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Thursday, February 12, 1987/The Battalion/Page 11 Late buying boosts prices on exchange NL*:W YORK (AP) — A late round of buying pushed stock prices higher Wednesday, revers ing a three-session decline. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, clown 43.45 points in the last three trading days after hitting record highs last week, re covered 13.02 to 2,171.06. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange increased to 172.35 million shares, from 168.29 million Tuesday. Analysts said many traders re garded the market’s recent pull- hack as a healthy, mild “correc tion” after its dramatic gains through the f irst five weeks of the year. As stock prices retreated, they ^_ipparently attracted buyers who had been waiting for a pullback. Some hesitancy of late has been ittributed to uncertainties about weakness in the dollar and a mod- st upswing in interest rates. Hates climbed again in tbe gov- nti men t securities market Wednesday. Advancing issues outnum- e teied declines by about 9 to 5 on he NYSE. The exchange’s com posite index of all its listed coin- nonstock,s gained 1.29 to 15S.47. Report: Security lapses marred weapons plant WASH I NUT ON (AP) — An Ore gon congressman quizzed Energy Secretary John Herrington Wednes day about security at federal military installations, citing a recently declas sified report detailing security lapses at the Pan lex nuclear weapons plant near Amarillo. Security breaches included sex in guard houses and theft of weapons components, which spurred the En ergy Department to close the Pantex facility for live days in 1985, accord ing to transcripts of it secret House energy subcommittee hearing re leased Tuesday. The declassified testimony de tailed the simulated theft of bomb parts containing plutonium. The phony theft was planned by federal inspectors who were aided by a plant employee and a silencer-equipped pistol that was smuggled into Pantex as a security test. “I am not convinced that adequate security precautions are being taken at the network of defense installa tions in this country,” said Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.. He is a member of the energy and power subcommit tee. “Whitt we have heard at our hear ings raises serious questions, includ ing questions about drug use at the installations,” Wyden said. The Pantex plant, about 20 miles east of Amarillo, is a complex of bunkers surrounded by a chain-link fence and patrolled by guards with dogs and automatic weapons. Security problems at the_ plant were uncovered during a surprise inspection in October 1985 and prompted a review of the entire se curity system, according to the testi mony and comments from congres sional sources who reviewed the classified inspection report. At a subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Wyden asked Herring ton what the Energy Department was doing about security, citing a section in the DOE budget for 1987 and 1988 entitled “Human Reliabil ity Program,” which he said was re sponsible for drug activity. “T here was nothing being spent on that program for those years,” Wyden said. “That certainly doesn’t show an aggressive approach to dealing with the program, and given that these are exceptionally sensitive areas, some of the fundamentals of security are being ignored.” Herrington said he was unfamil iar with the case, but that the depart ment had tightened security in all nuclear facilities in the past year. In a 1980 letter to U.S, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Com mittee, former national security ad viser John Poindexter wrote that such problems at Pantex and other facilities have been corrected. According to the transcript, Ding ell talked about Pantex guards, who were civilians working for a private security company under govern ment contract, having sex in the guard towers. A far more serious security breach was uncovered when a Pantex em ployee, cooperating with govern ment inspectors, smuggled a pistol and silencer into the facility during the same 1985 inspection, according to testimony. The weapon was used several days later “in a successf ul (simulated) at tempt to steal bomb parts containing plutonium,” Dingell said. The employee was able to sneak the gun inside because metal detec tors had not yet been installed at the plant entrances, testified Edward Badolato, deputy assistant energy secretary for security affairs. David Jackson, spokesman for the Albuquerque Operations Office, which oversees the Pantex facility, said the plant has received a satisfac tory security rating on several in spections since 1985, Anonymous caller warns supermarket about lethal cyanide dose in tea bag PRINCETON TOWNSHIP, ^ N J. (AP) — A lethal dose of cy- .. | ankle was found in a lea bag in a ' supermarket after an anonymous m^Hiller said he was told the poison r had been placed in one tea bag kZBikI cheese products, slate of ficials |paid Wednesday. Himfl No injuries as a result of the Simpering have been reported. The caller, who telephoned the oii«M u l )er market near Prince- tjm University about 10:15 p.m. ,l Tuesday, falsely identified himself ij < |P' S a reporter f or a T renton news- ( ipiper, said Health Department spokeswoman Leigh Cook. ih ( M The caller said he was told by someone that the tea bag was in a specific location and bad been Ipiceri with poison to give credibil ity to the allegation of tainted cheese. Cook said. Cook said health officials sus pect that the caller masquerading as the newspaper reporter was the same person who tampered with the tea bag. The store pulled all cheese products from the shelves, but tests conducted throughout the day by the Health Department and (he Food and Drug Administra tion found no more poison, Cook said. About 1 (),()()() cheese packages were removed from the shelves and about 200 randomly sent to the EDA and the Health Depart ment for analysis. Cook said. Super Fresh Markets Inc. issued a recall for any cheese products purchased at the supermarket in Princeton Township, said the store’s area manager, Dennis Cha- lela. Authorities urged patrons of the supermarket not to eat any cheese purchased there. Cook said authorities were treating the incident as an isolated case, and no other stores were be ing asked to recall any products from their shelves. The Princeton Township Police, the FBI, the Mercer County Pros ecutor’s Of fice and the FDA were investigating, Cook said. The Princeton Township police department ref used comment un til Thursday. Mercer County Prosecutor Pete Koenig would not comment on whether there were any suspects in the case. On Labor Day, a Runnemede, N.J. man died after ingesting a cy- anide-laced package of Lipton chicken noodle soup. The apparent murder of Louis Denber, 27, has not been solved. Nor have the deaths of the other 10 people nationwide who ingested cyanide-tainted con sumer products in recent years. FBI investigators have said all the killings may be random. No one has been charged in any of the deaths. Sioux-owned plant spurs area’s economy tkJ la in j “(aiifi'j iresUl sser l j it M inilifj loganj [xlilij isteM I GORDON, Neb. (AP) — Sioux Indians whose ancestors roamed the Great Plains hunting buf falo use power saws to butcher cattle at a meat packing plant that an official says is a model busi ness venture f or other tribes. jAbout half the 100 employees at Nebraska Sioux Lean Beef are Oglala Sioux, and many of them ride a plant bus to work from the Pine Ridge reservation, about 15 miles north in South Dakota. ■The $2 million plant, which opened in Decem- l>ei and was dedicated Tuesday, is seen as a po tential turning point for the economy of the ranching region of northwest Nebraska, which has struggled during the prolonged Farm Belt recession. “It’s impossible to measure the rippling effect of the dollars that are involved in this project,” said Jane Gordon, mayor of this town of 2,200 people since 1975. The Oglala Sioux have a 51 percent interest in the plant, and the rest is owned by California businessman Scott Bates, who runs the company. The tribe asked Bates to consider building a packing plant on the reservation last year about the time (he former operator of the Gordon plant shut it down. Bates decided renovating and expanding the existing plant was a better idea, and he pitched the project to city officials. T hey applied for and received a $432,500 grant from the state. The tribe got a $370,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel opment and pooled their funds with the city. Bates raised the rest of the necessary capital, including a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. nioT h«f| best|>| ’s :ssri m Km* I For the Heart of your Heart on Valentine’s Day: 3 pA^) A Heart-shaped Pizza from Flying Tomato! /A Gift we whole- , heaitteplV feeL coMe£ STRAIGHT - heart// Show your sweetheart she, or he, is a part of your heart, the heart of your heart. This Valentine ’s Day give that sweetheart a heart-shaped pizza from Flying Tomato. It’s the same great pizza in a pan you’ve come to expect from Flying Tomato in a shape that shows your sweetheart you’re all heart. Here’s How to Order! Just stop in and pre-order anytime between now and February 14, for the day of your choice, February 13, 14, or 15, at the time of your choice and you can pick-up your heart-shaped pizza! You have to pay in person when you order. This is because Ralph and Joe Tomato believe that matters of the heart are not to be taken lightly. (Remembering to come in and and order in advance proves that you really care about the heart of your heart, and that this isn’t just some half-hearted gesture.) So, hurry and order. Quantities are limited. And you wouldn’t want to appear heartless to the heart of your heart on Valentine’s Day. ‘nzz&'s 303 W. UNIVERSITY TM The Flying Tomato Brothers and the Flying Tomato are registered trademarks ©1987 Flying Tomato, Inc. 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