European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. March 13, 1988 the stabs and stripes Page 3 soviets storing missiles near chinese Border Moscow up the soviet Union is storing intermediate and Shorter Range ss-i2 and ss-23 mis silo withdrawn from East Germany and Czechoslovakia near the town of Sarozek close to the chinese Border where they will be destroyed once the . Senate ratifies the inf treaty he Tass news Agency said saturday. Soviet officials look a group at journalists from communist countries to Sarozek 125 Miles Northeast or the Kazakhstan capital of Alma a to witness the arrival of a train Toad of missiles from East Germany. Sar Youck is the sole site in the soviet Union designated to handle the eventual destruction of the mis Siles Tasi said. The soviets began withdrawing the missiles late last month As a sign of Good Faith Bat the . Senate will ratify the intermediate Range nuclear forces inf treaty which eliminates All land based uni Ulics with ranges Between 300 and 1,400 Miles within three years. Under the pact the United slates will destroy 359 missiles and the soviet Union 1,752. However soviet military official said the missiles that have been dismantled Bud withdrawn from East Germany and Czechoslovakia will not be destroyed until the treaty is ratified. The pact was signed by president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev at last december s Washington Summit. Tass said a Tula of 21 ss-12 and ss-23 missiles have already arrived in Sarozek aboard two trains. Another four rain loads Are on their Way u the stockpiling site the news Agency said. European space Agency basis French . Safe Tes into orbit Kourou French Guiana a the european space Agency fired its first Arian 3 rocket into space this year in a flawless launch that carried two telecommunications satellites one american and one French into orbit. Officials called Friday night s launch of the West s Only Active commercial satellite launcher a Complete Success with Alt operations perfect. It was ariane s 21st launching and the first of eight planned for this year. The ariane 3 placed into orbit France s telecoms 1c and the american space not Ilir Geo Star Roi which includes facilities for the associated press. Technicians said the two satellites placed into an orbit above the Equator reached an Altitude of 22,554 Miles. The critical Day for the space net satellite is wednes Day when its own motor ignites to move it into its definitive orbit 87 degrees West above the Equator. Liftoff from the space Agency s Jungle base on the Northern coast of South America came at 8 28 . The third stage engine which caused problems in three of ariane s four failed launching ignited nor Mally four minutes after Blastoff officials said. Twenty minutes after Blastoff the rocket separated from its payload thrusting the two satellite into go stationary Transfer orbits Frederic d tallest president of Arian space the european space Agency s commercial Arm immediately announced plans for launches on May 11 and at the end of May. One would be a demonstration of the More powerful ariane 4 rocket described by Esa As the new generation of the european  this Success enables us to envision the ambitious program of eight launches a year d Chest said after the launch. For thai vigilance and rigorous Neas Are  some experts estimate the commercial space Market will be Worth More than is billion per year after 1991. Including Friday s payload Arian space has 43 satellites on its order books Worth $2.36 billion Accord ing to the company. To keep up with the orders the Kourou space Center has made two launch pads available. The launch Friday was first scheduled for Decem Ber but was delayed for extra tests after abnormalities were selected in the oxygen and liquid Hydrogen third stage engine. We preferred to Lake the time to understand the problem,1 said d tallest. Third stage engine failure was the cause of failed Arian launches to september 1982, september 1983 and May 1986. The last failure the 18th launch left the rocket grounded for More than a year. Another failed launch occurred in May 1980 be cause of a problem with the first stage engine. The 21st launch thrust into orbit the get space net corp fifth satellite aimed at increasing the company s telecommunications services in the United Stales and helping set up a system of satellite communication with Mobile units such As trucks cars and trains. The satellite has an expected lifetime of 10 years and weighs 1,674 pounds before liftoff and 1,562 pounds in orbit. Get up Accel lost a satellite in the 193 failed launch. The two transponders on the Coslar that were Pur chased by the a Are to provide the new York based news cooperative with Domestic satellite delivery serv ices Over the Neil 10 years. The satellite now being used is hearing the end of its operational service. The telecoms is third in a series of satellites owned by France telecoms the state owned telecommunications system. It is to replace telecoms 1 a which broke Down Jan. 1 5. With the . Space shuttle grounded and America s Titan 4 and Delta rockets not yet competitive ariane remains the Only Active launcher for commercial satellites in the West. A photo Prince Charles on Arr Tel in London Friday. Victim s family does t blame Prince Charles London a the family of the Man killed by an Avalanche when Prince Charles led him and other friends off the regular ski runs and on to dangerous slopes near the Kloster resort in Switzerland say they Don t blame the Prince for his death. Audrey Lindsay Mother of the dead Man maj. Hugh Lindsay was quoted by the British Domestic news Agency press association on sat urday As telling a relative i Don t blame any body. It was an unfortunate  the daily Telegraph quoted Lindsay s brother in Law maj. Ian Daniell As saying if Prince Charles has been blaming himself it is not Justi fied. He can have a Clear conscience on  Lindsay s funeral is expected to take place at the Royal military College at Sandhurst on thursday provided Legal matters arc settled in time his regiment the 9lh/l2th Royal lancers said saturday. The service in the memorial Chapel will be followed by a private cremation Cnnon Kenneth Parry of St. Peter s Church in Budt Elgh Salter on in Devon said Lindsay s ashes would be scattered Over the Ideal Cricket ground. The major who played Cricket pro posed to his wife at Bud Ocieh Sanction Cricket ground and stipulated that his ashes should be scattered there. Canada continues to bar use of . Plywood Washington a the Canad an mortgage and housing corp. Has re fused to revise building codes that have effectively barred american manufactured plywood from being used in Canada the Commerce department said Fri Day. A change in the Canadian building codes is a key part of the plywood provi Sions in the proposed .-Canada free Trade agreement and rep. Ron Wyden a orc said that Congress will have to get Tough with the canadians in writing provisions to implement the agreement. Rep. Don Honker a wish said he was disappointed in the Canadian Deci Sion and that while he thought the Over All free Trade agreement was an Excel Lent package on this provision our negotiators got taken to the  Claire Buchanan a Commerce department spokeswoman declined com Mcnol but said the decision was under review. The Reagan administration had linked the elimination of plywood tariffs on both sides of the Border to a revision in construction regulations by the Chc a government controlled mortgage authority. Canadians insist american plywood is not sturdy enough to withstand the harsh climate of Canada a claim officials of the american plywood Industry say is unfounded. Rep. Peter Difazio d-ore., called the Canadian refusal protectionism Plain and  if the administration gives in to this they Are just confirming it will be one Way free Trade and that will be a disaster for the Northwest plywood Industry do Fazio said. While construction sponsored by chm accounts for Only 10 percent of Canada s construction plywood Market administration officials had hoped it would be a fool in the door for Ameri can plywood manufacturers and that changes would eventually be made in other building codes thai have restricted . Imports. The door got slammed Loday Wyden said. This represents a major inequity in the free Trade agreement and it is just More fodder for our position that we need Tough enabling  Oregon is the top plywood producing state in the nation. Wyden Difazio and other Northwest congressmen at a House subcommittee hearing last week had warned that the free Trade agreement would do Little 10 open the Canadian Market to Macri Iii manufactured plywood while Al the same time it would give Canadian plywood manufacturers unrestricted Access to american markets. The agreement Calls for the total elimination of the 20 percent . Tariff on Canadian plywood and the 15 percent Canadian Tariff on . Plywood Over 10 years. Wyden and others have suggested that a provision be inserted in the treaty s implementing language that would Call for a review of american Access to the Canadian Market before . Tariff an totally eliminated. It looks like that s the Way we will have to go Wyden said