European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday october 1,1994 museum to redo bomber exhibit by the Washington Washington responding to a Ris ing Crescendo of criticism the smithsonian institution s National air and space museum said thursday that it is overhauling its planned Enola Gay exhibit. The changes came As a result of two mar athon meetings with representatives of the nation s largest veterans group both sides. The Forward Section of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima will remain a Central feature but much else will be added and deleted from the exhibit which some critics believed would portray the japanese As innocent even Noble Vic Tims of americans hellbent on revenge for Pear Harbor l the changes in the exhibit titled the final act the atomic bomb and the end of world War a include substituting a picture of american prisoners of War at the time of the Japa 1n the stars and stripes 10 year Sago oct. 1,1984 the egyptian armed forces confirmed that a mine found recently by a British task Force searching the Gulf of Suez was so Viet manufactured. 20 years ago oct 1,1974an evansvihejii., widow said two communist agents have demanded Between $50,000 and $500,000 for proof that her son is alive and to Start negotiations for his release As a prisoner of War in Laos. / \.-. 30 years ago v oct. 1,1964 sett Barry Gold water accused president Johnson of hiding the truth about South Viet Nam behind a smoke screen of deceit and deliberate lying by his administration a 0. 40 years ago oct. 1,1954 the five founding members of the Brussels pact agreed to invite West Germany and Italy to join an enlarged Western Alii Ance against communist aggression. _ ,._. World War ii 50 years ago today oct.1 1.9.4.4 British warships land greek soldiers on Vitilini lemnos and Levita in the Aegean sea British commandos land on Poros just off the greek coast . Troops on the Western end of the italian front attack toward Bologna in Belgium Canadian troops push across the Antwerp turnout canal and Advance through Antwerp s Northern suburbs toward the dutch Peninsula of . 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of would War ii. Bison books corp ,1981 a Nese surrender for another photo of Jap anese pos hearing the emperor s sur Render speech. Dropping  emotionally charged items As the dial of a Wristwatch from Hiroshima its face Frozen in time to the precise moment that the atomic bomb exploded and the jacket of a dead Schoolboy. Eliminating much of the last Section dealing with the postwar nuclear arms race. As now agreed to the exhibit will close with the formal japanese surrender in september 1945, thereby omitting a lengthy discussion of the atomic bomb s legacy which had been a major concluding Section in earlier versions of the script. The latest changes to t in exhibit which is scheduled to open in May came about As a result of a line by line review by a dozen museum officials and two representatives of the american legion. So. Forced t to take on Huke waste i Wilmington . A two boatloads of spent nuclear fuel from Europe were unloaded thursday for ship ment to a South Carolina storage site de spite that state s emergency request to the . Supreme court. . Energy Secretary Hazel o Leary gave the approval for the shipment after it was delayed for two Days by Legal Chal Lenges. The fuel rods were unloaded from ships near Southport and loaded onto a five car Cox train bound for the Savan nah River site outside Aiken s.c., near the Georgia line. It was scheduled to Complete the 370-mile trip Friday morn ing. The slow moving train was escorted by emergency Crews and state troopers As Well As a helicopter. Crowds formed As it passed through towns in North and South Carolina. ". -.i.-,  shortly after the shipment started out thursday the 4th . Circuit court of appeals in Richmond a rejected South Carolina s petition to rehear a lower court decision allowing the ship ment. -. Us. Supreme court chief Justice Wil Liam Rehnquist later denied a request to Block the shipment. The Energy department says it is obligated to take the weapons Grade uranium a St. Cloud minn., prison for robbery. Post office planning Nixon stamp desp the protest by the new York times Washington the postal service plans to Issue a stamp honouring Richard Nixon and the chairman of the House. Committee that oversees the Post office does not like the idea. Nixon died april 22 at age 81. Postal service spokesman Robin Wright said thursday that the Agency had a Long standing tradition of issuing Stamps honouring deceased presidents within a year of death. But rep. William Clay d-mo., who Heads the House Post office and civil service committee said he did not understand Why the Post office should Honor Nixon. Recalling the watergate scandal which drove Nixon from the presidency two decades ago Clay said in a letter to postmaster general Marvin Runyon the logic of honouring this disgraced president escapes me. He lied to the american people. He lied to the con  the letter made Public wednesday said honouring Nixon Wizir a stamp would be  the first class stamp would normally be issued Jan. 9,1995. Nixon s first birth Day after his death. But because a postal rate increase is pending and May take effect soon thereafter which would Render the new stamp obsolete the postal serv ice probably will Issue it in the Spring Wright said