European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. January 15,1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 soon to head fur Greece Are the urea to will Pilot Daedal. From left Glenn Tremml of new i Laven. Conn. Frank Clowia Scranton a. Erik Schmidt Boulder Colo and it Nell Kanell Putos Rah Ncik Greece. Human powered flight to follow mythological course of Daedalus los Angeles Dpi a human powered flying machine will Lake to the air later this year on a flight from Crete to Greece fallowing a course that closely reflects the mythological trip of Daedalus. The Birdlike Daedalus was devel oped by o group of scientists and Engi neers from the Massachusetts Institute of technology and its flight will de Pend on muscle tone and sweat project officials said wednesday. The officials say the flight patterned closely to one made 3,500 years ago by the mythological greek craftsman Daedalus who flew the route on wings of Wax and feathers is planned for sometime this Spring. The decision to Fly a slightly differ ent route from that of Daedalus was made after a great Deal of consideration and consultation with the greek government project Engineer John Langford told a news conference. It is important to remain Rue to the mythological origins of Daedalus and Knossos where legendary Palace and its labyrinth. Arc in Iraklion he said. The new flight plan will begin in Iraklion on Crete and travel 74 Miles to Santorini which adds iwo extra Miles to the course taken by Daedalus. If successful the 3-year-old project will set a record for the longest human powered flight Over water. Meteorological reasons favor the new flight schedule As Well Langford added. The new flight will not be significantly different As it is the air Dis Tance thai  2 out of 3 launches fail in test Cape canaveral a. A army troops successfully hunched a per Illing to missile thursday but were unable id Mil of others off the Pound be cause flight batteries failed to switch on in the final seconds before liftoff. Soldiers based in Germany and fort Sill olla., had brought four missiles 10 Cape canaveral intending to launch three of them to test new computer soil Ware for the nuclear weapon. One of the missiles wa5 designated a spare. The first pending ii boiled off a to bile launch pad and hurled an unarmed warhead 10 an Atlantic Ocean target Sev eral Hundred Miles away. Dave Harris a spokesman for the army missile come reported the flight was successful. When the countdown on Hie second missile reached the final seconds a com Puter sensed hat a Battery needed to Power the weapon in flight had not been activated and automatically halted the count Harris said. The spare missile then was counted Down but the same thing happened he added. The army then called off launch activity for the Day As engineers sought to determine what went wrong. Askea i Fth Batty to failures could be associated with the new computer software hams said that can t be rated out a total of 108 penning ii missiles each capable of hurling a nuclear War. Head 1,200 Miles arc based with . Troops in Germany. These missiles would be destroyed under terms of the intermediate Range nuclear Force treaty signed last month by president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. But that treaty first must be ratified by the Senate and then he two nations have three years to dispose of the mis Sites covered by the pact. Since we will have per things for at least three years we want to keep them up to Dale Harris said. He said the computer software in he missiles launched thursday had been changed a a result of experience gained since the system was  . Man charged in false plane crash report Laconia . A a Man charged wednesday in an elaborate plane crash has was heard through an open window by a neighbor As he imitated a Down d Pilot Over a clicking microphone officials said. Mark Blair in pleaded innocent to a Misdemeanour false alarm charge in Laco Nia District court and was released on 11,000 rail. Judge David Huol scheduled a hearing for feb. 3, a court official said Blair also is suite Etc in two other Homics and could face Federal charges authorities said. Police said Blair talked by radio for four hours with a Navy flier Friday night and said he was in a Small Jet that crashed during a heavy snowstorm kill ing one and injuring three. The Navy Pilot also selected intermit tent beeping from an emergency aviation transmitter. The report sparked a search that involved As Many As 100 people 15 pan five helicopters six police agencies a snowmobile club and dog teams the search Cost up to 150,000, said Harold Bulur the state aeronautics director. During a news conference wednesday Laconia police it. John Maclennan said notice seized radio equipment from Blair s apartment tuesday night. Mac Lennan said one radio was capable of transmitting on the emergency frequency used in the Noah. Police said a witness who was in a parking lot outside Blair s apartment Fri Day night said he heard a microphone clicking through an open window and heard Blair say i am in trouble. I am losing Wood statements the Navy Pilot also reported hearing. Maclennan said Blair also is suspected in a september 1987 false report by aviation radio of a Small Jet going Down in the Ocean off Portsmouth . That report sparked a massive coast guard search. And Blair May be responsible for a false report about two years ago that two planes had collided Over Concord Mac Lennan said. Fri agent Bruce Gallagher said Federal chaises May be filed against Blair for providing false and misleading information to government agencies. If convicted Blair could face 10 years in prison and a minimum $250.000 Fine Gallagher said. No Federal charges were filed As of wednesday afternoon the Fri said. Students thinking More about Money study finds Washington a College freshmen this car arc thinking More about mating Money and less about the meaning of life than did earlier classes of new University students according to a study released wednesday the annual Urcla american Council on education Survey of nearly 290,000 freshmen found that being very Well off financially is one of the top goals of College freshmen. A record number 75-6 percent identify this As an essential or very important life goal in 19r7. Up from 73.j percent last year. 70.9 percent in 1985 and nearly double the level recorded in 1970 39.1 percent said the report entitled the american freshman National norms for fall 1987." in contrast Only 39.4 percent listed developing a meaningful philosophy of life As a top goal. Twenty years earlier 82.9 percent of the freshman Survey in 1967 listed that As an  goal. These trends Over he past 20 years suggest a gradual but profound Shin not Only in students values but also in the values of the larger society the report said. The concern Over financial Malutt shows up in the students intended majors with a record 24.6 percent planning to major in business up from 24.1 per cent in 1936 and More than double the 1966 figure of 11.6 percent. But interest in the generally lower pay ing teaching Field also has increased try More than two thirds since 1982," according to the Survey. This year 8.1 per cent of Floc students entering College plan. To pursue careers As elementary or secon Dary school teachers up from 7.3 per cent last year and the Low Point of 4.7 percent in 1982." but those fisc still arc far lower than those of a generation earlier. Back in 1968, 23.5 percent Espres cd interest in teaching. The report i the 22nd annual Survey on College freshmen s attitudes. Sponsors said the Survey Sample was adjusted statistically to give an indication of the views of All 1.6 million students who embarked on College careers this fall