European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday february 20, 1986 Nasa says few temperatures weren t reported Washington a Nasa officials told a sen ate panel tuesday that top launch control authorities were not informed that surface temperatures on one of the challenger s rocket boosters had plunged to less than 10 degrees. At an often contentious hearing before the Senate Sci ence subcommittee officials of the National aeronautics and space administration also said he manufacturers of the rocket Booster approved a decision to launch after initially expressing concerns about the Low temperatures. Nasa shuttle director Jesse Moore said technicians using hand held instrument not always reliable found temperature readings in the Range of 7 to 9 degrees fahrenheit on the right hand rocket Booster a few hours before launch. Asked about reports that top officials were never told of the readings Moore said that was a Correct  meanwhile lbs news reported tuesday night that some engineers from Morton Thi Okol which manufactured the rocket boosters waged an eight hour fight Tob lock the launch because of concerns about the effect of cold temperatures on the Booster seals. However senior company officials concluded that it was Safe for Nasa to go ahead with the launch. The space Agency officials answered questions after the head of a presidential commission reported that the Chal Lenger s right solid fuel rocket Booster appears to be the area where the trouble  but William Rogers the chairman of the commission told the panel it would be a mistake to focus All attention on the suspect rocket As officials seek the cause for the disaster which took the lives of All seven people aboard the challenger. He said the shuttle s huge external fuel Lank May have been a contributor to the Jan. 28 Accident. Rogers also disclosed that the strut that attached the Booster rocket tothe larger external fuel tank was broken some time during the flight which ended after 73 seconds. In contrast to the usual polite reception that Nas officials normally receive from members of Congress this hearing had a confrontational tone. At this particular juncture it looks like an avoidable Accident rather than an unavoidable one said sen. Ernest Hollings d-s.c., who later pressed acting Nas administrator William Graham to provide information that Graham indicated he preferred not to discuss. Senators also expressed irritation at Rogers for refusing to admit their aides to his panel s closed door sessions. This is a presidential commission and we think we Havethe right to hold executive sessions As we see fit Rogers told sen. Donald w. Riegle a Mich. The shuttle is grounded until officials determine the Caus of last month s Accident which destroyed the $1.5 billion challenger. Speculation on the cause has entered almost from the outset on the right hand solid rocket Booster that ,.  of the rocket failed at the moment of ignition possibly because of cold weather. Meanwhile sources who asked not to be identified said Nasa investigators Are probing dozens of possible explanations for the Accident including an Effort to see whether the main external tank might have had a Small leak before launch. So far Nasa officials believe the shuttle itself performed properly they added. But these sources said Agency officials also Are trying to determine whether the launch pad in use for the firs time on the challenger flight might have played a role in the tragedy. Sailor from Page 1 and served his  the Sailor testified that he snapped and attacked the 33-year-old officer june 16, 1985, in a dark passageway while the frigate Miller cruised off Bermuda. I the Navy has not used capital punish-1ment since two 1849 hangings. The last military execution was in 1961, when the army hanged a private for murder. Capital punishment will guarantee the accused in this Case won t kill again Navy prosecutor it. Daniel e. Otoole had told the jury. The ultimate crime deserves the maximum  Otoole s closing statement was the first storms from Page 1 services. K the Napa River at St. Helena Rose ton More than a foot above the 1955 record level of 18.2 feet while the russian River near Guerneville reached 45 feet. 13 feet above flood stage and 4.7 inches Short of its1955 record. The National guard assisted by sheriff deputies and the Navy rescued 500 people stranded in a Guerneville Church and 200 others in the  1,350 residents of Hamilton City in Glenn county were advised to evacuate Ashe Sacramento River Rose to within a foot of the top of eroding levees said Dan Roach of the is. Forest service. The California farm Bureau federation said the storms have damaged some of the state s Orchards and farms but that the heavy Rains Are replenishing groundwater supplies and filling reservoirs and should ensure adequate water for the  gov. Richard Bryan declared a state of emergency in the Northwestern counties of Washoe Lyon and Douglas and in Carson  Hundred National guardsmen were called out to help mostly in Reno Al Al Corn of the state department of emergency management said. Between 400 and 500 people had been evacuated in Nevada most in the Dayton area Southeast of Reno where water from the Al Dorado Reservoir threatened to Iso late residents said Don Dehne assistant director of the department of emergency management. Later tuesday Dehne reported a dra Matic reduction in the water entering the Reservoir but recommended that residents stay away from the area. Crews piled sandbags to Channel the Truckee River through downtown Reno and  Utah s Morgan county commissioner Ken Adams said water was receding but several Hundred Homes had water damage. He estimated the hooding caused $250,000 in damage to roads. We Don t see much Light at the end of the Tunnel at this Point said weather service meteorologist Bill Alder in Salt Lake City. The melting of the Snow and the added rainfall Are making things rather  in California s Sierra Nevada interstate 80 was blocked by a massive Roc slide an was expected to remain closed for up to a week said Nevada county sheriffs capt. Jack Bayer. Another slide forced an Amtrak Passen Ger train in route to Sacramento with about 600 people aboard to backtrack to Reno Amtrak officials said. An Avalanche monday Cut off about 500people at june Lake calif., a ski resort near Yosemite National Park said Lyn Mccourtney of the Mono county sheriffs  Colorado the Avalanche information Center said literally hundreds of avalanches were occurring. Time the Navy acknowledged that it was seeking the death penalty As punishment for the slaying of  Tore at the very fabric of military order and discipline Otoole said in measured tones As soon As we fail to protect those we place in positions of authority then just As quickly do we fail in our mis Sion of  ended his Call for Garraway s death by saying May god rest his , dressed in a Black dress uni form with uss Miller stitched on his right shoulder sat impassively during the arguments often staring at his Lap. His Mother and sister sat Arm in Arm in the Newport naval base courtroom. Defense lawyer Trevor l. Brooks urge the jury to consider his client s saving graces and the testimony of experts who said Garraway was destroyed or ravaged by a Rotten  think the minimum sentence life imprisonment is too severe for someone of Mitch s background Brooks said. We have a youngster who entered the Nav without the proper Mettle and was destroyed because of  he described Garraway As hypersensitive to real or perceived racism As a result of a brutal Stepfather who beat it into his min that he could never Back Down in the face of racial discrimination. Every slight incident of racism went into his computer Brooks said. He re corded it and then his computer malfunctioned. His fuses were  the defense maintained that Garraway killed sterner in a spontaneous outburst against an authority figure in a rag brought on by widespread shipboard racism. The Navy has said Garraway Mistak enly believed that sterner unfairly blocked a promotion months before. Brooks and Otoole sparred Over whether sterner was in the execution of his office when he was slain an aggravating Circum stance necessary for the panel to order Gar Raway s  death sentence would have required a unanimous vote by the jury which was made up of four officers and four enlisted i men. Five Are White three Are  the 1849 hangings of John and Peter i i Jack were for Mutiny off the san Francis-1 Ico coast. Marcos from Pago 1 seated possible scenarios that could result from the protest Campaign announced Sun Day by Aquino. Rono said he feared the opposition plans to ask supporters to Par Alyze Public utilities and Stop paying taxes and could even take up arms if non violence fails pan said but gave no further details of his comments. The non violent civil disobedience Campaign which is supported by the roman Catholic Church is aimed at forcing mar cos to step Down from the presidency which the opposition says he retained through massive cheating and violence in the elec Tion. On tuesday is. Envoy Philip Habi met separately with prime minister Cesar Virata and labor minister Bias Ople on the second Day of a Mission to assess the extent of the crisis. Habib had met Aquino and Marcos on monday. Pan said Ople told Habib that president Reagan would have to choose Between legitimately elected government and forces protesting in the  temperatures bomb from Page 1 petted the popular forces  _ up inside the compound. Obviously it was put in the Guy s trunk before he got Here one source said noting the Marine had been driving around Lisbon before returning to the embassy. He said the bomb probably was put in the car while it was parked in Lisbon with the terrorist expecting it to blow up in the Street because he would t have known if the Marine planned to return to the embassy on the Northern outskirts of the capital. An official at the state department i Washington said no one asserted responsibility for the bombing but embassy officials sus e East terrorist  Public affairs officer Steve Chaplin told reporters earlier that the car belonged to an embassy employee who had returned to finish up some work after the embassy had closed at the Normal hour of 5 30 . The bomb went off shortly before7 . He gave no further details. This reporter in route to a meeting near the embassy arrived seconds after the  burning Hulk of the car was about 20 feet inside the compound Gates and 10 fee from a guard House but neither the guard House nor other cars parked in the lot were damaged. The car with the bomb was in the outer parking lot and there is even More rigid Security for an inner lot. The embassy a Brick and Concrete build ing completed two years ago was More than a Hundred Yards from the car and was unscathed. The embassy was under construction for four years with strict Security standards and replaced a downtown apartment build ing that was considered a risk. Monday s bombing was the third attacker attempted attack on the embassy since oct. 27,1984.fp-25 asserted responsibility for the two previous attacks. In the oct. 27 incident police found and dismantled a Home made mortar launcher with two 60mm shells ready to be fired into the compound. About a month later on nov. 25, four60mm mortar shells were fired into the compound and damaged three unoccupied cars but caused no injuries. 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