European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 27, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 5 . Push to dismantle arms lacks safety policy expert says from wire reports Washington the Bush administration has no effective safety policy for dismantling thousands of warheads and shrinking the . Atomic weapons Complex a safety expert said tuesday. A with the Best of Good will one cannot detect anything that can responsibly be called a safety policy for the department of Energy a said Harold Lewis a California physics professor and a member of the nuclear regulatory commissions advisory committee on reactor safeguards. Lewis a member of the advisory committee since 1979, decried what he called an Quot unwillingness to receive bad news among the Energy departments senior managers. A if the Doe is unwilling to get its safety act together for the familiar needs of the Community How can it be expected to adapt to the novel requirements occasioned by recycling of warheads decommissioning of weapons systems Long outages at suspect locations. And so Forth a he asked the Senate governmental affairs committee. Rebutting Lewis assertions William Young the departments assistant Secretary for nuclear Energy said managers Are a directed not to Compromise safety to achieve  Richard Claytor assistant Energy Secretary for the weapons program said the panted Plant in Texas can disassemble up to 2,000 warheads a year to meet Bush a goal of reducing the nations stockpile of nuclear warheads from 19,000 to 6,500 by the end of the decade. But the department said the dismantling would require it to store tons of plutonium at the Plant the nations Only facility for assembling and disassembling nuclear warheads. The dispute Over the storage of the governments stockpile of plutonium illustrates the enormous problem the Energy department faces How to dismantle nuclear arms the nation spent nearly five decades building and disposing of the materials that fuelled the weapons and the radioactive byproducts of nuclear arms production. None of the critics has offered alternatives for disposing of the plutonium an explosive radioactive and toxic Metal that is shaped into Grapefruit sized balls and triggers thermonuclear explosions. Paul Nitze a former . Chief arms control negotiator under several administrations told the Senate foreign relations committee on tuesday that the Arsenal could be reduced to Between 3,000 and 5,000 warheads if the soviet Union agreed to a similar stockpile. Hans Bethe who headed the development of the first atomic bomb at los Alamos n.m., said an even smaller stockpile As few As 1,000 warheads might be desirable in the future. Prison guards7 use of Force restricted by the los Angeles times Washington the supreme court ruled tuesday that prison guards violate the Constitution when they needlessly pummel kick or torture prison inmates even if the blows do not cause permanent injuries. The 7-2 decision reinstates an $800 award won by a Louisiana inmate who was handcuffed and shackled by guards and then kicked from behind and punched in the face. He suffered bruises and dental injuries. Under the eighth amendments ban on cruel and unusual punishment guards May not a maliciously and sadistically use Force in the stars and stripes to cause harm a said Justice Sandra Day of Connor for the supreme court. While guards May use Force to put Down riots or enforce discipline a the unnecessary and Wanton infliction of pain by government officials violates the Basic tenets of the Constitution she said. The . 5th circuit court of appeals in new Orleans had thrown out the award on grounds that the inmate Keith j. Hudson had not suffered a a significant  rejecting that principle the supreme court said that such a Rule could allow guards to regularly torture prisoners. But Justice Clarence Thomas joined by Antonin Scalia said he sharply disagreed. A in my View a use of Force that causes Only insignificant harm to a prisoner May be immoral it May be tortuous it May be criminal a Thomas wrote a but it is not a cruel and unusual  a an american civil liberties Union lawyer who worked on the prison Case lambasted Thomas opinion As a simply  a it Means that if Rodney King whose beating by los Angeles police was captured on videotape had been beaten to a pulp but he did not suffer any broken Bones his constitutional rights would not have been violated a the Acle lawyer  blast rocks Syria s . Mission new York a a pipe bomb exploded outside the syrian Mission to the United nations on wednesday and hours later an identical device unexploded was found some distance away. It contained a message aimed at Syria. No one was injured. The bomb blew out a thick panel of Glass above the front doors and a chunk of Marble from the Corner of the 10-Story building a Block from the United nations. Besides the syrian Mission the building also houses the . Missions of 17 other nations. About five hours later an identical device was found near Lincoln Center approximately two Miles from the . Building said police spokeswoman sgt. Tina Mohr Mann. It was safely removed by officers using a robot. Police believe syrian officials were the target. A note next to the unexploded device in the phone Booth said a free syrian jews a reported sgt. Peter Sweeney a police spokesman. Investigators also found what they believe were fragments of a note in front of the office building where the explosion occurred Sweeney said. He noted that both devices were galvanized pipe bombs attached to Small propane fuel tanks. He said an Meo firecracker was hooked up to each device. M-80s have the explosive equivalent of a Quarter stick of dynamite. 10 years ago feb. 27,1982 a the Reagan administration began a Campaign against libyan Leader col. Foam mar Qadhafi by imposing a Boycott on Oil imports from the militant Arab country. 20 years ago feb. 27,1972 the . Security Council convened to Deal with renewed hostilities along the Border Between Israel and Southern Lebanon. Meanwhile reports from Beirut Lebanon said israeli planes and guns pounded Southern Lebanon for a second Day while israeli tanks and troops crossed the Border. 30 years ago feb. 27,1962 a the supreme court ruled unanimously that no state May require racial segregation of travel facilities and ordered a Federal court in Jackson miss., to immediately Grant to Blacks their Legal right to a Sun segregated transportation  40 years ago feb. 27,1952 British prime minister Winston Churchill said the former labor government succeeded in making an atom bomb for Britain but failed to inform parliament about the  of 3 escaped murderers captured Hinton okla. A authorities wednesday capture one of three convicted murderers who escaped from a West Virginia prison last week after spending months digging a Tunnel. After an All night search Fred d. Hamilton 34, was picked up shortly before Sunrise outside a farmhouse near Hinton 30 Miles West of Oklahoma City. Canadian county undersheriff Mike Rutledge who found Hamilton said he told him to get on the ground. Hamilton told him his  was Fred and when the officer asked what he did replied a a in a the Escapee you re looking  about 50 officers searched most of the night for Hamilton after an attempted Holdup at a convenience store in nearby Elrino on tuesday night. World War ii a sheriffs Deputy spotted a car that matched the description of one used in the attempted robbery and gave Chase. The car crashed near Hinton and the Driver ran away said department of Public safety spokesman Lee Lamirand. As searchers combed the wooded area along the South Canadian River Bottom uniformed officers knocked on doors waking up residents to warn them that a fugitive might be Loose nearby Lamirand said. The search was concentrated in a 16-Square-mile area near interstate 40 and . 281. A a it a a real wooded area and real isolated Tel Reno police detective Mike Risenhoover said. A a there a nothing out  the abandoned car was reported stolen in Millcreek pa., where Hamilton was last seen monday after abducting a Man driving 155 Miles from Benwood w.va., and releasing him unharmed. Hamilton was serving three consecutive life terms with mercy for murder conspiracy to commit murder kidnapping and armed robbery stemming from a 1977 Case in which a state trooper was killed. He escaped feb. 19 along with two other convicted killers through a 32-foot-Long Tunnel built under the dirt floor prison greenhouse. Tommie Mollohan and David Williams remained free wednesday despite a manhunt that expanded to Ohio Pennsylvania Oklahoma and new York. 50 years ago today feb. 27 1-9.4 2 an Allied naval Force of five cruisers and 11 destroyers tries to Stop an invasion Fleet heading for Java in the dutch East indies but the 18 japanese escorts sink five Allied ships and damage Many of the others while sustaining minimal damage. In the Philippines japanese troops sailing from Luzon land on the northeastern coast of Mindoro which is nearly undefended. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp .1961 a year ago Day 42 feb. 27 in the largest tank Battle since world War ii 800 american tanks and armoured vehicles from the Vii corps and the 24th inf div Mech smash three Republican guard divisions in Iraq 50 Miles West of Basra. Allied troops Parade triumphantly through liberated Kuwait City. Baghdad announces it will drop All claims to Kuwait if the allies halt the offensive