European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 6,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 Hungary s Deputy defense minister Gen. Janos Stock right welcomes col. . I ditch left the head of a Canadian military delegation to Budapest s Fer Hegy Airport on thursday. They were preparing for the open skies trial flight. Canadian military plane making open skies test flight in Hungary Lahr Wisl Germany a amps a a Canadian forces c-i30 Hercules transport plane is scheduled to spend three hours flying Over Hungary this morning in a test of a proposed open skies agreement Between nato and the Warsaw pact. Team members on the trial flight will gather logistical data to help the 16 nato and seven Warsaw pact countries negotiate an agreement at the feb. 12-28 open skies conference in Ottawa. Flight participants will test administrative and operational procedures that the agreement is expected to include. The open skies proposal a 1950s idea that president Bush resurrected and embellished last year would allow Crews in unarmed sensor equipped aircraft to conduct Aerial surveillance of participating countries. The Canadian flight will conform to expected open skies ground rules except that it Isnit using surveillance sensors. The Canadian and hungarian governments also allowed ample time to coordinate the project. Terms of an open skies proposal that nato foreign ministers endorsed dec. 16 would require a country to give no More than 16 hours notice before arriving in another nation to conduct such a flight. The visiting Canadian team has 15 members including the flight Crew. The Hercules normally based at Canadian forces base Lahr in West Germany flew thursday from Lahr to Budapest passing through czechoslovak airspace according to prior arrangement. Weather threatens shuttle liftoff Cape canaveral. Fla. Apr meteorologists issued a gloomy weather forecast Friday that could interfere with the launch of the space shuttle Columbia on a 10-Day satellite Rescue Mission. Quot other than the weather we re looking Good Quot National aeronautics and space administration test director Ron Phelps said. He said Only a 40 percent Chance of favourable weather was predicted for launch time monday because a rain front was expected to move into Central Florida on saturday and linger for a while. Phelps said the countdown which started thursday was a real smooth and we re not tracking any major problems at the launch  the main task Friday was loading liquid Hydrogen and liquid oxygen for columbian a electricity producing fuel cells. Liftoff is scheduled for 8 10 . Monday for the first or a record 10 space shuttle missions scheduled in 1990. The Crew is to deploy a Navy communications satellite and then track Down and retrieve a 21,400-Pound science Laboratory the size of a Small bus before it Falls Back to Earth. The Laboratory which has been orbiting nearly six years will be returned to Earth for a study of its 57 experiments to determine the elects of Long exposure to the radiation and vacuum of space. Trackers estimate that the lab will reenter the atmosphere on feb. 28 if not retrieved before then. Liftoff had been scheduled before Christmas but problems with the launch pad which recently underwent a $50 million overhaul forced a postponement. The Mission s commander is Dan Brand Stcin. The other Crew members arc Pilot Jim Wal Hrbec and Mission specialists Bonnie Dunbar Marsha Ivins and David Low. Brand Stcin and Dunbar have made shuttle flights while the others will be on their first  challenging Justice of peace in gop primary Plano Texas apr a Collin county Justice of the peace who faces a Challenge in the Republican primary from a teen Ager Hopes to give the youngster a lesson in politics. �?o1 do question whether he has the experience necessary to do the Job a the 49-year-old James Murrell said of challenger John Payton. Quot its not something you gain from sitting Down and Reading a  Payton filed tuesday to run against Murrell in the March 13 gop primary. The senior at Plano East High school will Tum 18 before the contest. He said his High school Law classes and work on the debate team and student government will prepare him for the Job. A my main goal is to be a politician a Payton said. That s what in be always wanted to be. I know the basics of the Law. Ill gain experience through dealing with the  his parents gave him the necessary $300 filing fee after he failed to gel enough petition signatures Over Christmas break to waive the fee. A we be had several people Call offering help and support for John a said his Mother Lorri Payton. A John has always been mature and responsible and he a always set his goals nigh. In a not surprised by his decision to run a Payton is following his father s footsteps. At age 18, Stan Payton ran unsuccessfully for City clerk in Clovis Calif. 1 St american is treated to a ride in Mig-29 during visit to Moscow Santa Monica Calif. Apr a Veteran . Expert on soviet military affairs became the first american to take a ride in the soviet unions most sophisticated fighter Jet. Quot this was much More important As a political event than As a technical event a Rand corp. Employee Benjamin s. Lambeth said. A the fact that it happened is More important than anything technical 1 Learned a said the 46-Ycar-old former Cia employee. Lambeth flew in the Mig-29 on dec. 15 during a five Day trip to Moscow with two other russian speaking Rand soviet experts John Hines and Eugene Rumor. The flight took off out of the Lubinka air base cast of Moscow. The trip was devoted primarily to researching evolving .-soviet relations. Arms control and european Security he said. Lambeth has translated and Analysed the soviet press and military papers first with the Cia in the Early 1970s and for 15 years with Randy a National defense research Institute which is sponsored by the office of the Secretary of defense. Lambeth who serves As director of Rand s International Security and defense policy program said he believed the soviets let him Fly the Mig-29 in part because the . Military is not ready to return the favor. The soviets have proposed a program to let pilots from each country Fly the others warplanes but the . Military which boasts even More sophisticated aviation advances than the soviets has declined to participate. The Mig-29, a Mach-2.3 interceptor is a major soviet technological Advance. It compares with the americans front line f-15 and f-16 fighters but Isa Gener action behind the most advanced . Fighters authorities said. The soviets also want to Market the Mig-29, Lambeth said. The significance of Lambeth a flight is a reasonably Large in showing soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is willing to open military secrets said Willis Hawkins a Lockheed corp. Consultant. During the flight Lambeth took turns at the controls in a two seat Trainer Model. The Mig performed Maneu vers including loops stall turns maximum rate Rolls and Zero Gravity Rolls. Lambeth was impressed by the Mig a handling agility and stability at slow speeds. He said it Felt much like a . F-15 or Al 8. He also said he was convinced combat Between the Mig-29 and . Front line fighters would ultimately be decided by pilots skill not technological advantage. Innis to hold primary elections March 20 Washington a the statewide Illinois primary election will be held March 20. Candidates for 22 . House seats one . Senate scat governor lieutenant governor attorney general Secretary of state comptroller and stale treasurer w ill be chosen. The winners of the primary election will compete in a general election nov. 6.  government employees and their family members who Are residents of Illinois should Contact their unit voting Oft cars for details on How to Register and obtain Absentee ballots. A completed Federal postcard application should be mailed to Illinois election authorities not later than 30 Days before the primary election to ensure timely receipt of a ballot voting officials said