European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a the stars and stripes saturday. January 25, 1986 Nasa May bu/7d Concrete factory on Moon Chicago a researcher Tung Dju in is going in my to create lunar Concrete faint a Golf Bill sin dump of Moon Din being sum to Liim by the National aeronautics Ana space administration. The goal is leg come up with a material to construct housing on the Nikon for astronauts. If Lin is successful Nasa plans to establish a factory on he Moon at l in Lurn a the Century die researcher said thursday. San Sadin a Deputy director in Nasa s office of aeronautics and splice technology in Washington con firmed Lorii a that Lin s research could Lead in the establishment of a lunar Concrete factory and putting an output. In ill spirit of at Antarctic outpost on the Moon. The 1.4 ounces of Dirl will be delivered next week 10 is lab at construction technology laboratories in so Kic said Lin. It was dug during the Apollo 16 Mission m 1972. The dirt consists of greyish Brown particles slightly larger than sail said Lin. It does t look like Earth Dirl acc Audi lunar material a nil been exposed to air and Baler and oxygen. It still maintains the physical prop erties it had when the Moon was created 4,6 billion years ago he said. Doug Blanchard. Chief of Nasa s lunar malarial curator division at the Johnson space Center in Hows inn described the toil to Lin during a recent Telephone conversation. Lin said his research could save Nasa millions of dollars because it will be much cheaper to make con Crete on the Moon than la transport i Yum Earth. For the past eight months. Lin 52, has made Concrete with simulated lunar Din thai is twice As Strong As the earthly stuff when the lunar dirt arrives hell talc it into a special lab and will then mix it with Alumina Cement and in tar Lin said. That will form a paste called mortar which should take about 24 hours to Harden into Concrete he said. An additional six Days will be needed to real the material to make it stronger. Oklahoma actor Gordon Macrae Dies of cancer Lincoln neb. A actor Singer Gordon Maerae who played he Lovesick i Cowboy in the movie musical Oklahoma died Friday at i Bryan memorial1 Hospital a Hospital spokesman said. Edwin Shafer i Rector of development and Public relations said the it4-year-old Macrae died no 2 15 . Macrae Hud been mucker hospitalized since nov. 27 for treatment of cancer of the Mouth and jaw a Well As pneumonia a memorial service has been set for i 1 30 . Monday at Sheridan lutheran Church in Lincoln. A private burial was planned. The Macrae family has asked that memorials be sent to the National Council on alcoholism. Since undergoing treatment fee alcoholism in 1978, Macrae lint pub Jim id the problems and needs of alcoholics and was honorary chairman of the National Council of alcoholism. Born March 21, 1921, in East Orange. No. Macrae began his entertainment career on radio us a child performer. In search of an acting Job. Macrae joined i he Millpond playhouse at Roslyn n.y., where he met actress Sheila Stephens who became his wife in 1941. Macrae left the playhouse to work As a Page will the National broadcasting company in new York. Horace Hvidt heard the Young baritone one Day in 1941 and offered him a Job As a vocalist in his orchestra Macrae got n role As Tommy Arbuckle in the Broadway play Junior  Al the same Lime he was a Singer in a radio chorus and worked another radio program until june 1943, when he was drafted into the army. When he came out of the service Mae Rue returned to radio and finally won a commercial show As Stur of inc Abc team imers program. He also was Fea tured in the Broadway musical three to make ready in 1946. Macrae s career skyrocketed when he was spotted by William Orr then a Talent scout for Warner dros., who signed him to Al contract. His credits include the big punch 1948, look for the Silver  1949, backfire 194�, find return of the frontiersman,1 1950. He was also in Tea for two 1950, West Point Story 1951, Oklahoma 1955, Carousel i95fi and the Best things in life arc free 1956. In the late 195ft, he moved into Leteve son As Host of the Colgate comedy hour and the Lux television theater and and a recording contract with Capitol records. Macrae and his firs wife had four Chil Dren Meredith Heather w. Gordon and Bruce before they were divorced. In the 1960s, the whole family occasionally worked together in a nightclub act and Meredith Macrae appeared on the television shows Petticoat Junction and my three  Macrae married Elizabeth Lambert Schrafft a Nebraska native in 1967, and their daughter Amanda was born in 1968, the couple adopted Lincoln As their summer Home in 1971, saying that neither new York nor los Angeles was a proper place to raise a baby. They lived in Lin Coln year round since Mii Crai suffered a stroke in 1982. Witness charges Billig botched heart operations Washington a a doctor testifying at the manslaughter irial of naval sur Geon put i Gillie Friday described a Case in which the patient s Chest was so swollen thai it could not be closed after surgery. We attempted to close him but he could t Lake the closure of Fth sternum breastbone said cmdr. George w. Halgerson of a clues a naval Hospital. We tried la close his skin. But he could t handle  the patient air Force la. Col. John Kas died in the intensive care unit. His death on oct. 29,19s4, is the basis of one of five involuntary manslaughter charges against Billig. Did you Ever we a More poorly con ducted surgery .1" Hagerson was asked by a pos Coutur i. Chmir. Michael Curreri thai was probably it said Haggerson. He said Kas was on a heart lung bypass machine nearly twice As Long As Normal because of mistakes in the surgery. He said Billig used too shallow a stitch and too Fine a thread in connecting a bypass. Hang Ursua said he told Bilsing but Billig continued in the same Way. Hafiz Jersan said that Kas was taken to the intensive care unit and began bleeding. He said open heart Massage was tried and that Billig then attempt cd to repair the leak without going into the operating room. The witness was asked How he compared Billijo s surgical skills and judgment with others. Not As Good As the others Haggerson said. He was asked How receptive Billig was to the ideas of others while operating. Or. Billig had very Strong opinions and made them la own. He was very forthright he Gilill. Hangers who was in training to be a cardiac surgeon at the time of the Kas operation was asked his opinion of the training he received Frum Billig who was then the head of the Hospital s Cardie thoracic unit. Inadequate he said. In testimony earlier another former sur icon in training told the Navy court mar tial that he assisted Billig with operations at ii Lime illicit Billig himself did nut have full surgical rights. Billig is being tried on five counts of in voluntary manslaughter in the death of patients at both Coda my naval Hospital and on charges that he was derelict in his duties by not having a fully qualified sur Geon present during 24 open bears urge Ries. The testimony thursday of cmdr. Edward l. Woods went directly to the dereliction charges. Woods snid that As a resident in cardio thoracic surgery he operated 11 limes with Billig in the summer of 1983. On none of those occasions he snid was a fully accredited heart surgeon in the operating room. Woods now is a fully  cardio thoracic surgeon at both Coda. The Han contends that after Billig joined the Navy in december 1982, he hid from officials at the Hospital the fact that he lost his credentials and was asked to resign from the Monmouth medical Center in new Jersey. He also did not Tell them hat he had diminished vision in the right Eye the result of a 1978 Lennis injury the Navy says. Woods said Billig convinced him the Mori Mouth problems were caused by professional jealousy and that he defended the surgeon any time the matter came up. He recalled telling Billig i Don t know Why they re trying to hang you twice fur something you did not do  but said Woods us Billig was packing to leave Bethesda Hist year when he was under investigation by Jig finally told me he last his privileges at  one year old John Alan Drill Kyls his kicks Early in life it Lake Como Park in Orlando Fla the sports minded toddler Nopar having a Ball in Florida rally has t decided who the he will Cuic Norale Bis athletic energies on baseball or soccer