European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 21, 1985 the stars and stripes pages retired spaceman to Lead 86 Mission Washington a astronaut John Young who said two years ago that his sixth flight into space would be his last has been named the commander of Nasa s most exciting shuttle Mission of 1986. He will Lead the Crew that deploys the is Hillion Hubble space Telescope described As the most important scientific instrument Ever the Telescope is so powerful that it is expected to enable scientists to see to the edges of the known universe. Young who will be 55 next tuesday won t be the oldest american to have gone into space but he will be the most experienced. He flew two missions in the gemini two Man space Craft then orbited the Moon in Apollo 10 and walked on the Moon on Apollo 16. He later was commander of the first and ninth space shuttle missions. After that last flight a 10-Day spa Clab flight in de Cember 1983, he said he was hanging up his space suit. It s getting harder and harder to get into proper physical shape he said then. He also complained that Hying in space was difficult for a Man who wears Trifocal. He has however remained Active in the shuttle pro Gram As head of the astronaut office. He is usually at the controls of a specially fitted aircraft that tests whether conditions Are proper for launch and Landing. Named As Pilot for the Telescope delivery flight was Charles f. Boldenjr. Mission specialists Kathryn d. Sul Livan Steven a. Hawley and Bruce Mccandless All of whom have flown before arc also assigned to the flight. She s out of her Gourd Kelly Phillips of Springfield mass., puts a Blue ribbon on 515-Pound pumpkin grown by Brian and Wayne Hackney of Broo Flem Conn. The fantastic frail won the Eastern states exposition pumpkin contest. Lbs news drops 125 jobs in Campaign to Cut costs new York a lbs announced the elimination of 125 news jobs at the net work thursday continuing Cost cutting Steps begun following its successful billion Dollar Campaign to Block a takeover by Ted Turner. The associated press Learned that the layoffs included correspondents Liz Trotta from lbs new York Bureau and Larry Zinlak working for lbs news in the mid dle East and reporter Lark Mccarthy from Washington. Taking Early retirement were radio correspondents Dallas Townsend and Neil Straw scr. This is not a Happy Day said Edward m. Joyce president of lbs news. In All 74 employees got Pink slips thurs Day morning and another 51 positions now vacant or soon to be vacated by Early retire ment will not be filled according to a memo circulated by Joyce. The cuts were across the Board said Ann Morfogen director of communications for lbs news. Every broadcast and every unit is losing people both foreign and Domestic in an Effort to streamline operations. Nib watch an overnight news show had More cuts than either the lbs eve Ning news or the lbs morning As a result it is changing its format. They will not be doing live updates. It will be primarily an interview and feature broadcast Morfogen said. Lbs s new prime time news Magazine West 57th," will continue and is Guaran teed 13 More episodes next year she said. Two weeks ago the company offered Early retirement to 2,000 employees roughly 7 percent of its workforce who Are at least 55 years old and have 10 years service with the company. However lbs won t know until nov. 1 How Many workers will accept the offer to retire by the end of november. Lbs a broadcast publishing and record company has 30,000 employees worldwide including 1,300 in the network news Divi Sion. In his memo Joyce said it is my pain Ful duty to share with you today a decision which is As necessary As it is he said there was no alternative to the layoffs which lie called vital to the future strength and viability of lbs the layoffs were the result he said of a number of unanticipated Adverse financial circumstances Many of which you already lbs repurchased 21 percent of its Stock for $150 a share or almost $1 billion after Turner bid More than s5 billion in Stock and other securities for the company. In addition to the Stock repurchase Joyce cited a listless Economy and a marked soft Ness in the advertising . Wives against Rau Nufi mocked by rockers Washington a two Rock musicians mocked and assailed prominent Washington wives thursday in a charged Senate hearing Over the women s plan to protect children from Rock songs with Raunchy lyrics. Sen. Slade Gorton r-wnsh., angered by the rhetoric told linger Frank Zappa that his comments were Boorish incredibly and insensibly insulting to Tipper Gore wife of sen. Albert Gore d-tenn., and Susan Baker wife of Treasury Secretary James Baker. Gorton told the 44-year old California Rock Star you could manage to give the Constitution of the United states a bad name if i Felt you had the slightest understanding of it which i do outside Zappa once of the mothers of invention group said i Don t care if people in there Tike the conflict stems from the women s efforts to persuade the recording Industry to voluntarily police itself on song lyrics. Four months ago mrs. Gore and mrs. Baker helped found the parents music resource Center a Washington based organization of parents concerned with Rock music lyrics that Are sexually explicit excessively violent or glorify the use of drugs and alcohol. Mrs. Baker said the parents believe that songs with pervasive messages about suicide Sado masochism drugs and alcohol have an Adverse effect on children. The hearing by the Senate Commerce committee Drew a standing room Only crowd. Sen. Jama Exon d-ncb., called it the largest Media event i be Ever Exon objected to the hearing because no one has pro posed legislation to regulate lyrics and record companies Are being asked to make voluntary restraints. He said legislation might be considered unless the re Cord Industry cleans up its specifically. Mrs. Gore said the parents group wants the record Industry to do three things Label records with a generic warning about Content make lyrics available to the consumer before Purchase and create a panel to set up policy guides for which records should be labelled. Dee Snider of twisted sister complained that some of mrs. Gore s remarks were unfair. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 21, 1945 the non fraternization Rule for Germany was lifted by the four nation Allied control Council in Berlin. The Only restrictions retained were those against marrying germans and billeting troops with German families. 30 years ago today. Sept. 21, 1955 the title bout Between heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano and challenger Archie Moore scheduled today at new York s Yankee stadium has been postponed because of threatening weather caused by Hurricane 20 years ago today. Sept. 21, 1965 the . Security Council approved by a 10-0 vote with Jordan abstaining a Resolution demanding an end to the India Pakistan War. 10 years ago today. Sept 21 1975 bombs found in the san Francisco hideout of Patricia Hearst s terrorist comrades arc identical to one used in an unsuccessful attack on a police station last month according to the san Francisco examiner. Police report no injuries in Florida toilet explosion satellite Beach Fla. A a Man says he turned his toilet into a test tube when he mixed two common cleansers and got an explosive reaction. Hilton Martin told fire officials in satellite Beach a town South of Cape Canave ral that he cleaned the toilet with Comet Cleanser and then Hung Sani flush Cleanser inside the Lank. The water started boiling and the Kitchen phone started ringing. About the time that he walked out of the bathroom the tank on the toilet exploded said paramedic Mike Whitaker. Whitaker said the tank was destroyed and mar tin was Lucky to escape injury. Fire officials say the explosion resulted from some Type of chemical reaction. City fire marshal James Habovick was investigating the incident which occurred earlier this week. Sydney Mchugh a spokeswoman for Procter & Gamble co. In Cincinnati which manufactures Comet said the company is working with local officials to discover what happened. Mchugh said she knew of no incident in recent years in which Comet caused an explosion when mixed with another Cleanser adding the company would try to determine if a third chemical was used. We just Don t know what the consumer did she said. Jack Wood director of Public affairs for american Home products corp. In new York manufacturers of Sam flush said the company had no record of this Type of
