European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 14, 1989 the stars and stripes Nasa selects 4 candidates for International shuttle flight Page 3 Washington a two canadians an american and a West Ger Man have been selected As candidates Foran International space shuttle science Mission scheduled for 1991. The National aeronautics and space administration thursday announced that Ulf d. Me bold 47, of the european space Agency and Roger k. Crouch of Nasa have been chosen for training to perform materials science experiments on the International microgravity Labo-Ratory-1 Mission scheduled for april 1991. Nasa also announced that it has approved the nomination by Canada of two specialists who will train to perform life sciences experiments on the Mission. The nominated Crew members Are  l. Bondar 43, and or. Kenneth Money 53. After a training period one of the canadians will be selected to Fly on the mis Sion to perform the biological experiments and either me bold or Crouch will be selected to perform the material science experiments on the Mission. The Mission is the first of a planned series of flights that will investigate the use of weightlessness in scientific experiments. The experiments will be con ducted in a module called the space lab carried into orbit in the cargo Bay of the space shuttle Columbia. The Mission i scheduled to last about nine Days. In addition to the specialists Nas Asaid the Mission Crew will include five members of the . Astronaut corps. The first ill Mission will be followed every 17 to 25 months with additional flights using a module and Experiment facilities built by ., european Ca Nadian and japanese organizations. The purpose of the Mission series is to investigate the unique effects of weightless Ness on biological and manufacturing processes. Me bold flew on spacelab-1, a 10-Dayspace shuttle flight in 1983. He holds a doctorate of science degree from Stutt Gart University and was a member of the Max Planck Institute faculty until his appointment in 1977 As a european space Agency astronaut. Bondar is a physician with degree from the University of Toronto and my master University. She is a specialist i neurology. The Canadian National re search Council selected her As an Astro naut in 1983. Money is a Pilot and a scientist specializing in the study of motion sickness. He holds a doctorate in physiology fro the University of Toronto and was selected As a Canadian astronaut in 1983. Crouch is a scientist specializing i microgravity studies at Nasa Headquarters in Washington. He holds a doctorate in physics from Virginia tech. Ulf d. Me bold Nasa officials said the four candidate crewmen will Start training for their mis Sion in april at the Marshall space flight enter in Huntsville Ala. Defendants plead not guilty in Dod Case a t re a att Vii � a 1 7 _ / a to a i Alexandria a. A a defense contractor a Navy employee and five men pleaded not guilty Fri Day to charges that they conspired to obtain Pentagon contracts by paying bribes for information. . District judge Richard Williams set a trial Dat of March 27 in the Case that stems from a two year investigation into allegations that private consultant Sand defense contractors tried to illegally manipulate the defense department s $ 150 billion a year Purchas ing system. The defendants were released on $10,000 personal recognizance Bonds. Thomas Patten the attorney for the contractor Tel Edyne electronics asked that the trial be delayed because we have a daunting task in front of  Wil Liams denied the request. Patten said outside the courthouse that he Felt the March 27 Date did not give him enough time to pre pare and noted that the government had More than two years to develop its Case. The defendants Are Tel Edyne electronics of new by Park calif., a division of Tel Edyne industries Navy purchasing specialist Stuart e. Berlin private consultants Fred h. Lackner and William Parkin and three Tel Edyne employees George h. Kaub Eugene  and Dale Schnittjer. Gerard Treanor an attorney for Parkin said that hews confident about the Case. We anticipate after the trial he will be acquitted Treanor said. Berlin was asked whether he thought he would be exonerated. Sure do he responded. The 27-count indictment returned by a grand jury i Alexandria a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington includes a variety of charges against the defendants but not All of them Are accused of the same offences. All however Are charged with conspiracy and bribery. The indictment alleges that Tel Edyne electronic Sand its employees paid Parkin of Alexandria to get details about a Navy radar contract Worth More than$100 million. Parkin then paid Lackner a consultant based in Woodland Hills calif., who in turn gave bribes to Berlin the indictment says. Prosecutors said Berlin s information played a Rolein Tel Edyne electronics winning of the contract. Berlin Parkin and Lackner face maximum penalties of 185 years in prison and fines of $5.5 million if convicted. Tel Edyne electronics face a Fine of $6.5million if convicted. The other men face lesser sentences if they Are found guilty. Lawyers for Tel Edyne electronics said their client i innocent of conspiracy and knew nothing of any deals Between private consultants and government employees. Attorneys for Parkin also have said their client did nothing wrong in running his business. In presenting its Case the government is apparently planning to use the testimony of Michael Savaides a former employee of Tel Edyne electronics who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery. He is cooperating with prosecutors. After the indictment was made Public the defens department suspended Berlin without pay and barred Tel Edyne electronics from doing business with the government. The Pentagon also suspended the Hazeltine  two of its former executives who have pleaded guilty in the Case. Hazeltine based in Greenlawn n.y., is a subsidiary of the Emerson electric co. Inc. The suspension of contracting rights applies Only to Hazeltine and not toothed units of Emerson. Before the first indictments were unveiled Hazel Tine agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United states conversion of government property an making false statements to the government. Affidavits released two weeks ago suggest that Hazeltine hired Parkin to obtain inside information from Pentagon employees that would allow the company to compete for a $15.9 million contract for electronic testing gear for an aircraft identification system. Arab group to take Coke off blacklist Manama Bahrain a coca cola is about to be removed from the Arab league blacklist for dealing with Israel and plans to open bottling plants throughout the persian Gulf area a company offi Cial has said. We have plans to open bottling plants throughout the Gulf said Peter Beaumont. He would not release details on the number of plants involved or say when they will open. In Syria s capital of Damascus where the official Boycott commit tee met this past week one participant acknowledged that the coca cola Issue was discussed. But he refused to confirm the . Conglomerate was off the blacklist. The Boycott office based in Damascus and an Arm of the 22-na Tion Arab league put the soft drink maker on the list 21 years ago because it did business with Israel. Retired army general who was ration s son in Law Dies at 82 Potomac my. Not retired his  after a urging to duty he served As is  medical Center in Washington. He was 82 and lived in Potomac. Waters a 1931 graduate of the .military Academy at West Point was a son in Law of Gen. George s. Patton  1943, As a lieutenant colonel com manding a tank unit in Tunisia he was taken prisoner by the germans. In the closing Days of the War water was one of several Hundred americans at a prison Camp near Rammelburg Ger Many. As the allies advanced he was sent out with other officers to negotiate with an oncoming american tank unit a Ger Man Soldier shot and severely wounded him. The american Force was routed but week later another american unit Cap tured the Camp. The liberators were Parton the third army commanded by Pat ton who said he did not know his son in Law was in the Camp. Waters spent a year recuperating from John Waters in 1957 is file p. Patterson commanded various a Mored division units in the United states and Korea was chief of the Mili tary assistance staff in Yugoslavia was commanding general of the continent Larmy come responsible for ground de lenses across the nation and commanded v corps in Frankfurt West Germany. In 1951, he was commandant of Ca dets at West Point. He retired from the army a full general in 1966 As com Mander of the . Army of the Pacific. He was awarded the distinguished service Cross the distinguished service medal the Silver Star with clusters the Bronze Star the purple heart with clusters the Knight commander order of the British Empire and the Croix de Guerre with Palm. His first wife the former Beatrice Pat ton died in 1952. He is survived by his second wife Anne Mckinley Waters of Potomac two sons John of Easton md., and George of Baton Rouge la. Three stepdaughters Brandreth Mckinley Cole of Alexandria a. Courtenay Griffin of Shepherdstown . And Allison Mckinley of Portland Ore. And five grand children