European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 c the stars and stripes saturday May 30, 1992 huge bomb shelter for Congress revealed. A i. R Kino tical Loor Forskin of saturday May 30, 1992 Washington a a special bomb shelter for Congress was dug into the West Virginia Hills alongside the luxurious Greenbrier resort hotel during the height of the cold War and has been maintained Ever since in Case of nuclear attack. The Concrete and steel facility built in 1958 at a Cost of $14 million is about five hours drive from Washington. It includes Halls where Congress could meet communications equipment and a Well equipped underground Bunker. It was not built to sustain a direct nuclear strike so its location was kept top secret with Only a few executive Branch officials and the top leaders in Congress supposed to be aware of it. Existence of the shelter was confirmed Friday in reaction to stories by the Washington Post and Washington times. Congressional leaders including House speaker Thomas s. Foley tried without Success to persuade the Post not to publish its Sun according to the Magazine Story one Wing of the sprawling antebellum style hotel a a Wing also used by guests a was specially built with massive steel doors and Large rooms that would allow the nations legislature to meet during a nuclear War. A secret hallway leads from the Wing into the underground Bunker built into a Hill. Inside is a dormitory with hundreds of bunk Beds communications equipment Power Plant and a dining room with false windows apparently to relieve the sensation of entombment the Post said. A statement Friday signed by the top democrats and republicans in Congress decried the reporting on the congressional shelter which they said was classified. A the key vulnerability of the program was that it relied upon a fixed facility which was not capable of withstanding a direct nuclear blast a the statement said. A it was always Clear that if the secret of the facility a location were to be compromised the effectiveness and Security of the program would be a the joint bipartisan leadership of Congress sought m several meetings with Washington Post editors to persuade the Post not to reveal the location of the facility. We regret their decision to do Leonard Downie jr., the posts executive editor said the paper weighed the evidence and concluded a this was a historically significant and interesting Story and its publication would not pose a great danger to National Security or human he said the effectiveness of the facility was already much in doubt citing among other things changes in the world and the underlying Assumption of a 1950s scenario including a Long warning time before a nuclear a grape time Eberhard tittles playing Bacchus taps a wine Keg to pour the first Glass in Germany a seventh Mjor wine growing area. Looking on at the ceremony held at Sci Sulitz is Sachsen Swine Queen Anke i. The so called wine Street Wei Strasse extends across the Eastern German state from Pirna in the Southeast through the Dresden area to Sci Sulitz near Meissen in the plans to return bodies of americans Washington up a Vietnam has informed the United states that next week it will turn Over the remains of As Many As 12 More . Service members missing since the Vietnam War the Pentagon announced Friday. It said the ceremonial repatriation will take place on june 1 in Hanoi. A Pentagon spokeswoman air Force capt. Susan St Mednansky said the exact number of dead to be turned Over was not certain because they were found at scattered air crash Sites or turned in by vietnamese citizens. The remains were found during a recent Vietnam-Csc-. Field search that included excavation of the crash Sites. After repatriation the remains will be flown to Hawaii where the army scentral identification Laboratory will attempt to identify them. A the . Government appreciates the efforts of the vietnamese government in helping to recover these remains a the Pentagon statement said. A resolving the Issue of . Soldiers still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia As a result of the Vietnam War is a matter of highest priority for the United some 2,266 . Service members Are still unaccounted for since the War in Indochina. Almost half that number Are officially listed As a killed in action a body not Force chief of staff defends f-15 flights by Chuck v1ncii Washington Bureau Washington the air Force chid of staff Friday defended his practice of periodically flying an f-15 on official trips to bases saying it is the Best Way to keep informed of what is happening a on the flight although Gen. Merrill a. Mcpeak has never made a secret of his f-15 forays the flights were criticized recently in an Nik news report that questioned his use of High performance jets when cheaper transportation is available. But Mcpeak who flew 269 combat missions in Vietnam offered no apologies and said he regrets not being Able to Fly More. A a in a not slowing Down a he said. A a in be Down the f-15 an average of 1.5 times per month since in be been Mcpeak pilots the f-15, at a Cost of $4,061 per hour rather than Riding As a passenger on less expensive aircraft because a it gives me a Chance to get to the Light line and have Contact with pilots and aircrews to get some kind of feel for what a going on a he said. A when i came to this Job i promised myself i was not going to lose touch with the real air the amount of flying hours Mcpeak logs is enough to maintain Only minimum proficiency he said recounting How he recently went one on one with an instructor Pilot at Nellis fab Nev. A i done to like it but i must say he won a Mcpeak said. The . Military leadership in Washington is often criticized for being a a Bunch of bureaucrats engaged in interservice squabbles Over budget dollars a Mcpeak said. 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