European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page6 the stars and stripes Friday january 1989 Nasa delays launch Date of discovery by five Days Cape canaveral. Fla. A Nasa said wednesday it will launch discovery on the next space shuttle flight on feb. 23, five Days later than originally scheduled. Space Agency spokeswoman Lisa Malone said the schedule change does not reflect any technical prob Lem Only that extra time is needed to ready discovery for a flight during which the five Man Crew will deploy a communications satellite. However she said that before launching engineers must resolve tile and cracked bearing problems that cropped up during the december flight of Atlantis. Officials have said they Are confident the problems will be resolved. Atlantis returned to Earth with severe damage to nearly 200 of the 28,000 Thermal tiles that protect it from atmospheric re entry heat. When engineers inspected the Craft s main engines they found a tiny crack in a bearing of a liquid Hydrogen pump. Officials believe the tile damage was caused when insulation peeled away from the shuttle s external fuel tank and solid fuel Booster rockets during liftoff. They think the bearing damage May be traced to a flaw in the Metal curing process. Nasa said the current plan is to move discovery into an Assembly building on Jan. 19 to reconnect its fuel tank and Booster rockets with Roll out to the launch pad scheduled for Jan. 26. Agency managers will meet at Cape canaveral on feb. 8-9 to assess the readiness of the shuttle for flight. Liftoff on feb. 23 is set for 8 30 . Navy capt. Michael l. Coats will command discovery on the five Day Mission. The other Crew members Are air Force col. John e. Blaha col. Robert c. Springer and col. James f. Buchli of the Marine corps and James p. Bagian. A medical doctor. A no Nero lab a boy i i ends up in jail on charge of arson murder b1ddeford. Maine a at age 11, Scott James had been in and out of special schools. His Mother deemed him uncontrollable and tried for two months to have him placed in state custody but state officials refused. Protective custody the state said is for children who Are abused or abandoned not those with behaviour problems that require treatment. Now Scott is in state custody accused of murder. Scott is confined at the Maine youth Center in South Portland accused of setting a new year s eve fire at a six unit apartment building in Biddeford that killed a 53-year-old Man. Authorities have not decided whether the boy will be tried As a juvenile or an adult. Officials who Deal with emotionally troubled Young sters say Scott is one of Many children who need help but cannot get it because there Are not enough re sources to go around. Roger Raymond. Biddeford s special education director said he contacted the state department of human services two months ago because he feared Scott was at risk. After a three hour detention hearing tuesday District court judge Robert Crowley found probable cause for a felony murder charge stemming from the fire death of Raymond r. Lauzon. Assistant attorney general Eric Wright said the Iboy must appear Jan. 17 in District court. Should Scott be tried As a juvenile and convicted he could remain in the custody of the state until he is 21 or 22 years old. If tried for murder As an adult he would face a minimum of 25 years in prison and a maximum life term. At tuesday s hearing Scott s 8-year-old brother Jason told the court that the two boys had been visit ing Lauzon and were told to leave when the older boy was caught trying to steal Money from Lauzon s bed room. Jason said he walked away but Scott lingered around the apartment building before joining him later. In interviews and court testimony juvenile Case workers school officials and Scott s Mother Janet sul Livan portrayed him As an emotionally troubled youngster who had been placed in three special schools but remained uncontrollable. Anheuser Busch halts brewing after Oil spill St. Louis a Anheuser Busch cos. Has suspended production at its biggest brewery be cause an Oil Slick working its Way Down the Mississippi River has slightly altered the taste of the water used in the  Quality control systems Are highly Sensi Tive to changes in the Content and Aroma of the City drinking water used in the brewing process Andrew j. Steinhubl senior vice president of brewing said  officials had not detected anything that would indicate a health Hazard Steinhubl said. The shutdown forced the Layoff of about 2,000 brewing and packaging employees Steinhubl said. The Oil Slick resulted from the rupture dec. 24 of a Sheu Oil co. Pipeline in Central Missouri. State officials said the spill was the worst in Missouri history. Sex ambassador to run for Mavor of new York Albany . A Ronald Lauder a millionaire Republican and former . Ambas Sador to Austria said wednesday that he will run for mayor of new York City this year. Lauder the son of cosmetics magnate Estee Lauder is expected to face Democrat Edward Koch who has indicated he will seek an unprecedented fourth four year term in heavily democratic new , 44, is on the Forbes Magazine list of the 400 richest americans. Music director to leave Brooklyn philharmonic new York a Lukas Foss is Lea Yang his Post As Brooklyn philharmonic music director to devote More time to composing. Foss will continue As music director through the 1989-90 season and will occasionally con duct the orchestra for the following three years said Harvey Lichtenstein executive director of the Brooklyn Academy of music. Lichtenstein said officials Are evaluating prospects from All Over the world but have no timetable for selecting a new music director. Foss has been with the Brooklyn philharmonic which plays at the Brooklyn Academy of music for 20 years. He has been music director since 1971. Beer bursts from bottles puts out restaurant fire Alameda Calif. A the tops on bottles in 10 cases of Beer popped during a restau rant fire sending out a Stream of suds that quenched the Blaze before firefighters arrived. It was the Best smelling fire i be Ever been at fire department it. Dennis Jennings said of wednesday s fire at the Kamakura restaurant. Two or three rags soaked in linseed Oil spontaneously ignited near the Beer cases which had been left on a newly Laid linoleum floor to help the adhesive stick fire officials said. When the Beer reached the boiling Point the bottles exploded. No one was in the restaurant when the fire broke out. It burned a 1-foot Hole in the flooring and went up the Wall. We opened the Wall but the fire had t reached it Jennings said. Fire officials estimated the loss of contents the Beer at $300 and the structural damage at$1,000. Detective Bill gomain escorts Scott James from court. Law unleashes outcry against cat Catcher Naperville i. A animal control officer Kim Johnsen has apprehended Naperville s first feline Felon but she says publicity about the Chicago sub Urb s cat Leash Law makes her out to be just what she in t a cat hater. Weeks of news reports interviews and Telephone Calls Many of them hostile preceded the first cat nabbing which Johnsen describes As a pretty routine affair. The cat was sitting in the Street and i almost ran it Over Johnsen said wednesday. I got out and called to it and it came Over to me but then it ran off. The second time i called it came Over again and i just picked it up and put it in a  the arrest on dec. 30 had a Happy ending Johnsen said. It was a very clean pretty cat an Orange Tabby 1 to 2 years old and de clawed she said it had its shot tag and an identification tag on its Collar so i got in touch with the owner right away. He was informed that he had the dubious Honor of being the first one caught under the new Law. When he stopped laughing he came Over and picked up his  the owner who asked not to be identified paid a $10 Fine a $15 Pound fee and an $8 cat License fee Johnsen said. Under the new Law he could have been fined $200 if there had been Public complaints about his cat. Publicity was spreading about the Naperville cat control ordinance even be fore it took effect dec. 2. I understand stories about the cat Law appeared in about 65 countries and in every part of the United states John sen said. I was even on a radio talk show from Arizona for about 45 minutes last month. I took a lot of flak and a lot of Telephone  Naperville cats must now be inoculated and Wear identifying collars. If they go outdoors and set foot on any Street Alley or other Public place the must be on Leash. Some people have been calling me the Queen of the cat haters but that s not at All True Johnsen said. I be got three cats of my own at Home All neutered and declawed and they Don t go out Side. It s too dangerous for a cat