European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d . Reinstates sea land As military shipper Page 2 Christmas comes Early for mailers abroad Page 3 congressional negotiators agree on welfare overhaul Page 5 raiders beat Broncos 30-27 in overtime sports Page 23 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication f or the , Anmer Foncel Good morning vol.47,no. 163 wednesday september 28, 198 itt d., Job or 8693 a discovery countdown begins shuttle readied for thursday launch Cape canaveral Fla. Not the count Down began monday morning the astronauts arrived monday afternoon and As night fell on the space shuttle discovery at its launching pad work was proceed ing toward liftoff thursday Othle first flight by Ameri can astronauts in 32 months. The digital countdown clocks in the firing control room began running at 8 . Sunday. Liftoff for the planned four Day Mission is set for 9 59 .  launching Complex 39-b, put on the Sandy dais by the Atlantic Ocean technicians a Cal to work on critical tests of discovery s computers and on final checks of the advanced communications satellite in the cargo  inspectors examined work completed on the three main rocket engines. Frank Morlino a launching test director at the Ken Nedy space Center said preparations were going  re looking Forward to doing the shot doing it right and launching on Lime Merlino said at a news conference. The flight will be the first test of the redesigned winged re usable shuttles since the challenger explosion on Jan. 2ti. 19 86, which killed inc Crew of seven and led to the indefinite grounding of the remaining Fleet of three  most visible sign of an approaching liftoff was the five astronauts who will Fly the mis the arrival of the i see shuttle on Back Page the shuttle discovery ran be Seea in the background As la countdown Cluck ticks away at Kennedy spa Center candidates toss jabs after split decision by the associated press Michael Dukakis and George Bush exchanged Post debate jabs from a distance monday the Democrat saying his rival would Lead America nowhere and the vice president charging his opponent with trying to obscure a Liberal past. Re muted stories photos Page 7. The two candidates renewed Campaign hostilities As their aides wailed for the Impact of sunday night s nationally televised debate to Snow up in inc close race for the White House. The first polls rated the 90-Minulc confrontation a toss Allan la i thought it was kind of about  had been asked about a news report that president Reagan had claimed in a conversation with sen. Rudy Boschwitz r-minn., that the  Bate was a near draw. Up and Bush said he thought the debate went kind of about  Dukakis moved to exploit the Icbale to his advantage As aides rushed two new television commercials into production containing snippets of his performance one shows Dukakis delivering a portion. Of his closing debate statement saying he s probably right Bush said. The Best America is not behind us. The Bush s aides have claimed the vice Percsi Best America is yet to  j Bush joined running mate Dan Quayle at a Campaign rally in Jackson tenn., and said one debate Down How 1  the crowd  Bush said later at a Barbecue near 1ju3ij 3 aluk.9 butt Vum iwo i Dent scored a Clear  last night for most people the notion of president Dukakis is a very % cry troubling notion today Quayle said in Jackson. That was an attempt to reversedukakis1 debate night declaration that inc Prospect of a president Quayle was a Trou bling idea for Many  the outward display of Confidence. Bush and his aides sought to deflect any repercussions from the vice president s debate comment that he had t decide whether women who obtain abortions should face Legal  manager James a. Baker told reporter that after giving it More thought overnight Bush was opposed to the idea. Bush old reporters he Nad no change on the subject although luring the Icbale he said he had l sorted out see decision on Back Page Navy diver testifies Stethem was screaming T _. M. ,.",??.  byed Reavis staff writer Frankfurt West Germany a . Navy diver monday said he listened bound and Blind folded As hijackers heal and then shot a fellow Sailor aboard Twa flight 847 after the jetliner was hijacked to Lebanon in 1985. But Petty officer 2nd class Clinton Lee Suggs said he was not sure who fired the shots that killed Robert Dean a Teichm a Navy Petty officer whose body was later los cd onto the Airport Tarmac. Suggs testifying at the air piracy and murder trial Mcd Ati Hamadi. Said the accused Drof of Mohamme ged him to the plane s first class Section then tied and blindfolded him. I heard a lot of screaming both the hijackers were beating Bobby a Teichm and Bobby was screaming. I heard a shot and Bobby said of god of god the plane door was opened no i heard another shot and heard Bobby outside the machine Suggs told the court. Then someone said in broken English one More . I knew that meant they were onion or tool me. I began to Pray that i would t cry .1, no matter what happened he said. The Sailor said his life was spared when i Rick of Ecrickson the flight Puner pubic a her Way Between Suggs and the Blacken and begged them to Stop. The Oyt Ken relented a ii earlier testimony Hamadi told the court that he was an accomplice in the hijacking of the Twa night scheduled to Fly from Athens Greece torome bul diverted to Beirut Lebanon by two armed men.,-.the iwo original hijackers later were identified As Hamadi aa4 another moslem named Fez Zalme. A third Hijacker Aua Wal later was allowed on Board in Exchange for the ret Etc of women and children sae St them on Back Page