European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 52, no. 234 500 wednesday december 8,1893 d 8693 agis to get More Protection aim is defense against nonconventional weapons Washington apr defense Secretary Les Aspin announced tuesday a new program aimed at better protecting . Troops from the chemical nude a and other nonconventional weapons they Are Likely to face in future wars. Under the initiative the Pentagon will put greater emphasis on Battlefield missile defences improved detection of nuclear biological and chemical weapons biological warfare suits and vaccines and Means to locate and attack underground targets. A we face a bigger proliferation danger than we be Ever faced before a Aspin said in a speech at the a key assaulted in Denny Case tonal Academy of sciences. He said new measures Are needed because Quot a policy of prevention through denial wont be enough to Cope with the potential of tomorrows prolife raptors a spin pointed to lessons Learned front the persian Gulf War with Iraq in stressing the need for munitions capable of destroying underground installations where nonconventional weapons Are being built or stored and better ways to Hunt Mobile missiles such As the scud. He said the United states is proposing clarification of anti ballistic missile accords to allow development and testing of Battlefield missile systems. The new initiative will have five elements Aspin gets 10 years los Angeles a a judge gave the maximum 10-year sentence tuesday to the Black Man convicted of beating White truck Driver Reginald o. Denny and attacking other motorists at the outset of last years riots. Damian m. Williams 20, will receive at least two years credit for time served since his arrest and for Good behaviour since then meaning he could serve eight years at most. The defense had asked for probation in the april 29,1992, attacks on Denny and other motorists. But Superior court judge John Ouder Kirk told Williams a a it a intolerable in to because of their before announcing the sentence the judge played a videotape of the riot at see Denny on Page 2 Williams this society to attack and maim people lights action camera astronaut Story Musgrave holds the Ture taken from the shuttle endear Hubble space Telescope during a our. The Crew planned two More spacewalk Early tuesday in this Pic spacewalks. See Story on Page 5. Said creation of a new Mission by the president changes in what the Pentagon buys plans to fight wars differently changes in intelligence missions and cooperation with allies. President Clinton has sighed a National Security directive authorizing the defense Secretary to make military preparations Tor the threat of nonconventional weapons proliferation a senior defense official said. The official speaking on condition of anonymity said that the program would Cost a easily hundreds of millions of dollars and that other items in the defense budget would have to be Cut to pay for it. . Reveals 50 years of secret nuke tests Washington a the Federal government concealed the existence of More than 200 nuclear weapons tests since the 1940s, including some in which radiation was released into the environment the Energy department acknowledged tuesday. The department releasing a series of documents As a first step toward More openness about its nuclear weapons program said 204 nuclear tests were conducted at its Nevada test site and never revealed to the Public because the government was fearful of disclosing information to the soviet Union. In addition the department disclosed new data about the explosion size of 48 other tests conducted in the Pacific Between 1945 and 1990. Private researchers Long have speculated that the government had conducted secret tests. But the number Given by the sen tests on Pago 2rhein-main reportedly prepares to boost Bosnia Effort by Mark Kinkade staff writer Rhein main a Germany a air Force officials Here Are preparing to expand substantially the people and c-130 aircraft committed to delivering Relief supplies to Bosnia and Herzegovina according to sources at the base. Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher said dec. Actor Don Ameche who won an Oscar Lor Quot cocoon a has died at ago 85 a see Page 5 1 that the United states wants to boost operation provide Promise to include Landing aircraft at an Airport in Tula in Northern Bosnia. The proposal termed an a a offers by a defense department spokeswoman dec. 2, must be approved by the United nations and the three v Irving factions in the Region. A Pentagon spokesman said no decision about the inside today a woman suffering from cancer allegedly paid a teen age neighbor to kill her. Has been made and Rhein main officials referred ail questions to the defense department As the proposal undergoes diplomatic scrutiny Rhein main officials want to be ready to support an additional 10 to 60 cargo aircraft sources said. Also civil engineers Are looking at ways to construct a a tent City to House Between 200 and 500 additional see Bosnia on Page 2 and politics . Leaders and indiscretions Are frequent companions seepage td-19
