European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday March 22,1986 shuttle panel views footage detailing death of challenger Washington a the presiden tial commission investigating the challenger Accident saw a riveting split second action film Friday that showed a Bright flame grow Ever larger from the right Booster rocket until the space shuttle s full fuel tank exploded at the same time the commission was told that a Large Section of the suspect Booster rocket fished from the Atlantic monday showed the external surface is darkened and air Force col. Edward o Connor Leader of the National aeronautics and space administration s Salvage team told the com Mission that the piece probably came from a failed joint on the Bottom end of the Booster rocket. But he said it was from the opposite Side of the seam from the Point where the failure is believed to have occurred. Dan Germany head of Nasa a Accident photo analysis team said the 14.5-minute reel was produced with film from 14 Cam eras at different locations. But commission member Albert Wheelon brought out that cold weather on launch morning Jan. 28, caused the failure of 11 other cameras including two which Ger Many conceded would have provided an excellent View of the area in Germany s aide Charles Stevenson said we think cold weather probably contributed to film breakage we have on the two critical the temperature overnight on launch Day was 24 of and cold is suspected of hav ing somehow caused the Booster rocket seam to fail. Germany said unexpected Gray smoke was first seen near that Booster joint at 0.678 seconds after the rocket was ignited. It starts in a Light Shade and grows Darker he said. The smoke continued at an estimated 3 puffs per second until about 2.2 seconds into the flight and finally disappeared at 2.7 seconds. Germany said film was examined from six earlier shuttle launches in which safety of ring seals in the same Booster rocket joint had shown damage. But we have not been Able to find any visual evidence of smoke that s Duplica Tive of this he said. At 58.788 seconds flame emerged from the Booster rocket near where it is attached to the Bottom of the external tank. In the ensuing six seconds the flame flickered became a Well defined plume and caused a rupture in the liquid Hydrogen tank which exploded in a White fireball at 73.327 seconds. Germany called this the major structural breakup of the Wayne Littles associate director of Engi Neering at Nasa s Marshall space flight Center in Alabama said testing and Analy Sis in the last two weeks has ruled out the main external tank As the cause of the Acci Dent. Also ruled out he said is a leak in a test port at the suspect Booster joint and a failure of the Booster rocket s Case. Avon calling up photo or maybe that was just a ploy to see if anybody was at Home before this self serving Squirrel switched a snack of seeds from the Bird feeder in Canandaigua n.y., about 25 Miles Southeast of Rochester. Binge purge behaviour found among Many teens Chicago up a sizable number of american teen agers apparently believe that self induced vomiting and the abuse of diuretics and laxatives Are appropriate methods of weight control researchers say. A recent study at a Northern California High school found that As Many As 13 per cent of 10th graders there practice some form of Binge purge eating behaviour. Girls who winged and purged outnumbered boys by a 2-to-l margin said the report Friday in the journal of the american medical association. Joel Killen a psychologist at Stanford University said the behaviour did not Gener ally constitute full fledged eating disorders but the findings Point out the need to better educate adolescents about diet and nutrition. Binge eating and the various forms of purging behaviour can cause serious medical complications Killen said. In its most severe form called bulimia the Behaviours can damage or ruin the entire digestive system he said. Bulimia involves a dangerous Cycle of Binge eating followed by fasting or some form of purging including self induced vomiting and the abuse of laxatives and diuretics. Bulimics also typically have a distorted image of their own body and diet obsessively. In a Survey of 1,728 loth graders Killen and his colleagues found that 13 percent of the 15-year-Olds displayed one or More characteristics of bulimia. While the male burgers were usually significantly overweight the female burgers were of average weight for their age group. Both male and female burgers Felt More guilty after eating Large amounts of food counted calories More often dieted More frequently and exercised less than non burgers the researchers found. Most of the students had not developed serious eating disorders the researchers noted. Most purged on an occasional basis the researchers said. Few less than 2 per cent reported purging As much As once nevertheless the researchers said these activities could be signs of trouble to come and medical professionals should be on the Lookout for Binge purging behaviour in their Young patients. Radio station throws Parade for vat faced residents Tyrone a. A a newspaper article Labelling town residents As rat faced and the stupidest in Pennsylvania spawned a municipal comeback Friday an imaginary rat Parade. You be got to have some fun with some thing like this so our Boss suggested a Parade said Kate Macowski news director for radio station worn in Tyrone a town of about 6,300 in the South Central part of the state. We May make it an annual event she said. According to the station s live broadcast the Parade featured 16 bands 19 floats a choir called the voices of vermin 60 head of milking rats from a local farm a Trojan rat and a precision team of rat Ter Rier guard dogs. The Parade moved out promptly at 7 30 . And lasted until about 30 seconds after 9 . The Only time we broke from the coverage was when the Parade got backed up because the Trojan rat got caught in a traffic Light. He got a whisker caught on the signal. That just happened to be at the top of the hour when we pick up our National news Macowski said. Listeners had Given the station works of rat Art and the chief of police issued a permit for the rat Parade. Worn s coverage of the imaginary event was inspired by the Blair county town s characterization in the Village voice a new York City weekly. Village voice humor writer Cynthia Hei Reserve officer indicted in conspiracy Case Philadelphia a a lieutenant colonel in the Marine reserves took his Girlfriend on military trips to Europe by dressing her in a uniform and issuing her a military identification card and papers a Federal grand jury has charged in an indict ment. Alan Benjamin Cassalia 51, a Reserve officer for about 29 years was indicted thursday on charges of conspiracy and tampering with military orders. With respect to this Case All he wanted to do was to take his Girlfriend for a drive said assistant . Attorney Carlos a. Martir or. But he said Cassalia is being prosecuted to the fullest because of the potential the Case had for breaches in the National Martir said the woman who has been granted immunity for her testimony told officials she had been aboard a top secret surveillance plane used for radar espionage and other High Security projects but is Uncertain whether she travelled to Europe with Cassalia in that plane. Martir said Cassalia outfitted Lauren Roache in a military uniform and issued her a military identification card and offi Cial orders for trips to Rota Spain and Lajes in the azores. The alleged trips happened Between feb. 3, 1980, and july 30, 1983, Martir said. Mel contending that certain geographic areas produce pea brains proclaimed that the stupidest pennsylvanians live in Tyrone a paper Mill town with rat faced in the article was written in March 1985 and was noticed locally Only this month through a Story in the Altoona Mirror. I guess that says something about the circulation of the Village voice in Tyrone. Both of their subscribers must have missed it said Cary Simpson owner of worn. Heimel said the smartest people in Penn Sylvania lived in the Potter county Community of Coudersport in North Central Penn Sylvania. Simpson said Heimel was formerly mar ried to disc jockey Steve Heimel who worked in Tyrone for worn and in Cou ser sport for worn s sister station warm. Mexican Diplomat Dies Mexico City a Antonio Carrillo Flores former foreign minister Treasury Secretary and ambassador to the United states and to the soviet Union has died at 76
