European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday july 25,19b7 three s company Snow Leopard triplets born May 3 to the los Angeles zoo find Comfort wednesday in each other 8 company. The babies now housed in an off exhibit area. Fill be introduced id the Public next week. The births brought the zoo s total of the rare and endangered felines from Central Asia to five. House armed services chief seeks delay in non disclosure form use Wilher classified or  according to rep. John d. Dingell d-Mich., chair a of the House Energy and Commerce committee i language would allow an Agency to discipline a Ker for releasing information that was not Classi by Norman Black a Rulli tiry int Washington the House armed services committee chairman has joined other congressional leaders in challenging a Reagan administration move to require government employees with Security Clear ances to sign a Broad non disclosure agreement. Committee chairman us Aspin d-wis., in a letter dated july 14, also signed by rep. Barbara Boxer d calif., asked Reagan s National Security adviser Frank Carlucci to suspend All use of the form until it can be adequately reviewed by appropriate committees of Congress while we recognize that there is an absolute Nee to protect vital legitimate National Security information some of the terms in this form Are Broad and so vague that they May hinder Federal employees who wish to disclose to the Congress appropriate information Aspin wrote. Similar requests to suspend use of the form have been forwarded to Carluci and the defense depart ment by other congressional leaders including rep. Gerry Sikorski d-minn., chairman of a House div service subcommittee. The White House has refused comment on the matter. Several congressional panels including the Senate judiciary committee the House Energy and com Merce committee and the House Post office and civil service committee Are looking into use of the form. The non disclosure agreement is supposedly de signed to underline the obligations of Federal workers to protect classified information. But congressional m pc Stiglian. Say it a so broadly work Crl that employees who sign it can face disciplinary action or lose their Job for releasing information that has t been classified for example at one Point the form requires a worker to agree that he will never release information that is Eithe according Dii jell Man i " j " worke to Inion Wuu a ,.ui fied at the Lime he released it but classified after the  Dingell has charged the form is designed to simplify going after someone suspected of leaking information to the press. Although the form has been in use by some govern ment agencies since 1985, congressional leaders say they did not become aware of it until this Spring when a. Ernest Fitzgerald a civilian air Force worker a dwell known Pentagon whistle Blower disclosed he had been ordered to sign the form or face loss of his Security clearance. Fitzgerald is facing a deadline of aug. 3 to sign a form. The letter from Aspin and Boxer was released thursday by the project on military procurement private Pentagon watchdog group. It also released a letter received by Dingell earlier a s month from an air Force officer expressing reservations about the form. Capt Evan Zucker an f-4 electronics warfare offi cer assigned to Span Dahlem a Germany who also is an attorney said the form had been presented to the men of his unit last november without any explanation and with orders to simply sign it. Zucker said the document would not withstand scrutiny in a court of  he added he signed the form Only after adding two written reservations Onty to have it returned with a demand to sign it unaltered or face the loss of his Security clearance and hence the right to Fly. Stateside museum s ton of Bones poses 74-foot problem grand rapids Mich. A the Public museum has shipped a ton of old Bonus to Chicago and begun pondering a whale of a problem what to do when the 74-foot Skellion coma Back in one piece. Museum director . Frankforter raid there i no place big enough to display the reconstructed Skeleton and suggested that the Long dead Fulfur Bottom whale might draw donations for the museum s relocation drive. The whale s debut will be a monthlong fund railing display at a shopping mall. Friendship garbage truck headed for Nicaragua Ann Arbor Mich. A a $21,500 truck left Ann Arbor thursday for in sister City of Jugal a Nicaragua loaded with gifts and beating a sign saying the truck was propelled by  Tom Rieck one of three members of Ann Arbor s Central America sister City task Force called Oul Adios As the truck pulled out before Dawn. Rieck Kurt Burggren and James Kip Edc Road be in the truck Dunn the 4,000-Milf trip to the Cen trial american nation. The truck u loaded with baseball gloves a stick bail Bat and some Tennis balls. Last november a 17-Mcmber group travelled from  Iii Mic  jul Shuv .  tie truck is expected to arrive in jul Igatha by uie end of the month. . Puts hold on plan to Trade Arctic Oil rights Washington a the Interior department has placed a hold on its plan to Trade away of rights Ina portion of the Arctic National wildlife Refuge a department official said thursday. William Horn assistant Secretary for fish and wild life and Parks said officials want to discuss the land Exchange plan with congressional leaders some of whom have already criticized  have put the entire process on hold Horn Tow a news  said u would be dropped if we find unanimous opposition among House and Senate chairmen studying Interior s request to open the Refuge to Uil  said three of eight Steps in the land Exchange process had been completed the latest being the selic lion by six Alaska native corporations of 166,000 acres in the potentially Oil Rich wildlife Refuge. Arlington cemetery Bench to Honor korean War dead Washington a a Granite Bench will be dedicated monday at Arlington National cemetery As a tribute to the nearly 5 5,000 americans who lost their lives in the korean  occasion will Mark the 34th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the War after three years and 32 Days of  Bench placed beside a korean White Pine plan Ted at the cemetery in 1965, will be inscribed with words from author Herman Wou Kij the beginning of the end of War lies in  korean Var veterans have Hcan invited to the 10 30 . Ceremony by the sponsors of the tribute the humanitarian organization. No greater love and Tae korean War veterans association it in Bil tvs i Jill lev will no i i in i if ii�v4ii.ihtiwti  a --1 Nasa needs More safety personnel panel says _. I.  in a no interim Lenorl the com responded favourably to suggestions a Washington up the space Agency needs More manpower in its new safety office to handle Ever increasing demands As Nasa gears up for the first Post challenger shuttle flight an inde pendent review panel reported Friday. The National research Council Board also warned National aeronautics an space administration administrator James Fletcher to make sure a potential attitudinal problem does not develop i which lines of responsibility Are not Clear to workers throughout the space Agency. We Are concerned that there May be a tendency for those involved in the multilayered review and decision process to hide in the anonymity of panels and boards and that each person who must sign off on an item May not be inclined to concentrate enough on his or her individual responsibility research Council chairman Alton slay wrote in a letter to Fletcher. The committee recommends that the administrator of Nasa periodically re minds All of the Nasa organization of the specific individuals by name and position who arc responsible for final Deci  faulty decision making was cited by the presidential commission that investigated the challenger Accident As a Factor in history s worst space disaster. The challenger exploded Jin. 28. 1986. 73 seconds after Blastoff killing All even Crew members. I its second Interi report the com Mittee on shuttle critical by review and Hazard analysis generally praised Nasa s efforts to ensure a Safe return to manned space flight shuttle systems Are categorized on the basis of their  a critically i system for example is one in which a single failure can result in Low of vehicle and Crew. Nasa engineers Are reviewing the entire critical items list to better characterize the shuttle s myriad electronic and mechanical systems before the next flight tentatively scheduled for june 2, i988. The research Council said Nasa has made solid Progress and the Agency has response and observations from the boards we feel very strongly they re miking a major Effort a lot of improvements staff member David Johnson said. One area the panel said could use improvement is manpower in the office of safely reliability maintainability and Quality Assurance an office created at the recommendation of the challenger disaster commission. Slay said the research Council is concerned the office is not adequately Naff de to Cope with the demands being placed upon it perhaps necessitating the additional use of contract personnel in order to carry out their functions before the launch of the next