European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 30, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Gay celebrates Hoover dam s 50fh birthday Boulder City. Nov. A Hoover dam. In engineering Marvel thai lamed the Colorado River and provided cheap electricity for Southern California was feted with parades and speeches marking its 50lh birth Day. Interior Secretary Donald Model compared the building of the dam to that of the Panama canal saturday and said it leapfrogged the engineering expertise of its  Model said the dam represented a gathering of a sour is that the United states would be hard pressed to match today. I believe that in the present situation in this country today it would not be Able to build a project like this he said. Saturday s Celebration was t actually at the dam an area that holds a limited number of people but w As held in Boulder City a government planned and built City that sprang up a few Miles from the dam. The ceremonies included a Parade Down the town s streets and ceremonies at Boulder City High school s stadium. The ceremonies came almost 50 years to the Day sept. 30, i935 that president Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the dam As an engineering Victory of the first  the dedication came two years ahead of schedule. In 21 months. 5,000 workers had built a Structure greater in volume than the largest Pyramid in . The dedication was the realisation of a centuries old dream to control the River that meanders 1.400 Miles from Colorado s Rocky mountains to the Gulf of California carving giant chasms such As the grand Canyon. Named by the american society of civil engineers As one of America s seven modern civil engineering wonders. Hoover dam provided almost unlimited cheap Power to Southern California and is widely credited with spurring growth in the area. Today the dam s generators produce enough Power for 12 million people. The 726-foot Structure the height of a 60-Story build ing remains the highest Concrete dam in the Western hemisphere and holds Back a Reservoir. Lake Mead which is the United Stales largest Man made Reservoir. Lake Mead stretches for to Miles and holds enough water to cover the state of Pennsylvania a foot deep. Germany in Philly a float from Cologne Germany passes were reviewed by Philadelphia mayor major general in the Continental army Independence Hall in Philadelphia Dur Wilson Goode. The Parade is named for during the american revolution and ing the four hour Steuben Day Parade. German immigrant Baron Friedrich was a division commander at the siege after the saturday Parade the floats Wilhelm von Steuben who served As a of Yorktown. Sen. Paul Laxalt. R-ncv., called the dam one of the most remarkable engineering feats in modern history and lauded president Herbert Hoover s efforts in building it. His work in making Hoover dam a reality which spanned a decade cannot be  said Laxalt. He noted that the dam was named after Hoover but was referred to As Boulder dam after he left office. In 1947, president Harry Truman officially re dedicated it in Hoo ver s name. Today the legacy of Herbert Hoover lives on through this Structure he said. Like the Man after which it is named. Hoover dam exists to improve the lives of millions of  saturday s Celebration was marred a Day earlier when one of the original dam workers died apparently of a heart attack minutes after giving a speech to fellow former dam workers. Bruce Eaton 80, collapsed in his chair during a gather ing of the 31ers, the first group to work on the dam. He died two hours later at the Boulder City Hospital. Eastern flight delayed after engine fire new York a Eastern airlines flight 977 from new York to Miami was delayed two hours because of a fire that flashed briefly in the Tail engine before Takeoff. The fire was quickly extinguished sat urday and there Wen no injuries said Eastern and Airport spokesmen. The fire started after All 299 passengers were aboard the Lockheed 1011 tristan and the Crew tried to Start the three engines to move away from the Gate at John f. Kennedy International Airport. The flight Crew was unable to Start the Tail engine. They kept cranking it Over and when it kicked there was too much fuel there like a flooded Carburettor on a car. And it started on  said Eastern spokes Man Joe Scott. Bill Cahill. A spokesman for the port author Ity of new York and new Jersey which oper ates the Airport said the no. 2 engine caught fire. The port authority emergency Crew put it out in less than two  Scott said. The fire just flashed. There was no damage to anything and everyone re entered the  two hours later. Flight 977 left new York for Miami and then Bogota Colombia. The tristan Jet is a wide body aircraft with three engines one on each Wing and another in the Tail. It holds 350 passengers. Scott said. Newborn girls Lucky if was t Hurricane Bubba by the associated press at least two women won t have any trouble remembering in years to come when Hurricane Gloria passed by they were born in coastal Virginia that Day and were named after the storm. Everyone in the shelter was saying if you go into labor you be got to name her Gloria said Linda Cowell of Newport news. She did. Gloria Davis said she could never get her husband to agree to name their baby after . But after giving birth in a Virginia Beach shelter to a 9-Pound, 11 ounce girl i looked at my husband and said 1 think i la name her Gloria and he was grinning from ear to  surgeon for Patton Dies Biddeford Maine a Paul s Hill a retired physician who served As chief surgeon for it. Gen. George s   world War ii has died at 79. New shuttle s debut to be military flight Cape canaveral Fla. A Atlantis the fourth and possibly last space shuttle makes its debut this week on a secrecy shrouded military Mission that reportedly will launch two satellites built to withstand nuclear assault. The air Force has said Alulis and its five Man Crew will be launched sometime Between 10 20 . And 1 20 . Thurs Day. The precise time will be disclosed nine minutes before the planned liftoff. Throughout the flight even less Public information will be forthcoming from the Pentagon than was the Case during the first All classified defense department Mission last january. Even the length of the flight is a secret but the Landing will be announced 24 hours in Advance. Officials decline to reveal any details about the payload but the federation of american scientists citing Public sources reported last month the shuttle s cargo Bay contains two defense satellite communications system satellites the advanced Model known As dscs-3. Dscs-3 satellites arc designed to be Jam proof have been shielded against the electromagnetic effects of nuclear explosions and have a special transponder Over which the president could transmit Emer gency messages to nuclear forces. The defense department docs not classify dscs-3 satellites As secret but As a matter of principal and precedent it has decided to place a secrecy Label on most military flights of the shuttle. Officials said this policy will make it More difficult for soviet spy ships that regularly operate off Cape canaveral to Monitor the launch and to learn the nature of any Mission. Reporters were denied the prelaunch interviews and news conferences that Are normally available with Nasa shuttle Crews and they will not be Able to Monitor space to ground communications. Atlantis is joining Columbia. Challenger and discovery in the nation s Fleet of space planes. It is the last one planned although some congressmen have been pressing for a fifth vehicle to handle what they believe will by a heavy launch schedule in the 1990s. Thais when Nasa plans to construct a permanent space station and the Pentagon has extensive plans for the reusable ships. Documents in the Public record Dis close the dscs-3 satellite is a vast improvement Over the now operational dscs-2 series in that it has a six Chan Nel communications transponder. Dscs-3 provides sup High Fri Quincy communications for secure voice and High data talc transmissions. A specially designed Antenna with electronically St Brablc beams is an anti jamming Fea Ture. It is the first military communications satellite built with materials de signed to protect against the electromagnetic effects of a nuclear blast that an enemy might  at it. The Pentagon plans to launch four dscs-3 satellites into stationary orbits to provide global coverage for ships planes and ground troops. Troops in the Field will be Able to communicate with the satellites through por table antennae