European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 9, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7radioactivity linked to 45,361 Sites by the Washington Post Washington a More than 45,000 locations nationwide including factories and hospitals Are potentially contaminated by radioactivity a study says. The eight month study commissioned by the environmental Protection Agency did not attempt to quantify the health risks at any location or the degree to which radiation May have reached groundwater and crop lands. The authors concluded Only that emissions from the material a ranges from Levels approaching natural background to highly radioactive liquids and  researchers based their findings on a Survey of All available records of locations at which radioactive material was used stored manufactured a or spilled. Most of the material cited in the study derives from uranium Mill tailings or refuse from nuclear weapons plants and other facilities operated by the department of Energy or department of defense. Not All of the Sites identified Are definitely contaminated. Many of the 45,361 locations in the Epa study Are not Likely to be dangerous officials said. Nearly 20,000 of the Sites Are owned by the Federal government. Previously unreported Sites of potential contamination include the agriculture research Tenter in Beltsville my. Government scientists there used radioactive materials to simulate the effects of atomic weapons fallout on crops in the 1950s or 1960s. Nuclear weapons accidents in new Mexico new Jersey and Utah were also reported for the first time according to an Independent expert. Although the Epa has had authority to clean up radioactive waste and limit Public exposure the Agency has never issued regulations governing the disposal or cleanup of the material. The study by a private consulting firm was commissioned in 1990 to determine the scope of the problem. Michael Shapiro the Epars Deputy assistant administrator for air and radiation said the study indicates the a Large universe of potentially hot Sites but a May Lead to greater concerns than is warranted. Because a single weapons Complex May contain hundreds of Sites of pollution he said the total number May appear to overstate the problem. Still environmental activists and congressional staff members who have seen the Epa draft report said it underlines the need for the Epa to set cleanup standards for contaminated Sites and Issue regulations to enforce them. The Epa draft which is scheduled for release at a Senate governmental affairs committee hearing today is being reviewed by the . Nuclear regulatory commission. The arc plans to release an a action program for cleaning up radioactive contamination at 46 Sites under its control some of which arc on the Epa list. Researchers suspect suffocation causes about 1 of 4 crib deaths los Angeles apr a study suggests that Ordinary bedding materials May have suffocated Many babies whose deaths were blamed on a crib death a scientists said tuesday. A perhaps one in four of sudden unexplained infant deaths May be explained by exhaled Carbon dioxide being trapped around the baby a face by bedding such As pillows comforters and foam Beds a said or. James Kemp a paediatrician at Washington University school of Medicine in St. Louis. Babies whose deaths were blamed on the mysterious sudden infant death syndrome or crib death should be investigated As possible suffocation victims if they were found face Down said or. Bradley Thach a Washington University paediatrician who conducted the study with Kemp. Kemp presented the findings in Anaheim Calif., during the annual meeting of the federation of american societies for experimental biology. The syndrome kills about 7,000 infants annually in the United states. Many possible causes have been proposed none has been proved. Safety groups believe infants should never be put to sleep on adult Beds pillows cushions or rugs. Kemp said parents also should put infants to bed a on their Side or Back unless there is some medical reason not  10 most endangered Rivers named Washington apr the Columbia and Snake River system where hundreds of Northwestern fish species Are imperilled by dams and development Heads a conservation groups annual list of North americans most endangered Rivers. A there has been a tremendous decline in the number of native fish moving up and Down those Rivers a Kevin Coyle president of american Rivers said in announcing the 1992 selections tuesday. A where there once were 16 million to 20 million migrating fish annually there now Are 2 million a he said blaming hydroelectric dams for most of the damage. The Florida Everglades and the Colorado and Mississippi Rivers also made the top 10 list which Coyle said symbolizes some of the continents a worst environmental  the Rivers were picked because they face imminent damage from dams diversion dredging pollution mining logging and other land development he said. The group also released a second list of 15 threatened Rivers including the Ohio River and the Rio Grande. For the first time since the inaugural list in 1984, american Rivers is shifting its emphasis toward River restoration instead of Protection of remaining stretches of undeveloped water Coyle said. A now we Are looking at River segments that already Are declined. One of the Premier examples of that is the Columbia Snake River system a he said in an interview. That system running through Oregon Washington and Idaho was chosen no. 1 primarily because the american fisheries society has found 214 of the systems native fish species to be endangered threatened or imperilled. In the past year the National Marine fisheries service has declared the Snake River Sockeye Salmon to be endangered. It has proposed that three other Northwestern Salmon species be added to the list of threatened or endangered species. Californians american River and Maine a Penobscot River both threatened by dam proposals appear on the 1992 list for the fourth year in a Row. Alaska and British columbian a Aisek and Tat Shenshin River system made its third consecutive appearance. Coyle said the largest open pit Copper mine Ever proposed threatens those wild Rivers. Washington a endangered Rivers 1. Columbia and Snake River system. 2. Alsa and  River system Alaska and British Columbia. 3. Great whale River Quebec. 4. The Everglades Fla. 5. American River Calif. 6. Colorado River. 7. Mississippi River. 8. Penobscot River Maine. 9. Beaver kill and Willow Mec River system . 10. Blackfoot River Mont. Source american Rivers a amps Susan Harris Quebec a great whale River also threatened by a hydroelectric project and the Everglades were listed for the first time. A most wetlands Are in fact River systems a Coyle said. A the Everglades were really a Sheet of water 100 Miles wide that surged through South Central Florida. Over time that Reservoir has dried  american Rivers listed the upper reaches of the Mississippi River last year but has expanded its concerns from the headwaters in Minnesota to the Mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. In addition to citing the threat of Oil spills from single Hull barges the Grout is taking aim at a non Point source pollution a Runoff from the bread Basket of the United states in the form of soil agricultural chemicals and Industrial waste a Coyle said. Rounding out the top 10 Are the Beaver kill and i Lomec River system in new Yorkus Catskill mountains and the Blackfoot River of Montana. Coyle said his group has succeeded in winning legislative Protection or postponing development on each of the Rivers it has listed As the most endangered since 1984.seized assets increase to $644 million in year from wire reports Washigton a the Federal government seized $644 million in illegal assets in fiscal 1991, a 29 percent increase Over fiscal 1990, the Justice department said tuesday. The $644 million brings to More than $2.4 billion in Cash and property that has been seized from drug traffickers Ana other criminals since the program began in 1985, the department said. A total of $460 million was seized in 1990. The department said state and local agencies received $279 million in total forfeitures in fiscal 1991, property valued at $21 million was transferred to state and local Law enforcement agencies $150 million helped support the National drug control strategy $98 million aided Federal Law enforcement agencies participating in the program and about $68 million was used for business costs Case related expenses and innocent third party , Pilot faulted Midland Texas a a Federal jury on tuesday found the builder of an air plane and a Pilot at fault for a 1990 crash that killed five people. Williams aviation co. Sued Mitsubishi heavy industries claiming the Mitsubishi Mu-2 turboprops design caused the plane to crash in icy conditions on Valentines Day 1990. Witnesses for Williams aviation said the planets de icing equipment was inadequate. Mitsubishi attorneys said the crash resulted from poor Pilot decisions. The jury decided Mitsubishi was 68 percent responsible and the Pilot was 32 percent responsible. Pilot Kenneth Mardis died in the crash along with four supporters of Clayton Williams who was Defeated by gov. Ann Richards in his 1990 bid for that office. . District judge Lucius Bunton is expected to Issue a judgment in about a week attorneys  leads to suspect Providence . A a student essay that vividly described the slaying of a variety store owner helped Lead police to the suspect. Police chief Bernard Gannon said the essay by an unidentified Junior High school student a fairly Well outlined the shooting of 76-year-old Josepn Cebulski on March 8. It included the line a i shot him but he kept  the writer was an acquaintance of the 14-year-old suspect police said monday after his arrest. The three paragraph essay a class assignment described a youth acquiring a gun and targeting a store to Rob As a Way to make a name for himself in the asian gang Community it. Terry Crawley said. A what it feel like thinking How a killer feel like Well it fee Normal. Its like stepping on a cockroach a the essay began. The writers teacher at Nathaniel Greene High school turned the essay Over to police