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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1986
Page
3
In New York, a handcuffed man in a back seat pulled a hidden .45 pistol and shot two police officers as a following cruiser pursued. One officer was critically wounded with shots to the back, the other in the face. the suspect was killed by pursuing officers. Ward blamed insufficient search of the arrestee.
The Justice Department must decide on potential criminal or civil action after the NRC sent its Office of Investigations report on a July 1, 1985, incident at Detroit Edison Co.'s Fermi II plant. An operator failed to follow procedures removing control rods, causing earlier power generation. The plant near Monroe was shut for maintenance in October and remains closed while Detroit Edison addresses technical and management issues.
Secretary of State George Shultz warned that unwise policies by African governments and Western donors fuel Africa’s economic crisis. In a prepared General Assembly speech he urged self-sufficiency over dependency and called on African nations to abandon stifling policies while the session seeks practical long-term development solutions.
Washington AP reports opponents of a second storage site for highly radioactive waste may gain a partial ally within the Energy Department. Ben Rusche told Rep. Sikorski he would halt work on the second site if progress on the first and congressional approval of a temporary depot occur. Israel? Not specified. Twelve sites in seven states face local opposition as the proposal proceeds.
On day one of Ronald W. Pelton’s espionage trial in Baltimore, prosecutors presented tape recordings as evidence. The recordings show Pelton arranging a night meeting with Soviet embassy officials to sell U.S. spying secrets through telephone calls on January 14 1980 and January 15 1980. The transcript includes Pelton saying he has something very interesting to discuss with Soviet official Vladimir Sorokin.
A jury in Lake Charles awarded $2.75 million to the family of a toddler whose penis was severely burned during a February 2 1984 circumcision at W O Moss Regional Hospital. The judgment targets the state of Louisiana through the Department of Health and Human Resources and LSU Board of Supervisors, and the surgical implement maker.
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