European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 5, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 air Force orders recall of 64 fighter jets faulty washers could cause f-75, f-j6 engines of explode in Light san Antonio Texas a the air Force has recalled 64 fighter jets whose engines were overhauled at Kelly fab after a Mechanic discovered faulty 84-cent Wash ers that could have caused the engines to explode. The faulty key washers May have been placed in up to 64 f-15s and f-16s, said Bruce Richter Deputy division chief of the propulsion management division. Kelly spokeswoman Phebe Brown said there was no disruption of flight operations because of the faulty washers. Spare engines were available to keep the aircraft flying she said. The jets engines were worked on at Kelly and then transported to other air Force bases for re installation in the jets she said. The 64 engines suspected of having faulty washers were removed from the jets inspected and fitted with new washers when necessary she said. Some of the planes May have been flying a month before the recall Richter told the san Antonio Light but there were no engine failures because of the washers. The recall initiated in March has Cost the air Force $1.5 million in labor and the Cost of the 47,320 washers was $39,748.80, Richter said. The faulty parts were supplied by a san Antonio contractor that Richter refused to name. Air Force lawyers Are considering Legal action he said. Workers at Kelly began installing the parts in december. A Mechanic in the f-100 engine maintenance shop spotted the problem with the washers when he noticed tabs on the sides of the parts broke easily when they were Bent into place Richter said. Nine key washers go into each Turbine of the $3 million f-100 engine. If a Tab on a Washer had broken during flight the engine could have exploded. A mistake in the manufacturing process made the Washer weaker Richter said. Wife House says if of icon f press for Bunch Santa Barbara Calif. A the White House on thursday issued a new denial of placing any pressure on Nasa to launch the space shuttle challenger on Jan. 28 the Day it exploded and killed seven astronauts. Responding to a request from sen. Ernest Hollings d s.c., for information about White House Telephone Calls made in the Days before the challenger was launched White House spokesman Larry Speakes said there was no indication of any White House pressure to Rush the space shuttle into orbit. Rumours of White House involvement in the decision to launch the challenger Are false Speakes said. Our re View reveals no evidence to substantiate White House pressure he told reporters. A White House review of Telephone records indicated shipyard to pay millions for exposing workers to Asbestos Concord . A a labor Board s determination that the Portsmouth naval shipyard violated the Law by not paying 4,000 employees More for working around Asbestos will mean As much As $30 million in Back pay according to a Union official. The Federal labor relations authority directed the shipyard at Kittery Maine to comply with an arbitrator s 1983 order requiring the hazardous duty pay for work ers exposed to Asbestos Harold Kessler the panel s director of Case management said thursday. The panel rules on conflicts Between unions and Federal employers. This is a major Victory for us said Robert Burleigh recording Secretary for the Metal trades Council which represents the shipyard workers. Navy officials at the shipyard and in Washington did not have any comment thursday on the ruling which was issued monday. The order is retroactive to the Date of the arbitrator s award making it Worth Between $20 million and $30 million Burleigh said. The Yard which specializes in maintaining and Over hauling submarines is located on Seavey Island in the Pisca Taqua River the Border Between new Hampshire and Maine. We have fought for years to get Asbestos off the boats. There Are substitutes and they Are starting to use it Burleigh said. I Hope this is a big enough club to get the. Asbestos off the  that nine White House officials made Calls to three National aeronautics and space administration facilities in the week before the launch. None of those Calls concerned launching the challenger Speakes said. There might have been phone Calls but not on this subject he said. We be told you time and time and time  Speakes did not identify the other White House officials who made the Calls but he said he was one of them. Hollings has been advised about the conclusions of the White House review Speakes said. The challenger exploded a Little More than a minute after its launch killing All seven Crew members aboard including Christa Mcauliffe who was to have been the first teacher in space. In Washington Michael Fernandez press Secretary for Hollings said the senator was travelling and could not be reached but he d still like to see those phone  Hollings is the ranking Democrat on the Senate com Merce science and transportation committee. He May ask for the records to be subpoenaed by the panel hoi Lings spokesman said. He s very pleased that the Kennedy space Center has complied with this request Fernandez said. An aide to Hollings has begun reviewing about 300 pages of Tele phone records received from the space Agency he said. We re just operating in Good Faith Fernandez said. Hollings was not trying to accuse anybody. All it takes is somebody going to a Xerox  mopping up after Augustine a photo Kevin Mcmichael scrubs volcanic Ash from the wings Peak on an Island 175 Miles Southwest of Anchorage of a c-130 at Kulis air National guard base in has spewed Clouds of Ash for More than a week dusting Anchorage Alaska. Augustine Volcano a 4,025-foot most of Southern Alaska. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Preschoolers most affected by measles outbreak in no. April 5, 1946 a jury in Paris retired to deliberate a verdict in the trial of Marcel Petiot the  Petiot who is charged with murdering 27 people has admitted killing 19 of the victims named in the indictment. 30 years ago today. April 5, 1956 in Boston Champion figure skater Hayes Alan Jenkins said the Amateur athletic Union code is unrealistic and should be revised. 20 years ago foday. April 5,1966 . Military installations in the Danang area including the big air base were sealed off and there was some movement of vietnamese government troops to the base. 10 years ago today. April 5,1976 military coalition voters angered at prime minister Kukri Pramov s order for a . Troop withdrawal turned the thai Leader out of office. Atlanta a the nation s worst outbreak of measles since 1983 has plagued new Jersey for six months preying largely on preschool children Federal health officials said thursday. The outbreak which began in november is entered in Jersey City n.j., a City of nearly 250,000 across the Hudson River from new York. More than 500 measles cases have been reported there and in 14 nearby municipalities since nov. 15, said or. Lauri Markowitz an immunization specialist with the National centers for disease control. Of the cases in which the patients Ages were known 61 percent occurred in pre school children under 5 years of age. Half of those cases occurred in children under 16 months old who Are too Young to receive the recommended vaccine. This outbreak is different from most recent . Outbreaks in that a Large pro portion of the cases has occurred among preschool aged children the cd said. A 1981 Survey in Jersey City indicated that Only 56 percent of the City s children had been immunized against measles before the age of 2. In suburban areas of new Jersey immunization Levels for 2-year-Olds were about 81 percent. In an Effort to combat the outbreak local health officials lowered the vaccination age to 12 months Jan. 22, but Only 156 children were brought to nine special vaccination clinics. The age was lowered to 6 months on March 12