European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 5, 1985 the stars and stripes pages Mission was near perfect Nasa says Edwards fab Calif. A space Agency officials jubilant Over shuttle Crew members who revived a dead satellite arc recommending changes that could make such rescues easier for space walking Astro naut. Jeue Moore director of Nasa s space shuttle program said he is delighted with space shuttle discovery s we Klong Mission which ended tuesday and included the jump Start repair of the $85 million syn com 3 satellite. The shuttle has shown that this repair is something it can do Moore said at a news conference after discovery swooped to a perfect Landing on the desert 60 mile North of los Angeles. Moore said Nasa wants More grappling devices on the outside of satellites to make it easier for astronauts to grab onto them to perform repairs. It also wants electronic boxes installed on the outside of the satellites so astronauts can work More easily on the circuitry if something goes wrong. If syncom 3 works when it is fired to Ward a higher orbit next month it will Bethe first commercial satellite salvaged in space. Syncom 3 is to be one of four satellites leased by Hughes communications inc. To the Navy for global military communications. An earlier Crew repaired solar Max a science satellite. Two broken commercial satellites have been returned to Earth for repairs. During the latest Mission. Discovery screw also launched three satellites Demon Strating the value of using people in space during a near perfect trip Moore said. The National aeronautics and space administration is competing against the european space Agency for commercial satellite business. Nasa officials contend the shuttle is More flexible than the unmanned ariane the Usa uses. Despite Nasa s recommendations to manufacturers about grapples and external electric boxes Moore said the space Agency plans to remain flexible and not set up arbitrary requirement 1, for satellite design. Astronauts James of Van Hofton and Bill Fisher repaired the satellite during seven hour eight minute spacewalk sat urday and in a Shorter excursion sunday. They were ecstatic after returning tuesday to Johnson space Center in Houston. It s amazing that it All worked said Van Hofton. Who had heaved the 7w-ton satellite like a weightlifter to give it a stabilizing spin As it floated away. It was  Hughes president Steven Dorfman said the Salvage Effort s final Success won t be known until oct. 29, when syncom 3 is scheduled to tire a solid rocket and climb to an orbit 22,300 Miles above the Earth. The satellite was launched from the shuttle Las april but it failed tojan itself on. A photo astronaut James ran Hoflen is shown at right in space shuttle of ecotry a cargo Bay. Lawmakers return of face South Africa Trade issues Washington a sanctions against South Africa and Trade protectionism Are among the major issues facing Congress As it returns from a monthlong summer recess. Lawmakers also will be confronted again with the growing Federal deficit As they de cide whether to raise the Public debt limit Over $2 trillion or leave the government unable to finance its operations. And president Reagan is determined to press for his no. I Domestic goal tax Reform legislation. The House of representatives was to Convene wednesday but the Senate which does not return until monday is Likely to be the scene of the first major legislative Battles. The House already has approved a com Promise version of the South Africa sanctions Bill and the senators will take up the measure As soon As they return. The Compromise worked out by House Senate negotiators in july is tougher than the version passed by the Sena e earlier that month and a few conservative Republican senators have said they might try to Block its passage. The Bill would ban the importation of South african Krugerrand Gold coins into the unite states. The Export of . Nuclear technology to South Africa. Sales of computer equipment and accessories to the South african government to prevent their use in enforcing apartheid. New Bank Loans to the South african government. Reagan has argued that the sanctions would Only Hurt Black South africans an Lessen . Influence with the White minority government. The House has a Light schedule this week but democrats Are expected to begin pushing for bans on some imports in re action to the record Trade deficit expected to reach is so billion this year. Economists have attributed the size of the deficit largely to the High value of the Dollar against other currencies. But the imbalance has served to spark anger against Trade protectionism used by other countries and fuel a desire for retaliation especially against Japan. Trade protectionism which has had the support of labor unions since the recession began eliminating jobs Early in the 1980s,has been winning supporters in Congress. Some 300 Bills dealing with Trade Protection Are pending in Congress. They include import curbs on textiles and certain Good from Japan and possibly broader action despite opposition from Reagan. Reagan already has refused to impose new tariffs or quotas on shoe imports an denounced such protectionism As a Crip pling cure far More dangerous than an economic  Reagan has been trying to keep lax re form at the forefront of Congress concerns and has begun a new round of speeches to encourage voters to press lawmakers to approve his proposals. However there appeared Little interest in the subject among Fri probing ship bombing san Francisco a the Fri is investigating the bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior at the request of new Zea land authorities the Fri says. Fri spokesman Robert Deklinski Laid there was a possible san fran Cisco Bay area connection to the Auckland bombing in which a photographer was killed. We received a request from new zealand authorities and we re com paving with their request he  6ut As to the extent of the request we re not  two French intelligence agents have been arrested in new zealand on charges of arson and murder. In Paris the new zealand police named five suspects All French intelligence agents in the july 10 attack against the ship. An official French inquiry cleared the French socialist government of responsibility. Faa considering changes in airline evacuation rules the lawmakers As they returned to Washington. Raising the debt ceiling is a perennial procedure in Washington. While the Law makers always go along in the end some times they delay to make a Point that government spending must be curbed. The delays can temporarily interrupt non essential government operation until the ceiling is raised and the Treasury again has the authority to borrow Money. The Treasury could face such a crisis by the end of the month without an increase in the limit. The latest government estimate put the National debt at 11.819 trillion on aug. 29, not far from the Legal limit ofsi.824 trillion. It is expected the Reagan administration will have to ask for a raise to above s2 trillion it also will provide an Opportunity for democrats to attack Reagan s policies be cause the debt has doubled since 1980, mostly under his administration. Sands of time in the stars and stripes Washington a amid criticism that government required evacuation tests for jetliners often Bear Little resemblance to the problems faced in a crash the Federal aviation administration is consid ering an overhaul of in rules. Before a jetliner May carry passengers the government must of convinced a full plane can be evacuated in 90 seconds. But night attendants member of Congress and safety experts say the tests Are often con trived to meet the regulations. The Faa acknowledging it is time for a rigorous reassessment of its evacuation regulations and How manufacturers and air lines abide by them began four Days of meetings tuesday in Seattle. The controversy Over whether Federal enforcement of evacuation requirements As Well As the rules themselves Are adequate has been simmering for months Ever since the Faa granted permission to the Boeing co., to eliminate two of 10 exit doors on its 747 jumbo Jet. Some foreign airlines have sealed off the doors. . Carriers have not because of the uproar. Boeing officials convinced the Faa that the two Over Wing emergency doors on the jumbo Jet can be eliminated because Federal regulations require one door for every 110 seats and that none of the 747s on which the doors would be sealed carries More than 440 seats anyway. The Agency s Seattle office which handles All certification of Large commercial aircraft agreed and approved the change without a test to see whether passengers actually can be evacuated in 90 seconds. The basis of that mathematical calculation was full scale evacuation tests on the Boeing 747 in 1969 and 1973 that demonstrated according to the Faa that More than 550 people can easily be evacuated. Critics however charge those Testa themselves Are flawed. The Boeing test in 1969 particularly shows a strange surrealism said Matt Finucane safety director of the association of flight attendants. Sept. 5,1945 French investigators in Bielefeld Germany captured two women who confessed to being is guards at  concentration Camp. Ria Dammer 25, and Liselotte Steuwe 32, told their captors that 200.000 women were murdered at Raven Brueck. 30 years ago today. Sept. 5, 1955 Israel and Egypt accepted a renewed plea by United nations truce supervisors for a cease fire along the Gaza Border. 20 years ago today. Sept. 5, 1965 president Johnson announced the end of the steel crisis after five Days of unrelenting pressure on Union and management negotiators. 10 years ago today. Sept. 5, 1975 the largest court or dered school busing program in the nation got under Way in Louisville by