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Show I'itft IX III KM I) I'imo. I'l.ih. Sunday. July JO, DAII 1111 IW 'entaiSoei nairweiis paMieoG irifiiito Smithsonian exhibit looked to the to honor doughnuts case where "Here a system that run and By MK HAH. I) IOWI F. Kiujjln Kidder Newspapers PATl'XKNT MVKU NAVAL AIR STATION, Md. They may bo able to fly faster than the speed of sound or evade the hut radar, enemy Pentagon's prized filters need to be painted regularly like a I'iper ('ub. That expensive und environmentally sensitive mainte-nani'chore has long bedeviled the Defense Department. Hut with a new licet of fighters headed for 21st century dogfights, (he Pentagon said Thursday hat it may just do away with paint, replacing it with a thin film coaling applied much like decals on a model airplane e I The new process would cut the cost of aircraft production, eliminate worker exposure to ha.ardous materials involved in painting aircraft, and cut the need for manufacl liters and the Pentagon to build and maintain mult imillion dollar paint Bill Campbell, a materials we have is a and is produced long to be going really dynamite." at engineer process Lockheed Martin Corp., said the film is produced with pressure-sensitive adhesives on its Robert Pine, assistant secretary of the Navy backside, which are covered, until applied, with a protective coating. shops. The total savings, the Pentagon said, could be in the billions of taxpayer dollars $3 billion on just its proposed Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program of more than a thousand planes. are taking a major step forward in meeting our environmental goals," said Sherri a Washerman Goodman, for Pentagon undersecretary environmental security. "We Using a McDonnell Douglas Hornet to demonCorp. FA-1strate the new technology, JSF program officials, 3M Corp. and Mooing Co. have been conducting tests on the materials, examining how they would respond to the extraordi8 paint-replacin- and speeds nary g rigorous maneuvering that fighters go through. The appliques, made from a polymer film, must also be able to withstand the corrosive effects of a variety of fluids that might touch the exterior of the aircraft during normal operations. Pentagon officials would like the film coating to be less costly than the typical aircraft paint job is now, and hope it will last two years longer. It now costs about $30,000 to paint each Fighting Falcon. The Air Force repaints each plane every three to four years. "Here is a case where we have looked to the long run and produced a system that is going to be really dynamite," said Robert Pirie, assistant secretary of the Navy. Workers peal back the coating and lay the film on the aircraft, using squeegees to spread it over the plane's surface. While the process is not highly technical, each plane must go through two "days of preparation, and it takes about one week for the film to fully bond to the aircraft once it's applied. It's a process, however, that can be done byjAJr, Force personnel just about anywhere. "You don't havejto dispose of hazardous mateViaisf Vou don't have to protect peopfc doing the coating process, you don't have to to build a handle the hazardous materials," he said. "You can do this in an existing aircraft hanger, as eighed over 600 pounds at death w faces child abuse charges. Christina was always headstrong, refusing to go to doctors and insisting on eating, said fedMs. Corrigan, a eral employee. "She wouldn't cooperate. When she has an appointment, what can I do? I can't pick her up and take her," she said. "I should have done more. Every day I tell myself I should have done this, I should have done that. ... But what can I do now?" she said. Ms. Corrigan, who said she plans to plead no contest, faces up to six years in prison on ld IK RICHARD COI.I. Assouaied Press Winer When SAN FRANCISCO Christina Corrigan died at 13, she weighed more than 680 pounds, her calves were 47 inches around and she was covered in bed sores, feces and urine. Police say her mother fed her though right up to the end the girl had not been to a doctor in four years, or been outside the apartment in months. Her mother, Marlene Marie Corrigan. says she can't explain what happened. Now, eight months after her daughter's death, Ms. Corrigan y jHf charges related to the condition her daughter was found in. She is not charged with letting her daughter become obese, though the coroner ruled that morbid obesity caused her daughter's congestive heart mT 2m jsrj r, i. fit ts. When WASHINGTON cultural historians reflect on Southern food, they think about grits and fried chicken and chitlins and, of course, Krispy Kreme doughnuts. From Biloxi, Miss., to Charlotte, N.C., and invading the Midwest as far north as Fort Wayne, Ind., these mirasugar- - and cles have defined breakfast for millions of Americans. Smithsonian's Now, the National Museum of American History is honoring this culinary icon with an exhibit that illuminates its importance. In the age of the bagel, the as donut American as peanut butter and is getting a nod. jelly has accepted a museum The opposed to a multimillion-dollar- , donation of doughnut artifacts paint facility." including equipment, memorabilia and documents from Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp., to be part of the museum's exhibits on American business, social and cultural history. At the heart of the in 1992 for an infection. failure. Smithsonian display is a 1949 room She died in her living Prosecutors doubt she will Jr." doughnut King "Ring too Nov. 19. was Her serve more than a year in jail, body large for the coroner's stretcher. It machine, one of the ancient with counseling. "We found the family living took six people to take her out mechanical miracles used to spin out Krispy Kreme cake within walking distance from on a canvas. told doughnuts. Dr. police the police department. Had Anjana Ray The machine is important, we only known, there were that while Christina was genethundreds of people we could ically predisposed to gain said Smithsonian archivist have found to help her," police weight, a weight-los- s program John Fleckner, because it symbolizes the importance of her. Chief Linda Fellers said could have saved and mother Christina's Both machinery in producing good Friday. food their with had cheaply and consistently. father worried Ms. struggled Corrigan, In a way, Krispy Kreme was about her daughter's weight, weight, but neither was obese, father to the kind of standardFellers said. took Christina to a nutritionfinal In her daughter's ist and a doctor when she was year ization that made Big Macs and Starbucks coffee disMs. was of a seven. The visit allayed life, Corrigan sensations. social worker's worries, and tracted caring for her par"We take for granted food Child Protective Services ents, both of whom died last products that are of standard closed a case begun after an year. told Most police uniform quality and inexpenneighbors complaint. anonymous the know even not did not would release Officials girl sive, and Krispy Kreme is a they lived in the complex in El part of how we got to that details. But Christina soon quit the Cerrito, 11 miles northeast of point," Fleckner said as he displayed the stainless steel won program, and last saw a doctor San Francisco. F-1- 6 deep-frie- d fat-fille- d large-scale'facili- ty coast-to-coa- st .v - . rience is selling the sizzle, and ! the Krispy Kreme folks were on I hand to do just that. According to Southern leg-- ; end, they said, Elvis Presley; had a box of Krispy Kreme jelly : doughnuts within easy reach at ; all times. ; Krispy Kreme has Southern stomachs for 60 years, growing from a deliv- ery service for Winston-SaleN.C., grocery stores in 1937 to a . regional treasure of 127 dough-- .' nut outlets in 17 Southeastern states. "It really is important to the ; Southern identity and the; Southern experience," said ' Fleckner, who admitted that as a Northeasterner, he had to visit a Krispy Kreme location in J Winston-Saleto figure that been-paddin- t . 1 m out. To highlight the doughnut's cultural significance, there in was a 20 minute the Smithsonian lobby. Among the featured tunes were such classics as "Doughnuts and Coffee" and the "Doughnut sing-alon- g Polka." "Watch the doughnut, not the hole," belted entertainer Cindy Hutchins in a rendition of Burl Ives' "Doughnut Song." 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