European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g is Christmas colouring contest starts today Page 3 d Faust out Holtz reported offered Post at notre Dame Page 21 n Navy officer who took photos of Medvid reprimanded Page 28 the stars and tripes vol. 44. No. 224 thursday november 28, 1985 Ahmed forces a do a a 0 8693 a fiery Trail Marks Atlantis launch Cape canaveral Fla. A Riding a 700-foot Geyser of fire inc space shuttle Atlantis set the night ablaze in a dazzling show of sound and Light tuesday As it Ocic cd into orbit with seven astronauts aboard. The astronauts will practice methods Tor building a space station and also will search for water in drought stricken Africa. The spectacular Bunch which was seen More than 400 Niles away began right on time at 7 29 . As the Atlan tis flashed to life with a Light twice As Bright As the Sun sending a Cascade of flame Rushing like a Waterfall Over the launch Pedestal. Thousands of viewers in the area were treated to a Brilliant show As the 100-ton spaceship left a fiery Trail Over the Atlantic Ocean with the Moon just one Day Short of being Ful hanging High in the sky. The thundering sound from the rockets vibrated buildings at the press viewing site three Miles from the pad. It s a Nice smooth ride said brew Star Shaw the commander of the flight. Nine minutes later Mission control in Houston reported that the Atlantis was in a secure orbit about 200 Miles High. Launch director Gene Thomas said the countdown was the smoothest yet in the shuttle program. The launch was seen As far away As Columbia s.c., about 400 Miles North of Here in Miami about 300 Miles to the South and in key West about 420 Miles to the Southwest. Minutes before liftoff Mission control radioed the Crew you Guys have the greatest flight in the  Well give it a Good go Shaw replied. Only twice before had rocket watchers seen  a sight in 1972, when the Apollo 17 Crew left for the Moon in the Middle of the night and in 1983, when inc shuttle challenger departed in the Early morning. The Atlantis is making its second flight the 23rd in the shuttle program. During a week in orbit the astronauts will launch three satellites search for underground water in drought Ridden Africa using a special camera operate a Small Medicine factory and grow a variety of crystals. Two of the Crew Jerry Ross and Sherwood Spring will become history s highest construction workers. During iwo Long spacewalks they will use 99 aluminium struts to build to 45-foot beam and a Small Pyramid to test the human ability to assemble structures in orbit. Nasa is collecting $30 million to launch satellites for the mexican and australian governments and for Ria american communications. Rodolfo Nacri. The first mexican to Fly into space is on Board to observe the launch of his nation s Morelos satellite and to conduct several experiments. Once the satellites arc launched. Ross and Spring will Experiment with construction techniques that May be used to build the permanent space station planned by Nasa for the 1990s. The astronauts wearing helmeted space suits will As semble 93 Metal struts into a beam extending 45 feet straight out from the Atlantis cargo Bay. The i Inch thick struts snap together similar to tinkertoy segments and the astronauts will build the beam from the Bottom push ing it outward in vol by level. They also will use six 12-foot-Long beams to construct a 64-Pound inverted Pyramid shape. Assemblies will be attempted both while the astronauts Are anchored and while they arc floating free. Following each spacewalk the structures will be taken apart and stowed. Cameras will njord every move. Later the views will be reduced by computer in a motion study that will help engineers determine How construction work can Best be performed in the Ero Gravity of outer space. Shaw is making his second space flight. Others in the Crew arc astronauts Bryan o Connor and Mary Cleave and Mcdonnell Douglas Engineer Charles Walker. Walker on his third space flight will operate a machine to purify a hormone called Clythro Nietin a Complex pro Tein that can be used to treat Ria blood cell desk envies  As anaemia. Egypt rallies support for Cairo Egypt a president Hosni Mubarak s government launched a vigorous Campaign tuesday to defend its commando raid on a hijacked egy Plair Jet despite Little Public criticism Here. Mubarak accused Libya of sponsoring the gunmen who seized the plane and told reporters he sent the soldiers to Malta to storm the jetliner Only after the Pilot reported they re going to kill us  Mubarak blamed the deaths on the hijackers who he said were the first Ever to detonate phosphorus grenades during a hijacking. Not a single egyptian Bullet killed any body among the passengers and Crew the president said. The fire grenades set the Interior of the Boeing 737 ablaze. In Malta government spokesman Paul Mifsud said the death toll in the hijacking and commando raid was 59. He said one passenger was shot to death by the Hijack ers and the other 58 people died during the commando operation. In Tripoli Libya the egyptian raid on the jetliner was described by Libya s government run news Agency tuesday As an ugly crime which wasted Lens of innocent  a commentator for the news Agency Jana also called the assault a massacre Jana s commentator warned egyptian leaders that drastic failure will await them if they tried to play with fire by attempting to launch an assault on the libyan Arab  the commentator referred to a recent Story in the Washington Post that president Reagan had approved efforts to undermine the revolutionary government of libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy. The Post s Story and what look place in Malta arc considered an indicator to carry ing out american orders aimed against the libyan Arab people the commentator wrote without elaboration. In a broadcast on its official radio Sta on Jet Tion Egypt has accused Libya of funding and instigating the hijacking. Egyptian Security forces have said that egyptian troops were rushed to the Border with Libya after the hijacking. Libya has denied any involvement in the hijacking. Hijackers took Over the jetliner saturday evening on a flight from Athens Greece to Cairo and forced it to land on the Mediterranean Island of Malta. They let 13 women go and shot three american passengers and two israelis killing one of the americans and threw them from the plane. Maltese authorities said that 27 survivors see Egypt on Page 28 a Glaus sle1sh and Reint Teek tub a Lane can t Fly my furs out of the North pole but greek policeman k/7/ed, j 4 wounded by car bomb Crue a s very furry can starts monday in the stars and Athens Greece a a car bomb detonated by Remote control exploded tues Day As a police bus was passing ripping away one Side of the bus fatally injuring one of the 22 officers inside and wounding 14, officials reported. One policeman died wednesday and two remained in critical condition according to a Hospital spokesman. He said the others suffered less serious injuries. The explosion occurred at 9 45 ., about two hours after some 1.000 anarchists gathered in front of parliament to de Mand the release of 16 people arrested Dur ing riots in Athens last week. They also were protesting the death of a teen Ager shot by a policeman during the rioting. Officials said the bus had just left a near by police station to take inc officers to their assignments and was travelling slowly Down the Street when the bomb went off. The bomb in the parked car was set off by an electronic device a policeman at the scene said. Area residents told police that three see bomb on Page 28