European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes space shuttle Hasa projection actual figures Portouw Costi $675 million $1.47 Mlton external tank Cost orbiter payload capacity 65.000 ibs. 53,000 ibs. Turnaround Lime _ Ltd hour 1_2_years. 1 725 1 287 Cost per launch. Cos per Ruof payload " Between Landing and next launch of same Proller Chicago. Tribune Chart Souras in Lago Tribune Haws report. Friday May 16,1986 ii space Washington a Nasa officials in i hair first estimate of the financial Impact of the challenger Accident told Congress they would need at least 1626 million to pay for  of the remaining three space shuttles. Or. James Fletcher the new National Cronn uttus und spate administration administrator said inc figure was tentative but told a Senate subcommittee thursday at Lea uhis much Well be  the figure docs not include the Cost of a new arbiter to replace the challenger which blew up Jan. 28, killing its seven member Crew. Fletcher told a Senate appropriations subcommittee he favors construction of it new arbiter but the administration has not yet submitted 8 formal request to Congress. The s6 million outlined by Nasa controller Thomas Newman includes w3 million to pay Salvage and investigative costs aching from the challenger Accident $46 million to maintain a steady Supply of spare parti and 1537 million for corrective actions. That includes 1250 million to Rede sign the solid fuel rocket Booster system which is believed to be the cause of the challenger Accident 1125 million for changes on the space shuttle main engine and $85 million for changes in the arbiter s steering braking and other systems. To Edify says Texas executes murderer As last minute Appeal fails huntsv1lle, Texas a Jay Kelly Fluke Ron convicted of the mutilation slaying of one woman and the murder of another Laid goodbye to Hii father and was executed thursday by injection nine months after escaping the same Fate by just 6 minutes. Pilkerton 24, was pronounced dead at 11 25 . Edt said assistant attorney general Monroe Clayton just hours after Federal judges rejected an Appeal hand delivered by pm Kirton s Mother. His father. Gene the Only relative to wit Ness the execution gripped an aluminium rail in the death chamber a few feet from his son. Be Strong for me Fluke Ron told his father i want you to know that i m at peace with myself and with my cod. I talked to everybody on the phone. I got to talk to mom. Say goodbye to mom. Keep your spirits up for  then he chanted i Bear witness to Allah. I ask for your  Bye. Jay Bis father said "1 love you. Dad replied Pinkerton who then said i feel dizziness. I feel dizzy  he yawned Tats eyes closed and he died. Tow us supreme court on wednesday twice refused 10 Block he execution after toe first rejection Pinkerton s Mother Margie carried a personal Appeal from her son to . District judge Hayden head of Corpus Christ head who was in Houston for a meeting denied the Appeal about is minutes later. The 5 h us Cir Cuit court of appeals in new Orleans and the supreme court then also refused to Stop the execution Pinkerton an apprentice meat Cutler was executed for raping and mutilating Sarah Donn Lawrence w 1979 during a burglary of her Amarillo Home when he was if years old Lawrence 30, was stabbed More than to times and her Throat was slashed Pinkerton Alto was convicted of the 1980 murder of Sherry Welch 25, of Amarilio who was stabbed while working in a Furni Ture store. Even before the final appeals were rejected gov. Mark White announced he would not halt the execution calling the slayings two of the most brutal and heinous crimes imaginable after years of litigation or. Pinker ton s Case has been scrutinized in detail and no errors have been found White said. It is time that the state be allowed to carry out its awful  Pinkerton averted death in August jul 26 minutes before be was to be taken into the death chamber. Another stay was granted in november just 10 hours before his scheduled execution. The request was $100 million More than the j526 million being included for similar purposes in legislation proposed by sen. Jake Cam a Utah. Garn said he had decided to propose 1100 million Tes than Nasa said it needed because not All the Money is Likely to be spent during the coming fiscal year. At the while House presidential spokes Man Larry Scakes said president Reagan has not yet received recommendations about shuttle appropriations from an administration task Force Speakes said Reagan would meet with the task Force thursday but added i do not anticipate a final decision today and certainly no  Fletcher told the subcommittee Nasa has not yet decided whether it will recommend a redesign of the shuttle to permit the Crew to escape during the initial two minutes of flight the period in which the Booster is ignited. The challenger was not equipped with such a sys tem meaning the Crew members would not have been Able to escape even if they had known their lives were in danger. The Cost estimates from the space Agency officials came several hours before the full Senate appropriations committee was scheduled to consider a s3 billion spending measure including the j526 million for Nasa Senate officials speaking on condition of anonymity said the funds were inserted into the Bill at the initiative of Garn who chairs the panel s subcommittee controlling Nasa. These officials said that in a rever Sal of his earlier intentions Gam a agreed not to push immediately for Money to build a replacement shuttle. Ins Lwi he will await a formal request from the Rea Gan administration sources said administration sources have said top officials have tentatively decided to finance a fourth shuttle from savings in existing pro Grams at Nasa and other Federal agencies rather than by seeking a new appropriation from Congress. The s526 million is contained in a draft 13 billion supplemental spending Bill that provides Money for a wide variety of gov eminent programs. Committee aides predicted easy approval for the space Agency funds a replacement shuttle is estimated to Cost at least si.9 billion Over and above the s526 million and Nasa officials have not forwarded any request for funds for. Cost associated with the challenger Accident. The flurry of congressional activity comes on the heels of Fletcher s installation As head of Nasa on monday and with some lawmakers voicing impatience at the Reagan administration s failure to submit a formal spending request to respond to the nation s worst space disaster envoy convinces Alabama to lift ban on French a nes Montgomery Ala. A the state alcoholic beverage control Board thursday lifted the ban it placed on the Sale of French wines three weeks ago after . Bombers were not allowed to Fly Over France for the april in riot against Libya. Henry Gray director of the Board said tote ban was lifted at the 152 state Limizor stores mid at distribution outlets after a personal Appeal from Joe m. Rodgers the . Ambassador la franc the three member Board imposed the restrictions april 24 to protest the French Weron Wal a refusal to allow . Of 11 tactical bombers based in Britain to Fly in French airspace during the april 15 raid on the libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi. The Board made its decision by Tele phone wednesday after Senta mayor Joe Smitherman a member of the panel received a letter from Rodgers. Milf Peraian originally brought up the idea of Banning French wine Tate Over the incident. Rod Rirs u an Alabama native who formerly owned an International construction firm based in Nashville Terin. He was appointed to the ambassador ship last year by president Reagan. He made a very positive request Cit ing that the French had fought against terrorism in Lebanon and lost 58 lives Smitherman said. The mayor said Rodgers also noted France s important role in nato. He also Laid this is the year of Cele Brating the statue of Liberty which a Given to us by France Smil Hennan said. "1 did t regret the action at the time but i think we can Honor a request from the Man at the  the sales ban was not to go into effect until supplies of French wines champagnes and liqueurs were exhausted1. Gray snid thursday that none of the state stares ran out of the products Dur ing the three weeks the ban was imposed. Cray said the stale normally Sells about zoo cases of French wine product a month. The ban did not affect sales of the products at privately owned stores. Smitherman said newspapers in Ala Bama had roundly blasted the Board decision but he said he received a number of letters of support from individual. It was just an expression at the time but things change Smitterman said. Compromise reached on new Federal pension plan Washington a the Reagan administration and congressional leaders have agreed of a new pension system for Federal workers hired since 1984 that is de signed to save s2 billion a year officials said thursday. Nearly 400,000 Federal workers hired in the last four years and All new government workers would receive retirement benefits from a combination of three sources social Security a supplemental government pension and a tax deferred savings plan. James Lafferty a spokesman for the office of person Nel management said the plan was worked out by pm director Constance j. Homer with leaders of both houses of Congress. The conferees included sen. William v. Role r-pel., chairman of the Senate governmental affairs committee sen. Ted Stevens a Alaska chairman of the panel s civil service subcommittee and rep William d. Ford d mich., chairman of the House Post office and civil serv ice committee it was just a Beautiful Compromise All the Way around said Tom Joyce a spokesman for the House committee. Conferees planned to meet thursday to work out final details of the legislation As outlined by of tarty the plan would gradually raise the minimum retirement age after 30 years of service from the current is to s7, it would eliminate automatic Cost of living increases for retirees age 61 or younger. The plan also would reduce such increases for All other retirees to the percentage in crease in the consumer Price Index minus 1 percentage Point. Retirees currently receive a full increase based on the Price Index. The Compromise resolves a three year Effort to devise a new pension system for newly hired Federal workers who were brought into the social Security system in 19m under bailout legislation for the old age pension program. It Antist be approved by both Housea of Congress and signed to Law Fly president Reagan. The  stration. Which sought deeper cuts in the pension program it rejected two weeks ago. Decided to Settle on the revised Cost of living formula and a slightly higher retirement age