European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 28, 1992 the stars and stripes a Pago 7 Hoard of War goods needs weeding out Pentagon says Washington apr the Pentagon wants the congressional of to clean out its Supply inventory of some $9 billion of Asbestos vegetable tannins and other such raw materials. The defense department asked Congress on wednesday for permission to sharply reduce its National defense stockpile a collection of 91 commodities metals and materials hoarded against the possibility of a three year global War. Congress has mandated that the Pentagon maintain the stockpile. But the Pentagon says it has grown too Large to maintain in this age of Post cold War budget cuts and contains too Many unnecessary items. The stockpile is stored at a variety of warehouses around the country and costs $32 million annually to maintain said Pentagon spokesman Glen flood. It is made up of dozens of materials such As Nickel aluminium and Lead some still considered vital for the High tech military and its machines. But it also contains items As such As quinine once used to Battle malaria and Mica once used in radios with vacuum tubes an anachronism in the age of transistors. The stockpile also has items now considered hazardous to the environment a such As Asbestos and Mercury a and materials that have deteriorated to such a degree that they Are useless. Abaca Cordage fiber once valued for the fact that it is stronger wet than dry was prize by the Navy for Marine ropes. But since Nylon is now a modern Day substitute the Pentagon said it can get rid of its supplies and take the item off its list of a a critical materials. Vegetable tannins once needed to produce leathers for a horse drawn age can also be sold the Pentagon said. Supporters of the stockpile have cited shortages countries faced in world War ii of some critical materials a such As a Lack of rubber a that could have affected the outcome of the conflict. However Pentagon officials say the stockpile was of no use to the military during last years persian Gulf War and could easily be decreased. In the report to Congress the Pentagon said the administration will propose legislation asking lawmakers to establish a a More realistic scenario that projects a one year mobilization period and a three month War. The original cast of Star trek poses at the smithsonian a exhibit in Washington on wednesday. From left arc George Takei Walter Koenig Leonard Nimoy Nichelle Nichols William Shatner Deforest Kelley and James Doohan. Star trek beams up to smithsonian Washington apr the Crew members of the original Sta ship Enterprise a Kirk Spock Bones and the others a Are boldly going where no pop icons have gone before on display in the smithsonian a air and space museum. A Star trek the exhibition a which opens today and runs through sept. 7, incorporates More than 80 props from the original television series including phases costumes a Tri Corder fuzzy tribbles and even a reconstructed transporter. The retrospective examines the historical political and cultural issues of the 1960s that were incorporated into the show which ran weekly from 1966 to 1969 and spawned six movies and a second to series. But its also a lot of Plain old fun. Visitors can sit in capt. James t. Kirk a chair its Only painted plywood and naugahyde or get a close look at tiny klingon Battle cruisers and a Model of the uss Enterprise. They can also watch a 25-minute documentary film prepared for the retrospective featuring interviews with the shows principals including creator Gene Roddenberry interviewed before he died in october. The exhibit is organized into categories such As a a cold War in space a a civil rights and Urban rebellion and  the latter focuses mainly on Kirk a Many interstellar and inter species liaisons. At a Media preview wednesday museum officials and the actors who starred in the show described Star trek with a reverence usually reserved for great works in science or the humanities. A when you look at the biographies of the great pioneers in the Field of air and space you find that time and time again they were inspired by the stories of . Wells and others who speculated about the future and the role that we As inhabitants of this Earth would play in that future a said Martin Hewitt director of the National air and space museum. A Star trek did the same thing for the youngsters of the 1960s.�?� Mary Henderson the exhibitions curator said Star trek rendered a vision of science and technology in which space travel would be possible and humans would be benevolent and Wise. A unquestionably the show influenced attitudes the space pc about the space program then and i think now a she Larity a that a museum  living eight of the original cast members on hand for the preview said they did not feel like icons but believe the Snow has made an important contribution to american life. A i think Many people took it into their hearts. That what was being said on to at that time was a reason to celebrate a said Nichelle Nichols who played communications officer Juhura and was one half of televisions first interracial kiss. A people will come up to me and say. Thank you be i would not be an Engineer if it weren to for said James Doohan who played the affable chief Engineer Montgomery Scott. A i say a i done to do any engineering really on the set a but somehow there is a kind of figurehead there. Hey that a  William Shatner sounding a Little like Kirk said the exhibit gave him a a strange and awesome  cause you a �?�2 planes wings tangle delay Takeoff for hours from wire reports new York a two planes got their wings tangled As they taxied toward runways at Kennedy International Airport. No one was injured but about 300 Paris bound passengers were delayed for hours. A trans world airlines 747 with the 300 people aboard was heading for a runway for Takeoff tuesday night when it Mccame entangled with an air France 747 cargo Jet also preparing for Takeoff authorities said. A a it a just an Accident. Somebody got too close a said it. Kevin Hassett a port authority officer. Workers shifted each planets fuel Supply to one Side so they could be tilted apart then towed them Back to their terminals Hassett said. The passengers remained aboard the Twa plane for More than two hours while the aircraft were separated and returned to the terminals then waited for another flight Hassett said buy american backed los Angeles a the City Council voted tuesday to place on the june 2 primary ballot a controversial buy american measure that would allow City officials to give bidding preference to local and state businesses and set a minimum Domestic Content requirement for City contracts and procurements. The a buy american proposal which was authored by City councilman Rcv Yaroslavsky was unanimously approved by the Council without debate. However interviews with economists City buyers and financial analysts indicated Strong reservations about the Domestic Content provision which May be difficult to implement because Many products from typewriters to pickup trucks Are hybrids of the global  jailed for firing gun Marshall Texas a a Man who fired a gun across the Street from a High school has become the first person sent to prison under the Federal gun free school zones act authorities said. Gerry Ray Hawkins 23, of Waskom Drew eight years without parole wednesday. He was the first person sentenced under the 1991 Law which makes it a crime to carry a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school the Justice department said. Authorities said Hawkins fired a gun at random nov. 1 near Waskom High school during a football game. He was on parole for attempted murder at the time. He pleaded guilty to violating the Federal Law and being a Felon in Possession of a  cutoff blocked Abingdon a. A a Federal judge has blocked the cutoff of health care benefits for 120,000 retired members of the United mine workers Union. . District judge Glenn Williams issued the temporary restraining order wednesday in response to a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of some retirees. He set a March 4 hearing to consider the matter further. Two Trust funds that provide the health insurance have a $100 million deficit because of a drop in contributing companies. The fund administrators had planned to give notice next month that benefits would be Cut off in april. The funds were created in the 1940s by the bituminous Coal operators association which today represents 14 of the nations largest Coal  want Isle renamed los Angeles a file this one in the a Only in Southern californian folder. The Gilli and a Island fan club based in studio City is petitioning Hawaii gov. John d. Waihee to rename the Island of Maui to Gilligan a Island As a tribute to the 1960s sitcom about seven castaways who were stranded on an uncharted Island after leaving Honolulu. A a Gilligan a Island is not just a to show its american folklore a said fan club Leader Bob Hines. A a it a worthy of an enduring  Hines a computer Programmer who moonlights As a Gilligan Groupie estimated his clubs a operation desert Isle Campaign will bring about 30,000 signatures for the cause. A the show affected the collective conscience of a generation a Hines said. A it deserves to be