European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May �9, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Academy grads embark on careers by the associated press the Bicentennial of the Constitution is a reminder of he armed forces responsibility to protect american freedoms. Army chief of staff Gen. John a. Wick Ham Lold graduating cadets wednesday at West Point meanwhile air Force Secretary Edward a and Ridge or. Told air Force Academy graduates hat president Rea Gan s defense buildup has greatly improved the Force s capabilities. At ceremonies at West Point n.y., Wickham noted the Constitution was written 200 years ago this summer and told the . Military Academy Grad Twilight zone1 jury resumes deliberations los Angeles a a court stenographer wednesday ended five Days of Reading Back testimony to jurors who then resumed deliberations in the twi Light zone manslaughter trial. The jurors who had asked to hear a repetition of four witnesses testimony shortly after their deliberations began had been closeted along Wilh the stenographer and four alternates. It took 16 hours for All of the testimony to be repealed. Afterwards the alter nates left the jury room and the regular jurors resumed deliberations. The panel recessed after Only a half Day because one juror had a personal appointment. Director John Landis and four others associate producer George Forscy jr.,production manager Dan Aji Ingham special effects coordinator Paul Stewart and helicopter Pilot Dorcey Wingo recharged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of actor Vic Morrow 53, and two children Myca Dinhle 7, and Renee Chen 6. The three died july 21, 1982, when a helicopter hovering amid special effects explosions crashed on of of them Dur ing filming if a Vietnam War scene for Twilight zone the  the jurors have Slid they want to View the footage of the disaster again. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 29, 1947 Twenty six former nazis convicted of killing tens of thou Sands of prisoners at the Mau Hausen concentration camp1 near Linz Austria were executed of the Gallows at lands Berg Germany prison. 30 years ago today. May 29, 1957 As a result of anti american noting on Formosa the United states was reportedly considering a reduction in american personnel on the chinese nationalist held Island. 20 years ago today. May 29, 1967 egyptian president gems Abdel Nasser said israeli aggression against any Arab state would reconsidered an act of total War and if other nations intervened there would be no Suez  to years ago foray ,. May 29. 1977 dutch authorities in Glimmer Netherlands backed by a Small army ready to Rush in should their efforts fail continued talks to secure the release of 60 adults held by moluccan gunmen on a hijacked Irain and a a nearby school. More than 100 schoolchildren were released a Day earlier. Yalcs just As the United states Constitution was designed for All Ages America will always need soldiers of character for All seasons to defend the  the Academy commissioned 1,017 graduates As army second lieutenants Whitener Colorado Spring colo., the air Force Academy graduated 968 cadets. Wickham a 1950 West Point graduate told the cadets they arc assuming leadership at a historic  our challenges in peacetime per haps have never been greater. At Home we face increasingly constrained fiscal resources As the Congress struggles to Al locate funds for competing National priorities. Abroad the soviets continue to modernize their  and Ridge also looked ahead to the future of the graduating air Force class telling the cadets you Are coming into an air Force that is far better equipped better rained and More combat ready than at any time in  the most important technological advances the air Force has made have been space related he said. There Are Many More challenges in space in new sys tems and in leading the forces that sup port and maintain those  the 903 men and 114 women graduating at West Point ended the ceremony by tossing their hats into the air. Taking the dubious Honor of class launch effects on Booster o rings prior to launch a pressurized joint no swelling of Booster segments 0 rings hold in place Normal launch abnormal pressure of burning launch primary ring fuel swells Booster fails to fill Gap segments rotates secondary ring joint pushes primary holds but hot gases ring into Gap erode through rings Chaga Tif tuna graph the sown natural Aero Butco and Span  end Chi Ciuci Tif Cune now report space shuttle Booster flawlessly test fired Brigham City Utah a a spectacular two minute test of a space shuttle Booster went off without a hitch wednesday with no evidence of fuel leakage officials said. It was a major Milestone. It was a very Good lest said Allan Mcdonald Morton Thi Okol inc s director of solid rocket design. It was absolutely Jubi Lant for me. There were times when 1 wondered if it would Ever happen the firing of i. I million pounds of solid fuel in the horizontal 126-foot Booster created a 600-foot flame and sent a Cloud of smoke and dust spiral ing several thousand feet into the air from a test Bay 25 Miles West of Here. The $13 million Lesl Drew cheers from 300 officials from Morton Thio to and the National aeronautics and space administration including the five member Crew scheduled to Fly the shuttle discovery in june i sols. The test produced 1 million pounds of thrust at its maximum Point and an average 2.6 million pounds of thrust Overall and burned9,000 pounds of fuel per second officials said. The air temperature at the Lime was about 73 degrees. Preliminary results of the test of Booster components designed to overcome cold and to strengthen the rocket s a Pink seals indicated Engi neers achieved several major goals Mcdonald said further tests will be conducted in he next two weeks. This test firing featured new wraparound electrical healers on each of the Booster s three joints to maintain pre test temperatures of 75 degrees to 120 degrees fahrenheit in the of rings. Goat the lowest ranking Cadet was Zane Wood of Columbus a. The Academy s most famous goal since the Academy was founded in 1802 was George Custer. The 859 men and 109 women graduates at Colorado Springs cheered when Aldridge gave them the traditional am Nesty Lor unnerved punishments. That was fun Aldridge said. Each graduating class had one Rhodes scholar. Cadet 1st class Hoang Nhu Tran of Thonert Park Calif whose fam ily fled Vietnam was the air Force Academy s Rhodes scholar. At West Point brigade Cape John Tien 23, of Cerritos calif., the son of a chinese immigrant was the Rhodes scholar. Monitor studied by robot Hatteras . A an under water robot examined wreckage of the Monitor thursday As researcher tried to determine if the civil War ironclad should be raised from the Ocean floor 16 Miles off the North Carolina coast. We have put the drone in the water but we Don t have any pictures yet said Dane Konop of the National oceanic and atmospheric administration. Archaeologists and scientists will spend the next iwo weeks using the submersible robot called deep drone to explore the wreckage. Using the Remote controlled vehicle instead of divers re searchers will map the site locate and photograph any nearby artefacts and examine the physical condition of the wreck. Today we were just trying to get the equipment up and running Konop said wednesday. We be accomplished that major  the Salvage ship Apache which was used to recover parts of the space shuttle challenger from the Atlantic after it was destroyed in an explosion in january 1986, is anchored Over the site of the Monitor wreckage. The Navy and Noaa Are sponsoring the expedition which is expected to Cost about 11,8 million. Federal officials will decide later whether the wreckage should be left 200 feel below the surface of the Atlantic or whether All or part of it should be raised Konop said. If it s in imminent danger of collapsing it will increase pressure to bring it up he said. If it s stable it May be Best to leave it where it is. Well find out when we get Down there the steel plated vessel Sank in a Giorni in 1862. Until the wreckage was discovered in 1974, its location had remained a mystery. Scientists have no plans to recover artefacts from the wreck. On previous expeditions divers recovered a 1,300-Pound Anchor a lantern bottles and other items from the 170-foot vessel. The Monitor is considered the fore runner of All Modem naval ships. Nomarch 8, 1662, the Union ship fought its famous Battle with the Confederate Iron Clad Merrimack. In 1975, the Monitor was designated As the nation s first National Marine Sanctuary a measure that placed it under Noaa jurisdiction. The depart ment of the Interior designated the wreckage a National historic landmark in 19s6