European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Chili mania .4_the Sims and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 47, no. 115 thursday August 11,1988 254 Dally and sunday d 8693 a shuttle test firing successful steam Billows from the launching pad As the discovery s engines Are fired up. Cape canaveral Fla. A space shuttle discovery roared to life on the launching pad wednesday As Nas ignited its main engines in a crucial 22 second test leading up to the first .manned space Mission since the Chal Lenger disaster 2 /2 years ago. The firing delayed five times in two weeks by leaks and other mechanical problems checked modifications to the engines and other systems with ground shaking fury and a a shaped Cloud of steam. Super Job super team Nasa administrator James c. Fletcher told the launch team following the test. It was a very smooth countdown the team and the hardware All worked successfully Forrest s. Mccartney director of the Kennedy space Center told the team. It s been a Long night but it sure ended  officials hoped to have a report contest results within hours. The test was critical to certifying the shuttle for the first Post challenger launching. The space Agency said that if the fir ing was successful and there were no other problems the discovery could relaunched in late september. But because much work remains most officials be Lieve the liftoff will slip into october. At the end of wednesday s near flaw less countdown the three main liquid fuel engines on the Delta winged space ship flashed to life. The launching Pedes Tal was engulfed in steam As the fiery exhaust collided with protective water pouring Over the base. A Thunderclap rolled across the Ken Nedy space Center As the engines fed by liquid Hydrogen and liquid oxygen generated thrust equal to the Energy output of 23 Hoover dams. The 85-ton spaceship strained against eight 3-foot-Long hardened steel bolts holding it Down on the pad. In an actual launching two solid fuel Booster rockets would ignite and explosive charge would sever the bolts to free the shuttle. A total of 732 instruments were in see shuttle on Back Page Hessen votes of oppose Basing of More aircraft at Wiesbaden a by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Wiesbaden West Germany the Hessen state parliament voted unanimously tuesday to oppose the stationing of additional aircraft at Wiesbaden a Cit ing reasons of air safety and air congestion a parliament member said wednesday. The Hessen vote which ended hearings directed by West Germany s highest administrative court in no vember will be considered by the West German government when it makes a final decision on whether . Army can bring More aircraft to Wiesbaden. The defense ministry can and i m talking about the Law Here give them the Green Light anyway Alex Ander Gauland told reporters. To go even further the Law gives the american forces the right to station no matter what. The latter has not happened in a Long time the american forces take great care to cooperate with the German government on those  . Military and West German government officials were informed of the vote tuesday said Gau land who spoke on behalf of parliament and Hesse minister president Walter Wallmann. The . Army plans to have 14 ah-64 Apache battalions stationed in West Germany by 1992, with up to 181 additional aircraft at Wiesbaden. The first of the attack helicopter units were expected to begin a see votes on Back Page . Needs funding to Monitor cease fire Between Iran Iraq United nations a . Officials say that unless withheld dues Are paid particularly by Washington they la be hard pressed to fund the Force of International military observers monitoring a truce in the Iran Iraq War. A first contingent of five observers arrived in Teh ran wednesday Iran s official islamic Republic new Agency reported. The Security Council voted unanimously tuesday to authorize the 350-member . Iran Iraq military observer group a Day after Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar announced a cease fire effective aug.20. Direct peace talks Between Iran and Iraq Are scheduled to begin five Days later in Geneva. Cyrus Nasseri head of the iranian Mission to the classified ads United nations in Geneva said in Tehran wednesday that lasting peace will result Only if Iraq is branded the aggressor in the War and Iran receives compensation. Tehran radio said iraqi warplanes violated iranian airspace in the Southwest. No bombing was reported and the official iraqi news Agency carried no reports of fighting. More than 24 hours after receiving word of a truce in the 8-year-old War iraqis continued to celebrate honking horns and jumping out of cars to dance in Baghdad s traffic clogged streets. Iran which had suffered a recent string of Battlefield defeats had a More subdued reaction. The nation s acting commander in chief and parliament speaker Hashemi a Sfanjani said soldiers should remain Vig see funding on Back pages a Lynda w. Sparks copycat what dad can do 1 can too says Danny Lee Hall 4, of Schweinfurt West Germany. And that smart Salute shows the Little Soldier has Learned Well from sgt. 1st class Danny Hall. The occasion find out on Page 3. Magazine