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Show The Salt Lake Tribune Al7 998 NATION/WORLD Navy Develops a Nonpolluting Rocket Fuel Mixture of hydrogen peroxide and alcohol produces energy for spacecraft. Might automotive fuel be next? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Navyresearchers have developed a nonpolluting rocket fuel that relies on alcohol and hydrogen peroxide, and scientists say a variation might onedaypropel cars. Already, major aerospace talking te the Navyabout t companies are methodfor getting energyout of highly concentrated hy- SoLee or eet aepaneT paths in space. The hydrogen peroxide is con sidered nontoxic because it can be diluted withwater. The key is the catalyst — the substance that causes the hydrogen peroxide to break down into water and oxygen, generating heat. The Navy would not disclose the composition of acts as a bleaching or disinfecting agent in thecatal The N 's “nontoxic homogeneous misci ble fuel,’ or NHMF, suspendsthe catalyst in alcohol, which is then mixed with the hydro- lites or spacecraft into orbit or alter their Youdon't needa sparkor a sourceof ign tion. You just have fo mix them,” said Eric drogen peroxide, the chemical compound that more diluted forms. The technologycould beusedtoboostsatel gen peroxide, igniting the reaction Euthanasia On Local TV THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREENSBORO, N.C. — Hop: ing to shock pet ownersinto neu: tering their dogs, a county sheriff onFriday broadcastthe euthaniz ing of a collie on his local cable County Sheriff tion tal Researchers say Ordnai Navy's re. a Lake. Calif. The igni: milliseconds. similar technology can be adapted to drive turbines. which suggestsit could be developedfor automobiles Sofar. China Lake researchers have used the liquidfuel in prototype missile thrusters built on a small scale Frances Perret, an aerospa e engineer, said the work holds promise the military thinks moreabout environmen: lism [ WHOLE HOUSE | PACKAGE $150.95 Up to 15 vents with coupon a a | Powerful Truck Mounted Equip Vents brushed for best possible cle ning Call Duet Pros at_ 355-8719 all anywhere in Utah, anyti me,for jus 9"), Of Dog Aired Guilford searc BJ Barnes showed the death of a black-and-white, adult, mixedbreed collie on his weekly program‘Sheriff's Beat.” He said the taped broadcast was necessaryto cut down on the 10,000 animals a year that are killed at the Guilford CountyAni- mal Shelter. On the show, the dog was seen beinginjected with pentobarbital, which caused its breathing and heart rate to slowand thenstop. After the dog died, an attendant was seen picking the animal upby two legs and placing it in a blue barrel. The tape then showed dead dogs tumbling out of several barrels as they are dumped into a truck. The sheriff's office took over the animal shelter in June be- cause of complaints about shelter management and the high num- ber of euthanized animals. Barnessaid the remainsof animals euthanized at the shelter are put into dog food Surgery Mix-Up Leaves Pregnant WomanSterile THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID, Spain — A pregnant Are you looking for restrictions? woman whocheckedinto hospital for a sonogram lost her baby and reproductive organsafter doctors operated, mistaking her for a much older cancer patient with the same name, newsreports said here are none. Rafaela Martinez Ruiz, 39, is suing the hospital in the southern city of Cordoba and all the doctors who operated on herlast Au gust, the newspaper Cordobasaid Friday She has been under psychiatric care since she lost her baby, ovaries and uterus, the paper said. It quoted her lawyer as saying surgeons mistook Martinez Ruiz for another Rafaela Martinez Ruiz, age 71, whowasin the hos- pital at the same time and sched. uled for a hysterectomy because she haduterine cancer. The hospital’s chief physician Jose Maria Latre, said the hospi tal was carrying out an internal investigation of what he called “a possible medical error The regional health depart ment was morecontrite. It issued a statementsaying “'a regrettable error” had been committed Suspected Serb War Criminal Dies In Drunken Brawl THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — A war-crimes suspect wanted by the No hidden costs. No calling plan fees. No extra numbers to dial. No time or day restrictions. With U S WEST. youcancall anyone. anytime. anywherein Utahfor just 9'/ a minute. 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