European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday november 29,19bb Bush May have to postpone b-2 program Nunn says by he Baltimore Sun Washington the Bush administration will probably have to postpone for years the production of the sleek stealth bomber that was in pc ill with great fanfare last week in order to have any Hope of freezing military spending at its cur rent level a leading Senate defense expert said sunday. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., the conservative chair Man of the Senate armed services committee and a great admirer of the radar evading b-2 stealth bomber said it would probably be the victim of a refusal by both the Reagan administration and Congress to cancel the earlier flawed by bomber. We be already spent Money on the by Nunn said on lbs television s face the  it s too late to get rid of. The Only thing you could do now is cancel the bomber we really need and keep the one that we did t need. That s the terrible dilemma that we have now although he did not advocate cancelling the stealth bomber which has been More than a dec add in development Nunn said we Are going to have to slow it Down considerably. Before it goes into  air Force currently plans to order 132 of the b-2s for deployment in the mid-1990s, at a Cost estimated by the general accounting office to be about is20 million per plane. Test nights of the once secret plane Are scheduled for Early nest year. Nunn further argued thai in order to approach the nearly $400 billion in cuts that would have to come out of the Reagan administration s current five year defense plan to meet president elect George Bush s goal of a spending freeze it will also be necessary to slow Down or cancel other new weapons programs As Well. They would include he said two new tactical fighter planes being built by the air Force and the Navy arid to new aircraft carriers. We need in Speed up the production lines of existing weapons and Complete them and then us very careful about starting new weapons systems Nunn said. We have started far too Many pro Grams to  Bush refused during the presidential Campaign to say what if any weapons systems he might be will ing to do without. He says the Issue is a subject for negotiation with Congress As part of his Overall Effort 10 reduce the is 55 billion Federal budget deficit. Robert Teeter co director of the Bush transition said sunday that it had not yet been deter mined whether Bush would formally propose his own version of the fiscal 1990 budget president Reagan is to submit to Congress Jan. ". However the views of the influential Nunn arc expected to be carefully considered during any re View of the defense budget by Bush s National Secu Rity team. Shutter butter this Messy looking picture could spoil your breakfast. Thi photo graph taken at a a Khz or a second appears in a new National Cilc vision commit Tchul shown milk Brinn squirted at Hiligh Speed Tutu a by i of dry Wreal. Stateside Chicago Tribune printers end three year strike Chicago a the Chicago Tribune has accepted a settlement to end a three year strike by the newspaper s unionized printers the company said. The primers members of local 16 of the Chicago typographical Union approved the pact and an j8.s6 million settlement fund on a 180-43 vote. Lawyers accepted and signed the settlement on be half of the newspaper a Tribune spokesman said and forwarded it to motion Bahr president of the Washington based communications workers of America the Parent body of the printers Union. The printers strike largely resulted from the company s desire to gain greater control Over hiring and assignments in the composing room. The unions rep resenting mailers and Pressman went out on strike in sympathy with the printers but teamster Drivers of delivery trucks stayed on the Job and printing and distribution of the newspaper continued. Airliner forced to land at air Force base for fuel Edwards fab Calif. A a Delta air lines jetliner with 137 people aboard made an unscheduled refuelling Stop at this military base because of not try tog officials said. Flight 1437 was flying from Atlanta on sunday night when it encountered heavy fog at Fresno one of its scheduled stops said Delta spokeswoman Rhona dil Lon. The Boeing 737 circled Fresno Airport while waiting for the fog to lift but was forced 1o refuel at Edwards an air Force base 60 Miles North of los Angeles where the space shuttles often land she said. Apparently the conditions were such that it was too foggy to land in Fresno requiring refuelling at Edwards the spokeswoman said we just had to bypass Fresno and go to los  Blaze at charcoal Plant Sparks big Barbecue Elk Grove. Calif. A fire broke out in a warehouse containing More than 1,000 tons of Char Coal briquettes Early sunday. The blow at the Kingsford co Plant left the Bri quit los White hot and ready for looking said fire chief Gerald Dorr. It s just like a big Barbecue. It was just like looking into a giant Grill do said More than 70 firefighters battled the four alarm Blaze which was brought under control within about. 2 / hours. Disk Cirive manufacturer lays off 980 employees Palo Alto. Calif. Not sea Gate technology has announced the layoffs of Alpo full time employees at its production facilities in Singapore and Iso temporary employees at its Plant at Woli Onville Calif. Sea Gate Ihu largest Independent manufacturer of hard disk drives for personal computers employs about 27.000 people worldwide with other plants m Thailand and Fremont Calif. The company based in scouts Valley Calif., said it had reduced production to 1.3 million drives in its first fiscal Quarter which ended sept. 30, from 2 million in the june Quarter. La while sea Gate has blamed a slower than  expansion of the personal computer Market Tor its troubles analysts said the company has been late in. Taking the transition from 5 a much drives to the 3 a Inch models used in the latest generation of machines from Apple computer inc. And the International Busi Ness machines corp. However sea Gate recently announced that it is Selling Xvi Inch drives to Apple and a new contract with ism is widely expected. Chemical cleanup causes ailments residents say Commerce City. Colo a residents say the cleanup of chemicals such As nerve Gas and Mustard Gas from a Federal sniper fund site is giving them headaches Ninny eyes respiratory prob lems and nausea. The cleanup began in july at. The Rocky Mountain Arsenal part of which. Was used from 19s7 to 1980 As a a scr voir for army chemical weapons and Shell Oil co s pesticide manufacturing operation. During the cleanup gases Are being released. From the contaminated soil. Easterly winds earn1 them Over Irondale which is just North of Commerce City and about 10 Miles Northeast of Denver. Residents said the fumes sometimes hang Over Commerce City like fog. Mary Daigle a resident of the Iron. Dale Mobile time Park said Long term effects on her health arc unknown. "1 am glad they arc cleaning it the Arsenal up Dargic said. But i Don t think the people that live around it should pay for it with their health.". It s a Lamb la  said Irondale resident Erwin Rice. It smells More like insecticide the nearly 45  in1 the. Park Are about a mile West of Satin of which is the Center of the cleanup. Colorado department of health officials will visit the Arsenal s neighbors to try to track the effects of airborne pol lion. Nurses Are expected to Survey to o 40 families. The results will be sent to the. Rocky Mountain Poison Center. The situation also has drawn inc Atten Tion of the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta which will try lode Termini potential risks posed by the Esli maid 21 chemicals in Sasin of