European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday january 30.1487 stateside presidential candidates leave pile of unpaid Bills Des Moines  Mike Adams in t impressed by aspiring presidential candidate. In fact the or leasing company manager does t even want i hair business. I m going to be needing All the Money up front before i even think about doing  said Adams one of numerous Iowa business operators left with headaches and unpaid Bills after the 1984 stale caucuses. Presidential candidates set up extensive operations in Iowa before the caucuses the first formal test of the presidential Campaign. But the Day after the february event the candidates and heir staffs were gone Leav ing unpaid Bills for goods or services like car rental hotel rooms priming and food. Hasenfus visits grave of former colleague Magnolia Ark. A Eugene Hasenfus has paid hrs respects to one of three colleagues killed when their rebel Supply plane was shot Down Over Nicara Gua. Hasenfus who was to meet thursday with the staff and members of a congressional committee investigating the Tran Contra affair parachuted from the plane before it crashed oct. S. On wednesday Hasenfus visited the grave of co. Pilot Wallace blame Buzz Sawyer or. Thi Okol gives $ 100,000 to challenger space Center Brigham City Utah a Morton Thi Okol the firm that built the Booster rocket blamed in the explosion of space shuttle challenger a year ago i donating $100,000 to the challenger Center for space science education. The donation brings to �600,000 the amount pledged to the Center envisioned Ai a number of facilities around the country where students and teachers can Leam about space science through simulated space mis Sions lessons and seminars. The Center plans to build two facilities one in hous ton the other in Washington . The rest of the facilities will be housed in museums near science Cen ters and research Parks suspected Check forger swallows the evidence Jacksonville a. A a Man held on Forg cry charges ate a Check before authorities could use it As evidence police said. Alvin Davit 31, remained jailed wednesday on two charges of forgery resisting arrest with violence an tampering with evidence Davis was arrested tuesday at a local store after police said he tried to pass a Check stolen in december from a lawyer. A suspicious clerk called police said detective Mark Richardson. The lawyer was called to the store to identify the Check but Davis snatched it away from the officer and swallowed it Richardson said. American Honda will offer air bag option on one Model Detroit up1 american Honda motor co. Laid tuesday it will offer As in option an air bag on the Driver s tide of one of its new acini cars in june. Beginning this month Honda will install As Stan Dard equipment automatic scat belts in its Accord three door Hatchback. Honda spokesman Shin Tanaka said the new air bag in the Hub of the steering wheel is intended to supple ment the car s three Point Bell system. He would not disclose the Cost of the optional safety device. Acura is the luxury and sporty car division recently formed by Honda. The Acura lineup includes the leg end Sedan priced Jutt Over $20,000, and the integral a smaller Ana jest expensive Model available in a three or five door Hatchback. The two door version of the legend is expected to nuke its . Debut in mid year and May be the first Model to include the air bag option. Ford motor co. Is currently the Only Domestic car maker to offer a Driver s Side air bag. It is available at an sols option on its compact Ford Tempo or Mer Cury Topaz models who needs Snow while Snow sculpture a in Vogue it Ike a want la Many parts of the United states an i Turt in Honolulu refuses to in outdone. Us nil warn und and Fertile inf lift hotel of the Honolulu Tia a Royal hawaiian hotel. Jon it axe  on the Beach not la Utic Active duty strength higher than year ago despite slump Washington a the Active duty strength of the nation s military services declined slightly in december but remained significantly above the level reported a year ago the Pentagon said wednesday. As of . 31, the army Navy. Marine corps and air Force had 2,177,842 men and wonted on Active duty Down 2,681 compared to the nov. 30,1986, Tola primarily because of a decline in army personnel. The combined total remained Well above the year ago figure however. The armed services reported Active duty strength of 2,150,379 on . 31, 1985, or 27,433 below the latest tally. It is not unusual for military strength to swing up and Dawn on a monthly basis primarily because of differences in the flow of recruits. The army As pan of a Cost saving program has announced continuation of an Early Oul program for those who have decided not to re enlist according 1o the Pentagon latest assessment the army ended december with 784,224 men and women on Active duly Down 3,806 compared with the november total the Marine corps also reported a Small decline i strength of 974 people bringing its december total to 198,245, those declines were offset to some extent by gains reported by the Navy and air Force. The Navy finished he month with 583,363 men and women pm Active duty up 24 compared with november. And the air Force finished december with 612,030 on Active duty up 2.07s from november. Committee oks of Gen. Herres to be first pcs vice chairman Washington a the Senate armed serv ices committee voted wednesday to approve air Force Gen. Robert t. He arcs to become vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff a new position created by Congress last year. Full Senate approval of president Reagan s Nomi nation of Herres is expected soon. Herres will become Deputy to adm. William j. Crowe jr., who is chairman of the joint chiefs and the nation s highest Rankin military officer. "1 Hope this works sen. Sam Nunn d-ca., chair Man of the armed services committee told Herres adding Well be  Nunn was one of the chief authors of a military Reform Oil which among other things created the new position. The panel consists of five members including a chairman and the tour chiefs of the uniformed services. The Bill signed into Law by Reagan last fall strengthened the position of chairman and gave him a Deputy who would preside Over meetings of the joint chiefs if the chairman is absent the of a policy was Mohave the acting chairmanship rotate among other members of the pcs in the chairman s absence. Whiz 4, too Young for spelling Bee Houston apr a year old spelling Whiz who had hoped to compete in his school s spelling Bee will have to wait until he s older. Rohan Varava Dekar has been memorizing words and winning competitions in anticipation of the event. He had hoped to win the school title and go on to in National spelling Bee in Washington . But a second grader won the Village school spelling Bee tuesday night. Last week they officials at the private school told us we could t go to the final because he is Loo Young for it said Rohan s Mother Ranii Varava Dekar "1 have no gripes about that except that they let him win so much and gel his Hopes  officials had told the parents earlier that because he is in a pre kindergarten class Rohan was ineligible to compete beyond the school contest said principal Betty Moore. Rohan has been allowed to take part in other con tests for the experience Moore said. Rohan s repertoire includes words such As abbreviate and " velcro he does schoolwork at a third Grad level studying Reading math Spanish and music we were Only discouraged that he was t allowed to be in the spelling  said Rohan s father Arvind an Engineer who graduated from High school at 14. The youngster Speaks marathi a dialect of his parents native India and has memorized the capitals fall 50 states. His memory is Good mrs. Varava Dekar said. Whence was 3,1 would say prayers to god and one Day he said them with me. They were in sanskrit h High language,11