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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The sub and a types author Idieo us office. Ulic Tom Fob to , vol. 46, no.218 sunday november 22, 1987 d 6693 a inside stripes d doomed plane s co Pilot had few hours in dc-9s Page 2 d rubbing your friends the right Way Page 9 d Safe football championship today Page 25 App Sujlo Jessica walks holding her Mother Hud Jessica Mcclure ukes her first Steps out Side Hospital in Midland  19-month-old girl was rescued from an abandoned Well oct. 16. See Story. Page 28. Ariane rocket orbits West German satellite Kourou French Guiana a West German telecommunications satellite failed to deploy one of its two solar panels saturday hours after being placed into orbit in a perfect launch by Europe Saranc rocket officials said. French Premier Jacques Chirac raised the performance of the 20th ariane Mission As a Symbol of euro Pean Efficacy and a West German offi Cial said the solar panel problem on Theta sat satellite was not  tv-sat1 was placed in Transfer orbit Friday night 19 minutes after the 11 19 pm. Liftoff of the Arian 2 rocket from its South american Jungle base. It was the Arian program s second successful launch following a 16-Monlh hiatus during which All rockets were rounded because of third stage prob  launch appeared to confirm ariane As the West s Only regular launcher in the lucrative Market of putting commercial satellites into space. Andreas Lang Mcyr. Head of the to sat project for the West German government told reporters that  be attempted in space to get the panel into place. The situation is not dramatic at All said Langemeyer. It is simply Abnor Mal. A learn of engineers is studying the problem. Nothing is  he noted that the two solar panels Are not to be completely deployed until the satellite reaches its definitive orbit at22,500 Miles in about 24 Days. Technicians therefore have time Todeal with the faulty pane which failed to partially deploy. To sat which will service four Tele vision channels is to provide what is being billed As the highest Quality image to up to 300 million viewers around Europe. It is to go on line Early next  Arian program was restarted sept. 16, when the 19lh launch place european and australian communications satellites into orbit. The  program ariane s chief competitor was halted after the january 1986explosion of the space shuttle challenger. The United Stales has reverted to conventional rocket launchers similar to the Arian but on a halting  the soviet Union and China have satellite launchers and both coun tries have expressed an interest in launching Western satellites. A Houston based firm is negotiating with the soviet Union on behalf of some american companies for the soviets to launch Ameri can satellites China s Long March rocket has launched some Western satellite Over the past two  More ariane launch is scheduled for this year in december eight in1988 and nine in 1989. Reagan urges of of deficit Cut package Washington a president Reagan and the democratic chairman of the Senate budget committee joined saturday in urging congressional approval of a two year s76-billion deficit reduction package saying that it is a flawed but important step Forward. Reagan delivering his weekly radio address from the Oval office said As with All agreements that result from longhand difficult negotiations this agreement is probably not the very Best Deal that could have been struck but we have to begin  sen. Lawton Chiles. D-fla., the Senate budget committee chairman called he two ear package Good news for the nation saying we should have done Bel Ter. But the Money we did save is  gimmicks no accounting tricks no smoke no  congressional approval of the pact Isby no Means certain. Many republicans prefer the automatic cuts of the Gramm Rudman deficit reduction la to the 9 billion in new taxes in the first year of the Compromise package. Reagan ordered $23 billion ingramm Rudman cuts late Friday Al though Congress has 10 Days to prevent the cuts from taking effect by adopting the Compromise which would Cut about Sjo billion this fiscal year and �46 Bil lion in fiscal 1989. Reagan began his radio address with defense of his stewardship of the nation s Economy. Despite Stock Market fluctuations despite All you May have heard to the contrary he said the truth is the american Economy remains growing and  nevertheless the president said when he Stock Market plunged last month it became Clear that the time had come for dramatic action after outlining Friday s agreement he said while efforts to Cut the deficit fur ther must certainly continue this agreement will Send the right message atthe right Lime both to our own financial markets and to markets and govern ments around the  delivering the response for the democrats to the president s weekly address Chiles said yesterday was a red letter Day for the country. It marked the first Lime in years that Congress and the president were Able to reason together to reduce the Federal  the agreement will have its critics he said. But it should reduce the num Ber of sceptics who thought Congress and the while House could t work to  we Bruecken students win Battle of brains Bidav Walczak education  Germany the category was computers and 16-year-olded Breault Sal with his Finger on the but ton and his head in the  procedures asked Moder Ator Margo Reeder Are procedures which. A Call themselves answered Breault the High school Junior can Call himself and four teammates winners after his 10 Point answer enabled Zweibruck Zenhigh to capture the sixth annual inter Scholastic games  games featured questions ranging from the works of . Lawrence to in length of missing legs of an isosceles right Triangle making trivial Pursuit teem like Mere child s play. Brault was one of five members of the winning team which hosted 31 de panne no of defense dependent schools in Germany in a gathering where brains and Quick recall went to the head of the , a Junior credited his father for his knowing the answer that ended 20minutes of had to head Competition see brains on Page 28 is pm a Qia Sokhi Wei Truetken students from left de Bredull John Cuiry Derel Meyer Tat Chris can Pratl re to Brit a nuns Tat a Umatt  
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