European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes sunday november 17, 1991soviets stealth sub shown in photos London apr Jane a defence weekly says it has obtained the first photographs seen in the West of a so called stealth submarine which defense experts regard As the soviet Navy a most modern secret weapon. The British military affairs Magazine said Friday a a jew has obtained the first pictures of the soviet Navy a new research submarine called Beluga by nato  the submarine photographed in the soviet Black sea port of Sevastopol on nov. 3, is believed to be the Only one of its kind in service with the soviet Navy. The vessel is thought to be the prototype for an diesel electric propulsion system that docs not rely on air for combustion the magazines statement said. A the exact Type of propulsion development has not been disclosed but could be fuel cell Type or Sterling Type engines a it reported. Quot this would indicate continued soviet interest in a wide variety of propulsion systems and Hull forms which have followed a much More diverse path than that chosen by Western  the propulsion system reduces the submarines sonar signature the sounds emitted by the Craft underwater that can be detected by enemy sonar. The statement added a Jane s Esti this photo released Friday by Jane a defence weekly reportedly shows a soviet stealth submarine docked in Sevastopol. Mates that the Beluga is also powered alternatively by two diesel engines. Driving it at 22 knots <25 Mph dived through a single Shaft. Trie boats length is 65 meters 213 feet and the displacement 1,900 metric tons  the statement said the vessel is based in the Black sea where the enclosed nature of the underwater conditions makes them Ideal for submarine research. Quot it is the Only one of its class so far identified and it was built in St. Petersburg and completed in february 1987,�?� it said. Quot its design includes a Fin similar to that of the Alfa class nuclear powered attack submarine. Quot the quiet diesel engined sub is believed to be Able to stay deep underwater for up to 30 Days without needing to surface for air a the Magazine reported. The statement did not disclose How the photograph was obtained. But the London newspaper the daily Telegraph reported that a group of British Royal Navy personnel on a visit to the Sevastopol naval base had been allowed to take photographs of the exterior of the submarine without interference by soviet  Pentagon curbs travel to soviet Union Washington a the Pentagon has clamped Down on official travel to the soviet Union and Baltic states citing concern about soviet reluctance to shift High technology efforts from military to civilian uses. Donald Atwood Deputy Secretary of defense said soviet officials Are not convinced that they should make he shift. Atwood has just returned from an eight Day tour of defense plants in Russia and the Ukraine. Atwood expressed concern Friday about a soviet a a obsession with military related High technology and a reluctance to begin a Large scale conversion to civilian applications. His remarks reflect a growing worry in the Bush administration that during the soviet unions attempted demilitarization of its Economy its great inventory of military technology a including nuclear know How a May go on the world Market. Atwood said he issued instructions upon his return to Washington that no defense department official travel to the soviet Union or the Baltic states without first getting approval from him or defense Secretary Dick Cheney. Atwood accompanied by . Industrialists visited military plants and research centers in Moscow St. Petersburg and Kiev to assess soviet Progress in converting its military Industrial Complex to mainly civilian production. The soviets Are Quot wide open to foreign interest in buying technologies that have military uses such As optics lasers and integrated circuits Atwood said. He said these Are High Quality technologies even by Western standards. Quot when i see what a happening Over there with their technology centers and the interest Many people have in it i done to want to go about encouraging these technology centers to sell that a Atwood said Quot i want them to convert to civilian projects. He a id that in one Case soviet officials Quot talked very openly about drumming up foreign interest in a rocket used As a space launch Booster. The worry was that the rocket also can be used in a Long Range ballistic missile he said. A those Are the sorts of things that i want to make sure that we done to encourage a that we convert their thinking a Atwood  lion killed in Nebraska Omaha neb. A a Mountain lion a amp been killed by a Hunter in the Nebraska Panhandle the first confirmed kill in the state in a Century. Quot this cat just drifted out of the Trees about 140 Yards in front of me. The first thing i noticed was that 2 /2-foot Tail a said Lyle von Spreckelsen of Clay Center. He killed the 80-Pound female while Deer Hunting. The Mountain lion measured 5 i to 6 feet from the tip of its nose to the end of its Tail he said. The game and Parks commission is studying the carcass to determine How old it was. The last confirmed sighting of a Mountain lion in Nebraska was about 20 years ago near Oxford said Kirk Gustad District supervisor for the . Agriculture department s animal damage control office in Lincoln. But Panhandle residents have for years reported seeing Mountain Lions also known As pumas or cougars. Bush signs unemployment Bill Washington a president Bush a signature on a $5.3 billion jobless benefits Bill should get checks to some unemployed americans by thanksgiving As Congress tries to make the new coverage even More generous. Bush signed the legislation after the Senate passed it 91-2 late Friday. But the residue of bitterness lingering after months of fiery partisan fights was clearly visible. Quot my Only regret is thatt fir Congress did not earlier Send me a Bill that i could sign a Bush said. Said sen. Lloyd bunt san a Texas Quot the election in Pennsylvania a thanksgiving a worked to the Benefit of those who arc  he was referring to democratic sen. Harris Wofford a upset of former attorney general Dick Thornburgh in a nov. 5 special election. The new program passed Friday could give some 2.8 million americans six 13 or 20 extra weeks of unemployment checks a beyond the Basic 26-week Benefit package a depending on each states jobless rate. The Bill also applies to service Mem ers who will leave the military during the draw Down. Service members were previously limited to a maximum of 13 weeks of benefits but the Bill gives them the same rights and benefits As civilians some senators concerns that their states were getting Short shrift treatment in the Benefit allocation formula had delayed final congressional enactment a and at one time threatened to scuttle the Compromise legislation agreed to by the administration and the democrats. Thus the Senate late Friday passed and sent to the House a second Bill stretching the safety net even further for the Long term jobless. This measure would give the eligible jobless in All states no less than 13 new weeks of additional coverage. Supporters said House leaders and the White House had agreed to the new legislation and said approval could come As Early As next week. But though support for the legislation was bipartisan political potshots continued to be fired Over Why the new benefits took so Long to materialize. Bush killed two unemployment Bills this year complaining first that they were not needed and subsequently that they would drive up the deficit. Democrats accused Bush of changing his mind Only after he began a free fall in Public opinion polls and Wofford handily Defeated Thornburgh who had been in Bush a Cabinet in the Pennsylvania election. They also said it would have been too embarrassing for Bush to Block benefits with the Holiday season approaching. Ohio Village applying brakes to dirty Drivers Cleves Ohio up a an Ohio Village has passed a Law prohibiting cars and trucks from tracking mud in its streets. Cleves councilman Sherman Mcgill said that construction Crews working on a nearby Bridge have dumped Large amounts of mud on Village s reets recently and that in response the Council passed an emergency ordinance prohibiting any vehicle from depositing mud dirt or other Sticky substances on its streets. Passenger cars and trucks must obey the new Law Mcgill said. He did not indicate however How much mud must b dumped for prosecutors to take action. Violation of the ordinance approve wednesday could result in fines up 1 $500 or a 60-Day jail sentence in the Wes Ern Hamilton county Village near the ii Diana Border and Cincinnati