parents of Young aids victim Brendan of Rourke who pained worldwide attention when he was embraced by the Pope have no right to sue tile blood Bank that provided the aids tainted blood. The 7-Ycar-old died in 1990, one of the earliest in Tims of aids contracted through blood transfusion in the court ruling Justice James Ferley wrote we Are. Cognizant of the tragic loss suffered. By the of Rourke family. As the record reflects Brendan during his Short life played a significant role in aids re search and undoubtedly his contribution to the comm Quot a nity is beyond measure a. A. But Perley stated a on the record before us Hovver. Or we must affirm the judgment of the trial courts a of Rourke received blood transfusions shortly after his premature birth in 1983 due to complications in his mothers pregnancy. The blood supplied by Irwin memorial blood Bank was tainted with the aids virus of Rourke tested positive for Alps in 1987. His parents John and Elaine of Rourke filed suit a year later claiming medical malpractice negligence. Breach of contract Fra Ucland infliction of emotional distress women trustees unwanted Philadelphia a a presbyterian Seminary is. Protesting a demand by an accreditation association that it name women to its Board saying religious tradition dictates that men should run the  Westminster theological Seminary asked a watch. Dog group for the nations accreditation groups in april to urge the Middle states association of colleges and schools in Philadelphia to Stop pressuring the Seminary to. Appoint women to its 24-member Board of trustees. In its protest to the Council on pos secondary accreditation the Seminary said its 1930-charter specified that Westminster must be governed by ordained elders All of whom must be male. Any attempt to revoke that charter. The Seminary said is a breach of its religious Freedom 1 a Quot a. A a a. Smoking curbs gain support. Atlanta a a government Survey of 10 communities thursday found Strong Public support even Amon smok cars for restricting smoking in Public places. 7 most orthoses taking part in the Survey also heavily favored enactment and enforcement of Laws against the. Sale of tobacco products to. Minors and eliminating All tobacco advertising. A a a. A depending on the Community Between 82 percent to Quot 100 percent of smokers surveyed said they favored limiting smoking in restaurants private work Sites govern mint buildings indoor sports Arenas hospitals and doctors offices. A. The Survey of 3,654 people was conducted in 1989 by the National cancer Institute. The results were published by the Federal centers for disease control to coincide with the world no tobacco Day Observance held Friday. The Survey was conducted in such towns As Cedar rapids Iowa Santa be . Utica  Raleigh . And Bellingham Wash. A a. A a. A r a. Boy survives subway fall. New York a a baby survived a 22-foot fall from an elevated subway train thursday after he slipped Between the subway door and the station platform to the Street below the transit authority said. A a doctors at Lincoln Hospital say the child is not in critical condition a said Bob Previdi a transit authority spokesman. Hie 18-month-old boy was holding hands with his aunt and another child age 8, As they. Boarded the southbound no. 2 train at the Jackson Avenue station in Bic Mott Haven Section of , Previdi said. Quot he apparently slipped from their grip through a Small Gap Between the train and the platform Previdi said. He fell first to the track roadbed and then 22 feet to the Street below Previdi said. A the boy s name was adj. Immediately released Quot bomb scare cuts off mayor san Francisco a mayor Arthur Agnos and others were evacuated from a restaurant after a potentially explosive device was found nearby fire apart ment Otti vials said. Authorities sealed off the area thursday night and the City s bomb squad and hazardous materials unit a Etc summoned to the Celadon restaurant in China Quot town where Agnos had been speaking. There was no reason to think it was aimed at me a the mayor said