European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                More nil playoff action a sports the s%ampt1tlpes authorized unofficial publication for the u v armed forces Good morning of vol. 48, no. 267 tuesday january 9, 1990 so in and sunday d 8693 shuttle launch scrubbed Cape canaveral. Fth. It apr Nasa con. Ducted a Stop and go countdown and waited until the last possible minute monday before in knuckled under to Clouds and scrubbed inc launch of the space shuttle Columbia for 24 hours. Quot Nice try Call in a Day launch director Hob Sieck told the five astronauts who had waited for nearly four hours aboard the shuttle in Hopes the weather would be Clear. The launch was rescheduled for any time Between 735 and 8 33 . Tuesday. Mondays scrub was expected. Meteorologists had said sunday there was Only a on in five Chance that weather would he Good enough for a liftoff. The forecast for tuesday is much better with the National aeronautics and space administration saying there was a 7fj percent Chance that the weather would be acceptable for launch. The astronauts returned to the Crew quarters about an hour after the Mission was scrubbed. The 10-Day Mission during which the astronauts Are in deploy the fifth of a series of Navy communications Sale lilies and retrieve a science satellite is to he the second longest shuttle flight. The delay was the fourth for the Mission which originally was scheduled for liftoff Dee 18. Earlier see shuttle on Back Page female army officers in Panama ordered not to talk to press Washington Tynt a female of. Flyers have been forbidden to speak with reporters an army spokesman in Panama said. The statement came amid conflicting accounts of a Ballac there in which american troops were commanded by a woman. News accounts last week said Apt. Linda l Bray fed a military police unit in a fiercely resisted assault on a guard dog Kennel in Panama City. The accounts described the firc fight As the first time a woman had led american troops in Battle. They also said three panamanian soldiers were killed in the successful attack. The White House spokesman. Marlin Fitzwater praised drays reported exploits. Some commentators said the episode proved that women should he permitted to join military combat units such As the infantry and artillery. Women arc now excluded from those units. After Filz Walcer s comment the Row it on Hray received wide coverage from newspapers and television. On saturday the los Angeles times queuing army official As saying Brays exploits had been Quot grossly exaggerated Quot in the press accounts. It also said army officials knew of no panamanian soldiers killed in the fight. On sunday an army spokesman in Panama col James l. Swank said Bray Quot and All other female officers arc currently unavailable for comment until authorized by the Secretary of the  but Brig. Gen. Charlesw Mcclain see Panama on Back Page Bush urges Farmers to help East reap a Harvest of Joy Orlando. Fla. Al it a president Bush urged american Farmers monday to help Eastern Europe reap its a Harvest of Joy and Opportunity Quot with expanded exports and prodded Congress to act quickly on his clean air crime and capital gains proposals. In an address to 8,000 Farmers and ranchers at the american farm Bureau convention. Bush said of his proposal to Cut the capital gains lax to less than 20 percent a i am sick and tired of the demagogues who Call this a tax Cut for the Rich it Means jobs it Means savings and in is Good for All americans.1 democrats who control Congress have opposed a reduction in the lax on capital gains a the profits on sales of investments a from the current 28 percent and 33 percent on grounds the Well he Clad would be the main beneficiaries. The president listed a capital gains Cul his crime package and clean air proposals As top legislative priorities for Congress when lawmakers return from their Jong Holiday recess on Jan. 23. It is past time for Congress to tend to some of the unfinished business a Bush old the crowd in the Orange county civic Center. Quot the hand of cooperation is once again extended. And i would Only add America a Anis it done right America wants it done responsibly and America wants it done  Bush said the first thing that sold out in West Berlin on the Day the Wall came Down a a was t tvs or Denim jeans. It was fresh  he urged the Farmers to tap new markets in the emerging economies of the East bloc where he promised to support the Quot Harvest of Joy and Opportunity. Every step of the w  Bush also exhorted the Farmers to sup see Bush on Back Page sgt Greg Hickman gets u a Futnie line kiss from Bis Fiancee. Rubin a Dusseux after his a my hunger unit returned to furl burning in. 82nd airborne troops begin returning Home fort Bragg. . It apr a contingent of 82nd airborne Piv hoops began arriving Home monday from Manama but the bulk of paratroopers from Here remained in Panama. On sunday More than 600 army rangers of Ibe 3rd in 75ih Hanger regt returned from Panama to fort Henning in Columbus a. Quot it s great to be Home a pfc. Daniel Becker said after being reunited with his Girlfriend. The first of five transport planes touched Down before noon a i Pope fab which is adjacent o the sprawling fort Bragg Post. The unit that returned monday was the 3rd in of the 504th Parachute inf kept. The 3rd in soldiers were among about 4,000 from fort Bragg sent to Panama As part of the dec. 20 invasion that toppled ruling Gen. Manuel Noriega. About 26,000 . Soldiers see troops on Back Page