European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes Friday january 24, 1992 error led to irradiation of workers Agency says from wire reports eight workers at a Nebraska nuclear Plant received doses of radiation exceeding Federal standards after supervisors pinned the employees measuring badges on the wrong part of the body the nuclear regulatory commission said. The Nebraska Public Power District which operates the Cooper nuclear station in Brownville has admitted the devices were in the wrong place but maintains that the men were not exposed to excessive radiation. The exact amount the men received and whether they could suffer any serious medical problems Are not yet known Anthony Gaines an arc investigator in Arlington va., said wednesday. The Power company received a notice of violation from the arc on dec. 12. The notice cited the october incident and also said the Plant failed to maintain up to Date work  Flash a Power company spokesman said the infractions carry no Fine. The eight men had been hired As temporary workers by a subcontractor. They were assigned to strip insulation from nozzles attached to lines carrying water used to Cool the plants reactor. As they worked they had their backs to the source of Cambridge mass. Apr technological advances that blur the lines Between computers telephones and television could dramatically reshape the . Economy officials said wednesday. Apple computer inc. Chairman John Sculley said americans goal should be a a National information network Quot that would link businesses hospitals Homes and schools. It would be the electronic version of the interstate Highway system. Sculley and the Heads of other major computer companies such As International business machines corp. And digital equipment corp., want the government to take a More Active role in promoting this Agenda. A what we Are waiting for is a compelling vision a said Sculley noting that the private sector has much of the know How but requires government guidance. Supporters of this concept say _ it would help make american workers More productive and make american schools More competitive with those abroad. A the question of what to do about a National telecommunications policy is the sleeping giant new York up a an unemployed Manhattan Man was having lunch wednesday with a German woman interested in buying one of his kidneys for $25,000 after the Man advertised that he was a a desperate and willing to part with an Organ. Thomas Frey 28, a College educated former dispatcher for a Manhattan messenger service said he took out the and in the free weekly newspaper the new York press after other publications including new York Magazine and the Village voice rejected it. A desperate. Will sell kidney or lung. $25,000 each a the and says before giving Frey a phone number. A you can sell sperm for Money you can sell blood Lor Money a Frey said wednesday. A i can live the rest of my life with one  he said a German woman had called him about the offer saying her doctor has told her she needs a kidney transplant within a year. Frey said he planned to meet with her and her attorney for lunch wednesday. He added that he had a few other offers in his bid to get out from under $20,000 in debt in one shot. A a she a willing to give me $25,000. Ill be on top of the world a he said. A a in a going to be rid of the creditors. I m going to be clean but then ill have to Deal with the attorney Gen radiation but the tags used to measure radiation had been attached to the front of their bodies. That meant radiation was measured after it had already filtered through their bodies producing an artificially Low Reading the arc said. The arc said nuclear Industry workers should be exposed to no More than 3 Rem of Gamma radiation in three months. Maximum exposure for an average person should be no More than 1.25 Rem. In a related development the Energy department corrected itself wednesday and said that All of the radioactive wastes that were shipped improperly to commercial treatment facilities Over an 11-year period came from Only the Oak Ridge weapons Complex. When a report on the shipments was released tuesday a department spokesman said some of the wastes mostly motor Oil and sludge contaminated with Small amounts of radioactive materials came from the Savannah River weapons facility in South Carolina. But the spokesman said wednesday that was erroneous. The department said its report confirmed that several million pounds of radioactive wastes had been shipped since 1980 to commercial disposal plants where the wastes were burned. The department said the radioactivity Levels were exceedingly Small. In our economic future a said rep. Edward Markey d-mass., chairman of the House subcommittee on telecommunications and finance. Markey also said the United states needs a National communications policy that would shift military research dollars toward commercial applications. Without such a policy a America will relegate itself to a second class status a Markey told the gathering sponsored by Harvard University a John f. Kennedy school of government in Cambridge. Several forces Are behind this trend. First is the growing Reliance on information As a business resource. At the same time products such As telephones televisions and musical recordings Are moving toward the same Type of digital technology that is the basis for computers. Telephone companies Are increasingly eyeing the information business after winning authority last year to provide electronic information such As Stock quotes. Sculley gave a glimpse of what might be on the horizon showing a simulated Home computer system that would answer phone Calls schedule appointments and research information. The system would be activated by the users voice. A this is not a fantasy a Sculley said adding that the first generation of such computers could be available this decade. Eral. I have a feeling  want to make hav out of  Judy Doesschate an attorney for the state health department said he might be right considering that a 1985 Law makes it a Misdemeanour offence punishable by up to a year in prison to knowingly sell a human Organ. Frey said he has used up his unemployment benefits and has been out of work for a year. A i m about to go to a shelter and become a degenerate or commit a crime which 1 done to want to do a he said. A i want to be a Good citizen and pay my debts a he called his decision to take out the add an act of controlled  a a in a not mad and in a not greedy but in a not going to sell drugs like some  Frey said that to get around the Law he will either donate his kidney and the recipient will then donate Cash Back or he will lease the Organ probably for 99 years. Whatever the transaction requires Frey said he was sure of one thing. A it will All be Down on paper he said. T a Doesschate said such a contract would be unenforceable since Selling an Organ is illegal under any terms.  town sheriff kills himself with Shotgun from wire reports Bristol a. Sheriff Marshall e. Honk or who was under investigation by a Federal grand jury for alleged fraud and embezzlement killed himself wednesday. Honaker who resigned last week As president of the National sheriffs association went to his office and shot himself in the Chest with a .12-gauge Shotgun said City manager Paul Spangler. The shooting came a Day after a Federal grand jury in Roanoke began an investigation of Honaker 55, who had been sheriff of Bristol for 18 years. He was accused of skimming $377,700 in payments to his jail made by the District of Columbia and the Federal government for housing prisoners. An investigation by the Fri and the internal Revenue service began shortly after he bought a House Worth six times his annual salary. According to an internal Revenue service agents affidavit Federal agents raided the sheriffs Home and office Jan. 10. They seized his $245,000 Home truck and car and found $63,281 in Cash stashed in his office desk the affidavit  burned in stunt Webster mass. A a 13-year-old boy trying to recreate a stunt he had seen in the movies was seriously burned tuesday when he doused his clothes with lighter fluid set himself afire and jumped from a garage roof. Police said Christopher Plaza was first taken to Hubbard regional Hospital and later transferred to the shrines Burns Institute in Boston. He was listed in fair condition wednesday. Christopher and two friends had been jumping from the roof onto a mattress when they decided to make it More exciting by adding flames police said. The boys apparently believed the flames would be extinguished during the  teacher Dies new York a a schoolteacher who was shot in a crossfire As she sat in her car died wednesday. Audrey Chasen 53, had been on life support since she was shot Jan. 9 in the Bronx. She and three other teachers were in a car stopped at a traffic Light when a Street fight broke out. The other teachers weren to Hurt. Chasen was a teacher at Junior High school 22 in the Bronx. One Man was arrested shortly after the shooting. Another was returned to new York on wednesday after he was arrested in san Diego police said. Quot rep. Jenkins retiring Washington a rep. De Jenkins a Champion of the textile Industry in its fight for Protection against asian imports announced wednesday that he will retire from the House at the end of his term. The 59-year-old Georgia Democrat a member of the tax writing ways and Means committee said in a statement that after leaving the House he would return to his Home state to practice Law. Jenkins has been a representative for Georgia a 9th District since 1976.wife abuser pleads guilty Seattle a Man who kept his Wile chained to a Kitchen Wall for most of seven months has pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment. Edward Knighton 31, entered his plea tuesday but offered no explanation for his behaviour. Superior court judge Joan Dubuque scheduled sentencing for next month. Prosecutors have recommended a 16-month prison term and no Contact with his wife Tammie Knighton for five years. Knighton was arrested after his wife 29, managed to get a letter to her family in California telling them of the abuse. Government urged to take role in revolutionary info network jobless Man desperate to sell Organ