European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 13, 1993 . The stars  Page 5pentagon proposes 12-Carrier Fleet by the new York times Washington a reflecting concerns Over regional instability around the world the Pentagon has recommended that the United states have 12 aircraft carriers senior administration officials say. The Pentagon had been considering a plan to Cut the Fleet from 14 to 10. Defense Secretary los Aspin made the recommendation for the larger Fleet at a meeting of lop officials at the White House. Under the. Plan one Carrier would be used to train Navy aircraft units in the reserves but would also be available for peacetime patrols. The decision to propose a Fleet of 12 carriers represents a. Basic acceptance of the Navy a Long standing argument that the United states needs to maintain a regular presence in third world trouble spots. The Cost of maintaining a 12-car-Ner Fleet is generally a matter of reshuffling monies that the Pentagon expected to get. But advocates of greater cuts in military spending Are Likely to criticize the decision As a lost Opportunity to make further reductions after the death of the soviet military threat. The Pentagon decision is still an expensive one requiring the construction of another nuclear Power Carrier that would come on line As another Carrier is retired. According to the congressional budget office the Pentagon could save about $15 billion Over five years by cutting the number of carriers to 10 and reducing the carriers escort ships accordingly. The naw facing crises in the persian Gulf the Horn of Africa and the Balkans has been hard pressed to meet All of its commitments and limit the sea duty of its Carrier personnel to six month Tours. Even with the current number of carriers there have been gaps in the Navy presence near some trouble spots. The Navy for example recently had no Carrier in the persian Gulf for about a month. While Navy officials said such gaps Are manageable they maintained that reducing the number would seriously reduce its coverage of potential hot spots. At any give time one third of the Carrier Fleet is deployed while the rest is in training or maintenance. The Carrier decision is part of a Broad plan for reshaping the armed forces that Aspin Aii a top aides have worked on for months. Aspin and top Pentagon officials have outlined their recommendations to officials at the White House but he plans to present it later this month to president Clinton. Under the plan the army would have the number of its Active divisions reduced from 14 to 10, two fewer than the Bush administration had planned to keep. This reflects the army s declining role after the disappearance of the soviet threat to Western Europe. The air Force would be reduced from its 28 Active and Reserve wings to 20, four fewer than the Bush administration had proposed. While the air Force is being trimmed its considerable projected Force reflects an appreciation at the top Levels of the Pentagon of the continued need of Airpower in flashpoints about the world. The Marine corps would be Cut to 174.000 from about 180,000 in its Active Force. That would be near the level of 17.7.000 that Gen Carl e. Mundy jr., the Marine corps commandant has recommended. In the stars and stripes up 10 year Sago aug. 13,1983 a the Chad government of president his Sene Habra called for the a a direct massive and immediate intervention Quot of american and French forces to beat Back a a Byan invasion. 20 year Sago aug. 13,1973 a As the military diversion of a civilian Airliner Over lebanese airspace Drew increasing world condemnation israeli leaders defended the operation As a preventive action against terrorism. 30 year Sago aug. 13,1963 a Secretary of. State Dean Rusk opened the Campaign for ratification of a nuclear test ban treaty testifying before three Senate committees in support of the Accord. 40 year Sago aug. 13,1953 a Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said the United states had never detected evidence that the soviet Union had Ever exploded a Hydrogen bomb. 50 year Sago aug. 13,1943 a american heavy bombers carried out three simultaneous Daylight raids against the heart of Germany a War Industry slashing deep into the Reich to end two weeks of inactivity. T world War ii so years ago today aug. 131 a 9 a 4 �3 president Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill meet in Quebec to review military strategy. Stepping up pressure on Italy a leaders to get out of the War . Planes bomb Rome for the second time. Allied bombers attack Austria Tor the first time striking Wiener Neustadt near Vienna. In the Pacific american bombers raid the japanese occupied Balikpapan Oil Fields. Source 2194 Days of War w h. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981. For discovery delayed again Cape canaveral Fla. A a harrowing engine shutdown halted the launch of space shuttle discovery on thursday with just three seconds to go. It was the fourth time the Mission has been delayed. Nasa spokesman George Diller said Early indications were that an instrument that was supposed to Monitor the fuel flow for one of the three main engines had failed. Nasa made the shuttle Safe and rushed to bring out the five astronauts inside. The fuel tank held More than a Hal million Gallons of fuel. It was the second time this year that main engines on a shuttle fired and then shut Down by computer command at the three second Mark. The previous last minute Stop in March involved the shuttle Columbia. Nasa has had engine shutdowns on the pad Only four times in the 12-year history of the shuttle program. Diller said the delay was expected to last at least two to three weeks. Discovery a three main engines appeared to fire As scheduled 6.6 seconds before liftoff enveloping the pad in a White billowing Cloud. Almost immediately after the countdown halted three seconds later thousands of Gallons of water were sprayed on the Bottom of the shuttle to Cool the engines discovery a first countdown was stopped with less than an hour to go july 17 because of a failed switch in the electronic system that releases the shuttle the space shuttle discovery sits on the launch pad wednesday night. From the launch pad. The second countdown one week later was halted with just 19 seconds remaining because of a faulty steering mechanism in one of the solid rocket boosters. Discovery could have lifted off last week after major repairs if not for an annual meteor Shower that astronomers expected to be the most intense in years. Afraid debris might damage or even destroy the shuttle Nasa put off the launch a third time until after the perseid meteor Shower peaked wednesday night. The space Agency had never before postponed a flight because of shooting stars. Fight cancer report says Boston a radioactive antibodies can Hunt Down spreading blood cancer and destroy All signs of the disease providing a potentially powerful new weapon against malignancy researchers report. The idea of arming disease seeking antibodies with bits of Poison or radioactive material has been around for years. Until now though efforts to use the technology against cancer have been disappointing. However in a report fib Lishco in thursdays new eng Antl journal of Medicine doctors describe unusually impressive results of a new attempt to harness this approach. They conducted a preliminary study on nine Lymphoma victims who had failed to respond to chemotherapy. The test was intended solely to see if the treatment was Safe. But to the doctors Surprise the cancer vanished in four of the Lymphoma vie Tims. Two remain apparently cancer free after More than a year. Quot within the first two or three months we came to suddenly realize that this was a lot belter than we would Ever have hoped for Quot said or. Mark s. Kaminski of the University of Michigan. Quot patients were going into Complete  Madam probe studying 2 deaths los Angeles a the investigation of reputed Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss and her sex Boyfriend has broadened with authorities focusing on at least two deaths including a drug overdose Quot when you turn the rocks Over Little critters scramble All Over the place. Sometimes they talk sometimes they done to Quot capt. Glenn Ackerman head of the police departments vice division said wednesday. Laurie Dolan 22, of suburban Tarzana died March 2 of an overdose of cocaine morphine and codeine a three Days after she was taken to the Hospital by an associate of Fleiss. A the coroners office ruled the death accidental but sheriffs homicide investigators were still examining evidence in the Case. Quot the sheriff is taking a real hard look at it. It is a very Active Case Quot Ackerman said. But he would t comment further. In a later interview wednesday Ackerman said that Quot there s More than one homicide investigation going on Quot that May be Quot peripherally related Quot to the Call girl probe lie  elaborate. Sheriffs Deputy Larry Mead had Little to add about the Dolan Case. A the investigation is still open Quot he said. Quot they Are trying to interview several other people but it still appears it was an accidental overdose. We done to know anything about her involvement with Heidi  Fleiss allegedly oversaw an operation that catered to Hollywood a entertainment elite. Earlier this week she pleaded innocent to five felony counts of pandering and one count of transporting and possessing cocaine. Dolan a waitress at the Sagebrush Cantina in Calabasas collapsed feb. 28 in the la Cic naga Boulevard apartment of Jacob Quot cookie Quot Organ and he dropped her off at Cedars Sinai medical Center. Organ is a Friend of accused pan Derer and Fleiss associate Ivan Nagy. Dolan remained in a coma until her death three Days later. Quot my client does no to know her and. Has never met her Quot said attorney Anthony Brooklier who represents Fleiss. Police said Nagy arrested last week for investigation of pandering and Fleiss ran separate upscale Call girl rings. The new York Post reported that Organ recruited prostitutes for Fleiss but Ackerman  commen. Organ co owner of a amp a imports a portable pager business denied he procured girls for Fleiss