European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes tuesday january 5,19bb soviets plan to expand space station this year world today Moscow api soviet space officials plan to expand their orbiting space station this year and gather data on Gamma radiation and Man 3 newspaper re ported. Vyacheslav Balabanov Deputy director of the soviet Academy of science Institute of cosmic research. Laid the military newspaper Krasnaya zvezda hat Unicof the main goals of the soviet space program in the next five Yean will be to gather information about Mars to prepare for a possible manned flight. Balabanov said in the paper s sunday edition that the soviets will Lake pan in he International Phoe bus probe of Mars and its Moon. The probe is a be launched in july. New modules to be attached to the Mir spice Coc pie will study the Earth its atmosphere and the Pacific Oran he said. The orbiting space station is Home to cosmonaut Vladimir titty and Musi Sanarov. Who blasted off just before Christmas on a yearlong Mission. They replaced Alexander Alc Androv and Yuri Romanenko Romanenko had been in space for almost 11 months setting a space endurance record. Last april be soviets docked the kvant orbiting Laboratory to the space station and Balabanov s com ment indicated thai the spare Complex would continue to grow. Another Observatory the Gamma a will relaunched to carry out studies on Gamma radiation he said. Gamma rays Are electromagnetic radiation emitted from a radioactive substance. Tricy Are similar to x rays but they have a Shorter Wavelength. Soviet scientists plan to use opportunities in 1992 or 1994 to Send More probes to Mars to study its Atmo sphere and ground condition for the eventual Landing of a manned Light he said. Previously soviet scientists have talked about the possibility of a manned High to Mars which would take about three Yean Al the end of the Century. The lengthy flights of Romanenko and other Cosmo nauts Are viewed As an important indicator of whether human beings can withstand such Long periods of weightlessness. The four muted Spanish Navy mining ship Juan Sebastian de Alcsno renin a Cannon Salute us ii in Lim lit Melbourne Australia the ship was the bang up reception first of a flotilla of tall ships to arrive at Melbourne s Princess pier to Tike part in Australia s Bicentennial festivities. Japan May build aircraft Carrier Tokyo a Japan s defense Agency is consid ering development of an aircraft Carrier and a destroyer equipped with the sophisticated Aegis missile sys tem to protect its sea lanes a newspaper reported sunday. The yom Iuri Shimun said it obtained a document showing the defense Agency plans to build an aircraft Carrier modelled on the invincible class used by the British Navy. The plan details the performance capabilities or the vessel which would have a displacement of 16,000 tons and could provide a vertical take of and Landing platform for eight to id fighter jets the paper said. The invincible class which has a displacement of 16,000 tons provides command control and communications facilities As Well As facilities for aircraft. The mass circulation newspaper said the Carrier would be developed after Japan introduces a destroyer equipped with the Aegis missile system which can attack multiple targets simultaneously. In december the government approved a fiscal 1988 budget that allocates $31 million for Down payment on an Aegis system estimated to Cost $1.1 billion. The report did not give any estimated Cost for the planned aircraft Carrier. Defense Agency offices were closed sunday. A si49.6 billion defense plan for l�86-19 0. Adopted in 1985 under . Pressure Calls for in creased spending and improvement of military equip ment to boost Japan s defense capability. Under the plan the Marine self defense Agency Japan s Navy would create four fleets each confusing of eight escort ships and eight anti submarine helicopters the paper said. Toy Industry booming in Southern China province Tokyo a the toy Industry in China s South Ern Huangdong province is booming mainly because of the area s close  to Hong Kong the Xin Hua news Agency saw sunday there arc More than 1,000 toy factories in Guang Dong province up from Only a Doican in 1979, the report said. Last year the province earned More irian Al 16 Mil lion from Loy exports a 31.5 percent increase Over 196, according to the official news Agency monitored in Tokyo Southern China s relatively cheap land and huge labor Supply have attracted Kong Kong toy makers who Sci up factories in Guangzhou City and  the province. The City of Don Guan which had no Loy manufacturers five years ago has More than 300 toy factories now. Plan discourages travel to totalitarian states Stockholm Sweden a Stockholm s police Hoard is working on a proposal to recommend that police of Ficsori not Lite vacations in totalitarian Stales the newspaper Dagons nah ctr reported Sun Day. We cannot forbid private visits. But those who deliberately disregard these recommendations show poor judgment and that will be taken into consideration when they apply for new police jobs the police Board s vice chairman Roland Ohrn. Was quoted assaying. The Stockholm daily said the move followed a visit late last year by a group of swedish policemen to South Africa. The trip was sharply criticized in Sweden. He said swedish police visits can be used for propaganda As in the South Africa Case and there is always the risk thai intelligence services will find ways to make a of visiting policemen. Dagons nah Etc said that the Board had not yet decided which countries to mat Kolbl but that South Africa Chile and Romania had been mentioned. Dutch group claims record for Domino Chain reaction Rosalen Netherlands a dutch students Hare claimed a world record by setting off a Chain reaction that knocked Over More than 1,380,000 Domi Noci. The event staged at an automobile museum in this Southern dutch own was broadcast live on nation wide television. Student teams from three dutch universities had worked 12 hours a Day for the past month to Sci up the dominoes in an elaborate pattern illustrating european themes As diverse As the Arian space project and the wifi Howatch painting by Rembrandt. They set up a total of 1.5 million Dominoe.  number thai ultimately Lumb cd in the 4s-min Pic Chain reaction still has to be determined. The previous record of knocking Over 770,000 Dom inoes was set by another student group last year. Italian skier Dies in fait from open Cable car Merant Italy a an 18-year-old italian skier Wei killed and two other teen Ager were injured when they fell so feel onto a parking lot from an open Cable car monday police reported. Witnesses told police that the car packed with about 50 skiers had leh the Valley station on the mfr no 2,000 slope with its door open and without the conductor aboard. Police said the conductor was still helping people aboard when the Cable car was started from the Moun Tain end without warning. Some witnesses said that the three youths May have jumped in panic but police confirmed hat they fell from the ear. The dead youth was identified As Myrko lib Coli. Police said the injured youths Michael Zangara 13, and Alexander card to 17, were in serious condition