European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 31, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 7 bomb forces College to cancel graduation a Grad with a future Savannah a. A a troubled College cancelled saturday s graduation ceremonies because of a bombing at the Savannah civic Center where the ceremonies were to be held. Meanwhile four students at Savannah College of Art and design filed a $12.4 million defamation lawsuit against the school on thursday alleging the school defamed them by linking them to an earlier bombing. School officials had no comment on the lawsuit. In the latest bombing thursday a pipe bomb hidden in a trash can blew out the East doors of the Savannah civic Center across the Street from the schools largest dormitory. No injuries were reported. A i would like to emphasize that the Only reason for cancellation of graduation is our overriding concern for Security and the safety of All students parents faculty and staff a said the schools president Richard Rowan. The first blast occurred april 6 and did minor damage to a school administration building door. No one was injured and Masoud Kark Cabadi adjusts his tassle thursday As he prepares to become the youngest graduate Ever of Orange coast College a Junior College in Costa Mesa Calif. The 10-Ycar-old, whose in is Over 200, wants to study Medicine. Masoud plans to enrol this fall at the University of California in Irvine and Hopes to Complete his medical training by the time he a 18. Sleeping worker suspended another quits at space Center a or a it a \ in a i r?1 / a a a Utun rare Nonorl ii Rinn on in no Mohnn Ina Oil a rtf11 no charges have been filed. Eight students including the four filing suit were subsequently told that they would t be allowed to Register for the next quarters classes until the investigation into the explosion had been concluded. The school has been Tom by controversy in recent months. Some students had called for a Boycott of the graduation because of the firing of several professors involved in demands for creation of a faculty Senate and a student government. Agent Joe Gordon of the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms in Atlanta said no arrests had been made yet. He said the Bureau would not speculate on whether the two bombings were related. A we treat every bombing As an individual incident a he said. A until such time As the investigation finds evidence that links them we will not speculate on  the april 6 explosion was not caused by a pipe bomb he explained. He said that was a an improvised explosive device a but he declined to release details about How it was made. Cape canaveral Fla. Apr a space shuttle Quality control worker found sleeping on the Job and smelling of alcohol has been suspended and a technician resigned after testing positive for drugs officials said saturday. The Quality control worker was found sleeping at Kennedy space Center around 2 30 . Friday in the vehicle Assembly building where orbiters Are attached to the shuttles boosters and external fuel tank said Nasa spokesman Karl Kristofferson. Both employees worked for Lockheed space operations co., contracted by Nasa to prepare shuttles for launch. The Quality control worker will remain suspended pending a company investigation said Lockheed spokesman John Williams. Williams declined to identify the suspended worker. He said a report indicated the Man smelled of alcohol. Williams also  identify the shuttle technician who resigned during an investigation into an april 22 hangar Accident involving the Atlantis shuttle. Three Lockheed technicians were moving work platforms in Atlantis engine compartment and failed to disconnect a purge line Kristofferson said. The line was Bent causing $11,000 Worth of damage and requiring 256 Man hours to repair. One of the three technicians tested positive for drugs although he Wasny to using drugs at the time of the Accident Kristofferson said. Officials would not identify the drug. Kristofferson said such instances Are rare considering that nearly 20,000 people work at Kennedy. About 6,500 Are Lockheed employees. A a we re a microcosm of the surrounding Community. What they be got we be got a Kristofferson said. A someone with a habit is going to get through once in a  of plane slides off runway Pope fab . Apr a military version of the Boeing 707 rolled off a runway while Landing Friday injuring the 14 Crew members aboard. The injuries did no to appear to be serious said it. Jim Knotts a spokesman for Pope fab. The Crew members were being treated at a base clinic. The air Force ec-135, known As an airborne command Post is part of the 2nd airborne come and control so based at Offutt fab neb. Such planes Are responsible for command of . Military forces should a nuclear attack eliminate ground command Knotts said. The aircraft costs $55 million said Offutt spokesman it. Lindsey Borg. The plane was testing communications equipment when it skidded off the end of a runway and across a Road Knotts said. He did no to know How far the plane skidded nor How much damage was caused by the Accident. A a plane this Large on soft ground is going to undergo some pretty heavy physical stresses a he said. A the Landing gear has been Tom off and the spine appears to be  some fuel leaked but there was no tire. Pm to clean up toxins at . Site Massena . Apr general motors corp. Has agreed to spend $78 million on the first phase of cleanup work at its foundry in Massena a Federal superfund toxic site the . Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday. Under a unilateral administrative order issued last month pm will remove contaminated sediments and soils from the St. Lawrence River and several tributaries the neighbouring St. Regis Indian reservation and several areas on the pm Plant site. A after some design work we anticipate seeing actual cleanup work begin by next Spring a Epa spokesman Rich Cahill said. The entire first phase will take five to six years to Complete he said. The Epa has already outlined the work necessary in a $38 million second phase of the cleanup and is negotiating with pm Cahill said. Since 1983, the Central foundry site has been on the Federal superfund list of toxic waste Sites most in need of cleaning up. Pm continues to make aluminium Cylinder Heads for automobiles at the Plant which is about 150 Miles Northwest of Albany on the new York Ca Nadian Border. As a result of Gmys past operations hazardous substances including poly chlorinated biphenyl or pcs were found in four lagoons two disposal areas and the Landfill on pm property As Well As in sediments in the St. Lawrence River system. Soils on the reservation were contaminated by Runoff water and Wastewater discharges said Cahill. Pcs have been linked to cancer in Laboratory  song causes controversy at school from wire reports Clifton . A pupils at a roman Catholic school have apologized to their pastor for protesting the schools refusal to let them sing the Queen song we Are the champions at their eighth Grade graduation. But one of the sacred heart school pupils Hugo Vaca diez said the apology letter was delivered thursday to monsignor Julian Varettoni Only because school officials had threatened to cancel next months graduation and class trip to the Pocono mountains Over the protest. A a the Only reason we Are compromising is no cause we want the class trip and the graduation a he said. The students had complained that principal Donald Quinlan refused to let them perform the song because Queens Lead Singer Freddie Mercury was bisexual. Mercury died of aids in november. Diocese spokeswoman Mary Aktay had said Only songs appropriate to a Church setting Are allowed at graduation. She said we arc the champions was better suited for a Pep rally. School officials said they would decide soon whether to hold the june 8 trip and the june 12  burglar kills self Rock Springs Wyo. A a teen Ager apparently shot and killed himself accidentally while bicycling away from the scene of a burglary the sheriff said. John Stephens 17, of Rock Springs apparently dropped a gun and stopped to pick it up and the gun went off when he shoved it Back in his Belt sheriff Gary Bailiff said. Stephens was found Friday morning near the office of a Mobile Home Park where he was suspected of ransacking at least two trailers. Police said some goods from the trailers were found near the blood Trail he  Snake kills owner Emmitsburg my. A a Man who kept poisonous snakes As pets died from a cobra s bite state police said. Brian Leslie West 25, died Early Friday within minutes of being bitten by a pregnant Black Indian cobra that he was tending in his basement said trooper Dennis Delp. West had permits from the Maryland department of natural resources to keep More than two dozen snakes in his Home Delp said. His relatives said they would get rid of the snakes