European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 52, no. 104 500 saturday july 31,1993 d 8693 a no turbulence for Widnall nominee for of Secretary May receive Quick approval by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington Sheila e. Widnall president Clinton s nominee for Secretary of the air Force sailed through he debut thursday before the Senate armed services committee on a tide of Goodwill and appears headed for speedy , a longtime faculty member of the Massachusetts Institute of technology would be the first woman service Secretary in .  is widely known and respected for her work in fluid dynamics. Her research much of which has been sponsored by the air Force has focused on the Way air Craft behave in the air and particularly the causes and effects of air . Edward m. Kennedy Leftd-mass., chats thursday with Sheila e. Widnall nominee As is customary at confirmation hear for air Force Secretary and Graham Allison jr., assistant defense Secretary nominee Ings for top Pentagon posts Widnall democrats to seek speedy of of elders As surgeon general spoke Only in the broadest generalities about what her new duties would be As  example she said her primary role will be to build a Quality air Force for today and tomorrow and added that she is a Good Choice to steer the service through the rest of the draw Down be cause of her consensus  but Widnall 55, did Flash a combative one when she was challenged by sen. Strom Thurmond r-s.c., on How she Felt about female combat pilots and the possibility that they could be taken Pris Oner of War. War is terrible for everybody wid Nall replied. Being a person with a Pas Sion for air planes i believe some people were just meant to Fly. I empathize with see Widnall on Page 2 s u m m e r hair scare Washington a a Senate committee Friday voted 13-4 to approve or. Joycelyn m. Elders As surgeon Gener Al and democrats vowed to seek final approval in the full Senate by next week. Three republicans joined All the com Mittee democrats in sending the Nomi nation to the Senate floor. Democratic sen. Edward m. Kennedy of Massachusetts said he would press for a final vote before the planned summer recess. After All she has been through i would be unconscionable to delay her confirmation until september Kenned said. The Senate owes her an apology not a filibuster. It is time for this harassment to  republicans have attacked elders advocacy of sex education condom distribution abortion rights and some of her financial dealings. But Eyen one of elders supporters indicated reservations. Sen. Harris Wofford d-pa., said that he supported her outdid not agree with every statement that she s  Short of a filibuster it would be pos sible to use Senate rules to Dela y a vote on elders Nomi nation beyond next week by which Tim senators Hope to be out of town. Utah Republican sen. Oren g. Hatch who voted against her nomination but does not plan to Lead the opposition said her nomination May not be brought to the floor before tuesday and then the consideration could take at least three Days. Even without elders the Senate splate next week already is pretty full confirmation votes on a supreme court Justice and an Fri director the administration s deficit reduction Bill and 13 appropriations Bills. Sen. Dan Coats r-ind., who vote against elders said he found her statements profoundly disturbing an profoundly offensive to Many  her criticism of the roman Catholic Church s opposition to abortion has been so pointed that the Bishop of Camden,n.j., denounced her remarks As bigot  while her supporters on the com Mittee were speaking favourably about he last week they made it Clear they did t agree with everything she said and advised her to tone Down her remarks. Felders defended her position % saying that in some instances she had been mis quoted or quoted out of context. Senators also had questions about eld ers financial dealings and her decision As director of the Arkansas health depart see elders on Page 2 4ot weather can damage your hair but experts offer advice for tresses in distress the egg conditioner for example. Seepage 18 and 19 iraqi radar possibly confused Navy jets Washington Apu a. Navy aviators who shot at what they thought were Iraq missile Sites May have been fir ing at ground radar they mis took for More lethal tracking radar a senior Pentagon offi Cial said. The official speaking on condition of anonymity said the pilots involved in the Sepa rate incidents thursday apparently believed their aircraft were being illuminated by radar from iraqi anti missile Sites a preparatory step to being fired upon. However the radar signals could have been from the nearly identical surface search radar that is not danger Ous to aircraft the official said. They were lit up an thought they were being aimed at. They wer being very cautious the official said. . Patrols operate understanding orders to fire at iraqi missile Sites if they turn their radars on the patrolling planes. The two ea-6b prowler electronic warfare jets fired at suspected iraqi missile  jets from the aircraft car Rier Abraham Lincoln were patrolling the no Fly zone in Southern Iraq. An air Force f-4q wild weasel was involved in a similar incident sunday the official said that  had just arrived in the persian Gulf and that  the re Gion wore being warned to be More cwt Al to differentiate Between the two types of radar. The jew York times published the first report that the Navy pilots mistook the radar in Friday s editions. The times Alsom quoted an unidentified and minister ton official As saying iraqi forces sunday were ainu ing their radar at shiite militia members in a ground stir min and not at the american plane. Each of the Navy Atra fired an anti radiation missile thursday. The Sites went about30 Miles apart one North of the City of tall and the other Southeast of it Navy copt. Michael doubled said aka new briefing. The incidents occurred within about two hours of each other Doubleday said. He said he could hot asses the damage from the . Mis Siles the jets returned safely to the Abraham Lincoln