European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday july 7,1994 51 memo urged biomedical tests by Jason Vest. Washington Post Washington a a presidential commission tuesday made Public a once classified 1951 department of defense document in which officials proposed that extensive biomedical research and experiments should be conducted on human beings involved in atomic weapons tests. The presidents advisory committee on human radiation experiments created by president Clinton this year to investigate such activity has not found any implementation orders for the proposed experiments. But the memo recovered from the National archives indicates that soldiers involved in atomic Wear. On testing May have been unwitting medical Guinea pigs according to a committee staff member. At tuesdays Public meeting the committee also released documents indicating that despite Public denials As Early As 1947 the atomic Energy commission had a policy for conducting radiation experiments on humans. The group also released internal government memorandums from the Early 1950s that show a classified debate raging at the defense departments highest Levels Over whether the Pentagon should adopt an official policy to address the use of human subjects in medical experiments involving radioactive  though a policy was adopted in 1953, there seemed to have been a vacuum within the department Between 1951 and 1952 regarding the use of human volunteers a said Jonathan Moreno a committee staff member and bioethics professor from the state University of new York health science Center at Brooklyn. The panel commissioned following revelations that the . Government had exposed sometimes unwitting human test subjects to radiation has until april to examine the history of federally run or sponsored radiation test programs on humans. It then will present a report with recommendations on How to rectify problems and ensure that new ones Are not created. Committee members and staffers said the papers released tuesday provide a interesting look at a Pivotal period of modern american history and reflect the fixation with National Security prevalent at the time. For example a november 1950 associated press a tide described an dec medical research project on Arizona prisoners but an dec official told  that dec a has never sponsored a medical research project where human beings Are used for experimental  on tuesday however the committee released a 1947 letter Froni dec general manager Carrol Wilson to a University of California professor that sets standards for patient consent in upcoming radiation tests. It the committee also disclosed a 1947 order from an dec official classifying As Quot secret All documents referring to a experiments with humans since they a might have Adverse effect on Public  in the stars and stripes 10 years ago july 7,1984 a the soviet Union reaffirmed that its offer of talks with the United states on space weapons was limited to that subject Only and said the talks could not Convene until Washington agreed. 20 years ago july 7,1974 a Texas authorities announced that a shot fired by a. Sniper hit the Windshield of a patrol car escorting vice president Gerald Ford but said later that the Windshield was shattered by heat or a Rock from a passing vehicle. 30 years ago 1 july 7,1964 a former Katanga province president Moise Tshombe tasked by Congo president Joseph. Kas Mvubu with trying to form a transitional government predicted he would succeed within 24 hours. 40 years ago july 7,1954 a . Army Headquarters in Heidelberg Germany said it was negotiating with czechoslovak authorities for the released seven . Soldiers seized july 4 while sightseeing near the East West Border. 50 years ago july 7,1944 a breaking a veil of censorship on Germany s flying. Bomb assaults British prime minister Winston Churchill revealed to the House of commons that London had borne the Brunt of the attacks with 2,727 persons killed and 8,000 injured. 50 years ago today july 7 1 a 9 a 4 4 american b-29 combers strike the japanese Home islands a or the second time attacking Ria Vai installations at Sasco. The 3,000 japanese still alive on Saipan throw themselves at . Marines in a a a last ditch fanatical charge do Are massacred after fierce hand to hand a fighting. British guns Ana planes bombard German lines preparing or a big attack on the East end of the Normandy front. ,. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H Smith. Publishers inc. The world almanac of world War a. Bison books corp., 1901 firefighter Lani Cichy Battles a Blaze sweeping through Brush and Range land near Paonia Colo. Rage in 11 by the associated fress thousands of weary firefighters tuesday battled blazes that have blackened More than 140,000 acres in parts of 11 Western states. In Southern Nevada wildfires have scorched More than 43,000 acres in two Remote areas and officials said they have no idea How soon firefighters can control the  1 and in Arizona firefighters got the upper hand on Many of the 16 wildfires that have burned nearly 69,000 acres of Brush and Forest. The Region has been plagued by the fires since last week when lightning storms ignited dry Brush and Forest. Firefighters continued to Battle wildfires in parts of Colorado new Mexico Utah Texas Idaho and Wyoming Small or fires in Montana and Washington were controlled or contained. In California Crews gained enough ground on two Brush fires near Palm Springs to let most evacuees from about 500 Homes return. A but both blazes were still out of control after burning across More than 30,000 acres. A 19,200-acre wildfire that began Friday continued to Burn about four Miles South of Palm Springs i a a we re getting flare  and the peo ple in Palm Springs can see that but that does no Unican the fires getting any closer a said . Forest service spokesman George Kenline. A it Hasni to moved in quite a while.�?�. At one Point the fire came within two Miles of the City limits. The Blaze destroyed 14 Homes and damaged seven others sunday and monday about 10 Miles from Palm Springs authorities said. Forty five firefighters have suffered minor injuries or heat exhaustion. Authorities hoped to have the fire surrounded by today about 60 Miles to the Northwest a of Palm Springs an 11,000-acre fire burned Brush near Small san. Bernardino county ranches. In Western Colorado firefighters battled. Wildfires that burned at least three Rural Homes near Paonia and threatened the towns of Maybell and Elk Springs. Homeowner Jane Mcgarry said she w As driven out by a. Waif of flames 80 feet High. She and her husband Chuck Behrensmeyer lost their three Story log Home. A it was a towering inferno a Mcgarry said ail they have left Are their pets and a two vehicles. The fire near Paonia scorched 3.000 acres by tuesday. Elsewhere in the slate firefighters contained a narrow Blaze that charred 1,300 acres in the Roosevelt National Forest. Dozens of other fires continued to plague the Bone dry state fanned by hot dry w kinds. In other wildfires tuesday a a Arizona a series of fires covering 10,400 acres on the Halpai Indian reservation West of the grand Canyon was mostly extinguished or controlled authorities said. Officials have begun releasing some of the nearly 2,000. Firefighters working in the state. None of the states fires threatened Homes. A Nevada six archaeologists were called in to help identify Sites threatened by a wildfire that had scorched 3,000 acres about 130 Miles North of Las vegas. Another Blaze 30 Miles South had swept Quot across 40,000 acres by tuesday. A Texas firefighters battled four major wildfires in the Western part of the state that already have burned across at least 7,000 acres. In the Panhandle a fire that already has burned 4,000 acres threatened the town of goodnight. A Utah cooler weather let Crews rein in the largest of the fires that blackened More than 17,000 acres Over the Independence Day weekend. The biggest was the 13,240-acre fire in Western Utah a Tooele county. Firefighters said the Blaze 35 Miles West of Salt Lake was expected to be controlled by wednesday