European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes tuesday october 14,1986 committee urges care in redesigning Booster Washington up nasa1 Effort to Rede in the Booster rockets that triggered the challenger disaster has a Good dunce of succeeding in time to returns Tuttle flights in Early 1988, an Independent review panel Laid in report  Ted monday. However the National research Council committee did there Are a number of practical aspects of the design thai Are Uncertain and of  their and other uncertainties Mutt be resolve through a vigorous left and engineering program the panel said in a letter teat last Friday to Nasa administrator James Fletcher. The panel formed at Fleeher a request to meet recommendation of the Rogen commission report on the Accident Laid the Effort to redesign the joints be tween solid propellant segment in the big boosters hat progressed greatly Over the pail two months. The Leller signed by committee chairman a Guy Ford Stever said the focus of the Effort is on designs that will permit the use of steel Booster rocket casings thai already have been ordered. If this approach is successful i.e., if the Tesi pro Gram succeeds and the level of safety is judged accept Able the shuttle flight program can resume at the ear Liest Lime Sliver said. The panel concludes Hal the chances of Success of this approach Are sufficiently Good that it should be  the remaining three shut los in Nasa s Fleet were grounded following the Jan. 28 loss of challenger and its Crew of seven. Nasa earlier this month schedule the first Post challenger shuttle launch for feb. In 1988. Stever did in an interview he believes that Gen eral Lime period can be met if All goes Well. Challenger was destroyed when a joint Between two solid propellant sections in its right Booster captured starting a Chain of events thai led to he ignition of thousands of Gallons of liquid Hydrogen am oxygen in its external fuel tank. The new blaster joint design Nasa is focusing on uses a steel Brace 10 restrict motion Between the Cas Ings on both sides of the joint when the rocket ignites a third of ring Seal or improved composition healer around the joints to keep the rings from becoming Loo cold and different insulation arrangements. The panel said one of il5 concerns about the new Nasa chief june Fletcher who relies fed study. Design is that the increased rigidity of the joint will cause additional stresses that need to be fully under stood. The report to Nasa said much Progress has Bee made in laying out the test program for the new design and that significant results have already been obtained but there is still much to  the Success of the redesign Effort rests on the Les program. Stever said the committee strongly recommends that Nasa maintain an Witort to develop original Possi Bly quite different designs for he next generation Booster and As a backup in Case the current redesign Effort Falls Short of ils goals. The panel said it plans to continue to review the test program results Over the next several months. The National research Council is the research Armor the National Academy of sciences a private organization chartered by Congress to examine science an technology issues at the request of the government. Ministry candidates steered away from referring to god As a male Denver api a regional body of the United methodist Church has approved a policy prohibiting candidates for the ministry from referring in Church paper work and interviews to god exclusively As a male. All of us Are in the process of making the transformation from Schisl language to sexless language. This ii a step in the direction we need to go said the  Watson of Longmont chairman of the methodist Rocky Mountain conference s ministry Board which approved the policy. Under the new policy phrases such As divine Light will replace father King or lord die Rocky Mountain news reported sunday. Candidates however can refer to god As Mother and father or he and she. The historical figure Jesus May be called he but any male reference to a divine or messianic Jesus is prohibited. The policy is expected to be challenged by conserva Tives. When you Start telling people How they can or can not talk about god you be got a Tiger by the Tail said the Rev James Hidinger of Kentucky executive Secretary of the conservative group Good news it s hard for people to develop a personal relation ship with an it said historian Lyle Wesley Dorset who taught at the University of Denver and the adjoin ing ii Iff school of theology from 1972 to 1983. The  is that god no longer has a face arid be becomes an abstract  but Watson defended the order saying there i nothing illegal about this  while United methodist Law Seti Standard for Ordi nation which a regional body cannot subtract from requirements May be added he said. Conservative of the 9,2-million-member Church Al ready Are upset Over the Denver based conference s support of homosexual Denver minister Julian Rush. Liberal and conservatives agree thai Yean of the debate Over Rush and the standing of homosexuality in the Church and ministry have Hurt the Rocky Moon Tain conference. Records show 1965 membership at 112,184 and present membership at less than 90,000. College roommates sign compatibility pacts Chambersburg a. Of personal quirks and Sloppy living habits have a aimed More than a few fights Between College roommates but students at Wilton College have found a Way to avoid Many Odd couple  freshmen at the bucolic a Botnen i College sign the usual forms Tor financial Aid and housing agreements but they also sign a document intended to head off disagreements with their  contracts drawn up by the women shortly after they began school this semester spell out Liv ing arrangements dealing with study time the level and kinds of music Hal can be played and what Temi can be borrowed from the other person. Teen biker Dies in crash 1 hour after being cited los Angeles a an hour after he was ticketed for carrying iwo passengers on Himo to Cycle a teen age biker was lulled in a crash Early sunday and his two riders were injured police  Murphy 19, of Granada Hills died when his motorcycle crossed the Center line an struck two pickup trucks police said. The truck Drivers were not  Jennifer Powers 17, and Tim Cement 18, both of Granada Hills suffered broken Bones and were reported in stable Condi Tio officer Roy Mcfall  said witnesses estimated that Murphy was travelling so Mph in the 35-Mph zone when he lost control of the motorcycle. Pilot still flying High after Over half Century Dallas a at age 74, Ziggy Hunter i keeping herself Busy As a Pilot in the Confederate air , who look her first flying lesson half a Century ago and was an instructor during world War if is directing the restoration Ofa 1942 l-3 observation plane flown in new  work is being done at Redbird Airport in Southwest Dallas by member soothe Confederate air Force which restores and flies Vintage aircraft i m having to Leam How 10 put in All together which 1 think is extremely important to learn if you re going to Fly it and i plan to Fly this aircraft Hunter said. The Texas native flies about three limes week leaches dying and is writing a Book titled zoot suits and  new police cars May be a Shade too colourful Minneapolis a there s something definitely off color in the Story of the new Minnesota slate patrol  31 years of Fordi and Chrysler the patrol s 550-car fled was getting 146 new  patrol can Are supposed to match the offi cers Maroon uniforms patrol chief Roger Leddin compared the leg of his uniform trousers to a color Chart to pick the color Sample for the ,�n unti Xvi for Btian tiu4l-Hu-mf4l All  what the patrol got led Dina did was Abright Maroon. In fact he said the can Are a lot More red than they Are Maroon and look at if they belong to a fire department instead of 10ihe stale patrol Reagan urged to cease news disinformation1 Washington a the Ameri can society of newspaper editors says disinformation campaigns Are a tac tic of totalitarian regimes and it is asking the Reagan administration to disavow the practice. In a Telegram sent to president Rea Gan on saturday the society protested reported efforts by senior government official to mislead the american pub Lic about . Policy toward Libya. The society said it had examined Evi Dence that administration officials have been involved in such a Campaign this calculated technique of false Hood commonly employed by totalitarian governments As an instrument of policy is repugnant to american democratic principles and destructive of the role of the press in free society the Telegram said. The editors said they were outraged and alarmed and asked Reagan and his aide to Mako unmistakably Clear their disapproval of the practice of disinformation at any level of gov  editor also hold be Alert to an attempt by any source under the cloak of anonymity to mislead the american people the society said. The Niue was tint raised earlier Ibi month with reports of a secret Wutte House plan to deceive libyan Fea Muammar Gud Hafi into Thio Kini the United states might attack him again