European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. September 1, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 5 ., soviets finish inf inspections the numbers matched Pentagon reveals by Norman Black a i military writer Washington tin United states and llu1 Smitt i Man  completed ini1iil  inspections under thi.1  nut air forces treaty. The num Lii is mail   nut i  Cin iifl1ci.il. Relur ring. To the num Berol nuclear missiles Ovid at Anous  installations inside the soviet i Inion and Warsaw 1  i Iii Iris. And they verified our numbers. Our the first Ioda suf compliance with the treaty signed by president Teaman and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev in december ended monday when the superpowers finished aut Liori cd in spec inns. The Baseline inspections were in tended in allow each country in verify the number and location of medium and Short Ranee nuclear weapons in each Arsenal before their destruction he is under the int treaty Ai Utkan inspect Iris visited  soviet weapons fac fio a in is locations during the Hoo Moth period. The Sovi ets Imp cled .11 facilities a to Sites in the mud Stales ail Western Europe. The treaty a Lush the Senate ratio Iii this summer Calis for the elimination within three years of All american and soviet land based missiles with ranges of 300 to .1.400 Miles. The treaty covers b59 nuclear armed missiles on the  Side compared with 1,831 on the soviet Side. Defense department spokesman Dan Howard told reporters i have not seen any reports of problems with regard in Ilic Baseline inspections we completed our Baseline inspections and they completed theirs said Nide. Ken i C.M-, a spokesman for the Pentagon s on site inspection Agency. The soviet1 were very1 flexible very professional and very knowledgeable a nut the treaty which facilitated our  i rash said. Both sides knew the terms of inc treaty and worked in a professional manner together under i he treaty both sides next will i entitled to conduct 20 Short Nolick inspections Over the next year at selected military facilities. In addition permanent inspection teams Are on duly it soviet and Ameri can missile plants to guard against cheat ing and inspectors from both countries will be Able to observe the act my destruction of missiles the soviets Are Opi mini "cliinin.1 lion or destruction ? for missiles and launchers at live different Sites. I ease said. In addition the rus sians plan within two weeks to begin destroying up to i 10 ss-20 missiles by launching them without their warheads. The United slates will begin destroy ing the medium Range missiles in its Arsenal on sell. 8 by firing Somi solid fuel rockets used in Pershing ii missiles at the longhorn army ammunition Hani near Marshall Texas. Discovery Crew overcomes simulated failure space cen1tu. Houston a the five discovery astronauts worked through a simulated fail ure of their Craft s right engine tuesday bringing the Craft successfully into a Low orbit in their final Long duration rehearsal. About 300 people it Johnson space Center began. The 5f hour simulation of Mission sts-26, a four Day Light that will Mark the first launch of the space shuttle since the challenger explosion 2v years ago. The first Ali in after launch when they were going into Oriu the right engine failed so that they had to do what s called at Ort to orbit " said Barbara Selby a spokeswoman for the National aeronautics and space administration. That Means the shuttle can still make it into orbit but lower Ilian planned so they have to adjust their  Selby said. They did achieve the Ato As we Call it. And made them a ciliary adjustments in continue the Mission commander stick maud., Pill Richard Covey and Mission specialists Lia Iid Lii Lnu is. Mike lounge and George Pinky Nelson were cow red to face about  prowess. Lint the first problem of the Day was t simulated. The scheduled k . Lest got off to a late Start because of a malfunction in the shuttle Sini Sutor but the prob Lem was Orrei led and countdown ended at 9 0-1 . Said spokesman Hill Orcen the rehearsal is to end in 5 . Thursday and a full Day of debriefing will follow. Welch said. The actual launch of the shuttle discovery is slated for late september or i orly october if sluggish oxygen ashes and a Hydrogen be it Are repaired its Lime Nasa save. 1 Iliria Richard inv u Al and Mission specialists John m. In Dunne Neil Navid c. I Wilmers re it Star rehearsal. Army extends deadline for comment on biological research Impact study Washington Al l the army prompted by Utah gov. Norman hang crier announced tuesday thai it is extending into october the deadline for Public comment on the draft of an environmental Impact study covering its biological warfare research program. It. Col. John c Haply an army spokes Man said to Tangency had requested that a Public hearing he held in Utah and we saw no reason not to accommodate  As a Sestili the comment deadline is now oct. J and a Public hearing has been scheduled at the t Tooele army depot in Utah on sell. I1t Tiapula said. The biological defense pcs Barcli program is of interest to ski Jim of Utah because it is conducted in Purl at dug Way i roving ground the army said in a statement the Utah hearing will he the second held by the army since it released its draft Impact statement a massive study designed to support biological War fare research work at facilities around the country. The study portrayed the research work As Safe to the environment essential to National Security and a Boon to science in general. In recognition of the potentially hazardous nature of this Type of research. The defense department As Well As the scientific Community has developed and implemented elaborate controls to assure adequate Protection for the work Force  virtual total Protection for the external environment the army statement concludes. The environmental study released last May. Was prompted by a lawsuit filed by the foundation on economic trends in september Yosfi. The Washington based environmental activist group has Long focused its Atten Tion on the dangers of biological research and genetic engineering. After forcing the army to conduct the study the foundation attacked the draft work As shoddy and incomplete " and vowed to launch a new Legal assault if a More Complete study was not made. In releasing the draft study in May. The army had said it would accept writ ten comments from the Public through aug. 12. That was the deadline that has now been extended. The untied states has committed it self by International treaty not to develop offensive biological weapons. However the Pentagon maintains a Larue defensive program aimed at devel Oping vaccines and antidotes detection systems and Battlefield gear to protect american soldiers if attacked with Natu ral or Man made poisons and in order to develop such defences laboratories must work Wuh a variety of deadly to ins. According to the Pentagon s60 Mil lion is being spent annually on the re search in More than 100 military univer sity and private laboratories in 27 states and eight foreign countries. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. I. 1948 Robert Schuman head of the popular Republican move ment and a former prime minister of France was selected to form the new French Cabinet. 30 years ago today. Sept. 1,1958 America s scientific exhibit at the second International atoms for peace conference in Geneva Switzerland was inaugurated by president Eisenhower via a trans Atlantic radio link. 20 years ago today. Sept. I 1968 after hearing rumours that the soviets might cause further trouble in Witk turn Europe president Johnson warned that America would not ignore any further aggression there. To years ago today. Skit. 1.1978 the ij9 residents of Bikini Island a us. Trust territory were forced to leave their native Home due to new evidence that dangerous radiation left Over from  Nuclear test ing in the a 40 a still lingered in the soil