European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 2s news briefs the stars and stripes wednesday March 8,1989 shuttle launch delayed Cape canaveral. Raap failure or an electronic  moriday fenced Nasa to Post Pone for at least twi Days saturday s planned launch of space shuttle discovery liftoff was. Delayed Al least until monday space Agency spokesman Lisa in logic said. She said a firm launch Date would not be set until wednesday. Aft or a new part has been in mailed on the shuttle and checked out the tailed s Stem is vital by Cauncil separates the Booster pock ets and fuel tank from flip spaceship in flight. President cancels trip Washington a the storm sweeping through the Chesapeake Bay Region caused presi Dent huh to cancel tuesday s planned trip to Pennsylvania and Delaware the White House announced monday. Flush had been scheduled to k to Lancaster pa., and then to Wilmington Del the trip will be re scheduled for nest week said White House spokes. Man Bruce Zanca. -. Firm fined $5.5 million los Angeles a Rockwell International f nip. Was fined ji.5 million monday for double Billing the Pentagon by about $450.000 on a navigation Mitch like. The company which pleaded guilty to conspiracy and contempt of court but maintained. It was innocent vowed to Appeal , Marshall s ruling. The Vik Gundo based aerospace and Ryan fac urine company was fined $500,000 for conspiring with some of its managers to double Bill the air. Force by about $450,000 Oil the Nav Star Nav. Galton satellite system Between 1 982 and 1984. Marshall ordered a s5 million Fine for a contempt of court charge brought against Rockwell because the term of settlement of an earlier unrelated Case barred. The company from fraudulent Billing. The line for contempt of court is unlimited 29th ariane lifts off Kourou. French Guiana a Europe s 29th Arian. Rocket lifted off successfully monday from this South american launch Conler and put a japanese and a european satellite into orbit. The launch had been scheduled for feb. 28 but was postponed because of a strike by technicians la was rescheduled for saturday but delayed again when High winds Ca Pressler of South Dakota is considered a possible switch vote even fall republicans hang together. Tower still needs the support of Fiir More democrats while House reaction to the Heflin statement reflected the difficulty of those Odds. That s   spokesman b. Jay Cooper said. Well Hope for a opt debate on the Nomeir Pajion which entered its third Day monday will continue tuesday afternoon with a vote expected some Lime this week. Bush aides said monday they hoped the Heflin Deci Sion would Al least make i hair waiting game strategy appear to be working. A potential democratic Wing votes As Yel undeclared and being wooed by Bush May vet provide the possibility to up the balance. They include Lloyd Belsen of Texas Christopher Dodd and Joseph Lieberman both of Connecticut and Charius s. Robb of Virginia. Meanwhile after Ihrck Days of silence the president again declared his intention to stand by Tower. Drawing enthusiastic applause at a National Confer ence of veterans of foreign wars Bush said i m sick and tired of some of inc rumours and the innuendo that Are used against this decent Man. "1 stand by him because he is uniquely qualified As the right Man to take charge of the Pentagon Bush said nato s Eastern from Page 1. Workers Down from 31,200 before the strike. Matyll said Eastern would file for bankruptcy onlys a last resort but indicted the pilots walkout May Force the airline to consider the option. The pilots Are conducting their own economic strike against the company Matyll said we believe that it is a illegal weapon to gain Alpa s economic  we re not the ones who sought the strike said John j. Bavis head of vie Eastern pilots Union. This is a strike that or Lorenzo  he was referring to Frank Lorenzo chairman of Eastern s Parent text air corp., whose anti Union reputation has Galvani a Eastern s Union employees. Earlier Matyll said about 200 pilots but of 3,600were flying but the Pill is Union put the number at 88, i when Eastern announced its ill akan off 25 of them on the line said. Four or five More cited by the end of the Day i averaged 1,040 flights Rarry from Page 1 nato reckoning and Well ahead in Many catch Oneson weapons by their own acc buting the cutbacks to com Mon ceilings would mean disproportionate reductions by the soviet led Warsaw acl. The cuts  proposed would bring soviet forces in Europe far below the Levels that would re main after completion of the unilateral reductions announced spa ,7 by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Secretary of state James a. Baker departing from the prepared text of his first speech in an International forum As chief , Diplomat said he was a scour. Aged by the new soviet proposals. As of monday night cutbacks 69 flights Hack Northeast shuttle the a shuttle flights were cup Kcf Omic strike a starting 100,000 people Dali the pilots Union adv nor a plea from Easley turn to work. The con cd members monday to in 1i president Phil bakes to re. Pany said the pilots would be classified As being on strike if they did not return by noon tuesday and implied they could lose seniority face reduced pensions or o fired Eastern asked , Dif Ricl judge Edward b. Davis for a preliminary injunction against the air line Pilot association both at Eastern and nationally ordering pilots Back to work and a Muesling damages. Davis told the pilots attorneys to submit arguments by tuesday morning in of followed by an afternoon hearing i the future of Eastern airlines rests in this court Eastern attorney David is said. If the pilots Are not prevented from carrying Cut this strike. Eastern cannot  Pilot attorney James Lipscy called Eastern s actions a frivolous  it said the pilots were legally honouring picket tines not conducting i heir own strike. Eastern s 5,900 flight at a Danes also have Honor Edthe machinists strike. Eastern is seeking $150 million in contract concessions Whin the machinists want s50 million in raises. 1 Railroad from Page 1 naturally a cause for Concerio he said i agree there is Public concern about British rail and about safely on the railways he said investment in the stale run railway is at a record s96j million this tsar and due to Rise 10 an average $ 1.29 billion annually for the next four years. In the Glasgow  Short trains carry ing about 70 passe Rigers were travelling Between the suburbs of Springburn and Milngavie when they collided. Each was going about to Mph he said. A warning explosive went off on the track before the Accident apparently triggered by a signalman in a Box at the Side or the  it was too Laic for he trains to Slop a British rail spokesman said. That Section of the track had been converted several years ago from a double to a single track to save Money the spokesman said but he insisted it should have been safe.1 Ozone from Page 1 take a decision which is not Well grounded we can interfere and destroy the economics of the developing  Sherwood Rowland an atmospheric chemist fro the University of California m Irvine said they sound very much like people from the european com Ini icily a year ago and Iron the United slates two years ago before hey became aware of the problem. The soviet Union is among the 31 nations that have signed inc 1987 Montreal protocol agreeing to halve the compounds by 1999. The untied Stales and the 12-nation dec have said they will try fora total ban by that time most Western scientists agree that chlorofluorocarbons commonly used in refrigerators aerosols and fast food packaging Are gradually depleting the Ozone shield that protects the Earth from the Sun s cancer causing ultraviolet rays