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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, January 29, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 29. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 delay in resuming shuttle flights criticized Washington a two major figures of the highly successful Apollo Moon Landing program criticize what one Calls a frankly unnecessary delay in returning the shuttle to space and what the Oiher say Sis a fear of action a gridlock to Progress in the . Space program. Christopher c. Kraft former director of the John son space Center and far two decades a key Leader in inc american space program said wednesday m Guthe Long delay in resuming space shuttle nights is to tally unacceptable if the United states is 10 remain a major technological Power. If we see space night As a necessary element in our formula for National survival then a 2v4-year hiatus is totally unacceptable Kraft said at � symposium of the National geographic society the shuttle he said is a fantastic Nying machine thai will serve this country Well. We just need to go by it the National aeronautics and space administration announced wednesday thai space shuttle nights will resume on aug. 4. More than 31 months after in spacecraft Fleet was grounded As a result of the Chal Lenger Accident. Kraft said the Jan. Is 1986, acid Chi that destroyed challenger and killed a ctn astronauts has caused american leaders to Oncu More question the . Commitment to space. We seem to apply a unique and unusually restrictive set of criteria to the accidents that occur in space he said. Ifs opposed to those that occur on Earth _. Every time there is a fatal Accident in space the result is a Long and frankly unnecessary delay before continuing then we should re evaluate our  Kraft said every space Accident that has occurred sofar was caused by the frailty of Man and no matter to hard we try this kind of Accident will occur  in commercial air planes driving on the freeway or walking across the Street have their asks but we have All accepted the gains commensurate with these risks Kraft said. Why should space night be treated in any other Way following the challenger Accident virtually the entire spate shuttle system was re evaluated and parts fit redesigned and tested. Tests on solid rocket engines Ait still continuing. Nasa officials have defended that exhaustive an Roach As necessary to assure the highest safety Possi ble for shuttle missions. Meanwhile Samuel c. Phillips who organized the Apollo management system blamed a Lack of leadership from the White House Congress and Nasa formalise in the american space Effort in remarks pre pared for delivery thursday. We must get off the dime and Start doing some thing right now. That Means inc president the con Gress and Nasa Phillips said in the text of the an Nual Wernher von Braun memorial lecture he was to deliver at the National air and space museum thurs Day Phillips designed the Nasa management system Foric Moon program and was called Back to the space Agency after the challenger Accident to review the management slur Turc then in use. His recommendations caused a major Nasa overhaul presidents Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson were personally Commil cd to the space program and they articulated that commitment to inc Congress Phillips said in his prepared remarks. Unfortunately we Haven t seen n High level of presidential support since the end of the first Nixon  he said Loo Hal congressional committees Are so concerned with the budget deficit now that Money Given 10 Nasa is far too Little to sustain the level of investment necessary to mount an effective space pro  also criticized congressional micromanage ment for undermining the ability to develop a real Isle program regulations springing from the proc tutorial men laity born of Wate Jale Hilion a gridlock to Progress things done he  said the United Stales struggled to establish a Well denied space program almost since the Apollo astronauts first touched Down on the Moon in 1969. I m convinced Hal if we had Commil cd to a Mars Mission in 1969 with inc tame kind of determination and support we gave to the Apollo program today we d be in the final stages of a Mars voyage rather than being 20 years away As we still Are he said have generated a fear of a Chicago baby recovering offer being abandoned Chicago a a 7-month-old baby found abandoned in an initiated apart ment wearing a wet Snow mint bul no shoes socks or gloves will not need surgery to save her Frostbitten limbs As another child did last week doctors said wednesday. Dominique Starns was suffering from hypothermia and frostbite when found Early tuesday by a Friend of her 8-Ycar-old Mother. Wayne Brown said he had demanded that the icon Agar Tell him where inc baby was then discovered do Minique lying on Frozen rags in the abandoned West Side apartment. Officials said doctors estimated inc baby had been left alone for at least two Days but she was reported to be Fine wednesday amount Sinai medical Center. Carolina sums was charged Wilh Felon child abandonment. Prosecutors Mel wednesday to decide whether to ask judge to Gram temporary custody of the infant to the department of children an family services said Terry Levin spokes Man for the Cook county state s attorney. It was inc second Lime in As Many weeks a Young Mother from the Chicago Colombia visit results in search of luxury liner los Angeles api drug sniffing dogs were taken aboard the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth ii when it docked her wednesday and hundreds of passengers had to wait in line for hours As their Luggage was searched because the cruise had included a Slop in Colombia officials said. The Cunard liner made a Slop in car Ugena Colombia As part of a 107-Day, five co Lineni world cruise. All but about 350 of the ship s estimated1 400 passengers disembarked at the fort of los Angeles in san Pedro and the Cus Toms inspection look six hours said Thom As s. Winkowski assistant District director for customs. Nine drug sniffing dogs were take aboard the finer. Some passengers were searched bul the biggest Effort was opening and inspecting Luggage inside a Transil Bung there were no immediate reports of any drug discoveries or arrests. The agents and coast guard person Nel were enforcing a policy announced earlier this month to intensively search All ships and planes from Colombia. Area had been charged with abandoning child with no Protection against a numbing Midwest  average one abandonment a month and she Prilly much fits the pal Lern Dave Schneidman spokesman for the child welfare Agency said of Carolina Sims. Young single unemployed. Facing another Mouth to feed a responsibility Hal must seem overwhelming people should weep As much for the Mother As for the child he added. Everybody Here was cheered because she responded so Well to warming and she will nol lose any of her appendages a iiospi1.il spokeswoman said. She was dehydrated bul she s taking fluids  she said several callers already had offered to donate Money to help inc child and thai at least one offered to be come a Foster Parent. Brown said slams knocked on his door about Midnight monday. Said where is Hal baby " brow said. And she said. Can you keep a secret i said sure and she pointed Over to the next Block. 1 got my coat and she Dominique sums said where you going to get your baby girl. To gel your baby. She did t know if it was alive or dead he  thursday 9-year-old Darlwin Carlisle had her feet amputated below he knee at Chicago s Wyler children s Hospital because of complications from frostbite after she had been locked in an abandoned House in Gary ind. She was reported in Good condition wednesday said Wyler spokesman Jeff Caslan Ai officials there tried to Cope with a flood of mail and gifts that followed National news stories soul her plight. We re averaging atom 120 letters a Dayan maybe 20 packages he said. Or. Bennett Leventha who directs in University of Chicago child psychiatry department said wednesday that both do Minique and Darlwin Likely will face Uphill struggles to recover. For Theresa of their lives they la have to remember that somebody who should have cared for them and Prelec Ted them gave thai up and inc child paid the Price he said. 86 Comoro most popular Model with automobile thieves last year Detroit a the ear most pop ular with thieves last year Wasnam porsche or a Jaguar according to certified collateral corp., a Chicago company that provides insurance companies across the nation Wilh estimates of vehicles Market value. The most stolen car was the 1986 Chevrolet Camaro and the most stole import was the 1982 Toyota Corolla but it ranked Only 33rd on the Overall Lul followed by the 1582 Toyota celica. The third most stolen import was the 1981corolla, followed by the 1985 Maida ext of sports car. The 32 care Roost often reported stolen in 1987 were All general motors corp. Models of various years starting with the1986 Camaro. Certified collateral said. The 1984, i98i and 1982 Cornaros were also in the top 10.sam Barash chief operating officer of certified collateral said cars Are usually Sto Len for parts and no cd that parts on inc Camaro models Are often  Many can also be used on the More expensive iroc version of the Camaro. Also in the lop 10 were inc 1981 andi960 Oldsmobile Cutlass. 1986 Pontiac firebird 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass supreme 19ss Chevrolet Monte Carlo and 1981 Buick  and Pontiac transom parts Are interchangeable As Are parts on Many other pm Moduli pm spokeswoman june Moll stressed Hal the company s cars were no easier to steal than Olaf  40 Percy no and 50 percent of the vehicles on the Road arc pm mod Els and in s that prevalence which makes Ihm theft targets she  said the imports at the top of the list were older than their Domestic counterparts because foreign cars hold their resale value longer creating a mar Ket for  also noted that although the Ca Maro. Firebird maid rx7 and Toyota celica Are nol As High volume As other cars on the list they Are sporty cars often owned by younger people who drive them hard and wreck them often. The Driver of the Chevrolet celebrity or Plymouth reliant k. Is probably far less often in the kind of Accident when they need to gel parts Barash said. The Driver of thai rx7 is driving a Hicar thinks he s got himself a porsche for the Price of a Candy bar. He drives ii like n hot car and cracks it up a lot  the cars that would Stem most Likely to head the list porsche Jaguar Bow and Mercedes models Dion t appear among inc 100 cars thai account for she largest numbers  part it s because comparatively few of hem Are sold Barash said. But m addition parti from one of porsche s three models cannot be used on the other to. Jaguar Bow and Mercedes pans also cannot be switched from one Model 10 another. Certified collateral compiled the rank Ings from 99,86$ vehicle Market value Esti mates ii provided to insurance companies during 1987 for stolen car. In All it provided insurance companies with 700,000market value estimates for claims on dam aged or stolen cars last year. In 1986, the most stolen Domestic Model was the 1984 Camaro  
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