European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday february 2,1989 shuttle Roll out delayed again Cape canaveral Fla. A Nasa once again delayed the Roll out of discovery to the launch pad tuesday As shuttle managers debated what to do about suspect engine Turbo pumps that could put off the flight indefinitely. The move to launch pad 39b was rescheduled fro thursday to Friday to give technicians More time to Complete lengthy testing. The Roll out which was originally scheduled for Jan.26, has been delayed a total of eight Days by various technical problems. The postponements have erase the target launch Date of feb. 23, and the space Agency says it does t have a new Date. The difficulty stems from the december flight of Atlantis. Post flight inspection of Atlantis engines Dis closed two tiny cracks in a bearing Assembly in one of three High pressure liquid oxygen Turbo pumps. Engineers believe the cracks were caused by stress corrosion from moisture trapped inside the bearing during the manufacturing process. After it was determined that two of discovery s tur Bop umps underwent the same manufacturing process As the cracked one shuttle managers said saturday it i Likely at least two and maybe All three of discovery s Turbo pumps will be replaced with new carefully inspected units. The Turbo pump which turns the shuttle s liquid oxygen into Gas operates at extremely High temperatures and speeds and its failure could set off an explosion that could destroy the spaceship. If the launch is delayed too Long it would affect the follow on Atlantis Mission which is to dispatch a probe to the planet Venus after a liftoff scheduled for april 28. There is Only a 25-Day period when Venus will be in position to receive a visitor from Earth. After that it will be another two years before the planet is aligned properly with Earth. Alaskan citizens under wraps three Hardy alaskans exposing As Little As possible to the elements bundle up to face the state s unrelenting cold wave. The face saving Trio on tuesday Shook off an icy blowing wind and Low temperatures and took a stroll in Anchorage when the seaport in the Southern part of the state had warmed to a Mere minus 2 degrees. Weathermen say Alaska s record breaking cold spell is heading South. Demos touting Ted Kennedy to head 92 ticket Washington a with Little More than 1,370 Days until the next presidential election the democrats have a front runner to Challenge president Bush. According to the first 1992 Campaign poll the Leader is sen. Edward m. Kennedy. The mid january Abc news Survey which an Abc polling analyst termed just a fun read on what people think underscored the Massachusetts senator s standing As the most familiar Nam among democrats. Kennedy emerged As the top 1992 presidential Choice among democrats or independents leaning democratic. You re kidding said Andrew Kohut president of the Gallup Organiza Tion when told of the poll. At this Point premature understates the Case by a lot said Kohut. Kelly Hanley a polling analyst at Abc news said the Survey was just a fun read on what people think and we found Ted Kennedy at the top which we be found in the past never turns out to  Kennedy is familiar with the role of Early front runner. In july 1985, Kennedy held a 15-Point Lead Over Gary Hart in a Gallup poll measuring democrats preferences for the 1988 presidential nomination. Ken Nedy remained the front runner through dec. 19, 1985, the Day he announced he would not run for president. In the new Survey Kennedy was the Choice of 26 percent of people shown a list of seven prominent democrats an asked which of the following persons do you think would be the Best candidate for the democrats to run in 1992." Hanley said the Survey was done be cause we were interested in seeing what Type of support Michael Dukakis had atthe  the 1988 democratic presidential nominee has announced he will not seek another term As governor of Massachusetts but has refused to Rule out a 1992 presidential run. The Abc poll had him tied for third place with Jesse Jackson. In second place was gov. Mario Cuomo of new York. The top four finishers in the Survey were Bona fide democratic liberals a political species supposedly headed for the endangered list after landslide defeats in the last three presidential elections. Trailing the four leaders were Sens. Albert Gore or. Of Tennessee Bill Brad Ley of new Jersey and rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri. Abc polled 781 people who describe themselves As democrats or independents who lean toward favouring democrats. They were contacted Between Jan. 12 and 16 and the results had a 4-Pointmargin of error meaning they could be off As much As 4 percentage Points up or Down. Kennedy was the first Choice of 26percent and Cuomo of 19 percent. Duka Kis and Jackson were named by 15 per cent each while Gore had 6 percent Bradley 5 and Gephardt 4. One prominent Democrat not included on the Abc list was Texas sen. Lloyd Bentsen who received highly favourable reviews As the party s vice presidential candidate in 1988. Even jazz fans sons did t know musician Billy Tipton was woman Spokane Wash. A a jazz performer whose High notes entertained nightclub goers in Western states for decades was a woman but her fans an adopted sons never knew until her recent death a funeral director said tuesday. Donald Ball director of Ball & Dodd funeral Home confirmed that Billy Tipton who lived As a Man before dying at age 74, was a woman. Ball said he privately informed Jon Clark one of Tipton s three adopted sons that his father was really female so Clark would not have to learn it from the death certificate. I m just lost Clark told a local newspaper. He said he Learned the truth last wednesday four Days after Tipton died of a bleeding ulcer. Hell always be dad Clark said. But i think that he should have left something behind for us some thing that would have explained the  according to information Given funeral directors by Kitty Oakes the woman Tipton identified As his wife the jazz artist was born dec. 29, 1914, in Oklahoma City and raised in Kansas City to. Tipton apparently decided to transform his sexual identity in order to have a career As a musician during Anera when performing in a swing band was strictly for men the spokesman review newspaper reported tuesday. No one knew Oakes who separated from tipton10 years ago told the newspaper. She refused to talk about her life with Tipton saying he died with the secret and that should be respected. Tipton a saxophone and piano player performed with the Jack Teagarden Russ Carlyle and Scott Cam Eron bands then formed the Billy Tipton Trio in the1950s and played nightclubs throughout the West. Dick o Neil who played Drums with the Trio for 10years after Tipton hired him in 1951, recalled that in the Trio s Early Days some listeners made cracks Abou Tipton s baby face and High singing voice. But i would almost fight anybody who said that of Neil said. I never suspected a  Clark and Scott Miller 27, Tipton s oldest adopted son said they had a Normal father son relationship with Tipton who Miller said died broke and tired. Now i know Why i could t get him to a doctor Miller said. He had so much to protect and i think he was just tired. Of keeping the  beef Stew tops menu for new c rations new Brunswick . A a univer sity food Center is trying to concoct a better beef Stew to combat the unsavoury reputation of creations. Rutgers University s Center for advanced food technology backed by a $1.5 million Grant from the department of defense is seek ing to come up with food palatable to the armed forces As Well As the civilian population. Beef Stew has been declared the first new cration creation. All told we envision a process that with minimum of change could make what the armed forces want in pouches and what the consume wants in other products said Jack l. Rossen associate director of the Rutgers Center. The 5-year project will employ researchers rom Industry and the University who Hope to develop highly automated processes that would allow America s larger food processing Compa Nies to enter combat ration production Rosse said. The Market is now dominated by smaller companies because product demand is so Low