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national Battalion/Page U August 11,1 Government admits bomb caused cancer United Press Internationa! LOS ANGELES — In an “ex tremely rare” decision, the gov ernment has admitted an Army corporal’s cancer was caused by exposure to radiation in six nuc lear bomb tests in Nevada in the 1950s. Attorneys for James O’Con nor, 46, said Monday the Veter ans Administration Board of Veterans Appeal ruled the for mer Army communications worker’s skin cancer stemmed from his involvement in six nuc lear tests at Desert Rock, Nev., in 1955. “These decisions are ex tremely rare,” said Lewis Golinker, a lawyer for the Na tional Veterans Law Center in Washington, which represented O’Connor. “Basically, the Veterans Administration acknowledged the skin cancer was radiation- induced.” VA spokesman Frank Terry said, of the 1,803 veterans who claimed they contracted “skin disorders” at nuclear test sites, 14 were granted service- connected disability. VA officials will determine the amount of benefits to which O’Connor is entitled based on the board’s ruling and the finan cial losses incurred by the O’Connors. O’Connor, who has not work ed for the nearly 10 years since his ailment was diagnosed, lives in suburban Burbank with his wife, Bethann. “My husband is delighted we’ve finally gotten at least some piece of good news,” Mrs. O’Connor said Monday. But she said, O’Connor is “very bitter like a lot of other veterans” to ward the VA and was further aggravated that the board re fused to acknowledge a muscu lar disease from which he also suffers was related to his milit ary experience. Mrs. O’Connor said her hus band, who receives Social Secur ity disability payments, “walks with a cane, his condition is weak and he’s in constant pain be cause of his muscle disease.” She added: “His eyes are weak and he’s lost all his teeth in the last couple of years.” She said the couple had spent the last 10 years pursuing the disability claim, incurring a monthly average of $275 in medical bills. O’Connor witnessed six nuc lear explosions from as close as 3,500 yards while serving as a communications worker, his wife said. Mrs. O’Connor said one of the explosions was four times stronger than the bomb that leveled Hiroshima during World War II. “The government admitted his exposure to radiation was somewhere between their (ori ginal) contention and what we said it was,” said Lewis Millford, a National Veteran Law Center attorney who also represented O’Connor. “The government’s contention their measurements are correct has been the big issue in the other cases.” The VA board, however, said there was not enough evidence to support O’Connor’s claim his muscle disorder called der- matomyositis stemmed from his exposure to the radiation. “But they left the door open for him to refile a claim in the future should there be addition al information,” Millford said. life l ‘ 11 Xteri'.tr scores. Photo by Terry cation excr| )i Senior Larry Morris leads some of the cadets Houston, is in charge of the compression progn-Mjucat involved in the Corps of Cadets’ summer during which non-freshmen about to enter September scenes ... today! compression program to a meeting with military Corps for the first time spend a summer sessi&J . advisers. Morris, a management major from catching up on what they’ve missed. NASA plans space station by 1990s (VSAFEWAY SUPER SAVERS SAVE YOU MONEY! (S)SAFEWAY SUPER SAVERS SAVE YOU MONEY! (S)SAFEWAY SUPER SAVERS SAVE YOU MONEY! United Press International WASHINGTON — The space agency has taken a major step toward development of a space station that would give Americans a permanent pre sence in orbit. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced Monday it will award study contracts to eight aerospace companies — five based in California, one in Seat tle, one in Denver and one in Bethpage, N.Y. The studies, each costing less than $1 million and taking eight months, are expected to provide the rationale for construction of a multi-billion-dollar base in orbit. Such a space station would house three to five men and women. They would be ferried up and supplied by the shuttle and crews would rotate to keep the base manned indefinitely. NASA administrator James M. Beggs said in a recent inter view the next step after comple tion of the eight studies will be to conduct a more detailed study to define what the space station should look like and how it should be built. This work is ex pected to be completed in 1984. If the agency can convince the Reagan administration and Congress that such a station in space is needed, Beggs said he hopes to seek money for fiscal 1985 to begin work on the assembly. He said it could be in operation in the early 1990s. 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