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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday september 8,1989 soviets Back in space after 4 Moi cosm drome . A two cos Mowl a in biped the Earth wednesday and prepared to climb Noard the space station Mir after a four month break irn a pict manned space program forced by failures and c commander Alexander so Soorenko and Engineer Alexander a. Srebrov Rode a Irmok Tange flame into a Star filled night sky Early   a rocket emblazoned with advertising. Scientists at Bai Konur cosm drome App Jaq when their soyuz tm-8 capsule reached orbit minutes later and official reports said Alt was Well the Crew the capsule dropped two one carrying a 150-foot-High and a Flag Tutaan insurance company. The capsule is Torpil Friday with the Mir space station which hip in unmanned since the end of april by can a criticism of the Cost of the space pro Graora Hitrec cause 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 carrying out on a contcmporarvji0ww re in the Fields of geophysics  and biology Izvestia said. Officials so offal a Tir r modules arc nearly finished and the a cosmonauts will attach them in Octoba arbruary before they arc replaced by new Cosmo Arch. Joined with kvant. An astrophysics Laboratory. To the first new  a Shower and sink a Airlock for spacewalks  in which japanese Quail eggs will be hatched Tosoff weightlessness on heredity. The second has a telescopic camera for studying the stars a Dockim  shuttle and equip ment lo_m009wlnabcs. I 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 Srebrov have a Busy schedule Dur ing their six month Mission which also is an important Public relations exercise. Soviet officials have stressed such space flights can yield practical dividends and pounded Home the therein 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 150-foot Booster rocket painted Orange carried an and for the italian company general. Others for a soviet electronics company and new Dawn perfume were displayed on a Side of the ass us and in a room where the cosmonauts met rep protester says she sworn Post nuke sub secure Hartford. Conn. A a nuclear weapons protester said she was Able to swim unnoticed into a lop of Crit Nav research Center and beat on a Trident missile firing submarine with a Hammer before she was arrested. Jacqueline Allen. 24, of Voluntown discussed the labor Day attack on the moored ballistic missile submarine Pennsylvania after an appearance tues Day in . District court where she and six others were charged with tres passing on Navy property and with destruction of government property. They were released by a magistrate after signing promises to appear in court to face the charges. Allen said the protesters wanted to news update communist reforms Prague. Czechoslovakia a in the third outright attack on reforms in Poland and Hungary in a week the communist party weekly Tribuna on wednesday accused the two East bloc  out socialism. Jan Gojlik the party s chief Ide Logist warned in a speech published tuesday that Czechoslovakia must find its own path to Reform and not give Way to dangerous influences from neighbouring Poland Hungary and the soviet Union. Czechoslovakia s entrenched communist rulers have so far failed to embrace democratic re forms under Way in neighbouring Hungary and Poland such As adoption of a multiparty system and genuine free  Poland and Hungary. In our opinion there is no restructuring or renewal of socialism. But a re treat from socialism in fact its sell out Tribuna said wednesday. Election Washington Texas Falci Ashal scheduled a special Leafon for nov tto fill the  left vacant nov Democrat Rcpt Lickey la land War was killed in a plane crash i Ethiopia Lal month. If no  a cakes a majority of the votes in hemp copy election a Tan of will be held.  employees and  arc residents of Texas Jofh Congo Minai District May Rigi Sirand request Ahcin acc ballots by Mark in a completed Lucreal Post card  no later than Smen Days no election. A for More information voters off sold Contact their unit voting assistance offi cer. Send a message to the Navy that these weapons Don t make us secure and you can t secure the  sen. Christopher j. Dodd d-conn., said the incident raises grave questions about Security at the underwater systems  from a political standpoint you would t want to equate an act of protest with an act of sabotage. From a Security standpoint however the fact that protes ters could actually climb up on a nuclear sub at a naval installation suggests the potential for far More serious  Security at the naval underwater sys tems can scr was appropriate and no investigation was planned said Navy it. Cmdr. John Ward a spokesman for the grown submarine base which has authority Over Security at the new Londo Center. The protesters swam and paddled in a blackened Canoe to reach the sub at its berth at the new London Center Accord ing to authorities and the protesters. Allen said she swam under the Dock alongside the Pennsylvania reached the sub at about midship poured a bottle of her blood on the Hull scratched the word death in the paint and began pounding on the ship with a Hammer. She said it was the banging that caused the guards to notice her. Two other swimmers including Anne Montgomery a 62-year-old roman Catholic nun from new York were Dis covered shortly after they reached the sub the protesters said. Both pounded the Hull with hammers an action meant to symbolize the biblical admonition to beat swords into ploughshares. The submarine was not damaged an the protesters were prevented from boarding the Navy said. The ship is to be commissioned into the Fleet on saturday. The attack was similar to one seven years ago when nine anti nuclear activists broke into a shipyard across the River thames from the research cent Erand vandalized the Trident submarine Florida. Fri taking Yule season reservation. By Steve Taylor Munich Bureau Garmise Tolest Germany the armed  Center has begun  for the Christmas Holiday Ishun at its string of bavarian resort hot Lar reservations for the Twat than Day periods will be required in a Rune in a $100 Deposit for each room  said Harry Connors an arc sport Man. Reservations will be accepted Only for periods of seven nights either dec. 22 through dec. 29 or dec. 29 through Jan. 5, Connors said. Reservations must be received by nov. 30. Major credit cards can be used 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.  in grades Al Throat e-5 will be Given priority on written creations which Connors said Yff processed daily. Arc will sea of writ a confirmation of the a Csc Truon. Minors said the two Keks arc  based a historic a  arc Bonau a copts reservations by phone but gun re areas Institute the holi Day seas Ujj  reservations in  distend usually exceeds Supply for rooms Connor arc operates iffy hotels and two guest houses incan Frisch   Germany. The roution centers also will offer programs and packaged tour the Holiday season including a it to the Munich Christmas Bazaar. For reservations write to arc Berchtesgaden reservations Apo by 09029 arc Chiem Sce reservations Apo by 09029 or arc Garmisch reservations Apo by 09053. The phone numbers for More information Are  ets 441-5623 or German civilian 08652-58623 Chiem Sce ets 441-2355 or civilian08051-803172 or Garmisch ets 440 2575 or civilian 08821-750575. 2 missing girls found a bar american base by the stars and stripes two teen age girls missing surf july 7 were found Cany  Amer ican military Community Furth West Germany. Sabine Setlur Wand Anja Dammyer 16, nigh Barm the town of Schwal Bach on Thoj Iunus North of Frankfurt were pick Faup by German police about Mcc stopped the girls who were walking near the flirt apartment in which they were staying because they were so Young. The girls one West German and l Indian Nave been described As being fascinated by  they were staying in he apartment of an unidentified Ameri can Soldier who works in Stuttgart but keeps the residence in Forth. 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 available. However thercsia Setlur said her daughter and her Friend had spent time in Garmisch Ngen and Forth with americans sup them along the Way is showed they were under so Jwj Puldon t get jobs thercsia augur said hey told us some Ameri cans helped the Enrow bought them food and let them slay Woltan during a Telephone int flaw Sabine Setlur expressed regret for worrying her parents and happiness at being Home. 5 killed 25 Hurt in Spanish train collision Arevalo Spain a five peo ple died and at least 25 were injured wednesday when a passenger train rammed into a freight train standing in a Railroad Yard Here Northwest of Madrid a railway spokeswoman said. Charo Delgado a spokeswoman for the state railway company Renee said the Accident killed five people and injured at least 25 others five seriously. The collision took place just after noon when the northbound Madrid Gijon express rammed into a stopped freight train at the Renee station in Arevalo 68.2 Miles Northwest of Madrid Delgado said. The cause of the Accident was not immediately known she said. Rescue workers pulled the dead and injured from the twisted wreckage and immediately transferred them to hospitals in the nearby cities of Avila Valladolid and Medina Del Campo police said. Delgado said the express train had left Madrid at 10 ., carrying 120 passengers bound for the Northern port of Gijon. An unidentified passenger told Span ish National radio Rne All of a Sud Den there was a crash and it was like we were in a blender flying Over the  Renee chartered buses to transport the uninjured who wanted to continue their trip to Gijon Delgado said  
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