European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday january 22,1989 revamped shuttle Booster passes cold weather test Brigham City Utah a Morton Shioko successfully tested its redesigned space shuttle Booster Friday firing the rocket in colder weather than that which contributed to the challenger disaster. The nation has a new president today and a new Success in its space flight program said Royce Mitch Ell manager of Nasa s solid fuel rocket motor project at the Marshall space flight Center in Huntsville Ala. The $20 million test the last of six qualifying experiments was designed to show the strength of the rocket s casing and the behaviour of its solid fuel propellant which has t As much oomph in cold weather Mitchell said. Early test data showed the propellant s Burn rate was Normal for the conditions and there was no Evi Dence of the uneven burning that could have occurred at that temperature he said. The horizontal 126-foot-Long Booster its 1.1 million pounds of propellant chilled to a coldest Ever 40 de Grees was fired for 125 seconds at the company s Wasatch operations Center 25 Miles West of Brigham City. The Bright Orange plume from the rocket s Tail melted the Snow on a nearby Hillside during the test which was delayed for 90 minutes by a Lack of win needed to blow away dust from the blast. About 300 company and space officials cheered As the rocket ignited. If Post test analysis turns up no serious problems the Experiment will qualify the rocket for cold weather launches although further testing on a smaller scale i planned said Allan Mcdonald vice president of Engi Neering for space operations. Identical boosters already have been used on two shuttle flights in the four months since the United states return to manned space flight. The National aeronautics and space administration ordered Morton Thi Okol to redesign the Booster after the Jan. 28, 1986, explosion that destroyed the shuttle challenger and killed its seven member Crew. Nasa required Only five qualifying tests before the shuttle program resumed sept. 29 with the launch of discovery. The shuttle Atlantis was sent into space dec. 2, and in both cases the boosters performed with no problems. A presidential commission blamed the challenger disaster on a Booster joint that allowed a plume of super hot Gas to Burn through the joint s rubber like of ring Seal triggering the explosion of the Craft s liquid fuel tank. Investigators also found that freezing weather the night before the launch caused the of ring to lose pliability which contributed to the failure. Kennedy feeling insulted gets into verbal new York a sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., got into a shouting argument in a Manhattan bar with a former bouncer who insulted the memory of his Brothers a Kennedy spokesman says. Dennis Mckenna 32, a former City Hospital Security officer who once worked at the upper East Side bar american trash said he filed a harassment complain with police which was later dropped. Police Sam Friday that they were unable to confirm whether a complaint had been filed after the alleged Jan. 12 incident. Bar manager Brian Woods said Kennedy came into the bar about 2 30 . That morning. He was hanging out talking to some people and Dennis Mckenna was being a real Jerk Woods said. According to reports Friday in the Boston Herald and on Fox television s a current affair Mckenna said he had gone Over to Kennedy told him he did no think it Wise for him to be there and offered to help him if he needed it. He said Kennedy 56, answered that he did not Nee help but during a later confrontation he told the sen Ator you re nothing like your other two  said Kennedy then threw a drink at him. The two men went outside and shouted at each other and when Mckenna went to pull identification out of his Wallet Kennedy slapped his  s press Secretary Paul Donovan issued a statement in Washington thursday night saying the senator stopped at the bar after going to the theater and eating supper. After dropping off friends on the upper East Side he stopped at the bar on his Way Back to his sister Pat Lawford s apartment the statement  stranger in the bar began to harass him and sen. Edward Kennedy when the Man insulted the memory of his Brothers sen. Kennedy took offence and angry words were exchanged. Sen. Kennedy said the incident was of no Conse Quence and he regretted that it had occurred Dono Van said. He declined to comment further. Marcos health hearing delayed new York a a dispute Over whether Ferdi nand Marcos is too ill to be arraigned on racketeering charges remained unresolved Friday when a hearing on the former philippine president was adjourned until next month. More testimony by medical experts on Marcos health is expected when the hearing resumes feb. 9 before . District judge John Keenan. The 71-year-old Marcos suffered a collapsed lung thursday and was reported in guarded but stable condition Friday at St. Francis medical Center in Honolulu. One of his doctors Calvin Wong said earlier that Marcos apparently was out of danger. Marcos May have had a heart irregularity during the lung collapse Hospital spokeswoman Norma Kop said. The deposed Leader was in the Hospital already for treatment of pneumonia and bronchial asthma. Friday s hearing was adjourned because the judge had prior commitments. Keenan is to determine whether Marcos is fit Rostand trial on charges that he looted $103 million from his country. Marcos and his wife Imelda 59, have been living in Hawaii since their ouster in a popular uprising in february 1986. After his indictment in october Marcos asked that the arraignment be moved from new York to Hawaii for health reasons. He has been hospitalized three times in the last two months twice for congestive heart failure. Government attorneys have informally agreed that Marcos need not be brought to new York for arraign ment. But on wednesday Marcos attorneys argue that the Leader was now too ill to be arraigned any where or tried. Snow blamed for deaths of 61 Moose on tracks Anchorage Alaska a sixty one Moose have died in Alaska this Winter in the uneven contest Between animal and locomotive. Figures on Moose deaths Are kept from no vember to april when deep Snow drives the huge animals from their summer Range in the mountains Down toward the path of least Resis Tance firm footing on or near the cleared Railroad tracks. A total of 329 Moose were killed on Railroad tracks during that five month period last year said Alaska Railroad spokeswoman Vivian Hamilton. Mortality is particularly High on a 53-mile stretch of rails Between Houston and Talkeetna. Youngsters hardest hit by Type b flu this season Atlanta a children have borne the Brunt of the 1988-89 influenza season so far but Federal flu watchers say it s too Early to Tell what the Impact will be on older people who can be dangerously at risk from the illness. Type a influenza one of the three major families of flu viruses has been reported in 23 states from California to new York the . Centers for disease control reported. Influenza b has predominated. With most reported illnesses occurring among children the Atlanta based Agency said in its weekly re port. Ambulance fails to arrive causing in Law s death Washington a the father in Law of fire chief Ray Alfred whose department s ambulance service has been plagued by problems died after a Call for emergency medical Aid apparently was not followed up officials say. John Patterson was pronounced dead after arriving at greater Southeast Community hos Pital in full cardiac arrest. Officials with the District of Columbia s fire and ambulance services said an unidentified relative drove Patterson about five blocks from his Home to a fire station where an ambulance Crew provided first Aid. Officials said a preliminary investigation indicated that a Call was made from the Patterson Home to the 911 emergency number seeking help. However they said medical technicians were not aware of the emergency until the rela Tive asked for help in person. Town offers inducements to attract More residents Ohio 111. A this Central Illinois Community of 550 wants More residents and it Swilling to pay for them. State treasurer Jerry Cosentino has signed a Check for $100,000 As part of a commitment of up to $1 million under the state s linked depos it program to help Ohio s population grow. The Money will be deposited in a nearby Bank which in turn will lend up to $5,000 at a Low interest rate for families to move to Ohio Cosentino said. Jack Piper a local businessman and school Board member said the Community has been suffering from school enrolment declines an business stagnation. We decided to do something about our prob lems Piper said. We formed an Ohio growth foundation and decided to offer $3,000 to Pur chasers of existing Homes and $5,000 to families who build new Homes in  since the foundation was formed last year Piper said five families have moved to town and five other families Are negotiating with the foundation. One new business has opened he said