European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday november 19, 1986 Europe May launch . Defense satellites Washington a America s satellite launch capability is in such dire trails that the Pentagon has been talking to a european consortium about using French rockets to put Crit ical satellites in orbit. Charles w. Cook Deputy assistant air Force Secretary for space plan and policy said monday no decisions had been reached. We re looking at it now he old a symposium. It has been under Dis Cussion. Specifically it s being investigated in regard to seeing if in the Case of Gas. The schedules could be worked out to be  Gas is a global positioning system that will involve 18 satellite whirling around the each. 11 is designed so that at least four of the satellites will be in line of sight of an Earth bound Tow smelter a Veiver it All times to provide precise locations in three dimensions Long elude latitude and Alti tude 24 hours a Day. The air Force had ordered 28 satellites including spares and planned them All for launch from the space shuttle. But since the Jan. 28 challenger explosion the last 12 were Bush with the capability of also being launched from expendable launch vehicles such As toe French ariane. Twelve of the Gas satellites had been scheduled to be in place in 1988 to give two dimensional capability for the locator system latitude and Long elude. The rest were to have been on station in 1989 to provide Altitude. Adding to the air Force s launch woes caused by the shuttle Fleet being grounded for at least two years is the further curtail ment of . Launch capacity by the fact that few expendable rockets have been built in the shuttle Era. Cook look part in a pand discussion at a conference on the crisis in space transportation sponsored by space business news. He was asked under what Circum stances the air Force would Book a French ariane rocket for its satellites. Discussions have been held with same of the ariane people said Cook. The schedules Are probably not Well  have been look Rig at that in terms of would it be possible to meet the kinds of dates we re interested in for our pay loads for now Cook said the air Force believes it can meet its schedules for the positioning satellite system. But asked whether it would be realistic to expect that a . Government satellite would be launched by a foreign Carrier he replied "it1 a very Tough question. A lot of people have to be involved in the Deci Sion to do such a.  he said there is quite a bit of urgency and National Security concern to put the system into place captaining Only that there Are certain things we Are doing in the department of defense Nasa s director of customer services Chester m. Lee showed the conference a Chart which indicated that 13 of 26 com Mercial customer who had been booked for launch from the space shuttle Nave signed contract for Arsine launches or have reserved space. One former shuttle customer. Western Union has signed for launch with China s Long March rocket Early in 1988. Lee s Chart showed that the launch reve Nues lost to the United Stales from the 13 satellites totalled More than 1300 Mil pm. Thousands go on strike in Manila foes Rofes slaying of leftist Leader Manila Phil Apins a several thousand demonstrators Shou tag for defense minister Juan once Ernie s resignation marched through the streets monday in a genital strike called to protest the slaying of a prominent lefts most businesses and often the capital remained open despite the strike. Leftists blame Enrile s followers or last week s slay ing of Rolando Olalia who was Leach Kun the people s parly and the militant May 1st movement a labor federation. They claim it was pan of a right Wing Lofa destabilize president Corazon Aquino s government Union spokesman Crispin Bellman claimed the test had taken off on a Good Start and would emended until Olalia s funeral thursday. But Joey Una mayor of Manila told reporters the protest had been peaceful and the situation is not As serious As some people might want in to  groups of workers and militant students num Bering Between a few Hundred and a few thousand staged rallies and blocked traffic in widely scattered areas of the City. One group of about 2,000 workers and students car ried banners demanding Enrile s dismissal and Chan. Ted Enrile resign As they marched toward the University of the Philippines Campus. The government suspended classes for the Day at All Manila Public and private schools and radio stations said thousands of commuters were delayed or stranded As some transport writers joined the protest. Una said Only about is percent of the transport workers joined the suite. He said the government mobilized 100 extra buses and trucks to provide emergency transportation but Only needed 25 of them. He said there had been a few scattered reports of violence but on the whole the protesters have been  Bellman said six strikers had been arrested. He also claimed 139 factories with a total work Force of 30,000 were affected by the walkout in the Manila area bul admitted some work had continued. He also claimed nearly 200 other factories outside the capital had been involved in the protest. Lina said Only five Manila area plants had been seriously affected by the walkout. J retired Gen. Jose Magno Aquino s military adv Jet or told reporters chief of staff Gen. Fidel v. Ryfke had assured the president the military could the situation. The strike appeared to be most  working class and factory districts strongholds of Ulalia s May 11 a Serru Mitat the s of Tetsue � Manila Plant ii of labor Leader Roundo Olalia. 1st my foment but the protest had Little effect by districts such As Vokali the Hub of Manila a eing and financial Community. Olalia s mutilated body and that of his Driver we rebound thursday next to a Highway in northeastern Manila. He was one of the most prominent member of the Legal left in philippine politics. The communist dominated National democratic front which had been negotiating with the govern ment since August on ending the 17-year-old marxist insurgency suspended peace talks last week in the Wake of Olalia s murder. 150 7th-Dafc adventists arrested by Nairobi Kenya kenyan police Jpn _ More than i to members of the seve the Day adventist Church were rounded up by p lice because according to the Kenya news Agency they said the children need not attend leave their  monday that the Lenth Day adventist re lion started two week had been arrested in a area i20mileinorth is dents to inform on world will end nov. 2school and women so the slate run at crackdown on the formed Church organi ago and around Ison police swoops in the West of Nairobi. Police appealed to members of the sect. Sabbath Fly Jig ban costs Al at Millrons Jevery year Tel Aviv Israel a Israel s National air line Al Al loses j2s Milfin to $30 million � Yea because it is banned Fror flying on the jewish Sab Bath an  said sunday. The question of to secs rises Lime and again especially when we Hail incidents like the one last Friday the spokesman. Nachman Kleiman told the associated Parsi on Friday an Al Al Blanc was grounded inner York after its Delmire was delayed for two hours by Mechanic failure and it was forced to Watt in new mrk until sunday so As not to violate the sabbat Bas a must. Al Al Spe $50,000 for hotel accommodations for the Tribne s 450 passengers Kleiman said. The said that Beau ski Al is permanently grounded on saturdays Cher airlines increase their weekend occupancy to 20 percent sex party office sentenced in peking a a party official was seme on on charges be illegally and tortured several beam Len the party newspaper " enraged of a 19g7hid in Village in in anti next Day the Peart said 72oflh and seven Ycre tortured. In in China arture cases local communist to four years in Plis i tanned 72 villagers his bicycle Bell we sunday theft of the Bdl Rory officers  question 85 s daily said Wen held illegally British Ferrry negotiating to provide vehicles to Iran London up Briu Ufi s mate owned land Rover company said it u negotiating i 27 million of ind $37.8 million Deal to provide 3joo vehicles to Iran bul denied it wow secret Deal to hip Iran in its a Yitoi Iraq. The  than a week after preside Reagan admitted the boiled states bad made arms deals with Iran to roster relations with Iran but denied they were exchanges for the release of hostages held by pro iranian groups in Lebanon. The mail on sunday reported the company was involved in a secret Deal to provide Iran with vehicles that will go straight to the front for use As jeeps in the Gulf War against Iraq. The mail said thai if the first order i delivered with no snags another 17,000 ordered in a bigger vehicles could be  it added that the deals will stretch tothe limit government guidelines restrict ing the saw of military equipment to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini  but the land Rover spokesman denied a Leoet Deal was under Way. He said the company would stick to government restrictions which ban the Sale to Iran an Iraq of advanced equipment capable of exacerbating Tobii year old Gulf War. At this Stag eve have simply quoted prices for a pole Fijal order in Iran he said we have requested from the client a middleman the Eno Juter of the vehicles involved. Only when that information is Clear will we proceed with the quotation further. He declined to identify the client seek ing land Rover vehicles for inn