European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes May 1985 third consortium formed to work on Star wars research final casualty Rescue workers carry out the body of the 62nd victim from the Mitsubishi Minami of Tubari Coal mine in officials saturday issued a final casualty count of 62 miners killed and 24 injured in fridays explosion that ripped through the lower reaches of the trapping men behind Clouds of poisonous the last of some 250 surviving some of them trapped for hours had escaped to safety by police said All miners were accounted Washington a the defense department Friday announced the forma Tion of a third major american research consortium for president reagans Strate Gic defense initiative the so called Star wars Missil defense the which will get an imme Diate in includes the state University of new the naval research Laboratory and the Gener Al electric the group has been asked to study a variety of novel materials for electronics and optical a Pentagon spokes Man adding that it expects to spend a total of million for this research thrust during the next three the Star wars program is a research Effort aimed at determining the feasibility of placing lasers or other types of weapons in space to shoot Down soviet nuclear mis the United states has invited its allies to join in the but so far All of the contracts have been let to american organi Pentagon officials said recently negotiations hindered by threats secret plan to free hostages reported Washington a secret negotiations through Arab intermediaries seek ing the release of at least four american and two French hostages in Leb have been complicated by the Public threats of islamic militants last according to a published report quoting unidentified Arab the Washington Post said in its sat urday editions that a plan for the release in stages of the Western hostages and 17 convicted moslem terrorists held in Kuwait was under discussion when the kidnappers made Public their it described the sources As informed the report said that making Public the demands made it difficult for either Side to show any flexibility the newspaper said the United states was not involved directly in the negotiations but reportedly was aware of the efforts made to secure the release of the hos the group calling itself islamic jihad has demanded release of the 17 convicted terrorists involved in bombings in Kuwait in december earlier in the islamic jihad re leased the pictures of six four americans and two with a warning of catastrophic consequences if its de mands were not the photographs were of Terry Ander chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press embassy official William 56 the Benjamin a presbyterian minister the Lawrence a roman Catholic priest and French diplomats Marcel Fon and Marcel the Post quoted the sources As saying the decision by the group to publicize the de mands could reflect a deadlock in the secret negotiations and a desire by the kidnappers to increase pressure on Kuwait and the United Meese praises Philadelphia mayor san Francisco a attorney general Edwin Meese Iii told a group of police officers Friday that Philadelphia mayor Wilson Goodes action against the Radical group move is a Good exam ple for Law speaking to an annual Assembly of the California police officers the former Alameda county prosecutor commended Goode for the very very reasonable Way he handled a police attack on the move Headquarters Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the Home where move members had barricaded a fire followed that killed 11 in the House and destroyed More than 60 Homes in the the Public has to know the situation that developed was caused by the not the Meese also on Federal housing and Urban development Secretary Samuel Pierce toured the area and pledged million in Federal Aid to rebuild the Ivy blocks burned in the confrontation Between police and the Radical Goode said attention will be focused on the on what can be what must be to return those people to a Normal fixing a temporary said Legal Steps Are being rushed to permit Quick demolition so construction can begin by july with completion by but what also has to come and must come is who Are the people be Hind move and Why does a group that Calls itself backs nature feel it is Nec Essary to fortify themselves inside a House with machine with automatic Wear and shoot thousands of rounds at police officers and firefighters h he expressed concern that move sup porters and sympathizers May seek to Reta Liate for the pilots of Bush plane blamed for near collision Washington a failure by air Force pilots to spot a private plane and take appropriate action to avoid it contributed to a near collision involving vice president George Bush aircraft last octo Federal investigators said the National transportation safety Board confirmed reports by journalists travelling on Bush plane that a collision was averted by Only 100 to 200 feet As Bush air Force dived under the private plane on a pain trip near in a separate the Board also said an air traffic controller was to blame for letting Bush plane come too close to a private plane after taking off from a Cleve land Airport the previous Dennis a spokesman for the fed eral aviation said the Cleve land controller had been Given remedial train ing and subsequently took Normal the safety Board report said ground con trollers near Seattle spotted the private plane on radar and told air Force two about it both times the pilots of Bush plane acknowledged the information but said they haunt spotted the the near midair collision occurred be cause the flight Crew of air Force two did not sight the traffic in a timely manner and take appropriate action to avoid the other air the Board report they have not received any foreign bids on research last the Pentagon announced the formation of a consortium of five Amer ican universities to study different nonnuclear options for generating Power for such space based in a second consortium of universities and laboratories was put to Gether to study a new Type of High Speed computing according to fridays the state University of new York has been asked to concentrate its research on ways of creating new semiconductor materials for High Speed electronic As Well As exploring novel insulating materials to store electrical Energy for various weapon sys the naval research Laboratory will concentrate its Effort on the development of materials that could be used As High Power opening which would be needed to release Energy stored for laser and parti Lebeam general electric has been asked to explore a revolutionary method to create compact electronic packages with High density circuits for High Speed data James a top official in the said on Friday that University re searchers participating in the work will not required to obtain Security clearances because All research performed on Campus will be temperatures May 17 vegas Rock Angeles Beach Paul Orleans York City City Maine Louis Lake City Diego Francisco Juan european weather forecast for sunday partly Cloudy skies with wide spread locally dense during morning and afternoon thunderstorms throughout the forecast High temperatures 6472 lows Sunset sunday Sunrise monday 532 Outlook for Mon Day mostly Cloudy with afternoon thundershowers in Southern temperatures nearly the temperatures recorded saturday 4am 4pm f 48 55 m 55 73 p 52 70 p 43 64 p 52 68 m 57 68 50 70 p 59 72 f i f p f f i 4am 4pm 64 73 50 64 64 61 48 45 77 72 72 66 partly Cloudy mostly Cloudy provided by Dot 7lh weather tra Bentzar silent film Star Dies a Leatrice Joy a silent film Star of the 1920s and the former wife of actor John has died at the age of