European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday september 22, 1985 Dod admits space target was still transmitting data Washington a the Pentagon acknowledged Friday that a scientific satellite used As the target for an anti satellite weapon last week was still providing some useful information at the time of its destruction. Officials nonetheless defended their selection of the so wind satellite As the target for the so called asat weapon saying that it was definitely failing and was expected to expire at any  we remain with the position that the satellite had exceeded its design life and completed its experiments said Robert b. Sims the Pentagon s chief spokesman. That particular spacecraft had not fared Well Sims said. Termination of satellite support would have been required in Early 1987 in any event. But the fact is we expected it to expire at any  it was a deplorable decision countered or. Robert m. Macqueen director of the High Altitude Observatory of the National Center for atmospheric research in Boul Der Colo. The satellite was still providing useful and important scientific information and would have continued to do so Macqueen said in a Telephone interview. Our National space science Effort is n6t so Rich and varied at present that we can afford to eliminate those elements of it that Are performing  the so wind satellite known formally As p78-1, was used by the air Force on sept. 13 for the first Ever operational test of a new satellite killing rocket. In the test which the air Force described As absolutely flawless the asat rocket hunted Down and then smashed so wind to bits. The air Force had planned to conduct in initial asat test against a special instrumented target satellite but technical problems with the target prevented its launching in june. The service then began searching for a suitable target already in space eventually settling on so wind. Air Force and Pentagon officials repeatedly told report ers Over the past three weeks that the target would be one which had outlived its useful  it was Only on Friday that they acknowledged scientists had been receiving in formation from two of the seven experiments on Board right up to the time of Impact. Sims said the fact that so wind was still sending Back some telemetry signals helped Seal its Fate. One of the requirements of course is that the target be transmitting telemetry to confirm its loss he explained. The so wind satellite was launched on feb. 24,1979. It had a design life of Only one year although scientists had hoped it would last two or three. Macqueen whose organization helped design a follow on satellite known As solar Max that is now in orbit agreed that scientists had never expected a device on sol wind known As a Coronagraph to continue functioning for More than six years. The device provides data on flare activity on the Sun. But it was still functioning and still providing useful data he continued. If an Auto is 10 years old and still working very Well you Don t go out and destroy it because it is supposedly past its useful  Sims countered that the satellite had suffered a major Power failure in 1980, losing one of its two batteries and severely degrading the  that forced the shutdown of five of the seven experiments on Board. Moreover Sims said satellite commanding was Margi Nal because so wind also had a cracked  the remaining Battery was continuing to degrade and could have under voltage at any time he said. This was the Best target Sims said. Ford announces i986 car prices will average 2.9 percent higher Detroit a Ford motor co. Is following the Lead of general motors corp., announcing that suggested base retail prices of its 1986 cars will be an average 2.9 percent higher than comparably equipped 1985 models. Pm earlier announced a 3 percent average increase. As was the Case with pm the Ford prices announced Friday were below the company average in the competitive Small car Market and higher on the big High profit cars. Prices of options and destination and delivery charges generally were unchanged. There were various increases in the prices of v-6 and v 8 engines and some transmissions at Ford and pm. The base Price of the Ford Tempo Coupe was raised j138 to $7,358 and the Ford escort four door Hatchback was raised $ 176 to $6,541. The largest Ford increase was $994 on the Lincoln town car which will Start at $20,764 for 1986. Pm s biggest increase was $996 on the Chevrolet Cor Vette to $27,027. The automaker dropped the Price of the Chevrolet Camaro Coupe by $312 to $8,935. Chrysler corp. Said it would not release its 1986 prices until october. During the summer Chrysler said it expected prices to Rise an average 2 percent to 3 percent. Automotive Industry analysts generally agree that the Price increases will be offset to some degree by Cut rate financing and perhaps rebates. Offers of financing As Low As 7.5 percent and rebates of up to $1,500 on leftover 198s models caused sales to Rise to record Levels in late August and Early september. Those cars Are running out. However the car Market is perceived As weakening and the automakers Are expected to resort to new incentives As Early As november. Million americans May have aids virus health report says Washington up As Many As 500,000 to 1 million americans May have been infected by the aids virus and More than 12,000 of them Are expected to develop the deadly disease next year Federal health officials Laid. That Many new cases of aids would represent a Dou bling of the current . Cumulative toll since 1981. In the absence of vaccine or therapy the incidence of aids in the United Stales is Likely to increase during the next few years six aids specialists from the Federal centers for disease control said in a report published in science Magazine. But or. Harold Jaffa one of the authors of the report Laid the rate of increase in the number of aids cases is gradually slowing. A couple of years ago the doubling time was every six months Jaffe said. The last doubling occurred in about 10 months and we re projecting the next doubling in about 12  infection by the aids virus does not necessarily mean a person will develop the deadly illness which attacks the body s natural disease fighting Power. A five year san Francisco study of homosexual men whose blood contained evidence of aids infection found 5 percent to 10 percent actually develop aids. On the basis of that study the cd official estimated there is an annual attack rate of from 1 percent to 2 percent of those currently infected with the  while there is an infection to ads ratio of 28 to 1 in the san Francisco group the cd official estimated that the ratio throughout the nation where the virus has not been around As Long is More like 50 to 1 or 100 to 1. The report Laid the new cases of aids Are Likely to develop in people most at risk for developing the disease homosexuals intravenous drug abusers and people who received contaminated blood products before a new bloodiest became available. In addition the report said heterosexual partners of aids patients or those at increased risk of developing aids Are at higher risk themselves of developing the disease As Are babies born to women with aids. The report said the risk of developing aids is extremely Low about one in a million for those who Are not considered members of a High risk group. Stateside debris seen in Western sky was re entry of soviet rocket Colorado Springs Colo. A blazing debris seen in the sky by residents of Western states has been identified As the re entry into Earth s atmosphere of a soviet rocket military officials  of the blazing space junk were reported m the California and Oregon officials  Jacob Mogul of the North american aerospace defense command said that the Light show was the result of the re entry of a rocket body from the soyuz t-14. Space debris comes Back into the atmosphere every two or three Days but whether people see it or not depends on How Large it is and whether it occurs during the night Mogul said. Norad records show nearly 5,700 such objects in space he said. Court rules Stanford s dismissal of professor in 1971 justified san Jose Calif. A the firing of a Fanner Stanford University professor accused of inciting student protests was based on constitutionally Clear school regulations a California appeals court has ruled 14 Yean later. Prof. H. Bruce Franklin was dismissed after student occupied the Stanford computer Center following a speech he made Ata feb. 10,1971, rally protesting the is. Invasion of Laos. The 6th District court of appeals handed Down a 50-Page ruling finding that the dismissal was just. The court said that the Stanford regulations at Issue were constitutionally Clear and that Franklin an English professor had violated them. Franklin 51, now teaches at Rutgers University in Newark . Official suspended in . After 3% tons of cheese spoils Lockport . A the head of Niagara county s surplus food program for needy families has been suspended after 3 /4 tons of Federal surplus cheese spoiled authorities said. Social services commissioner Louis b. Scozzafava announced the suspension of Daniel Penale from his $22,500- year Job As coordinator of the work experience program. The 301 cases of cheese were stored in an Una Efridge rated building with Honey dry milk flour and Corn meal. The other foods were not affected officials said. Scozzafava said Penale told him he forgot about the cheese. County legislator Mark a. Scott whose social service committee will investigate the spoilage said i Don t want to hear i forgot we Don t pay people $22,500 a year to forget Scozzafava said he had no estimate of the value of the cheese which has been buried at a dump. Energy department to upgrade nuke Plant environmental plans Washington a calling previous Effort a hit and miss operation Energy Secretary John herring ton is overhauling the environmental programs at the nation s nuclear weapons plants and research laboratories. We do have hazardous activities and we need to get bold of them herring on said in announcing a restructuring of a Agency s environmental health and safety program. Indiscriminate burial of radioactive and other Hazar Dous wastes and the release of uranium and Phito Hun from some of the dozen major atomic weapons Plantt operated by the Energy department have drawn Crit to from environmental groups and local resident. I can t name them All we have a lot Herrington Laid of the problems identified in recent years. For the mod part they Are legacies from the past. Broyhill announcement sets up . Republican primary Batty Washington a rep. Janus t. Broyhill. Ting up a primary Battle Between two wings of the Noclla Carolina Republican party has announced he will Mck to succeed retiring sen. John p. East. Broy Hill s main opponent for the gop nomination b David Funderburk the former us. Ambassador to Romania endorsed by East and the National congressional club the right Wing political action committee behind the re Etc then Campaign of sen. Jesse Helms r-., last year. President Reagan needs a Strong candidate on the ticket in North Carolina to keep the is. Senate in the come restive column by Pym a 12-term House member Laid. Broyhill is from the traditional Wing of the party la has feuded in the past with Helms and his allies. Helms and Republican gov. Jim Martin a Friend Aid former congressional colleague of Broyhill s have Laid they would not take sides in the primary and Broyhill Laid primary fight did not have to cause damaging divisions in the party