European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside strides d Kohl says losses serious but predicts comeback Page 2 d libraries publishers to sue Over sex 5 d top seeds chosen in Mcaa tournament. Page 21 d probes seek information in Van bomb blast Page 28 the stir4andif ripes Uloho Falleo unofficial publici1idh Odthe , armed forces to. 47, no. 328 tuesday. March 14, 1989. Good Momma 1. D 8693 a overseas Drivers get reprieve Epa will allow converter testing by Washington Bureau Washington the environmental Protection Agency tins granted a re Prieve for americans overseas who ship Ped vehicles to West Germany or to Netherlands with catalytic conveners in place. Under an agreement worked out be tween the Epa arid the array last week. and civilian workers who shipped vehicles and registered them in West Csc Many after july 1. 1985, or in the Netherlands after Jin. 1. 1986, now Are eligible for a test thai do ecu leaded gasoline use if the test fails to show that leaded Gas was used in a vehicle the owner May ship the car Back to inc United stares without having 10 replace the convener which can Cost As much As $ 1,000. Under the. Agreement owners must sign a statement saying they did not use leaded fuel and must gel an initial test for their vehicles by May i is thereafter follow up inspections Are required Dur ing annual inspections and 10 Days be fore stateside shipment. The Epa is going to give inc words for the statement a Promise that .1 never used unleaded fuel said Jom Pierce an army transport Aljon official who acknowledged that the change incorporates a Large element of Trust. Previous Epa rules allowed Only vehicles shipped with catalytic converters to West Germany or the Netherlands after oct. I 1987, to participate in the testing program. The Epa expects the Extension to cover most americans serving in the two countries since unleaded fuel was not widely available in Europe befoa119b 5. Usa Keur transportation officials monday said they had received no Titi dial Annu Scemeni from inc army about the Epa regulation change. Currently. West Germany and. The Netherlands Are the on y foreign coun tries involved in the testing program other nations such As do Gium and Italy also fact unleaded fuel and May he a see Epa on Back Page shuttle roars flawlessly into orbit Cape canaveral Florida api the. Shuttle discovery and its five nut bad weather and thundered into orbit monday to deploys si00 million Hall like in improve radio contacts Between , astronauts and 1-Iinh, the 113-Ion winged spaceship also carrying four crippled White run and 32 Chicken eggs for scientific experiments vaulted 611 its Seaside launch pail into a cloudless sky at 51 liftoff was delayed one hour and so minutes to allow fog to Burn off und High Alti tude winds to subside. Nasa reported 8vi minutes discovery had achieved a successful orbit 1 to Miles above Earth. All sys Seros arc clean As a. Whistle Mission control commentator Brian Welch reported from Houston. The. Flight postponed for almost a month by mechanical faults is the third since the i "jb6 challenger disaster that killed seven astronauts and starts an ambitious schedule calling for seven shuttle launches in 1989, a 700-foot Geyser of flame railed the $1-5 billion Craft rolled onto its desired course and sped Itie space Shullick discovery masts off Al Kennedy space Center after Yeinji delayed nearly 2 Tours by fog toward orbit. More than. 45,000 people jammed viewing areas along nearby beaches roads and River Banks to watch the Bla ing departure of the 28th space two minutes and six seconds after liftoff,1 the Light passed a critical Milestone when the two so id Fiill Booster rockets burned out and jettisoned on schedule. The failure of a booster1 rocket joint led to Llic Chal Lenger explosion. Six hours after liftoff he astronauts were to per form the Mam Tosk of inc Mission deploying the sea. Shuttle on back1 Page americans in w. Germany to get Utility Bill tax break under plan . Tiu a kudu Fil Guruni t lira Iii Heidelberg West Germany the army and air Force Are Fin along plans Tor a Tai Relief pro am thai will slice As much As 4 percent from Iii no bids paid by americans serving in West Csc Manv. The army in Europe Hopes 10 Hae the program under Way by the end of july. No firm Date has to been set by i Safe a spokesman Laid the Rookie follows a ten in i Luna sons Kvil eur in which some americans Lime Oil base paid their Utility Bills minus inc 14 percent added value a. Dirc Csiky to 3 military com Mummy morale and Whf Tirc of tits. The slur staff than paid the unlit com pasties for Thow enrolled in the program. The key to Success in Piti Raseni Riuo Lutt the Community i Promise to co or unpaid bus run up by american Utility customers according to Linda How Ard the Community s financial management it Racior. They took a risk with us and they were so cooperatives we mumbled through 5ik" Howard said. The risk Ashal we would do Tipul Oivi he Hill Ortice he com nuni proved the program would work if said the Utility companies in n went so far a of change ii in by is to English to accommodate or customers officials said a similar provision will be part of the Usarek and us vie programs a Katy through in agreement sign id b the cd Mornin allow ing their Tommu m to to Ercule co Leaion Toee Durics if a Hill is no paid. So we be Goi Jou signed pellets the sen Wilt Cost about $1 million a year hut it Plisz to recoup that through a 300 Mark $110 Depou from How to elect to join the program. The army will raise additional Money by not pacing other Utility tuxes that Range from 3 percent to As much As s percent those savings will not be sea Utility on Back Page air Force copter crashes 1 5 die Tucson Aru. A an air Force Heli copter crashed and burned in the desert on a night training Mission kit my All 13 people aboard authorities said monday. Workers at the crash Sile 25 Miles from Davis Mon Hanard acc overed the,1 last bodies Laic monday morning after using a Crane to move the burned out wreckage said base spokesman Capi Carlos Roque. The Vietnam Era ch-3e Jolly Green giant 1 helicopter with four air Force Crew members from the base went Down on a Clear moonless night sunday while ferrying ii army personnel stationed at fort Bragg . Another helicopter was in die area Roque said a witness said he saw what appeared to be flames from the Nel copier before i crashed Roque said that the cause of the crash was see crash on Back Page
