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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes monday january 27, 1986 Bao weather delays shuttle launching Cape canaveral Fla. A Nasa received a gloomy weather forecast saturday right and postponed for 14 hours sunday s scheduled bunching or the space shuttle challenger with schoolteacher Christa Mcauliffe As a passenger. The Outlook had been marginal All Day but Shunli managers took one Mare Lank at 10 . And decided chances were slim for a lir tour sunday the decision was made shortly More the launching Crew was to begin loading Sou,000 Gallons of fuel aboard the shuttle. The problem was a frontal system mov ing toward Cape canaveral front he North West packing rain and thunderstorms. The launching was rescheduled for 9 37 . Monday. Poor weather in North Africa the Loca Tion of two emergency Landing Situ had already delayed challenger s liftoff one Day. Clouds and rain forced two of sister ship Columbia s record seven launching postponements earlier hit month. Forecasters said the weather in Florida should be Clear monday after the front passes through late sunday challenger s seven Crew members were briefed on the weather saturday studied their flight plan and underwent medical examinations. During sin Days in space Thuv arc to de ploy one satellite to observe Halley s Comet and another satellite to become part at the National aeronautics and space administration s space based shuttle tracking net work. The Public interest is focused on Mcauliffe a 37-year-old High school teacher from Concord . She was selected from 11,146 teacher applicants to be the first to Fly on the shuttle in Nasa s citizen in spice program. From her orbiting classroom she will Tcath two lessons that students in hundreds of schools will watch on Public broadcast ing service. She also will make a Demon stration film for distribution to schools after the Mission. The lessons will be a whole Crew activity she said. The first will be a Field trip of he spacecraft. I la Start on the flight deck and Tell about life aboard the shuttle. The second lesson Why we Are in space i la Start with the Wright brother and the Progress we be made and Ink ahead to the space  Marc than 600 teachers and 4,000 Stu Dent from around the country Are at Cape canaveral to watch the launching Ai Are Mcauliffe s husband. Steve and their two children Scott 9, and Caroline 6. Sieve Mcauliffe \3 an . Challenger s other Crew members Are commander Dick so acc Pilot Mike Smith Judy Rucsnik Ellison Onizuka Ron Mcnair and Greg Jarvis. Lebanese Leader seeks to end syrian pressure Lebanon s president Amir Gamay cd  i the cab inet to hand a militia place try Mcnol to parliament for consideration in an la end 12 Days of political and Mil inc 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 to hand the syrian backed militia peace pact to parliament for More talks. Political sources said in was unlikely that the Cabinet would be Able to statement said that in that Cven would ask the House  the Accord to parian Teslja consid cration. Syria has agreement " " that the peace dialled Between Lebanon s three  militias dec. 28 should be implemented by the president immediately without reference to the Christian dominated legislature. Lay infuriated Syria Jan. 14 by re Tate Ricl and helping overthrow Christian  militia Elie Hobeika we inter Christian conflict j3jje_ killed some 350 people Cabinet meeting is Concrete act since Damascus. De a political Boycott of the Christian adar and ordered pro syrian militias o exert military pressure on the president. The Cabinet last met in november but has been boycotted by the two key moslem warlords who sic cd the peace Accord with Hobika since january 1984. The militia pact demands political reforms to give the moslem More Power. There was no in Media Syria sunday a  his allies in both life Pohnal Canon to form an. Josh for implementation of the Miriem despite opposition from hard line christians. The 29-year-old former Bank Teller Dis used the situation with syrian vice Percsi a Bdl Halim or Madam in Damascus Imam Matt Tell w a officials fro Mihe  front a coalition of leftist militias. The official Beirut ro3t3 later travelled to the Eastern Mcbane of Zahl to discuss with local leaders the formation of a United front to Force implementation of the pact to end nearly it Lascus is not in conflict with presi Dent Amin Gemayel Haddam told the kuwaiti newspaper Al Wotan saturday the quarrel is Seiw can the lebanese themselves. Syria is trying to bring peace and stability to  on the front lines pro syrian militiamen attempted to Advance on the Ger Nayel Mountain stronghold at Bifaya 11 Miles Northeast of Beirut but they were repelled by government troops for the 12th straight Day military sources said. In Southern Lebanon israeli backed gun ners shelled the Village of Kafra in the acting in apparent retaliation for go Cyril Mac Jan their positions having killed a a Mimi pet and a woman in a similar barrage sati Kab from Page 1 employee of the naw Pelton tonal Security a identified by Yurchenko. Is on espionage charges in Maryland. But there have also been accusations that Yurchenko was a double agent sent to the United Stales to disrupt intelligence Agen cies Here. In november he fled from his american i utopians at a Washington Laurant and after a news conf a which he accused the cd him he went Hame us Mien can Intelli gence  thai Yurchenko was head Knus will r Nelson 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 fad 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 legitimate Defrei technical to the 8oureewfflhmrbbrate on the de Fector s i source said it is official is a double agent. Knows the source said. I m so suspicious of some of these thing. I always question How Good the information  one informant said the soviet official apparently does not have the sort of information Aboul intelligence matters thai 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. I think hell be More helpful in terms of help ing us understand the -T-1- and  departure from the test san. Patrick j. Leahy d who is vice chairman of the Senate intelligence committee called for an investigation of the handling of Yurchenko and another defector whose identity had not been previously revealed other defector is apparently the so Fly Thasco existence was disclosed saturday the whereabolls"o7fector in the United states could not be a he is in a place where his identity. Changed and a new life can be begun Salt a source close to the situation. Clubs from Page 1 ble for discount Beltran Owaid the program will _ r a larger army Effort to change the Way people think when they plan to go out for the evening. We want to focus  an this to make people Maya Moltch one of us is going  wife does t drink she can do the driving we want to avoid the struggle for the keys you Sec on television he  of he program materials Are i provided by the army in act said. Driving while   Purly damage in i5o5otlhwtell-relaled vehicle. Lied 103 soldiers and injured 36 a he Sai the army project encourages reason Able Celebration and is intended to comple ment stringent deterrence and detection Thatcher rejects Calls for her resignation Hargaret Thatcher disc Lions thai she resign Over an alleged government cover up pledged sunday to give answers in detail to parliament about her knowledge of the Ioakim confidential letter. Thatcher was loj conday in an emergency do by of flee Weslund affair a Cajili off flier involving the Rescue of a helicopter manufacturing firm. Thej1.1 Junio a crisis Causyn pm balers. A ski  ent of the Light Thatcher ski prime minister. A whole lot of questions have come in and t will answer them in detail of course 1 will Thatcher said in a face the press television interview regarding Tel. But she re inc to disclose what she planned to say. Thatcher defended her government s seven year record As courageous and de Tail of resignation. Know when it s time to go she part  time has come. I would like  i believe we can do  another such source said it was unclear Why the defector s existence had boo Dis closed to Rupf Lutc Jhin Tuk it Floc lug officials May have the information to Blunt a reported proposal to shift responsibility for defectors from the Cia to the Fri. Such a proposal followed Yurchenko s departure from the United Stales. Obviously this is Good news for the Cia one source said. You can see Why they d want in out  temperatures of reel for Mondavi Parlov to Irwin Douds Lontor German and the by Notum. Rain fend us Wiholm Alrh in Bact of rail nil . In Fleck Day to it a Tamuk. 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