European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 2, 1388 the stars and stripes Page 5 discovery s fuel boosters recovered Cape canaveral Fin. A discovery s solid fuel boosters slightly discoloured and Given a preliminary Grade of a double plus were pulled ashore Friday for scrutiny by anxious Cip crts who revamped the rackets after the challenger disaster. As curious Gray and while seagulls squawked and glided overhead two recovery ships brought inc empty casings into port canaveral s Choppy Waters As dozens of camera armed tourists and some Nasa officials watched. Other than some blackening at their Bottoms and discoloration attributed to the flames of liftoff the u9-foot-Long. 200.000-Pound reusable Booster showed no outward signs of problems. Our people Down at the port said it looks Good said de medal spokesman for the Marshall space flight Center in a Huntsville ala., the Nasa Center that oversees the solid rocket boosters. A double plus was the estimate from Rocky Raab. Spokesman for Morion Thi Okol inc. Of Brigham City Utah which built the boosters. Rabb said divers who got inc first look said they seemed in perfect condition adding that they would Sec evidence if the joints were leaking. There was none  he said Morton Thi Okol s contract specifications called for a plus or minus 3 percent Range in the pres sure pounds per Square Inch used by the boosters in Blastoff and the data returned thursday showed a deviation of Only ,09 percent divers wailing with special attachment devices in recovery ships 150 Miles cast of the Kennedy space Center got to the boosters quickly after they dropped off the shuttle two minutes four seconds after liftoff their 81-fcct-per-Sccond descent slowed by parachutes thursday. Both were at port canaveral before noon several hours earlier than expected. As soon As the first Booster was brought to port by inc recovery ship Freedom Star an Orange suited safety inspector went Oul to meet it in a Lifeboat and crawled inside to begin taking a close look and to Check for leaks of volatile hydrazine. The boosters were then headed to a hangar at inc Cape canaveral air Force station where technicians will use High powered water sprays to ensure safely and 10 clean them. Within two weeks they will be taken apart under the watchful eyes of Nasa officials and technical experts of Morton Thi Okol. Within two months the boosters should be Back at a Nasa recover ship pulls one of inc solid rocket boosters into port canaveral after in was relieved. The Ulah plan for further examination and barring problems use on future shuttle missions the boosters arrival Drew dozens of tourists to port canaveral s jetty Park. Their notoriety Wafic Ruthc challenger disaster in which the boosters were blamed for causing the explosion piqued interest along with television images thursday of flames  no up the boosters sides it s pretty impressive i m Prilly Well informed on these i understand there arc still some questions about their re usability said Jim Black n 35-year-old manager of a microphone company in Kingston n. Y., who went to port canaveral to Sec the boosters after viewing the Dis covery launch at Kennedy space Center on thursday. Royce Mitchell solid rocket Booster manager Al Marshall said the appearance of flame on discovery was caused by a physical Law of reverse Low separa Tion and has been seen on previous launches. He said name plumes from the not la of the Booster sometimes converge and re circulate when the spacecraft Rolls Asil ascends. He said that same reverse separation principle can be seen when a motorcyclist s jacket is plastered 10 his Back instead of flapping Oul behind. Navy arrests civilian twice for being awol Chicago a William Finch has been hauled in twice As a deserter and he s not even in inc Navy because someone apparently used his name and social Security number to enlist then ran off from the aircraft Carrier Roosevelt. We re very sensitive to this Man s problem and we Don t want in to happen in again Navy spokeswoman it. Nancy Shyka said Friday a Day after the 22-year-old bus Driver was released from great lakes naval training Center in suburban Chi Cago. Finch s picture would be posted prominently in naval offices she said and he will be Given another document saying he is not the Man the Navy is seek ing. Finch was Given such a document after his first Aracsi in june 1987, she said. Hul lie could t pro Duce it when stale police arrested him sunday Al starved Rock slate Park where he was fishing when a routine License plate Check revealed an outstanding warrant in his name. I was thrown in the la Sal a county jail Over night and then spent 3 to Days in inc Brig at great lakes naval training Center Finch said. Slivka disputed Finch s reference to the Brig say ing he was held in a unit without bars. But she said great lakes personnel undoubtedly treated him As a deserter. When we go out and pick up a deserter he s not necessarily going to come along willingly she said. Experience has told these people they May hear a number of different stories. Based on the information they had in front of them. They processed him As if he were a  Finch said his hair was Cut Short and he was forced to March until a Federal judge issued an order to free  Navy first got its signals crossed with Finch on june 3, 1987, when Chicago police stopped him for a bumped out till Ghl. The desertion warrant turned up during a routine License plate Check that time As Well. After spending a night in jail Finch was Lakin to great lakes for questioning and a comparison of descriptions he was 5 foot 4 inches i am 5 foot 7 inches. He weighed 140 pounds i weigh 220. He did t live any scars i have a Large scar from a kidney operation. He was left handed 1 am right handed Finch was released immediately that time. He had More trouble this time because statistics on the deserter had to be mailed from Washington Slivka said. Finch said he bears no ill will toward the Navy but is worried about missing four Days of his Job. And there s one More problem. Finch recently received a letter from the internal Revenue service. In appears the other Finch owes Uncle Sam $900 in Back taxes. Reagan Library plan of d by county Board Ventura Calif. At1 a county commission has approved plans for inc $45 million Ronald Reagan Library Clearing the Way for construction to begin before year s end on the nation s largest presidential Library. The Ventura county planning com Mission voted unanimously thursday to approve plans for construction of the Library on a Scenic 100-Acrc site Between Simi Valley and thousand Oaks after no opposition to the project surfaced at a Public hearing. Environmentalists and foundation officials resolved differences earlier this month that had threatened to delay construction. The foundation agreed to protect three rare Plant species and to alter the Library s Oscr Aling hours to avoid Rush hour traffic at the environmentalists request. The commission s decision can be appealed to the Board of supervisors with in 10 Days. If no Appeal is filed construction will begin by the end of november said representatives of the Ronald Rea Gan presidential foundation. It is scheduled to be completed by Early 1992. We had hoped to have the Library finished while the president was still in office because it would have been Ideal for him to continue his life in Public service by moving straight into an office in the Library said Robert Higdon the foundation s director of finance. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct 2 1948 during a joint session of parliament inc yugoslavian govern Mcnol announced that henceforth the country would be politically Independent irom the soviet Union. 30 years ago today. Oct 2 1958 hundreds of teen age fans and a crowd of reporters were on hand to Greet Singer Elvis Presley when he arrived in ureter Haven to begin his army Lour of duty in Germany. 20 years ago today. Oct. 2, 1968 a defense report of the Western european Union said that the massive presence of . Forces equipped with tactical nuclear weapons remained essential for the defense of Western Europe. J 0 years ago today. Oct 2 1978 in a move designed to persuade the soviets to discuss satellite verification of arms control treaties president Carter acknowledged publicly that the United Stales was using satellites to spy on other countries