European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 stars and stripes monday january 27, 1986 challenger s flight delayed by forecast Cape canaveral Fia. A a bad weal her forecast prompted Nasa 10 scrub launching or sunday s shuttle the flight that will lend schoolteacher Christa Mcauliffe into space but the Sun came out after All and challenger could have lifted of. Officials said. The hunching already postponed once because of bad weather was rescheduled for monday Ami Mcauliffe the first Pri vate citizen named to a shuttle Mission spen pan of inc morning Riding a bicycle instead of atop a rocket. Shuttle managers had received a forecast that ailed for rain and thunders to cars at liftoff Lime Aid decided talc saturday to postpone the launching. Bul the unexpected formation of a Low. Pressure system Over Georgia held up the weather front by several spurs. National aeronautics und space administration officials said so the Sun was shining on challenger s launching pad at the scrubbed liftoff time. Conditions were Good for launching tils morning it looks Liucc we could have made it said the director of the launching Gene Thomas. We based our decision on a forecast that changed on us he said. The launching was rescheduled for 9 37 . Monday officials said the front should have moved on by then leaving be Hind acceptable weather conditions. The seven astronauts disappointed by the second weather delay in two Days spent the Day relaxing and reviewing the flight plan for heir six Day Mission. Mcauliffe 37, a High school teacher from Concord . And arc male Greg Jarvis were Riding bicycles on one of the main roads at the Kennedy space Center on sunday morning. Commander Dick so acc and Pilot Mike Smith Sharp red their flying skills at Jet controls and then practice landings at the shuttle runway in a Jet modified to handle like the shuttle during its powerless Landing Glide. Mcauliffe is a fan of the new England patriots and planned to watch at least part of heir super bowl foothill Bailie with the Chicago bears. The other Crew member Are Judy Rei Nik Ellison Onizuka and Ron Mcnair. Mcauliffe was selected from among 11,1 teacher applicant o he the first o ride die shuttle in Nasa s Cilin in space program on the fourth Day of the Mission she will teach iwo lessons from her orbiting classroom. The of her astronauts will be Busy deploy ing and then retrieving one satellite to study Halley s Comet and launching another to become part of Nasa s space based shut lie communications network. Lebanese Leader seeks of end syrian pressure Beirut up Lebanon s president Amin Gamay cd. Called sunday on the cab inet to hand a militia peace agreement to parliament far consideration in an attempt id end 2 Days of political and military pressure from Syria. A presidential statement said Gemayel called an extraordinary meeting of the cab inet for monday at his Palace in an East Beirut suburb la hand the syrian backed militia peace pact to parliament for More talks political sources said it was unlikely that the Cabinet would be Able to meet. The statement said hat in hat event Gemayel would ask the House speaker to present the Accord to parliament for its consideration. Syria has demanded that the peace agreement it mediated Between Lebanon s three main militias dec. 28 should be implemented by the president immediately without reference to the Christian dominated legislature. Gemayel infuriated Syria Jan. 14 by rejecting the pact and helping overthrow Christian lebanese forces in Lilia Leader Elie Kobelka who signed it in bloody inter Christian conflict Jan. 15 that killed some 350 people. Sunday s Call for a Cabinet meeting was Gemayel s first Concrete act since Damascus sponsored o political Boycott of the Christian Leader and ordered pro syrian militias to escort military pressure on the president. The Cabinet last met in november but has been boycotted by the two key moslem warlords who signed the peace Accord with Hobeika since january 1934. The militia pact demands political reforms to give the moslem More Power. There was no immediate reaction from Syria sunday is Hobeika rallied his allies in boil Damascus and Lebanon to form an Alliance to push for implementation of the agreement despite opposition from hard line christians. The 29-year-old former Bank Teller Dis cussed the situation Ullh syrian vice presi Dent add Halim Haddam in Damascus sunday before meeting with officials from the National Alliance front a coalition of leftist militias. The official Beirut radio said Hobeika later travelled to the Eastern lebanese town of Zahl to discuss with local leaders the formation of a United front to Force implementation of the Pool to end nearly 11 years of civil War. Damascus is not in conflict with presi Dent Amin  Haddam Laid the kuwaiti newspaper Al Wotan saturday. The quarrel is Between the lebanese themselves. Syria is trying to bring peace and stability to  on the front lines pro syrian militiamen attempted to Advance on the Gemayel Mountain stronghold at Bifaya 11 Miles Northeast of Beirut but they were repelled by government troops for 1 in 12th straight Day military sources said. In Southern Lebanon israeli backed gun ners shelled the Village of Kafra in the morning in apparent retaliation for guerrilla raids on their positions having killed 0 . Peacekeeper and a woman in a similar barrage saturday. Kab from Page 1 w. Pelton a former employee of the National Security Agency who was reportedly identified by Yurchenko is awaiting rial on espionage charges in Maryland. But there have also been accusations that Yurchenko was a double agent sent to the United states to disrupt intelligence Agen cies Here. In november he fled from his american custodians at a Washington restaurant and after a news conference at which he accused the Cia of kidnapping him he went Home the american Intelli gence Agency has denied that Yurchenko was held against his will. Officials on Capitol Hill have noted that much of the information from Yurchenko May have been of limited value. For in stance they said that Pel Ion had apparently ended his espionage activities Long before his arrest. A congressional source who has been sceptical of Yurchenko s value said sat urday that the newly disclosed soviet offi Cial appeared to be a leg it ironic defector who has technical knowledge and had travelled frequently to soviet bloc countries. The source would not elaborate on the de Fector s responsibilities in the Kab. Another source said it is possible thai the soviet official is a double agent. Who inc is the source said. I m so suspicious of Wojik of these things. I always question How Good the information  one informant said the soviet Oft icis apparently does not have inc son of information about intelligence matters that would Lead to arrests of soviet spies work ing in the United Stales. My guess is that he knows less in terms of knowing who s doing what Over Here that source said. Us think hell be More helpful in terms of help ing us understand the Kab s procedures and  after Yurchenko s departure from the United stoles sen Patrick j. Leahy d vi., who is vice chairman of the Senate intelligence committee called for an investigation of the handling of Yurchenko Anil another defector whose identity had not been previously revealed. That other defector is apparently the so Viet official whose existence was disclosed saturday. The whereabouts of the defector in the United states could not be ascertained. He is in a place where his identity can be changed and a new life can be begun said a source close to the situation. Clubs from Paga 1 ble for discounts on a Bier visit he said. Belgrano said the program will be part of a larger army Effort to change inc Way people think when they plan to go out for the evening. We want to focus enough attention on this to make people think which one of us is going to drive or my wife does t drink she can do the driving we want to avoid the struggle for the keys you see on television he said. Marty of he program materials Are being provided by the army safety Center Odom said. Driving while intoxicated was a major cause of death injury and property damage in the army last year. Alcohol related vehicle accidents in i98s killed 103 soldiers and injured 363, he said. The army project encourages reason Able Celebration a id is intended to comple ment stringent deterrence and detection measures already in operation by military and civilian Law enforcement agencies the Community and family support Center said in a statement. A designated Driver program is offered at about 90 percent of the Navy s 270 clubs a Navy official said. An air Force personnel spokesman Cap Chuck Roque. Said his service has not instituted a designated Driver procedure for its clubs but managers Are encouraged to tailor similar efforts to their clientele. Thatcher rejects Calls for her resignation London up1 prime minister Margaret Thatcher dismissing suggestions that she resign Over an alleged government cover up pledged sunday to give answers in detail to parliament about her knowledge of the leaking of a confidential letter. That incr. Was to speak monday in an emergency debate Over the Welland affair a Cabinet matter involving the Rescue of a helicopter manufacturing firm. The ease has blown up into a crisis causing the Resig nation of two prominent Cabinet ministers. A newspaper poll found 43 percent of the Public thought Thatcher should resign As prime minister. A whole lot of questions have come in and i will answer them in detail of course i will Thatcher said in a face the press television interview regarding the leaked Westland letter. But she re fused to disclose what she planned to say Thatcher defended her government s seven year record As courageous and Dis missed talk of resignation. "1 think i will know when it s time to go she said. "1 do not think that time has come. I would like to go on to a third term. I believe we can do  another such source said it was unclear Why the defector s existence had been Dis closed to reporters. But that source suggested that intelligence officials May have disclosed the information to Blunt a reported proposal to shift responsibility for defectors from the Cia la the Fri. Such a proposal followed Yurchenko s departure from the United states. Obviously this is Good news for the a a one source said. 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