European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday May 27, ,1991 compact bread May add Spring to soldiers Steps it m Mumm a amp scientist la ii Isicc China Choti displays her experimental bread beside a regular uncompressed slice. X by Jeff Donn a a a a associated press writer. Amherst .  on its stomach a univ Casity of Massachusetts food scientist is trying to develop a new kind of Low floury compact bread to help lighten the Load. A it could be a totally new Type of bread. I done to know if the food and drug administration will accept that definition of bread or not a said Mavinee China Choti. A but it looks like bread and tastes like bread.�?�. A military research Laboratory has awarded China Choti $200,000 Over the past 2 a 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 Chotin a 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  50 percent of its volume after compress Sion. Quot a China Choti said she thinks she has found the right ingredients but has yet to reproduce her discovery on a Large scale. It a year ago the armed forces began. Replacing the crackers that american gis Long crunched in their daily ration with a shelf stable bread As part of their res or meals ready to eat. The soldiers sent to the persian Gulf consumed those meals at the rate of 25 million a month during the  a we know its doable because we did it a couple times a China Choti said Friday at her Campus Laborati  besides making the bread More compact she also wants to make it last More than a year without refrigeration. 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 said. A the army wants to shrink 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  you would t want to cat Smoky frankfurters without having something that a similar to a hot dog Bun you  eat it with crackers a it just does no to go Over a said Irwin Taub chief of technology acquisition at the army research Center in Natick mass 1 China Chotin a recipe Calls for eliminating some or All 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. But How does bread made out of that stuff really taste a a a a it a not bad actually a China Choti said. A i would imagine if 1 was a Soldier a a hungry Soldier especially a this  be a  a subs air link to Bush Cut Back Washington apr the end of the cold War and the Battle of the budget have grounded the Navy a 24rhour air link Between the president and nuclear sub marines a Pentagon official said saturday. The move came about five months after the air Force Cut Back a continuous airborne Alert program. The Navy acted Early this year by transferring its to Camo planes to a interim ground Alert a spokeswoman Jan Walker said. The flights continue on a a random basis off both of the nations coasts she said. J the flights had been in the air non Stop for nearly three decades. Jacamo planes would be used by the president to relay launch orders to the nuclear submarines in the event of a nuclear War. The Navy uses e6as arid ec-130qs trailing Miles Long antennae into the Ocean for a a the communications 1 Ink  in Jacamo which stands for a take charge and move  the Navy also has land based hookups with its nuclear submarine Fleet. A 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 at tack. Sag officials estimated the move would save $20 million a year from reduced fuel and maintenance. ,. A Walker did no to know How much Money would be saved by curtailing the Jacamo flights. The Fleet consists of about 15 planes. National enquirer settles Taylor suit new York up a 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  monetary payment for stories published in june 19.90. The amount of the payment was not disclosed. A i feel completely vindicated a Taylor said saturday in a statement a after the National enquirer management a determined that the articles were in error the enquirer acted promptly and in Good  a f enquirer editor Iain Calder said a a we regret the inaccuracies in the articles but Are pleased that this disc Pute has come to an amicable end a the lawsuit had been pending for nine months. San Antonio elects Wolff in Runoff for mayor s seat a from wire reports san Antonio a Nelson Wolff who promised to limit tax increases to the inflation rate. Beat a fellow City Council member in saturdays Runoff to become mayor of the nations 10th larg a a Stoity. ,.v. R. With 100 percent of the vote counted Wolff a a a ,262 votes or s3 percent. Maria Berriozabal conceded after garnering 56,895 votes or 47 percent. Wolff takes office next saturday for a two year term. Berriozabal and Wolff finished first and second respectively among 11 candidates in the City a May 4 election. Incumbent Lila Cockrell finished third. 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 sex pressed support for Berriozabal but did no to Campaign for her. A 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 jfk1 International. Airport 10 minutes after Takeoff saturday. After the plane landed the passengers and Crew were whisked out the aircraft a exits1 while the fire was extinguished a there were no injuries to the approximately420 people aboard the flight for Madrid Spain. A woman s alarm pays of Roosevelt . A 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 Castr it he came near her police said. R on saturday she got her Money a Worth when her former Beau Charles Davis came to the 21 year old woman s Home about 2 45 ., Nassau county police said. The alarm alerted the police and neighbors who held Davis until authorities arrived. 1 the 26-year-old Man already was wanted on a warrant for breaking into Little a Home earlier in the month and assaulting her. Davis Wilt be charged with burglary robbery and criminal contempt of court. A twins born in patrol car new Orleans 7 a woman who woke up with severe labor pains flagged Down a police car and gave birth to twin boys in the Back scat the two officers in the car were on the Lookout for a Man with a gun when they saw Louise Rich. Ardson on the Roadside about 6  Thursday. �?o1 asked her what a wrong and she said she was going to have a baby a said officer Shainbrown. �?o1 asked her How far along she was and she said a right  a Quot Richardson 27, said she called her Stepfather but his car was out of Gas. She went outside with a Friend to try to Flag Down a passing Motorist to bring her to the Hospital. 1 a. , took her to Truro infirmary in less than three minutes. A nurse delivered the twins Derrick and Eric with help from the officers. _ a re rvs a Vav a Fri of heart pump recipient Dies Houston a a 52-year-Otd Man who was. The first recipient of a portable heart pump has died a Hospital said saturday. Larry Heinsohn of shreveportla., died thursday of multiple Organ failure including his liver and kidneys said Texas heart Institute spokesman Marc Mattsson. A the doctor had said throughout that Hein Sohn had so Many other problems. He was a very sick Man a a Mattsson said. The heart pump a device connected to a Bat try pack that can be Slung Over the shoulder implanted May 9. It is designed 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 without the device the Institute said after the operation