European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes sunday april 22,1990 air Force finds Small cracks in rear area of b-2 bomber Washington apr the air Force has discovered hairline cracks in a rear Section of the b-2 stealth bomber that May have been caused by exposure to High temperatures an official said Friday. The exact reason for the cracks found during a routine inspection of the radar evading aircraft on March 30, is not known but is under study said air Force spokesman maj. Dick Cole. The cracks Are in the aft deck of the plane behind its engine exhaust outlets. The problem was first reported in the Magazine aviation week amp space technology. A they Are trying to sort out exactly what caused the problem and identify it a Cole said. A they think it could be due to the High temperatures but they just done to know. When they identify the fix it will be incorporated into the production of the aircraft. Cole said that the sections with the cracks will be removed and replaced with new titanium patches. Titanium which is highly heat resistant and is very Strong also was used in the retired reconnaissance air town imposes old time curfew on teen agers Mechanicville . Apr the mayor of this old Mill town reached Back to 1915 to find a Way to keep teen agers off the streets after 10 . Mayor Patrick Hildreth said he dusted off a 75-year-old Law imposing a 10 . Curfew. He took the action in an Effort to curb vandalism and excessive noise on the streets of the town of 5,300, which is 20 Miles North of Albany. A it also brings parents and children closer together a he said Friday. A in this Day and age when both parents Are working that a  parents of first time violators will get off with a warning Hildreth said. If their kids Are caught a second time parents face a $25 Fine. After that parents could find themselves behind bars. The youths who violate the curfew face no penalty. The ordinance which police began enforcing a week ago applies to anyone under the age of 16. Each night even on weekends a Horn that sits atop a Telephone pole next to the local Mcdonald a sounds the Start of the curfew. A nobody has been arrested yet a said Hildreth who has found some opposition in his own Back Yard from his son Kevin 13. A my son does no to like it but he was never allowed out after 10 . Anyway a Hildreth said. A a it a been on the books since 1915. I had to comply with the Law when i was a kid and the curfew then was 9 30.�?� Hildreth said he Hasni to received any complaints yet from parents but the new York civil liberties Union is looking into the matter and May Challenge the ordinance. A forget it a the Law could never stand up in court a said the groups executive director Norman Siegel. A a it a  Craft sr-71. However shortages of the material Are plaguing the aerospace Industry. Cole said it Isnit Clear whether the problem will delay the planets testing process. The aircraft which first flew in november was scheduled to undergo additional flight testing this month. On Capitol Hill backing for the expensive aircraft has been eroding. Recently a bipartisan group of senators urged cancellation As they released a congressional study concluding that slowing Down production would raise the Cost of a single plane from about $530 million to More than $ 1 billion. In the House rep. Jim Slattery d-kan., said legislation that would Stop procurement of the b-2 bomber after the 15 currently in production has 195 backers among the 434 members. Acknowledging the growing opposition air Force Secretary Donald b. Rice said that the service is reviewing possible alternatives to buying All 132 planes now  feeding a Manatee held in Orlando fla., by an animal care specialist Jim Jarvis gets a bottle feeding Friday from president Bush. Or. Daniel of Dell right is looking on at sea world. Bush named of Dell As the recipient of one of the presidents thousand Points of Light awards. States demand a lost artificial Arm pulled in by Minn Angler Caledonia Minn. Apr it Lay at the Bottom of the Mississippi River for 9 /2 months but Chuck Rollins says his artificial Arm will be As Good As new with a couple of straps and a Cable. Rollins 66, was water skiing in july when his artificial Arm came off after his son in Law accelerated the boat too quickly. He had a new limb made but knew that someone would find the flesh coloured Arm and wonder where the Corpse was. The $2,000 prosthesis with stainless steel Hooks surfaced on the end of Corene Mccallson a line As she fished near Brownsville in Southeastern Minnesota. A i was completely surprised a she said. Mccallson 20, of Hokah called police. Word of her catch quickly made news and reached Rollins a retired Caledonia construction worker who lost his limb about 13 years ago when a loader tipped  to again Idle Plant in Lorain Ohio for 1 week Detroit up a Ford motor co. Said Friday it will Idle its Lorain Ohio car Assembly Plant the week of april 30 because of a shortage of dealer orders for its thunderbird and Cougar cars made there. This Marks the sixth week this year that Fords Lorain car Plant has been idled because of slow orders for the coupes the no. 2 car maker said. The Plant which employs about 2,700 workers on two shifts builds about 5,600 cars a week. Inventories of thunderbird and cougars As of april 10 stood at 62 and 59 Days respectively which is Normal for this time of year. A but we just done to have any new orders for them a a company spokeswoman  Plant at Oakville Ontario which makes Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz compact cars was idled this past week because of a shortage of dealer orders Ford said. However several other car and truck plants were either slated for daily or weekend overtime including Fords luxury car Plant in Wixom mich., and its Wayne mich., Assembly Plant now building the All new escort subcompact  of fertilizer tumbles killing contractor in . Mantador . Apr an Avalanche of dry fertilizer fell on a Man and killed him As he was preparing to use explosives to loosen the chemical authorities said. William Marquette 79, of nearby Breckenridge Minn., died at the land of lakes Midland fertilizer Plant said Richland county Deputy Owen Shelstad. Marquette was preparing to set off a dynamite charge to loosen 150 tons of dry fertilizer that had solidified in its storage bin Shelstad said. Marquette was lighting a fuse when the pile started to crumble and buried him the Deputy said. The dynamite exploded moments later he said. The victim was an Independent contractor hired for the work Shelstad  is declared a guilty at environmental trial Oakland Calif. A As part of an a alternative transportation Day at the Oakland offices of the Bay area rapid transit subway system an automobile was put on trial for contributing to the worlds environmental ills. More than 200 cheering onlookers attended the mock trial. After the car was found a a guilty of polluting and clogging up freeways bystanders took turn carrying out the sentence by smashing the vehicle in sledgehammers. A we urge you to strike a symbolic blow for cleaner air a said a a judge Gregory Proops who like Many the other trial participants is a professional Cometia a a but Don t try this at  Northwest flight delayed 4 hours after Pilot accused of being drunk Minneapolis apr a Northwest airlines flight from Detroit to Atlanta was delayed nearly four hours when a Pilot refused to Fly the plane after a passenger accused him of being drunk according to the airline. The Pilot who had been called in thursday night after the scheduled Pilot was delayed in route from Milwaukee insisted that he be Given an alcohol and drug test to prove he was sober the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported saturday. The plane was delayed nearly four hours while another substitute Pilot was procured. When the plane finally left the passenger and her husband stayed behind because other passengers were enraged with them Northwest spokesman Douglas Miller said Friday. The woman and her husband were a subjected to quite a bit of verbal abuse from the other passengers and they elected not to take the flight a Miller said. The two who were not identified took another flight Friday morning. Miller said the airline supports the pilots actions. A we feel he was justified a Miller said. The Pilot whose name was not released had been called in by Northwest when the scheduled Pilot was delayed Miller said. Three Northwest pilots were arrested March 8 in Minneapolis where they were accused of flying from Fargo ., while drunk. They were fired by the airline and face state and Federal charges