European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and strikes saturday. September 20,1986 program begun to fix by fuel leaks by Norman Black a military writer Washington the air Force pushing toward the activation of ill first Squadron of by bombers in less than iwo weeks has been forced to launch a repair program for inc planes because of tiny fuel leaks. Officials thursday described inc leaks As minor and the problem almost expected because of he Way the planes arc designed and the need to break them in following delivery. Nonetheless the problem has Force the planes already delivered to be grounded at times while repairs arc made limiting raining missions said Brig. Gen. James a Evatt an office involved in overseeing he program. The problem also has attracted the attention of defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger who Canoe s inc air Force to fix he problem As soon As pos sible Evatt said. Evalt dismissed a report in business week Magazine Aii rimming inc problem to bad workmanship and poor Quality control on the production line. This stems from a Normal break in process la ii one would have anticipated Evatt said in an interview. It Slike breaking in a new  the by is the first Long Range Strate Gic bomber to be developed by the United states in More than 20 years. The swing Wing four engine Jet can Fly at supersonic speeds and is equipped with sophisticated navigation and radar systems that allow it to hug the ground and evade radar. The air Force has so far accepted 16 of the planes from the prime contractor. Rockwell International corp., and is scheduled to activate the first Squadron of 15 at Dyess fab Texas on oct. I. Overall the air Force plans to buy 100 of the planes in a program projected to Cost roughly j27 billion. The by production line will then he shutdown in favor of the new set Ali bomber under development by the Northrop corp. According to Evalt the problem with the leaks stems from the fact the by i designed with a so called in log Al fuel system. That Means inc fuel is no placed inside any Type of rubber or pias Lic bladder but is literally poured into the wings and much of the fuselage. With this Type of system he fuel rests on the Metal skin of plane Evatt said. Now once you get the plane out into the real air Force flying at Low Altitude at near sonic speeds and pulling is the air plane starts to Bend he continued. As you go through the break in pro Cess the Metal starts to fit together Sti Guttly differently than it did at the fac tory. And the result is you find Smalt  the general said some of the leaks had been fixed by simply pouring a Spe Cial liquid sealer into the plane s tanks along with the fuel. Others have been grounded he said while the tanks Are drained and a heavy adhesive sealant is applied directly to Metal joints. Evan said the air Force s plan Loac Sivate the first Squadron oct. 1 would not be delayed. He said Rockwell is working with lie air Force to fix the leak and it not receiving any additional Money under its contract for thai work. A Pinna picturesque participants Randy Adams who cells himself the Texas kid Tina. About 400 were expected to turn it for the und la Lilia the uni com a by a show off heir four Day cont Tjon. Adams is from fait Worth Lillous at convention of latino artists in Knox Lilc Texas and Lilian is from from Royal a Mcdonald s passes typhoid tests Silver Spring my. Up Montgomery county health authorities say preliminary test results on employees of a Mcdonald s restaurant where seven people arc thought to have con raced typhoid fever have turned up negative. Or. Donald swelter a Montgomery county health official earlier said the disease May have been spread by an employee. Bui a spokeswoman for the department thursday said Early test results show no evidence of any of the restaurant s workers having the disease. The first set of Icsis has arrived and hey Are All negative sue pc Costra said. We re still wailing for two More sets which is necessary in a Case like this. But so far none of the workers has tested positive for typhoid  three additional cases of the disease were reported wednesday bringing to seven he number linked to shrimp salad served at the fast food restaurant All of the victims which include boys age 4 and 5, reportedly ale salad prepared at the res Wauran in late August. The Mcdonald s at the District of Columbia Mary land line was closed for eight hours tuesday As its Walls floors and utensils were sanitized. The restau rant was reopened wednesday serving its Normal fare with Che exception of shrimp salad. But Greg Balzano of he new York state health department in Buffalo said certain areas of the South have reported cases of typhoid fever resulting from contaminated shellfish. Health officials in Niagara Falls. N.y., reported thursday that a 52-year-old Louisiana Man had been hospitalized with the disease. The Man was admitted to Niagara Falls memorial medical Center sept. 8 and remained hospitalized thursday in fair condition. Officials speculated the Man May have contracted the disease in Louisiana from eating soft Shell crabs. Typhoid fever an infectious disease is rare in the United states and most often occurs in areas with poor sanitation. Its symptoms include High fever severe abdominal pain constipation and possibly delirium. The disease is treated with antibiotics and is no usually fatal. Maryland averages about 12 cases each year. Stateside soldiers of Fortune get together in Las vegas Las vegas Nev. A shooting and knife fighting contests weapons exhibits and seminars on terrorism arc among the attractions at the seventh an Nual soldiers of Fortune convention. The Competition began thursday in a desert area West of the City while some 175 exhibitors were to begin showing their wares Friday in a convention Hallal the Sahara hotel on the los vegas strip. Well have All kinds of weapons on display Frommon and pop gun stores to surplus stores to Pentagon contractors said convention spokesman Jim Pate. The event which runs through sunday is expected to draw 800 conventioneers including mercenaries an weapons dealers. Board fears lawsuit lifts ban on Faulkner Book Mayfield by. A a ban that turned Wil Liam Faulkner s As i Lay dying into a Best seller i Western Kentucky has been listed after the school Board decided it could t defend itself against a threat ened lawsuit. Certainly we want our children exposed to the opinions and ideas of great writers said Graves county school Board chairman jct toward. Neither arc we so naive As to believe that our Chil Dren Aren t exposed to profanity both in our Community and among their  in a 10-Minutc meeting thursday night the boar voted 4-1 10 reverse he ban saying it feared it would not be Able to defend a possible lawsuit or. Spock joins parades urging free health care Washington a octogenarian activism Maggie Kuhn and or. Benjamin Spock paraded out Side inc while House on thursday with 125 members of the Gray panthers o demand free health care for Al americans. Money for health not for War the demonstrators chanted As they marched on inc sidewalk facing the executive mansion. The protest was the Kickoff event for he biennial convention of the Gray panthers which is lobbying for creation of a National health service o provide free medical care for All. To cameraman saves woman from drowning Savannah be. A a television Phoi Ogra Phr taping police efforts to save a drowning woman thursday threw his camera Down jumped into the River and rescued the woman.  was working the Early shift at toc to m Savannah when he was called about 3 am. To cover police Al tempting to Rescue a woman who bad jumped into the Savannah River. Berger 23. Said be was Laping the scene when he realized that the woman was not going to grab the life rings that police were throwing to her. He then threw Down his camera and jumped in the River swimming the 40 Yards to where she was thrashing about