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...Soviet position in the talks). Nor did most protesters seriously think that by penetrating U.S. military bases they could block deployment physically. What they sought instead was a display large enough to demonstrate that despite the ambiguity of opinion polls, most West Germans oppose new nuclear weapons on their soil...
...nine Pershing Us destined for West Germany, 16 cruise missiles for Britain and 16 for Italy. (The rest are to be delivered over the next four years.) The initial 41 missiles have become the focus of a furor essentially because they are the first U.S-controlled nuclear missiles on European soil since the early 1960s that are capable of reaching the Soviet Union. As such, they have become symbols for larger questions raised by the peace movement...
...Soviet responsibility for the airline crash to the question of American responsibility to the United Nations, the second-ranking U.S. delegate to the United Nations. Charles Lichtenstein, made matters worse by "strongly encouraging" U.N. member-states who feel unwelcome "to seriously consider removing themselves and this organization from the soil of the United States." Lichtenstein concluded icily. "We will put no impediment in your way and we will be at dockside bidding you a fond farewell as you set off into the sunset...
That was just the beginning. Another resolution aimed at NATO rejected "Britain's membership in any Pentagon-dominated military pact based on the first use of nuclear weapons." It called for the "elimination" of all foreign bases on British soil (only the U.S. has such bases) and declared that Labor's defense policy must be "solely concerned with the protection of Britain and its people." The resolutions passed by overwhelming acclamation...
...some communities in Florida, Georgia, California and Hawaii. And studies showed that traces of EDB in fruits and vegetables did not decay completely as had previously been thought. Last week, three years after the EPA first circulated draft rules governing the chemical, the EPA announced an emergency ban on soil injection of EDB, only the second such action in agency history, and moved to stop fumigation in 30 days. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) also announced a new, stiffer exposure limit for the estimated 57,000 who risk breathing EDB on the job. Scientists at OSHA have concluded...