European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q exit was jammed in plane lire Page 2 q Eric Dickerson ends holdout with nil s rams Page 21 o Honduras retaliates or nicaraguan attack Page 28 vol. 44, no. 150 sunday september 15, 1985 d 8693 a satellite killer test is successful it s Conception shows an anti satellite missile being launched into space from an f-15 aircraft. Washington not an air Force missile do stroy cd an orbiting derelicts it Lilc 290 Miles above the Pacific Ocean Friday in the first such test of an anti Sal cd Lii weapon. The air Force said inc heat seeking missile carried into space by a rocket launched from an f-j5 fighter plane homed in on a 6-year-old air Force satellite orbiting at 17,500 Miles an hour. The air Force said the missile struck the satellite Al 4 42 . Lot. From everything that we can legit went absolutely flawless la. Gen. Bernard p. Randolph air Force Dep Uty chief of staff said at a news conference. The Experiment was conducted despite a warning by the soviet Union of an accelerated arms race in space and after last minute Legal challenges from american critics who said that once such systems were fully tested arms treaties would be powerless to control them. The Experiment lasted a few Livours from the time the f 15 left Edwards fab in Southern California until the non explosive warhead hit the target. Randolph said. He said the collision a is monitored by radar from Van Dan Borg and in California and confirmed when radio signals from the weapon and its target ceased Al exactly the same  Randolph said the debris from the Colli Sion would remain in orbit or Burn up upon re entering the atmosphere. The Pentagon spokesman Fred Hoffman said defense Secretary Caspar a. Weinberger had hailed the Experiment As a great step Forward in the $4 billion anti satellite weapon research program. Secretary Weinberger told me he is looking Forward to a second test of this promising system in the months ahead Hoffman said. Randolph said he did not know if the next test would fake place before president Reagan meets with Mikhail s. Gorbachev the soviet Leader on nov. 19. Other administration officials have said the White see satellite on Page 28 re in is menus continue of dip a Litany services meet recruiting goals by Norman i Washington a re Mcnol Rales for the nation s military serv ices continue to dip slightly but each of the services met its goal Tor signing up new recruits during the first nine months of fiscal year 1985. Moreover the rate of new recruits who have a High school diploma is nearly As High As last year s record breaking rate. Overall 91 percent of the 214,700 new recruits signed up Over the past Ning months have a High school diploma pared to 93 percent of 225,4qftwjils at this time last year. Jerry l. Caj off acting assistant Sec rotary of Muse for personnel expressed Gru bit faction Friday with the renting results. Despite the Small dips in re enlistments he termed Overall retention stable and satisfactory because the rates sufficient for the services to   the late tit met Dower strength assess ment shows it not a roughly 67 percent of the signed up for another hitch Between oct. 1. L9khr Une 30, 19? that is less  turned in Dur ing Thok affy period a year ago when Tor 70 percent of tic 234,500 Clingi to re enlisted. A similar Small decline shows up when focusing on those who were eligible to re enlist for the first time. During the period ending last june 51 percent or 65,100 of the 126,500 eligible decided to sign up for a second tour. During the same period in fiscal 1984,55 percent of those completing their first hitch or 66,300 individuals decided to sign up again. The air Force Contin Way in Overall Rcd Atli Lotty a Fth 73 per cent Jwj  up for Aneth the army reported a 64 percent re enlistment Rale for the nine months while the Navy reported a 67 percent rate Lar inc corps a 59 percent mar Gin. As for new  met or exceeded its goal. Signed up 214,700 new recruits c nine month period. Adding i divid who served previously in the armed forces and decided to return the services signed up an Overall total of 227.300 people Dur ing the period. That compared with a goal of 222,100, meaning the pent Jig by its goal in Navy did particularly Well during the period exceeding its goal by 6 percent. That service signed up 61,700 individuals during the nine month period compared with a goal of 58.000. The army also exceeded its Goat sign ing up 90.200 recruits compared with a goal of 88,700. The air Force and Marine corps exactly matched their objectives signing up 49,100 and 26,400 people respectively. For recruits with High school Diplo my or cent of those entering the army War by compared with 87 percent for the arc la tar cent for the air Force and 96  a inc corps. Newbury strip on a we Lynchburg a. Well s Hometown newspaper has refused to pts doonesbury comic strips lampooning his stand on Sou Africa. Falwell said heha0tmmmnyway and found it in bad tu0rt Angelist said of cartoonist Garry to Ido personally Don t care what he says about me a Longas he spells my name  Falwell pastor of the Tho in   conservative Only organization Drew criticism several weeks go pm a Cordic Mcd the use of economic sanctions against Tel Holmu Norilyn government of South Africa. Like  it cd that sanctions would Hurt South african Blacks c without doing much to change the nation s policies. Soury episodes last week depicted Reagan Mak ing at Falwell s initiative a Benefit recording for South Africa similar to the Usa for Africa recording and live Aid concert used to raise Money for african famine Relief. Another episode had the cartoon Falwell saying the song s message includes a respect for the Freedom of see Falwell on Page 28