European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday september 7,1989 soviets Back in space after 4 months Bai Konur cosm drome. . A two cosmonauts orbited the Earth wednesday and prepared to climb aboard the space station Mir after a Bur month break in the soviet manned space program forced by failures and Cost disputes. Commander Alexander s. Vik Torenko and Engineer Alexander a. Scr Brov Rode a Trail of Orange flame into a Star filled night sky Early wednesday aboard a rocket emblazoned with advertising. Scientists at Bai Konur cosm drome applauded when their soyuz tm-8 capsule reached orbit nine minutes later and official reports said All was Well with the Crew. The capsule dropped two Booster rockets one carrying a Iso foot High and for an italian insurance company. The capsule is to Dock Friday with the Mir space station which has been unmanned since the end of april because of criticism of the Cost of the space pro Gram and because two new modules were not ready. The government newspaper Izvestia wednesday said the new modules will add 60 Square Yards to the cramped living area in space and More important sharply increase the research capabilities of As a whole the Crew is getting the possibility of carrying out on a contemporary level work in the Fields of geophysics astrophysics technology and biology Izvestia said. Officials said the new modules Are nearly finished and the two cosmonauts will attach them in october and february before they Are replaced by new Cosmo nauts in March. Mir already is joined with Kvanli an astrophysics Laboratory. The first new module features a Shower and sink a Airlock for spacewalks and an incubator in which japanese Quail eggs will be hatched to study the effects of weightlessness on heredity. The second has a telescopic camera for studying the stars a Docking port for the Buran shuttle and equip ment to grow vegetables. Tass in another Effort to boost the space program wednesday reported space research has brought $19 billion in profits through improved weather forecast ing communications navigation and transport Rescue. Vik Torenko and scr Brov have a Busy schedule Dur ing their six month Mission which also is an important Public relations exercise. Soviet officials have stressed such space nights can yield practical dividends and pounded Home the theme in the final hours before liftoff. To help their space program pay More of its own Way they even allowed advertising. One of three stages of the Iso foot Booster rocket painted Orange carried an and for the italian company go Crali. Others for a soviet electronics company an new Dawn perfume were displayed on a Side of the launch pad and in a room where the cosmonauts me reporters monday night. New profess aimed at gis visiting Sachsenhause by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt West Germany a second group of Sachsenhause bar and restaurant owners has protested to Frankfurt officials about Drunken Vio Lent Servic members who they say Are wrecking the reputation of the City s Apple wine Section. The group met tuesday with Daniel Cohn Bandit chief of the City s office of multicultural affairs and a v corp representative in an attempt to find ways to curb the i violence. The meeting follows complaints by other bar and restaurant owners in july who asked the City to make the area off election Washington Texas official shave scheduled a special election for nov. 7 to fill the congressional seat left vacant by Democrat rep. Mickey la land who was killed in a plane crash in Ethiopia last month. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the special election a run off will be held. Servic members government employees and their families who Are residents of Texas 18th congressional District May Register and request Absentee ballots by mailing in a completed Federal Post card application no later than seven Days before the election. For More information voters Shoul Contact their unit voting assistance offi cer. Go s 2nd trial delayed in 1984 murder Case Frankfurt West Germany is the second court martial of a 3rd army div Soldier whose death sentence in the 1984 slaying of a West German taxi Driver was overturned has been delayed. The trial of pfc. Todd a. Dock 24,will not begin sept. Is As originally re ported by his attorney William Holmes officials said wednesday. No new Date for a trial expected to beheld in the courtroom at Pioneer Cavern in Hanau West Germany has been set. Dock is charged with the premeditated murder and robbery in the death of Claus Englhardt 30, in Butzbach. Atthe time of the crime Dock was assigned to cob 2nd in 32nd Armor in Kirch Gens. Circus impresario Dies los Angeles a Clifford , who transformed a boy s dream of the old time circus into a revival of the traditional three ring big top has died. He was 64. Limits to american soldiers. In contrast to the first group the nine bar and restaurant owners at tuesday s meeting questioned Why City authorities did not enforce regulations that All Barsin the area limit the serving of alcohol to visibly Drunken customers or the serving of alcohol beyond the time limit set inthe business License. The businessmen said tuesday that the problems with the gis and with West German skinheads could be solved if a Small number of discos and bars that catered to them were More closely monitored by the City or closed Down. The innkeepers also said they had the impression that v corps is doing As much Asil can to alleviate the problem. They said increased German american patrols have helped ease the trouble. Cohn Bandit said All suggestions by the group would be examined but he warned against Labelling any one group As the source of All the problems in Sachsenhause. I know you have problems he said. I also know that violence in the world is a growing phenomenon. I am also con Vinced that if there were no gis in Sach Senhausen you d be sitting Here with complaints about some other the group called the initiative for the preservation of charming old Sachsen Hausen complained tuesday that bus Tours have stopped going to the areas and that Large hotels have stopped Send ing customers to them for fear of Vio Lence. Four of the group s members said the Yare having problems finding buyers for their restaurants because they Are in Sachsenhause. Cohn Bendit told the group he plans to meet separately with representatives from v corps the licensing office an the police. Afterwards he said he would put together suggestions for the mayor office. Robert Wyatt the v corps political adviser told the meeting that his com Mand has been disturbed by the report from Sachsenhause and started corrective measures in May. Arc taking Yule season reservations by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau Garmisch West Germany the armed forces recreation Center has begun accepting reservations for the Christmas Holiday season at its string of bavarian resort hotels. Reservations for the two seven Day periods will be required in writing with a $100 Deposit for each room reserved said Harry Connors an arc spokes Man. Reservations will be accepted Only for periods of seven nights either dec. 22 through dec. 29 or dec. 29 through Jan. A Connors said. Reservations must be received by nov. 30. Major credit cards can be use to guarantee the rooms which average about $40 a night with double occupancy. The room Deposit is refundable if cancellation is made before nov. 30. Beginning dec. I phone reservations will be accepted both for the two seven Day periods and other dates during the Holiday period. Servic members in grades Al through a will be Given priority on written reservations which Connors said will reprocessed daily. Arc will Send a writ ten confirmation of the reservation. Connors said the two weeks Are what people want based on historical arc normally accepts reservation by phone but the resort areas Institute the Holiday season policy of accepting reservations in writing because demand usually exceeds Supply for rooms con nors said. Arc operates 10 hotels and two guest houses in Garmisch Berchtesgaden and Chie Sec West Germany. The recreation centers also will offer special programs and packaged Tours during the Holiday season including visit to the Munich Christmas Bazaar. For reservations write to afr Berchtesgaden reservations Apo by 09029 arc Chi Emsee reservations Apo by 09029 or arc Garmisch reservations Apo by 09053. The phone numbers for More information Are Berchtesgaden ets 44i-s623 or German civilian 08652-58623chiemsee, ets 441-235s or civilian 08051-803172 or Garmisch ets 440-2575 or civilian 08821-750575. 2 missing girls found near american base by the stars and stripes two teen age girls missing since july 7 were found Early wednesday near the american military Community in Furth West Germany. Sabinc Setlur 15, and Anja Damccy or 16, neighbors in the town of Schwal Bach on the Taurus North of Frankfurt were picked up by German police about . Police stopped the girls who were walking near the Furth apartment in which they were staying because they were so Young. The girls one West German and on Indian have been described As being fascinated by they were staying in the apartment of an unidentified Ameri can Soldier who works in Stuttgart but keeps the residence in Furth. The parents summoned by West Ger Man police at about 2 . Wednesday said the girls were in Good health. Full details on the girls whereabouts for the last two months were not Avail Able. However Beresia Setlur said he daughter and her Friend had spent time in Garmisch Erlanger and Furth with americans supporting them along the Way. Their ids showed they were under age so they could t get jobs Theresia Setlur said. They told us some Ameri cans helped them. Bought them food and let them slay with a Telephone interview Sabine Setlur expressed regret for worrying her parents and happiness at being Home. Death penalty ruled out for trial of i Ansbach West Germany is a 1st army div Soldier charged with the july 13 stabbing death of a cab drive will be tried by court martial rather than in German court and will not face the death penalty. Pfc. Kent m. Stinson 20, of he co,16th engr in in Furth is scheduled to be tried oct. 25, division spokesman . Rostkowski said. Stinson s Maxi mum punishment if convicted would belief in prison he said. In releasing the Case to american authorities the West German prosecutor s office in Nurnberg said army official Shad determined that the death penalty was not appropriate for Stinson. West German Law prohibits the death penalty and West German authorities Reserve the right to try . Soldiers who face it. Stinson was apprehended by american military police about five hours after the taxi Driver a 38-year-old West German woman was stabbed in her cab near the Nymberg military Community commissary in fun. West German police said they found military hat with Stinson s name on it at the crime scene and that he was not Wear ing one when he was taken into custody
