European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . Hanford reactor closing permanently from wire reports Yakima Wash. A the plutonium producing n reactor will not be reopened ending the Era of nuclear weapons material production at the Hanford nuclear reservation Energy Secretary James d. Watkins said wednesday. Watkins said he decided n reactor closed since 1987 for safety improvements Wasny to needed after reviewing conditions at South Carolinas Savannah River nuclear Complex. The Savannah River reactors which Are older than the n reactor Are also closed for safety reasons. Initial Steps to decontaminate and dismantle the reactor will begin within three weeks and May take years to Complete Watkins said. The n reactor began operations in 1963, making plutonium for nuclear weapons and producing steam that was used to generate electricity. It was the last of nine plutonium reactors at the Hanford nuclear Complex which armed Many of the nations nuclear weapons since world War ii. In 1986, it was disclosed that the n reactor contained certain design features similar to the soviet Union s chernobyl reactors one of which was destroyed in an Accident that spewed radiation Over a wide  bomber pleads guilty los Angeles a an electrical Engineer pleaded guilty wednesday to using bombs and mortars against three internal Revenue service facilities in attacks he said were triggered by an employee who laughed at a question he asked about a tax deduction. Dean h. Hicks 45, also admitted that he sent a threatening letter to a newspaper claiming responsibility for one of the attacks. As part of a plea bargain with Federal prosecutors Hicks also agreed to plead guilty to a fourth attack assistant . Attorney George new House said. . District judge Laughlin Waters set sentencing for oct. 16, when Hicks faces a maximum 43-year prison term and a $1 million Fine. Sports doctor indicted los Angeles a a Federal grand jury indicted a physician wednesday on charges he illegally provided steroids to athletes bodybuilders and others. According to the 27-count indictment or. Walter Jekot 50, began buying steroids from both legitimate and Black Market sources in 1985 and Over the next two years dispensed them to patients to facilitate a muscular and athletic development enhancement and  the distribution of steroids for other than medical uses violates a Federal Law passed in 1988. Congress this year reclassified steroids As a class ill controlled substance the same As cocaine. The indictment alleges that Jekot frequently gave patients steroids contained in a concoction of vitamins and other ingredients that he called a ugh no. 1.�?� Martin r. Henn talks to reporters wednesday in Baltimore after spending what he called a lonely 13 months in jail. Forgotten prisoner freed after 13 months in limbo by the Baltimore evening Sun Baltimore a after More than a year in jail and judicial limbo a homeless Man left custody wednesday and headed for a Halfway House. A thank you very much and May god keep you Well a Martin r. Henn 54, told judge Ellen m. Heller after she dismissed the 13-month-old arson charge in Baltimore circuit court on wednesday morning. Henn had spent the 13 months in the jail despite never having been formally charged or assigned a trial Date. He told Heller that he had asked prison social workers several times to help him resolve his Legal status but nothing was done. A the told them several times a said his attorney Public defender Joy l. Phillips. A the attempted in his own Way to gain these rights by telling the social  a maybe in the future a Henn said a a my Case can and will keep someone else from going through the hell this Man  he said he spent a lonely year in jail. A nobody knew i existed a Henn declared. A there was not one visit because there was no one to visit. There was no mail because there was no one to write a Henn said. A me and my god made it  Henn had been imprisoned in the Baltimore City detention Center since his arrest july 16, 1990, for allegedly setting Ere to a car in South Baltimore. The Case began to go awry aug. 2,1990, when Henn was brought from the jail to court to answer a Public drunkenness charge filed against him in april 1990. He was Given a suspended sentence on that charge and the court also let him off with time served on two counts of malicious destruction that were related to the arson Case. However he was returned to jail to await a hearing on the arson charge set for aug. 14,1990. But Henn was not taken to court that Day. The jail staff had erroneously recorded that he had been released 12 Days earlier with All charges disposed of. He was still in jail however. The jail staff discovered its mistake aug. 30, but it was not until oct. 5 that they asked the Maryland attorneys office to do something about the arson charge against Henn. Apparently nothing happened until july 11, eight months later when an employee in the state pretrial services division came across a computer record that showed Henn had been in jail All that time and still had no trial Date. Whale s death under review Washington apr Federal veterinarians will study results of an autopsy on a killer whale that died at sea world in Florida before deciding if a formal investigation is needed the . Department of agriculture said wednesday. The 5,000-Pound mammal Kenai died aug 6 at the Marine Park in Orlando she was 12 months pregnant and had been due to give birth around december. The fetus did not survive. The departments animal and Plant health inspection service said it had been notified by sea world of Kenaum a death. The service plans to Send a veterinary medical officer to observe the autopsy. A we will determine if a formal investigation is necessary after we review the final autopsy report Quot said Joan Arnoldi Deputy administrator of the Agency a regulatory enforcement and animal care unit. Following a two Day inspection in february officials found that sea world exceeded minimum Federal requirements for care and handling of Marine mammals. I �?�. Public transportation hit hard by recession Chicago apr mass transit systems around the country have Cut service and raised fares to keep on rolling amid Sharp budget cuts and falling ridership. Officials warn the austerity measures brought by the recession might not be enough unless state and Federal governments come up with More Money soon. Some advocates of mass transit argue that it should be spared the Brunt of the recession because it is cleaner than cars reduces dependence on foreign Oil and is accessible to the elderly the disabled and the poor. Chicago transit authority spokesman Bill utter called cuts in Public transportation a a false  a Many of our riders Are going to and from work and get to their jobs Only because there is Public transportation a he said. A if they re not standing in line for the bus they May end up standing in line for  in the san Francisco area Bay area rapid transit fares could leap 67 percent Over the next decade to avoid deficits said spokesman by Mouber. Fares in Charlotte n.c., will go from 70 cents to 80 cents in september. More than a year ago the Southeastern Pennsylvania transportation authority which serves the Philadelphia area raised its fare to $1.50. Washington area fares climbed from 85 cents to $1 for bus and rail rides. The Washington metropolitan area transit authority will eliminate and consolidate bus routes in Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia said spokeswoman Beverly Silverberg. In new York the metropolitan transit authority expects a shortfall of $400 million to $500 million next year after four years in which the deficits totalled $900 million said spokesman John Cunningham. In Astoria ore., population 10,000, the City a Only bus will make its last run aug. 31, the victim of shrinking budgets. The bus runs a single Loop through the City carrying 205 people a Day