European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mil Medicine on the foreign hospitals see pages 8 and 9 q Pentagon tightens Security pages d Mardi gras called quiet Page 7 q today s Dollar buys 2.34 Marks Page 23 Pius. Stripes Magazine vol. 44, no. 300 thursday february 13, 1986  Dolly Ond sumo of d 8693 a Nasa considered challenger boosters Safe and adequate Washington a Nasa Engi neers have been concerned about the performance of rubber scaling rings on the space shuttle s rocket boosters for More than a year but concluded that while the seals needed to be improved they were Safe and adequate for flight space Agency officials said. Although the cause of the Jan. 28 explosion of the challenger space shuttle has yet to be determined the investigation has focused increasingly on a possible leak where sections of the solid fuel rocket boosters Are joined. The seals a primary one and a secon Dary backup create a Gasket that keeps the fiery exhaust fumes inside the boosters from escaping through the scams. Photo graphs of the challenger seconds before the explosion showed a plume of fire apparently emerging from near one of the rocket joints. At a news conference wednesday Law rence Mulloy. Head of the solid fuel Booster program at Nasa s Marshall space flight Center in Alabama said tests have shown the seals operating properly at lower temperatures. He said that the Day before the challenger launch Nasa and engineers from the rocket Booster s manufacturer Morton Thi Okol agreed that the launch should proceed after concluding that even if the primary seals were adversely affected the secondary seals would hold. Or. William r. Lucas director of the Marshall facility told reporters that while the investigation into the challenger Acci Dent is examining the performance of the seals and looking at All aspects of the performance of the rocket boosters no sin Gle area is being focused on exclusively. The cause of the challenger Accident is still an open Issue he said. Nasa officials also released a series of see Nasa on Page 24 Larch offers of Westland v approve  takeover London apr shareholders of Westland voted cd Awtey to accept a takeover led by the  of the United states. A euro cat urn also had bid for Britain s copier maker. The bid by Sikorsky and Fiat received 67.8 percent of Icv a vast land chairman sir Jahanf fancy announced. A simple a my was required for approval. The vote Camu Dofie end of an acrimonious Day a share holders meeting to resolved Spute that turned into a crisis Ujj prime minister Margaret to government. Two Cabinet ers resigned last month at the eight of the juror. Minutes after the meeting opened the  tried to get a 21 Day ads ment to protest the recent up Raupp of a crucial 20.3 percent stake re ailing Westland by six uni Denti by Vars. The european consortium believed the buyers were backers of Westland s Board of directors which in used the Sikorsky bid. London Stock Exchange Dis closet Tan tuesday the one fifth Pur Chase by known buyers. Cuckney listed Only  companies holding shares for the bus. After a three in delay Cuckney announced a 67.8 inuit majority against postponing a Denisia last month shareholders reacted the Sikorsky led bid but that was under a see Westland on Page 24 scolds Reagan Manila Philippines a opposition candidate Corazon Aquino said. Wednesday she was alarmed by Reagan s suggestion of fraud on in the presidential Csc Cimon Jap wac cautioned him against acc Mph Victory by president Ferdinand Jmarcos. Not  but Chr vast majority it or to Merican people and their condemn any such action insists in returning a Nuin said in a who to their Caj la tement read to report Man. I suggest to him. That before Mal further comments on the election itself he make additional inquiries from his own embassy the observers and the Media she said. The National Assembly began taking an official canvass wednesday of the votes to determine the Winner of Friday s election but Many of the envelopes opened showed defects. By one unofficial tally Marco Sand of four percentage Points 52 Aquino led by four percent age Point Cim. At a news Conrow Rhuday in Washington Reagan said in Kwh the Faals was continued Ort Oage 24 Anatoly so Baransky and his wife a photo by Well wishers in Tel a i she Harans Lovequest family members migration Jerusalem a jowly released soviet dissident analogy Smi Aransky will Appeal to the Kremlin to pow his Mother and brother to join Hipman Israel a top immigration official a Neon cuday. The 38-year-old Han rights activist spent his first Day Inkel in seclusion with his wife Avital who Jed travelled the world in a tireless a Amparp to win her husband s Freedom. , was freed tuesday on a snowy a Riata in Berlin As part of an East West Pri by Swap ending a 12-year Battle to imm the to Israel.  nine years in soviet prisons Ana labor Camps after being charged a spying for the United states a charge Ippich he and Washington denied. He said his Only crime was applying to immigrate to the jewish state.  not seen his wife since the Day after la wedding in 1974. The couple saw the night at the Jerusa Lem apartment a re Avital has lived for the past few  Seminary slide no stood guard outside tuesday night to Prant Well wishers from disturbing the couple privacy. Israel radio said Sharansky called his brother Leonid and a year old Mother Ida Milgrom in Moscow can essay. It did not report what they Salbut said Shucha Ransky would Appeal Formis family to be reunited with him. Shmuel so Char  of the immigration ministry smash Sharansky planned to write a letter Focally inviting his family to come to  said this is part of the procedure v obtaining see emigration Page 24