European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 09, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Jordan leads bulls Over Cavaliers sports Page 21 pipes authorized unofficial publication forthe . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 22 tuesday May 9, 1989 saw it Sun d 8693 a missile dispute May Lead . To remove troops Aspin says by the Washington Post Washington chairman los Aspin d-wis., of the House armed services committee said sunday that the United Stales not this year but Down the line might pull its troops out of West Germany if that country refuses to allow Short Range nuclear weapons to be based on its soil. On the same Abc news program. This week with David Brinkley defense Secretary Dick Cheney said the unification of East Germany and West Germany would be the natural outgrowth of . Efforts rang ing from advocating the elimination of the Berlin Wall to ending the soviet occupation of Eastern Europe. Both Aspin and Cheney spoke of those developments As possible outcomes of the fast changing East West relationship. Aspin and former . Arms negotiator Paul h. Nitze criticized the Bush administration saying it has been merely reacting to initiatives of soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev rather than launching some of its own. The United states should be a Little bit More Active and not quite so reactive and cautionary in our poli cies Aspin said. He contended the administration posture has been one of lie Back and watch devel Nitze in agreeing said we should be looking for an Aspin and Nitze criticized the Bush administration for insisting that the West German government allow modernization of . Short Range missiles like the Lance while at the same time refusing to enter negotiations with the soviets of reduce those weapons in Europe. No West German government could accept that proposition. Nitze said. The Issue is Apt to pull Ger see missile on Back Page Atlantis glides to Safe Landing Edwards fab Calif. A the Atlantis astronauts glided out of orbit to a Safe Landing in the Mojave desert monday after a four Day Mission that sent a robot spacecraft streaking through the solar system toward Venus. Commander David Walker guided the 97-ton winged spaceship to a Stop on Concrete runway at 12 43 p.m., concluding a flight that covered 1.68 million Miles. See earlier Story on Page 5. Congratulations and a Nice Landing and you be extended the shuttle reach far beyond Earth orbit now. Magellan would be proud said Mission control refer ring to the 16th-Century portuguese explorer for whom the Venus spacecraft is named. About 27,500 spectators the smallest crowd Ever to watch a shuttle Landing were on hand in 90-Degrec heat. An hour before Landing. Walker fired braking rockets 184 Miles above the in Dian Ocean to drop Atlantis out of orbit and Start it on a blazing dive through the atmosphere on a course Over the Pacific and across the California coast. As the five astronauts ended the Jour Ney the Magellan probe they released on monday was More than 640.000 Miles from Earth on a 15-month, 800-million Milc voyage to Venus to map its surface with sup Sharp radar. The Magellan on the first . Interplanetary Mission in 11 years will Send Back images that scientists said should Tell them not Only about the history of Venus but also about the evolution of its sister planet Earth. On sunday the astronauts stayed up an hour past bedtime to Stow equipment after replacing a computer that quit the Only major glitch of the journey. The problem posed no threat to the flight the shuttle has four computers a backup and a spare but ground con trollers decided to take no chances and had the members of the Crew Cut Short their experiments and install a new com Puter. The shuttle Crew also included Pilot Ronald grab and Mission specialists Norman Thagard Mark Lee and Mary Cleave. Monitoring Panama election former president Carter Centerport of an International observer team presents his views at a san Mizii Clito polling Sta Tion during Panama s presidential elec Tion sunday. Cries of fraud followed the balloting. Story Page 28. Army chooses travel Agency to replace itt by Randy Mcclain staff writer the army awarded a two year travel services con tract monday to the scheduled airlines travel office overseas a Frankfurt based travel Agency that will take Over 57 travel offices on military bases through out West Germany. Sato will replace the information. Tour and travel offices that have been arranging Leisure travel packages for service members the past two years. Army officials said the switch from itt to Sato will take As Long As six months in some military communities. In others the transition will Lake just 90 Days. Among the communities that will have Sato offices first will be Heidelberg. West Berlin kaisers Lamorn Mannheim Frankfurt Munich. Stuttgart and Nairn Borg. Sato will be in charge of Leisure and official travel for the army under the new contract which will be in Force for an initial two year period with three one year options to renew. Sato will be required to pay a fee of either 6 per cent or 6.5 percent to each Community s morale Wel fare and recreation fund where it operates. Most communities will get 6 percent. Army officials said. The fee will be based on Leisure travel arranged under the contract according to a press release issued by the army late monday afternoon. Lale last year. Army officials slim Ald that the More than 50 travel offices scattered in West German could do More than $100 million in Leisure travel annually. Awarding of the con race to Sato ends a two year see itt on Back Page
