European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes saturday october 26,1991 soviets say nuke Accident killed 10 on sub in 1985 by Fred Hiatt the Washington Post Moscow a a catastrophic Accident in a soviet nuclear powered submarine that went unreported when it took place in 1985 killed 10 sailors Ana ranks among the most serious nuclear incidents Ever a Greenpeace representative says. The Accident on the Victor class submarine occurred aug. 10, 1985, at dockside near Vladivostok on the sea of Japan said Joshua handler a member of the environmental group who recently met with soviet military officials. During a refuelling operation the control rods of the submarine s nuclear reactor were accidentally lifted out allowing a Chain reaction to get out of control. The resulting explosion killed 10 sailors and spewed radioactive materials into the air and sea two military officers told handler and local officials last week. Their account confirms local rumours and sketchy accounts that began appearing in the soviet Media about a year ago. The details also appear to support claims in the soviet Union and in the United states that safety standards in the soviet nuclear Navy Are not optimal. A Reserve naval officer claimed in a letter to the newspaper Izvestia last year that the Navy a methods for refuelling nuclear submarines the operation that led to the 1985 Accident Are dangerous and a totally  a sad to say the chief protagonist when cores Are being removed from reactors remains the Sailor with a sledgehammer Quot the officer identified As v. Yerovsky wrote in his july 1990 letter. As in the United states tensions Are increasing in the soviet Union Between the military on the one hand and environmentalists and grass roots activists on the other. But the tension is exacerbated because until recently the soviet military operated under conditions of nearly total secrecy accounting neither to local politicians nor to the National parliament. Andrei Zolotko a legislator from the Arctic Ocean port of Murmansk accused soviet officials last month of routinely dumping radioactive wastes in shallow Waters near Shore at least through 1986, without informing anyone. A the information Gulf especially in regard to radio Active waste has been so deep that it now will require great Effort to overcome the mistrust of the population to everything connected with the word radioactivity a a Zolotko said. At the naval facility of Shkotovo-22 on Chama Bay where the 1985 Accident occurred military officials said they took proper precautions after the Accident to make sure radioactivity would not contaminate the Shore or water. But handler said recent measurements show a level of radioactivity far higher than Normal across a strip of land behind the base that is four Miles Long and More than a mile wide. The damaged reactor rods were temporarily buried within that strip military officials said and there is continuing controversy about How to dispose of them for the Long term. After Greenpeace representatives discussed their findings with local reporters in Vladivostok last week one Crane operator called a radio station to say that no special precautions such As protective garments had been used when he and other workers were ordered to lift the damaged submarine from the seabed. A worker in the nearby refuelling Plant said she and other workers had been instructed to close All windows and keep working but since All the windows had been blown out by the Force of the reactor explosion they could not follow the instructions. World super typhoon whips across philippine sea from wire reports Agana Guam a typhoon Ruth upgraded to a super typhoon status with sustained winds of 160 Mph veered North slightly As it continued to move West across the philippine sea on Friday . Military forecasters said. There have been no reports of damage or evacuations related to the typhoon which continued to move Over largely vacant Waters said Navy it. Thomas Cecere of the joint typhoon warning Center. Early Friday the typhoon was 660 Miles East of Luzon Island where the philippine capital of Manila is located. The storm was expected to be 175 Miles Northeast of Luzon by monday Cecere  stomach for death new Delhi India a a Novice Hangman fainted minutes before an execution giving a convicted murderer a three Day reprieve United news of India reported Friday. It was the second reprieve for Raj Gopal Nayyar since he was convicted in 1983 of murdering his father and Stepbrother in a land dispute. A fresh death warrant for Nayyar was issued thursday by a local judge after the fainting incident wednesday in the Jammu jail in Northern India the news Agency said. The executioner a was a new Chap. It was his first experience and he probably could not stomach it a United news reporter said when contacted by Telephone. The Hangman s name was not  s Book prompts suit by Maxwell London apr investigative journalist Seymour harsh was served with a libel suit thursday for allegations in his latest Book that Media Mogul Robert Maxwell had close tics with israelis secret service. Hersh said he stands by the claims in his Book the Samson option. The suit also disputes claims in the Samson option that Nick Davies foreign editor of Maxwell controlled newspaper the daily Mirror was involved in arms dealing. Harsh was served with the suit at the end of a news conference to publicize his Book which investigates israelis nuclear weapons program. A i stand by it and in a prepared to defend it any place i have to a Hersh told reporters. A a in a not looking for a fight. I have no personal animosity against or. Maxwell or or. Davies. In a not spoiling for a fight in a simply doing my  the libel action was filed by Maxwell his Mirror group newspapers and Davies. Maxwell Davies and the Mirror group previously initiated libel suits against Faber and Faber publishers of Hershy a Book and Rupert Allason one of two lawmakers who raised the allegations in the House of commons. Members of parliament Are protected from libel suits for statements in the House and the Mirror group did not explain the basis for its suit. Allason has issued a counter suit against Maxwell and the Mirror group Over comments made about him in the daily Mirror on wednesday. Hersh an investigative journalist for the new York times won the pulitzer prize in 1969 for his expose of the my Lai massacre of vietnamese villagers by . Troops. Davies said the allegations were a a Complete and total  Maxwell has denied any links with the israeli secret service and described Hershy a claims As a serious and  in a front Page Story on thursday the daily Mirror said that evidence cited by Hersh in the Book was forged. Hersh called the Story  a i Tell you 1 have checked this As thoroughly As anything i have Ever written. This is completely Correct. That is All there is to it a Hersh  had pyramids too excavation shows Giza plateau Egypt apr archaeologists excavating an ancient working class cemetery have found at least nine tombs topped by Small pyramids the first evidence that pyramids were built Tor commoners As Well As pharaohs. The mud Brick tombs three Miles from the Sphinx and the i rec famous Giza pyramids were made during the height of the Pyramid building period along the Nile More than 41 centuries ago. A a it a unbelievable Quot Zahi harass the director of antiquities said thursday. Quot we knew that pharaohs could have pyramids at this time but nobody Ever thought common people would be allowed to have them As  he said the tombs which began emerging from the Sands last week Are the first known evidence of such monuments during the old kingdom a 4�?T/2-cen1ury period ending in 2134 . To ancient egyptians pyramids represented the primeval Hill from which the universe and the creator god emerged. Harass said he believes the Pyramid topped tombs were dug for workers Quot immediately involved in Pyramid  a a it a Clear that the pharaoh must have Given them special permission to include the Pyramid for their own Tomb a he said. One Tomb is a six stepped Pyramid 10 feet High sitting on a rounded base a a miniature version of the step Pyramid built for pharaoh Dozer about 4,700 years ago. The yearlong excavation of the cemetery has delighted egyptology its who knew Little of the workers who built the pyramids. Egyptian workers excavate a Smalt Pyramid atop a commoners Tomb at a site near the Sphinx on thursday