European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes monday january 20, j9b6 shuttle lands on California desert runway i a s next Light faces de a towards fab. Calif. Up the space Shui Ile Columbia floated through predawn darkness to a Landing saturday on a Mojave desert runway after bad weather blocked a third Kjor Ida Landing try possibly delaying the ship s next night. Heralded by win Shotgun life sonic booms tic 105-Lon space vessel banked Over tic sprawling California fight test Center and glided toward .1 brilliantly floodlit mile ri1 . With commander Robert Hool Gib am Urt co Pilot Charles Balden ill Ibe controls Colu he the runway 11 minutes before Sunrise rolled to a Stop in Only the in darkness in 34 mis Sions. To Earth you seasoned space veterans astronaut Frederick Gregory from Mission control to Houston. Houston seasoned by an extra two Days replied1"T""1 also on Buard in panic american astronaut slug my of Gcorge Nelson Ria Engineer Rcpt b3jlfl, d fla., a Conan a Brods Creef whose District incl Bce Center in Florida. The touchdown the 18tn r he Landing in California was a disappointing conclusion to a six Day 2.million-Tnilc voyage that was 25 Days Laic getting started and two Days late coming Toon end. The space Agency wanted to avoid a California Landing because that will add six Days to the processing flow Tor Columbia next flight which probably will delay Llic shuttle s March 6 launching on a showcase Mission to study Hascy s Cornel. Meanwhile a continent away the shuttle challenger stands poised Tor Blastoff next saturday la take a High cd males into orbit on he second of rights scheduled for 19b6. The National aeronautics and space administrations Gamble on marginal Florida weather after Back to Back Landing delays thursday and Friday fell Hal and Gibson id Bolden were told to reprogram their computer for a " Edwards. Calif0"1 11 Landing in me just is min utes before have been committed o a Florida touchdown. Herrn pm Jimiy Mission control told the Crew the weather was too cloth kuku � head or Edwards instead. After a one orbit delay Gibson and Bolden i bin s big braking Roek cover the Indian Ocean near 1 Gascon to drop out of orbit. The shuttle knifed across the coast of California near Santa Barbara and swooped to a picture perfect touchdown. Oregon radio hoax touted non existent car vials on several local radio stations scribed the Sta drive 2000 As a car of the future that needed no gasoline required service Ever 1 200,000 Miles and could accelerate from Zero to so Mph in 5.2 seconds. The Price was less than $3,000, and the car was to be available feb. I at a dealer near sound Loo Good to be True it was. The Sta drive 2000 was unmasked Day As an advertising Experiment and sponsored by the Fortl Julji Council which How effective radio is nil toot. A crush of press inquiries _ Gen eral s office the you Naff spots acknowledging that the car did not taut. The ads unveiling the hoax had not been scheduled to air until this week. We an in the Middle of i situation said Jan in formation fraud sey general s office i the advertising Campaign for a Ion existent product appeared to violate various provisions of the unlawful Trade practices act which permits tines of up to s2s.ooo per violation. The commercials ran dozens of times on various stations. It Ely it was Al is Goiri Iii said. U .1b to the advertising we wonder they were going to prove those she said not one person we asked believed it was a hoax. It was a very believable Dave Milner vice president and general manager of Kex radio and president of the radio Council said the Campaign was patterned after one in Cincinnati that pro moved a fictitious 3 ,.-, i him i 11 my ii Wiiiam Ini Pinili Lipkind of a spoof. 1c said concerns about the non existence of the product were allayed by the fact thai it was nol inconveniencing people to go a resident of Macgibbon advertising Agency thai Placer Ajja statement Friday disavow Iril ment in inc project. We Hod nothing to do with the design of the Campaign or even the product in ques Tion but simply facilitated Media place ment in parc s request Kobasic Laid. Ion s shiite Leader urges army to rebel against Nero Gemayel Sentinel sketches Beirut Lebanon a shiite moslem Leader Nabih Barri saturday called on the lebanese army to rebel against president Amin Gemayel branding inc Christian Leader the Nero of Lebanon and accusing him of pushing the country into a new spasm of All out civil War. Barri who serves As Justice minister in Lebanon s coalition government said ending the lebanese crisis is impossible unless the presidential term is Gamay cd 43, a maronite Catholic was elected presi Dent in september 1982 for a six year term. He has decided to be the Nero of Lebanon what is required now of the army is to rebel against Nero. And avoid being sucked into Amin Gemayel s War against Lebanon Berri told a Newt conference. Herri s Tough statements kindled alarm hat Lebanon May be lurching into another round of civil War Between christians and moslem and the apparent collapse of a syrian brokered peace treaty. By police count at least 403 people have been killed and More than �00 wounded in fighting since monday. Must of the casualties came from Street bullies wednes Day when Gamay cd s supporters crushed syrian backed Christian rivals. Gemayel s Victory aver lebanese forces militia com Mander Elie Hobeika mis a serious blow to the peace Accord signed dec 28 by Hobika Barri and druse chief torn Walid Jumblatt. The president a cud the pact mainly because Hobeika not Gama cd signed for the christians and because it gives the moslem an equal share of Power ending Chris Tian domination since 1943. Gemayel regained his stature As the Leader of Lebanon s 1,5 million christians after defeating Hobeika. Berri who Heads the dominant Shius amal militia and Jumblatt Leader of the progressive socialist party have made Clear they will not negotiate with Gemayel. The last Chance for peace in Lebanon has been lost jump but said saturday. He called for a general Boycott against Gemayel. Jumblatt and Barri control some 12,000 fighters with Aboul 100 soviet made Lanks. The two leaders made their statements after lengthy meetings with syrian vice president Abdul Halim knead dam architect of the peace Accord and inc leaders of other pro syrian militias. Haddam also met with prime minister Rashid Karami and education minister saliva Hoss both sunni moslem and parliament speaker Hussein Husseini a shiite. Sources close to the lebanese delegates mid Karami and Husseini Are debating whether to resign a move that would Widen the crisis Ana leave a political vacuum. The 37,000-Man u.strained army split along sectarian lines stayed out of the inter Christian feud. But it has been dragged into sectarian fighting on other fronts. Christian army units have clashed with syrian backed leftist and moslem factions that launched a two pronged offensive against Christian areas wednesday hours after Hobeika was Defeated. 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Whitehead Louring Europe in search of support for sanctions jag Ritsi Libya for allegedly Back ing International terrorism arrived in Athens on saturday from Turkey. Thai us. Official was to minister Carolos pop jul iks Wra meeting had been set a Orcas Papandreou. No with other a. Allies in Europe cited president Reagan s a saying they would a Fufai of Riff _ nue negotiations for the arms to Libya under a bilateral Trade agreement. Papandreou developed Friendly personal re lations with libyan Leader col. Moa mar khad Afy several years before his panhellenic socialist movement came to Power in 1981. Emir a. "7f to an Puly Yianos Haralampopoulos on . Ioniser Ahmet Abati a foreign minister Vadim p. Loginov. Both Greece and the libyan embassy declined to comment on Shahali s of but foreign ministry sources said he would As Over is Loginov delivered a letter from soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to the greek Premier on Friday outlining a new proposal for Cam Pele nuclear disarmament by the year 2000. The soviet official was to meet with Papou Jias monday foreign ministry sources said and the leaders of Mexico in and Argentina arc Ling Tinnent nuclear Dis armament initiative to
