European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars  stripes tuesday August 9,1988 stateside falling soviet nuke satellite ecuadorean Jet seized i i c in cocaine smuggling Case Droit its a Lonnino do . New York a the . Customs service has of " of T ecuadorean t d the  seized an ecuadorean jetliner  arrested a Crew member accused of smuggling cocaine an official said. The ecu Toriana airlines do 10, which arrive from Quito was seized at Kennedy International air port saturday after cocaine was found in Luggage be longing to flight attendant Edwin Patricio Aguirre 28, said customs spokesman Jeff Margalit. Officers found 14 pounds of cocaine in a false Side of the suitcase during a routine examination Margalit said. Under the customs service s Zero tolerance pro Gram ecu Toriana faces a potential penalty of $220,000  forfeiture of the Jet. Aguirre of Ecuador was held pending a detention hearing Friday authorities said. Roof collapse damages Kiplinger press equipment Hyattsville my. A an 80-Square-Footsection of the roof of the Kiplinger Washington Edi tors printing Plant collapsed saturday dumping six inches of roof water onto the presses below fire officials said. There were no reported injuries. Drains on the roof apparently were unable to handle Large amount of rain that fell during a thunderstorm said Tony Destefano spokesman for Prince George s county fire  Plant is owned by the Kiplinger Washington editors which publishes the Kiplinger letters  changing times  water flowing through the 40-by-40-foot roof Hole damaged Rolls of paper Ink  printing equip ment. By Norman Black a military writer Washington Federal officials have begun contingency planning in Case an out of control soviet satellite powered by a nuclear reactor plunges to Earth in the United  the moment we Don t anticipate at All that it will land on the United states says Peg Malloy spokeswoman for the Federal emergency management Agency. But we need to have our act together to re Spond to any catastrophic emergency so we re coordinating an inter Agency Effort right  planning work has drawn together representatives from the departments of defense state health an human services  Energy in addition to the Environ mental Protection Agency the spokeswoman added. The various agencies Are working to tailor Fema general Federal radiological emergency response plan to Deal with the possibility of radioactive satellite piece being spread across the Countryside Malloy said. The Agency s radiological emergency plan was Origi Nally developed in the Wake of the three mile Island nuclear Plant disaster she  concern of the planners is a nuclear powered Ocean surveillance satellite launched by the soviet Union last december 12 to keep track of . Navy vessels. The satellite designated by the soviets As cos mos 1900, began its life in space in a Low circular orbit about 160 Miles above Earth s surface. Soviet controllers unexpectedly lost radio Contact with the Craft in april  the soviet news Agency Tass reported May 11 that the satellite could fall to Earth in August or september. Soviet officials have insisted there is no reason to fear radioactive debris from the spacecraft s re entry. But according to Pentagon officials the soviets have apparently been unable to separate either the nuclear reactor or the fuel Section from the rest of the satellite two common safeguards. That raises the possibility Cosmos 1900 could re enter the atmosphere in one piece meaning it might not Burn up completely. That could spread harmful radioactive debris just As Cosmos 954 did Over Canada in 1978.the orbit of Cosmos 1900 is continuing to decay  the spacecraft is now under constant surveillance Gillies  is not imminent Navy cmdr. Dugald Gillies said. But the period for a revolution is continuing to decline  it s continuing to come in closer to Earth. We re keeping a close watch on  while the . Space come is not yet prepared to predict when the soviet satellite will re enter the  sphere the european space Agency in Paris said last wee kit thought the plunge would occur in mid september. Cosmos 1900 is expected to re enter around the Middle of september give or take four weeks the Agency said in a statement. Only a few Days before the satellite re enters can the entry location be predicted. Until then experts can Only say that Cosmos 1900will re enter somewhere Between latitudes 65 degrees North  65 degrees South meaning anywhere inthe world Between the Arctic  Antarctic circles. Should Cosmos 1900 fall within . Borders Fema will have an emergency response team ready Malloy said. I could t take the heat Vinyl siding on a House in Brooklyn blame. Cause of the shr Veling was a firen.y., is curled no from too much heat in a House across the Street that trans but the 90-degree weather is not to fitted its heat to the opposite Home. Heavenly Light show expected late in week by the Baltimore Sun when the perseid meteor Shower peaks in the night sky thursday  Early Friday  if the heavens remain Clear observers will be treated to the Best viewing of the annual August Light shown nearly a decade. The meteor Shower coincides this Yea with the new Moon  should put on a highly visible show of up to 50 shooting stars an hour at its maximum. Last year s perseid Shower was a disappoint ment for viewers in North America be cause of Competition from the full Moon. It s usually Best for viewing meteor Between Midnight  Sunrise because the Earth is moving into them. It s sort of a head on collision said James o Leary director of the Davis planetarium at the Maryland science Center. The actual Peak of activity in the Northeast occurs at 8 . Thursday according to the . Naval  will have to wait until Well after Sunset to begin picking out meteor slow in the Northeast sky. As the night goes on the Perseus Constellation from which they seem to radiate  for which they Are named rises slowly through the East to High inthe Southeast o Leary said. By 3 a.m., the meteor Shower should be about two thirds of the Way up from the horizon  nearly overhead by Sunrise. The perseid Are the oldest known meteor Shower of the 10 or so visible from Earth Over the course of a year. It s on of the two Best for naked Eye viewing. The other is the geminis of mid de Cember which often Benefit from the clearer skies of Winter. Also known As the tears of St. Law rence since medieval times because of their appearance around St. Lawrence s feast Day of aug. 10, the perseid were first reported in . 36 by the chinese  were observed As Early As . 811 in Europe. But the perseid have exhibited highly individual pattern Over the centuries rewarding observers with nearly 250meteors an hour in 1921 but virtually disappearing in a period around 1911.the last Good year was 1980, with As Many As 120 sightings reported. Forgetful husband reunited with wife he left at Gas station West Greenwich . A Aman got Back together with his wife Early monday after a five hour separation that resulted when he drove away from a Gas station thinking she was asleep in the Back Only to find out she had gone tothe restroom police said. Edward k. Hart 62, of Huber Heights Ohio realized his wife Emma Lou 56, was missing after he stopped 100 Miles away at a Mcdonald a bought her a cheeseburger but found the Back of his Van empty upon returning. Hart went Back to the Gas station butt was closed. He then contacted state police. They directed him to a state police Barracks where his wife was waiting for him. I stopped to get some Gas. As i went outland slammed the door she went out the other door to go to the bathroom the re tired businessman said monday. I went Down the Road about 100 Miles to get some thing to eat  she was t there. It was just one of those things that happen. She understood. She forgave  Tim Hart 19, said both parents called Home but the father called before the children Learned where their Mother was. The Harts were travelling South from Marion mass., on their Way Back to Ohio after a we Klong vacation in new England