European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 4, 1992 . The stars and stripes Page 7bentsen tops Treasury list sources say by the Washington Post Washington a Lloyd m. Bentsen chairman of the Senate finance committee appears to be atop president elect Bill Clinton a Short list for Treasury Secretary democratic sources say. But the texans chances could be clouded by democrats worries about possibly losing his Senate seat in a special election the sources said wednesday. Clinton reportedly has been eyeing Bentsen the 1988 vice presidential candidate for some time. But at least one other person appears to be under consideration Robert Rubin co chairman of the new York investment banking firm of Goldman Sachs amp co. Clinton is still wrestling with the Overall makeup of his economic team and there was no evidence wednesday that he had made an offer to anyone for the Treasury Job or the three other top economic posts. Nor is Bentsen a Universal Choice inside the Clinton Camp. The four jobs Clinton wants to fill be fire a dec. 14-15 economic Summit that he will hold in Little Rock Are Treasury Secretary head of the newly proposed economic Security Council chairman of the Council of economic advisers and director of the office of management and budget. Decisions Are expected later this week but Clinton May not announce his choices until next week. Besides Clinton the Only people intimately involved in the selections Are vice president elect a1 Gore transition director Warren m. Christopher Clinton a wife Hillary and longtime Clinton aide Bruce Lindsey. Democrats particularly Texas gov. Ann Richards a Bentsen ally Are worried about holding his Senate seat sources said. These concerns Are fuelled in part by the defeat suffered by sen. Wyche Fowler in Georgia last week and the democrats arc nervous about risking another loss next year. But it is not Clear that if that is sufficient reason for Clinton not to pick Bentsen. If Bentsen were chosen a special election would be held to fill the remaining time in his term which expires in 1994. That special election would Likely be held in May. New York beating fueling tensions of Blacks jews new York apr a racial tension has increased in the volatile Crown Heights neighbourhood after a Black Man was beaten by a group of hasidic jews who said he was trying to break into a building. A rabbinical student was arrested in the beating. And members of the students Ultra orthodox Luba Vitch sect charged wednesday that mayor David Dinkins had provoked an a a incendiary atmosphere in the neighbourhood by jumping to conclusions about the beating. Crown Heights a Black and jewish Section of Brooklyn ignited last year. A car driven by a Lubavitcher accidentally killed a Black child a rabbinical student was stabbed to death in retaliation and race riots followed Over several nights. Last month a jury acquitted a Young Mack Man accused of the stabbing death apparently because some jurors did not believe police testimony. Dinkins who is Black criticized the verdict Only mildly inc Ensing Many jews. On wednesday Moishe Katzman a 24-year-old Lubavitcher was arraigned on charges of beating Ralph Nimmons and was released in his own custody. Nimmons 25, told police that Katzman was among a group that attacked him Early tuesday behind the Zubavitch world Headquarters. Nimmons suffered a broken nose and a mild concussion and got eight stitches. The Lubavitcher said Nimmons was caught breaking into a jewish religious school and was injured while resisting his captors. They said he was seen burglar izing other buildings in the past seven weeks but got away. Situation Well in hand this Cool pedestrian  care less about the Mon walk. No fear of a a fell clutch of circumstances Here a Strous fingers reaching out at her on a Cincinnati Side the hand is just a painting on vacant  As it becomes reliable shuttle May be shelved 0 by Marcia Dunn the associated press Cape canaveral Fla. Nasa has finally mastered the Art of launching shuttles on time but it May be too late funds Are Down costs Are up the military is out and a White House task Force wants the Fleet replaced. A the evidence has been building for years and years and years a said former Nasa historian Alex Roland now a history professor at Duke University in Durham . A a there a just nothing for them shuttle astronauts to do up there at least nothing that a Worth the risk and the Cost of putting them up  wednesdays launch of discovery capped a Stellar year of eight shuttle missions the most since the challenger exploded shortly after liftoff Jan. 28,1986. And All but one of the launches took place on the scheduled Day a a big improvement Over past years in which launches were frequently delayed by Days or weeks. For Nasa it seems too cruel an irony that the program May be outdated just As it is finally becoming reliable. A pretty soon somebody a going to notice that improving record and say shoot it looks like those folks know what they re doing. Maybe this is a Good Deal we be got going Here and maybe it can serve the country Tor some time in c analysis the future a a Deputy shuttle director Brewster Shaw said wednesday. A a in a hopeful that that will come to pass that people will realize the space shuttle is a Good vehicle and its Good for the country and Well continue to Fly it for a Long  two weeks ago the White House task Force recommended a new launch system a manned and unmanned a that would be cheaper safer and More reliable than the shuttle which is based on 1970s technology. To pay for this new family of rockets the panel recommended reducing shuttle flights As soon As possible. A the shuttle is very expensive relative to its role in the . Space program a the task Force said. Nasa estimates each shuttle Mission costs about $500 million assuming a rate of eight flights a year the goal for the foreseeable future. Some analysts however said the Cost is closer to $1 billion. Nasa is spending $5 billion this fiscal year on the shuttle program less than last year but still More than a third of the Agency a total budget. Another task Force recommended just a month ago that the space Agency forgo satellite rescues unless the Mission directly benefits the United states or freed from secrecy Crew gets Busy testing space Center Houston apr discovery screw of five astronauts released a secret military satellite then awakened thursday to work on the open portion of their seven Day Mission. Mission control announced late wednesday nearly Ivi hours after the shuttles liftoff that the Pentagon satellite had been released. The operation was conducted in secrecy. Once completed Nasa lifted a news blackout. Flight plans called for Mission commander David m. Walker and his Al military Crew to release the satellite into a 230-mile-High orbit six hours after liftoff. The Pentagon has refused to identify the payload citing National Security. But space policy analysts said they think it is a reconnaissance spacecraft. Nearly a dozen military experiments Are being flown including radiation monitors vision tests a laser receiver and muscle and Bone tissue samples. Also six Metal balls will be ejected into space today so that researchers can track the debris with radar and telescopes. The shuttle is scheduled to land wednesday at Kennedy space Center Fla. Nasa. Shuttle astronauts daring and costly Rescue of the Intelsat communications satellite in May would not have met that criterion. Commercial satellites were banished from shuttles after the challenger disaster by presidential decree. To make matters worse officials insist that discovery a flight is the last shuttle Mission devoted to military work. Prom now on the defense department plans to use Only unmanned rockets to hoist major payloads into orbit. The Pentagon switched allegiance after the challenger exploded killing seven astronauts. Shuttles were grounded for 2vi years and Nasa still Hasni to caught up with the backlog despite the improved flight rate. Beginning in 1996, Nasa plans to use its four ship Fleet to carry pieces of space station Freedom into orbit. However the $40 billion station faces a fierce budget Battle in Congress each year and Many scientists question its Merit and rising Price