European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 11,1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 of tests spread Salt Lake City Apt he air Force simulated nuclear reactor meltdowns in the Utah desert in 1959, spewing radiation Clouds into the air the Deseret news reported sunday. The eight tests were conducted at Dugway proving ground the site of dozens of chemical biological and radioactive tests during the cold War said the newspaper which reviewed government documents obtained through the free Dom of information act. The documents showed that sensors tracked radiation Clouds up to 20 Miles downwind and across a 210-Square-mile area. The newspaper reported however that the Clouds spread an that at least two Small towns in Northwestern Utah May have been in their path. Based on government figures the newspaper estimated that the total amount of radiation re leased was 14 times higher than that emitted Dur ing the three mile Island reactor disaster in 1979 near Harrisburg a. Experts were divided on the danger to the Public.  v ".  Daniel Hirsch former director of a nuclear policy Institute at the University of California a Santa Cruz said the tests May have caused tens to hundreds of cancer cases downwind. Richard Wilson a physics professor at har Vard University in Cambridge mass., and a specialist in nuclear reactor safety said there was Little or no risk to residents downwind. The tests were conducted As the air Force and the atomic Energy commission were attempting to develop a nuclear powered aircraft. They decided they should assess the hazards or the Craft s reactor melting Down Dod accused of stalling dilation closure son i by the Newyork times Washington after three rounds of closing military bases and with the biggest round still to come More than one third of the installations that were slip posed to close have managed to stay open in some Way a new study by a business group says. The operations that survive at 26 major bases that have been ordered shut since 1988 could Cost the government More than $15 billion in the next five years said an analysis conducted by business executives for National Security a private Washington based organization that seeks to reduce spending and eliminate waste at the Pentagon. The study whose results were to be made Public monday said the Pentagon has allowed bases to stay open by unnecessarily transferring defense depart ment offices and other Federal agencies As Well As re serve military units. In some cases the commissions that recommended the closings approved the changes in plans the report said. V i the study also faulted local officials Many of whom fought closings in the first place for embracing a continued Federal presence rather than trying to rely in Tiroly on commercial projects. The findings raise questions about the savings the Pentagon has said it expects the defense department has estimated that Shenall the closings Are Complete toward the end of the decade savings will amount to $4.6 billion a year. De sense Secretary William Perry is relying heavily on this Money to pay service members train them and modern ize weapons. A three special commissions established by a Law that sought to sidestep the political and bureaucratic tangle that normally arise when military bases Are closed met in 1988, 1991 and 1993. The commissions listed about70 major installations to be closed and the recommendations were approved by  1990, the Pentagon has reduced its forces by about 30 percent but the number of bases has dropped by Only about 15 percent military officials have sail yet Pentagon officials who say it takes five to six years to shut Down a base completely Challenge the new study. They say some bases listed As open in the report Are closed or Are going to close soon. They also said nine bases were closed in just the last two weeks. No one expected the restructuring of one of the world s largest organizations to,.be easy Quick or smooth said Joshua Gotbaum the assistant Secretary of defense for economic Security but anyone who thinks we re not doing it is just Plain wrong teachers in Denver go on strike Denver a x teachers struck monday for the first thine in 25 years setting up picket lines outside the City s 107 Public schools. Officials for Colorado s second largest school District vowed to keep classes running for the District s 63,000 pupils with substitute teach ers administrators and regular teachers who declined to strike. Picket lines went up at Daybreak fewer than 12 hours after the District s 3,800 teachers voted to go on strike by a nearly 2-1 margin. Talks had Bro Ken off saturday. State labor director Joe Donlon had said a strike would be illegal and an injunction would be sought. Strikers could face $100-per Day fines and up to 60 Days in jail. The last time that Denver teachers walked off the Job in 1969, the strike lasted 14 Days. Bookstore us grand opening until october Jim of 10% of it Eriex