European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday. September 5,1989 stateside beached baby whale gets tender Loving care Galveston Texas a a baby sperm whale rarely found in the Gulf of Mexico was being cared for sunday at sea Arama Marin world after the whale beached itself near Sabinc pass. The 13-foot. 900-Pound calf was found sat urday on the Bolivar Peninsula said Marinc world spokeswoman Christy Benson. It is Only a baby about a week old she said. Volunteers helped hoist it onto a flatbed truck where it was covered with wet cloths and sunscreen for the trip to the aquarium. Benson said 99 percent of All mammals that Beach themselves arc dying. However the whale seemed to be doing pretty Well. When we determine that he is healthy we will return him to the sea she told the calves ton news. However the whale had not been weaned and there was Rio sign of its Mother. So Marin world experts were feeding it with a nutrient solution. Fully grown sperm whales can reach 50 feet in length. Ohio town gets coating of shortening powder Covington Ohio up an Industrial Accident at a food processing Plant left most of this West Central Ohio town coated with a thin layer of shortening powder police reported. The Bra tronc Kerry Plant in Covington began spewing the powder from an exhaust stack. South Erly winds pushed the Cloud across the Village Cov ering everything in its path with a Milky film of soybean Oil com syrup milk proteins and Mono i Glycerides said police clerk Dianna Brant. It s a natural food product so it s perfectly harmless she said. But it sure made a mess of  Crews spread Sand along a stretch of Ohio 36, about 25 Miles North of Dayton that became Slipp Ery but otherwise no major problems were report air Force Titan 3 Era ends with launch of Dod satellite Cape canaveral. Fla. A the last air Force Titan 3 rocket roared into space with a secret Pentagon satellite monday ending 25 years of launches by a Workhorse Booster that has hurled More than 200 satellites into space. The 16-Siory-Al rocket a 34d Model blazed away from its launch pad at 1 54 . Brilliantly Illuminat ing the darkness As it rumbled skyward. The vehicle is right on track said air Force i. Col. Ron Rand the launch commentator. The air Force said it was the 135th Success in 141 launches for the Titan 3. Officials provided no information on monday s pay Load saying Only that it was classified. Sources speak ing on c9ndition of anonymity said the rocket May have carried an advanced reconnaissance satellite. A secrecy Label has been placed on Many of the satellites carried by Titan 3 rockets since the first was launched Here in 1964. The payloads. Most built for the defense depart ment have performed Many strategic military assign ments. Among them were photo reconnaissance communications monitoring missile tests intercepting military and diplomatic messages verifying soviet compliance with arms control treaties and establishing an orbiting system to provide instant Alert of a hostile missile attack. The Titan 3s also have had some notable non Classi fied launches including two Viking spacecraft boosted toward landings on Mars in 1976 and the voyager 1 and 2 probes dispatched in 1977 toward the outer planets. Voyager i and 2 probed Jupiter and Saturn while voyager 2 two weeks ago sent Back stunning image of Neptune and its Triton Moon As the probe completed a grand tour that included closeup looks at Jupiter sat urn and uranus. The Titan 34d launched monday was the 15th for that Model which is the most powerful in the Titan 3 series. It can boost 31,650-Pound payloads into Low Earth orbit or 4,200 pounds to stationary orbit 22,300 Miles out. The air Force is replacing the Titan 34d with themore powerful Titan 4, the first of which successfully boosted a missile warning satellite into orbit on june 14. The new rocket can hoist 39,000 pounds to Earth orbit or 10,000 pounds to stationary orbit. Ump Colls time out for wedding his Austin. Minn. A some women get a Diamond on their wedding Day. Connie Friedges got two one on a ring the other a baseball Field where she and her Fiance an Umpire were married Between games. We be spent an awful lot of Lime on softball Fields this summer and the summer before and the summer before. I love it. I grew up with it said the 32-year-old Bride. After Mark Laura 30, proposed publicly aug. 25 Ata Minneapolis umpires association banquet another Umpire suggested scheduling the nuptials during the american softball association s coed National slow pitch tournament in this Southeastern Minnesota City. While three games were being played sunday eve Ning. Laurn in his Umpire s uniform and the Bride who wore an Ivory dress gathered at Home plate on an empty Field. Some of the umpires hummed the wed Ding March into a microphone. When the minister asked who was giving away the Bride More than 30 umpires said we  As Laurn kissed his Bride one Umpire yelled Safe and the few Hundred fans cheered. After the 20-Minutc ceremony the umpires tossed balls Over the Heads of the newly weds who Are from Apple Valley. Then it was Back to work for Laurn who had an other game. She does t mind she s super he said. But he promised he would make it up to her with a honeymoon at Palm Springs Calif. Guilt Ridden woman confesses to killing baby 38 years ago Troy . A decades of guilt forced a woman to confess that she killed her baby and buried the body in her Yard 38 years ago police said. Marian f. Allen 68, was charged with second degree murder after a City work Crew dug up a Small Strongbox wrapped in tape containing an infant s remains. She had been tormented by guilt and finally exploded at the knowledge that the baby boy was buried in the Garden afew feet from her House police capt. Al Bert Prezio said sunday. She said she had t slept in 38 years said sgt. John to disco. She called police saturday and told investigators she had smothered the in Fant and buried him without the knowl Edge of her husband George or their teen age son Porczio said. The baby was from an extramarital affair authorities said. The culmination came the other Day. She finally had to Tell somebody about it Prezio said. She could Sec the Grav site. It was Only within a few feet from her window where she sat most every  her family told police mrs. Allen had been under psychiatric care for years Porczio said. Mrs. Allen told investigators she buried the infant the Day after his birth at Home but investigators did not know exactly when the baby was killed Prezio said. An autopsy was scheduled for tues Day. Mrs. Allen was arraigned saturday by a judge who ordered a psychiatric examination. She was being held sunday night at the Central new York psychiatric Hospital. A hearing has been scheduled for thursday. Mrs. Allen s confession was the first police heard of the infant. It was t like an unsolved murder that we had kept open said sgt. Anthony magnetic. The Albany times Union reported monday that a source in the investigation said mrs. Allen panicked after giving birth and killed the baby out of Feather husband would find out about her affair. Mrs. Allen identified the father As a local Man who has since died said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Neighbors said Allen was Well known in the neighbourhood but his wife kept to herself. Nobody knew her neighbor Shawn Lavalice said. I be lived Here All my life and never knew her she was so quiet. I had t seen her in a couple of years be fore yesterday when she was arrested. Allen his grandson and a neighbor were working with shovels sunday in the area where the baby s body was dug  refused to comment. Coco nut her stomach ache is gone but 12 month old Labrador retriever Coco looks slightly embarrassed by the 13 rocks veterinarian or. David Stroshine of Salinas Calif., is displaying. The Pup was brought in for an emergency operation after devouring the double handful of rocks and a plastic find dish before her puzzled owner Joe howitzer noticed what was going on