European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 3, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5search on for columbian a elusive leak Nasa trying to ovoid return to hangar run canaveral Fla. Apr Masa spent a second Day Friday Mhz iut columbian a engine compartment for a Hydrogen leak that has delved the shuttles astronomy Mission until mid june and possibly longer. The space Agency planned to partially fill the shuttles external tank with super cold liquid Hydrogen this week to duplicate the temperature and pressure conditions under which the leak occurred. A it s Worth our while to do the test and find the leak. Its not Good to Roll Back to the hangar not knowing where the leak is Quot said Brewster Shaw Deputy director of shuttle operations for Nasa. A but ill have to admit that we re not terribly optimistic we re going to find something with a tanking test that we can fix at the pad a he said. Returning Columbia to the hangar would mean a delay of about a month. Nasa officials had hoped to get Columbia off the ground about the Middle of this week provided the leak could be found and repaired easily at the launch pad. After searching in vain thursday Nasa increased the pressure in the shuttles external tank which was drained of fuel following wednesdays scrubbed launch and filled with non flammable helium. Nothing had been found As of Early Friday evening. A we Are not going to be launching next week. Beyond that we re still unsure a said Bruce Buckingham spokesman for the National aeronautics and space administration. Engineers Are fairly certain the leak is in or near a 17-Inch valve in a pipe that carries liquid Hydrogen and liquid oxygen from the shuttles external tank to its main engines Buckingham said. Traces of helium were found Friday in a tight cavity Between two Metal plates that connect the shuttle and its external tank the valve and pipe run through both plates. Nasa planned to circulate helium through the shuttles entire fuel system saturday in preparation of wednesdays tanking test. Shaw said the tanking test cannot be performed before then a so we might As Well try these simpler things in the meantime just in Case we be missed something or just in Case something has happened that would open up the leak  the leak was detected six hours before launch while More than a half million Gallons of liquid Hydrogen and liquid oxygen were being loaded. The 36th shuttle Mission already was two weeks behind schedule because of Cooling system repairs. Columbia s payload is a $150 million Observatory called Astro that will examine ultraviolet Light and a rays from extremely hot stars galaxies and other  devices dominate new technology Chicago apr last year it was hand held video games watchable Walkman and interactive compact discs. This year its digital audio tape scaled Down camcorders and movie theater sound for the Home. Every year millions of dollars in new electronics technology goes on display at the consumer electronics show but what does it mean for someone who bought last years innovation and now faces bewildering new choices a products will continue to be put out with new features and new Bells and whistles a acknowledged Marvin Lurie spokesman for the association of retail dealers of America based in the Chicago suburb of Lombard. A the Only Way to get it sorted out is to go to a qualified dealer who can explain the benefits a Lurie said Friday. He said his group represents about 20 percent of . Consumer electronics retailers. Many of those retailers will be among the estimated 55,000 visitors to the annual show which started saturday at Mccormick place. Some 1,400 manufacturers Are showing tens of thousands of products for four Days in an area equivalent to the size of 17 football Fields. A we Are the Industry show a said Tom Lauter Back spokesman for the consumer electronics group of the Washington based electronics industries association sponsor of the june show in Chicago and a similar january show in Las vegas. The shows Are closed to the Public. Consumer electronics a $44 billion a year Industry that includes audio video Home office and Home automation products has slowed to a single digit growth but �?o1 suppose every Industry would love to be Able to say that a Lauterback said Friday. Unlike in past years a we done to have on hand a product that everyone is going to want but no one has a said Lurie. A digital audio tape might be that except that if it comes on the Market later this year its not going to come at a mass Market Price a he said. Dat systems Are expected to retail at $ 1,000 to $ 1,200. Though Dat technology has existed for years it Susan Bach marketing coordinator for Konami inc., demonstrates the laser scope voice command Headset for use with All Nintendo Zapper games. The hands free unit will sell for about $40. Fire intentionally set on liner that had been grounded Wasny to until wednesday that a japanese government Agency announced new technology standards that will open that country a Market for Dat players. The players can make nearly perfect copies of prerecorded music but manufacturers have held off marketing them for fear of lawsuits Over copyright disputes. Japan a new standards Are designed to limit Consumers ability to make new copies and Congress is scheduled to hold hearings this month on a proposal to adopt similar standards in the United states. So improvements to existing products Are holding Sway including Ultra compact camcorders a the size of half a cigarette Carton a marketed by Panasonic and Sony and a movie theater sound system for the Home marketed by Lucas film Ltd. In the video game Arena disabled youngsters will get a shot at Nintendo action through a voice command Headset unveiled by Konami inc. Philadelphia apr someone set a fire Early Friday in a storage room on the luxury liner Regent Star five Days alter the ship ran aground in Delaware nay because of another fire that Cut off Power authorities said. No passengers were aboard and no injuries were reported in the 5 . Blaze which was controlled within 90 minutes said i Atrick Mckee a dispatcher for the City fire department. Jhc. Fire on the Regent Star was tarted in a maintenance storage room a my. A ack Christmas a fire depart Cut spokesman. A the fire marshal in castigating has determined. That the Ore was intentionally  no Kerr. Were no immediate suspects 1 o no immediate evidence to indicate that the fire was linked to the earlier fire Christmas said. The 20,000-ton liner was on its Way from Jamaica to Philadelphia on sunday when a Small fire caused a Power loss allowing the ship to Drift onto a Sandbar. The 885 passengers left the ship by ferry monday a Day after they were supposed to return. No one was injured. The liner was freed tuesday and the ship was then docked while the coast guard made safety checks. Thursday coast guard Petty officer Ken Beatty said the ship passed All inspections and there was no serious damage from the grounding. The ship had been due to Start on a 2-Day cruise but that was cancelled after the second fire broke out authorities  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. June 3, 1950 a the state department announced that the Western Powers were considering a proposal to create a Central police Force in West germany.30 years ago today. June 3, 1960 a Secretary of defense Thomas s. Gates or. Said he doubted the soviet Union would risk a general War by firing missiles at Allied air bases suspected of launching spy planes.20 years ago today. June 3, 1970 a government reports indicated that up to 30,000 people had been killed in Peru a worst earthquake disaster of the century.10 years ago today. June 3, 1980 a Gen. Bernard w. Rogers supreme Allied commander Europe said nato would be faced with the danger of running out of front line troop reinforcements if hostilities broke out Between Warsaw pact nations and the Western Alliance. He said the United states would be responsible for providing 90 percent of the reinforcements and the . Reserve forces were under strength