European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 14. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 sex astronaut predicts More accidents physicist quit Nasa Post will take professorship  . Bureau Brandon. England the space shuttle Chal Lenger disaster that killed seven and halted Nasa s launch schedule won l be the list tragedy for the space Agency a former astronaut predicts. There Are going to be other shuttle accidents Don Leslie Lind 5 v said in an interview. Anything travel ing Al 17 500 Mph and taking off with f .5 million pounds of Pra Pullam aboard you be got an inherent problem with Lind a commander in the . Naval Reserve submitted his resignation to Nasa in november and actually left the astronaut program june 20. The physicist who plans to accept a professorship offered by the University or Utah is touring Britain at the invitation of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day  an astronaut Lind had the distinction of waiting longer than anyone to travel into space. He flew a space Tab Mission in april 19s5, 19 years after he joined the astronaut  the astronauts who died aboard challenger in january knew there were risks connected to space Light and were willing to tale them Lind said he and other astronauts now Are concerned shuttle Crews did not know All the  example he said Nasa astronauts were not aware or the problem with the shuttle s rocket Booster of rings now believed to be the cause of the  specialists now estimate that Lind s shuttle Mission also aboard challenger was Only seconds away from a similar explosion. Our Light almost duplicated the explosion he said. That was not the first of ring leak we Ever had. Our flight came the closest to blowing up As any of the anything travelling at 17,500 Mph and taking off with 6.5 million pounds of propellant aboard you be got an inherent prob Lem with Don Leslie Lind other missions. If the boosters had burned for 15 seconds longer it would have blown  said of ring Wear on his flight finally got Engi neers looking at the Booster Seal  one thing that made me and several others in the Ottice very angry was that the Marshall space flight Center did t Tell us about the problems with the of rings Lind said. Had we known about it. We might have been Able to avoid that particular Acci  was a Mission specialist on the seven Day Sci ence flight. He did a variety of experiments and helped study and photograph the Aurora Bornalis the Northern  said his flight was the first to begin tests for the industrialization of space noting trial his experiments included growing crystals for use in computers. In 15 or 20 Cara we re going to have a mul Libil lion Dollar Industry in space he said. We re going to be producing things in space we can t produce on Earth , a father of seven still gets excited when he talks about his shuttle  moment of liftoff is a tremendously exciting thing he said it s like going to the circus going on your first Dale and having your first child wrapped into one Lind trained for 3vi years for his 1985 flight. He was scheduled to walk on the Moon in 1973, but Nasa budget cuts in the 1970s cancelled the Mission and the Wail for a shuttle berth  on the Moon would have been my first Choice Lind  his Long wait he said one week in space in l Worth 19 years of anybody s life. But it was an inter Esting 19 years. I got a lot More than a week in  App Tojio Topsy Turvy old glory. American Flag it Ohio slate Richard a Gnik left and John Perry to i stadium is being lowered were practising their ability to hoist or Buni by by two ref laced to the Al for to. Opening of the 1984 to officers who few minutes earlier International Law enforce Emtil olym had run it ii the pole upside Lown pics in Columbus Ohio. Neighbourhoods rally give criminals the word by the associated press residents rallied in cities across the country to Send word to criminals that the streets really belong to the people and not to them. In new York More than 300 people packed into Morningside Park in upper Manhattan to hear mayor Edward  and police commissioner Benja min Ward pledge More help against crime. Other National night out rallies against crime took place in such cities a Boston and Davenport Iowa and organizers said More than 15 million Ameri cans turned on their porch lights or ral lied for the event. I m asking you not to give up Hope. We be been talking about this problem for 30 years Koch told the new York crowd. Tell the police where the criminals arc he implored we re going to come Backway after Day and make the  Koch also asked those gathered to ask president Reagan to wage a War on drugs coming into the country As if the nation were being invaded. If every one of you sends a Teller to the president and says in your own words or. President you have to protect this country. Or. President you Arete commander in chief " it might have an effect Koch said in Boston police escorted about 100 citizens Down some of the City s toughest streets for National night out. Citizen members of crime watch crib Perrei 34% 32 30 28 26 24 22 19 in Mosoura me in the . It of households affected 7s 77 78 81 63 65 a Tripura Chart Bureau erf Jit Tajc statute _ j night Avan consisting mainly of the neigh boyhood Justice network and crime Walsh groups drove by. In Iowa Davenport was speckled with front porch lights and residents stayed on the Lookout. We re All watching out for each other said Ember Madsen who sat out Side along with her husband two Chil Dren a dog and several other neighbors in Davenport. This tolls those people who commit crimes that these areas with their porch lights on have people in them who Are watching out for each other and Are watching for criminals said Janet Dew spokeswoman far Quad cities night out. Dozens of new Jersey communities took part in the event but one organizer Lona Wiggins said she had to recruit children to take part when she had difficulty encouraging enough adults to help fight crime. The symbolic project took place be tween 8 and 9 . In thousands of towns across the country and was coordinated by the National association of town watch and local police depart ments. Organizers said the event was de signed to heighten crime prevention awareness generate support for and participation in anti crime efforts strengthen neighbourhood spirit overcome the fear of crime after dark and Lei Crimi nals know the neighbors Are watching