European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday May 27,1991compact bread May add Spring to soldiers Steps Imam a a. A a a a. So to fisc. A map scientist in displays her experimental bread beside a regular uncompressed slice. By Jeff Donn. Associated press writer. Amherst mass or if the army still travels on its stomach a University of Massachusetts food scientist is trying to develop a new kind of Low flour compact bread to help lighten the Load. could he a totally new Type of bread. I Don t know if the food and drug administration will accept that. Definition of bread or not a said Lavince China Choti. A but it looks like bread and tastes like bread. A military research Laboratory has awarded China Choti $200,001 Over the past 2v5 years to search for a More compressible bread to feed . Troops in the Field. The military is interested in a More compact bread because it would save on storage and transportation. China Choti s goal is to develop a bread that can be compressed by nearly a third and Spring Back to almost 100 percent of its initial volume. Normal bread recovers Only about 50 percent of its volume after compression. 1, Ghina Choti said she thinks she has found the right ingredients but has yet to reproduce her discovery on a Large scale. 1 a year ago the armed forces began replacing the Clicker that american Gas Long crunched in their daily ration with a shelf stable bread As part of their res or meals ready to soldiers sent to the persian Gulf consumed those meals at the rate of 25 million a month during the War. _ a we know its doable because we did it a couple times a China Choti said Friday at her Campus Laboratory. A a besides making the bread More compact she also wants to make it last More Thama year without refrigeration. A that May be harder since it has yet to be seen whether a bread can be produced a that not Only compresses and recovers immediately but also with a very prolonged shelf life and retarded staling a she Slaid. The army wants to shr ii the bread and keep it fresh a rather than simply replace it with another food item a because officials say there is just not a decent substitute. A a a a you want to eat Smoky frankfurters without having something that a similar to a Hotdog Bun. You eat it with crackers a it just does no to go Quot Over a i said i win Taub chief of tech no 1 orgy acquisition at the army research Center in Natick mass a China Chotin a recipe Calls for eliminating some or Al wheat flour and adding wheat protein powder., she Calls the powder the a key elastic she also uses unconventional starches such As Rice and tapioca to make the bread More compressible. _ Quot but How does bread made out of that stuff really taste 1 Quot Quot a a a it a not bad actually a China Choti said. �?�1 would imagine if i was a Soldier a a hungry Soldier especially a this be a problem a _ 1 _ _subs7 air link to Bush Cut Back Washington a the end of the cold War and the Battle of the budget have grounded the Navy a 24-hour air link Between the president and nuclear submarines a Pentagon official said move came about five months after the a Force Cut Back a continuous airborne Alert program. The Navy acted Early this year by transferring its to Camo planes to interim ground Alert spokeswoman Jan Walker said. _ the lights continue on a a random basis off both of the nation s coasts she said. The flights had been in the air non Stop for nearly three decades. Jacamo planes would be used by the a president to relay launch orders to the nuclear submarines in the event of a nuclear War. The Navy uses e6as and ec-130qs trailing Miles Long antennae into the Ocea for the communications lineups in Jacamo which stands for a take charge and move the Navy also has land based hookups with its nuclear submarine Fleet. In july the strategic air come scaled Back its round the clock a looking Glass Mission that for 29 years had provided a continuous airborne Alert against nuclear attack Sac officials estimated the move would save $2 million a year from reduced fuel and did t know How much Money would to saved by curtailing thet Acamo flights the Fleet consists of about 15 planes. A National enquirer settles Taylor suit new York up the National enquirer has settled a lawsuit filed by Elizabeth Taylor because of stories that said she was drinking while hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia. The supermarket tabloid apologized to Taylor and made a an appropriate monetary payment for stories published in june 199 1, i he amount of the payment was not disclosed. A a �?o1 feel completely vindicated a Taylor said saturday in a statement. A after the National enquirer management determined that the articles were in error the enquirer acted promptly and in Good a enquirer editor lain Calder said a we regret the inaccuracies in the articles but Are pleased that this dispute has come to an amicable end a the lawsuit had been pending for nine months. Antonio elects Wolff in Runoff for mayor s seat from wire reports san Antonio Nelson Wolff who promised to limit tax increases to the inflation rate beat a fellow City Council member in saturdays Runoff to become the nations 10th larg Cost City. A i a. A a. With 100 percent of the vote counted Wolff had 63,262 votes or 53 percent Maria Berriozabal conceded after garnering 56,895 votes or 47 percent. Wolff takes office next saturday for a iwo year term. V Berriozabal and Wolff finished first and second respectively among 11 candidates in the City s May 4 election. Incumbent Lila Cockrell finished third. ,. Quot a Runoff was required since no candidate captured More than 50 percent of the vote. Cockrell did not endorse either candidate in the non partisan Runoff. Gov. Ann Richards expressed support for Berriozabal but did no to Campaign for her. Berriozabal was trying to become the first hispanic woman mayor of a major . City. Smoke forces 747 to land new York a smoke from a Small fire filled the cockpit of a trans world airlines plane and forced the 747 to return to Juk International Airport 10 minutes after Takeoff saturday after the plane landed the passengers and Crew were whisked out the aircraft a exits while a the fire was extinguished. There were no injuries to the approximately 420 people aboard the flight for Madrid Spain. Woman s alarm pays off Roosevelt . For Leia Little an. Order of Protection was not enough to make her feel Safe from her former Boyfriend. So she bought an alarm to Wear around her neck in Case he came near her police saturday she got her Money a Worth when her former Beau Charles Davis came Stythe 21-� year old woman a Home about 2 45 county police said. The alarm alerted the police and neighbors who held Davis until authorities arrive the 26-year-old Man already was wanted on a 4 warrant for breaking into Little a Home earlier in. The month and assaulting her. Davis will be charged with burglary robbery and criminal contempt of court. _ twins barn in patrol car new Orleans a a woman who woke up with severe labor pains flagged Down a police car and gave birth to twin boys in the Back seat. The two officers in the car were on the. Lookout Tor a Man with a gun when they saw Louise Richardson on the Roadside about 6 am thursday. _�?o1 asked her what a wrong and she said she was going to have a baby a s Aid officer Shaun Brown. A i asked her How far along she was a and she said a right a Richardson 27, said she called her Stepfather but was out of Gas. She went outside with a Friend to try to Flag Down a passing Motorist to bring her to the Hospital. The officers took her to Touro infirmary in less than three minutes. A nurse delivered the twins Derrick and Eric with help from the of if Dies Man who was of cart pump has Houston a 52-Ycaj the first recipient of a portable Quot died a Hospital said saturday. Larry Heinsohn of Shreveport la., died thursday of multiple Organ failure including his liver and kidneys said Texas heart Quot Institute spokesman Marc Mattsson Quot a the doctor had said throughout that Heinsohn had. So. Many other problems he was a very sick Man a Mattsson said. The heart pump a device connected to a Battery pack that can be Slung Over the shoulder was implanted May 9. It to keep patients alive and Mobile while they await donated hearts. Heinsohn had been suffering from cardiomyopathy a degenerative disease of the heart and would have died immediately with out the device the Institute said after the operation
