European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Saturday april 23,1994 erint is selected to replace Patriot Washington a the Pentagon has decided to develop a Texas made mis site instead of a new generation of the Patriot missile ending a tug of War Between Texas and new England lawmakers. Deputy defense Secretary John Deutch informed members of Congress on thursday that the Pentagon wants to proceed with extended Range interceptor missile developed by Loral Vought systems of Dallas. The decision comes at the expense of Raythelon co. Of Lexington mass., Developer of the earlier generation i Patriot missile that went head to head with iraqi scud missiles during the persian Gulf War. Deutch said one of the main factors examined was which missile could Best defend against ballistic missile attacks by weapons with chemical biological or nuclear warheads. A fundamentally erint provides More reliable higher lethality against these threats than does the Multi a he wrote. Texas lawmakers said the multiyear contract could be Worth $400 million to $800 against Mode missile,1 in the stars and stripes 10 years ago april 23,1984britain said it is breaking off relations with Libya and ordered the expulsion within seven Days of All libyans inside that country a besieged embassy in London. 20 years ago april 23,1974 a a pan american Boeing 707jetliner with 106 people aboard crashed in flames on the indonesian Island of Bali police announced. 30 year Sago april 23,1964 a Britain traded soviet master spy Gordon Arthur Lonsdale for businessman Greville Wynne held by Moscow on espionage charges in a pre Dawn Exchange at a tensely guarded Berlin Border Post. 40 year Sago april 23,1954 a a soviet secret police officer said in Bonn West Germany that he had been sent to Frankfurt by the former soviet ambassador to the United states Alexander s. Panpushkin to assassinate a Leader of an anti soviet resistance movement. World War ii 1 it 50 years ago today april 23 1 94 4 american soldiers occupy Hollandia without a fight and head Inland from the Northern new Guinea coastal town meeting organized japanese resistance near Sabron other troops capture Tadji Airfield before joining the Pursuit of the japanese. Nationalist chinese soldiers replace american units South of Man pin in Northern Burma taking Over responsibility for capturing the town. Source 2194 Days o 1 War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world Walt Bison books corp., teat a million. Details have not been worked out. Spokesmen for Loral Vought and Raythelon had no immediate comment. Until 18 months ago the army intended to buy both missiles. Then tightened budgetary considerations entered the picture and the army was told to pick one program. Raythelon which developed the entire Patriot missile defense system and is prime contractor for its upgrade had been widely viewed As the presumptive Winner. But the army indicated in february its preference for erint Over Rathe on a Multi Mode missile. Angered by that decision new England lawmakers quickly mobilized and successfully sought an Independent review of the army a selection process. A Pentagon appointed panel recently reaffirmed the army a selection of erint. A based on operational requirements and the findings of the Independent review group the department concludes that erint is the Correct Choice. And is vital to achieving the Best defensive system for our armed forces a Deutch wrote in a letter received thursday by lawmakers. Admiral called Back to Helm at Annapolis Washington a adm. Charles r. Larson who commands . Forces in the Pacific is being called Back to serve his second stint As superintendent of the . Naval Academy which has been rocked by a cheating scandal. Defense Secretary William Perry announced thursday that Larson 57, would replace rear adm. Thomas c. Lynch who came under congressional criticism for his stewardship at the Academy because of the scandal and concern Over sexual harassment of female students. Larson commander of the . Pacific come at Pearl Harbor Hawaii also served As superintendent of the Annapolis md., Academy from 1983 to 1986. Several weeks ago Pentagon officials concluded that 71 midshipmen were involved in cheating on a 1992 electrical engineering exam. Last month the Board recommended that 29 students be expelled from the Academy and 42 others be Given a lesser punishment. Thirty five midshipmen were cleared by the Board and 28 students were cleared previously or left the Academy while the the investigation was being conducted. One recommendation stemming from the Academy troubles was that a higher ranking officer head the institution. Lynch is a two Star Admiral while Larson holds four Star rank. Perry selected adm. Stanley r. Arthur to succeed Larson at Pearl Harbor. Arthur now is vice chief of naval operations at the Pentagon. Potent Symbol Jerome Smalls of Charleston s.c., wearing chains to reflect his slave ancestry holds a Confederate Flag As he demonstrates thursday against the Banner being flown above the South Carolina state House in Columbia. Smalls demonstration came As a state Senate committee held a Public hearing on flying the Flag at the Capitol. Hanford radiation exposure called bigger than thought by the new York times Pasco Wash. A a team of government sponsored scientists said thursday that thousands More people Over a much larger Region than previously thought were exposed to deliberate releases of radiation four decades ago. Culminating seven years of research that Cost the government $26 million the scientists recalculated the doses absorbed from releases at the Hanford weapons Plant in Southeast Washington during the 1940s and�?T50s. The government which did not admit to the emissions until it responded to Public pressure in 1986, first estimated those doses in 1990. On thursday the panel said in essence that the risk from the emissions was higher than estimated in 1990 for people living 100 Miles or farther from the Plant but lower for people living with in 20 Miles. The panel also lowered the estimated contamination from a secret military test in 1949 known As the Green run. The exposures to children from the test which involved a huge release of radioactive iodine into the air to help the military develop surveillance for soviet atomic bomb plants amounted to roughly 0.27 Rad a very Small amount of radiation that most scientists consider an insignificant risk to health. Nevertheless the panel of 15 scientists and three members of the Public affirmed and expanded the Basic conclusion it made in july 1990. At that time the panel announced that people in the Pacific Northwest including thousands of children were secretly exposed to higher Levels of radiation from the governments bomb Industry than any civilian population in the United states. Parents lose Appeal on Pagan teachings in schools by Scripps Howard news service a group of parents who sued a Colorado school Board for teaching Pagan greek and roman religions in a literature class have lost their Case. The Colorado court of appeals on thursday upheld the dismissal of the parents claims in Teller county and ordered them to pay Legal fees to the winning Side. The Case now goes Back to Teller county District judge Donald Campbell to determine the fees. The suit was filed by David and Kathryn Skipworth Virgil and Linda Pineda and Dale Thomas against the Woodland Park school Board and the state education commissioner Over a world literature class. The parents argued that the Colorado Constitution required the teaching of morality in Public schools and that educators should have offset the greek and roman teaching with other religious Les sons including those in the Bible. In rejecting the parents claims the a peal court said previous court decisions prohibited the mandatory Reading of the Bible in Public schools. The court also rejected the claim that schools Are mandated to teach morality. The court said schools Are required by Law to teach history culture and government but the method of teaching is within the province of the Board of education