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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, December 5, 1985

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To care that marines in fun and no forces terror jul for t four Tali c Mill try medical a airmen Sailor in families receive re tie doctors ipe Are . Ady for War or Zicai writer tripes spent Litany i Impi England to what the patients say. She makers the stars and stripes see us vol. 44, no. 231 thursday december 5, 1985 0 8693 a Atlantis returns Home with cargo of test data cowards a a Calif. A the space shuttle Atlantis landed safely tues Day with a cargo of Promise video tapes to help design a . Space station a purified hormone for tests of a new medical treat ment and him that May locate hidden was Ighel Ridden Africa. Voith commander Brewster Shaw at the controls the shuttle dropped through Wispy Clouds and landed smoothly on a Concrete runway at this desert a a base at 4 33 . About 6.70 1 spectators cheered. It rolled smoothly Down the runway be fore stopping on the Center line. Welcome Home. Atlantis said Mission control. Great  the Atlantis showed few signs of damage after its seven Day flight and we and the whole shuttle program Are extremely de lighted 1 said Jesse Moore the National aeronautics and space administration s chief of space flight. The successful efforts of the shuttle s space walking astronauts to test construction methods in space provided a wealth of data that will be extremely valuable in de signing and developing a space station in the Early 1990s, Moore said. The Mission the eighth shuttle flight in the past eight months also showed that Nasa is capable of continuing monthly shuttle flights he told reporters. The shuttle s plunge from its 218-mile High orbit started when Shaw fired rockets at 3 27 . To slow the Craft and drop it into a Long Glide Over the Pacific. It crossed the California coast just South of Ventura with its characteristic double sonic Boom then turned to dive toward the runway Northeast of los Angeles. Mission control had considered delaying the Landing because Clouds moved in  lid wards but at about 3 10 ., Shaw a As told you arc go for the  shuttles usually land on a dry Lake cd lid wards rather than Concrete but 0.78 inches of rain since nov. 25 has soaked the see Atlantis on Page 28 Navy hero of Libya dogfight killed in crash san Diego a a Navy Pilot involved in the Downing of two libyan War planes in 1981 was killed tuesday when his Jet fighter skidded off a runway at Miramar Nas in wet weather and overturned the Navy said. The of a is Hornet was Landing when it left the rain Slick runway said base spokes Man it. John scat Ken. He had touched Down and rolled about 5,000 feet Semcken said. The plane hit mud and grass on the Edge of the runway and flipped  fuel drained onto the runway he said but there was no fire. The Pilot Cape. Henry Klc Mann was trapped in the wreckage for 30 i nulls be fore he was freed. He was flown by helicopter to University of California san Diego medical Center where he was pronounced dead on arrival Semcken said. Kliemann 42, was stationed at Point Mug Nas near Ventura. He was a senior officer of air development so 4, which tests airborne fighter weapons systems. In 1981, Kliemann was commanding two Navy f-14s on a training Mission that were fired on by libyan planes Over Waters in the Gulf of Sidra. The . Officers returned see hero on Page 28 capt. Henry Klecman a Navy Pilot died tuesday when this f/a-18 fighter skidded off a runway at Mir mar Nas Calif. In Wake of prolonged feud with Regan Reagan s Security adviser quits Post by Helen Thomas Washington up National Security adviser Robert c. Mcfarland has resigned after a prolonged feud with White House chief of staff Donald Regan administration officials said tuesday night. The while House maintained an offi Cial silence on the reported resignation and it appeared they planned to make a formal announcement when a successor had been selected. Possible successors include David m. Abshiro the . Ambassador to nato John m.  Mcfarland s Deputy and Lawrence Eagleburger former assist ant Secretary of slate. Earlier tuesday White House spokes Man Larry Speaks told reporters presi Dent Reagan would abide by the wishes of any staff member who wanted to leave office indicating he had accepted Mcfear Lanc s resignation. Mcfarland answered no comment when asked about his resignation monday night upon his return from California with Reagan and the president declined tues Day to discuss the matter telling reporters Wicen Mcparlane and . Aides say that Mcl Arlane has resented Regan s take charge style and his intrusion in foreign policy making. Regan on the other hand has taken exception to being bypassed by Mcfear Lane s calling Reagan directly in times of crisis. Baker and former while House coun Selor l Dwin Meese. Now attorney general were at Odds most of the Lime when they served together As top aides to Reagan. Baker also collided with William Clark see adviser on Page 28  
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