European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday Novi Bulf 28,1993 wastes suspected at 215 Sites . -., Utah and the dict Frt a Washington a containers of nerve agents Mustard Gas and other chemical weapons May be buried in a least 215 Sites around the country the Pentagon reported tuesday. The report said that the army is no aware of any immediate threats to human health or safety and that some of the Sites May prove to have Little or no chemical contamination. But it said it will probably take up tothe year 2034, at an estimated Cost of $17.7 billion to destroy All the nonstick pile chemical agents and Materiel such As storage facilities and Spray tanks. The disclosures were made in a final report on unaccounted for chemical Tox ins that the Pentagon sent to Congress on tuesday. The 215 Sites with confirmed or Poten Aladdin doll cited As posing choking risk by newday new York Aladdin the movie won rave reviews but As a $3.99 soft Plas tic doll on a hot Pink skateboard it got panned tuesday branded by consumer officials As an unsafe toy. This version of Aladdin an import from China was cited with 27 other toys by the new York City department of consumer affairs and the private . Public interest research group. The list ing is part of a Campaign by consumer advocates to prod Congress into passing legislation to strengthen toy Labelling requirements related to choking  should be careful this Holiday season. That these cute toys Don t turn into hazards when the kids pull off Small parts said Richard Schrader new Yor City s acting consumer commissioner. The Aladdin toy is a Good example among Many examples As to Why con Gress should pass the child safety Protection  the toy manufacturers of America Trade group says it believes the legis lation on stronger Labelling requirement Sis not necessary. The group supports a Bill that would pre empt states from pass ing their own Labelling Laws. Choking is linked to the largest num Ber of toy related fatalities having been a Factor in 14 of 30 toy related deaths be tween Jan. 1, 1992, and sept. 30 of this year according to the . Consume product safety commission. Dan Rumult a spokesman for the commission said All toys on tuesday s list would be checked for compliance with Federal standards. The presence on the list of three pull toys imported by pier 1 imports inc. Drew Quick action said John Baker Merchan dising administrator of the retail Chain. Baker said in a Telephone interview from his fort Worth Texas office that he had checked a pier 1 outlet and found two of the items cited had Loose knobs. He ordered All pier 1 stores to remove and discard the knobs and notified the commission which is checking to see whether further action is required. Baker said Only a negligible number of the toys were sold. Jennifer Kohn a consumer advocate on Schrader s staff said the Aladdin toy poses a danger because the skateboard wheels come off fairly  she said the City determined that the wheels fail to meet Federal standards for Small parts in toys for children under 3. It s not Clear whether the toy is licensed by the Wall Disney co., which nude the Aladdin movie. A Duney pokes Nan said he was not aware of the City s charges and would look into them. Tial chemical weapons Are at 48 Active military installations and 34 former de sense Sites in 33 states the . Virgin is lands and the District of Columbia. The figures marked an increase from Drums containers of a Star Jas Ian lewisite nerve agents the blood agent Hydrogen cyanide and the choking agent phosgene. Most of the chemical wastes and vow ski ural Sosa aft efm Praskw-wj81teo new states were Colorado at s the  the army s Rocky Mountain Arsenal and in the 1950s, although some cases 01 to Pueblo depot activity and new York at suspected weapons Sites go Back 10 the former Mitchell Field on Long is a Tigon divides the Sites into five the identified cleanup Sites Are part of classes. Classification one  broaders5 corps of engineers of involves  where chemical fort focusing on More than 1,700 former weapon Tenel has no to co defense site that Are believed to contain classification five applies to e location buried toxic wastes chemical agents or where no remedial work needs to of Susort said the munitions May in it states a elude mortar rounds bombs rockets and Fomia Colorado Maryland new Jersey Texas and Utah and the District of Columbia have a total of 22 classification one Sites. Utah and Maryland each have six of those Sites. In Utah they include defense depot Ogden used to Bur Mustard Gas and phosgene in the 1940s. Dugway proving ground used in the1940s As a chemical munition Impact area. And Tooele army depot with 26 pits for disposal of chemical munitions in the 1940s and 1950s. For no Federal Sites landowners have been asked to Tell the army of any changes in Access to or development of the properties. Anyone who finds military ordnance should immediately Contact the local fire or police department the report said. Bad noose Good news twirling her rope expertly California Highway patrol officer too smart it dodged the Lariat and took off for a Short spell Obj. Batton is Bent on catching an escaped Bull on the out Freedom. But the Boll was roped later by a civilian in the skirts of pearls on monday. But the 300-Pound animal was neighbourhood. Limits on indecent broadcasts overturned by the new York time Washington a Federal appeals court on tuesday struck Down a govern ment regulation prohibiting indecent television and radio programs broadcast Between 6 . And Midnight. The ruling was made by a three Mem Ber panel of the . Circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia. I said that the Federal communications commission in trying to shield children from indecent programs did not adequately consider the first amendment rights of adults to View such programs. The immediate results of the ruling Are unclear. It would seem to allow Broad casters to televise indecent programs at any time. But Robert Ratcliffe. The assist ant chief for Law at the acc s mass communications Bureau said the Agency would probably enforce rules under which the Agency operated until 1991. Those rules have never been explicitly ruled unconstitutional but they Are stricter than the one struck Down tues Day. They restricted indecent program Ming to after 8 . Tuesday s ruling Isth latest in a Complex series of court opinions aimed at defining How the government May balance the desire of Many people to quarantine offensive material while preserving the Constitution s guar Antee of free speech. The commission enacted the Regula Tion last year in response to a mandate from Congress. Lawmakers earlier or dered the Agency to impose a 24-hour ban on material that according to the acc Falls Short of obscene or porno graphic but is considered contrary to standards for broadcast  the Agency defines indecent materials depicting sexual or excretory activities or organs in terms that Are patently offensive As measured by contemporary Community standards for the broadcast  appeals court last year struck Down the 24-hour ban As unconstitutional. On tuesday it said the Agency had not justified the narrower Safe har Bor for broadcasting indecent materials Between Midnight and 6 . Noting that the government said the regulations were largely to protect Chil Dren from indecent materials the appeals court said we can locate no Evi Dence in the record that the government has taken the pint amendment interests of adults into account in advancing it compelling interest in the Protection of.  the judges said that limiting protected speech had to be done carefully and that the commission acting i haste because of the congressional Man Date had not done that. Asp a regrets flying american during strike Washington a defens Secretary Les Aspin regrets any concern he May have caused Union member when he boarded an american airlines flight for a Caribbean vacation during flight attendants strike the Pentagon said tuesday. His staff made serious efforts to try Roget him onto a non american flight but was unable to do so spokeswoman Kath Leen Dulaski said. She said Aspin who departed fro Washington s Dulles Airport on sat urday had no other available time for vacation during the Winter. The Only other option was to take a military plane at a Cost to taxpayers of $60,000 for flying time Delaski said. It was a hard decision to make Buthis staff advised him to do it and he re Grets if it has caused any concern in the labor Community. He did not intend that to happen she  Edwards a spokesman for the association of professional flight attendants said the Union knew of Aspin s action but was More concerned with finding Resolution to the walkout. The airline and the 21,000-Metnberunion agreed monday to submit their Ais putt to binding arbitration alter presi Dent Clinton interceded