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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes panel to urge that . Take Lead in settling new frontier7 Washington up tie chair Man or the commission studying America s space future says the panel will recommend 10 president Rva Gari thai the nation Lake the Lead in settling the Moon Mars and the inner solar system in the first Naif of the not Century. We should be the country that lends Mankind out Foo this new Frontier said Thomaso. Paine. We Itne the economic strength we have the  capability we have i in Pioneer tradition and we have the Rich est Gene Pool of any people on Earth. When we go in a sense All Mankind  Paine who directed the National aeronautics and space administration during the first seven Apollo manned lunar Landing Mission Lold the american Institute of aeronautics and astronautics wednesday hat his i member commission will pre sent its recommendations to Reagan As soon As he returns from his asian trip. Paine said it is unfortunate that the proposal for America s nut 50 years in space will come out is another presidential com Mission is wrapping up its investigation into the space shuttle challenger disaster. Bui he snid there is a degree of real ism now about the state of space technology that is very healthy.". Paine said his panel found during a series of Public meetings across the United slates Insl year that the american Public has very Broad interest and support Tor the space program. Out he said the commission cars also found a great Deal of  the Public does t really know what the goals of he space program Are. It does t know where he space program is  Paine said now is the Lime to begin plan Ning for the future and he said the commis Sion will urge Reagan and Congress to re quest that Nasa begin saying the groundwork for the future. We hops very much that the White mouse and the Congress will find in our report some basis for this stronger leadership and perhaps longer Range vision of where we arc going in space Paine said he could not list the specifics of the recommendations until they go to the president but aviation week and space technology Magazine reported last month that the report says the United slates should return people to the Moon by 2005 and Send people to Mars a decade later. The plan envisions a human settlement on the Moon by 2017 and a full settlement on Mars by 2027. Paine said he did not want the report to become just another fascinating Buck Rogers View of the future which May or May not come about i think that with the shuttle tragedy now essentially gelling behind us with ii new look that is going to be brought into Nasa by the new administrator this is a very Good time for these questions to be asked me Aukie s remains buried in Hometown Concord . A the remains of challenger astronaut Chrisla Mcauliffe were buried thursday without fanfare in Concord where she lived and taught High school. Air Force it. Steve Solmonson said the remains of the first private citizen picked for u space Mission arrived wednesday at Pease fab in Newington aboard a nation Al aeronautics and space administration plane. Police escorted the Hearse to con Cord. There was no color Girard or ceremony. It was a private affair Solmanson said. A private roman Catholic interment service was held thursday at Calvary cemetery. The service was conducted by the Rev. James scary. Mcauliffe s Cousin family spokesman Michael Ca Lahait said. The family conveys its deep gratitude to All who respected its privacy in these moments Callahan said. A private funeral mass was said at St. Peter s Catholic Church several Days after Mcauliffe and the six other astronauts died Jan. 28 when the space shuttle exploded. Mcauliffe 37, Molher of two was selected last july from 10,000 people who applied for Nasa s teacher in space pro Gram. Mcauliffe who had. Been a teacher 12 years wrote in her application that she wanted to help humanize the technology of the space  at Concord High school she created a course called the american woman and aught economics history and Law. Some of die other astronauts arc to be buried at Arlington National cemetery while others will be cremated or buried in their hometowns . To probe sex official in leak Case Washington Cap the Justice department said thursday it Wilt investigate a former defense department official who was fired for allegedly leaking Classi fied information to the news Media. The matter concerning Michael e. Pillsbury a political appointee who failed a polygraph examination has been referred to the Justice department s criminal Divi Sion said department spokesman Patrick Korican. Korican declined to provide details on what criminal statutes might be involved in the probe. The first person convicted of leaking classified information la the news Media was Sam till a Morison a former Navy intelligence analyst. He was sentenced in december to two years in prison for sending classified satellite photographs to a British Magazine Jane s defense weekly. Pentagon sources said tuesday that Pillsbury wot being dismissed As assistant undersecretary of defense for policy plan Ning because he is suspected of providing reporters information about shipment of shirt Ger Anil aircraft missiles to rebel forces in Afghanistan and Angola. Pillsbury underwent the polygraph test in an Effort by the defense department to find the source of the leak said the Penta gon sources the Washington Post reported in March that a decision had been made earlier that month to provide heat seeking missile to anti communist insurgents in the two coun tries and that the move was being kept a secret among president Reagan s National Security advisers. In the past the United states had barred shipments of .-made weapons to third world n i communist rebels providing in Stead soviet and chinese manufactured arms purchased on the International mar Ket. George arming and Chicken pose with Chicken egg and Goose egg. Hoax eaves Farmer with egg on face Warwick . A the Hen that Laid the half Pound egg turned out to be a hoax perpetrated on an unsuspecting Chicken Farmer by his neighbors. Did t anybody realize that this poor Chicken would have to have a cac Sarean Section id have this egg Carol Sousa asked after her husband George Sousa and son John Nicolace admitted they were behind the hoax. On april 23, the two placed a half court 1, hard boiled Goose egg under a Hen in George Ming s Hen House. Arling said he was surprised when he found the egg under the Chicken but thought it possible be cause the Bird seemed exhausted. I saw the Hen get off the nest and fall on the floor he said. Arling said he tvs so surprised and proud about the egg that he called a newspaper which ran a photograph thai was picked up by wire services and used in newspapers around the United Stales and in the stars and stripes. But mrs. Sousa said if people had really paid attention they d have known that something was amiss this egg was almost As big us the Chicken she said. . Mcdonald s to give nutrition data new York a customers in Mcdonald s restaurants in new York stale who want to know what they re eating Are about to find out. Beginning in july diners will be handed brochures listing ingredients and nutritional data on what s served by he fast food Chain the company says. The list will contain the same kind of information printed on products sold in groceries. Edward h. Rensi. President of Mcdonald s Usa said wednesday in a joint announcement with state attorney general Robert Abrams. For Consumers who choose not to cat certain foods for nutrition or health reasons this information can be important said Abrams Al whose suggestion Mcdonald s acted. Midshipman admits drug use quits Academy Annapolis my. A a midship Man who initially denied allegations he used cocaine has recanted his Story and re signed from the . Naval Academy be cause he wanted to Clear his conscience a Navy spokesman said. The third year midshipman declared his innocence after a random urine test in Jan uary selected cocaine but on april is he admitted he look the drug during Christmas vacation said Stephen Clawson an Academy spokesman Secretary of the Navy John of Lehman or. Must now decide whether to accept the midshipman s resignation or whether he should be required to serve As an enlisted Man to repay the Navy for his education Clawson said wednesday Academy officials would not release the midshipman s identity or Hometown. He was the second Academy Slu Donl charged and the first convicted under the drug testing program instituted at the Academy several years ago. In the first Case. Midshipman Jeffrey m. Bellistri of sever pm Park was reinstated by the Navy Secretary who ruled there was insufficient evidence to prove the midship Man had knowingly used drugs. Bellistri maintained his innocence i tet being found guilty in an administrative hearing when officials reviewed the results of a urine Sample taken nov. 12,1985, that was said to contain High Levels of cocaine. The Academy provided More details of be venture announced new York map general electric co. The 10th largest . Industrial corporation will buy an so percent slake in Kidder Peabody and co. Inc., one of Wall Street s oldest and most closely held invest ment firms both companies have announced. Bill Issri s Case after he spoke to reporters. Lehman overturned the guilty verdict after Bellistri took an Fri polygraph lest april 10. Clawson said the two cases were unrelated noting the students were in Dif Ferent classes different companies and had different friends. The second midshipman was idled Jan 6, along with about 12s others in his com Pany and Laboratory tests confirmed the presence of cocaine in his body Clawson said. The midshipman contested the results and submitted the results of a civilian poly graph examination but an administrative hearing in March recommended his expulsion Clawson said. Academy officials gave the midshipman a Chance to take a polygraph test administered by the Navat investigative service. He recanted on the morning be was to take the lest saying he wanted � Clear his conscience submitted a qualified Resig nation and left Campus april 25, Clawson said  
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