European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday May 27,1989 Apollo crewmen endorse space program Washington Dpi Neil  Strong who walked into history 20 years ago this coming july As the first Man on the Moon endorsed Nasa s planned space station Friday while his two Apollo 11 Crew match called for a renewed Effort to explore the solar sys tem. At a news conference to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their historic flight. Armstrong 58, Edwin Bui Aldrin. 59. And Michael col Lins. 58. Reminisced about their july 16, 1969. Blastoff atop a mighty Saturn 5rocket and the Mission that fulfilled president Kennedy s Promise to land men on the Moon before the end of the 1960s. Ten years ago. I did make a statement endorsing the concept of a permanent presence in space  Strong said. I guess i still feel that s worthy objective. I Hope that space Sta Tion Freedom becomes a reality before we have another 10 years go by Armstrong was referring to Nasa s plans to build a permanently manned space station in the late 1990s, a project that is threatened by budget cuts and a Lack of political support. Alilin called for an evolutionary approach to exploring the solar system. While Collins strongly endorsed a mis Sion to Mars. I think this country should set a Poal of exploring and setting up on  Collins said. That is the one Coal that. I think would have a unifying and perhaps even an electrifying effect on Nasa and our space pro  Armstrong and Aldrin touched Down in the sea of Tranquility on july 20, Edwin Aldrin moving toward the lunar module Eagle on the surface of the Moon in photo taken b Neil Armstrong inset. 1969, in a spider like lunar module spacecraft called Eagle while Collin orbited 69 Miles overhead in the gum Dunn shaped Apollo command module Columbia. That s one Small step for Man one giant leap for Mankind Armstrong said As he stepped onto the Moon s sur face. While Aldrin and Collins have Grant cd interviews and written books  Strong who is a very private Man has routinely refused to meet the press or make Public appearances. Armstrong did. However agree to amass interview to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his walk on the Moon. During that session Armstrong spoke about what made him different from other humans. When asked what he thought about when he looked at the Moon he said i Sec places where i be been and can relate to  the publicity took its toll on Al Drin who suffered periodic bouts of depression and in 1972. Underwent a month of psychiatric treatment be cause of the pressure he Felt As a pub Lic figure. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21 hours and 36 minutes on the Moon including two hours and 40 minutes walking on the surface setting out experiments and collecting 42 pounds of Rock and lunar soil. Their splashdown on july 24 in the Pacific Ocean capped president Kennedy s pledge to land a Man on the Moon and return him safely Home by the Clos of the 1960s, which was the crowning achievement of the $25 billion Apollo program. Lukens convicted of sex charge Columbus Ohio a . Rep. Donald Lukens was convicted Friday of having sex with a 16-year-old girl whose Mother accused the congressman of of Fering a government Job to buy her silence. A Franklin county Domestic relations court jury returned the verdict after deliberating for about one hour. I Ukins. A Ohio showed no emotion when the verdict was read. The 58-Vear-old congressman who is divorced was charged with contrib uting to the Una ugliness and delinquency of a minor a Misdemeanour that car Ries a maximum sentence of 180 Days in jail and a si.000 Fine. The prosecutor said in closing arguments that Lukens endangered the morals of the girl. Rozic Colfman Buti Ukens attorney attacked the 16-year old s reputation. You be got to have some morals to i l then endangered Don t you Thomas Tyack said in his closing statement. This is a classic Case of throwing something against the Walland seeing if something  Lukens smiled As he entered the courtroom for the fifth Day of his  he appeared tense As assistant prosecutor Rita Mangini summarized her Case before the jury. Lukens contributed to the girl s in Rul iness and delinquency by giving her alcohol paying for her cab ride to his apartment and having sex with her. Mangini said. He also tried to get her to commit lesbian act with another. Individual she said. Lukens also caused coff Man to associate with immoral per sons namely the  in testimony thursday a private investigator said Lukens expressed fear for his political career the night head fitted that he had sex with a minor. . Caudill testified that Luck is became emotional after he made the admission. In previous testimony Coffman s Mother. Anna Coffman said Lukens tried to bribe her with an offer to help her find a government Job. Lukens claims she was trying to extort Money from him in Exchange for her silence. After four Days of testimony and  witnesses the prosecution rested its Case. The defense called no wit Nesses. Lukens refused to respond when asked outside the courtroom thursday Why he did not take the stand. Caudill. Who was hired in january by Lukens former attorney Jose Lope to administer a polygraph test to the . Lawmaker testified that Lukens confessed after initially deny ing that he had sex with the 16-year old. He admitted that he did have sex Ual Intercourse with Rosie Coffman said Caudill a former Dayton police officer. He also said Lukens expressed fear for his political future. He told me that this was really going to destroy his career that he had been dating a lady in Washington and he did t know How he would Tell her about  Caudill said. Lukens served two terms in Congress in the 1960s and was elected to the Ohio Senate before returning to Congress in 1986. . Rep. Donald Lukens by the Sun Francisco chronicle a Small earthquake at Dawn thursday set off fran tic Wake up alarms for scientists around California As it rumbled through Southern Monterey county. The temblor struck in a Region studded with instruments As part of the world s most important earthquake prediction Experiment. After an hour or so of excitement however experts running the Rural Parkfield earthquake prediction Experiment said the Little Shaker was not the one for which they Are eagerly waiting. Researchers at the . Geological Survey in Menlo Park who Monitor the Region by radio and Telephone links said the quake struck at 5 40 . And measured 4.0 on the Richter scale a Sie big enough to be Felt but unlikely to cause damage. The Hamlet of Parkfield is famous among Earth quake scientists because the area has been shaken by magnitude 6.0 quakes at least 100 times More powerful than thursday s almost like clockwork every 22 years or  most recent of the temblor was in 1966, and a repeat is due any Lime. What May be the world densest Thicket of earthquake measuring instruments is in place along the san Andreas fault to record it. But thursday s seismic disturbance was not in the right place said Allan g. Lindh chief scientist for the project coordinated by the geological Survey. But i la Tell you for a while we were just scared that this was it