European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes thursday March 30,1989 soviets lose a Flor new York times officials have lost con acl with in unmanned space Craft mane vering near a Martian Moon. A misfortune that severely threatens so Viet dreams of exploring it try. The official news Agency Tass said tuesday night Hal inc spacecraft Pho Dili 2. Faisca to communicate with Earth at scheduled after completing an opera lion monday around the Martian Moon phobos and scientists at Mission control have been unable to establish stable the soviet Union s space program lost millions of dollars and invaluable re search when a companion Craft phobos 1, was lost in space last summer after being Given an erroneous command. Failure to re establish Contd with Pho nos 2 would doom the current Mars exploration project. .-.-. The breakdown in communications comes Al a critical Point in the Man project since he Craft was ready to Enlar into orbit around 1 Hohos and was scheduled in land instruments there on april this problem could t have happened Ai a worse Lime said Nicholas l. Johnson a scientist at talc sync Brown engineering in . Ala., and author of the annual. Soviet year in Johnson said he was not aware of he problems affecting photos 2 s ability to communicate hut he noted that the Craft experienced systems trouble Laic last year and that it lost its main transmitter that returns data 10 Earth forcing it to rely on a Low Power backup if hat backup transmitter fails there s nothing tilt1 1 can Johnson said. O/7 firm sinks Rig wreckage in North sea London pm the wreck of n North sea Oil and Gas platform that blew up Ian 167 men was toppled and sunk into inc sea tuesday because it was a Hazard to shipping. Angl is based Occidental Petroleum corp.,-.-which owned the i incr Alpha platform saw Ihrck tugs and 11. Barge pulled the remains of the Structure Over after Ilic platform s tags were weakened by controlled underwater explosions John for adm. The company a chair Man in or train. Said there is now 250 feel of a ear water above the wreck on he sea bed. I i Miles pm of Aberdeen. The Jill i blast was the world s worst m a platform at sea and was attributed by invest Maiori leaking Gat valve there were 62 survivors. Thirty one of the \ climb were Neer found Occidental said the 12,500-ton pile of Weka Emil now be inspected and military round soviet team in a Aschheim for Short notice inspection wisc Isheim air station West Germany Sims a learn of nine sonnets arrived wednesday morning to conduct a Short notice inspection Al the on nub Mon it idly around launched cruise missile base its Central Europe a base spokesman said. The inspection of the 38th tac missile Wing is one of 20 Short notice inspections allowed this car b the incr mediate Range nuclear forces treaty 1st la. Enc w. Schnaible sail it is the first at a Aschheim since a team of soviets inspected the base m july to Venefy the number of missiles there Koft it Sot Iel pm flt shows u portion of Man and. Above in in1 Moon pm Beers in the compensation no Golgi ions said each victim s family should get a nuts million. To reporter to visit Mir by the new York times Tokyo a japanese television network said tuesday that it Hud sinned a contract Wilh inc soviet Union in Send a reporter to he mtr space station the first journalist to report from space As part of inc unusual Deal he Tokyo broadcast Lijar system will re port Day pay about $12 million la Jhc soviets to launch the reporter an a soyuz Ruckel sometime in 1991.---. -,--.-,. Ii is unclear whether inc launch info Hill hike place before the first japanese Sis Roihl travels aboard the United slates space shuttle in a High scheduled for july 1991. This is happening completely outside our own Japec program said Eijin i lir Ohuna with Japan s National space Agen by. We did not expect the network win Lime lining up spoil Sun far its Van Marc. That a Are plan but is six Daj in Span 10 minutes a by of a lire broadcast and 20 minutes at radio Broad Easl Tosh to Nakanishi � spokesman for the network Sahl four years ago the United Stales announced a plan id Send a journalist Dut the program was cancelled after the challenger disaster Jan. 28,1986, which killed schoolteacher. Chrisla Mcauliff tune six others. India releases Only part of Gandhi report new of Chi. India ai1 the government said wednesday that it withheld parts of a report on the assassination of prime minister Indira a Gandhi because they contained top secret material. Home minister Lluvia Singh said the government did nut release certain Pas sages been Umhey were classified or Sid cred sensitive 1 Russ Trust of India reported. Singh said the i arli Amend speaker will he Given the full report and will seek Lite attorney in neral s opinion on whether the Sec Rel portions should be made Public. The report released monday and based on a special state commission s finding accuses an adviser to prime minister Sajiv Gandhi of complicity in the 198-5.shooting death of mrs Gandhi Kii Jendra Kumar Puhawan mrs. Gandhi s personal Secrular for More than 20 i ars had originally been exonerated of involvement. The inf treaty requires the United slates and the soviet Union to eliminate All of their intermediate Range missile Sand jives Boih tides the right to Monitor ii jul my compliance. The inspectors will spend up so 24 hours at Wii i Heim with the option of spending an additions Emht hours if agreed to b both panics. Schwa Ink said. 1 St personnel worker Marks 50 years of service schwe1zingen, a i Germany a 1st i a sonnet Comden Plo be Lias been honoured for completing 50 years of government service officials said. John j. Liscinsky. 75, chief of the Usa eur awards Branch began his career at Brooklyn not Wal Yard. N.v., As a Coppersmith s Helper. He was drafted by the army shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor in december 1941, and was honorable discharged in 194? As a chief warrant officer Liscinsky remained in West Germany after the War working for Usa eur s chemical warfare service the ordnance indu rial Seniw and the dependents school so sick before beginning his current Job in 197s. Gun. Crosbie e. Santl Usa eur commander pc sealed Liscinsky with a certificate and 50-Yeor p n during a a Lemony in tuesday. The awards Branch processes awards from the Usarek commander and Deputy commander awards for sold jars from nato armies and nato awards for . Soldiers
