European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october to 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Dod will expand rocket Fleet to reduce dependence on Nasa s space shuttle new York not the defense department complaining that in will be Able to launch even fewer military pay loads from inc National aeronautics and Span administration s Span shuttle than it had expected plans a major expansion of its capacity to launch medium and heavy satellites with its own rockets officials said Friday. Under a plan disclosed by Secretary of the air Force Edward c. Aldridge the Pentagon Hopes to create a new Fleet of rockets with medium lifting capacity and to nearly double the number of Titan in rockets with heavy lifting capacity it will launch in the 1990s, the expansion of the rocket Fleet officials said reflects a growing movement within inc Pentagon to vastly reduce its dependence on the shuttle which has been grounded since the challenger disaster on Jan. 28, 1986. The new rockets would Bunch components of the defense satellite communications systems inc chief voice and video link with . Land and sea forces around inc world. Last january the air Force awarded a it billion contract to Mcdonnell Doug Las corp. To build a new Fleet of medium capacity rockets to launch military satellites. The Pentagon now has decided that a second Fleet of slightly larger Rock ets also is necessary. Pentagon officials say they have been rebuffed in their Effort Louse upwards of 80 percent of the remaining Nasa mis Sions to launch military satellites which they contend must Lake priority Over scientific and commercial pay loads. Nasa s leaders have contended privately that the Pentagon is using the challenger disaster As an excuse to build up its own space program rather than participate in a shuttle program that is largely outside military control. "1 l s not thai we arc leaving the shuttle one senior Pentagon official responsible Tor space operations said on Friday. The shuttle has Kofl  Nev Cieless the Hea Viest military reconnaissance satellites would still be launched by the shuttle. The additional Fleet could create an other Boom for the nation s rocket Mak ers who have been scrambling to build commercial and military vehicles Capa ble of lifting payloads originally intended for inc shuttle. Among the leading candidates to build the medium lift vehicle ii As the new project is being called Are general dynamics corp., Mcdonnell Douglas and Martin Marietta. However Pentagon officials said bidding will no1 begin unti Congress appropriates funds. In a speech last week Aldridge Dis closed that the air Force has decided to greatly increase the production rate of Titan ivs the military s largest unmanned rocket. Previously plans called for the launching of five or six. Titan ivs a year each bearing some of the nation s heaviest spy and communications sat Ellics. The new plan Calls for increasing that Rale to up Waits of 10 launching year in the Early 1990s. Each launching costs More than $ 100 million. Aldridge is also seeking funds for a additional Titan in launching pad Al Vandenburg fab calif., and to modify an existing pad tar the Titan in at Cape canaveral air Force station a.  with care Richen Colonna an by year old patient at a Newhaven Conn Hospital received this stamped and addressed banana in the mall from her Niece Robert Vicchio. Colonna 1$ on a restricted diet and bananas Are the Only frail she can eat Robertson compares reporters to Sharks in a feeding frenzy Mitu or adv Tatt  .4_. I _ in it re h new York a comparing reporters to Sharks in a feeding frenzy Republican presidential hopeful pal Robertson kept up his attack on the news Media Friday for delving into his personal life. Regarding reports of inaccuracies with regard to his education his military service and the birth of i first son 10 weeks after his marriage Robenson accused the Media of playing games with the tiny Little pieces of minutiae that Don t mean  it s almost like Sharks that have a feeding frenzy but there s no blood in the water on this one and i m not falling and i m going ahead stronger than Ever Robertson told reporters at a news conference before a fund raising dinner at a Manhattan hotel. I did not embellish my record what i said was absolutely truthful,1 Robertson said. There is absolutely no reason to play these Little Petty games that he Washington Post is  Robertson has acknowledged his son was conceived prior to his wedding but maintains hat he thought of himself and his wife Dede As married beginning on the Day of the Conception March 22, 19s4. They were legally married aug. 27 that year just 10 weeks before their first child was born. He said the revelation thai his son was conceived before marriage came from a reporter s interview with a former classmate at Yale Law school. Regarding we Cher he was actually in a combat zone during the korean War Robertson said it is consid ered and has been reported by two major generals., that where 1 was was combat absolutely i was out Anonymous purchaser pays record $ 1. 1 million for stamp in he  meanwhile the Atlanta journal and inc Atlanta Constitution reported that a Robertson aide discovered in Advance that an advertisement placed in a South Carolina newspaper misstated Robertson s Mili tary record but decided Haj it would Cost Loo much to pull the and. The four Page Glossy newspaper insert which  sept. 13 in the Florence morning news said Robinson earned three Bronze Stan in he korean War. A Marine corps spokeswoman said Robertson actually was awarded three stars coincidental made of Bronze that signified his participation in three campaigns in the War. The Bronze Star medal is awarded for heroism or meritorious achievement. The Robertson Campaign placed a correction in the paper two Days later. Connie Snapp Robertson s communications director said she Learned of the error two or three Days before the and s publication but did not change it be cause it was running Only in one newspaper in preparation for test Market polling. I decided that since it was a lest i did t have the time or the Motley to reprint in Snapp said. She said Robertson noticed the mistake when he read the and two or three Days before its publication. He caught he Marine thing and beat me up a lot 1 can assure you that she said. The advertisement Cost $6,000 to print and s1,300 to place in the newspaper said Richard Quinn a Columbia , Media consultant who wrote the copy for it. New York a an Anonymous collector has paid a record $1.1 million for a two cent postage stamp issued by a private company in Pittsburgh in 1852, a dealer said Friday. In was sold loan Asiatic Bank acting for a collector who wants to remain Anonymous said the dealer Marc Rousso of coach investments inc. He would not reveal the name of the Bank. Coach investments bought the stamp he Only one of its kind known to exist from David Champagne a dealer in Mel Bourne ra., about two weeks ago Rous so said. He declined to say How much coach investments had paid for the stamp and Champagne could not be reached for comment. The stamp known As a lady Mcgill was produced by the . Dal Las co., which guaranteed same Day de livery in Pittsburgh. If a letter was posted before 10 . They guaranteed delivery within the City by noon and if posted before 4 ., it was guaranteed before 6  Pretty amazing he Rousso said. It s a new discovery really Rousso added. A. Dallas had a very Short life. In 1853, or. Dallas died so that s Why it s the Only piece known. In is an Uncan celeb mint  the previous world record Price for a single stamp was set in 1981, when a five Cert Blue Alexandria . Cover is sued nov. 25, 1846, was purchased by Gcorge Normann for s1 million from an Anonymous seller according to the cur rent edition of the guinness Book of world records. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. Ii 1947 Havanah the jewish underground army began moving its troops to five Points along the lebanese syrian Border presumably As a counter to Arab forces converging on the holy land. 30 years ago today. Oct. 11,1957 right hander Lew Burdette shut out the new York Yankees i-0on a seven Hitler As the Milwaukee braves won their first Ever world series championship four games to three. It was Burdic Etc s third Victory in the series be became the first Pitcher in 37 years to win three series games. 20 years ago foe a. Oct. Ii 1967 Bolivia officially announced that Ernesto Che Guevara former right hand Man of cuban Premier Fidel Castro was shot along with seven other guerrillas in a Battle with bolivian rangers on oct. 8. 10 years ago today. Oct. Ii 1971 amnesty International. I reorganization that fights Man s inhumanity to Man throughout the world won the 1977 Nobel peace Ponze. Al the same time the 1976 prize withheld last year was presented to leaders of the Northern Ireland women s peace movement