European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday december 5,1985 shuttle suffers a few dings on Landing Edwards fab Calif. A the space shuttle Atlantis sustained a few dings on the nose and near the Landing gear but its heat shielding tiles appeared intact following its 2.8-million-mile flight Nasa officials say. The near flawless finish of the we Klong Mission in which Spac walking astronauts practice space station construction methods has made Nasa confident it can keep launching monthly shuttle flight Uver the next 13 months. We had a great time Mission commander Brewster Shaw or. Said after Atlantis and its seven Crew members landed tuesday ending the Mission that also flawlessly deployed three communications satellites. A s great when you can go up and Fly a spacecraft and never get the malfunction Book out of its locker Shaw added. That s a Good  Mexico s first astronaut. Rodolfo Nacri aboard at lantis As it completed its second flight As the newest of the National aeronautics and space administration s four shuttle Fleet. About 6,700 spectators watched the shuttle land at 1 33 . On the single Concrete runway at this Mojave desert military base. The runway was used because the normally dry unpaved Lake bed Landing strips were waterlogged from Rains. Preliminary inspection showed Atlantis received Only minor damage. We did not notice any heat shielding tiles missing said Jesse Moore Nasa s space flight chief. I noticed a few dings a couple on the nose of the orbiter and a couple around the Landing gear areas. And there was a place on the eleven which controls the shuttle s attitude and Roll that looked like it might have gotten a Little  shuttle tiles have previously been damaged during re entry but the problem has been diminishing. The brakes also damaged on other shuttles looked reasonably Good Moore said. We and the whole shuttle program Are extremely de lighted said Moore. Based on eight shuttle flights in the past eight months Moore predicted Nasa can sustain that monthly flight  adviser from Page 1 Brent scowcroft who served president Ford former undersecretary of stale Law rence s. Eagle Burger and David Abshire . Ambassador to nato. Congressional sources tossed in the names of arms control chief Kenneth l. Adel Ramn former defense Secretary Don Ald Rumsfeld Navy Secretary John leh Man. Assistant Secretary of slate Rozanne Ridgway former in. Ambassador Jeane j. Kirkpatrick and assistant defense Secre tary Richard Perle. The Republican leaders of both the House and the Senate commended Mcfarlane wednesday. I think he s an outstanding Public serv ant said Senate majority Leader Robert Dole. He s very Well respected in the con Gress by republicans and  Robert Michel Leader of the House re publicans said he had had a Good working relationship from a legislative Point of View. Rumours that Mcfarlane would be Irav ing have circulated for months. He was reliably reported to have been weighing a lucrative Job offer in new York and there have been suggestions he was considering ambassadorial posts in Japan Israel Ana the soviet Union. But the rumours took on added credence this work when no one denied a speculative report in Newsweek Magazine that Mcfarlane was seriously thinking about becoming the . Envoy to Japan a Post now filled by former Senate democratic majority Leader Mike Mansfield who is 82. Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes asked on tuesday about the reports of Mcfarland s departure said i Don t have anything on Bud. I can t confirm or  Speakes deliberately left the door open for Mcfarlane however saying Reagan values his service but would abide by his wishes. Mcfarlane s own spokeswoman Kama Small did t return Telephone requests for comment tuesday. Mcfarlane a retired Marine corps Field officer is Reagan s third National Security adviser having moved up from the Deputy s Slot two years ago when Reagan s longtime California Friend and adviser William p. Clark left to become Interior Secretary. Mcfarlane also served As Reagan s Spe Cial envoy to the Middle East. During his first months in the key Post of National Security adviser and director of the National Security Council staff Mcfarlane was credited with successfully mediating the often heated policy disputes be tween Secretary of state George p. Shultz and defense Secretary Caspar w. Wein Berger. In the process his own Public profile Rose from that of a quiet even plodding professional analyst to one of a key adviser with the president s ear at any time of Day or night. That position was tempered with the arrival of Regan who effectively pushed Mcfarlane a step away from the Oval of fice. That was apparent during last month s .-sovict Summit meeting in Geneva. Switzerland where photographs showed Weinberger the nuclear Las the task Doc jul go away because the Netherlands won t Jujj form it he said. Somebody else will Hatwon pick it  Weinberger said the Duff a decision con tributes to an attitude which to Aid could harm the deterrent capability of to Alliance. If the Netherlands does t have to Dol _ Why should Belgium if Belgium does no have to do it Why should Germany and Forth. It the decision could unravel Basic deterrent capability by Corr Emring on and by taking a course if a popular enough at Home for Holla Flebut not very thoughtful for the rest j0re Alliance he said. Weinberger i country might the dutch. We  he trying Toj Brahe dutch to speckle the task on wha topped by. We re still reverse that Deci crier said a proposal expected a in the m Al balanced Force suction negotiate to Cut nato and Warsaw pact conventional troop strength in Central Europe has some Appeal la the United states but there Are probe the a reported wed near morning that nato presented new  to the Warsaw pact on to Nimg non nuclear forces in Central a guff in an Effort to breathe fresh life Pothe stalled 12-year old talks on the  news service the Sug Gellion Supre forwarded informally tues Day Jap Days before the week s regular i session of the Mutual and balanced eduction talks to Jive the East an Ivance Chance to consider a response. The inks Are scheduled to break for Christmas a until Early in he new year. Drw Matic sources in London Bonn and not Headquarters told the a the offer incl Inki a Call to Shelve for now Dis agreement Novach others troop strengths jr.1 favor of Sman Tuiai Mutual reductions. Also being propos Colwas an interim verification procedure of Roop withdrawals they said the worries Are the verifications he said. The soviets being the Umof society they Are can turn a Fanner Inu Waldier or a Soldier into a Farmer of Knight. That makes it very difficult to. Al accurate verification that they have Only made the reductions but that they Are really permanent  Regan and Shultz not Mcfarlane sit Ting next to the president. And it was Regan standing just behind Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev As the two leaders finally agreed on their joint appear Ance and statement that ended the formal talks. As the key choreographer of Reagan s preparation for the Summit Mcfarlane nonetheless got much of the credit for the meeting going the Way the administration wanted and As Mcfarlane had predicted. Though both Regan and Mcfarlane Are sex Maries they Are almost opposites in style Regan the Tough impatient no non sense corporate executive Mcfarlane the slow talking professorial lecturer deter mined to explain the logic of every policy Issue. Among Mcfarlane s strongest supporters has been Nancy Reagan whose influence is keenly Felt though rarely openly expressed in the White House. She was said to have been surprised and upset by reports the National Security adviser was considering the Job in new York. General dynamics barred from defense contracts a Black a general Dyt its right to of tracts one Day facture and four i tics. Including of the nation administration res. It sources said of absence while he charges announced by by Norn Washington Namis corp. To Tain new Goven after the Capo current or forma James Beggs Adorf Al aeronautics an were indicted on in meanwhile Beggs plans to Laid he defends himself Gau the contract sa�pc1 the defense department is the second such action imposed on the nation s third largest defense Contr act Hia fear. The first was lifted in August by suspension applies not Only to of rep Lacu but Alsoto any other govern the suspension order was issued by the Navy in its Ole As executive agent for the Pentagon on All contractual matters involving general dynamics which received de sense contracts Worth $6 billion in fiscal 1984. Alvin Spivak a company spokesman said the Navy s action was inappropriate since the Issue in the Case should not have resulted in indict by or its people ment involved a Luetory and acc our matters been or forum. 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