European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday. November 3, 1988 stateside . Savings Bonds to earn 7.35% Over next 6 months Washington . Savings Bon swill earn inner Cal at a rate of 7,35 percent Over the next six months the highest return since Early 9986, inc Treasury department said tues Day. The department said the new Mic which ukes effect immediately is up from a Rale of 6.90 percent earned in the last six months. In is the highest rate since savings Bonds earned 8,36 Peri Cal from november 9h5 through May i9s6. Interest on savings bands is adjusted on May i and nov. I 10 reflect open Market interest Rales. The rate is based on 85 percent of the yield on five year Treasury Securi Isa which have averaged fl.65 percent Over inc past six months. Since the government switched to Market rates for savings Bonds in november 1981, the rate of return has averaged 8.32 percent. Investors who hold their Bonds fur at least five years Cam the average of the half year rates. Reagan vetoes Bill giving break to Small businesses Washington up president Reagan has vetoed a Bill that  Small Busi Nesses to repay certain government Loans Early without incurring Large prepayment penalties the White House announced tuesday. Reagan s veto had been expected. Administration officials opposed he legislation on he grounds that it would reduce interest payments to the government Over inc Long term. The Bill was designed to ease what proponents consider onerous prepayment penalties on Small firms holding capital improvement Loans from the Small business administration. Many firms look out Loans when interest Rales were much higher than current rates and want to refinance the debt. The Bill would also lower interest rates another sea Loans to privately owned investment firms that provide financing to minority owned Small businesses. Gift Acle memberships bought in Bush s name Jackson miss. A p vice president George Bush May not know it but he can now claim membership in the american civil Liber ties Union in Mississippi. Officials with the Acle say at Casl five gift memberships have been purchased in Bush name in the Mississippi chapter since the re publican presidential nominee made Democrat Michael Dukakis Acle membership an Issue in the Campaign so until he resigns 1 guess he is a member said former Mississippi Acle president David Ingebr Cucin of Jackson. The gift memberships cosi 120 each and arc Good for a year. Membership in the Mississippi Acle chapter has grown by about 50 to total 550 since Bush began attacking Dukakis Matus As a card carry ing member of the Acle. House where Sharon Tate was slain sold to investor los Angeles a investor John trellis buying the House where actress Sharon Tate and four guests including Coffee heiress Abigail Folger were murdered by followers of Charles Manson in 1969.- the House on 3w acres was listed at $1.9million and was put up for Sale in september by owner Rudolph Altobilli. Altobelli. A Hollywood agent had leased the Benedict Canyon mansion to Tate and her Hus band director roman Polanski. The Selling Price was not disclosed. The House was designed by architect Robert Byrd. The main House covers 3,200 Square feel and the guest cottage encompasses 2,000 Square army wins permit to Burn Pershing ii missile motors Denver a the Colorado department of health has granted the army an air pollution emission pc i Mil to bum Pershing 11 missile motors at its Pueblo depot to comply with an arms reduction treaty. The army had been seeking the state a rail since february because the missiles from Western Europe must be destroyed under terms of the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty signed by leaders of the United states and inc soviet Union. The permit granted wednesday imposes some restrictions on the method frequency and wind conditions for missile destruction at the Pueblo depot activity in Southern Colorado according to John Clouse of the department s air poll lion control division. It also requires emissions monitoring for the three years the permit will be in Effort beginning on the first Day of missile destruction. Under these conditions there will be no Adverse Impact to Pueblo residents or to the residents East of he site said clause. Gov. Roy Romcro praised inc department for allow ing the Burn while at the same time protecting our environment and the Hail ii of our  i wanted Colorado to help get rid of these missiles so hat this country could fulfil its treaty obligation Rome said. However i wanted it to be done safely and we have worked that out with the .  Slart for pcs Luction at inc depot Are 234 perching ii stage 1 motors each of which contain 7,946 pounds  and 223 Pershing ii stage 2 motors each of which contains 4,970 pounds of propel land. State officials said. The rest of the army s original stockpile of Pershing ii missiles will be destroyed at a site in Marshall Texas army officials said. We re very pleased. We re grateful to the citizens and the state of Colorado for inc Confidence they have placed in us. And rest assured we Don l take that Confidence lightly said Pueblo depot spokesman Alan Scnitzer. A Czilzer said depot officials will travel to Denver in the next few Days to pick up the permit and the depot will Send the health department a Check later this week for about s25.000 fur research and administrative costs. He said the army will select a Dale to begin the missile burnings and under treaty terms will give the soviets 30 Days notice. Some state lawmakers had been concerned that if the slate denied the permit jobs at the facility might in. In jeopardy. A Czilzer did t know immediately whether the Depol might hire More people As a result of the permit shuttle Atlantis rolled out to pad carrying secret Cape canaveral Pla up in the dead of night the space shuttle Atlantis was slowly hauled to Ward its launch pad Early wednesday for Blastoff late this month on a top secret Mission to launch a Penta gon satellite. The shuttle and its Mobile launch platform an 11 million Pound Load carried by a huge Crawler trans Porter began the glacial 4.2-mile, six hour trip from the vehicle Assembly building to launch pad 39b at1 13 ., More than an hour behind the schedule delayed by last min ulc Snag Atlantis is scheduled to blast off on the 27th shuttle Mission the second flight since the challenger disaster around nov. 28. When the shuttle discovery was hauled to the launch pad july 4 for Blastoff on the first Post Chal Lenger Mission a Large crowd of off duty employees reporters and photographers turned out to witness the event. For Atlantis Roll out Only a handful of observer showed up outside the giant Assembly building. The move came two Days later than planned because of problems encountered Over inc weekend when Engi neers had to remove a three Inch piece of wire Lodge Between a Washer and the orbiter at one of the three Points where inc 100-ton shuttle is boiled to its Exter Nal fuel tank.  /. With Atlantis now on the pad engineers face several Days of work to make dozens of electrical and Mechan ical connections before the shuttle s five Man Crew Flics to the Kennedy space Center for a traditional terminal countdown demonstration  commander Robert Hoot Gibson co Pilot Guy Gardner Richard Mike Mulla no Jerry Ross and William Shepherd plan to climb aboard Atlantis for the dress rehearsal countdown  tentatively set for nov. 14. A two Day flight readiness review planned for nov. Is and 16, is expected to produce a firm launch Date. Assuming a nov. 28 launch. Atlantis four Day countdown would begin nov. 24 thanksgiving Day. However sources say Nasa managers want to give work Crews time off Over the Holiday to avoid excessive overtime charges. In any ease few observers believe Atlantis can be ready in time for a nov. 28 launch Dale and a More realistic launch target sources say is nov. 30 or dec. Details about the Mission Are being kept secret in keeping with air Force guidelines governing what in formation can be released to the Public. For example the shuttle s exact launch time will Atlantis leaves the vehicle Assembly building remain secret until nine minutes before Blastoff. Officials Hope this will complicate russian efforts to track she Shullie and its satellite  thai is known now is thai Atlantis will take off sometime Between 6 32  And 9 32 .the Landing Day and time also will not be announced until 24 hours before touchdown and no radio transmissions to or from the Crew will be  unless there is an emergency