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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cautious Confidence at the irs daily Magazine o Hagler Hearns win middleweight bouts Page 21 n today s Dollar buys 2.26 Marks rates Page 27 the authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 327 wednesday March 12, 1986 is Doniv Ana 0 8693 a Weinberger won t ban sales of irettes mis by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington Secretary of de sense Caspar Weinberger has decided to leave cigarettes on commissary shelves at least for the time being. Weinberger claiming that to ban cigarette sales in commissaries now would be the beginning of a bad precedent has in Stead signed a sweeping health promotion directive that Calls for an aggressive anti smoking Campaign. The directive bans smoking in auditoriums conference rooms classrooms buses vans and elevators. It also prohibits smok ing in eating areas and common work areas unless adequate space and ventilation to ensure a healthy environment is available for  the directive also Calls for each service to establish education campaigns aimed at in forming service members about the hazards of cigarette smoking and the effects of smoking on military readiness. While it is True that smoking is not an illegal activity it is also True that it seriously impairs our health As an institution Weinberger wrote in a letter to the service chiefs. It is a habit that we need to try to  he said the anti smoking Campaign will be carried out at All Levels of the services and will be a major responsibility of All commanders. As part of the educational program in formation on the hazards of smoking will be added to the alcohol and drug abuse Brief Ings that Are Given to recruits and to Active duty personnel when they make permanent continued on Page 28 20 twisters rip the wreckage of a wind shattered Mobile Home fills the Yard of an Acton ind., House. Nasa official puts Cost of new shuttle at $3 billion a photo by the associated press the National guard patrolled Covington ky., tuesday under a state of emergency declared after at least 20 tornadoes sliced through three states killing six people injuring 70 and leaving 70,000 people without Power. The tornadoes and winds of up to 90 Mph that struck in Indiana Ohio and Kentucky left Cincinnati s Airport across the Ohio River in Erlanger by. A shambles with up to 50 planes damaged officials said. It s a Complete disaster said san Juan Romero an air traffic manager at the Airport. A bomb could not have done the damage this has  across the three states the storms and tornadoes Tore roofs from buildings sent Mobile Homes flying and ripped into the City of Covington also across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. Two men died in Indiana one of them when a barn collapsed on him after he had sought Refuge inside. There were three deaths in Ohio when twisters flattened houses. A Man using a Chain to hold Down a barn roof in Western Kentucky died when it blew off dragging him 78 feet the county Coroner John Muster reported. In Johnson county South of Indianapolis a roof at a Day care Center caved in on 130 preschoolers but Only three suffered injuries All of them minor said Rhea furry the Center s director. A spokesman for the Cincinnati Airport Ted Bushel Man said six people suffered minor injuries when the control Tower windows blew out As straight line winds Tore through the area. There Are also 30 to 50 air planes damaged beyond re pair Bushelman said. Most of the damaged air planes were Small Cessna and pipers and a few Lear jets. The Airport was see twisters on Page 28 Washington a a top space Agency official told a House committee tuesday it probably would Cost at least $3 billion to build a space shuttle to replace the lost challenger including $350 million to put into effect design changes required by the investigation into the Accident. My View today is that it would be very appropriate to redesign the solid fuel rocket Booster seals that Are suspected of failing in the Jan. 28 challenger Accident the National aeronautics and space administration s acting administrator William Gra Ham said. In testimony before the House science and technology committee Graham stopped Short of a formal request for funds to construct a new shuttle. But he noted Reagan that administration officials from several agencies Are trying to map the Agency s space needs. Officials have disclosed previously that the group is leaning in the direction of recommending construction of a new shuttle As Well As unmanned throwaway rockets to boost satellites into space. Graham said officials Are assuming that the Accident Means the shuttle Fleet will be grounded for a year and it would Cost $2.8 billion Over five years to build a new orbiter. Nasa s comptroller Thomas Newman said an additional $350 million would be needed to carry out design changes that officials decide Are needed in the Wake of the Accident that killed seven Crew Mem Bers. Graham said he would propose redesign ing the suspect joint on the solid fuel rocket Booster no matter what the official cause of see Nasa on Page 28 unruly schoolkids hate jail but it Serai Gheens them ouf by Mary Hladky education writer Wuerzburg Germany at least four times a Day the first grader got into trouble. She hit other pupils disrupted the class bothered the teacher. Just As Many times each Day in Jan uary the 7-year-old was ordered out of class and into Wuerzburg elementary school s in House suspension Center. I just do not like it Here she said As she worked on addition and subtraction problems at a desk in the Center. I do not like to do the work  that s what school officials want to hear. The Center the Only one of its kind in the department of defense de Pendents schools Germany Region is not supposed to be a fun place. It was set up a year ago As a Way to discipline pupils without suspending them from school. School officials reason that pupils kicked out of school hang out in the military Community or go Home and watch television and videos. The Center however ensures that pupils Don t just get a vacation from school. They hate it said Elizabeth Hillen Brand a teacher and behaviour manage ment specialist in charge of the Center. They have to sit Here without any interaction. They have to do the work. They get no credit for doing this  the Center is getting Good results. Very few pupils sent to it once make a see jail on Page 28  
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