European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page news briefs the stars and stripes thursday Decader 22,198b soyuz Craft returns 3 to Earth ends longest manned Mission Moscow a a soyuz space capsule Cany ing a Frenchman and two soviets who had set a space endurance Rocc re landed safely wednesday after the re entry Wasil played for three hours by an overloaded compute Tass said. The official Sovio news Agency said the Craft which separated on Chad Etc from the Mir space station Early Widm Day touched Down at mid Day about 60 mile from the Bai Konur space Center in soviet Ceri ral Asia. Immediate Mescal checkups showed the cosmonauts arc of cling Well radio Moscow said.  Landing ended the longest manned space Mission Ever. Vlad Nir Titov and muss Mana Rov marked one be in orbit on tuesday. Jean Loop Chretien of f Naticc who came Down wit them spent nearly month aboard the Mir. Swiss red Ross evacuees Fly to Cyprus on Way Home Warnaca Cyprus a eleven Redcross officials who were evacuated from Leb anon after they received death threats arrived in Cyprus wednesday on their Way Home to Switz Erland. The International committee for the red Cross said in Geneva on tuesday that it was suspending its humanitarian operations in Leb anon because of serious threat against its delegates on Mission in Lebanon placing their lives in acute  evacuees eight men and three women left five hours later Lor Zurich.  of atomic i Frankfurt w St Germany a a prosecutor s office Oves Ligating two Wes peeled or illegal Sal equipment to Pakiela Hanau chief prose the investigation beg. Search at the Cue " offices of neg s Lisch to Canische be about 24 Miles North searched Farwick to Telephone interview records at both Che said. Farwick said the cration for possible Laws governing the equipment. Probes sales 3nt equipment wednesday said it is in German companies sus of atomic Power plan India and South Africa Flor Albert Farwick said i in mid november we h a Cehn Ologie a Mph neg company in  about 15 Miles East of Frankfurt. Sister company Physia Tung pub in Ortenberg ast of Frankfurt also were the associated press in a meanies were confiscated panics Are under invest Ola lion of West German port of nuclear Industry world s largest Jet lumbers into soviet sky Moscow up1 the soviet Union wednes Day successfully tested the world s largest aircraft a six engine Behemoth capable of carrying 290 tons of cargo the Tass news Agency said. The Antonov-223, nicknamed the dream look off from the Kiev Airport in the ukrainian Republic with a Crew of seven for the 90-Minule test flight. With All its six Turbojet engines fired he plane soared with amazing ease considering its Gigantic size. Tass said. The Takeoff run was merely one Kilometre .6 mile although the aircraft will need an estimated 3.5 Kilometres 2.1 Miles when fully loaded Israel s labor party Yotes for coalition with rival liked Jerusalem a the labor party wednesday approved joining a coalition with the rival liked bloc virtually assaying the formation of a National Unity government Louin Israel for the next four years. Earlier in the Day the liked bloc voted to approve the  an overnight session marked by shouting and heed debate. Israel radio said the new government Coul Abc installed by parliament As Early As thursday an Rythe Accord is formally signed by leaders of Bolh part at a meeting of labor s 1,275-Mcmbcr Central com Mittee in a Tel Aviv suburb the party Leader foreign Minuter Shimon Perez urged the delegates to vote for the Accord saying it was the Only Chance to Stem is Rael s growing isolation Tad conflict with its Western allies. " v the delegates voted yes by an overwhelming show of hands. If a joint government it h liked and labor Hadnot been established this Procter of isolation and con diet with the world would  Peres said. By building such a  a process will be  although Peres was expected to win approval to join a liked led Cabinet younger legislators argued heatedly against the proposed government saying it would be deadlocked Over Thop acc process. You once called liked s prime minister Yitzhak Shamir the murderer of peace. Now he has three Law yers on his team so he can murder it again legislator Chaim Ramon wot quoted by Israel radio As saying. Peres also said the joint government was needed to curtail the influence of Ultra orthodox religious parties and would effectively bar passage of a controversial who is a jew amendment. We did i understand the extent of sensitivity among  about the Law of return. I believe that now the Law will remain Asil is Peres said. He rests cd to anger by american jews most of whom Arff non orthodox Over the proposal to accept Only orthodox conversions to Judaism. Pc ref Alio vowed that although he would become finance minister in the new government he would cont inc to work toward reviving peace talks with Ara Stales. The Flag of the peace process remains in ouf hands. Ii has nothing to do with a ministry he . Said Britain will develop Fis own baffle Lank by the los Angeles tin London in a setback for the american arms manufacturer general dynamics the Golem mint said. Tuesday that it would give Britain s vice cars  an unusual 21-month contract in continue developing its challenger 2 As the country a exl Geijer option of main Battle tank. The politically sensitive decision taken to cd Rel deliberations monday night by the Cabinet s it fens and overseas policy committee came despite funeral dynamics last minute offer of a j300 Cut to swing the vote to its rival m1 tank the action involves a potential $2.5 billion Worth of business and according to Vickers the of Titre of fee British tank Industry. Vickers and of Nepil dynamic have engaged in a fierce sometimes Public Competition for the contract. Defense minister George younger told the House of commons tuesday that the task of selecting a new tank was complicated because the contenders were not at the same stage of  he pledge the equivalent of about 1160 million in Public funds to help Vickers Complete work on challenger 2 and set deadline of sept. 30, 1990, for the British Lank to prove itself Superior. The decision effectively puts general dynamics on hold during the test period although a spokesman for the St. Louis based company said that it expects to continue negotiating with the government so that a firm contract could by in place should Vickers fail to meet development targets. Critics from Page 1. Transition sources said. The session was pan of a dip age control operation mounted by the Bush team to pm vac the nomination of the Man who would be the first Black named to the incoming Bush Cabinet. Do Sullivan and Bush s top foes spent much of tues Day in talks with anti abortion leaders assuring them that the medical educators views were in line with those held by the president elect. Bush opposes Atonic is except in cases of incest rape or when the life of the Mother would be endangered by a full term pregnancy. He opposes Federal funding for abortions Sullivan was quoted in a newspaper interview sever. Al Days ago As saying he supports the right of a woman to seek an abortion a position Al Odds with Bush s but opposes the use of Federal funds to pay for in. V the article set off an instant protest by abortion foes but transition officials indicated on tuesday night they thought the nomination was Back on track. Apparently satisfied the storm had been calmed. Bush s chief of staff Craig Fuller invited the television networks in late in the Day for separate interviews about Sullivan. Our discussions with or. Sullivan have been. Very encouraging Fuller said. We feel he is a very Strong candidate. I think we d like to go Forward with Liim and i think we re pretty close to that moreover a transition source noted that Sullivan is Strong backing from Bush s wife Barbara a Friend Sullivan and a member of the Board of Morehouse College where he is medical school president. Meanwhile congressional sources said they had beet told that Texas air executive Fred Mcclure be the new administration s chief lobbyist in Cong ass. Mcclure worked in the White House Liaison office earlier in the Reagan administration. Skinner chairman of the northeastern Illinois Mas transit authority was called to Washington last week for an expected announcement thai was then postponed by Bush. How tuned to Chicago for the weekend then was  on monday then told by transition officials his appointment would come on tuesday. Trans Itic staffers were privately joking that skin Ner s trips fuck and Forth were giving him loads of experience who problems in the airline Industry plus paying a Divie find of frequent flyer mileage. Amid the controversy Over Sullivan Bush cancelled a planned Al noon appearance for personnel announcements avoiding questions from reporters about the abortion dispute. V instead he Issod a written statement saying he was putting former Nevada sen. Paul Laxell and former Ohio rep Thomas Ashley on the National economic commission a panel created by Congress 10 find a bipartisan strategy to cutting the huge budget  appointments put the commission at its full strength of 14 Popli Bush on tuesday emphasized his opposition to Rais Irig uses to erase the red Ink. Haree from Page 1 must pass annual physicals to show they Are healthy enough to Fly Neunherz said. He said the generals conduct peace Lime flying because combat commanders need to be Able to Lead both in the air and on the  an in depth knowledge of the a Josslon and the aircraft involved requires fre quent and regular participation in the lying units missions Neunherz said. Depending on their subordinate units missions the flying generals practice guv nit air combat 4taciiefj"atr-Lo idus  Usatch soes not a act Allf Cumber of Jug the generals Fly Solo and in planes command spokesman Doug i said. However Safe policy Calls for an instructor. Moore said. That Means an  will Fly in Mother aircraft involved m incl to Acra l training flight or in a ?  the general. Before taking Over a command com prising aircraft new to them the general undergo training at Luke fab ariz., or Macdill fab fla., for f-16s and. At  fab fla., for Fiss. Iding on their previous flight sex time out of the cockpit the  to 12 sorties during the concentrated upgrade training which lasts about a month Moore said. Asked what the chances were of the generals flying in combat Neunherz said each had specific wartime responsibilities. He added while these duties would occupy much of his time they would not preclude limited combat flying  the air Force is investigating the crash  Harpe. His permanent replacement has not yet been named