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Show Htura 10 B DESERET NEWS, Wednesday, June 4, 196 No Strike, Say Police, Firemen Poison Gas Suit. filed Combined Wire Reports DENVER, COLO. - A for- mer congressman went to federal court today, seeking to force the Army to get rid of deadly gases it has stored at Rocky Mountain, Arsenal, near Denver's busy airport. Included in the suit is a scientists report contending the Army has stored enough lethal gas at tiie arsenal to wipe out the world's present population many times over. Former U.S. Rep. Byron L. Johnson, a member of the University of Colorado faculty, and four others brought the suit as a class action on behalf of all residents of the area. . They asked a federal judge for an injunction prohibiting the government from storing chemical and biological warfare agents in any shape or manner at the arsenal. ' Defendants are Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor and Li Col.; John A. Bryan, commander of the ' ' included A memorandum as an exhibit in the suit, signed by two University of Colorado physicists and tiiree other scientists and an attorney, quoted Lt. Col. S. J. Efnor, commander of the arsenal in 1954, as saying, the "as from a single bomb the size of a quart fruit jar could kill every living thing within a cubic mile, depending on the wind and weather conditions tiny drop of the gas in its liquid form on the back of a mans hand will paralyze his nerves instantly and deaden his brain in a few seconds. will follow in 30 Death seconds." The report said steel shown in a 1963 newspaper photograph could contain enough poison gas to kill the entire present population of the world 33 times. the The suit contended stored and agents were handled in a hazardous, and careless unreasonable manner, in that such agents are stockpiled in the open in dangerous proximity to continuous aircraft, and on an earthquake fault line that has in the recent past resulted in hundreds of tremors and earthquakes. Meanwhile, the state of New Jersey planned to ask the federal courts today for a perma- - ...a can-niste- rs low-flyin- g Local Justice Resigns, nent injunction forbidding the UJ5. Army from dumping 27,000 tons of surplus poison gas into the sea off New Jersey shore resorts. Gov. Richard J. Hughes said the state will ask U.S. District Judge Reynier J. Wortendyke to prevent the dumping of the gas because of potential danger to New Jersey residents and to marine Continued from Page A wave of criticism and protest aroused by announcement of the shipment prompted the Pentagon to delay its plans until the safety has been reviewed by the National Academy of Sciences. R-- l changing the ordinance, Lut said it should be soon enough so the budget can be prepared with the wage adjustments by July 1. As part of good faith, Sand-ac- k said, the city also should show a willingness to sign a contract on wages. Barton said the police and firemens unions had been responsible in all actions taken the past two years in attempts to get collective bargaining. Members agreed to take this latest move one step at a time and emphasized that a strike would be the very last sion response Tuesday that any striker would be fired. The SLCPSF has drawn up a wage demand, which would give police and firemen iden- consideration. This contrasts with a $538 to $676 range suggested for policemen by Lynn Marsh, city personnel director. Reports rfter a Monday night meeting of a threatened strike brought city commis tical salaries, from beginners $646 to $778 for city for five-ye- ar men. year-to-ye- Yardman reel precision mowers with instant power life. The Pentagon originally planned to ship the surplus World War II mustard and nerve gas from Denver across the country by rail and load it aboard an old Liberty ship which would be sunk at sea. 139.95 154.95 IS inch The May 16 shipment was delayed when Mayor Thomas G. Dunn of Elizabeth, N.J., obtained a temporary injunction to prevent the train carrying the gas from passing d through his city. That Injunction expires today. 21 inch Start the motor and 6 steel blades go to work clean, silent, resist nicking or breaking. 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