European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 11, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 cleanup Crews make headway in puerto Rico san Juan puerto Rico a coast guard Crews and private contractors were gaining monday against an Oil spill that stained san Juan s Golden beaches and threatened disaster for its tourist Industry officials said. The coast guard reported sunday that since a Barge crunched into a Coral reef 300 Yards offshore Friday nearly 100,000 of the 750,000 Gallons of Oil disgorged into the Atlantic had been recovered. Another 400,000 Gallons in the vessel s leaking tanks had been pumped into a Salvage Barge by midday sunday. The Morris j. Herman carrying 1.5 million Gallons of Oil to the Caribbean is land of Antigua struck the reef before Dawn Friday after the Tow Chain to its tugboat snapped. The spill sullied six Miles of the coast much of it lined with hotels. An oily Sheen spread across 20 Square Miles of Ocean North and West of the Barge. But tourist officials were grateful that the rest of the Island escaped damage. The director of the government tourism company said occupancy rates at four luxury hotels dropped from 95 to 55percent on the first Day of the disaster but Luis Fortuno said it was business As usual at other Island hotels. Wider use of vets reported in tests baby you re special Susie a Bonobo ape cradles her 2vi-Weck old baby recently at the Columbus zoo in Ohio. Bonobos often mistaken for chimpanzees Are among the rarest apes in the world with Only about 90 in Captivity. Boston a the government conducted radiation experiments in at least 33 veterans hospitals after world War a More than double the number previously reported the Boston Herald said monday. More than 200 experiments were con ducted to examine the effects of Radia Tion on members of the military Accord ing to reports uncovered by the department of veterans affairs and obtained by the Herald. The reports do not say How Many peo ple were involved whether they were told the nature of the tests or if they gave their consent. Veterans affairs Secretary Jesse Brown said the reports Are significant be cause they indicate the purpose and scope of the experiments. Brown said two weeks ago that atomic research was conducted at 14 a Hospi tals after world War 11. The a and the departments of defense and Energy Are reviewing their files for More information on the experiments. If we find that veterans were subjected to improper research that would be morally and ethically unacceptable to me Brown said dec. 31. Other radiation experiments per formed on mentally retarded children and pregnant women in Massachusetts in federally sponsored studies have been re ported by the Herald and the Boston Globe. One a report written in 1954, said -211 radiation studies were conducted at 33 a hospitals by the end of -.1953, the newspaper reported. The tests also aimed to address prob lems associated with the study and Analy Sis of alleged service connected disability claims the a report said. Military and health officials and Mem Bers of the Manhattan project nuclear program launched the radiation testing program at a meeting in 1947, the news paper said. A committee of doctors administered the program and the first radioisotope unit was opened at a a Hospital in Van Guys calif., in 1948. The Experiment was separate from a similar one sponsored by the atomic Energy commission and the a kept the research secret the Herald said. Procedure delay May have doomed Mars observer by the Washington Post Washington seven months be fore the launch of Nasa s Mars observer managers made a change in the flight plan that might have caused the $500 Mil lion spacecraft to vanish aug. 21, Accord ing to sources familiar with the program. Instead of pressurizing the Craft s pro Pellant tanks five Days after the launch As originally planned Nasa managers decided to delay the procedure for 11 months until the observer reached the red planet. They did so ironically to Avert a potentially serious leak officials said. But the valves had not been designed to operate under the altered conditions the sources said and the result was prob ably an even worse leak that caused a catastrophic rupture in a fuel line and spun the Craft out of control. That the change in plan was made did not come up during a news briefing wednesday at Nasa Headquarters where an Independent investigating panel reported its conclusions about what happened to the spacecraft and Why. Sources expressed Surprise that mention of this management decision was omitted from the briefing and also from the report s executive summary and overview. The change is described however deep inside the report s 8-Inch-thick, four vol ume documentation which was not re leased to the Media but was available for review at Nasa Headquarters. Days to the huge a glub Sale 1jan. 14-17 a Call for info 06202-53767, w. Being stationed in Europe today Means dealing with a lot of changes., going to the Field Remote toy s and Cut backs in services on a regular basis. City colleges of Chicago s vide courses Are designed for today s adult learner Ina military environment. 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