European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d casualties teat medical readiness Page 3 o planetarium makes pupils starry eyed Page 9 d How to avoid customs hassles Page 16 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial Pukuc Tion. Vol. 44. No. 294 Friday february 7, 1986 to ponces Lite Dolly folds Rio d 8693 a panel opens hearings on shuttle Washington a the chief of Nasa thurs Day pledged Complete and total cooperation to a presidential commission investigating the space shuttle Chal Lenger disaster and said his Agency looks Forward to the resumption of space  William r. Graham the acting director of the National aeronautics and space administration was the first wit Ness As the commission opened hearings on the Jan. 28 explosion that killed six astronauts and schoolteacher Chrisla Mcauliffe in the worst space Accident Ever. See reined Story Page 2. Nasa will provide you with its Complete and total cooperation Graham pledged. Nasa looks Forward to the resumption of space  shuttle flights have been grounded during the investigation which May last up to four months. Opening the hearings was the commission s chairman former Secretary of state William p. Rogers. He said the panel is obviously going o rely in Large part on investigations they Nasa have conducted and will conduct in the  but he did not Rule out using outside experts. . Copter downed in Lebanon militiamen with weapons it the ready wednesday Over � downed . Helicopter Lebanon. A Hail of militia gunfire forced to make a emergency Landing which set the i afire. The three italian crewmen and three scan Dana plan passenger were released . It was the lint time lebanese militiamen hid i Down . Helicopter since the . Interim me in Lebanon was dispatched on n peacekeeping mandate to South Lebanon in 1978. The panel held its first meeting in the huge auditorium of the National Academy of sciences. Investigators believe a spurt of flame at or near a scam on the right solid fuel rocket Booster triggered the explosion Nasa sources say. Thursday s hearing provides the first substantive pub Lic information about the Accident from Nasa since challenger exploded eight Miles above the sea off Cape canaveral Fla. Witnesses include Jesse Moore the director of Thesee shuttle on Page 28 Ramm Rudman Dodds Ike changes Mary Lilac Tion Wrim the Gramm Ruvian a Cicil Iwu cing Law is cutting t of do fun dependents schools is or halts to Many no mid summer school sus is and cancelled or de fences. Ated but later  will be Able to e no school year. & a Cav projects have  s health or school Ivov cents such g. Desks or loners also arc on \ programs have Rcv spared direct deeply into  immediate do programs. See related is school officials have pc did teacher training la cd Many professional coi teacher transfers were however officials doubt move to new locations for school maintenance suspended except in safely would be of acc As adding new carpet hold. So far Ducat Iolj  Belt Tig upping started after o Facia is in the Dodds Wasp ton Headquarters announced hefty budget cuts Ftp he remainder of this Risca War which ends sept. 3 Jwuc cause of the budget balance la Law the Atlantic Rean lost $7 million Germany Rovon $28 million her Ranegan Region s3 million Panfic re Gion Sion Rivion and Panama Region $4 million lion the Reagan administration Anne cedi in cuts in major Dodds school co Bruc ovation projects. The school system s financial picture is  officials Are poised to reinstate cancelled pro s or kill additional projects at a moment s notice. 3dds officials in Washington have refused to Dis see Dodds on Page 28 Navy seeks to ease anxiety about terrorism by Clint swi Tureau Washington and their families overseas found a Grea .-,.because commanders won t provide More specific infer Malion about the terrorist threat. See related Story Page 28. Sandra Mumford Fowler director of the Navy s Over seas duty support program said the Navy is consid ering responses at three Levels of command to help Mem Bers and their families regain a firmer sense of control Over their lives. Fowler said the Navy asked for the study support centers overseas began to  Resis Tance among  Nair families to going off base to explore the of flies they bad been assigned to. Lind a unanimous concern with the threat of terrorism and a great Deal of anger directed at the Navy for withholding information that would be helpful Bot prior to embarking on the tour and during the time in country the study said. However with the exception of one person the re not encounter anyone about to go off the study said. Participants in the  we sect in Jan uary said the among  and i and Teg puff font approaches to the . Presence Tynor did the Navy describe the differences be tween local activists and those sponsored by the Palestine liberation organization Libya or Iran the respondents said. While much of this information must be classified and restricted to those with a need to know the sharing with Navy personnel and their families that positive actions Are being taken could serve to Lessen anxieties the study said. When you Don t know what you should be afraid of you get to be afraid of everything a Navy member was quoted As saying in the study.  decisions about family safety importation or whether to attend local events. The three month study by developmental research associates of Reston va., involved 141 Active duty serv ice members spouses teens and representatives of such is As the department of defense dependents Hild care recreation and family support Cen naval intelligence. The  and took pan in group discussions or Interr i  terrorism was having on their lives. The  at naval units at London Naples Italy holy Nea Makri Greece and Simonella Sicily. The study did not systematically Sample Navy Mem see Navy on Page 28