European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday february 6,1994 army plan to Burn chemicals backed Washington a scientists Are supporting an army proposal to Burn thousands of tons of chemical agents an munitions in specially built incinerators saying it s better than keeping the deadly Materiel stored for years. A committee of the National Academy of sciences said in a report Friday that the army should go ahead with burning the stockpile of More than 30,000 tons of chemical Materiel some of it dating to world War i. It said an alternative method that would chemically decompose the mate Riel might be suitable at two Sites and therefore should not be abandoned. But Overall the panel concluded that de laying the destruction until potentially safer methods than burning Are devel oped will result in a higher Overall risk the report by members of the facade my s National research Council rep resented a major Victory for the army s in the stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 6,1984 the lebanese Cabinet resigned while the nation s army without opposition yielded to shiite Muslim militiamen the main Road leading to the . Marine base at Beirut International Airport. 20 years ago feb. 6,1974-. Newspaper heir Ess Patricia c. Hearst 19, was drag ged from her Berkeley calif., apart ment after the kidnappers beat and tied up her Fiance and a neighbor. 30 years ago feb. 6,1964 the mayor of the Small town of Notasulga Ala., defied a Federal court order by barring six negro students from All White Nota Sulga High school As a crowd of angry White men watched and cursed As the negroes arrived. 40 years ago feb. 6,1954 the big four for eign ministers scheduled restricted meetings on the problem of holding a big five conference that would include red China after the Kremlin appeared to have closed the door to agreement on German unification. World War ii 50 years ago today feb. 6 the red army ruptures the German line Northeast of Kriwoi Rog and Nik Opol capturing Apostolov. Bitter fighting continues around Monte Cassino in Italy in Burma japanese troops threaten to Cut off the 7th Indian div in the coastal a akan Region a British Force enters Northern Burma hoping to drive the japanese from my Itkina. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp. 1981 a $8.6 billion program to build eight Plant around the United states to Burn the stockpile. After the Job is completed the plants would be torn Down. Amid Strong opposition from some environmentalists and from residents near the eight Sites Congress had directed that the army wait for the research Council s finding before outlining a final disposal plan. The army now has about two months to develop the final plan although test Burns of chemical stocks already Are under Way at an incinerator in Utah. Facilities at the other seven Sites have yet to be built critics have argued that there Are safer ways to dispose of the huge stockpile. The munitions and chemicals restored at facilities near Anniston Ala. Pine Bluff Ark. Umatilla Ore. Pueblo Colo. Aberdeen my. Lexington by. Newport ind. And Tooele Utah. Incinerators Are planned at each of the Sites. Crash of Craft deals setback to anti missile test program by the san Francisco examiner san Francisco an already troubled Pentagon program to develop a High flying unmanned aircraft that can destroy missiles on the Battlefield has suffered another blow with the crash of an experimental aircraft in the Mojave desert. Officials at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced that the Raptor demonstrator a Small unmanned test plane crashed in a Remote area of the flight test Range at Edward Safe during a routine test flight tuesday afternoon. The cause is under investigation. The aircraft had been flying continuously for32 hours at 15,000 to 20,000 feet when it suddenly crashed during the test of a flight control system. The plane was built by scaled Compo Sites co. Of Mojave for Lawrence Livermore under a program sponsored bythe ballistic missile defense Organiza Tion. Although Pentagon and scale composites officials would give no de tails the crash almost certainly will Post Pone a hoped for 1996 or 1997 Demon stration of a theater ballistic missile kill an actual test of the aircraft s ability to Knock out missiles. The program named Raptor Talon be cause the aircraft is designed to carry two Small kinetic kill hype velocity Talon missiles is aimed at developing an unmanned Aerial vehicle that can destroy Battlefield ballistic missiles. It already was in trouble in Congress because of budget cuts. After a $36 Mil lion budget in fiscal 1993, the Pentagon requested $22.5 million in 1994. Despite budget problems development had continued on the aircraft s navigation sys tem computer automatic land and take off and infrared sensors. Neither Pentagon representatives nor scale composites general manager Michael Melvill would comment on How the crash would affect the program s timetable. Nor would they give a cause of the crash. We have a pretty Good idea Melvill said but refused to elaborate. Officials said the automatic flight control system had performed Well in recent flights. The aircraft had a ride 19 Success Ful test flights before the crash. A Les Aspin stands in the spotlight during his Farewell ceremony Friday. Aspin leaves Pentagon Praise for successor Arlington a. A for Mer defense Secretary Les Aspin re turned to private life Friday nailing his successor and the country s Mili tary leaders. I know that As i leave this Job America s Security is in great hands the former Wisconsin congressman said at a  in his Honor at fort myer. Aspin who chaired the House armed services committee before president Clinton nominated him As defense Secretary was pressured to resign two months ago. William j. Perry who had held the no. 2 Job at the Pentagon was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in thursday to re place  s first Choice to succeed Aspin adm. Bobby Ray Inman dropped out last month saying he was the victim of unfair press attacks. Perry said Aspin set the Pentagon on a new confident course As the cold War ended. Aspin also had Todeal with the emotionally charged is sues of Gays in the military and women in combat As Well As the closing of military bases As the defense depart ment s budget continued to shrink. This was Aspin s second tour at the Pentagon. During the Vietnam War Aspin was a weapons systems analyst for defense Secretary Robert s. Mcnamara. Jackson probe reportedly alive by the los Angeles times los Angeles a Santa Barbar county grand jury is to Convene this week to begin hearing testimony about whether entertainer Michael Jackson sexually molested a Young boy Over a period of sever Al months last year sources close to the investigation said Friday. Subpoenas already have been delivered to a number of witnesses the sources said. They added however that neither Jackson nor his Young accuser has been asked to testify so far. The grand jury s actions do not necessarily signal that an indictment is on the Hori Zon. Grand juries often Are used to gather evidence not just to consider indictments. But the decision to Convene the grand jury sends the strongest signal yet that the criminal investigations of the entertainer Are continuing despite last month s settlement of a civil Case brought against Nimby his alleged victim. Lawyers for Jackson and the alleged victim a 14-year-old boy who filed a lawsuit against the Singer Las year announced Jan. 25 that they had settled the boy s Case. The Resolution of the suit prompted Many observers to speculate that the Progress of the criminal Case might be severely hampered. That would particularly be True Legal analysts say if the boy decided that it was not in is Best interests to testify in the criminal Case now that the civil matter was concluded