European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Thursday june 16,1994panel May Widen radiation probe by Scripps Howard news service Washington a a presidential committee on human radiation experiments May significantly expand its focus to include thousands of people affected by radiation test fallout members said tuesday. Duncan Thomas one of 15 members of the advisory committee on human radiation experiments also suggested that the panel include victims of Radium treatments in its yearlong study of human radiation experiments. Quot there seems to be an emerging consensus among committee members that our report should try to present some sort of a big picture of the cold War Story Quot Thomas said at tuesday s committee meeting. This Quot might entail summarizing various episodes that Are Only peripherally related to radiation a experiments but necessary background to put them in the context of the cold War Story a Thomas said. Democratic rep. Edward Markcy of Massachusetts whose subcommittee published a ground breaking 1986 report on human radiation experiments issued a statement tuesday praising the advisory panel for Quot its willingness to consider remedies for victims As Well As the big picture of All cold War radiation exposures. Jim. If the committee finally decides to expand its focus it would represent a political Victory for groups that have been trying for decades to win government compensation for their problems. The groups include a military veterans who were exposed to radiation during atomic bomb tests. A Marshall islanders also exposed during tests. A uranium miners exposed to High dosages during mining. A and a Down Winders a individuals mostly in the West who were exposed to radiation downwind from . Tests of atomic explosions in Nevada. Most of the groups a except the Radium victims a already have won the right  a benefits claim with the Federal government. But the groups complain that the claims process is slow unwieldy and unfair particularly since in Many cases they can to get the government information needed to prove their cases. Since the advisory committee is expected to recommend some kind of compensation scheme in its report the fact that these groups Are included could boost their efforts to win a government remedy for themselves experts say. A Thomas suggested that the committee plan to spend much of its time and Energy studying various individual medical experiments such As the test in which 18 people were injected with plutonium a without their knowledge or consent a by government scientists in the 1940s. A. But the panel also has been charged with investigating at least a dozen cases of Quot intentional environmental releases of radiation including four atmospheric radiation tracking tests in 1950 at los Alamos . If the committee interprets its Job broadly enough that category of intentional releases could include atomic veterans and other similar groups Thomas said. A we feel these could be part of the Story a Thomas said although he also noted that such Quot mass exposures probably would be Given less attention by the committee than other less notorious individual cases. Quot fortunately Many of these arc stories that have already been largely told a he  with the mortar like the troops under his command defense Secretary William Perry needs to get out into the Field. Monday was one such occasion. Under the supervision of sgt. 1st class Donzell Howard Perry got some hands on experience with an Simm mortar at fort by nning in Perry also used inc Opportunity to meet with noncommissioned officers. Honest Abe tops poll As Jordan Jesus tie new York up Abraham Lincoln a popularity has withstood the test of time but basketball superstar Michael Jordan is gaining on Jesus Christ among younger adults according to a Survey released tuesday. The Survey conducted by the Gallup organization for the history Channel sought to find out whom americans most Admire and what their attitudes toward history Are. The poll involved a random Sample of 1,001 american adults and was aimed at providing a Benchmark for television viewers interest in history and history related programming. Among those most admired Lincoln came in first with 17 percent of All age groups followed by John f. Kennedy with 9 percent Jesus Christ with 8 percent and Martin Luther King or. With 5 percent. The responses from younger adults differed somewhat. They too chose Lincoln Kennedy and King As the figures they Admire most. But they ranked their fathers Malcolm x and Ronald Reagan before Jesus. Jesus garnered 2 percent As did basketball baseball player Jordan George Washington and Ben Franklin. Dan Davids general manager of the history Channel which will be launched Jan. 1, said the results were unexpected. Quot while i Admire Abe Lincoln i was really surprised that he stuck out a with almost double the percentage of Kennedy Lincoln the next most admired person Juk. And i was really surprised that Michael Jordan and Jesus Christ tied. Quot i guess it shows that admiration is a function of How much time you be been around and the period you live the Survey also found that the respondents remembered the Kennedy assassination most vividly followed by the first Moon Landing and world War ii. Those surveyed said they find history made during their lifetime to be the most interesting trailed by Early 19th-Century history. Ancient history and european history elicited Little enthusiasm. Davids said he was heartened by the surveys finding that almost half of those questioned Are More interested in history than they were five years ago. Quot that a music to the ears of someone who wants to launch a history Channel a he said. Sex Navy chief s son shielded in probe court says Washington apr the son of a former naval Secretary was Given preferential treatment during a criminal investigation for credit card fraud a military appeals court has concluded. The opinion by the Navy Marine corps court of military review said Navy officials in 1992 shielded Henry l. Garrett in a Seaman at the Lime after he admitted to marijuana use lying under oath and credit card fraud according to a Navy spokesman. Rear adm. Kendell m. Pease jr., the Navy chief of information said tuesday Quot we just received the opinion and we re reviewing  Garrett is the son of former Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett ii who served during the Bush administration. The three judge panel said the younger Garrett received Quot extremely lenient treatment on charges for which Quot any other Sailor in the . Navy would have been court Martiale according to the Washington Post. In Early 1992, Garrett was restricted to base for 30 Days fined $880 and reduced in rank from Seaman to Seaman apprentice. He has since left the Navy. The senior Garrett resigned in june 1992, accepting responsibility for a a leadership failure in connection with the Tail Hook convention scandal. The court has no authority Over Henry Garrett Scase because he was punished administratively Pease said. The opinion was part of the Appeal by Seaman apprentice Chad e. Kelly who was convicted of credit card theft in the same investigation and stood trial at a general court martial. Kelly received a two year prison sentence a bad con duct discharge and $14,000 in revoked pay the Post reported. R j the court found that the Quot disparate treatment resulted Quot solely from Garrett a status As the son of the Secretary of the  adm. Mike Boorda now the Navy Stop ranking Admiral was identified in the opinion As having granted the younger Garrett an unusual Transfer to Washington in late 1991 at his father s Behest the Post reported. Boorda was chief of naval personnel at the time. The senior Garrett denied trying to influence the investigation and denied asking Boorda to Transfer his son to Washington from san Diego naval station where the investigation was under w a. I scrupulously avoided any involvement a Garrett told the Post