European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Saturday sunday december 85/26.1993 data sought on nuclear test subjects Washington a the Energy department is trying to find out what happened to people who were used for Scotet radiation experiments sometimes without their knowledge. The department unveiled a toll free a human experimentation hot line Quot thursday. Anyone who has information about medical or scientific radiation experiments conducted on humans is being urged to Call. The number is 1-800-493-2998, and the Doe says the phone will be staffed from 8 30 . To 4 30 . Monday through Friday by experts from the departments office of environment safety and health. A spokesman said the number was established As part of the Doe Effort to learn More about secret human experimentation conducted by the Federal nuclear Energy program in the 1950s and 1960s. Ltd. A a s t. Energy Secretary Hazel of Leary said earlier this month that about 800 radiation tests were conducted on humans and that some of the subjects were not aware of the risks. Of Leary a office has started to release formerly secret documents on past human experiments and bomb production by the Doe and its nuclear Agency predecessors. Radiation experiments at the Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory included at least 319 Hospital patients employees and convicts according to a report by the oregonian in Portland Ore. The paper said a four Page summary of the Battelle experiments shows that the tests ranged from injecting radioactive substances into volunteers to irradiating prison Rierso sex organs with a rays the Battelle list came to Light because of inquiries about the experiments on prisoners. Researchers also confirmed that at least 235 newborns were injected with iodine 131, a weak radioactive isotope during research designed to learn How the Normal thyroid gland works in infants. The research was carried out in Tennessee Arkansas Nebraska Michigan and Iowa. One scientist or. Lester Van middles Worth of the University of Tennessee at Memphis said results of the Newborn studies were widely published in the 1950s and 1960s. Middlesworth said that the studies used radioactive isotopes that Werc Only about one percent As Strong As those used in similar tests on adults and that there were no reported injuries or ill effects to the babies. The Battelle summary reports that researchers injected five people with phosphorus 32, a Short lived isotope in a 1963-64 test designed to find out How much radioactivity people were accumulating by eating fish from the Columbia River. A the Hanford Federal nuclear facility in Southeastern Washington was then releasing radioactive elements into the River from eight plutonium production reactors. Use to flee from Cuba Columbus a. A Fidel Castro a daughter obtained a phony passport gained weight and put on a wig a Large coat and heavy makeup in order to escape from Cuba. Now her concern is for the 16-year-old daughter she left behind. A you have to realize fac desperation it takes to turn a persons Core to Iron to withstand the hardship of escape and the possibilities that there May be no nope of seeing your child again a Alina Fernandez Revulta said thursday. In her first Public appearance since defecting monday the former Model spoke to reporters at the Home of Elena Amos a wealthy cuban american who has helped other cuban defectors. Fernandez was asked if she had any words for her father whom she has called a tyrant. She responded a i do not have a message for him. My message would be for the cuban government and the people of Cuba to Fernandez help my  her daughter also named Alina celebrated her 16th birthday Over the weekend. A she encouraged me to do it Quot Fernandez said through a . Immigration official who served As an interpreter. Fernandez who is in her late 30s, said the poor condition of cuban schools and her daughter s education were among her chief reasons for leaving. A the Only Way to help my daughter is to come out first a she said. Fernandez was denied permission to emigrate from Cuba with her mexican husband in the 1980s. She said she gained weight acquired a fake Spanish passport and disguised herself for the flight to Spain then the United states. Fernandez smother Natalia a Una tip Revuelta had an affair with Castro in the mid-1950s and Early 1960s. A. Mhz a 11ir.iiln i a a it a a a i i of str i a a a a a. ,. Trading Waves for rays sea Lions ignore the a no Docking sign As they Sun themselves at pier 39 on the san Francisco waterfront wednesday. According to the locals the usual sea lion population of about 50 increases to several Hundred during the Winter months As the animals take Advar Tage of the pier to Catill some rays. Sex officer acquitted in slaying Colorado Springs Colo. A a Juty has acquitted a retired air Force lieutenant colonel who shot to death a 17-year-old youth during a traffic dispute. Vern Smalley 55, was found innocent wednesday of second degree murder and reckless manslaughter in the april death of Carmine Tagliere Iii. Smalley contended that he pulled his gun in self defense and that it went off accidentally. Smalley stared straight ahead As District judge Michael Heydt read the verdict which ended a 3vi-week trial. He left the courtroom without comment. The boys father Carmine Tagliere jr., said the verdict seemed to say that a murder is Legal. That a amazing to  a you Tell the parents in this town to lock up their children because its open season on them a Tagliere said. He and his wife have a lawsuit pending against Smalley. Heydt ordered the destruction of Smalley a .357-Cal Ber pistol. The younger Tagliere was killed april 21 alongside interstate 25 on the North Side of Colorado Springs Smalley contended that he Drew his pistol in self defense against Tagliere after the two Drivers pulled off the Highway and the angry boy punched Smalley. The defendent said the gun discharged accidentally As he was being punched. Prosecutors said _ Smalley carried an illegally concealed weapon in his car. They portrayed him As a vigilante whose weird habits of policing the Community made him a danger to everyone. The defense contended that Tagliere was a hot tempered bully who routinely instigated fights. The boys parents disputed the  lawyers want nude photos excluded from trial los Angeles a Michael Jackson a defense team will fight to exclude nude photographs of the entertainer from evidence in any child molestation trial. A we will be litigating whether or not the photographs will be admissible at a later time in court a attorney Johnnie Cochran or. Said thursday. In a live message wednesday carried by satellite worldwide Jackson described a body search by criminal investigators adding that a it was the most humiliating ordeal of my  a-13-year-old boy suing Jackson g3ve police a detailed description of discoloration of the entertainers private parts which could be crucial to verifying the teen agers claims sources have  Law enforcement source speaking on condition of anonymity said thursday that investigators had compared the teens description to the pictures of Jackson. The source would not say whether the description was Correct and said no immediate decision on whether to file criminal charges against Jackson was expected because authorities want to be a extraordinarily thorough and fair. Earlier this year Jackson said he has vitiligo a skin condition that causes blotches. Trial in the civil molestation Case is set for March 21. 1 British tabloids had a Field Day thursday with Jackson a four minute statement in which he also railed against Media coverage of the scandal. London headlines included cops Strippe it me naked in the daily Star. A a i stripped for cops by Jackow in the daily Mirror. A a my naked Nightmare in the Sun. A a Jacko in a totally innocent in the daily express. A a Jackson my humiliation in the daily mail. Bill Handel morning talk show Host at Kif am radio in los Angeles said reaction was mixed. A a half the callers agreed he used the Media for much of his life to become famous and when it goes the other Way All of a sudden its a horrible Media out there a he said