European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b 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 ser ices must meet president Bush a deadline for eliminating virtually All uses of Ozone destroying chlorine and Bromine based compounds by dec. 31, 1995. The chemicals which include chlorofluorocarbons halons Methyl chloroform and Carbon tetrachloride Are used to clean electronic equipment for Cooling and for suppressing fires. Buchanan 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 left after their meeting in new Jersey. Biosphere inhabitants losing weight using Reserve food woodcl1ff Lake . A 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. Quot 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 Quot our employees have the right to express their opinions a 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 Saiu. A 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 for 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. Cape canaveral Fla. Up Nasa engineers tracked approaching thunderstorms and geared up late sunday to fuel the shuttle Atlantis for today a scheduled launch that forecasters said Likely would be delayed. A a we re not working any hardware issues at All a shuttle program director Leonard Nicholson said of Atlantis. A a we re anxious to get on with it. The Only thing we re worried about is the  Atlantis and its six Man one woman Crew were scheduled to rocket away on the 46th shuttle Mission at 8 01 . Monday on an eight Day flight devoted to studying the Structure composition and behaviour of Earth a increasingly polluted atmosphere. Space biosphere ventures a private company sealed 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. Commander Charles Bolden 45 co Pilot Brian Duffy 38 Kathryn Sullivan 40 David Leestma 42 Michael Foale 35 and civilian researchers Byron Lichten Berg 44, and Dirk Frilout 51, of Belgium planned to strap in shortly after 5 . To await liftoff. But air Force meteorologists predicted a 70 percent to 80 percent Chance of thick Clouds rain and thunderstorms that would violate nasal a Post challenger safety guidelines. The Outlook for a tuesday launch try called for a 50-50 Chance of acceptable conditions. A other than weather things Are going Well a said shuttle test director a1 Sofge. A this is one of the cleanest countdowns that i can remember. Not to make a Pun Here but weather a the Only Cloud that we be got Over the countdown at this  Campaign shuttle readied despite Likely delay