European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday. April 23.1m7 next space shuttle launch Tionel aeronautic and spice admin Wilra tort mid tuesday in cannot Mel the feb. 18. 1988, Dale in had act Tor the firs Poi Chal Longcr launch of a space Ihui Ilc. No new Date the program mid it had been do in is it nets fore the finl a incl _ Lull in a new target launch  the delay Wil jumihlm0 Ink ind Wottie which had Long the february Dale impossible to Eccl. There have been no shut he flights since Jan. 28. 1986, when the inuit la challenger exploded Short be by after liftoff. Fuel tank is fill a Al inti i huge d liquid Hydrogen. There will a _ Fligh readiness firing in which me main engines arc fired Lor 20 second these lest will add several weeks to the Overall processing Lime for space shut Wirtl for the  Nasa mid. In addition there is an on going As Cal of the Slaidi a Oiher program  redesigned solid rocket Nion in ii a Uuk Ijain engines the Agency  will take several weeks delaying the time for letting a new launch Date Ronnie Back in surgery to Stem internal bleeding Pittsburgh a Ronnie Dusit Lars whose troubled recovery from two liver transplant has generated nationwide concern underwent emergency surgery tuesday to Stem internal bleeding and Mas Sive infection official said the 7-year-old boy went Back into the operating room a half hour after  three hour exploratory surgery to relieve a painful abdominal condition said Lynn Mcmahon a spokeswoman for children s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He came through the surgery of said sue Cardillo another spokeswoman. The second operation which lasted More than four hours ended Al b p.m., she said. The doctors were Able to bring the bleeding under control she said. We re not sure where the bleeding was  Ronnie was in critical condition and was breathing with the Aid of a Respirator she said. During the initial surgery doctors found the boy s abdominal cavity was filled with infection his new liver was enlarged and he was bleeding internally she said scottish labor sit in continues As talks fail Glasgow Scotland a talks aimed at ending a 14-week sit in by 800 workers at the Caterpillar tractor factory in Scotland broke Down tuesday and Union leaders said the occupation of the Plant will continue the sit in began Jan. 14 after the company based at . Announced that it planned to close the Plant in the South Glasgow suburb of Uddingston and dismiss the 1,200 workers there. The Union s said talks broke Down after nearly five hour because the management insisted the workers make no use of the factory that would involve Competition with Caterpillar economists have advised the unions that the factory could employ 70 percent of its 1,200 Wor Foi " re it East German escapes and apparently Sej eed Reforce making spare parts for Earth moving Lipmen firms which would involve Supply Caterpillar s competitors. Caped West caught by lid tuesday def i a fortified r West be Lii i brought to 28 the trave escape Jerman is Vak Border to apparently Wasserman police said tuesday. The incident number of Easl was Lucr Bingo Fly lie a 15-Membcr Wun West Germany after arriving i _ weekend bus excursion from Czecho a. Authorities reported. Japanese first to ride Ito Cycle to North pole Towaf a japanese Adji Flurer Shinji Kazama Refici had the North Jinfon a,200cc motorcycle tues Ufier a May trip becoming the first person  pole by motorcycle an official at his Tolj gab Baj said. Satomi Monon said Lei Fryear old Kazama owner Donoto Cycle shop7%.tokyo. Had set out Fui Forward Hunt Island. 47imjl South of the nah pole accompanied by  Nea Fml two eskimos on two snowmobile a Horikawa said the report of Kazama Suto came from a base Camp at Resolute Bay in Canada. Car bomb kills 105 in sri Lanka co igbo sri Lanka a a car bomb exploded Al comic to s main bus terminal during the Rush hour tuesday Mui Tullos people and injuring More than 200 and raising twi i Juan from terrorist at tacks to nearly 250 in five official said wednesday. Some of the injured were in critical condition bums and other wounds he said. Many of the victims were trapped Minbu to death or died of smoke inhale lion Mcc said. Others were crushed in the scramble Bruf prands of commuters Irving to escape the Flam est the bombing was  attack since Friday on this Lush Island jul Yilth of India where tamil insure ants have Wazira four year War against the majority i Ren Independent nation. Tajall filled at least 142 people in attacks in North Eastern sri Lanka on Friday  of the victims were sinhalese . Tamils who make up log Amor sri Lanka s 16 million people Artun wit ants began a Campaign in july i 983 for slate in northeastern in Lanka and since lj.ljl5.000 people have been killed in the fighting. A Iii. After tuesday s bold null Ufa gangs began roaming the streets attacking tamil mint imposed a curfew in the capital. The government issued a statement blaming i tamil separatist groups the liberation tigers of tamil Ettara and the eelam revolutionary organization of students for the bombing. Eelam is what the tamils would Call the nation they want to establish. Orange from Page 1  widely used in Southeast Asia Dur ing the Viell Hlward was responsible for a Host of medical probe Ems j suffered by Vietnam i a committee of lawyers Fetteh Imge Elevans and their families reached the out of  with the seven manufacturers of agent Orange jul the Case went to trial. Some have contended that with More thajp15b,000 claims filed there is not enough a Gaff the settlement. Others criticized the Distri Hefflon plan which allots three fourths of the Monc a about 20,000 totally disabled vets or the us Ruffis of deceased veterans who claimed total disability from agent Orange. The rest of the Money Moffa go not to individuals but to set up rehabilitation and other services for the other 230,0001 Feinbero said that under the plan it is estimated that each of the 20,000 eligible claimants would receive $12,000 to $15,000, the appeals court in general upheld the distribution plan but struck Down Wein slain s propose Aijo Ai of a non profit foundation to pro yid of physio the 230,000. Instead the  should con Sider on a  programs and projects to assist be Leaf Teinberg said. The appeals court Felt that Jfe Murt would lose control of the Money if a lion were set up he said. Real remaining unknown that judge Wentlein Wili have to decide is what programs and projects hound he approve to help the huge number of remain a Mants Feinberg said. 27, 1986, the three judge panel which cd Jwj Ellsworth Van Graafeiland. Ralph k. Winter  extended its . A stay issued by the  in August 1985, prohibited Weinstein from  Money on consultants administrators and  needed to distribute the fund once the appeals Are decided. Nuclear from Page 1 the direction of an Appeal said plaintiffs attorney Stewart Udall of Phoenix ariz., a former . Interior Secretary it s an absolute certainty that Well pursue congressional Relief said rep Wayne Owens Dulah an attorney for the plaintiffs for nine years. However plaintiffs attorney Dale Haralson of Tuc son Ariz said he held out Little Hope Congress would act. He noted that it failed to pass legislation introduced in the Early 1980s which would Nave provided compensation for people with fallout related illnesses. I have no reason to believe that in View of the tremendous lobbying of the nuclear defense and nuclear Indus tries that there will Ever be any legislation that will compensate these people Haralson said at a news conference. Owens pointed out that Congress gave inhabitants of the Marshall islands $180 million compensation for nuclear testing in the Pacific yet the appeals court like Congress denied the same Relief to . Citizens. The discretionary function principle holds that Sovereign immunity is retained for any claim based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exer Cise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a Federal Agency or an employee of the govern ment whether or not the discretion involved be  the principle is the exception to the 1946 tort claims act that waived the government s Sovereign immunity in cases where plaintiffs allege wrongs. The courts at Over the country seemed to be re pealing the Federal ton claims an in favor of the King can do no wrong " said Udall. Judge Jenkins presided in 1982 Over a 13-week trial. In which 24 bellwether claims were selected from among 1,192 plaintiffs who contended thai fallout caused cancer and other maladies in some 500 Resi dents of Southern Nevada Southern Utah and Northern Arizona. More than a year and a half later he ruled in favor of the government on 14 of the 24 claims and postponed a decision in one Case. In nine cases Jenkins found the government failed 10 adequately warn or educate downwind residents of radial Ion hazards from the tests awarding damages in amounts ranging from $100,000 to $625,000. Linnas from Page 1 the estonian City of Tanu which held s nazi con trolled concentration Camp where he is accused of participating in mass murder during world War ii. An estimated 12,000 people were killed Al the Camp. After the conviction the soviet Union requested that linens be extradited from the United states. Linnas. Who emigrated to the United states in 1951, was stripped of his . Citizenship in 1981 for concealing his wartime activities. The . Supreme court upheld the decision the following year and he was or dered deported in 1983, it refused to Block his decor Union for the East time on a 6-3 vote. Standard procedure in the soviet Union allows an Appeal against the death sentence. Gerasimov also said Linnas can ask the supreme soviet for a Pardon but it should not take that body longtime lode cide