European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 a a the stars and stripes monday september 3, Laa Gulf crisis shifts focus of air show monday september 3,1990 by Dave Diehl . Bureau Farnborough England a there can be Little doubt that the crisis in the persian Gulf has shifted the focus of this years Farnborough International air show one of the worlds largest military and civilian aviation hardware shop windows. A i would saw that the Gulf crisis is going to draw More attention to military hardware a Westland helicopter spokesman Mike Peters said sunday. On the flight line Here Westland has an ostentatious display in the form of one of its Well armed Black Hawk helicopters painted in a desert beige and Brown camouflage. While companies like the French run Thomson Csc electronics giant Arentt even acknowledging the Gulf crisis Westland is taking it in Sonde. The British company has everything to gain it has been trying to sell this particular helicopter to its friends in the Middle East. Peters would not say to whom Westland is trying to sell the Craft other than that they were longtime allies. He expects that the Gulf crisis will help the marketing of the helicopter on which can be mounted All manner of missiles and Armor wrecking guns. A we do expect More advanced tactics helicopters will get More attention a he said. This years Farnborough which started sunday and runs through sept. 9, was expected to be a rather tame affair what with All the peace dividends being cashed in among the arms buying nations of the West. Sales and interest in military hardware at this biennial event were expected to take a Back seat to the civilian aviation Industry. But iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait put the focus Back on military goodies. Shows like Farnborough and the one in Paris Combine Daylong flying displays with acres of shiny stands in giant exhibition Halls that allow aviation and defense companies to show off their wares. And in luxury lounges lining the giant Airfield smartly dressed hosts and hostesses serve wine and gourmet food to guests including military officers and defense chiefs from around the weapons buying world. Companies such As Lockheed however Are looking at a downturn in the defense Industry and Are trying to shed some of their intimate military connections. A we want to take our defense skills and. Put them into closely related markets a said Dan Tellep Lockheed a chairman and chief executive. Lockheed creator of such military planes As the c-5, c-130, sr-71 and lately the f-117a stealth fighter is heading in other directions he said. One of its major efforts is in the East bloc where it is trying to sell Airport and terminal designs to countries such As the soviet Union. Tellep like so Many Industry chiefs marketing and Public relations people Here is not concerned with actually Selling anything at this eight Day event but More with glad handing customers and paving the Way for future sales. So says John Howland a Thomson Csc spokesman. A a we re Here to display and promote the company a he said. A sales Arentt really made  and if they Are companies like Howland a which makes several types of missiles As Well As air traffic control and sonar equipment Arentt telling. A we Are a very secret company a said Marie-h616ne de Micheaux the company a press officer. Farnborough la own to tha Public Friday saturday and sunday from 9 30 . To 6 30 . Adm Aalon it 11 pounds about 622 for adult and 3 pounds about $6 for child Ron under 16. The Chow la hold at tha Royal Aaro Paea  in Farnborough 40 Miles South Anat of London off tha m3 Motorway. A cauda of heavy traffic Orga Litra a command drava a arrive by fora the 9 30 atari time. News Brief repairs May Clear Columbia for Blastoff on thursday Cape canaveral Fla. Up a engineers wired in a replacement part to fix a Balky Telescope aboard the grounded shuttle Columbia and Nasa managers sunday tentatively cleared the ship for a pre Dawn liftoff thursday. But space Agency officials said engineers ran into trouble confirming the new component will work properly in orbit and that if additional troubleshooting had not resolved the Issue by sunday evening the launch Likely would be delayed to Friday. Assuming the work goes Well engineers were told to stand by at the Kennedy space Center to restart columbian a countdown at 1 . Monday for a launch attempt at 1 20 . Thursday five Days late because of an electrical glitch that prevented the Broad band a Ray Telescope from sending data to the ground. The goal of columbian a Mission is to study invisible a rays and ultraviolet Light from the most energetic objects in the universe to learn More about the forces that shape the Structure and evolution of the Cosmos. Unlike the Hubble space Telescope the four Astro-1 telescopes will remain in columbian a payload Bay throughout the Mission. Working in two shifts around the clock columbian a astronauts will operate three ultraviolet telescopes from the shuttles flight deck. The Broad band a Ray Telescope however will be operated by Remote control by scientists on the  from Page 1 cans left behind were being held without food and water. A if it were not for the Grace of god and Jesse Jackson we would not be Here. The state department has not lifted a hand for us a Culbertson said. Jackson who helped arrange the flight told reporters at Dulles a now that the military has played its role diplomacy must work. If preconditions make talks impossible War is  at Tokyo a International Airport 68 japanese women Ana children arriving on a Japan air lines flight were greeted by tearful relatives and friends. Japan welcomed their release but expressed fears for 344 of its nationals still in Iraq. A Lufthansa plane with 2s0 women and 61 children on Board a including 60 americans and 71 germans a landed Early sunday in Frankfurt West Germany after leaving Baghdad late saturday. The airlifts came after Saddam announced last week that women and children among the foreign captives would be allowed to leave Iraq. Britain a prime minister Margaret Thatcher heaped scorn on Saddam Over the hostage holding calling him a a person who has taken hostages cruelly brutally and a person who has hidden behind the skirts of women and  a this Man is a loser a she said in an interview aired sunday on Britain a to am network. The official iraqi news Agency responded by calling the prime minister an a old  meanwhile sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the Senate armed services committee cautioned in a television interview that a the worst Case for us would be a protracted ground  Nunn told Abc interviewers that he would be opposed to any offensive move by . Troops at this time. A right now while the . Has an advantage in the air and sea he Saddam still has the advantage on the ground a Nunn said. In saudi Arabia House majority Leader Richard Gephardt led a 22-member congressional delegation in a visit to . Troops. In a Brief session with a few reporters Gephardt said there would be a limits to our patience Back Home if the deployment dragged on. But with Iraq facing world condemnation for its invasion of Kuwait and economic sanctions that have forced food rationing in Iraq Gephardt suggested the United states had More time than Saddam. A a there a a patience problem on the iraqi Side As Well a said Gephardt Leader of the majority democrats in the House. A a it a the world against him a its not the world against  the commander of . Forces in the Middle East Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf also cited the rationing As evidence the embargo was taking its toll on Baghdad. A during All eight years of the Iran Iraq War they never went to rationing a Schwarzkopf  Camp Darby aids Gulf deployment from Page 1 the woman who asked not to be identified. A . Citizen she flew to Baghdad july 22 along with her iraqi born husband and two Young children. She Learned of the Kuwait invasion through the news Media. Her husband who also  give his name said the government issued orders to iraqis to report any americans staying in their Homes. His family was registered with the government directorate he said. After the invasion the family was granted an exit visa. He said his relatives expressed no reaction to the invasion of Kuwait. A life there is Normal a he contended. Camp Darby Italy a the 8th area support group and military traffic management come terminal in Livorno have begun operations supporting the deployment of . Military equipment from West Germany to operation desert shield. Ah-64 Apache helicopters of the 12th aviation brigade began the flight from their Home station in Wiesbaden West Germany on thursday. After arriving at leghorn army depot the attack helicopters Are flying to the port of Livorno to be loaded onto ships. The rest of the units equipment and vehicles were moved by train to the army depot. The 8th area support group is providing secure storage and maintenance until the move to the port said it. Col. Lee rials Public affairs officer for the Southern european task Force. Included in the sup port is feeding and housing pilots Drivers and other soldiers involved with moving their equipment to the ships. A tic is responsible for the cargo staging documentation and loading of the equipment onto ships. The first two ships taking the Materiel to the persian Gulf Region Are the Wadia which arrived in Livorno on saturday and the Jolly Smeraldo which arrived sunday. The Wadia is a Standard cargo ship and the Jolly Smeraldo is an Ocean going ferry. Loading of the ships began sunday. After brigade soldiers deliver their equipment to the docks for loading they will return to Camp Darby for transportation Back to Germany. While the apaches Are on an expected two week journey by sea brigade soldiers will continue training in  from Page 1 troops backed by two armoured personnel carriers moved onto Highway 344 and began approaching the Hilltop barricade. None of the warriors made a move to Stop them. The soldiers Strung barbed wire around the barricade and began to inspect it for Booby traps. A i was very pleased with the action of everybody a said Daigle. A since the Start of the operation we really wanted to conduct everything in a peaceful manner. I think that everybody so far has cooperated and we surely Hope they will continue  he was vague about whether warriors would be allowed to pass through his lines and leave if they so desired. The colonel said his forces had no Power of arrest. A i have been giving orders to subordinate officers to remain in their positions and to consolidate where they Are a he said. The uprising began when officials of the Village of Oka decided to expand the local Golf course onto land claimed by the mohawks including an Indian cemetery. That problem was solved Early on when the Federal government purchased the land and said it would give it to the indians. But the mohawks seized the occasion to air an entire Range of complaints and land claims against Federal and provincial authorities. That move sparked numerous Brief sympathy blockades across the country in recent weeks. At Mercier Bridge where sympathy blockades were thrown up july 11 to support the mohawks Here troops cleared out the last obstructions. Officials said it would take several Days before the Bridge could open to traffic