European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday March 23, 1992pentagon reportedly stalling on Ozone by Keith Schneider the new York times Washington a a new policy aimed at eliminating the use of Ozone depleting chemicals by the military is being blocked at the top Levels of the Pentagon military officers say. Environmental officials in the defense department attributed the delay in issuing the policy to the usual slow bureaucratic process in the military. A there is nothing final yet a said Jan Walker a spokeswoman for the Pentagon. A we Are still in the  but other environmental specialists in the military said the policy was being held up by top officers who were concerned about its Cost and the difficulty of carrying out the changes. The . Military is one of the largest users of chemicals that scientists say Are destroying the upper Atmo sphere Ozone layer that protects Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation produced by the Sun. Last summer a joint study by the military and congressional investigators said it would Cost $1.3 billion to change More than 9,600 military design specifications and eliminate the use of Ozone depleting chemicals the process of creating of the new policy began feb 15 at the request of Donald j. Atwood jr., the Deputy Secretary of defense. It details How the military services must meet president Bush a deadline for eliminating virtually All uses of Ozone destroying chlorine and Bromine based compounds by dec. 31, 1995. N the chemicals which include chlorofluorocarbons halons Methyl chloroform and Carbon tetrachloride Are used to clean electronic equipment for Cooling Norl Fri a Quinn Russim  say Nixon urged him to Bow out nomination. His successive primary losses Buchanan said were really victories that a stiffened the presidents spine on several conservative issues. Bush was embarrassed that up to one third of Republican voters in state primaries voted for Buchanan who has never held elective office. Buchanan has blasted Bush a record on taxes foreign policy and the Economy. Also Friday he said he would Stop attacking Bush a record and stick to contrasting his vision for the future with the presidents. He said his fund raising efforts have fallen recently and he would have to raise a lot of Money to stay in the race through the California and new Jersey primaries june 2. State primaries elect delegates to the National convention. Former president Nixon smiles with gop challenger Patrick Buchanan right after their meeting in new Jersey. Biosphere inhabitants losing weight using Reserve food. Woodcliff Lake . Apr Republican challenger Patrick Buchanan visited former president Nixon on saturday and came away saying that his old Boss urged him to Bow out of the race before californians june 2 primary. Buchanan said after the session that he respected Nixon a opinions but had no plans to give up his Campaign for the Republican nomination. He said Nixon also urged him to redirect his Campaign attacks away from president Bush and toward gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas the probable democratic nominee. He said he would a seriously consider that idea. Buchanan who was a speech writer when Nixon was president met with the former president for about 75 minutes in Nixon a office and the two held a Brief news conference afterwards. A smiling Nixon offered few details. A i agree with him on some things and disagree on others As was the Case when we worked together a Nixon said. A a there a Only one thing worse in politics than being wrong and that a being Dull and Pat Buchanan is far from  after the meeting Buchanan left for Connecticut which holds its primary tuesday. On Friday Buchanan promised to keep pushing Bush a Agenda in a conservative direction but Buchanan said that in the end he could make peace. A if somebody beats me in a fair fight. Ill endorse the nominee a Buchanan said. The conservative commentator speaking at a $250-per-person fund Raiser described his Campaign As a conservative a a revolution rather than a bid for the Republican buy american stickers Divide loyalties at Boeing Everett Wash. A a Boeing co. Supervisor ordered workers to remove a buy american bumper stickers from toolboxes and work stations at the aircraft company a Everett Plant. But a company spokesman later said the order will not be enforced. And the Union that passed out the stickers says it has ordered 50,000 More. Foreign airlines have been More than willing to buy american at least when it comes to Boeing a jetliners. Last year 80 percent of Boeing a commercial aircraft orders came from outside the United states and 64 percent of the company a $90 billion backlog of firm Jet orders at the end of 1991 was with foreign customers. Representatives of foreign airlines Are common at Boeing plants and the company said it does not want to Hurt their feelings. A memo ordering the removal of the stickers was sent thursday to Everett Plant workers by general supervisor Mike Hughes who oversees 747 preflight and delivery operations for Boeing commercial air plane group. The Plant produces 747 jumbo jets and 767 wide body airliners. But Boeing will not enforce the order because a your employees have the right to express their opinions Quot company spokesman Chris Villiers said Friday. A we respect the employees rights and we Are not going to ask them to remove the stickers a Villiers said. Quot but we Are going to remind them to use common sense and judgment and to consider the feelings of our International customers. They Are not Only our customers but our  the stickers have been offered by District Lodge 751 of the machinists Union for several years. But Union officials say demand picked up this year after japanese leaders criticized american workers As Lazy and uneducated. Oracle Ariz. Apr the eight people sealed inside biosphere 2 Tor the last six months have lost weight and Are digging deeper into their Reserve supplies of food than they had planned. An advisory committee visited the site last month to review the Progress of the two year Experiment which has been beset by allegations of cheating and a Lack of scientific value. A a it a very Clear that they were hungry and that there had been a loss of weight that was measurable a committee member Steve of Brien told the Arizona daily Star of Tucson. Of Brien a geneticist with the National cancer Institute told the newspaper that one Crew member has lost about 40 pounds. Stanford Calif. Apr a Stanford University surgeon accused of harassing a female colleague was demoted and has agreed to undergo gender sensitivity training a school official said. Or. Gerald Silverberg who was acting chairman of Stanford medical centers neurosurgery department demonstrated a a troubling insensitivity in his working relations with women students and doctors said David Korn Dean of the medical school. In a statement Silverberg said a it was never my intention to demean or insult any woman but it is now Clear to me that some things i said or did in jest or from affection were taken As signs of  last june an associate of Silverberg a or. Frances Conley accused him of pro positioning her and de space biosphere ventures a private company scaled four men and four women in the High tech terrarium sept. 26 to live for two years in their closed environment. They grow crops and raise pigs goats and poultry. The Experiment began with an 89-Day Supply of stored food that was grown there the previous year. Crew members said they decided to eat More of the Reserve food after their crops were reduced by fungus mites and a Lack of pollination caused in part by disoriented honeybees. Or. Roy Walford the Crews physician and nutritionist said Crew members were in excellent health despite losing 8 percent to 15 percent of their body weight. He said he did not anticipate the weight loss. Meaning her in the operating room during surgeries. Conley a brain surgeon resigned from her Stanford Job in protest saying she was tired of years of Subtle sexual harassment. Last fall she withdrew her resignation saying that she had decided to work within the system to change male doctors attitudes about women. Silverberg is expected to take a gender sensitivity course and counselling next year and his Progress in the program will be monitored. A the wont be Able to just go to some seminar and sit in the Back of the room and snooze a said Donald Gibbons spokesman for Stanford medical centers news service. Or. Lawrence Shuer has been named As the new acting chairman of the neurosurgery department Korn said. Surgeon owns up to harassment accusation