European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . A or wednesday november 25,1992 experts fear soviet sub could leak plutonium new York apr a soviet nuclear submarine that Sank off the coast of Norway in 1989 is leaking radioactive cerium and soon could teak deadly plutonium Abc to news reported monday. The report quoted a russian submarine designer who surveyed the sunken Komsomol cts As saying the plutonium could leak from the nuclear warheads of two torpedoes. A we predict that leakage in 1994 or 1995,�?� said designer Nicolai Nosov who led an expedition to inspect the sub. The inspection took place last summer and Nosov was interviewed in Moscow last week. A we can definitely identify cerium 137, and we can definitely say this one came from the submarine. And we be managed to measure that it came from the nuclear russian and . Scientists have agreed to work together to decide whether to Seal off the submarine recover its warheads or Salvage the entire vessel the report said. It said neither government has decided what to do. The Komsomol cts which went Down with 42 soviet sailors aboard is resting on a ledge 6,000 feet below the surface in one of the worlds most productive fishing grounds according to Abc. None of the sailors survived. The report included videotape shot by an underway no year will a our last Chance and than it will is catastrophic. Plutonium will hit the water and it will by All Over. Than tha an Lars Roglon will is polluted and the food Chain a russian capt. Tengiz Borisov Ter camera of the submarine s shattered Hull and a torpedo tube with its outer door cracked open. The inner door separating the torpedo from the sea is disintegrating it said. Plutonium is one of the most toxic substances known. A single speck inhaled will kill a human. Cerium also is carcinogenic and accumulates in human and animal tissue. A next year will be our last Chance and then it will be catastrophic. Plutonium will hit the water and it will be All Over said capt. Tengiz Borisov a russian Navy Engineer quoted by Abc. A then the entire Region will be polluted and the food Chain Michael Benson is taken to an ambulance after his Rescue from a time filled vent in the Kilauea Volcano. Man plucked from Volcano copter saves camera operator trapped in vent for 2 Days Hilo Hawaii apr a Pilot lowered his helicopter equipped with a net and a 150-foot rope into a steaming volcanic vent monday and fished out a cameraman trapped inside for two Days. Michael Benson was the last of three men to emerge irom the thick toxic fog inside the Crater on the flank of the Kilauea Volcano after a helicopter crash landed saturday Benson 42, was being treated for inflammation of the lungs exposure and dehydration after the Rescue. A the knew we were hovering Over him so we put the net Down and let him get in blindly a said Jeffrey Judd a Hawaii volcanoes National Park Ranger. A we never saw him in the steam but the rope went tight and there he Benson and fellow camera operator Chris Duddy 31, were filming the rugged terrain for a movie studio when their helicopter lost Power and landed hard on the floor of the flu u o o vent. The Pilot Craig Hosking was rescued several hours la Lei at lie Era a site by a lire department helicopter. But Benson and Duddy had left to try to scale the 150-foot-High Interior Wall. Rescuers could hear shouts from the men. But rain fog and the steaming and fuming from the vent created a a whiteout Quot effect that made it impossible to see More than a few feet Park spokeswoman Mardie Lane said Duddy made it to the top sunday and was taken to Hilo Hospital. He was released monday. Benson remained stranded 60 feet below the rim for another night. During a Short break in the weather monday morning Pilot Tom Hauptman moved the helicopter Over the vent. Quot there were a few seconds when they could see where he was when the fumes separated so that a where they lowered the net a said Ranger Richard rasp. Benson was greeted by his wife Stephanie. He waved to those at the Rescue staging area before being taken to Hilo Hospital where he was admitted to the intensive care unit in stable found squeezed into freighter in Florida prom wire reports Miami a sixty two haitians were found crammed into two closet sized compartments on a freighter sailing up the Miami River on monday authorities said. Pour haitian crewmen were detained by the Border patrol pending an alien smuggling investigation. Authorities said the four allegedly demanded $500 to $700 each to hide the haitians aboard the 60-foot freighter Dieu my attend. A this gives new meaning to the word a desperation a a said Michael Sheehan a . Customs service spokesman. Eighteen women were jammed into a crawl space 2>/2 feet wide 4 feet High and 12 feet Long Sheehan said. Forty four men were in a slightly larger crawl space. They were not gunman surrenders Quincy Iii. A a gunman who police say tried to Rob a Bank surrendered after holding hostages for nearly seven hours monday. A Bank customer was shot and killed during the standoff authorities said. At least one person was released during the standoff at the town and country Bank and four others escaped at the same time said officer John Bingham. Several people a apparently hostages a left the Bank building As police led out the suspect. He was identified As David d. Cousins said officer Dennis Bingheim. Nearly 100 police and sheriffs officers had surrounded the Bank in this Western Illinois tactic for stolen cars Newark . A police will shoot fleeing stolen cars with globs of Blue or yellow fluorescent paint so the cars can be easily spotted the latest attempt to reduce car thefts that have plagued the City. Officials on monday announced creation of a team of officers who will use the non lethal paint guns and urged residents to Call police when they see a vehicle with a Blob. Officials said the idea is to counter the epidemic of car thefts without having to shoot at the Drivers of fleeing cars or risk the lives of officers trying to keep up with car thieves racing through crowded Plant to close Gore okla. A Sequoyah fuels corp. Said monday that it is closing a uranium processing Plant that has been ordered shut three times in six years. President Joe Sheppard said the company could no longer afford rising costs related to regulations and compete with foreign companies. Sequoyah fuels owned by general atomics of san Diego makes uranium hex fluoride and uranium Tetra fluoride. Nuclear regulatory commission spokesman Joe Gilliland said the Plant is the last in the United states that produces uranium hex fluoride by a process that turns uranium Ore into nuclear reactor fuel. The Plant was shut Down once after a 1986 Accident killed an survivor to visit Bosnia new York a Elie Wiesel who won the 1986 Nobel peace prize for his writings on surviving nazi death Camps said monday that he will visit prison Camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A i want to see the situation with my own eyes and meet the people Quot he said. A what else can i do but meet the people a Wiesel 64, did not want the Date of his arrival published for Security reasons but said he would go sometime this to the .? san Francisco a the Presidio of Monterey an army base near the Golden Gate Bridge May become Headquarters for a Environmental Agency the examiner reported monday. The san Francisco paper citing a letter sent to president elect Clinton from a Official said the soon to be decommissioned base could be turned Over to the United nations by the mid-1990s. The letter proposed that the Presidio be used As global Headquarters for the Environmental program seeking solutions to Urban pollution cleaning major military Sites and training environmental engineers
