European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 3, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 . Delays building of weapons reactor Washington a the Energy department announced Friday a two year delay in building a $5.6 billion nuclear reactor for its atomic weapons program saying recent cuts in the nations military Arsenal remove the urgency. The announcement came one month before a scheduled decision by the Bush administration on where to locate the reactor and what technology to use. The reactor is to Supply tritium Gas for atomic warheads. The reactor called the new production reactor or apr had been scheduled for completion at the end of the decade. The Energy department was planning to spend about $1 billion in design studies and other activities on the project Over the next two years. It was not immediately known How much of that Money would be saved although Energy department officials said some design work would continue. A this should in no Way be seen As a decision not to build the apr a said Energy Secretary James Watkins in a statement. But Watkins has decided to re evaluate most aspects of the weapons reactor program department officials said. The Plant had been expected to be built at the Doe s Savannah River weapons Complex in South Carolina or at the Idaho National engineering Laboratory Complex in Idaho. Deputy Energy Secretary Henson Moore said the recent events in the soviet Union and the decision by president Bush to virtually eliminate All tactical atomic weapons allow for the delay. Moore said it had been decided to Combine the environmental Impact analysis for the reactor with a similar analysis already under Way for the modernization of the entire weapons Complex. The new environmental analysis is expected to be completed in october 1993, meaning the reactor program will delayed about two years. R i Bxs of $ Ait a collected at the memorial National Park service curator Duery Felton holds medals gathered at the Vietnam veterans memorial in Washington . Thousands of visitors leave items that Are meaningful to themselves and their fallen loved ones. Some of the items will go on permanent exhibit at the smithsonian institution and a group called beyond the Wall is raising kinds for the  chanted gang initials detective says by the new York times new York a four Young men charged in the subway murder of Brian Watkins of Utah chanted the initials of their gang As they were being taken downtown in a police Wagon to be booked a detective testified Friday. A they were chanting these initials f.t.s., and one of them would place his hand upon another a and All four of them would chant a a Donald Casey said just before the trial ended its first week. Casey of the transit police played a leading role in taking incriminating written and videotaped statements from seven of the eight defendants a few hours after Watkins and his family were attacked and robbed in the 53rd Street station of the ind subway on the night of sept. 2, 1990. The family was in new Yorku it attend the . Open Tennis tournament. Watkins 22, was stabbed to death when he came to the defense of his Mother Karen who was beaten. His father Sherwin was slashed with a Lazor. The four other defendants Are to be tried later. The second group includes the suspect believed to have stabbed Watkins Yul Gary Morales. Prosecutors in the Manhattan District attorneys office said Casey s description of the defendants behaviour was intended to show the jury that they had shown no remorse for the killing or the attack on the family. The chant described by the detective  a initials for common expletives a is the name of a violent gang of about 60 youths in the Queens Section of new York. The gang requires new members to Mug someone to gain admission police  gives up free trip to German match by the new York times new York a mayor David n. Dinkins has abandoned his plan to Combine a free trip to a German Tennis tournament with courting european businesses next month. But Dinkins denied on Friday that the switch was prompted by critical news coverage of his original plan to accept an expenses paid trip from the German promoter of the Compaq grand slam open in Munich. He said he wanted More time to plan a business trip As the guest of the City of Frankfurt and possibly other Eastern or Western european governments. A i done to mean that i m not concerned or mindful of what people say and think a a said Dinkins who had defended the trip which had been scheduled to begin . 10, and his planned visit to South Africa on nov. 10. A but ultimately you be got to do what you think is right and that a what i try to  still the revamped plan acknowledged what senior mayoral aides tired of Fielding travel queries had said quietly All week that mixing tournament Tennis with a visit to the Dachau concentration Camp near Munich and a Side trip to Berlin was a Tough sell. The trip was to have been paid for by the tournament promoter German businessman Axel Meyer Wolden. Asked whether he planned to include Tennis on the new trip the mayor whose passion for the sport is celebrated noted that he Seldom goes anywhere without a Racket. Sex embassy hostage killed in struggle with robber Adelanto Calif. A pne of the americans held hostage during the 1979 seizure of the . Embassy in Iran was shot to death Friday in a struggle with a robber authorities said. John Mckeel jr., 38, was shot twice in the head in the confrontation before Dawn in his apartment said police sgt. Dave Gundersen. Mckeel was taken i to Victor Valley hos Mckeel Pital in Victorville where he was declared brain dead Gundersen said. A medical team was on its Way to the Hospital Friday to remove his organs for transplant he said. A native of Balch Springs Texas Mckeel was a Marine sergeant assigned to the . Embassy in Tehran when it was overrun by iranian militants in 1979. He and 51 other americans were held hostage at the embassy for 444 Days. The incident began when a masked gunman accosted a woman As she walked from her car to her apartment. She fought with the robber and pulled off his mask then recognized him As a tenant in the Complex Gundersen said. The woman ran to Mckee is apart r ment. Mckeel a wife Trudy manages the apartment Complex Gundersen said. The gunman followed the woman into the apartment and shot Mckeel twice during a struggle Gundersen said. Police arrested Anthony l. Maddox 21, at an apartment he shared with his Girlfriend Gundersen said. Maddox was held without bail for investigation of murder and armed robbery. Good Samaritan misreads situation lands in jail cell Columbia . A a Man who tried to help a Wop Ian being dragged into a Motel by four men was arrested for disorderly conduct after the men turned out to be sheriffs deputies detaining a prostitute. A you see on to All the time people telling you to get involved a said Raymond Reynolds 54. A but the fact is i ended up. On the floor of the jail cell All night and my fingerprints Are on file with the Fri because i tried to  Richland county sheriffs sgt. Andy Jones said the undercover officers clearly stated they were deputies. But he said Reynolds continued to yell and curse at them. Reynolds who works As a department store portrait artist said the incident happened Early last week while he was stopped at a red Light. He said he saw a woman in her 20s being dragged kicking and screaming across the Street by four men in jeans and to shirts. A they slammed her against the Wall twice and then started running toward the open Motel door with hot a Reynolds said. A i stuck my head out of the truck and yelled. Then i turned to the right and whipped into the  two men yelled at him to mind his own business he said. When Reynolds refused the four i in charged at him with guns told him they were cops and took him to the county detention Center he said. �?o1 done to know what they expected me to do a Reynolds said a sit there and watch a woman being dragged across the Street and into a Motel room and not do a thing to help a a