European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 19, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 5 Pilot thinks fast averts collision Chicago a two airliners accelerating for Takeoff on intersecting runways nearly collided saturday no o Hare International Airport forcing one of the Jcu to Lake off Early and Roar Over inc of her Federal official said. To it must have  said Mort excl slain ofic Federal aviation administration. It could have turned into i  however excl Stivin said later that he had no information on How close the planes were and that it would not be determined whether the situation could have resulted in a crash until the investigation is concluded. He said inc incident was being classified As an opera Lional error. Spokesmen for both airlines involved us air and Amer ican each said heir planes had been cleared for Takeoff. No one was injured and Lite planes continued safely to their destinations. Rdc Stcin said the incident occurred Al 10 01 a.m., when us Arr flight 373, a dc-9 in route to Pittsburgh with 110 Pas sengers and five Crew members aboard and american airline.1 flight 695, a Boeing 727 in route to Oklahoma cily with 102 passengers and seven Crew members began their Tak coffe on different runways. As inc us air Jet was speeding toward Takeoff is first officer noticed the american Airliner on a Takeoff Roll on n runway Tinl intersected the of her about 5,000 feet Down . The Cabin in look outset a Lions am flew Over she Ion of the 717," excl slain said. The american Jet took off normally. Lie was on Liis Roll and took off earlier than Normal said hic Stein although he could not estimate How much earlier. American spokesman Al Becker said the Pilot of he american Ponc would file a report we Don t know new close he came or Why thai occurred said Becker in a Telephone interview from Forl Worth Texas. All we know is we were cleared for Takeoff and he Hud started his Roll when this plane passed above  Dave Shipley a us air spokesman in Washington said the us air plane was travelling at a Speed Well Over 100 Miles an hour when it took off. Ideally he the Pilot would have had a jilt la More Speed when he took off Shipley said. Bui the Pilot did not endanger the flight when he met off before attaining higher Speed he said Shipley said the flight had been cleared Lor  air traffic controller in charge of the flights was immediately relieved of duties which is Standard proce Dure Ecie Stcin snid the Faa said ii will interview Crew members and listen to til pcs to help determine wha went wrong. Nasa admits memos were discarded 7 arrested but denies cover up after shuttle crash an a. Salute. . Huntsville Ala. A two Nasa officials said saturday that weekly notes about problems with the space shut tie s solid Booster rockets were routinely discarded but they denied there was any Effort to cover up evidence since the Chal. Tunger explosion. We never tried to cover it up and we never tried to destroy anything said James w. Thomas jr., chief of the mar Shad space flight Center division that developed and supervised production of the shuttle Booster rockets. A leak in the challenger s right Booster rocket is believed to be responsible for the Jan. 28 explosion that killed All seven aboard. The presidential commission investigating the Accident recently received an Anonymous letter claiming that tiles involving the boosters were destroyed despite a National aeronautics and space administration directive that All such documents be impounded according to Nasa sources. Nothing connected with that launch should have been destroyed said Jed a. Lovingood Deputy chief of Marshall s shuttle projects office if they had this Materi Al in their files and it was destroyed that s wrong and it should t have been done however Lovingood said he was not aware of any permanent challenger records being destroyed. I m about absolutely certain that that was not done in the shuttle  but he said there Are other areas i Don t know  three sources said Friday that an Fri agent was sent to Hunt Svitic to investigate but it could not be Learned saturday whom the agent interviewed. Both Lovingood and Thomas said they were not contacted by any investigator on Friday Lovingood said the presidential commission has regularly used Fri agents in its Field investigation. Marshall spokesman Terry Eddleman said Friday we understand he is talking to a number of  the unsigned letter charged hat weekly Quality control at Nas number of personnel a 107d hh1935 Marshall space fight  Ala. Kane Way space  Island. Fat. ,. Johnson space Center Houston of Langtry re Surch Center Hampton a Nasa,headquarter8,washington.?, t 1 engineering reports on solid Booster prob lems were Sci troyed after the challenger explosion according to commission spokes Man Mark Weinberg. Thomas said saturday that those weekly reports were not meant to be kept As Perma nent records. They summarized what had happened during the week Thomas snid. You wrote them on Friday received them on monday and threw them away the next monday when you received  Thomas said that so far As he knows the practice has not changed since the Chal Lenger explosion. However he said notes about the challenger Mission arc no longer circulated in that manner. The weekly notes often contained important in for mation Thomas said including a running debate Over what he called of eng  we were very sensitive to the problem of of ring erosion. Sometimes that would appear in a weekly note he said. The of rings were used to Seal segments of the solid rocket boosters. Investigators believe the challenger explosion occurred when an of ring failed Wii ask of cold weather at Cape canaveral Fla. Thomas said the discussion Over the effect of temperatures on of rings As Well As any other major concern witty the shuttle Booster system would have been documented in permanent files not just in the weekly notes. In addition Thomas said "99.9 percent of the work done Al Marshall was documented separately by Morton Thi Okol the Utah company contracted to produce the Booster rockets. Thomas said he believed anyone wishing to destroy files on the shuttle project would have had a difficult task. If you write a letter of concern you arc not going to make just one copy of  he said. To go and round up All the files would be difficult to do because you d never know whether you got All of  pm is on Complete Tor shuttle victim Lake City  not in the Church he attended As a child. Or. Ronald e. Mcnair was eulogized saturday As an example to children. And afterwards in a newly cleared Pool surrounded by the Fields where he picked Cotton As a boy the re Mains of the challenger astronaut were finally Laid to rest. His 35-year life began in a Small wooden House with no plumbing. His education started in a segregated school system and culminated in an engineering degree and a doctorate in physics. He researched laser physics at the Hughes Laboratory outside los Angeles and joined Nasa s astronaut program. In 1984 he flew around the Earth in the space shuttle challenger. On Jan. 28 he died one of seven killed in the explosion of that same Craft. As a scientist Mcnair s title As a Crew member on he challenger was Mission  on saturday 15 weeks after he died the key. Eliot Mason of Trinity Baptist Church in Las Angeles suggested that Mcnair s real Mission in life was As an example to Young blurts and that his death will Seal that legacy. They need a Model said Mason who led the Church where Mcnair and his wife Cheryl worshipped. "1 can almost hear the lord saving 1 will make him a greater witness in death than he was in those 33  it was for that purpose that the family created the Ron Mcnair scholarship foundation of Atlanta which is try ing to raise Sio million to Aid poor but scientifically talented youngsters. The funeral cortege half a mile Jong moved from the Wasiley United methodist Church Down deep River Street past the House where Menair s grandparents lie ill. It turned left at the vacant lot that held the House where Pearl and Carl Mcnair raised Ron and his Brothers curl and Eric. It passed a sign newly erected at the City limits or Ranald e. Mcnair space shuttle challenger 19s6." and then it wound into the rest Lawn cemetery where an Honor guard fired a 21 gun Salute taps sounded beneath a baking Sun and then one of four military jets peeled Back in the missing Man Man Euver Over head rising out of sight in the Brilliant sky. I can hear Jesus greeting him saying servant of god Well done Mason had said. Rest yourself. The voyage is Over. The Mission is  to military  York a seven anti War protesters were arrested saturday aboard the aircraft Carrier turned in scum. Intrepid minutes before mayor Edward i. Koch proclaimed armed forces Day and praised the . Bombing of Libya. Without the proper equipment this country would be a paper Tiger said Koch. Who sported red White and Blue Helmel after being Nam cd honorary commander in chief of inc City s a Rcd forces. Koch who was greeted by a 19-gun Salute on Board the Carrier said the april 15 air strikes against Libya enabled the United. Stales to stand tall among the countries around the  the attacks were ordered by president Reagan in retaliation for what he said was Libya s support for terrorism. I Don t believe we should be a paper Tiger 1 Don t believe we arc a paper Tiger and now the rest of the world knows we Are not paper tigers Koch said. Seven protesters staged a sit in aboard the ship before the mayor s arrival causing minor damage police arrested All seven on charges of criminal mischief and resisting arrest. Robert cd crr a spokesman for the pro testers said the demonstrators were Mark ing the ship with bloody Han prints to symbolize the blood Ness of the . Role in the third  ids of to in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 19,1946 despite the seizure by the government of America s rail system under an executive order signed by presi Dent Truman the threat of a strike by 250,000 engineers and railway staff fixed for today still remained 30 years ago today. May 19, 1956 Komsomol pravda in Moscow published a children s guide to stalinism one of the Frank est articles yet in the Campaign to downgrade the dead soviet Boss to included mention that Vladimir i. Lenin warned the communist parly just before his death against Josef Stalin. 20 years ago today. May 19, 1966 us. Secretary of de sense Robert Mcnamara in a speech before the american society of newspaper Edi tors in Montreal called for Steps to build Bridges toward communist China As a Means of avoiding War. 10 years ago today. May 19, 1976 in Hollywood the Mary Tyler Moore show won five emmy at the 28th annual to Academy awards to top All other shows for the 1975-76 season