European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q special forces units Short of air planes Page 5 q Arizona woman gets second artificial heart. Page 7 q today s Dollar buys 2.37 Marks other rates Page 27 the stars and tripes authorized unofficial full cation f vol. 44, no. 298 tuesday february 11, 1986 . Ahmed i ,1k Dolly .00 some d 8693 a probe panel Calls for records on shuttle Booster rocket seals Washington not the commission investigating the explosion of the space shuttle challenger asked the space Agency sunday to produce All records relating to problems involving safely seals on the Booster rockets. The commission headed by former Secretary of state Wil Liam p. Rogers announced that it would examine the documents at a private session monday afternoon and would hear testimony from officials of the National aeronautics and space administration about the seals on tuesday. The commission s action comes in the Wake of a new York times report sunday that Nasa had been warned by its own engineers and analysts last year that the seals were eroding in flight and might leak. According to documents from the Agency s files a Bud get analyst warned last july that failure of the seals which arc designed to prevent flames from burning through the scams where segments of the Booster rockets Are joined would certainly be  Nasa officials say they suspect that a rupture near a seam in the right Side solid fuel Booster rocket May have been one of the primary causes of the explosion that killed seven astronauts shortly after the shuttle lifted off Jan. 28. Mark Weinberg a White House spokesman who is serving As the press official for the commission said sunday that Rogers had called for All internal documents and reports of investigations relating to seals on the Booster  the commission is concerned about All aspects of this matter Weinberg said. Both Rogers and Weinberg said that Nasa had agreed see shuttle on Page 28 Winter by caprices Tike a ugly turn on f stretch of autobahn near Elm Germany As traffic is Winter can be shocking. Or Serene jammed by trucks thai spun out of con Sicular and Guardrail damages no to is created by the fresh dry Snow that tool monday while travelling the Busy reports of injuries. A few Miles to the brought Beauty to tree lined Holzhe Fallee route. In the s Case there were Only be North in Darmstadt a picture of Screnia in the Middle of the City. 2 million germans f urn ouf for carnival parades Bonn apr about 2 million germans. Revelry of Rosin Gonlag parades the tradition highlight of the the pre Lent carnival season. Hundreds of floats Many of them inspired by events of the past year passed through the crowded streets of the three main carnival cities Mainz Cologne and due Dorf Sec related photos Pace 2. Of in Mainz More than 100,000 peo garnered in sub freezing temperatures to  which included 5,600 participants  and masks and 93 floats. Organiza Sra 71 bands totalling 2,500 musicians look  a . Air Force band from Ramstein. Among the prominent floats was one showing effigies of president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Corb air Geneva Sumn Africa s it helps. Project and the spy affair ii last year s scandal of tainted wine proved to popular theme for jesters but the freezing cold led both spectators and participants to throw caution to the wind and imbibe generously from readily available and traditional schnapps. More than 500,000 people attended the Parade in Cologne we Iamb twp for Anta Cowboy suit and Gorbachev wearing a traditional russian frock were shown sitting opposite each other eating cherries and spitting out seeds shaped like nuclear missiles. In Dusseldorf the Parade included 59 floats 60 and 64 marching bands with local politics the no. The para3hltohg the better part of the Day were broadcast live ont organizers said the  than 30 tons of Candy and 250,000 bags of Popcorn to try spectators