European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes pages shelters overflow As cold hits Northeast a he a nun draped in i lieu Aad cuts a ads new a beating a Rel in Phila Delphia a for tempera tires dropped to us oud Larrat wednesday. By the associated press the season s first hard freeze in the Northeast filled shelters for the homeless to overflowing wednesday while the need for heat hit new Hampshire s larg est Utility with a record demand for electricity. Temperatures crashed below Zero i Northern new England and wind chill factors were below Zero All across the Middle Atlantic coast. Shelters in the Boston area took in More homeless than Normal because of the cold. All 2,567 Beds in Boston were taken. 220 men went to an overflow Shel Ter at an armory and about 60 women went to an overflow shelter at a Hospital said Ann Maguiro executive director of Boston s emergency shelter commis Sion. New Hampshire s largest electric Utility. Public sen ice co. Of new Hamp Shire recorded an All time High electricity demand tuesday evening at 1,319 megawatts said spokesman John Cavanagh. One shelter in Hoboken nj., has been taking in More people than is permitted by Law. We have a different plan when it s this  said the Rev. Geof Frey Curtis at the shelter for the Home less. When it s this cold we allow teething to  a shelter in Washington d.c., run by the Community for creative non Vio Lence which is under renovation and can House nearly 600 people had to turn people away tuesday night said staff worker Brian Anders. Ruth Swan on assistant director of Columbus House a shelter for singles in new Haven conn., said the cily and her organization were negotiating a Way to pay for Motel rooms for the homeless who May be turned away from the 98 cd facility during the cold spell. We re doing our Best to make sure that no one is out on the streets in this weather she said tuesday. An Anonymous donor has been paying for hotel rooms for people who can t be accommodated by the shelter she said. At the Prospect House shelter i Bridgeport. Conn., director Kathy Rich or said our numbers Here jumped drastically since october because it s a serious   is not  she said. Last year we were at 156 percent capacity at this time. Now we re Proba Bly at 215  the shelter which comfortably houses 25 people averages57 to 60 per night she said. A spokeswoman for the new horizons for new Hampshire shelter in Manches Ter said 46 men and 16 women sought shelter tuesday night. The shelter s capacity is 50 men and 20 women. Temperatures in the stale averaged 3 to 7 degrees below Zero the National weather service said. Single digit temperatures and whip Ping wind sent 9.817 homeless men and women to new York City s 23 shall cars and an additional 1,578 to 130 privately run shelters officials said. But Many spend the night on subways in train stations until police run them out after 2 . Or at the port authority bus terminal where they pay $2.50 for a bus ticket so they can get past guards. Its pitiful to see these people  said George Broadus 62, one of those who bought a ticket and looked fora place to sleep in the cavernous bus Ter Minal. Young people sick old people people needing  wednesday morning s Low in new York cily was just 8 degrees and the City s heat complaint hot line received 1,993 Calls in ii hours. Of experts join probe of my missile Accident Brigham City. Utah a air fore  Morion Thi Okol engineers wednesday in Irving to learn a an my missile solid fuel Rocil motor exploded in Damn and killed five nov cry company officials said h As the Oral Accident since the firm s was alb opem ions began building solid fuel rocket motion in i95s. N Earty  pounds of propel Lam ignited Earl tuesday  idling four workers and fatally burning a fifth. A building where pc Pilant is loaded into rocket casings As reduced to a Maze of misled steel girders. The explosion rallied a fire station about three quarters of a Mik away and illuminated the surround ing Valley witnesses said. Motion Thi Okol engineers Are working with air Force officers on regular assignment at the Wasatch operations strategic division Plant. 23 Miles West of Brigham City Snow added. In addition. Air Force safety specialists from several bases Are scheduled of arrive at the Plant sometime next week to join the investigation. Snow said. All to if on my production was suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. Raab said tuesday that the production schedule probably would not be affected significantly unless the investigation reveals safety problems with us fuel loading procedure. It was believed the Crew was removing a steel casting 4 defense firms cited in Gao report Washington a a Congre Iona watchdog Agency accused four defense contractors wednesday of failing to fully comply with new air Force rules in tended to improve productivity. The report a prepared by the general accounting office for the joint economic committee one of Sev eral congressional panels in estimating defense contractors. The Gao study Sho a Boa or Case contractors resist efforts to Monitor productivity and evade or ignore programs that could result in higher efficiency and lower production costs said sen. Ilium prox mire. Div. The committee chairman. The Gao. The   of Congress Stu died Eaton corp s All. Division which produces elec tronic parts for the b-1b bomber text Ron inc. And Northrop which make components of the my nuclear missile and Boeing aerospace which builds an air launched cruise missile. The dispute involves the work measurement pro Gram which the air Force initiated in 1975 and which was adopted by the Pentagon four years ago. The system is aimed at improving productivity and cutting weapons costs and Calls for collecting a variety of data about How weapons Are built. The Gao said the air Force had rated All four companies As marginal or deficient in complying with productivity rules. Officials at the four companies said they would have no comment until they read the report. From the Core of the rocket fuel. Typically propellant is poured into a rocket casing in a Semi liquid state and allowed to solidify around the Core casting. When the casting is removed it leaves Star shaped hollow that allows the propellant once ignited to Burn Over a larger surface area to increase thrust. The fuel is made of aluminium powder mixed with ammonium per chlorate an oxidizing agent and a syn thetic rubber that binds the compound. When solidified it has the consistency of an Eraser. Company spokesman Rocky Raab said thousands of rockets have undergone the procedure without Inci Dent. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago foday. Jan. I 1948 the free mail privilege enjoyed since March 1942 by soldiers sailors and marines was to expire at Midnight. The army held that the Volunteer Soldier was Well paid and could afford Stamps. 30 years ago today. Jan. I. 1958 the maltese parliament approved i option by Premier Dom Manloff that the Island seven army wants to Burn chemical weapons Washington a the army did wednes Day the Best Way to dispose of its aging stockpile of chemical weapons r to bum them in closed incinerator Al the eight sit i around the country where they arc stored. That conclusion was contained in the array s final environmental Impact statement to Congress the lat est step in the length Complex process of complying with a j985 congressional order to destroy an Esti mated 25.000 tons of chemical weapons. The current stockpile of shells and bombs filled with a variety of nerve gases and poisons such As Mustard Gas Are stored at army Sites in eight Stales. They Are the Aberdeen proving ground. My Anniston army depot. Ala. Lexington Bike grass army depot by. Newport army ammunition Plant ind. Pine Bluff Arsenal. Art Pueblo army depot Colo. Tootle army depot Utah and u Mariua army depot Ore. Motion links with Britain. 20 years ago foday. Jan. I 1968 French president Charles de Gaulle said on a television broadcast the Only solutions for the conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East were those he had proposed evacuation of american troops from Vietnam and of israeli forces from Arab lands. J 0 years ago today. Jan. 1, 1978 turkish Premier Sulyman Demi ret resigned following the defeat of his five month old conservative coalition government in a parliamentary Ole of Confidence. Jan. 2, 1948 the stars and stripes was not published on this Day in 1948,1958, 1968 and 1978