European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 10, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3nuclear parts found in iraqi Plant Washington a they were on a Surprise inspection near Baghdad Iraq but the inspectors themselves ended up being More surprised than the iraqis. While inspecting a government Complex near the iraqi capital several Days ago the . Team came upon a nondescript building and asked to look inside. What they found was a Plant designed to manufacture centrifuges for the production of weapons Grade uranium. A we knew they were trying to acquire Centrifuge components. But we did no to know they had a Plant or where a one . Official said. This and other discoveries by three previous . Teams has led the . In gence Community to revise its pre War estimate of Iraq s nuclear capability. Instead of being five years to l years away from producing a deliverable nuclear weapon . Experts now believe Iraq could have produced enough material for a bomb within a year or two. A they were clearly closer than we estimated a said a second official. A they were within a year or two of having a production line for the  both officials spoke Only on condition they not be named. The biggest Surprise for the intelligence Community was the discovery two months ago that Iraq was trying to enrich uranium with Cal trons Gianfr magnets used to separate isotopes. That process was jettisoned by the United states in the 1940s As being too slow and inefficient but Iraq could have used it to produce sufficient bomb material within 10 years. Iraq has said the facilities and equipment were designed for a peaceful nuclear program and it has denied that it was trying to make nuclear weapons. Despite Iraq s grudging cooperation with International inspectors several significant mysteries remain regarding its nuclear program officials  Quot for instance inspectors have been unable to learn anything about nuclear weapons designs Iraq might have been working on said the first official. Some gaps also remain regarding its uranium enrichment work he said. Inspectors have found signs that Iraq was using three enrichment techniques but they Haven t found evidence to prove that Iraq was using chemical processes for enrichment. He said. Inspectors also Are still trying to find whether Iraq had a Plant to manufacture uranium hex fluoride a substance needed to run the cascades of centrifuges for uranium enrichment he said. Quot officials believe that either the inspectors still Haven t found the Plant or that it was one of the Many buildings bombed in the War. A there will always be doubts on that a said the second official. Moon walking astronaut Irwin Dies at age 61 Glen Wood Springs Colo. A former astronaut James b. Irwin who walked on the Moon in 1971 and later became a minister who searched for traces of Noah Sark has died a Hospital spokeswoman said Friday. He was 61. Alice Sundeen spokeswoman for Valley View Hospital said Irwin died thursday night apparently of a heart attack. Irwin who had had a history of heart trouble was on a speaking tour of Central Colorado Christian organizations at the time of his death. He was the first to die of the 12 men who walked on the Moon. Irwin viewed his Apollo 15 Moon journey in july August 1971 As a religious experience and said it led him to found the High flight foundation an interdenominational evangelistic organization based in Colorado Springs. Former astronaut Alan bean remembered Irwin on Friday As a a wonderful human being. He was a wonderful astronaut because he was such a Good team player. He could decrease his own ego to work with people in Apollo to make a better  Irwin the High flight foun Dation a most publicized efforts involved six expeditions led by Irwin to mount Ararat in Turkey in an unsuccessful search for remnants of Noah Swik. Irwin said in september 1986 that he was giving up the search for the Ark. A i think it is time for others to take up the search a he said. Irwin retired from the Astron iut corps and founded his non profit foundation whose main Pui a use was a to share the love of Jesus Christ a a year after h is a Moonwalk. On july 26, 1971, Irwin David a. Cott and Alfred m. Worden blasted off on their 295-hour Mission. Irwin and Scott were the first to use the lunar Rover vehicle. Among the samples they collected was a Rock estimated to be 4.15 billion years old nicknamed the genesis Rock. Irwin is survived by his wife Mary Ellen and five  turns Over Helm of Central come to successor Tampa Fla. Apr Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf gave his final Salute Friday As commander of the army he led to Victory in the persian Gulf War then handed Over the reins of the . Central come to his successor. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney pinned a Chest full of medals on the Man whose name became a synonym for the Victory of . And Allied troops in operation desert storm. With tears in his eyes Schwarzkopf thanked his children and his wife for their support then praised the 541,000 . Troops he commanded in the Gulf. A Many Are stepping Forward today taking credit for what you did but you know what you did a you made history a Schwarzkopf said. A i shall forever be proud of  joint chiefs of staff chairman Colin Powell told Schwarzkopf a the whole world knows you. They know you because of the Story of Victory and courage you have written in the Sand skies and sea of the persian  the ceremony at Macdill fab included Schwarzkopf a final review of the troops and a 19-gun Salute. It marked Only the latest tribute for the Gulf War hero since his return in april. He has been showered by a new York ticker tape Parade knighted by Queen Elizabeth pinned with the medal of Freedom honoured by a joint session of Congress and signed to a reported $5 million Book Deal. A the 56-year-old four Star general has even hired an agent to sort out the Job oilers and possible political opportunities that await him when he retires at months end. It will close a 35-year career that began at West Point and ranged from platoon Leader to corps commander in Vietnam to architect  100-hour lightning ground Assaul that pushed Iraq from Kuwait. Taking Over As Central come commander in chief is Marine corps it. Gen. Joseph p. Hoar the Deputy chief of staff for plans policies and operations Tor the Marine corps. He is in line for appointment to four Star rank. A native of Boston mass., the 57-year-old Hoar is a Vietnam Veteran who served As a battalion and brigade adviser to the South vietnamese marines. He commanded the 31st Marine amphibious unit which participated in three Indian Ocean deployments and nine amphibious exercises. . Ii. Morinan Schwarzkopf left and it. Gen. Joseph p. Hoar Salute the . Central come Flag during Chongc of com Nind ceremonies in Lam a Fla. Hoar has worked in a variety of positions in the Pentagon and served As the chief of staff for Central come from 1988 to 1990. He attended Tufts University in Medford mass., and has a masters degree from George Washington University. The Macdill based Central come one of eight joint . Commands around the Globe oversees military operations in 18 countries throughout the Middle East. The command still has much to do in the Wake of the Gulf War a Clearing mines in Kuwait maintaining the . Embargo against Iraq and sending Home thousands of tons of  quits to make run for Senate Washington a attorney general Dick Thornburgh on Friday submitted his resignation effective next thursday to begin a widely expected Senate race for the unexpired term of the late sen. John Heinz. Thornburgh 59, submitted the resignation letter to president Bush White House spokesman Gary Foster said in Kennebunkport Maine where Bush is vacationing. Foster said a formal announcement is forthcoming. Thorn Burgyl whose resignation will be effective at the close of business next thursday is the Odds on favorite to win the special Senate election in Pennsylvania where he served two terms As governor. Bush accepted the resignation a with mixed emotions and praised Thornburgh for his record on civil rights As Well As a relentless and unwavering efforts to fight crime. Bush added however that Thornburgh would a provide our party with the strongest possible candidate in the special  his resignation was widely anticipated. The White House already has announced that he would be replaced at least temporarily by Deputy attorney general Wil Liam p. Barr. Thornburgh who came to Washington nearly three years ago to run the Justice department in the Reagan administration had a Rocky tenure As attorney general often feuding with Congress and the press. The Senate race will pit Thornburgh against Harris Wofford a relatively unknown Democrat who was named interim senator last Spring after Heinz a Republican died in an april 4 air plane helicopter collision near Philadelphia. Wofford former state labor and Industry Secretary was also president of Bryn mawr College a women a Liberal arts school in Philadelphia. Controversy dogged Thornburgh right up to his last weeks in office. Time Magazine published a cover Story suggesting that the Justice department dragged its feel investigating the scandal Ridden Bank of credit and Commerce International. Thornburgh a aides summoned reporters to rebut the charges. In Harrisburg pa., Tom Druce executive director of the Pennsylvania Republican party said Thornburgh would officially become the party a candidate at the aug. 30 meeting of the Republican state committee