European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes Friday August 16, 1991 reactor at Hanford to close 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 Carolina s 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 plut Wium reactors at the Hanford nuclear Complex which armed Many of the nations nuclear weapons since world War n. In 1986, it was disclosed that the n reactor contained certain design features similar to the soviet unions chernobyl reactors one of which was destroyed in an Accident that spewed radiation Over a wide area. Irs 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 a ghz no. 1.�?� Martin r. Henn talks to reporters wednesday in Baltimore after spending what he called a lonely 13 months in jail. Prisoner 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 Quot 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 Quot 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 and will keep someone else from going through the 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  can hell Henn had been imprisoned in the Baltimore City detention Center since his arrest july 16, 1990, for allegedly setting fire to a car in South Baltimore. The Case began to go awry aug. 2, 1990, when Henn was brought from  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 a said Joan Arnoldi Deputy administrator of the Agency a regulatory enforcement and animal care unit. Following a two Day inspection in february officials round that sea world exceeded minimum Federal requirements for care and handling of Marine  defends record As he leaves Justice Washington a attorney general Dick Thornburgh bid Farewell to the Justice department on thursday with an unabashed defense of his three year tenure saying the Agency had made a giant Steps Quot in protecting civil rights while fighting drugs and organized crime. A there is much of which we can be proud a Thornburgh who resigned thursday told staff members during a Farewell ceremony. A we have done our level Best to Call Mem As we see Mem without fear or favor from any  Thornburgh singled out the Agency a fight against drugs As one of its highlights during his tenure citing record level arrests prosecutions and forfeitures. He also defended the departments Pursuit of the scandal Ridden Bank of credit and Commerce International pointing out that his department had levied a $15 million Fine against the Bank in 1988 and won convictions against five Bank officials. A Thornburgh 59, is leaving the Agency to begin a . Senate Campaign in Penn Sylvania against Democrat Harris Wofford. Wofford was appointed in May to replace sen. John Heinz who was killed in a plane helicopter crash Thornburgh is poised to begin fund raising for his Campaign As some gop officials Gripe that he May have waited too Long to enter the fray. A a there san increasing amount of dilemma As to what a going on a said Tim Shaffer a Republican state senator from Butler a. A things Are so close to the Chest that its invisible. We need a Candi Date a Thornburgh could file his statement c candidacy with the Federal election commission As Early As today Allowin his Campaign to begin raising Money Sai Evans Rose who will serve As the car a Ign a finance chairman. �?o1 think the donors in Pennsylvania at behind Dick Thornburgh. Once he file the statement of candidacy we re off an running a Rose said. A a in Mas ready As w can be but we will not Start until Frida at the