Show 8A Ogden Sunday August 17 1986 National ©wiefts - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon in an admittedly dismal report to Congress says the Soviet Union is routinely violating an international ban against the development of biological poisons and that no arms control ' r agreement can ever address the problem "The BW (biological and toxin) picture has been radically altered by recent scientific developir ments" Douglas J Feith the r r deputy assistant defense secretary wrote in a 'for negotiations policy report to Congress ?! "It is now possible to synthe- size BW agents tailored to The specifications iT technology that makes possible 'designer drugs' also - o' makes possible designer BW" ' Moreover such agents can now v v be produced quickly — without r maintaining any large stockpile — in equipment in- side small laboratories "making it impossible for anyone to prove r r i that a given substance has been produced" Fcith's report was submitted to y r j Marcos loot : auctioned for near million NEW YORK (AP) — The names of Ferdinand and Imelda "Marcos boosted prices Saturday as the Philippine government sold more goods ranging from plastic flowers to valuable antiques from a mansion used by its former president items Many of the from the Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos collection were held for the close of the auction including three George III antiques estimated at 540000 each and two Steinway pianos bought for the use of Van Cliburn On Friday night when about 1000 people attended bids were high for plastic trees Philippine folk art and antique furnishings with nearly all the lots bringing better prices than expected A third Steinway grand piano kept so pianist Van Cliburn could entertain Mrs Marcos while visiting the townhouse was sold for $1S500 But a George III mahogany writing table valued at up to $12000 fetched only $7000 It was the first sale of Marcos property in this country The proceeds will be used to pay lawyers and investigators trying to locate an estimated $100 million in artwork the Marcoses allegedly hid or secretly sold after the government fell in February according to Petty Benitez an official of President Corazon Aquino's Commission on Good Government l ' Eg i m v feared makiin biological Congress" Feith wrote While the Reagan administra'It is a technologically simple matter to produce tion has no intention of changing new agents but a problem to develop US policy on biological weapons Congress must understand antidotes New be produced in how this field of weaponry has hours antidotes may take changed he continued The ad— Douglas J Feith ministration has also decided that when the signatories to the 1972 ban gather in Geneva next month the House intelligence committee ry to review the agreement the it on Aug 8 An unclassified verAt the same time United States "will make an efstopped sion was released Saturday making chemical weapons the fort to highlight the nature of the The United States unilaterally rereport deals excluproblem and the critical defects all of use nounced of the BW Convention" sively with the military biological weapons In 1972 it joined more than 100 poisons and toxins produced with "The danger of not publicizing other countries — including the these matters is that friends and live organisms and techniques such as genetic engineering It Soviet Union — in signing the allies will continue to neglect BW does not address the issue of Biological and Toxin Weapons defense work aimed at developing Convention detection and medical capabilities weapons made with chemicals such as nerve agents mustard gas That agreement makes it illegal and protective gear" and cyanide to "develop produce stockpile or Whereas 14 years ago biologiThe United States has not pro- otherwise acquire or retain" biocal weapons were judged "miliduced any chemical weapons logical or toxin weapons tarily insignificant" because they since 1969 although the Reagan According to Feith's report the could not be produced cheaply or is now in the administration Defense Department has now "controlled on a battlefield the admidst of another fight with Conconcluded in essence that the ban vance of science has provided nadeis worthless because of the adtions willing to ignore the ban a gress seeking permission to vast range of optins he said stroy the current aging stockpile vance of technology of such weapons and replace it "It is not a pleasant task to deIndeed the biological field now with more modern safer weapon liver so dismal a report to the "favors offense over defense" agents can years' rines and the nation's most potent weapons The Nevada will be capable of nuclear mis- carrying 24 siles Laxalt the keynote speaker said the Nevada would strengthen the nuclear triad of and nuclear weapons and help prevent a Soviet attack on the United States or it allies "The concept of a strategic triad provides an indispensable element of deterrence" the Republican lawmaker said in air- - land- - prepared remarks Outside about 100 protesters marched from a nearby park to the shipyard's gates in a peaceful demonstration against nuclear arms The demonstrators carried banners chanted sang protest songs and handed out literature opposing the Trident program About half a dozen canoes and sailboats fitted with protest banners also floated outside the shipyard on the Thames River The arrests came as protesters lay down WHERE various natural poisons — such as snake venoms — is far in excess of what could be justified to deal with such substances for purely medical or public health purposes" Feith also said it was now possible to develop a biological agent against which a country's own soldiers could be immunized in advance "A state could therefore emreploy BW without having to quire all its own troops in the area to don cumbersome protective clothing This would enhance BW's military advantage over chemical weapons such as nerve agent" The implications for arms control the report concludes is that the 1972 convention "must be recognized as critically deficient and unfixable" new technology "Because makes possible a massive and the treaty constirapid break-otutes an insignificant impediment at best" THE on the sidewalks leading to the shipyard said Groton City Police Officer Bob Martin They were charged with breach of peace and disorderly conduct police said Protest organizers said the vigil was an attempt to depict "what is really being celebrated here — one Trident equals millions of deaths" Laxalt noted that the protesters have the views right to express their CHOICES ARE mm'mm OGDEN A SEASON OF SPLENDOR COLORS OF UNTOLD LUXURY FROM ELIZABETH ARDEN season of splendor A season of elegance A season of rich refined colors stunning in their sophistication Polished neutrals mellowed brights shimmering metallics And beautiful new basic ultra feminine Youll enjoy dazzling accents that are these splendid new colors in Lipcreme 309 Salon Formula Nail for Perfection Powder 1000 Eyes in Lacquer 550 double tone 1200 and compacts 1400 Powder Perfection for Cheeks Lavish Lash Building Mascara and much more Cosmetics A £4 I f§ rl I w — n f Jj) ? 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I Feith wrote and toxins can be developed that "defy identification after use" "It is a technologically simple matter to produce new agents but a problem to develop antidotes New agents can be produced in hours antidotes may take years "To gauge the magnitude of the antidote problem consider the many years and millions of dollars that have thus f been invested as yet without success in developing a means of countering a single biological agent outside the BW field — the AIDS virus" There is abundant evidence the Soviets are pursuing development of biological agents and toxins he continued The Pentagon is convinced the Russians have used biological — as opposed to chemical — weapons in Afghanistan "And there are at least seven biological warfare centers in the USSR under military control all with unusually rigorous security" Feith wrote "The level of effort committed to research on mil IT ON YOUR BON OR AMERICAN EXPRESS1 SATURDAY HOURS: MONDAY FRIDAY ORDER CALL OGDEN OR TOLL FREE CHARGE STORE TO M ACCOUNT SUNDAY 9004 A UNIT OF ALLIED STORES ( |