European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes wednesday april 15, 1992 Star wars whistle Blower loses his Security clearance by George Lardner or. The Washington Post Washington a the army has lifted the Security clearance of Pentagon scientist Aldric Saucier on charges that he steadily lied about his academic credentials since he was hired 23 years ago. Saucier an outspoken critic of the multimillion Dollar strategic defense initiative was required to turn in his badge monday and has been barred from Access to classified information at All government and contractor facilities where he has a clearance on file. The action was first reported in defense week. The army has been trying to fire Saucier since feb. 14 for a unacceptable performance Quot but the dismissal notice has been set aside under provisions of the whistle Blower Protection act. The act requires a Pentagon investigation of his charges of waste mismanagement and fraud in the ski program popularly called a Star  with that inquiry still under Way col. James f. Roberts chief of staff at the army a strategic defense come Headquarters told Saucier in an april 7 letter that his clearance was being suspended and formal revocation was pending because of a recently discovered information that you knowingly and wilfully falsified official government documents leading to your fraudulently obtaining your appointment As a Federal civilian  Roberts said Saucier claimed on his employment form in 1969 that he had a bachelors degree in applied physics and a certificate in propulsion and nuclear engineering from the University of California at los Angeles a when you had not in fact earned such  Jeff Ruch a lawyer for Saucier at the non profit government accountability project said Saucier took courses at Urcla but a never maintained he had a degree Quot from there. Although the government employment form states he has such degrees Ruch said Saucier contends he never wrote that and he a never bothered to look at the form Quot after 1969. Saucier however told a reporter last november that he had a bachelors degree in physics and a an advanced degree in propulsion and nuclear engineering Quot from Urcla. Ruch said the action suggests growing concern at the Pentagon a about the disclosures Aldric is making to defense department investigators concerning management of the classified portion of the a Star wars  he said it also indicates that past background checks have not been very thorough. A there have been prior attempts to remove Aldrich a Security clearance and All have been rebuffed a he said. A this raises a question about Why they re trying to dredge this up after 23  Ruch said the government recruited Saucier a not on the basis of his academic credentials but on the basis of his experience Quot As an aerospace and research Engineer. But Roberts said Saucier was hired with advanced ranking As a gs-13 scientist a based upon the academic credentials you claimed to possess As Well As your work  he said Saucier a maintained this falsehood on All subsequent personnel records he submitted Over the past 23 years. Carlos Reyes Mazarin a supporter of peruvian president Alberto Fujimori rings a Cowbell monday outside the Headquarters of the organization of american states which was to meet Over the suspension of Peru s Constitution. Oas asks Peru to restore democracy Washington apr the organization of american states approved a Resolution monday night asking Peru to bring Back its Constitution after Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii complained that a you cannot destroy democracy in order to save  Baker told the Oas foreign ministers that there can be a no business As usual with a Peru that isolates itself from the International  hours later the Resolution was approved 32-0, with Peru abstaining. Earlier peruvian foreign minister Augusto Blacker Miller delivered an impassioned Appeal for understanding of the situation that induced president Alberto Fujimori last week to suspend the Constitution and dissolve the nations Congress. Blacker said the legislature had systematically obstructed Fujimori a efforts to Deal with drug trafficking leftist terrorism and pervasive poverty. As an example of the corruption of the Law enforcement system he said More than 100 confessed terrorists recently had been set free. He also noted that Fujimori has pledged to permit the electorate to pass judgment on his policies through plebiscites and referendums. A Peru has suspended certain articles of the Constitution but has not suspended the democratic process a Blacker told delegates assembled at the Oas Headquarters in Washington. The convening of the special Oas session had been delayed by a procedural dispute when an anti Fujimori delegation declared itself the True representative of the peruvian people. The session got under Way 2vi hours late with Blacker occupying the peruvian seat. A draft Resolution circulating among delegates expressed a the most profound concern Quot about the interruption of democratic processes in Peru and issued an urgent Appeal that they be reinstated. Blacker spoke for More than an hour about the crisis Fujimori is attempting to confront but the foreign minister faced an Uphill Battle in winning converts. Venezuelan foreign minister Humberto Calderon Berti said latin american history is filled with examples of leaders who subverted democratic processes because of a National emergency Only to trample on individual rights. A do we think this is going to be any different from what we be been through in the past a he asked. Baker said the Only a Long term beneficiaries of this assault on democracy in Peru will be those very terrorists and guerrillas who forcefully argue that violence is the solution to the problems of the peruvian  he said the Oas should Send a message to Fujimori that a this democratic hemisphere cannot and will not accept the undemocratic assault on constitutional processes that we have witnessed in  ammonia fumes afflict 35 Plant workers from wire reports Laki Tjem Fla. A ammonia fumes leaked from a Cooling unit at a vegetable processing Plant monday and 35 of the roughly 130 workers in the building were treated for breathing problems and released. The leak occurred outside the a Carrot House at a. Duda and sons Zellwood station farm in this Community Northwest of Orlando said company spokesman Tom Morgan. Ammonia a refrigerant leaked from a containment tank he said. A complaints ranged from burning in the Throat to coughing up bloody sputum a said Phil Kleinberg an official with Florida regional emergency medical services which provided 10 ambulances. Crash blamed on Pilot error Evansville ind. A human error caused the february crash of a Kentucky air National guard plane that killed 16 people according to the planets cockpit voice recorder reports said. Conversations in the cockpit indicated the co Pilot of the c-130b cargo plane stepped on the Crew to their deaths in a fiery crash that also killed 11 people on the ground where a hotel and a restaurant were set  strangled in toy net Burley Idaho a an 18-month-old boy strangled to death when he became entangled in a toy basketball net the Coroner said monday. Christian Watkins died saturday when he lost his balance and his head became entangled in the net said county Coroner Paul Young. His Mother Shelley Watkins had left the child with a baby Sitter. No charges will be filed against the baby Sitter who had stepped away briefly when the Accident took place said sheriffs detective Tim Little. Young said he would Send the basketball net and its Post and base to the Federal consumer product safety commission to determine whether it posed a Hazard to  War ii hero Dies Miami a retired maj. Gen. Robert a. Ballard a world War ii hero who reorganized and headed Florida s National guard died saturday of lung cancer. He was 78, Ballard a Birmingham ala., native was a much decorated Soldier in world War ii and was wounded in the Battle of the bulge. His affiliation with the National guard began in 1947.3rd explosion victim Dies Brenham Texas a a second occupant of the car that May have touched off a massive Gas explosion last week has succumbed to severe Burns bringing the death toll to three. Delores Medve 27, died sunday at a Houston Hospital. She and her Mother Gloria diver 46, who died Friday were in a car that was burned and nearly flattened in the explosion last tuesday. Authorities said the vehicle May have ignited the explosion when it drove into a vapor Cloud. The third death was that of a 5-year-old boy killed instantly when the explosion destroyed his family a Mobile Home. His Mother Jane Meinen 31, remained in critical condition monday. Medves 3-year-old son Travis who also was in the car was in stable condition. Sixteen others suffered minor injuries in the explosion which caused at least $6,6 million in property  Field blast kills 2 new Orleans a the coast guard reported that two workers died monday afternoon when a wellhead exploded in a Southern Louisiana Oil Field. No cause was Given for the Accident which occurred at 2 30 . In a Field being worked by Forman Petroleum about 20 Miles South of Barataria. The coast guard said the extent of Oil pollution has not been determined but the Oil company has deployed containment booms