European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars stripes tuesday May 30,1989 world still Here so doomsayers recalculates Nashville. Tenn. A a re tired a a Engineer who predicted thai the beginning of the end of the world would occur in 1988 now says his forecast was off by one year. Edgar Whisenant said born again christians will be taken up into heaven sept. I in the Whisenant. 56. Created a stir last year with the publication of "88 Rea sons Why the rapture will be in l �88." he estimated that he the world Bible society in Nashville gave away or sold about 4.5 million copies of the Booklet. The final shout rapture s9 re port is to be released this week said Whisenant. Who co wrote the Booklet with Greg Brewer. I made a mistake last year. My calculations were off by one whisk Nant said by Telephone last week from his Little Rock ark., Home. The mistake occurred he said because present Day Gregorian calendars count Only 99 years for the first Century calculations begin at . 1. Not Era. But i believe my mistake was god s will a shout a preparation period for the Church. And there has been a he said. I believe this year it s the rapture. The evidence is Whisenant. Who lives on his pension from the National aeronautics space administration said he has dedicated his life to trying to unlock the Bible s Riddle about the rapture. I be spent 550,000 of my own Money to get the word out about this Whisenant said. I be never made a cent on it. I be put 152,000 Miles on my vow. And All i own is a bed. When you fear god enough you Don t lie. Cheat or in the new Booklet he said he is not a Prophet such studies arc subject to the world Bible society which had revenues of $3.1 million in 1987. Made an estimated $200,000 on the controversial Booklet but it was Given to Christian charities society head nor Voll Olive said. Olive said he plans to Send out 300,000 free copies to protestant ministers nationwide before Selling them for $2 a copy in Christian bookstores. Dartmouth s entry crosses the Connecticut Hier at Fairlee vt., during the first a Rof the american Lour de sol. Future Bright for solar cars race proves Cambridge mass. A a vision of the future arrived sunday when tiny solar powered cars in the american tour de sol came tooling Over the finish linear Massachusetts Institute of technology. While the Indianapolis 500 was making its perennial display of the Speed Power of the internal combus Tion engine the four Day tour de sol was quietly Mak ing another Point not about who could finish first but about a new technology that its pioneers expect to become commonplace. What this race is really about is. Developing the solar commuter car said Nancy Hazard of the Northeast solar Energy association which sponsored the event. Based in Brattleboro. Vt., the 15-year-old, non profit organization promotes the development use of solar Power the 208-mile tour do sol began thursday in Mont Pelier. Vt., wending its Way for a couple of hours each morning through the Back roads of new Hampshire Massachusetts. While there arc similar solar races run in Australia in this country. Sunday s race was modelled on the Swiss tour de sol. That annual event first held in 1985, draws competitors from All Over the world Aims to establish the use of solar Power for commuter cars that can travel up to about 50 Miles a Day. The six entrants in the american tour de sol were teams from Alabama Mit new Hampshire technical Institute in Concord. Dartmouth College in Hanover n.h., Worcester polytechnic Institute. Two cars were in the commuter class resembled truncated sedans. The others were racers Low to the ground their bodies narrow like a cocoon topped with Flat solar panel roofs. All were equipped with panels of photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity to run electric motors charge their batteries. Participation was uneven. There were breakdowns false starts. One car competed Only on was on the Road each of the four Days but was dragged part of the Way on a trailer because it lacked enough electric storage. Another needed charging by conventional electricity overnight. But it did t really matter organizers said because the purpose was to demonstrate efficiency reliability of a developing technology. The first finisher sunday was de Passerini a 51 year old professor of environmental studies humanities at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa but the final Winner would be calculated based on performance Over the four Days other factors. This feels absolutely terrific Passerini cried a few minutes after his vehicle rolled in on a grass Patch to a silent smooth finish at 10 50 . About 50 spectators were there to Greet him. The indy 500 is a relic of the past Passerini crowed. In the year 2000 beyond this is the sort of thing we re going to be Passerini said his three wheeled car Cost $2.800 took three weeks to build. It clocked up to 45 Mph on the Straightaway. 13 Mph on the Hills could travel 30 Miles per Day on solar Power. The car weighed about 800 pounds was cobbled together from a trailer hitch a two seat yellow paddle boat fitted with a steering wheel Brake pedals. Solar panels covered the rear of the vehicle an four conventional car batteries soaked up the Csc Conci to. Hazard said race rankings would be calculated based on Road time the degree to which the contestants relied on solar Energy. But organizers stressed that winning or losing was beside the Point. It s a vision of future transportation a vision of the future said Rob Wells the race director Dartmouth researcher. It s also a wonderful Opportunity for an educational stateside recording group Calls for curb on Home studios los Angeles a a recording Industry group is campaigning to restrict the use of Home studios for musical production. Efforts to shut Down music producer Chas Sanford s Home studio where the likes of Chicago. Rod Stew Art Stevie Nicks have recorded could affect thousands of Hollywood creative people who work out of their Homes. The crackdown is in response to complaints about violations of City zoning ordinances that prohibit com Mercial use of residential property. Sanford contended that if artists Are prohibited from working out of their Homes it could have a negative Impact on the recording Industry. Sanford denied he runs a studio for hire business. He said that in the 2 / years since he moved into the House he has rented it out f9r a total of four sessions lasting 15 Days those artists were his friends. 59% in poll think Bush is off to a slow Start Washington a George Bush is off to a slow Start in his four months As president say 59 per cent 9f americans surveyed by Abc news the Washington Post. The Survey also determined that slightly More than half of the respondents fell Bush was lacking Clear goals where he wants to Lead the country or were Uncertain whether he has a plan. According to the Survey published in monday s editions of the newspaper 47 percent Felt Bush had Clear goals 43 percent said no 10 percent said they did t know. Of those who said Bush was off to a slow Start 79 percent said they were concerned about it. Still two in three people approve of the Way Bush is doing his Job the Survey said. The Telephone Survey was conducted May 12-16 by ice Survey research group of Media pa., had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. Tomahawk cruise missile completes 450-mile test Eglin fab Fla. A a Navy Tomahawk cruise missile launched from the Gulf of Mexico successfully completed a 450-mile test flight Over Florida Alabama a department of defense spokesman said. The land attack missile was launched at about 9 15 . Sunday from a submarine under Way in the Gull was recovered after making a Parachute tending m Eglin s test Range said Bob Holsapple of the cruise missile project. Cruise missiles can be launched from sea or air can carry nuclear or conventional warheads. The missile used in sunday s test was unarmed hol Sapple said. Because the Jet powered weapon was recovered by Parachute rather than crash Landing into its target As a live weapon would it can be refurbished probably at a Cost of $ 100,000 to $300,000. A new missile would Cost about $1.3 million he said
