European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. September 12, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 congressmen seek halt to As at weapon fest Washington a the pentagons scheduled in a com final testing of in anti sat Lilic weapon Friday but four democratic congressmen tuesday asked a Feder Al court to halt the demonstration shot. The air Force weapon which will be fired from an i--i5 Jet fighter will track Down and destroy a 7-year-old scientific satellite according id Capitol Hill and other government sources who discussed the program monday Only on condition they not be identified Bui reps. George Brown. A Calif. Joseph Moakley. A mass. John Seiberling. A Ohio and malt Mchugh. . Joined with the Union of concerned scientists wednesday in a lawsuit in . District court seeking an injunction blocking the test. The lawsuit argues that the Reagan administration did t adhere to congressional requirements for the planned test and that the administration is not trying in Good Faith to negotiate a ban on the Wapon is required in current Law. Pentagon spokesman red s Hultman. Sked for reaction said. I Don l  an comment on   Speakes. While mouse sex Kim Iii. Aid thu United states has full Mel Ilie Equirk meals of Law concerning St lest no and is prepared. To discuss the wifi old Range of arms control issues in talks resuming in Geneva soil Erland. Sept i 7 the timing of the lest is critical because the Snewind satellite which is the target will be in the Correct Orbital position in Day. It won t be in the proper position for another several weeks the sources said. The test was scheduled sept. 4. But n was cancelled at inc last minute after Penta gon attorneys told the air Force the required 15-Day notification period would  expire until sept. 5, the sources said. Percsi Donl Reagan in response to con Gressional requirements notified Congress in aug. 20 that the test  needed and  11 would t Block inns control at Leniols i lie Uviel i Annn i Psi week   ii would feel free to   of its Mai  weapon if the  conducted the final stage Lesis of the  weapons. The soviet weapon Hanoi been Lested since i9s.v officially the Dale of the t a test is classified. Air i orce  Kon . Asked monday about reports of .1 sept. 1.1 Date refused Commini. The air Force has tested components of the . System but h has not yet actually tried to hit any objects in space. The 18-fool american weapon is called a miniature homing  the two stage rocket is carried up to about  feel by an f-15 and then launched the target is supposed to be destroyed when it is hit by the speeding projectile in n non explosive collision. The soviet asat uses an explosive War head launched from atop a Large ground based  i he Warfield Desiro s its tar get b mane vering a a nearby position and then exploding both the i ruled slates and soviet Union arc  dependent on satellites for up ing communications and Carl warning of attack the i Mied slates first developed asat weapons m Ilie Earl i kills but thai system was officially dropped in la 75. The soviets followed with their Susiem. The current  . Considered  far More advanced than the soviet svs Leni began seven cars ago. The soviet Hae called for a halt in asat testing while talks go on to ban the weapons but i lie Reagan  Ion has rejected to ban. Arguing that the . Tests Are  to Lorce Good Larih bar gaining by the smiles and to offset the current soviet advantage in having an operational weapon jailed Black Leader needs surgery daughter says Winnie Mandela wife of Nelson Mandela with her daughters  Lumini lat left and in i. Api town South Africa Happy to see us she said. Dlamini said that since it  announced  her father was receiving proven alive urological  the family had received messages of support from All Over the world. The entire world rce Ogni est father s in enl. Hon esty and moral  she said. Mandela she said is prepared to die for his Ideal of a democratic and Iree  Farlich this year the  nationalist Leader rejected an offer of Freedom from president Preier w. Irutha because it was linked to a condition Hal he reject violence As a Means of achieving political goals. Mandela said he could not accept an conditions on his Freedom. Japanese troupe ends tour after dancer s fatal fall Seattle a the japanese dance troupe Sankai Juke has cancelled its seven City . Tour after one of its Mem Bers plummeted six stories to his death before a horrified crowd in the groups first american  Takada 31. Died at Harbor View medical Center on tuesday of multiple trauma and head injuries shortly after he fell during a show to promote the Perfi manics her Takada plunged to his death just after he and three other performers attached at their Ankles to ropes began to be lowered separately from the roof of the building in a scene described As a dance of birth and Mark Murphy a publicist for on the boards the Seattle organi action present ing Sankai Juke s local performances said the rope did not come unfastened but appeared to have broken. Apparently As soon As the came Over the top of the building the rope broke or one person came uncooked and came six stories Down to the  said police sgt. John Wilton. There was already quite a crowd there for the lunch hour to watch this performance Wilton said. The Accident occurred Short alter noon at the Mutual life building in downtown Pioneer Square. Jean Colman who was standing across the Street said that after the Man fell the Road was stunned to silence. She said she expected a rope to catch him. But he just kept  Murphy said three performances scheduled this week at the us Verslu of Washington and the remainder of the National Lour had been cancelled b the four surviving troupe members they have performed the outdoor performance Over 100 times around the world and incidents like ibis never of  he said. After Takada was taken to the Hospital the thick rope was taken Awa by police for examination. The rope belonged to the troupe. Murphy said plans Are being made for a memorial to Takada whose parents Are considering a in to the l Niimd states As part of a japanese custom in which the place of death is honoured in some was. Hours Afler the Accident a Small Mound of Lowers had been placed Bindi visuals on the sidewalk where the dancer fell. Sankai Juke. Now  in Paris was founded in Japan and first performed in Tokyo in la 7 with a sidle called Buto dance developed m the 1460s to express the feelings and emotions of Post Hiroshima  Murph said. The themes Are birth evolution and  the company made its United states debut As part of the i s4 olympic arts festival in los Angeles