European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 stars and stripes Friday. February 14, 1988 shuttle investigation moves to Florida Cape canaveral. Fla. Up the challenger disaster commission arrived at the spaceport thursday pondering documents that show the spaceship was launched even though Nasa knew about potentially catastrophic problems with shuttle rocket boosters. At sea the search Effort Tor shuttle debris intensified and the National aeronautics and space administration confirmed a Navy Salvage ship had collected submerged wreckage of a satellite rocket Booster blown from Chal Lenger s payload Bay after the shuttle exploded. The presidential panel arrived at the Kennedy space Center from Washington about 10 25 . Est for inspections at the nation s shuttle port and briefings on launch procedures including the Impact of cold weather on crucial seals in challenger s solid fuel rockets. Among the space Agency papers in the panel s posses Sion is one that shows that in March 1983, Nasa formally waived its requirement for fail Safe Seal operation and pressed on with shuttle launches knowing a single Seal failure could be catastrophic under certain conditions. Other documents showed the company that builds the towering rockets was concerned enough last year about problems with the seals that its engineers suggested 43 possible modifications to Nasa. Film of challenger s fatal launch Jan. 28 shows a Jet of flame spewing from the lower Side of the shuttle s right Side Booster rocket apparently sparking the explosion of the ship s external fuel tank blowing the spaceship to pieces and killing its seven Crew members. The abnormal plume appears to have spurted from the Booster at or near a joint Between the lower two of four fuel segments that Are bolted together to form the rocket. Both boosters were tracked by radar after the explosion and the right hand rocket or major parts of it is thought to be resting in water 1,100 feet deep about 40 Miles offshore. A Navy nuclear research submarine with a Crew of seven a robot  and television cameras will be on the scene Early next week presumably to inspect the remains of the suspect Booster and participate in Salvage efforts that could provide solid evidence of what caused the disaster. The 12-foot-wide Navy submarine is capable of diving to 2,375 feet and is equipped with floodlights in addition to the television cameras. A Navy spokesman said thursday a second privately operated four Man submersible from fort Pierce will Art rive on the scene saturday along with a surface tender and another ship that will be fitted with Side scan sonar. The preserver a Navy Salvage ship returned to port bases from Page 1 denied that political motivations had governed the selection of the three bases there is nothing political in this at All the spokesman said. I Don t think the Secretary s decision in any Way was governed by partisan  Sims said earlier wednesday that the facilities were cited to determine the will of  it is important to get a sense of the seriousness with which Congress views base closures he added. The Secretary views this As senator Goldwater does As an important Issue and one we should move for Ward on. Sims while discussing the contents of Weinberger s letter refused to release the actual document or estimate the precise savings that might be achieved with the three base closings. But Hart released a copy of Weinberg or s letter. In it the Secretary did not explain Why the three bases were picked but he said to demonstrate that i am serious about improving our base Structure i will cite a few installations we can use to deter mine the will of Congress on this  Sims said Weinberger wants Congress in one move to strip away the cumulative buildup Over the years of impediments to base  for example he said the Secretary wants the authority to shut Down bases without regard to the National environmental policy act or other Laws that require Environ  economic Impact studies. Weinberger also is asking Congress to remove restrictions on the disposal of prop erty to agree that special restrictions writ ten into the Pentagon s budget Bills can be overridden and to agree that base closings cannot be stalled by lawsuits filed by Feder Al employees. The defense department said it now lakes a minimum of two years to close a base assuming barriers Are not erected by Congress or through lawsuits. Sims said Weinberger also was asking Congress to recognize that the Pentagon will need special appropriations to cover the up front costs of closing military facilities. While it is initially expensive to close a base because of the Cost of moving people and relocating facilities hundreds of millions of dollars can be saved in the Long run he said. Weinberger was requesting a special appropriation of $300 million to proceed with closing the Colorado Massachusetts and Pennsylvania facilities the spokesman said adding it is important that we know from Congress that it is serious about providing the  Goldwater has tried to expedite base closings As a Cost saving device. He has complained that neither Congress nor the White House has the Polit Carwill to close bases because partisan or local concerns always overshadow the question of National need. Goldwater s committee actually approved new base closing procedures last year but the measure went no farther. In deed the new balanced budget Law in re Quiring cuts in the Pentagon budget specifies that the defense department May not save Money by closing bases. Fred Hoffman another Pentagon spokes Man said the last time the department even France says Duvalier must leave soon Paris up ousted haitian presi Dent Jean Claude Duvalier will not be Al Lowed to remain permanently in France de spite indications he would like to stay the government said thursday. France is doing the maximum to have or. Duvalier leave As soon As possible Laid a foreign ministry spokesman. There is no question that or. Duvalier will have to leave France. It is not or. Duvalier who will make the  Duvalier thursday asked France for Asylum As a refugee. French news reports quoting sources close to Duvalier s family said earlier that Duvalier wanted to remain in France where he owns a. Chateau and two apart ments. They said he was not seriously considering a permanent exile in an african. Country. The government originally said it would allow him to remain Only eight Days. Prime minister Laurent Fabius said tuesday he was strongly opposed to Duvalier remain ing past that deadline. The spokesman said although Liberia appeared to have rejected an offer of Politi. Cat Asylum for Duvalier the West african country should not be ruled out. The spokesman added we Are still in Contact with other countries. We Are  Liberia after first offering Asylum to Duvalier wednesday said the statement had been misinterpreted and the former president was not Welcome. Cameroon Gabon and Morocco have already said they would not accept Duvalier. Beer from Page 1 indicated a link Between Beer consumption and increased risks of cancers of the rectum but the studies were conducted at a time when some been contained Patent cancer causing agents known As nitrosamine. Nelson said dietary factors could make Beer drinkers More susceptible to Colon and rectal cancers because Beer drinkers tend to eat More fat containing foods such As meat and fewer vegetables. French news reports speculated Duvalier would be travelling to the United states next week but a spokesman for the . Embassy said they knew of no plans for the ousted president to travel to America. Since arriving aboard a . Military transport plane Duvalier has remained cloistered in a four Star hotel in the French Alps resort Village of Tallo ires in Southeast Ern France. Two Duvalier effigies have been burned at the Gate of the hotel by demonstrators protesting his presence and the Tallo ires town Council held a meeting to consider having him expelled but took no action Duvalier arrive budget of about $47 million and its fun Lions can be moved to existing labs. J the Philadelphia naval Hospital a built in 1935 and employs about 820 peo ple Sims said. During the Vietnam War it had a daily patient Load of about 1,000 but that has dwindled to Only about 135, an the Navy would prefer to close the Hospital and build a smaller clinic at the Phila Delphia Navy Yard he said i Lowry fab because of its location next to burgeoning Denver no longer functions As an Active night base and sits on Tome of the most valuable land the air Force controls Sims said. The base is used As a technical Center to provide training in avionics munitions and intelligence and also by the air Force accounting and finance Center and the re serve personnel Center. The air Force said wednesday it wanted to close the training Center but leave the accounting and personnel centers in place that would result in the Transfer of about 4,500 employees and 5,000 student to other training facilities. 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