European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday december 25,1986 voyager trip May have military application from Page 1 Wilh Llic presidential Citi cons medal established in by president Ninon to recognize americans for service to their country1 or fellow citizens. Aviation analysts say the plane s extraordinary Range and resistance 10 radar May have military applications and Llic lightweight construction May find uses in faster and More economical commercial transportation. The Traci s wings and three fuselages Are made of a Carbon fiber honeycomb material. Empty it weighs 1.8ss pounds it Takeoff weight was 9,300 pounds. Voyager crossed the Pacific just South of Hawaii and flew Over the Marianas the Philippines Malaysia the Indian Ocean Central Africa the Atlantic Ocean the Caribbean South America s Atlantic coast. Central America and Mexico s Pacific coast. Worries about running out of gasoline waned in the final Days Only to have an engine stall out Early tues Day because of air pockets in the fuel line. Voyager dropped from 8,900 to 5.500 feet during the five min Ute outage before the fore and aft engines could be restarted an estimated 20.000 to 40.000 people watched As voyager trailed by four Chase planes came Over a thick Hank of Clouds and circled cranking Down its three Landing wheels unc at a Lime Hen touched Down. When the cockpit opened. Dick Rulan screamed a rebel yell stretched his arms above his head thumbs up and slapped on a Cowboy hat As the ground Crew moved a ladder to voyager s Side. At a news conference 2vi hours later Rulan. 48, and Yeager. ,1j, answered questions from hundreds of re porters gathered in a hangar at Edwards with the plane in the background. Rulan said the five minute engine failure stemmed from efforts to use the engines As a backup system to move fuel around from the piano s 17 tanks to distribute Llic weight evenly. He described the weather As the biggest problem encountered on the trip. Yeager said she fell a lot better than she had after a record Selling closed course flight last july despite hone bruises from being Flung around the Cabin. I m glad i did it but i m glad it s Over Yeager said. We did ii on our own Rutan said when asked Aboul the Lack of corporate sponsorship for the flight. The linux Iii came six Days after he 83rd anniversary of the first powered air plane flight at Kitty Hawk . T j a Kioto voyager passes Over a throng of spectators Asil approaches Edwards fab calif., after its record setting flight voyager Success ends 6-year dream from Page 1 Home in Mojave about 60 Miles North of los Angeles. Both attributed their ability to get along with each other to keeping so Russ at an acceptable level during the grueling flight. We support each other very nicely,".Rutan said. I would Fly around the world with her  they relieved themselves into plastic bags which they stored in hollows in he wings. The key to menial and physical health was found in staying Busy they added. There was something to do with me air plane every minute Rutan said. During terrifying encounters with rough weather Over Africa and the Pacific they said the fear came later. You just did what you had to do and worried about it later Yeager said. It had been feared that at the end of the journey the pilots would be too weak to walk by themselves. Both defied that scenario. Rutan gave a weary thumbs up Victory gesture and donned his Jaunty Cowboy hat. Yeager emerged from the cockpit shortly after Rutan and both dangled heir legs from the fuselage to improve their circulation. Then they both climbed Down and walked away from their dream of six years. Sakharov criticizes afghan invasion report Moscow a Andrei Sakharov returned to Moscow on tuesday from nearly seven years of inter Nal Piile and picked up where he left off before his banishment criticizing the soviet invasion of Afghani Stan and demanding Freedom for dissidents. The 65-year-old Nobel laureate and physicist who helped develop the first soviet Hydrogen bomb said he planned to work on space research. Sakharov and his wife Yelina Bonner. Arrived at Yaroslavsky train station at Aboul 7 . After an eight hour trip from Gorky a City closed to foreigners Aboul 250 Miles cast of Moscow where they had been exiled. The couple were surrounded by More than 100 journalists including a soviet television Crew when they stepped off the train. Sakharov wearing a fur hat and Parka smiled occasionally while speaking to reporters in russian for about 20 minutes. Bonner 63, looked thin and Pale and Sal quietly on the Side of the platform. Asked about the soviet presence in Afghanistan. Sakharov said i consider this the most painful part of our foreign policy and i Hope there will be More Deci Sive measures taken in that sphere than Are being taken at present 3 Hurt in explosion of Gas tank als1p, 111. A a storage tank that could hold a million Gallons of gasoline exploded tuesday seriously injuring Ihrck people and shooting flames and smoke hundreds of feet in the sky officials said. About 200 people w arc evacuated from businesses and a few Homes near the Martin Oil co. Storage facility said police chief Warner Huston. In was just like a bomb dropped. It Shook the whole House said Paul Branch who was visiting a Friend several blocks from the facility when the blast occurred. You could see the flames shooting up in the air. When in blew up in just rocked  firefighters were concerned that two other tanks that arc close by could catch fire and explode Huston said. They re keeping them cooled Down by pouring water on  eight to 10 storage tanks Are at the facility each about 75 Yards apart said Cook county sheriffs it. Kenneth Jones. Each tank can hold up to a million Gallons of Gaso line he said but authorities Are not certain How Many Gallons were in the storage tank when it exploded. The Side of the tank closest to the burning unit was scorched but was not in immediate danger he said. Authorities have not determined what caused the explosion Jones said adding that they believe it occurred shortly after workers transferred gasoline from one tank to another. Three of the injured were taken to St. Francis hos Pital in Blue Island and were being treated in the Emer gency room for serious Burns said spokeswoman Gale Woods. She said the Hospital was initially told to prepare for four More victims then Laid they were being sent to another medical facility. Other hospitals in the area did not report receiving any victims. Police spokesman David Snooks said the fire was in a Lank separated from others by an earthen Dike. Firefighters brought in a High Rise ladder 10 Spray chemical foam on the tire in an Effort to contain in. Authorities thought the fire would bum put in 24 hours Jones said. But he said firefighters might resort to other measures if the wind shifts the fire toward nearby tanks. Wind seems to be the important Factor. The danger in i Over he said. Alsip is one of several communities forming a heavy Industrial corridor South West of Chicago. From Page 1 the White House that would contain classified information he said. We Are moving to produce a Public  a senior White House official denied that Reagan s request was intended to allow him to claim credit for disclosing the findings. He said it was a procedural move by Reagan because Only the executive Branch could declassify materials. Reagan contends that he is doing everything Possi ble to make Public the truth about the secret operations in which weapons were sold to Iran and some of the proceeds diverted to nicaraguan rebels. But members of the Senate committee and its counterpart in the House which conducted a similar in Quiry have repeatedly charged that the administration is not fully cooperating with the investigation. Rep. Peter w. Rodino jr., d-nj., the chairman of the House judiciary committee criticized attorney Gen eral Edwin Meese tuesday for not providing the House panel with answers to written questions about the Case. By releasing the report on its own the committee could say that it was congressional oversight and not the president that was responsible for informing the Public about what the panel s three weeks of hearings have discovered. The committee had rejected Reagan s request last tuesday that it Gram lined immunity to two former White House officials As a Way of gelling them to Tell what they knew. The two vice Adro. John m. Pom Dexter and it. Col. Oliver l. North had invoked their fifth amendment rights against self incrimination in appearances before the panel. Sen Bob Dole r-kan., said Reagan wat right in urging the committee to make transcripts Public once they Are declassified. He said this would be another step toward making sure the Public and the Congress get All the facts about the secret dealings soon