European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R thursday August 5, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7 officials probing Brief Power failure aboard endeavour space Center Houston up Nasa officials Are looking into How a wrong command was sent to endeavour during its flight from june 21 to july 1, causing Sparks and a Brief Power loss on Board. None of the six astronauts was Hurt and the $1.8 billion shuttle was undamaged. But the incident spurred Johnson space Center officials to Convene a meet ing of a safety advisory Board that will Issue recommendations next week for avoiding problems the Houston Post re ported wednesday. S a while the particular incident itself was t so terribly serious the process Hie cup that was there. Could be extremely serious a said Lee Briscoe Lead flight director at the space Center. The incident happened when the controller a one of 17 certified by Nasa to supervise shuttle mechanical systems in orbit a improvised an electrical test that was not thoroughly reviewed by co workers in Mission control. Randy Stone assistant director for shuttle Mission operations said the controller sent two commands without a reset command to separate them. The commands caused a Short circuit that could have burned wires or disabled part of the shuttle. A a in a sure there were some local Sparks at a Contact but it was out in the cargo Bay in a vacuum a Stone said. Quot it Wasny to in an area you could  the controller was testing one of the shuttles three main Power units when Power was lost to a vent door a Cooling fan inside a Bank of experiments and possibly smaller systems Stone  takes wild ride on Hood to fend off thief Bellflower Calif. Up police said wednesday that a woman was carried screaming through City streets on the Hood of her careening car As she tried to Stop a thief from stealing the vehicle. Sheriffs Deputy Britta Tubbs said Tamara Mcdonald had stopped at a convenience store at about 9 . Tuesday and left the motor on her 1991 Ford escort running while she went inside. She returned to find a Man inside the car trying to drive away. Tubbs said Mcdonald screamed for help jumped onto the Hood of her car and held of As the Driver weaved through traffic braking suddenly at intervals to try to shake her off. Despite his efforts she managed to climb into the cards open Sunroof. Tubbs said Mcdonald estimated that the car was going about 50 Mph. The Driver pushed a screaming Mcdonald into the passenger seat and warned her to be quiet. He pulled Over in Anaheim for gasoline and Mcdonald got out of the car shouting for police. The Man fled on foot before police arrived. Trenton . A could there be a reason for that enigmatic smile on the face of a Vinci a Mona Lisa could it be because shed been through All this before As most every school child knows the Mona Lisa hangs in the louvre in Paris enshrined As one of the worlds great paintings. But what about that other a a younger Mona Lisa the one that sits in a Bank vault somewhere in new Jersey. Former Madison mayor Roger b. A Vernon insists that both were painted by the same person a we All believe that the Mona Lisa hanging in the louvre is the original. A masterpiece done by Leonardo a Vinci a said Vernon one of eight cousins who jointly own the new Jersey Oil painting. A we just believe that he did  although Many Art experts and historians disagree some people Back up Vernon including Seymour reit author of the 1981 Book the Day they stole the Mona Lisa. While researching the Book on the portraits 1911 theft from the louvre arid its return two years later reit examined both paintings. A the second and More prestigious of these is the familiar Belte of Paris a he wrote. Quot her obscure younger sister the original version is reposing in a vault in new  Bloom Deputy director of Artwitch International a nonprofit watchdog organization concerned with ethical issues in the arts Hasni to taken a position. A from time to time things Are discovered. Its not unheard of a Bloom said tuesday. A a it a highly unlikely that something this important Hasni to come to Light. However its not  officials at the louvre said they be got the Only real Mona Lisa noting that a Vinci was never known to Here is the younger Mona Lisa that sits in a new Jersey Bank vault. Paint the same subject twice. Unlike some copies of the Mona Lisa that Art historians believe were done by a Vinci a students the new Jersey work does no to look exactly like the painting in the louvre. Well actually to the untrained observer it pretty much does. But some Art experts have said the new Jersey Mona Lisa looks about 10 years younger and a bit trimmer. Vernon said the painting has been in his family since Marie Antoinette the. Queen of France from 1774-1792, gave it to his ancestor William Henry Vernon. He said she possibly acted because William Vernon helped saved her son from French revolutionaries in the late 1700s. Bear leaves boy with 100 stitches but humor intact by the los Angeles times Barton Flats Calif. A clambering Over two Counselor a Black Bear severely mauled a sleeping 13-year-old boy at a Campground in the san Bernardino National Forest Early tuesday despite the efforts of a third Counselor to fight the animal off. A last night i had dinner at 6 o clock a the boy Joshua Isaacs of Ojai Calif., told nurses at Bear Valley Community Hospital. A this morning at 5, the Bear ate me for  Isaacs was hospitalized at big Bear Lake Calif., with deep Scalp and shoulder lacerations that required More than 100 stitches officials said. Following surgery the boy was listed in guarded condition. Two of the Counselor were treated for minor injuries. Trackers with dogs set out after the Bear to kill it partly in an attempt to examine it and find out what caused the highly unusual attack. One concern was that the Bear might be Rabid. 1 s Tate fish and game department officials said the 175-Pound animal  attracted by food scattered about the Campground where campers and Counselor were bedded Dow n in sleeping bags. The officials said Candy wrappers Peanut butter sandwiches and Apple cores were found at the campsite. Aged court arguments to be sold Washington a bookstores soon will be Selling tape recordings of supreme court arguments in 23 major cases including the 1973 legalization of abortion and court officials Are plenty unhappy about it. The sales Are a a Clear violation of the National archives agreement allowing the tapes to be copied by Peter Irons a political science professor at the University of California san Diego court spokeswoman Toni House said tuesday. A the court is considering what Legal remedies May be appropriate a she added. Irons is the co editor of May it please the court. A Book of transcripts of supreme court arguments accompanied by six cassette tapes with highlights of live argument sessions. The Book and tapes Are being published by new press a new York based no prom publisher and will be sold for $75. The tapes include arguments in the 1973 Roe is. Wade Case which established the constitutional right to abortion the 1963 Case that granted indigent felony defendants the right to a court appointed lawyer and the 1974 argument Over president Nixon a Effort to shield his White House tapes. The High court has tape recorded arguments before the justices since 1955. The tapes arc deposited in the National archives where researchers arc allowed to copy them if they sign an agreement promising to use them a for private research and teaching purposes  in an interview to be broadcast saturday on the a Span Cable television network Irons said his goal was to increase Public understanding of the supreme court which bars All other audio or video recording of its proceedings. Irons told a Span that he questions whether the restrictions on use of the tapes Are legally valid. Brain dead Mother s baby delivered safely Oakland Calif. A a a bouncing baby boy beat the Odds and was delivered tuesday 104 Days after his Mother was declared brain dead. Doctors at Highland general Hospital said the caesarean Section went smoothly. The baby was born four weeks premature and developed some respiratory problems but doctors said they expected him to do Well. A this is a Miracle a or. Richard Fulroth said of the 4-Pound, 15-ounce baby. A the baby is a Nice fully developed male infant a bouncing baby  the birth comes six years after another birth to a brain dead Mother in the san Francisco Bay area. In that Case a baby was born vhf weeks premature and 53 Days after her Mother was declared brain dead. Doctors said they knew of Only one other fetus that had lived longer inside the womb of a brain dead Mother. In that Case some years ago in Vermont the Mother had been brain dead since about the i6th week of pregnancy. In this Case the mothers brain died at about the 17lh week of pregnancy. In brain death All vital functions of the brain irreversibly cease but other bodily functions Are kept going. The Mother 28-year-old Trisha Marshall was admitted to the Hospital on april 19 after being shot in the head in what police described As a botched burglary attempt