European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Millie s a Mother Page 5 the St to stripes authorized unofficial publication Forte . Armed forces vol. 47, no.333 sunday March 19. 1989 a oms d 8693 a 450,000 watch shuttle land Edwards fab. Calif. A the discovery s astronauts swooped out of orbit to a desert Landing and the cheers of 450.000 spectators saturday after a nearly flawless journey that completed Avital space communications network and mapped a fragile Earth. Commander Michael Coats guided the97-ton winged spaceship to a touchdown on a Concrete runway at this flight test base at 6 36 a.m., concluding a flight that covered 1.9 million Miles in four Days,23 hours 39 minutes. The shuttle landed on the runway Scenter line. Well done. Discovery. That s one Tobe proud of capsule communicator Frank Culbertson said As the Craft rolled to a Stop. Forty five minutes after touchdown the five astronauts All looking fit and smiling left the spacecraft and were me by Nasa officials. They took the traditional walk around inspection of the discovery and close up television pictures showed the fuselage was in very Good condition. There was no evidence of the severe tile damage that the Atlantis suffered in december when it was hit by insulation falling off Booster rocket and fuel tank during the launch. The members of the Crew were driven to a medical facility for Brief examinations and later were to meet with their families before Hying Back to their train ing base in Houston. There is no significant damage to the see shuttle on Back Page the do scout by glides in for its Landing saturday at Edwards fab in California after a flu it that As declared nearly perfect. Teamsters May strike at pan am in support of Eastern machinists Miami a a teamsters Union official threatened saturday to stage a sympathy walkout at pan am corp. To support Eastern airlines workers enter ing their third week on strike. One of the targets would be the shuttle of pan american. Where Eastern airlines is now being picketed said William f. Genoese director of the teamsters air division. Therefore we could lie up the Northeast corridor of the United  pan am Eastern s main competitor on the Boston new York Washington shuttle service has beefed up us serv ice since Eastern s strike began March 4. Genoese said that the 5,200 teamsters at pan am have an open contract allow ing them to strike at ans time and that he thought the earner s other unions would be supportive. Genoese declined to discuss strike timing or strategy further. Genoese and Charles e. Bryan head of Eastern s machinists Union met sat urday morning in Miami to discuss Strat egy including a joint employee buyout thai would Combine the two struggling airlines. This is the Opportunity of a lifetime genoese said. They can save two air  for several years Bryan has Bee pushing for employee control of Eastern As a leading solution to ils  said Eastern s problems provide an opening to Combine that goal with a similar Effort at pan am and Bryan said there was ample financial backing for such an Effort. On Friday Eastern put narrow body planes in its 250-aircraft Fleet for Sale. Eastern regularly gives notice to air Craft brokers worldwide about planes being put on the Market but with the airline reorganizing in bankruptcy court the Sale obviously draws much greater attention Eastern spokesman Robin Matell said Friday. The notice to brokers included list Ings of dc-9s, Boeing 727s and 757s, Maloll said. The bankruptcy court would have to approve any Sale of air Craft he  have charged thai Frank Lorenzo chairman of Eastern s Parent company. Texas air corp., has systematically sold off Eastern s assets or transferred them to predominantly non Union Continental airlines at Cut rate  said however that the Miami based airline has been open about the need to sell assets to rebuild the strike entrenched  am like Eastern has been hit by financial losses and labor tensions. Panama chairman Tom Plaskett recon Fly said the Carrier would probably need to merge with another airline to ensure ils  strike began March 4 with a walk out by 8,500 mechanics and ground serv ice workers in a dispute Over $125 Mil lion in proposed wage cuts. The strike quickly escalated with the support of pilots and flight attendants and was Lorn filed for bankruptcy reorganization five Days later. They Otter know better Jacksonville Beach. Fla a when police got a Call that an Otter had been sighted on first Street they were surprised to find just How Wea Selly the Critter could be. Officer Tom Pomeroy and two other officers quickly cornered the furry Buckloo had animal Nea City Hall and began trying to Herd it toward the police garage. But the 3-foot-Long, 25-Poundotter had a mind of its own. He saw the Fountain at City Hall and was in it in no time Pomeroy  s when the police depart ment called David Brimm a wildlife officer with the Florida game and fresh water fish commission. Brimm and Pomeroy took  and splashed around in the Fountain until they caught the Otter. They re actually very playful animals Brimm said but they have Good size  the Otter was put in the police department s Pel Carrier and Brimm set it free in the intr coastal waterway