National Nevada town proud of its nuclear test site By DAN NAKASO Knighl Ridder " INDIAN SPRINGS Nev — travelers Sarah Jones Stiv Morrison Cedar and his mutt named Rebel could have found a better place to be strand- ed The folks who live in the Indian Springs desert aren't too hospita- ble to strangers Especially lately "One guy told me 'You with We kill Greenpeac-er- s Greenpeace? around here" the Cedar said In Indian Springs Greenpeace protesters are something to be scorned mocked and despised Three times in three days Greenpeace and other protesters ventured onto the massive Nevada Test Site to try to stop "the country's second nuclear weapons test of the year The test was delayed twice and finally went off Thursday morning Indian Springs — 42 miles northwest of Las Vegas and 26 iniles south of the Nevada Test C r i One guy told me Newspapers "You with Greenpeace? We kill Greenpeacers around here'" — Stranded traveler Site's main gate — depends on the test program for its livelihood Although Cedar and his friends have protested at demonstrations they are not affiliated with Greenpeace or any other organized group They just happened to get stuck in the community of 2000 But to residents their dress and politics make them just as bad as the most Greenpeace proponent On Monday six Greenpeace hikers were arrested for allegedly trespassing on the site Tuesday another group that included Pentagon Papers figure Daniel Ellsberg also was ar rested And Wednesday a third repregroup of sentatives was arrested Each time Greenpeace officials said the alleged trespassers delayed a planned test Indian Springs residents estimate that half the town works at the test site And other workers stop off at businesses such as the Indian Springs Casino Tina's Cafe or the Stop 'N' Go on their way home to Las Vegas each day "I don't know what would happen if they (site officials) ever shut down" said the bartender of the Oasis Bar the only drinking establishment in town outside of the casino "There'd be thousands of people out of work" said the woman who didn't want to be identified A Nevada Test Site worker at the end of the bar — slugging down gin and tonics to jukebox country and western tunes — envisioned what would happen if Greenpeace prevails "A bunch of them Greenpeacers would be lynched That's for sure" he said declining to identify himself Even under the cloak of anonymity it's nearly impossible to find anyone with a bad word for the explosions that occasionally shake Indian Springs The town is bordered by the Indian Springs Correctional Facility to the south Indian Springs Air Force Base to the tast and the lest site to the north And several times each week pilots of the aerobatic Thunder-bird- s team fly over from Nellis Air Force Base to practice their spins loops and dives But it's the test site — 100 square miles larger than Rhode Island — that dominates the area Particularly this week demonAbout 200 strators from various groups protested outside the site Tuesday and Wednesday Nye County sheriffs deputies arrested 77 of them on suspicion of trespassing Tuesday "The people who complain —i i—r- - OftE uirnn iirrsr UTA" about it don't know a damn thing about it" said Monte Hansen 64 who worked at the site for 21 years as a miner "Their ignorance is making them stupid as ' Ocean MM AfttZ hell" IDAHO OftE Later Hansen acknowledged "even the people who work there don't know what's going on" There's not a whole lot else to do in Indian Springs except worry about protests over the nuclear weapons testing The locals spend most of their time at the bar the casino or the Stop 'N' Go "Mostly we get Don drunk" said Hart a fixture at the Stop 'N' Go since he retired from the Nevada Test Site five years ago as a security guard "We drink and have babies drink and have babies" Like others the clerk in the Shell gas station food mart says she loves having the testing nearby "If one of those bombs went off and hit us we'd never know it" she said "But you people (in California) would be the ones who'd coco CAUF Pacific: utah Carson City Jo "Lake NEVADA Tahoe Indian Springs CALIF AfUZ 100 Mtles Ctncag Trftun Mb? suffer" Cedar and his traveling companions have plenty of ideas about nuclear testing But in Indian Springs they might be better off keeping their opinions to themselves Acid fog rolls into San Joaquin Valley AwA:ff' "nil LOS ANGELES (AP) — Acid fog sometimes harsh enough to harm plant leaves and irritate lungs has appeared in the San Joaquin Valley one of the nation's prime farm areas researchers say But they say pollution controls are reducing the danger "At present there is a close balance between emissions of ammonia and acidic compounds in the valley during air stagnation episodes" said Daniel Jacob a Harvard University atmospheric chemist and main author of a study financed by California's Air Resources Valley" during winter air inversion periods Acid fog acid rain and dry acid fallout are created when nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide pollutants from combustion undergo chemical reactions in the air to form nitric and sulfuric acids Acid fog can be up to 100 times stronger than acid rain and more than 10 times stronger than vinegar In the southern San Joaquin in fertile Kern County pollutants are steam boilers produced largely by used to inject steam underground to ease crude oil extraction and from vehicle exhausts said Jacob who conducted the study for his doctoral thesis at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena His study estimated that about 60 percent ammonia gas in of the southern valley air comes from cow manure while about 30 percent is emitted by fertilizers and soil bacteria Pollutants that spur acid fog in the valley have been reduced in recent years because of Board How hazardous the acid fog may be to crops and buildings is still a question and the board is looking for answers in a $18 million research program spokesman Bill Sessa said Meanwhile said Jacob shifts in the balance between acidic compounds and airborne ammonia which neutralizes the acid "could lead to a serious widespread acid fog problem in the southern end of the San Joaquin people greater use of natural gas for the oil industry's steam generators and because of more stringent government pollution rules said Stephen Ziman a senior environmental engineer for Chevron USA However the recent drop in oil prices oil companies means that for the are more likely to use oil than natural gas to power the generators said Bill Brommelsiek a Chevron environmental manager The drop recently prompted oil companies to take numerous wells out of production but few steam generators will be turned off because oil companies want to maintain the underground heat that makes it easier to extract oil he said KC Bishop an environmental coordinator for Chevron said a study by a San Rafael consulting firm predicted steep declines from 1980 to 1995 in pollutants that form acids in the valley's air Jacob agreed minish Four elderly women slain in Atlanta Associates Karate lesson riess First lady Nancy Reagan receives a lesson in karate Thursday from expert Yoshimi Inouye as she visited a local Washington school where a demonstration of the art took place ATLANTA (AP) — Four elderly black women have been slain in an Atlanta neighborhood and a legislator who organized searches for victims of the city's child slayings five years ago said Thursday that volunteers will canvass the community for leads Police said they have no leads in the slayings which are being investigated by a task force because of similarities in the deaths over the past five weeks The body of the fourth victim was found Wednesday Some residents of the neighbor The Ogden n WESTMINSTER Md (AP) — A 79- man has bcci sentenced to three ears of unsuper- ised probation for kissing a store clerk Carroll County Circuit Judge Luke K Burns Jr also ordered Robert G Howard of Manchester o perform 100 hours of community service when he sentenced him on March 31 Howard was found guilty of assault and battery for kissing the store clerk against her will while he was paying for a loaf of bread if April 1985 to SALE Association presents11 LlkTL i sentenced for kissing clerk di- 'm hood are considering arming themselves said another state lawmaker State Sen Arthur Langford said volunteers would be sent out Saturday in the northwest Atlanta neighborhood where the killings have occurred "They will be canvassing every corner of that particular community going to every household to every business in the community knocking on every door" said Langford of Atlanta "Somebody knows something somebody saw something" Symphony-Ball- jokes about shoes Man will likely pollutants Save $50" Marcos less bitter NEW YORK (AP) — Former advisory role I don't wish to enPhilippine President Ferdinand gage in politics any 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