European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page so the stars and stripes Friday september 30,19b8 . S Blue berated armistice troops win Nobel peace prize for 1988 Oslo Norway api the Nobel committee thursday named the . Peacekeeping forces patrol Ling the world s trouble spots As winners of the 1988 Nobel peace prize. The committee cited the troops for building a Confidence in the United nations that allows it to play a growing role in global affairs. The Bluc Burc cd peace keepers most recently were dispatched to Iran and Ira under a cease fire negotiated in the countries 8-Ycar Long War. The five member committee praised the forces for subduing tensions where armistice have substituted for peace in Lebanon Afghanistan Syria Cyprus the Indian subcontinent Iran and Iraq. The citation said the peacekeepers have played a significant role in reducing the level of conflict eve though the fundamental causes of the struggles frequently  the decision was widely regarded As an indirect award to . Secretary general Javiar Perez de Cuel Lar who scored diplomatic breakthroughs this year in mediating an Iran Iraq cease fire a soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan and Progress in talks on South West Africa. Perez de Cuellar was ineligible for this year s prize because he was nominated after the feb. 1 deadline. There was no immediate comment from the United nation. Perez de Cuellar slipped into . Headquarters and did not speak to reporters. In All 97 individuals and organizations were nominated for the prize. President Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev reportedly were among the leading contenders. The committee said the peacekeeping forces have news briefs ., Spain officials Seal 8-year pact on  Bases from press dispatches new York the United slates and Spain on wednesday concluded an agreement for eight More years of american military use of Spanish bases. The Deal was sealed at a meeting Between Secretary of stale George p. Shultz and Spanish foreign minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez. For the first time since Spain and the United Stales began their series of military agreement sin 1953, no  Economic or military Aid will be provided for use of the bases stale department spokesman Charles e. Redman  prime minister Felipe Gonzales initially had vowed to keep Spanish territory an naval ports free of  Nuclear weapons. World wide  Policy is to neither confirm nor deny the presence of such weapons on american warships or lighter  said the  Policy would be upheld. Presumably this Means Spanish authorities will not put such questions to american commanders. Redman said the three bases covered by the new agreement Are the Navy base at Rota Zara Goza a and Moron a. Brazil Jet Hijacker kills 2 police still negotiating Rio de Janeiro Brazil a a Brazil Ian jetliner with More than 98 people aboard was hijacked thursday by a Man who killed the co Pilot and at least one passenger officials  Cury a spokeswoman for the Asp or via Cao area Sao Paulo airline said flight 375was on ils daily run from the Amazon Jungle City of j orto Vilho to Rio de Janeiro on the South East Atlantic coast when in was hijacked. Col. Eden Avo Linsue an air Force spokes Man said in Brasilia that the Hijacker invaded the cockpit and forced the Crew to  he said the plane was ordered to Fly to Brasi Lia 750 Miles Northwest of Rio. However bad weather forced the Pilot to land in Goiania a City 150 Miles from Brasilia he said. Avolin que said an air Force Jet intercepted the hijacked plane and accompanied it to Goia Nia. Slate and Federal police surrounded the plane and an air Force official was negotiating with the Hijacker he said. Helped reach one of the main goals of the United nations. Thus the world organization has come to play a More Central part in world affairs and has been in vested with increasing Trust it said. It was the fifth time that a .-relaled body won the coveted peace prize since it was first awarded in 1901 from the stale of Alfred Nobel the inventor of dynamite. About 10,000 , soldiers in Blue helmets and berets Are deployed from the persian Gulf to the snows of Kashmir in peacekeeping operations. The seven . Peacekeeping and observer operations Are based on the principle of minimal use of Force. The peace keepers operate Only with the consent of the parties concerned and they Are permitted to fire their Light arms Only in self defense. The . Soldier is protected not by his weapons but by nearly Universal regard for the impartiality an fairness symbolized by the Blue and White , logo of the world wreathed by an Olive Branch. He is not a combatant and he supports neither Side in classic no win situations. He is at Home counting withdrawing troops or persuading shepherds to Graze their rocks away from sensitive unmarked Borders. But that did t protect  It. Col. William Hig gins a  Marine observer in Southern Lebanon. Hews kidnapped in february by moslem fundamentalists and was wearing a . Blue Beret when he was abducted. The official . Definition of peacekeeping is an operation involving military personnel but without enforcement Powers established by the Security coun cil to help maintain or restore peace in areas of conflict. They  to control con Nicaj prevent escalation patrol Buffer zones and create breathing time an space to allow tensions to Cool and political peacemaking to operate. If you Don t use peacekeepers then other countries Sec the threat or the use of Force As practical options to fill a vacuum . Undersecretary general mar rack Goulding said thursday. He is in charge of peace keeping operations. Peacekeeping is a revolutionary idea a major . Innovation pioneered in the Middle East in 1948 an still evolving said former . Undersecretary Gener Al Brian Urquart in charge of peacekeeping for years. . Peacekeeping costs about $230 million a year and . Officials say that Likely additional operations in Southern Africa Western Sahara and Cambodia will raise the total to s1.5 to 52 billion annually. Over the years about 500,000 , personnel have been involved in . Peacekeeping and observer operations drawing forces from 58 nations. The United nations says 733 peacekeepers have lost their lives since i94s. The latest . Peacekeeping operation was deployed aug. 20 to supervise a cease fire in the eight year Iran Iraq War. It involves about l,5m lightly armed soldiers in Blue helmets and support personnel in Blue Burels another team of 50 unarmed observers is deployed in Afghanistan and Pakistan to Monitor a .-medialed Afghanistan agreement calling for pull out of soviet troops. . Peacekeeping forces and observers arc expected to be deployed in Southern Africa this fall in Western Sahara to supervise elections and in cambo Dia to Monitor a vietnamese troop withdrawal. Space from Page 1 rest s. Mccartney As discovery settled into orbit 184 Miles above Earth. Mission control said the ship was performing  six hours after liftoff the Crew accomplished the main Mission of its flight release of a $100 million satellite that will give Nasa nearly constant communication with future shuttle missions. Discovery s was the first shuttle launch since Jan uary 1986, when inc challenger explosion with its toll of seven lives shocked the nation and froze the manned space program in its tracks. We sure appreciate your All getting us up in orbit inc Way we should be discovery s commander Navy Cape. Frederick Hauck told Mission control. We re looking Forward to the next four Days we have a lot to do and we re going to have a lot of fun doing in liftoff was the first ar.1 most important Milestone but More was at stake than simply getting into space. The 2 a year grounding of the shuttle Fleet set Back the nation s satellite delivery capability and release of the communications satellite was the no. I task of the Mission. On their fifth turn around Earth Mission specialist John lounge flipped switches thai released Nasa s giant tracking and data relay satellite from discovery s cargo Bay. An attached rocket was to tire an hour later sending the satellite winging toward its duly station 22,300miles High. There another bum after Midnight was to circular ize its orbit so it would remain Over the same spot on Earth for years to come. The satellite is a twin of the Craft hat was destroyed aboard challenger. In Washington president Reagan praised the Dis covery Bunch saying the shuttle was headed into orbit and America is Back in spa he saluted the bravery of the Crew and added we ask god to bless this important  launch Al 11 37 , Edt came Only after Nasa waived weather guidelines to allow for flight through some lighter than Iuka Florida winds. The 98-minute delay simply heightened the tension As Nasa unveiled a spaceship that underwent More than 400 modifications since the challenger night. Just How Well the discovery s Booster rockets per formed in their new design awaited detailed  . Thompson who directed the work from the Marshall space flight Center in Alabama said from everything i see everything looks  Hauck s Veteran flight Crew consisted of air Force col. Richard Covey Marine it. Col. David c. Hilm ers George d. Pinky Nelson and lounge. Landing was scheduled for monday at Edwards fab in califor Nia. The astronauts had said Alt along they were treating the Mission As a test Mission a Shakedown right in the words of Covey to the cheers of a Quarter million people gathered on River Banks and highways and an ecstatic Nasa team in launch control discovery lifted off its sea Side pad and streaked into Cloudy skies. In remained in View less than a half minute but the tension was considerable and the sight was unforgettable. Anxiety was highest As the ship went through a 30 second period of severe aerodynamic stress. It was during this stage of the flight that one of challenger Booster rockets failed and triggered the Jan. 28, 1986, catastrophe 73 seconds after liftoff. Cheers rang through launch control As the ship lifted and director Robert Sieck kidded his team later. I knew you could t hold it. After a few Long years you be got to let it  another Nasa official said the firing room emotion dwarfs sts-1 the first shuttle Light and All the  discovery was making its seventh space flight. Soon after launch the skies darkened and rain fell on the empty launch pad. The ground Shook and Thunder rumbled across the arcs As the ship cleared the launch Tower did a 120 degree rotation and headed out Over the Atlantic Ocean. The boosters fired for the planned 2 minutes 4 seconds and dropped into the sea. The analysis that followed the challenger disaster led to 56 major and More than 400 minor hardware modifications and a new More conservative launch procedure. Conservative or not Nasa launch supervisor Robert Crippen granted a waiver of wind guide lines to move the launch Forward. Nasa said he met with his 21-person oversight team reviewing an Analy Sis of the wind situation before approving inc waiver. The coasters were carefully redesigned and tested Lime and again once discovery s new boosters were spent the shuttle s three liquid fuel engines also overhauled burned for another 6 a minutes to propel discovery and its Crew into orbit. Top to Bottom the National aeronautics and space administration was jubilant and relieved. Another catastrophic failure could have killed the Luiu reprogram and seriously jeopardized future  Space efforts Praise god said one Engineer loudly. Then More quietly to a fiend look at me i m sweating and  wow said Nasa administrator James Fletcher. It s been a Long wait