European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 15, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 the space shuttle Atlantis arrives Back at Florida s Kennedy space Center atop its specially modified 7j7 jumbo Jet. Shuttle damage invest gated by the Washington Post a jumbo Jet ferried the space shuttle Atlantis safely Back to its Florida base tuesday As a team Tif investigators tried to figure out what damaged More than 700 of the arbiter s heat Protection tiles during its re can Mission. This was the most tiles Ever damaged during a shuttle Mission by a margin of about 200, said John Thomas of  shall  flight Center who is heading the investigation. One tile was missing and about Joo had dings deeper than an Inch. About 150 tiles will have to be replaced. The others will be repaired. The shuttle has about 30,000 tiles. The damage concentrated on the right Forward Underbelly of the or Bilcer did not affect Atlantis performance and is not expected to delay the next shuttle launch set for feb. In officials of the National aeronautics and space administration said. Still it creates a mystery about what caused he damage and also along with an unrelated recent ground Accident that cracked a key piece of Rock Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 15,1948 an official from the United nation s world health Organiza Tion announced a worldwide plan to immunize children against tuberculosis. 30 years ago today ,. Dec 15, i�5s a High ranking nationalist chinese intelligence official said Mao tsp Tung Leader of the chinese communist party would be replaced by marshal Chu Teh a vice chairman of Floc government under Mao v., 20 years ago today. Dec. I 5, 1968 thousands of West  liners marched through the streets to protest the acquittal of a former nazi judge Hans Joachim a Csc on a charge of murder.  10 years ago today. ,-.- dec. Is 1978 the German Feder Al Telephone service announced it was it hardware complicates inc already strained workload of the launch Crews at Cape canaveral although shuttles have completed two successful missions since the resumption of night following the 1986 challenger disaster launch teams remain hard pressed to loft a Large Backlond of High priority defense scientific and Commer Cial payloads. It s a big Deal said shuttle official Jay Honeycut of Johnson space Center Deputy head of the tile investigation team. Any time you gel damage to the tiles you gel worried about  it s raising havoc with our schedule said Karl Kristof Frion a Nasa spokes Man a Kennedy space Center we be got tile work to do on discovery and Columbia die other orbiters and this makes our workload considerably More than we expected. We had hoped Atlan tis would come Back with very Little damage like discovery  the tile team was to Convene the first in a series of meetings wednesday at Kennedy space Center Honeycult said and hoped to establish inc Likely cause for the damage by Early january the precision Cut composite tiles de signed to protect the vehicle and Crew from the inferno caused by friction with the air upon re entering Earth Atmo sphere routinely suffer some damage during a shuttle flight. Two flights in june and july of i9h5, which returned with an unusual amount of damage were found to have been caused by chunks of insulation breaking Loose from inc shuttle s external fuel tank Asil separated from the or Bilcer. Engineers subsequently drilled holes in the insulation to prevent a recurrence. There has been unofficial speculation that the external Lank once again is the culprit. This is inc oldest Lank we be Ever flown said Tom Branigan of  tin Marietta c9ip., maker of the Lank. Ranigan said the tanks have an offi Cial lifetime of five years. But unofficially we think they d be Good for at least 10  Hunt club members indicted by be Washington Post Washington Federal wildlife officials arrested or indicted scores of Hunting guides and owner of sports mans clubs in Texas tuesday after a three year undercover investigation thai found widespread poaching and Fla Grant violations of Laws regulating the killing of Waw fowl. Justice department officials said 23 per sons invoked in commercial Hunting operations in Texas were arrested tuesday and felony indictments were returned against about $0 others. More than 130 waterfowl Hunters in six states also will be charged with Misdemeanour violations. The arrests followed a probe of 41 Texas Hunt clubs conduced jointly by Justice department officials and the . Fish and wildlife service. Fish and wildlife service officials said undercover agents documented about 1,300 Viola Lions or wildlife Laws or Hunting regulations at clubs since i9s5. The Hunting clubs essentially com Mercial businesses charge customers $65 to 1500 a Day to Hunt on leased or Public land accompanied by a professional guide. Violations occurred on 92 percent of the Hunts observed by under cover agents Federal officials said. Among the violations charged in tues Day s indictments were shooting More Birds than legally allowed using a boat to Herd waterfowl inward Hunters using amplified tapes to Call Birds baiting Ponds or Fields with food to attract Birds shooting Birds out of season and wan ton waste failing to retrieve water fowl after shooting them. A january 1987 incident videotaped by an undercover agent shows a flock of a Csc settling onto a Pond surrounded by Hunters crouched behind Duck blinds fish and wildlife service spokeswoman Megan Dur Ham said. At a signal from the guide All the Hunters began shooting. Accenting to indict ments issued tuesday he group of Hunters killed More than 200 Birds hat Day 139 More than their limit. If the Hunters arc convicted they could face sentences ranging from six months to five years in prison and fines from 15,000 to j500.000. No congressmen in Bush Cabinet minute Call made during the Day to new York would then cos about 520 instead by the Baltimore Sun Washington president elect George Bush to d House republicans who Nad been Active in his Campaign that he would not appoint them to High level jobs because he does rot want to deplete inc party s strength in Congress a transition spokeswoman announce tuesday several of the vice president s Many friends in Congress have indicated a willingness to serve in his administration said transition press Secretary Sheila tale. However their appointment would mean the loss of Strong supporters on the hill.". V members of Congress who had been considered possible Cabinet picks included reps. Robert Dornan of califor Nia who openly sought to become drug c?.ar, Guy a Molinari of new York mentioned for the department of transportation John Paul Hammerschmid of Arkansas widely supported for Secretary of the new department of Veteran affairs Lynn Martin of Illinois Willis Gra. I Soiter. Of Ohio Thomas Ridge of Pennsylvania and Thomas Coltman of Missouri. A having ruled out members of con Gress Bush is expected to till several More Cabinet posts later this week with three depart ments labor agriculture and transportation loaded and ready 10 fire As one senior aide put it tuesday Constance Homer head of the fed eral office of personnel manage ment remains the leading candidate Dornan for the labor Secretary s Post and Chi Rago regional transportation authority chief Samuel Skinner leads the Field for the Trano rotation Post. In agriculture the chief question appears to be whether . Trade representative Clayton be Utler wants to take the top Post rather than return to the private sector. By contrast the logjam Over Secretary of defense appears no closer  broken. Asked tuesday about the prospects for an announcement on. Former Texas sen. John Tower by All accounts the chief candidate for the Job Bush said Only that the process is still going for  other than that comment Bush remained non commillar tuesday on inc Liming of future announcements turning aside questions on the subject when he spoke with reporters after meeting with the president elect of Venezuela Carlos Andres Perez and Sorelta Scott King widow of the Rev Martin Luther King or. Bush s Surprise announcement Drew Praise from several top congressmen including Dornan who had been one of the leading congressional contender for an appointment. The decision said Dornan made Good sense because republicans already in the minority in the House could not afford to risk losing any scats. He added that he would be proud and Happy 16 remain in Congress and work hard for Bush s legislative program. Molinari however suggested that Bush had erred. My own personal feeling was that a former member. Of Congress could be very helpful to a president in lobbying with he members thai they Hare served Wilh he said. In fact. Bush May have at least partially. Had other motives in mind a senior aide said despite the professed worry about weakening the party in inc House All but one of the gop congressmen whose names have been mentioned for Cabinet shoes Are from Safe Republican districts