European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday june 17,1990 a Brian left and John Henson sons of the late puppets creator Jim Henson Clown with Kermit during the grand opening Friday of the a there come the up pets attraction at Disney Mem studios in Florida. Puppets get major Disney role Lake Buena Vista Fla. Apr the family of the late muppet master Jim Henson expects to expand the use of his characters in Walt Disney co. Theme Parks and films. A i m sure this is just a beginning a Henson a widow Jane said Friday at the opening of a new five character puppets musical show at the Disney Mem studios theme Park. A we All want so much for the characters to live and live and live a she added. A and this is the right place to do  Henson and the company were negotiating an agreement to broaden use of the puppets by Disney when he died Disney chairman Michael Eisner said at a news conference Friday. Henson a oldest son Brian said his father a really Felt that this is the Ideal place for his work to end up. We just Hope that our association  a none of us have any reason to believe we wont proceed As planned a Eisner told reporters. Henson died May 16 after a bout with pneumonia. He was 53. Water tankers might relieve City a drought Santa Barbara Calif. Apr huge Oil tankers travelling along the Pacific coast from Alaska could be joined next year by ships carrying water to drought stricken Southern California City officials said Friday. Water has become so scarce in Santa Barbara that its a crime for a Homeowner to Hose Down his Lawn. The City gives away Low flow Shower Heads and offers $80 each to people who switch from big flush to Small flush toilets. The water Tanker idea is one of three being considered by the City to ease the drought said City spokesman Pete Ramsdell. The City is negotiating with three companies on a proposal to import thousands of Gallons from Canada. Another idea is to construct a $50 million desalination Plant that would turn sea water into drinking water said Ramsdell. The City staff will recommend to the City Council on july 31 which idea is Worth pursuing further rams Dell said. Santa Barbara is not connected to either Northern California or Colorado River supplies and must rely entirely on local sources for water. Thus it has been the Southern California City hit hardest by the regions 4-year-old drought. City officials made it Clear earlier this year they would listen to just about anyone with an idea on How to get More water. That a where the water Tanker idea came in Ramsdell said. Proposals from two Canadian companies and a Santa Barbara firm Are currently being studied. Officials of the local company Sun Belt water inc., met with City officials Friday said Richard Schuller the company s president. Ramsdell said the City which used about 16,000 acre feet of water a year before the drought wants to import at least 5,000 acre feet a year of water. Schuller noting that his company proposed bringing in far More than that said the rest could be sold to other water users in Santa Barbara  cultivates a salad machine for astronauts Mountain View Calif. Up1 astronauts on Long space trips will be Able to eat fresh produce with a a salad machine being developed at nasal Sames research Center it was reported saturday. Project manager or. Mark Kliss said the first working Model of a machine was being tested that can produce three salads per person per week for a Crew of four. It can also Recycle the water transpired by plants Back into the nutrient delivery system and possibly produce potable water for Crew use. Kliss said the presence of plants and the ability to cultivate plants in space will improve Crew morale by providing them with a creative outlet during their free time much like tending a Garden on Earth. A your goal is to produce a variety of fresh salad vegetables for consumption by the Crews of space station Freedom and other Long duration missions a Kliss said. In the past he noted one of the first things astronauts asked for after Days of eating freeze dried or preserved foods was fresh produce. He said Garden variety plants such As Leaf lettuce carrots radishes onions sprouts tomatoes peppers and cucumbers Are being considered for inclusion in the salad machine. Because of the limited space he said some plants will be smaller than the varieties found on Earth. Tomato plants for example will be less than 12 inches High and because there is no Gravity they will grow upside Down or sideways. Kliss said the plants would be grown from seeds germinated in Small cassettes. Once the seeds sprout they will be placed in the Plant growth chamber containing a nut nent delivery system. He said the activity of planting sprouts and harvesting mature plants would Only require 15 to 20 minutes of an astronauts time every few Days. The use of hydroponic techniques he said will make a plants growth time much quicker than its Field grown counterparts. Kliss Hopes to have the salad machine operational by space station freedoms scheduled completion later this  on peace tour die when their plane crashes Charleston . Apr a retired air Force colonel and a College professor about to wrap up a 48-state peace tour were killed when their Small plane crashed. Retired air Force col. Frank Marti Neau 69, of Bethesda md., and Marjorie Zeuch 67, of Warwick r.i., died Friday when their single engine plane crashed Short of an Airport runway said maj. Robert Wolfe of the air National guard in Charleston. The two also were trying to set a Speed record for flying a single engine plane to All capitals in the contiguous 48 states. Charleston was their next to last Stop before winding up the trip later Friday at Washington National Airport in Virginia a the had fuel on Board and the Landing gear was Down a said Frank Gurish a Federal aviation administration investigator at the scene. A it would appear he was of the notion he was on a Normal Landing pattern. It was on course. He was just lower than he should have  the four seat plane clipped a tree in a Frank Martineau and Marjorie Zeuch during Stopover at Wilmington del., in May. A Park about a half mile Short of the Yeager Airport runway Wolfe said. The plane spun around and landed on its nose with the Rig it Wing Tom off in several pieces said sgt. Vic Gazitano of the Kanawha county sheriffs department. Despite Light  visibility was one mile and a a the weather was Good enough to permit landings a said Jack Depew manager of the Airport control Tower Zeuch was an English professor at Rhode Island Community College. Martineau had been a Pilot in the Royal Canadian air Force and the . Army air Force during world War ii. The 4,000-mile trip dubbed a operation Appleseed a was taken to promote Zeuch a world Friendship association said Chuck Davenport managing editor of association trends a National weekly newspaper founded by Martineau. The association a 2-year-old charitable organization was a dedicated to bringing Ordinary people of the worm closer together for permanent peace Davenport said