European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. December 22, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 Kennedy sees Deal As serious blow Boston i ill sen. Toward Ken Nedy. A mins just Hack from a trip to inc Middle Lav said saturday the arms sales to Iran has done enormous dam age to . A Titus in the Middle East. Kennedy upon his return to the United suites after meeting with High rank ing official in Israel Jordan and Egypt said the  threat Miruel now races is the appearance  America no longer Pla s a major Rule in the Region s Diplo Macy and the Maiv humus Democrat said lie has serious concern1" Tih Nul . Ihmi Kunu a in the Region. The iranian arms de in has Dune enor Mous damage to our interests in inc mid dle  Kennedy said in a statement. At Hosl the United Stales is viewed As inconsistent naive confused and in compel no Kennedy said. Al worst. The United slates is seen As deceptive disloyal erratic and  Kennedy a Iid the peace process in the Middle East is dead in the water he cause there has been no serious u.5. Diplomatic initiative and because of lire secret and erratic machinations of the past is run los Kennedy urged that a special envoy to the Middle East be appointed to repair the. Damage from the arms sales to Iran and to demonstrate the urgency of America s efforts to revive the stalled peace process one of the greatest threats to peace thai Israel faces today is not from guns or tanks or terrorists but from the appearance that America is no longer a serious participant in inc High stakes Diplo Macy in inc area he said. Israel and Arab nations Friendly to inc United states Are deeply concerned by the spread of islamic Finderne Taliam from Iran and the increased incidence of terrorism by Radical groups he said. Our decision to sell arms to Iran in Exchange for hostages intensifies their concerns on both counts Kennedy said. It is seen As an a Fibre to Curry favor with the most dangerous forces in the Region with those who work to destabilize mod Erate regimes and with those who continue to Export terrorism As instruments of National  the decision is also seen As providing support to Khomeini in the Iran Iraq War and demonstrating to the terrorists that their terrorism murder and kid napping pays off he said. Space 7/gsaw puzzle1 May tace years to unravel Pasadena. Calif. Api Nasa soon will Publ ish results of a satellite s Survey of the solar system but in will take scientists years to determine How Many of the objects it sighted were previously unknown asteroids or comets. The final edition of the infrared astronomical satellite asteroid and Cornel Survey Catalon to be published on computer tape in january will list j5,fal8 unidentified objects sighted by the satellite which photographed % percent of the sky during in 10 month Mission in i Jwj. But Many of those sightings Are unreliable rep resent multiple observations of the same objects or were of previously known asteroids and comets. So astronomers say in will Lake them decades to Analy a the information and learn precisely How Many new asteroids and comets were discovered by the orbiting Telescope known As iras. Knowing that Cumber is probably the last thing Well gel Oul of the project probably 30 years from now said Dennis l. Watson planet ology and geology manager at the National aeronautics and space administration s Jet propulsion Laboratory it s a great big Jigsaw Puzzle said astronomer Brian Marsden director of the smithsonian institution s minor planet enter in Cambridge mass. Marsden guessed iras observations ultimately will result in lie discovery of about 100 asteroids and six to 12 comets in addition to the satellite s earlier discoveries of four Asi crowds and six comets which were announced in 1983. Malson declines to esl Imale How Many comets will be discovered bin juju Essex the number of asteroids will approach 1,000. Iras selected objects that Emit infrared Ligon or heat and often can i be seen by optical telescopes which detect Only visible Light. The satellite was launched from Vandenberg fab. Calif., on Jan 25. 1983, for a joint .-British Duich Mission. In ran out of coolant needed to keep its own heat from interfering with images and slopped working in november 1983. Iras made a series of stunning findings especially the discovery that about a dozen nearby stars Are surrounded by duly disks which might represent the Early stages of planet formation in Young solar systems. Asteroids and comets arc thought to be leftovers from the giant swirling disk of dust and Gas thai gradually clumped tog Cher under the influence of Gravity to form the solar system. Dennis Malson inc Nasa scientist in charge of finding Asler Olds and comets shows off a map in his office. Scientists study them to gain information that pertains to the origin and a Volution of the solar sys ice Marsden said in a Telephone interview. The Rocky asteroids 20 to 600 Miles across arc located mostly Between the orbits of Mars and Jupi Ter. One theory is that Cornels were the outermost part of the disk and that trillions of them remain there in what is called inc oort Cloud 4 / million Miles from the Sun. Astronomers believe Gravity from passing stars occasionally kicks some of them Oul of orbit allowing them to fall toward the Sun. Thousands of asteroids have been spotted by ground based telescopes but Marsden said Only 3,533 have orbits that Are will enough known to justify assigning them names or numbers determining the number of iras new discoveries is difficult because the satellite made 47,501 sight Ings of Stria objects. Malson said 11,499 turned Oul to be multiple sightings of 1,807 previously known asteroids and the four new ones announced in 1983. Another 384 images represent 19 already known comets and the six new ones that also were announced previously. That left 35,618 unidentified sightings including 200 that May be comets because they appear to have tails of dust and Gas. Malson said the 35,6ib Proba Bly will boil Down to about 3,000 asteroids most of them already known and an unknown number of comets. Gap widening Between haves and have not Washington up the world has split Between countries with stable populations and improving living conditions and nations with rapid population growth and deterioration a research Institute said saturday. The world watch Institute said population growth is overwhelming economics environments and political Stabil Ity of Africa the Middle East the Indian subcontinent. Southeast Asia and latin America when 2.6 billion people live and where the population increases 2.5 percent yearly. The Institute suggested in its study that countries adopt economic incentives for smaller families provide information on benefits of family planning and offer contraceptive services. Reconciling differences Between traditional values such As Large families and social goals is politically difficult the study said but failure to do so could be catastrophic. Rapid population growth and environmental deterioration feed upon each other leading to a downward spirit in living standards the study said. The Issue is How not whether population growth will eventually be slowed the study said. Will in be humanely through foresight and leadership or will living standards Delerio talc until death Rales begin to Rise the study our demographically divided world was written by Lester Brown president of the Institute that an Blyzes global problems and Jodi Jacobson a researcher under sponsorship of the United nations fund for population activities. The half of the world Wilh Zero or slow population growth includes North Amer Ica Western Europe Eastern Europe including the soviet Union and East Asia including China. These regions have 2.3 billion people and average an annual population increase of 0.8 percent. Fifteen years ago Brown said in an interview there were much larger population growth rates but now countries have either slowed population growth or have let it Rise Loo fast for their food fuel and other natural resources to support. There is almost no Middle ground he said. In inc past countries have been divided along lines of Rich or poor and Indus trial or developing. Brown said but now in is More useful to Divide them by population growth which determines the direction economics Are headed. Population growth rates Are not the sole cause of rising or falling per Capila incomes the study said. But countries that cannot manage population growth cannot manage their economies very Well either. Brown and Jacobson said even coun tries that recognize the significance of population growth do nol consistently support effective family planning