European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes Friday april 6,1990 Cheney gives Congress Broad plan for reducing Impact on Laid off troops by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a defense Secretary Dick Cheney sent a package of proposals to Congress on thursday aimed at giving the services More flexibility in managing personnel in the face of Force reductions. At a Pentagon news briefing Cheney and Deputy defense Secretary Donald Atwood said the legislative reforms coupled with other initiatives such As enlisted Severance pay would ease the process of cutting As Many As 90,000 uniformed personnel from Active duty Over the next two years. A we have a lot of people in the Middle ranks in their 10th or 12th year of what they think is a career and we have a very difficult time letting them go without it being a punishing thing that destroys morale a Atwood said. A we have an obligation to these people a he said. A we need to have the flexibility to let them leave with Honor dignity and with some kind of financial Benefit so they look Back on military service As a profitable the bulk of the 13-Page Reform package deals with simplifying the defense departments cumbersome weapons acquisition process. But Cheney said the Section on personnel if enacted by Congress would give him a greater ability to intelligently manage among the personnel issues Are a Transfer of some officers who Are involuntarily separated from Active duty to the Reserve components for the duration of their service obligations. Cheney said current Laws offer no viable option for doing that. A the Secretary must discharge a regular officer or retain the officer on Active duty even though the officers skills May be in excess to Active duty requirements and in Short Supply in the Reserve components a Cheney said. A fixing limits on the number of enlisted personnel in pay grades e-8 and e-9. Currently the Pentagon is limited in the number of people in those pay grades. Cheney a proposal would do away with the limits and allow the Pentagon to keep More personnel in those pay grades As Long As the services did not spend More than was appropriated by Congress in any Given fiscal year. A the six month waiting period for retired service members seeking defense department civilian jobs. Cheney wants to repeal that Law. A the enlistment Bonus and selective re enlistment Bonus programs. Cheney said Congress should give the Pentagon permanent authority to pay bonuses under those two programs. Under present Law the Pentagon a authority to pay the bonuses ends on sept. 30, 1992, the last Day of fiscal 1992. Congress would have to reauthorize the programs As part of the fiscal 1993 defense authorization act. In recent years Congress has had difficulty passing authorization Bills in time for the Start of the fiscal year that the Bills were meant to cover. In the interim the military services can to approve new contracts for enlistment or re enlistment into critical skills Cheney said. He said the Secretary of defense also should be allowed to Cut off selective reenlistment Bonus payments when recipients done to Complete their enlistments or Are reclassified into Job skills other than the ones for which they were paid the bonuses. Under current Law Bonus recipients who separate Early for hardship or family related reasons or who Are involuntarily reclassified out of the Bonus skill still get the balance of their unpaid bonuses. A scanning tunnelling Microscope can not Only sense atoms on a surface by passing a Needle tip Over it but can also pull atoms across the surface. H without actually touching the atom the Needle tip attracts it like a Magnet in order to Man Euver it across the surface. Q the atom is dragged and released to its desired position As the Needle tip is withdrawn. Sooro original location atom Metal surface apeman a p. Scientists move atoms to create precision design new York apr. Two scientists report they have moved atoms one at a time to make patterns with great precision an a absolutely fascinating step that could Lead to creating new materials and making computers work even faster. In a process like dragging pingpong balls across the bumpy Bottom of an egg Carton atoms were arranged in one Experiment to form the letters a a ism a with the design stretching Only 660 billionths of an Inch Long. Donald Eigler and Erhard Schwei Zer who did the work at in my Salma Den research Center in san Jose Calif., describe the results in thursdays Issue of the British science journal nature. The precision was such that scientists could choose an individual atom on a surface As the Point to place a second atom to build up the design Eigler said in a Telephone interview. A physicists familiar with the work called it a significant demonstration that individual atoms can be placed with High precision to form patterns. Someday that ability May let researchers create tiny electronic components building computers far faster than today a supercomputers scientists said. Atoms they added May also be assembled someday into molecules to create new substances and materials. A the implications Are really remarkable a commented Stuart Lindsay of Arizona state University. He called the work a absolutely it took 22 hours to arrange 35 atoms into the a lib my design Eigler is Good a excuse for Hubble reunion Cape canaveral Fla. Apr the Hubbles Are coming along with the Hubbell and maybe even a couple of Hubbell for a family reunion toasting next weeks shuttle launch of the Hubble space Telescope. They re All relatives of astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble whose discovery in the 1920s that the universe is expanding gave Rise to the big bang theory of creation. And while he May not be the smartest or richest Hubble Hubbell or Hubbel who Ever lived he certainly will be among the most famous when space shuttle discovery blasts off with the $1.5 billion Observatory that is named for him. A a there a never been a family that a had this kind of cause for a reunion a said Harvey Hubbell in 60, a Distant relative and retired businessman from North Palm Beach who is organizing the affair. A what we wanted to do was Honor Edwin. Edwin a being honoured by Nasa and it gives us an excuse to get together and learn a Little More and to pass the heritage on to the next generation a he said. Nearly 200 descendants of Richard Hubball an immigrant from England in the 1600s, Are expected to begin to arrive Over the weekend. Its billed As a a mini reunion since the family a official gathering is held every two years and this is an off year. Edwin Hubble who died at age 63 in 1953, studied the stars and galaxies during the 1920s from mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena Calif. His Survey revealed a much larger universe than anyone imagined. He concluded that galaxies were moving away from Earth at velocities proportional to their distances supporting the concept that the universe originated 15 billion or so years ago in a cosmic explosion known As the big bang. There were other noted family members Harvey Hubbell a Grandfather Harvey Hubbell invented the pull Chain electric socket and the conventional duplex Wall socket. The factory he started in 1888 in Connecticut has grown into Hubbell inc., a noted astronomer or. Edwin Powell Hubble stands alongside one of his Model telescopes in 1931. Fortune 500 company. There was Carl Owen Hubbell the Hall of Fame Pitcher who played for the new York giants from 1928 through 1943. There also was John Lorenzo Hub Bell who established his first trading Post on the Navajo reservation in northeastern Arizona in 1876. The one in Ganado anz., is now operated by the National Park service. A your family reunions have tended to be retirees and the older generations. This is catching the interest in the younger generation a said Robert l. Hubbell who is taking two grandchildren to the reunion from Falls Church a. Robert Hubbell a 71-year-old retired foreign service officer is president of the Hubbell family historical society which boasts nearly 400 members in addition to All the Hubbell coming some relatives from Edwin Hubble smother a Side plan to attend. Lena James jump 75, a third Cousin on his mothers Side will be there with her three Sisters. A a it a going to be wonderful a said the retired schoolteacher from Marshfield mo., which is the astronomers Birthplace. A i say if i die ill die National aeronautics and space administration representatives will meet with the family monday. The next morning chartered buses will take the group to a special viewing area at Kennedy space Center provided the launch is on time. A Pool party is planned for tuesday afternoon followed by a tour of the space Center on wednesday and a luncheon at nearby Patrick fab on thursday. If the Mission is delayed beyond thursday a a we la have a prelaunch party just to celebrate having All of us together and to wish them godspeed a Harvey Hub Bell said. It will be the first time most of the family has witnessed a shuttle launch but the astronomers closest living relatives a two Sisters a Arentt coming. Helen Hubble Lane 91, and Betsy Hubble 85, Are in ill health and will be watching televised coverage from their Homes in Elpaso Texas. A a we be been interested All along. We re very excited a Betsy Hubble said. The astronomers wife Grace died in 1974, and the couple had no children. Three other Sisters and to Brothers Are dead. Betsy Hubble said Edwin went farther than any o the siblings. A Edwin knew exactly what he wante. That was his main thing in
