European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 31,1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 tests show Monitor is fast deteriorating Hatteras . A a preliminary analysis of corrosion tests on the Monitor show the Civi War ironclad May be deteriorating faster than previous believed in the warm and turbulent Waters Oft the North Carolina coast scientists said Friday. The analysis or the corrosion study of the Monitor was based on a Quick look by the scientists on Board he Apache a research vessel on a j 1.8 million archaeological esp edition 16 Miles off the coast the consensus on the Apache is that the wreck is More corroded than they anticipated at the Sand line and the Turret said Dane Konop of the National oceanic and atmospheric administration which is sponsoring the project along with the Navy the first part of the study involved electronic tests to determine the level of corrosion on different parts of the Monitor. Scientists Are completing the tests by using an underwater robot called deep drone of examine the wreck which is lying upside Down in 220 feet of water. Researchers arc particularly interested in the ship s 9-fool-High, 21-fool-diameter Turret and the two can Nons it contains which lie beneath the wreck the wreck is in a very dynamic slate Konop said. Environmental conditions arc working on it con  a combination of Strong currents and warm water constitute a double threat to i lie Monitor he said. It s right on the Edge of the Gulf Stream Konop said Thercsa lot of shifting currents and Sand. It s a High Energy  iritis corroding quickly there will be arguments for and against raising it he snid. It May mean it s belter to leave it Down there be cause it s too weak to he raised or it could mean it is necessary to bring in up he said. Everything about this can be looked at two different ways scientists deployed the deep drone for an hour on Friday. The operators of the robot spent most of the Day trying to work out a problem in inc link Between the cameras on the probe and their equipment on the Apache a seagoing tugboat Konop said the deep drone also is equipped to Lake detailed photographs and videotapes of he wreck site. The Monitor is considered the forerunner of All modern Metal naval ships. On March 8, 1862, it had its Battle with the Confederate ironclad Merrimack. The Monitor Sank on dec. 31, i ifi2, when it was being towed from Washington to blockade another Southern port. Sixteen of inc Monitor s 57 crewmen were killed. Former Marine repays 20-year debt of Honor Gainesville a. A Twenty years after borrowing $200 in Vietnam from a fellow Marine who was killed within the week a former Serviceman has sent $600 to the Man s Mother. It s not a Legal debt said Carl Hirschjr 43, now an attorney living in Columbus Ohio and practising in near by Chilli Colic it s a debt of  Hirsch Ihnn a Marine radio operator ran into Lance Chi. Marcus Jones of Gainesville in 1967 on their Headquarters ship the Tripoli. Although they were not close Jones offered to loan Hirsch $200 to take a week s leave in Hawaii. When Hirsch resumed to Danang he Learned that Jones sent to the Field to take his place had been killed. Hirsch said he thought about Jones frequently but did t know How 10 locale his family because the Las name was so common. He got his first Lead two years ago when tie visited the Vietnam memorial in Washington. Looking through a pamphlet that listed the War dead alphabetically he found Only one Jones with the first name of Marcus and the pamphlet listed Gaines Ville As the Man s Hometown. Hirsch placed a classified and in the Gainesville Sun and eventually tracked Down Jones Mother Ernestine. He said inc $600 represented the orig Inal loan plus interest. Hirsch noted that the original loan was no Small favor. In 1967, $2 10 was quite a chunk from a Lance Corporal s pay he said. Mrs Jones and Hirsch talked by Tele phone monday and agreed to meet if Hirsch visits Florida. I was kind of shocked after All that time she said of he Call. He went to a lot of trouble.". She said she had a delayed reaction to the Call. You think you have in All be Hind you she said but Hal brought it All Back for Hirsch the Call and paying the debt Werth Crape in. I feel a lot better he said. "1 feel there s not something unfinished there father son rescued Rescue workers pull a Man and his son from a pickup truck after the vehicle became stuck while trying to navigate h water crossing in san Antonio Texas. The City received Vii inches of ruin Friday. Of missile test called Success Washington a the air Force said Fri Day that an of is Jet fighter successfully test fired an Omraam while engaged in a Man Euver to simulate Aerial do fighting. The test of the Omraam or advanced medium Range air to air missile occurred May 22 Over the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Al Al Fla. It was con ducted to demonstrate a Safe Omraam separation from an f-1s fighter while the aircraft was perform ing a High a Man Euver at 6.5 times the Force of Gravity an air Forte Sitemen said. After firing the Omraam hew a predetermined Fligh path performing programmed turns and Altitude changes the service added. The missile had been filled with special instruments 10 Monitor its aerodynamic performance and stability. Engineers will use the test data to further improve the Omraam aerodynamic Model the air Force said. The Omraam has been under development since 1981. While the air Force is responsible for developing the missile the Navy plans to Purchase the weapon As Well. As envisioned a fighter Pilot equipped with the missile would use the radar on his plane to detect enemy aircraft at Long distances. He could then fire and forget the Omraam sending it toward the enemy plane. The missile would use its own Small radar to Home in on the target instead of hav ing o be guided by the Pilot. Proponents of the missile say in will allow fighter pilots to fire from longer and thus safer distances while making in possible to quickly attack multiple targets. Home port protesters meet nuclear ship Alameda Calif. A the nuclear powered guided missile Cruiser Texas met a Chilly reception from Environ Man Alisis staging a symbolic blockade when in arrived at its new Home port on san Francisco Bay Friday. Six swimmers from Greenpeace accompanied two rafts three kayaks and a Sailboat met the ship at the Entrance to Alameda naval air station. Navy journalist Forrest Parrott said Navy port services removed four swim mers from the water because they blocked the ship s Entrance. The protest was against the Navy s decision to move inc ship to Alameda with out studying inc possible risks of having the Iwin reactor ship in the Bay Accord ing to Erica Rosenthal an issues coordinator for glue peace. Any ship that is nuclear powered certainly brings increased risk of various accidents and radioactive releases Rosenthal said. This is really a kind of quiet escalation through the backdoor with no input from the  cmdr. George Farrar of the com Mand naval Bise in san Francisco said no environmental study was needed be fore transferring the 10,000-ton, 580 foot ship from Bremerton wash., where in was docked for the past two years. The Navy maintains thai routine Home porting of its ships Between Active Home ports does not require an Environ mental Impact study. No additional facilities were required to Suppon the Arri Val of the Texas Farrar said. Centaur launch planned by Nasa Cape canaveral Fla. A an Atlas Centaur rocket and satellite identical to those blown up in March after they were struck by lightning will be launched july 24, Nasa announced. The $78 million rocket will be topped with an identical s83 Mil lion . Navy Fleet communications satellite Nasa said Friday