European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Shuttle Leader Aims to resume Mission routine Houston a the commander of next month s planned shuttle Mission says he is confident the flight will prove that Nasa s manned space flight program is Back on schedule and Here to stay. We re quite proud to be flying the third flight since the challenger Accident Navy capt. Michael Coats said during the final preflight news conference wednesday. We re very anxious to show that we re Back i space on a routine regular  Coats will be joined by Pilot John Blaha and Mission specialists Robert Springer James Buchli and James Bagian on the discovery s five Day Mission schedule to begin feb. 23. Buchli flew aboard discovery in Jan uary 1983. Discovery s main objective is to deploy a sophisticated tracking and data relay satellite. It completes a network that will allow ground controllers to communicate with shuttle astronauts and other unmanned satellites. Coats said the Mission will initiate a Busy year i which seven shuttle flights Are planned including the first two designed to dispatch probes to the planets Magellan to Venus in april and Galileo to Jupiter in october. Last fall discovery made the National aeronautics and space administration s first flight since the Chal Lenger explosion in january 1986. The shuttle Atlantis was the next to Fly. It returned last month from a secret department of defense flight with severe damage to about 200 of the 28,000 tile that protect it from re entry heat. It was the worst tile damage Ever sustained by a shuttle. Two Small cracks also were found in a bearing uni within a High pressure engine Turbo pump during a Post flight inspection. Friday january 13,1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 saluting new Era in cooperation army chiefs of staff West German it. Gen. Henning von Ondarza left and French Gen. Gilbert Forray Salute the playing of National anthems at ceremonies thursday honouring the deployment of the new joint brigade at Bobingen West Germany. The brigade is the result of efforts by the two nations to put the bitter memories of two world wars behind them. The 4,200-Man unit is expected to be fully operational by 1990. Bush nominee endangered spy newspaper says t cd axt/1ct Sci i k it . Los Angeles a president elect Bush s Choice to run the depart ment of veterans affairs endangered a South korean spy s life by telling a South korean official about the Man s plan to defect a newspaper reported thursday. Edward Derwinski admitted that he told a South korean Diplomat in a 1977 Telephone Call that the spy wanted to defect to the United states the los Angel Stimes said citing unpublished records of a 1983 congressional hearing. Before the hearing Derwinski had denied publicly that he made such a Call. The incident occurred during the to re Agate scandal involving influence buying on Capitol Hill the times said. The spy High ranking korean Cia official Sohn Hoyoung wanted to defect because he was about to be transferred Home from a Post in new York City the newspaper said. . Officials wanted to interview him regarding his govern ment s involvement in the scandal. Fri agents arrived at Sohn s new Jer sey Home and escorted him to safety 30 minutes before Kycia agents showed up an unidentified senior Law enforcement official told the times. This Guy the korean defector would have been severely punished or killed As Well As his family the official said. The times said . Officials Learned of the leak and were Able to move Sohn because they recorded Derwinski s sep tember 1977 phone Call to the South korean embassy. Derwinski was the ranking Republican on the House foreign affairs subcommittee on International relations which had secretly been in touch with Sohn and planned to have him testify about the Kycia s involvement in Korea Gate the times said. Information about Sohn s plan to defect was so sensitive that former  Fraser d-minn., then chairman of the subcommittee told Only Derwinski the newspaper said. Derwinski now an undersecretary of state belatedly admitted in 1983 that he leaked the information the times said. The admission came in a closed meeting with senators just before he was con firmed to his first state department postin 1983. A transcript of the hearing which was never printed or published by the Senate but was found in the National archives shows that sen. Claiborne Pell , insisted on putting what Derwinski told the panel into the Public record. Pell said Derwinski s telephoned tip tothe korean embassy was an error in judgment the newspaper said. Derwinski a Republican from Chi Cago who served 24 years in Congress refused to testify on the matter before a Federal grand jury and the House ethic committee. Derwinski whose Washington experience also includes nearly six years at the state department refused to discuss the incident this week the times said. Bill Anderson a former Chicago news Paperman aiding Derwinski during the transition described the incident As an 11-year-old Story a  he was not charged with any illegal or unethical conduct Anderson said. That s the operative  Derwinski s involvement in the Epi Sode and his Early Lack of Candor will be investigated during Senate confirmation hearings on his nomination to head the new veterans department said sen. Ala Cranston d-calif., chairman of the sen ate committee on veterans affairs. Sheila Tate a spokeswoman for the Bush transition office said any questions that arise will be answered by or. Derwinski at his confirmation  lawmakers jerkily prepare for fringe bennies Washington a Congress wants to make on of its Best Perks even better for the 1990 election year by budgeting a record $ 114 million for official mailings. The figure is in president Reagan s proposed budget but Congress actually draws up its own spending plan. It is Normal for Congress to about double its mailing costs in election years even though Campaign Materi als cannot be sent with taxpayer Money. For fiscal 1989, Congress has budgeted $60.9 Mil lion according to budget documents. In the election year of 1988, however congressional mailings cost$113.3 million a figure highlighted in a report on con Gressional Perks by consumer advocate Ralph Nader. Nader opposes Reagan s recommendation that members of Congress receive $135,000 in annual pay instead of the current $89,500. The raise will become Law unless both houses of Congress defeat the plan by feb. 8, and House leaders Are dropping hints they have no plans to schedule vote by then. In addition to having taxpayers pay for their official mail lawmakers receive Orange bag service from the postal service ensuring one Day delivery. Other fringe benefits Are less costly but provide the535 members of Congress a life without some of the hassles that face Ordinary citizens. Special tags permit lawmakers to use any curbside inthe District of Columbia except along fire hydrants fire stations or loading docks and at National and Dulles airports members can use special lots next to the Termi nals. Lawmakers can stay fit by using the gym in the Ray bum House office building and exercise rooms in the Russell and Dirksen Senate office buildings. Facilities include a swimming Pool handball volleyball and Basket Ball courts and a steam room. Should a member become ill at work or need an immunization or allergy shot he or she can go to the attend ing physicians service in the Capitol. Members can participate in Federal employee health insurance programs and life insurance of $78,000 is provided with taxpayers picking up half the Cost and Mem Bers paying for the other half. Lawmakers have approved tax deductions for Many groups of americans and have included a special one for themselves a deduction of $3,000 per year for living expenses while away from their congressional districts or Home states. While lawmakers can t depend on Job Security those who stay awhile can live comfortably on their pensions some former members have received Over $1 Mil lion in pension benefits and dozens of others Are approaching the million Dollar Mark according to Nader s report. Lawmakers can invest up to 10 percent of their base pay m a 401 k pension plan a program available to Many americans in which no tax is paid until moneys withdrawn. But for members of Congress taxpayers match the first 5 percent of salary a contribution that currently is Worth $4,475 a year per member. If the pay raise goes through the taxpayer share would total $6,750