European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page s the stars and stripes tuesday september 20,1988 some political stand ins Gene o Neill is in Good standing tilth some powerful people. But the College student seems More interested in his Book than in his political pals. There s a reason for that too the group is nude up of cardboard images used by o Neill la photograph Washington tourist interested in posing with their favorite politicians. Grants to fund medical study in Rural areas Washington a the government announced on monday brants totalling More than i Mil lion far five Rural health research centers that will pro vide information on a variety of concerns about medical services for Rural America. Health and human services Secretary Otis r. Bowen announced the awards As the National advis Ory committee on Rural health convened ill tint meeting. The in member panel was created in june tomake recommendations to Congress and has on ways to strengthen health services in Rural areas. The five centers will Supply needed information on the effect of health policy changes on the availability of health care in Rural areas Bowen said. The Grants were awarded to Rural health office of the Arizona area health education Center College of Medicine University of Arizona Tucson $209,486 health services research Center University of North Carolina Chapel Hill $237,000 Center for Rural health services policy and re search University of North Dakota grand Forks si9s.739 research Section department of family medi Cine school of Medicine University of Washington Seattle $216,028 Marshfield medical research foundation Mars ficld.wis., $202,747. Most top officials of challenger launch replaced Washington a almost All the men who ignored the warnings and gave the go ahead for the challenger launch Are gone and new ones Are in place As the shuttle program returns tonight. One shuttle astronaut. Richard truly now is at the Helm of Nasa s space Fligl program. Another. Robert Crippin who has been on four shuttle missions will give the final nod 10 com Mil discovery and other future shuttles to flight. The top officials of Morton Thi Okol which Buill the Booster rocket that doomed the challenger arc gone. Gone too. Is most of the Nasa Hierarchy and gone arc the directors of Nasa centers investigated by the presidential Chal Lenger commission. There Are two notable exceptions Arnold Aldrich one of the Nasa Bosses who gave final approval for the Jan. 28, 1986, flight and Allan j. Mcdonald a Morton Thi Okol Engineer who argue against the launch but was overruled. Al Rich is director of the shuttle program at Nasa Headquarters and Mcdonald is in charge Oft Hioko s space operations. The Rogers commission presented it conclusion that challenger was an Acci Dent rooted in history but it