Show Army Finds Agent In n nu Skull u Valley Sen Frank E E. E Moss Utah D-Utah said today the Army told him that sheep tissue forage and snow taken from the area where sheep died contained an agent which produced a sim sim- liar Har depressed condition that the nerve agent the Army sprayed from an airplane airplane airplane air air- plane would produce THE AIRPLANE test took place the day before the sheep began dying as part of the che chemical mical and biological weapons weapons weapons ons testing conducted at Dugway Dugway Dugway Dug- Dug way Proving Grounds in Utah The Army also said the agent they had found in the snow sample was neither a pesticide nor an insecticide THE ARMY will now compare compare compare com com- pare the test agent to the agent found in the sheep tissue forage and snow It will take about a week to complete the tests and if the agents are the same that will establish whether or not the Army test at Dugway caused the deaths Sen Moss said The laboratory tests are being conducted at Ames Iowa and Atlanta Georgia Brig Gen William V. V Stone of the Army who heads the Army's Investigation also said that the Army has been feeding sheep hay with low levels of the nerve agent in It Over of days they have developed the same symptoms as the sheep that died after the air test SEN MOSS said he Is still convinced the Army test caused the deaths but is willing to wait walt for the laboratory comparison tests to be conducted before In Introducing Introducing introducing in- in a bill calling upon the Army to pay for the sheep Certainly the preponderance of evidence Indicates the test caused the deaths Sen Moss said SEN MOSS said he would expect the Army to tighten their safety precautions to make certain certain certain tain such a mishap does not occur again The compensation to the sheep owners is of course secondary to making c certain e r t a I In n such a mishap does not happen again The protection of hu humans humans humans hu- hu mans and livestock in the future Is the I important factor SEN MOSS said he was happy to see the Army was cooperating with the other governmental agencies both State and Federal in the investigation |