European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse D rain brings West coast floods mudslides Page 5 d army mar eyeing All Naf work Force Page 9 d Gooden mels reach Accord on $1.32 million pact Page 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Ahmed porcs vol. 44, no. 303 sunday february 16, 1986 do he and sunday d 8693 a Reagan says fraud marred vote Washington us l president Reagan pressured to reject results of the philippine election said saturday the Vot ing was so marred by fraud and violence perpetrated largely by the ruling parly that its credibility has been called into in a statement issued As lawmakers called in Reagan to repudiate the outcome of the contest Between philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and challenger Cora on Aquino the president that u team of . Observers has not yet reached a judgment on the conduct of the voting. Hut he acknowledged it has already become evident sadly that the elections were marred by widespread fraud and Vio Lence perpetrated largely by the ruling it was so extreme Reagan said that the election s credibility has been called into question both within the Philippines and the United the Marcos controlled National Assem Bly formally proclaimed Marcos the Winner of the election saturday out polling Aquino by million Voles. Vote counting since the feb. 7 election has been plagued by accusations of fraud and there have been at least 135 election related deaths since the Campaign begun late last year Many of them deaths of Aquino supporters. Insisting that the United Stales has maintained strict neutrality in the mat Ter Reagan said that the election provided heartening evidence of the continuing commitment of the filipino people to the democratic process and the furtherance of a two party system which should strengthen that process in the again calling fut the two sides to work together to achieve reforms regarded by the United states As imperative to Security and stability Reagan declared at this difficult juncture it is imperative that All responsible filipinos seek peaceful ways to effect stability within their society and to avoid violence which would Benefit Only those who wish to Sec an end to democracy there Are no easy answers Reagan said. And in the last analysis they will have to find the solutions themselves. But they will have our help in any Way we can he said. Democrats and republicans on Capitol Mill joined a growing chorus saturday condemning the fraud tainted and violent Elco see vote on Page 28 prowler on the prowl Crew members in a Navy ea-6b prowler hash i sign advertising i hair crating for cookies while on patrol Over the Mediterranean sea during exercises Friday about 20 . Warships including two aircraft carriers hate been into Ted in he Maneu vers off the North african coast near Libya. Story Page 28. Shuttle Crew had last second hints of disaster Cape canaveral Fla. Up the space shuttle challenger s computers struggled against a snowballing catastrophe in the final seconds of the doomed flight and the Crew had two last second jolts Subtle hints of impending disaster officials say. Members of a presidential commission investigating the shuttle Accident took the weekend off after winding up two Days of intense briefings at the Kennedy space Center. Related photo Page 3, another Story Page 4. Late Friday the National aeronautics and space administration released a de tailed chronology of challenger s 74-Sec Ond flight Jan. 28 that shows an apparent problem with the spaceship s right hand solid fuel rocket Booster less than half a second after Blastoff. Nasa will not comment on the focus of its investigation into the disaster and officials emphasize no conclusions have been drawn about what May have triggered the explosion of challenger s giant external fuel tank. But photographs released earlier by the space Agency show an apparent rupture in the shuttle s right hand Booster rocket which allowed deadly name to spew through its Side. The rupture appeared to be located at or near a joint that connected the lower two of the rocket s four propellant Seg ments. Rubber of ring seals in the joints have been a target of special attention be cause of a known history of damage after earlier shuttle flights. We Are also looking into the external tank said former Secretary of state Wil Liam Rogers chairman of the presidential commission. And thirdly we Are particularly interested in the weather conditions and How they May have affected the launch and How they May have affected the the temperature was 38 degrees at launch time far colder than for any pre Vious shuttle flight. Aviation week & space technology Magazine reported that Nasa engineers also Are investigating the possibility of a tiny leak of sup cold rocket fuel from the external tank that could have chilled the crucial joint before launch and prevented the seals inside from properly containing the rocket s flame. Rogers would not comment on the re port and he stressed that no conclusions see shuttle on Page 28
