European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 27, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7s.c. Nuclear reactor leaks coolant the leak posed no threat Westing House said in a statement. The company said it had notified state and Federal officials about the leak. A this is not the Type of thing everybody leaves Home for a Westinghouse spokesman Jack Herrmann said in a Telephone interview. Quot its not a tremendous amount of  the coolant leaked from a heat exchanger a device about the size of a Railroad car that functions much like a Radia Tor Herrmann said. The coolant or a heavy water a from the heat exchanger leaked into a Stream on the site Herrmann said. That Stream runs through a swamp and then into the Savannah River he said. The company said the coolant was expected to reach the Savannah River in about two Days but said it was too Small an amount to pose a threat to those downstream. The leak was discovered through Rou Tine water sampling around the facility Westinghouse said. Earlier this month the department of Energy authorized the restart of the k reactor which was shut Down in 1988 for a major safety overhaul. The reactor is undergoing testing before it resumes operation. The tritium in the leaking coolant had been there since 1988 or before Westinghouse said. Savannah River site is located about so Miles West of Columbia. Helping hands firefighters in Cleveland Ohio reach out to help remove a tuesday. The injured Man had been working on a Bill Stretcher bearing the victim of a fall from an Aerial ladder Board at the top of a four Story building. Vets lied about income Gao says Columbia . Apr a recently refurbished Savannah River site nuclear reactor leaked a Small amount of coolant containing radioactive Gas the company that operates the reactor said wednesday. Westinghouse Savannah River said the leak from the k reactor occurred sometime Between sunday and wednesday. The coolant contained tritium the radioactive Gas used to boost the explosive Power of nuclear weapons. The facility is the nations Only source of tritium. 485 killings in 91 set . Record from wire reports. Washington a the nations capital awoke Christmas morning to discover the City had broken its record of killing for the fourth straight year. Fri statistics last year made Washington the nations homicide capital. Two fatal shootings tuesday brought the 1991 murder count to 485, two More than the 483 recorded in All of 1990. The years 484th homicide victim was found at 8 10 . Tuesday. He died at . General Hospital. A Man was found fatally shot in the Chest about 11 30 . Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at . General Hospital. More women and More teen agers were killed in 1991 than in any previous year a 73 and 48 respectively. But for the first time since 1988, when drug related violence sent the homicide rate soaring there is growing evidence crime has begun to level off. The 372 homicides in 1988 marked an increase of 147 a or 65 percent a Over the 1987 figure. In 1989 the number Rose by 62 a or 17 percent a to 434. Last year there were 49 More homicides than in 1989 for an increase of 11 percent. Fri figures for 1990 found Washington had a homicide rate of 77.8 per 100,000 residents the highest of any City in America. Preliminary statistics this year compiled by police show drug related homicides have decl med for a third straight year. There also has been a decline in assaults by firearm. One of the latest victims was Joel Simpson. On Christmas eve Simpson telephoned his Mother to Tell her he was picking up his three children and would be Over soon to spend the night and Christmas Day with her. A but he never came a Irene Simpson 69, said wednesday As she wiped the tears streaming Down her face. A the never  Simpson 33, was gunned Down outside the Southeast Washington Home where his children lived with their Mother Doris Wood. He was shot shortly after Woods brother asked him to come outside. One of Simpsons Sisters said wednesday she believes the shooting was the result of a drug dispute. A homicide detective said police have no motive but believe Simpson knew his assailant. Los Angeles apr a computer audit revealed that thousands of veterans lied about their income to qualify for pension benefits the general accounting office reported. By Cross checking figures with the internal Revenue service the audit discovered that 116,000 veterans receiving pensions on the basis of need failed to disclose $338 million in 1989 income from savings accounts Stock dividends or rents. The a said it will request explanations from 60,000 veterans about the discrepancies in their income. The other 56,000 veterans will de questioned after More figures arrive from the social Security administration. Before the computer Cross Check was instituted the a relied on the veterans for accurate reports of income. A one individual had not reported Over $300,000 in unearned income received in 1989,�?� the Gao said in its report to Congress. The report said 13,600 veterans under reported their income by at least $4,000 in 1989. Another 5,500 did not report $10,000 or More to the a when applying for the pensions. Once the a notified beneficiaries that their income would be verified with the irs and the social Security administration the pension Rolls dropped by More then 13,000, a savings of $9 million a month the Gao said. The a plans to use the same system for checking income Levels of those applying for medical care. Report says those ties through an unnecessarily intrusive and paternalistic approach a army it. Gen. Teddy g. Allen director of the defense Security assistance Agency told the Gao. The Gao recommended that the Pentagon clarify its policy on what monitoring is required. Since 1980, the United states has Given $28 billion in military Aid to 70 countries the report said. Aid totalled $4.6 billion in the year ending sept. 30. Agency reports in 1987 and 1990 criticized controls in the Philippines Al Salvador and Liberia As a often inadequate to ensure that . Aid was used As  other countries in the Agency a Sample included Portugal Honduras Guatemala Barbados and Antigua. Some nations divert Washington a . Military Aid is being diverted by some countries according to a report. The general accounting office said it conducted 145 inventory checks in five countries of items that could be vulnerable to pilferage and found 32 cases in which the amount on hand differed from the amount shown on the books. . And Host country officials indicated that although diversion and misuse were not pervasive there had been some cases where . Military assistance was or May have been diverted a said the Gao. The Gao listed these examples of diversions a helicopter parts intercepted last year by . Customs officials had been Given to the philippine air Force and then sold to a private company without . Permission. A the official inventory of Thailand a air Force for 1990 made no mention of . Sidewinder missiles but the International Institute of strategic studies in London listed them As part of the thai Arsenal As Early As 1986. A Between 1985 and 1988 the United states gave the salvadoran air Force 61,107 Gallons of fuel which later were sold to . Air Crews supplying the con tras in Nicaragua. The report said . Law does not spell out . Responsibilities for the overseeing of materials furnished since 1981, and defense department guidelines Are vague on the subject. A therefore overseeing by the defense military Aid department is informal and limited and it varies from country to country a the report said. A without some form of overseeing the United states does not have reasonable Assurance that conditions regarding use Security and Transfer of .-funded items Are being  it said Congress May want to consider legislation that would compel the military to keep a closer Eye on shipments. The Pentagon told Gao that not Only would it need More manpower to increase monitoring of military Aid but that it also did not want to trample on the sovereignty of recipient nations. A present legislation allows the department of defense to strengthen military to military and other gov emment to government ties As opposed to undermining