European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 stars and stripes tuesday March 18, 1986 details on shuttle critical parts released space Center Houston a Nasa monday released details on hundreds of parts regarded As vital to the Safe operation of the space shuttle. Marion Merrell of the Johnson space Center office of safety reliability and Quality Assurance said the review process started Early in the design phase and has been continuously updated reviewed and reevaluated  failure of these critical items would cause loss of mis Sion vehicle and  among the documents released by Nasa Are several Hundred pages dealing with the solid fuel Booster rockets. Seals on the right Booster rocket Are suspected of failing and contributing to the Jan. 28 destruction of challenger and the death of its seven Crew members. The material covered potential failures ranging from lightning igniting the Booster rocket s solid fuel while it was on the launch pad which would cause it to explode to concerns about the rubber like of ring seals in the Booster rockets. Also provided were documents dealing with the external tank that fuels the orbiter s main engines and with the three main liquid fuel engines on the space plane. Initially space Agency officials had estimated the list of critical items at about 900, but a final tally since the Accident showed 748. Critical items is a Nasa term for All of the hard Ware and software components on the space shuttle that must function for Safe operation of the Craft. Included on the list Are the criticality 1" items whose failure would cause the loss of the spacecraft and its Crew. A second level of items on the list Are called criticality 1-r," which Are essential systems protected from failure by redundant parts. Nasa engineers from the Marshall space flight Cen Ter in Huntsville ala., have testified before a presidential commission investigating the Accident that seals on the solid fuel rocket Booster were criticality 1-r" because either one of two of rings could Seal the seams in the rocket engines. However engineers for Morton Thi Okol the manufacturer of the rockets testified they were not certain that either of the of rings would Seal properly under certain conditions such As cold weather. Meanwhile Strong underwater currents monday delayed a Salvage ship s Effort to hoist a chunk of challenger debris that might include the right rocket Booster joint suspected of causing the shuttle explosion. Majority from Page 1 minor leftist parties won 10. The conservative Alliance has prepared about 20 draft Laws to loosen control Over the Economy prices and foreign Exchange. The rightist platform also Calls for Many of the Banks insurance companies and industries nationalized by the socialists in .1981 to be returned to the private sector but that was not an immediate priority. Jean Leca Nuet president of the Union for French democracy said he was plan Ning to meet with Chirac monday. We want to assume our responsibilities together Leca Nuet said adding that he would have no difficulty supporting or. Jacques Chirac in the Post of Premier if the Leader of the apr is a  Leca Nuet and Fabius say they have no intention of forming an Alliance with Jean Marie be pen s National front. Be pen said his party had achieved its main goal defeating the communist  his statement was made when Early projections gave his party a higher vote percentage than the communists. Communist party Leader Georges mar Chais said the results were bad for the world of the worker poor families for  socialist leaders warned during the Campaign that if the right took control of the Assembly it would Lead to chaos. Mitter Rand said disorder could result. Under the Constitution of the fifth re Public presidents have had wide Powers but that was because their parties con trolled the National Assembly which implemented presidential policies. Although the president presides Over the Cabinet constitutionally the Premier formulates and conducts National policy. The size of the National Assembly was increased this year from 491 seats to 577. Weinberger to discuss Star wars on Germany visit Bonn up Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger this week will discuss German Industrial participation in the . Star wars research program Kohl s spokes Man said monday. Spokesman Friedhelm Ost told a news conference the talks on the participation of German Industry in the strategic defense initiative ski Are proceeding smoothly and Well. But he no longer was As certain As he was a week ago that an agreement will be reached by easter. It could be a Little after easter Ost said. He said Kohl and Weinberger will have a Chance to discuss the Star wars program when Weinberger is in Germany for a meeting thursday and Friday in the Bavar Ian City of Wuerzburg of the nato nuclear planning group. A German delegation headed by Lorenz Schomerus a senior official in the economics ministry returned sunday from ski negotiations in Washington. The delegation will resume the talks in Reagan from Page 1 president has used to achieve these goals Sasser said. Our concern is that the presi Dent is seizing Mhilary options before he has exhausted the Hope of a peaceful Solu  during the president s broadcast some 2,000 protesters demonstrated in front of the White House against Reagan s Aid re quest. They carried signs saying Usa Stop the War in Nicaragua Stop Contra Aid and get out of  for our own Security the United states must deny the soviet Union a beachhead in North America Reagan said. I Hope Congress will reflect deeply upon what it is the resistance is fighting against in Nicaragua Reagan said. Ask your selves what in the world Are soviets East germans bulgarians North koreans cubans and terrorists from the Plo and the red brigades doing in our hemisphere camped on our Doorstep. Is that for peace tying together fears of Nicaragua s be coming a command Post for International terrorism Reagan said this danger will not go away. It will grow worse much worse if we fail to take action  there seems to be no crime to which the sandinista will not stoop. This is an outlaw regime he said. He also sought to reassure americans that he was not setting the stage for another Vietnam style involvement. Let me make one thing Plain. I am not talking about american troops he said. They Are not needed. They have not been  he omitted the harsh rhetoric against congressional opponents used in the earlier stages of the Contra Aid Campaign charges that Drew charges of red baiting and mccarthyism from opponents but he gave no hint of Compromise. Using electronic maps to illustrate his Points Reagan warned that using Nicara Gua As a base the soviets and cubans can become the dominant Power in the crucial corridor Between North and South  Reagan noted he has Only three years left to serve my country. Three years left to work for peace and asked could there be any greater tragedy than for us to sit Back and permit this cancer to spread leaving my successor to face far More agonizing decisions in the years ahead the sandinista responding through their embassy in Washington accused Rea Gan of inflammatory rhetoric based on false premises and outright distortion in a statement issued even before the president spoke. Bonn this week with Richard Perle of the Pentagon the economics ministry said. Franz Josef Strauss the Leader of the bavarian Branch of Kohl s Christian democrats monday accused the free democrats the Junior partners in the government coalition of delaying an agreement. Strauss the bavarian Premier told the Bild newspaper the negotiations should be carried out by the German defense ministry and not by the economics ministry of Martin Bange Mann the free democratic chairman. Temperatures Hospital from Page 1 and Lingle said. One could say they got too enthusiastic Lingle said. Over hires Are employees hired above authorized Levels and for a temporary period. They May be terminated with As Little As a week s notice and they do not have preferential rehiring rights. Lingle said that the Hospital could very Well need additional employees. A manpower Survey says Frankfurt needs 1,385 people to run the Hospital but there is authorization for Only 1,257, he said. Because of the work Force reductions the Hospital is now about $350,000 Over budget for fiscal 1986, Swisher said. The Hospital will take other Cost control initiatives and May not replace other de parting employees in order to reduce the budget overrun further he said. However Swisher said the Hospital is trying to move As Many As 10 of the Over hire employees into permanent slots. 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Providence Raleigh Reno St. Louis St. Petersburg Salt Lake City san Diego san Francisco Seattle Syracuse Tucson Washington european weather / forecast for tuesday fair to partly Cloudy skies with widespread fog throughout Germany and the Benelux. High temperatures 48-52, lows 32-38. Sunset tuesday 6 34 Sunrise wednesday 6 32. Outlook for wednesday increasing cloudiness throughout the Day in the Benelux with Light rain beginning by Early evening. Germany will continue to have fair skies and hazy conditions. Temperatures the same. Temperatures recorded monday Soldier s car strikes motorcycle 2 Hurt 4am 4pm 4am 4pm Karlstedt Germany doctors on monday amputated the left foot of a 17 year old German girl who was one of two persons seriously injured in a weekend crash Between a motorcycle and a car driven by an american Soldier German police said. The Driver of the motorcycle 20, also lost a portion of his left leg As a result of the Friday crash police said. The Serviceman was uninjured a 29-year-old army sergeant stationed with the 2nd army div fwd at Lucius d. Clay Cavern is under investigation for improper passing causing an Accident involving bodily injury and driving under the in fluence of alcohol according to German police and a military spokesman. The Accident occurred about 10 30 . Friday near Wittstadt police said. The Serviceman was passing a truck when he struck the motorcycle Ridden by the two germans German police said. Formal charges and the matter of Juris diction have not been decided police and military officials said. Military prosecutors Are waiting to learn what action the Ger Man court will take before proceeding a military spokesman said. He said the pro Cess usually takes several weeks. Adana p Amsterdam p Athens p Aviano f Berlin f Bremerhaven m Brussels m provided by det. 13, 7th weather so Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures 49 68 38 48 45 52 41 52 36 50 34 48 41 50 Copenhagen f Frankfurt f London f Madrid f Munich f Paris Fig Rome f 34 39 32 55 41 55 45 57 27 50 39 52 41 57 Cairo cd Dublin f Helsinki f Jerusalem cd Lisbon f  High Low 75 52 Montreal r 27 28 57 43 Moscow cd 43 25 37 25 Oslo cd 32 32 63 46 Toronto cd 34 32 66 46 Vancouver cd 55 36 supplied by the associated press fair cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy a mostly Cloudy Fig fog