European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Geog voyager survives Oil scare Mojave. Calif. A voyager in Lerud the last Quarter of ils Globe circling Susey after surviving its biggest scare when the Crew forgot to Check he Oil in la rear engine. The Crew of the voyager which look nil dec. 14, is trying to make the first non Slop around the world trip without i Ful Imp. Pilots Dick Kiilan and jeans Yeager vre Over the Atlantic Ocean on sat urday Lien they noticed the rear engine was dangerous la hoi. Voyager Stolcs main Peter Riva told a news conference. He said that within 10 minutes they Disu nerd the engine one of two on the experimental plane was nearly two quarts Low in Oil and they quickly added my. In Agar had covered 19,026 Miles since taking off from Edwards fab calif., and had 6.5.10 Miles logo mis Mim control reported Early sunday. The experimental plane was expected to return to Edwards some time tucs Dita Day ahead of the originally scheduled Christmas eve touchdown. Voyager was in mid Atlantic about two degrees above the Equator in super weather with a 30-Knoilailwind, chief meteorologist Len Snelman said. Aside from the Oil scare flight officials said. Voyager was soaring easily Over the Atlantic Ocean making Good Speed on tailwinds that have favored most of its journey. Riya said inc Crew s failure to Check the Oil was probably due to fatigue after the Africa crossing. Hostages from Page i the stars and stripes monday december 22. 19b6 and Itie confusion the families feel Al out the Iran Contra scandal but advised them not to relinquish Hope. None have despite sprays that Indi Cate no hostage release is imminent. To state department says ii is work ing to obtain the hostages Freedom. But one official who spoke on condition he remain Anonymous said he does t sex Peel any action immediately. And Mohammed Mehdi Secretary general of the National Council on islamic affairs said news of the Sale of arms to Iran and of . Intelligence Aid to Iraq has Hurt efforts to free the hos tages. He said the captors see americans As unscrupulous helping both sides. Medhi returned from the Middle East last week and plans to go Back  made Contact Wilh people claimer represent the captors and Learned i he hostages Are in Good health. Illaci left inti  Wilh Sam at lbs "60  Hall is in a Nic Antrican prison on spy charges lie is arrested last week it a military air port Nellh what no Carogana officials Jay were maps slotted in i socks. 84 review of shuttle seals forgotten new York a two top Nasa officials ordered a review of trouble Wilh the seals on inc space shuttle s rockets nearly two years before the challenger disaster but left their posts before Fol lowing up on inc order the new York times reported sunday. The times cited transcripts of inter views conducted by staff members of inc presidential commission that investigated the Jan. 28 explosion that killed seven astronauts. Failed rocket seals were blamed for the disaster. The staffers interviewed u. Gen. James Abrahamson. Who was the associate administrator of the National aeronautics and space administration in charge of All space flight and Hans Mark inc Deputy administrator and the Agency s no. 2 official although those officials were nol called to testify before the commission the times said. Abrahamson who now Heads the Mili tary Effort to build the Star wars sys tem and Mark now the Chancellor of the University of Texas ordered the review in March 1984 after evidence of a near failure in a shuttle flight the month be fore the times said. The Rogers commission s final report said Nasa Headquarters did nol have enough evidence of the Seal problems to act until summer 1985, and that the Chi Dence Only came to the attention of mid level officials a meeting of Mark Abrahamson and engineers to review the problem that had been scheduled for May 30, 1984, Warnol held inc times said. Abrahamson left inc Agency inc month before landmark told inc newspaper he was in Texas at the Lime agreeing 10 take up his Post at inc University. Marks told the times the review was a classic example of having something fall Between inc  Jesse a. Moore who succeeded Abra Hamson has repeatedly said he was never informed of problems Wilh in seals. Abrahamson refused through a spokesman saturday to discuss the mat Ter the times said. House from Page 1 assets in very Broad terms it s a recurring l theme said a slate department official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Other administration officials have said that Washington will not Send More arms to Tehran at least not in the imme Diate future. In another development. Sen. Bob Dole r-kan., told the new York times in an interview published sunday that Reagan has been weighing the possibility of testifying on Capitol Hill. But said Dole without North and Poindexter s testimony. I Don t believe that would Cut  Dole said he thought Reagan should talk to the former advisers adding that with out their corroborating testimony he still has a problem no Mailer How candidly he describes his own role in  Dole said Reagan had not cd con Vinced the american Public including Many republicans thai he had done All he could to gel a the truth about the iranian arms sales. He old me at a meeting the other Day people like me but they Don t by lie be me there it is in seven or eight words Dole said. Sakharov vows to continue human rights work Moscow ai1 dissident Andrei Sakharov sounds Nappy Over the Krem Lin s decision to end his banishment to Corky. But says to has to stay in his exile Home a few More Days to prepare his return to Moscow a Friend said sat urday. Related Sli iry pm flu Page 3. The soviet Union remained silent on what prompted its leniency toward the 1975 Nobel peace laureate and his wife Vaclena Bonner the country s most prominent foes of the Kremlin s policies on human rights censorship and foreign affairs Sakharov 65, was banished 10 the Iso lated City of Corky in january 1980 after criticizing the soviet military intervention in Afghanistan a month before. He was never tried or charged Wilh any crime. Bonner. 63, joined her nuclear physicist husband Bui was Able to return to Moscow on visits until 1984 when she a is convicted of anti soviet slander and sentenced to five years internal exile in Gorky. On Friday a foreign ministry official said Sakharov s request to return to the capital to resume his work As a member of the Academy of sciences had been granted and his wife had been pardoned by the supreme soviet the nation s parliament. The new York times in a Story from Moscow in ils sunday editions reported that in a Telephone interview Sakharov said he would continue his human rights activities when he returns to Moscow h quoted Sakharov As telling soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev he would nol cur Tail his activities in Exchange for Permis Sion 10 Clum to Moscow. "1 urn going to live As t lived before my exile and resume ail of my activities he was quoted As saying. The new York times also reported Sakharov said Gorbachev telephoned him tuesday and said he could go Back to his work in theoretical physics. Sakha Rov was quoted As saying Gorbachev told me to return to work for the Public Good that is the formula he  Sakharov s Friend who also spoke by Telephone to the dissident in Gorky 250 Miles cast of Moscow said his voice sounded Good. He sounded  however the Friend said Sakharov who helped develop his nation s Hydro Gen bomb would not be resuming atone with his wife to their spacious apartment in Moscow. They have lived six years in a place. You understand they have certain things to wrap up said Sakharov s Friend who spoke on condition of anonymity