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Former weapons designer blasts nuclear arms race By Michele Matassa Of tlw EnwraM Robert Aldridge, a former de signer of nuclear weapons, painted a fairly gloomy picture of the arms race but admitted there is hope for an end to the escalation of nuclear weapons production and deployment Monday night. Aldridge, who worked 16 years for Lockheed Missile and Space Company before resign ing to fight the arms race, said an anti-arms race grassroots effort and groups within the medical field, such as Phy sicians for Social Responsibili ty, are examples of a cause for hope but not a cause for apathy." Everyone should take an active part in opposing the arms race, he said The main aspect of the arms race that encourages it is busi ness, Aldridge said By attaining decision-making positions in the defense department, cor porate executives are replacing military decisions with business decisions, he said "The profit- and the power seekers are exactly what is keeping the arms race going The design expert added that fear of the Soviets and unem ployment are also causes of the arms race Fear of unem ployment can be countered by studies which show that em ployment levels could actually be improved by moving money away from nuclear weapons and the military, he said. The concept of "selectivity and flexibility,” is a "eu phemism for what is known as Photo by Dav« Kao Former arms designer Robert Aldridge lamented nuclear prolifera tion in a speech Monday sponsored by the Cultural Forum limited nuclear warfare,'1 he said The idea of limited (or "theater") warfare is dangerous because it makes nuclear war seem more feasible and more acceptable to the public, Ald ridge said The fallacy in using "limited warfare" to justify arms build ups is that any type of nuclear war between superpowers is li kely to escalate into full scale nuclear war, he said After outlining the possible fatalities involved in nuclear war — a fatality rate of 80 million for the Poseidon weapon system alone — Aldridge discussed deaths already caused by the arms race Nuclear weapons are killing people right now," he said "We don't have to wait for the bombs to explode “ The departments of energy and defense have admitted to 26 incidents of major nuclear accidents, which contributed to this death rate. Alridge said He defined major nuclear ac cidents" as those which could result in detonation of a nuclear weapon “ The major factor in current nuclear deaths however, is a loss of social needs due to un precedented military spending, according to Aldridge. In fiscal year 1982, the military spent $10,600 every two seconds; in undeveloped counties, one child dies every two seconds, Aldridge said In order to stop the escalating arms race, Aldridge said the people of the United States need to experience a change in attitude Olum appoints student choices University Pres Paul Olum has ap pointed 13 more students to student-faculty committees Olum confirmed the appointees, nominated by the Student Committee on Committees, last week Students appointed and their commit tees are Alison Cooney — Student Health Services, Dave Bauer, Jeff Nudelman, Jill Summers — Academic Requirements; Thomas Egan — ROTC Advisory; Mark Cleveland — Admissions Policy; Robert Mooers — Equal Employment Opportunity; Gary Okazaki — Ethnic Studies; Dean Freed, Jay Johnson — University Appeals Board; and David Montgomery, Roy Yack ulic and David Gwynn — Student Conduct Survival Center seeks organizer The Survival Center is now accepting applica tions tor its legislative coordinator position. The new coordinator will monitor bills and legislative committees and organize testimony for committee hearings, says Jan Flaharty, the group's assistant director The position is sala ried, he adds The coordinator will be working with environ mental legislators such as Margie Hendriksen, Grattan Kerans and Mary Burrows, Flaharty says The center may try to submit bills not already under consideration, he adds. One concern will be uranium mill tailings, a low-level radioactive substance that is stored in Oregon, Flaharty says. Although the depressed economy has halted such storage, the Survival Center wants to 'sure any types of low-level radioactive matr. .ais are stored outside the state, he says (dive a (U44, cotdcn tfa mi&tldCte €uut & tatl note, 6k tfa StM/iaid. fS kvbtf <m«6 {px *t.50 <6 pOxctd if t pm "Dtc. tO «t OVS *Mtud. 300 svcu. 1lO 'Sv&ittoxi. &7ftH TfaUm. “Dczi. *Dtc, ?3 -«-■-■ -« Tuesday Night 25° Hot Dogs 8 pm til? 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