European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Authorized unofficial publication Fon the u �. Of Mcd forces vol. 48. No. 268 wednesday january 10, 1990 of Good Momir d 8693 a Columbia blasts off to Hunt Down satellite flames Clow under the space shuttle Columbia As it takes off tuesday at Cape canaveral Fla. Cape canaveral. Fla. A space Slit Lac Columbia opened a new decade of space flight tuesday As it rocketed into orbit on a 10-Day Mission to Chase and retrieve a satellite before it Falls toward Earth. The 115-ton winged spaceship lifted off with a Crew of five at 7 35 a.m., starting what is to be the second longest shuttle flight yet. As Columbia Rode a 700-foot column of flame Over the Atlantic it immediately picked up the satellite s Trail. On Friday the astronauts arc scheduled to capture the satellite an orbiting science Laboratory that weighs 11 tons and is As big As a Small school bus. If the astronauts fail it will Burn up in the atmosphere in March its experiments Tost forever. The Laboratory has been in orbit for nearly six years. The Crew was also scheduled to put a Navy communications satellite into orbit wednesday. Skies were partly Cloudy As tens of thousands watched the Columbia lift off just after Dawn on the 33rd Mission by a shuttle. I Don t think i be Ever seen a cleaner countdown peruvian government Grants Asylum to 1 2 panamanians Lima. Peru a Peru said tuesday it has granted diplomatic Asylum to 12 panamanians at its Ambas Sador s residence in Panama City including a top aide to Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega who was sought by . Authorities. The panamanians sought Refuge in the ambassador s residence which has been surrounded by . Troops since monday. Gonzalo Gonzalez identified by panamanian authorities As a former Captain and chief of Security for Noriega took Refuge in the residence and has been granted diplomatic Asylum by Peru a Peru foreign ministry spokesman said. The panamanian government said former it. Col. Luis Parpo Cordoba alleged to have tortured prisoners of the Noriega government also was in the ambassador s residence but Peru foreign ministry spokesman Jose Torres said Cordoba was not there. Others granted Asylum include Cape. Marcela Tason and her husband Ulises Rodriguez Cape. Narcisa Cas Willero and her daughter Patricia Mccutte Mai. Hora Clidus Sucre his wife. Daisy Batista three children and his Mother Judith Medina and maj. Edgardo Lopez. Peru s government said tuesday it had registered a protest with the . Ambassador in Peru Anthony Quainton. Concerning the presence of . Troops around the ambassador s residence in Panama City. It also condemned the . Invasion of Panama and see Asylum on Back Page . Naval action creates rift in Bogota government Bogota Colombia a dissension was re ported within the colombian government Over in creased . Naval activity in the Caribbean against drug traffickers and the foreign minister was reported to be preparing his resignation. However in an interview late monday with radio Caracol from Washington Colombia s ambassador to the United slates Victor Mosquera Chaux said for eign minister Julio Londono Paredos had told him he was not resigning. The Bush administration said publicly in washing Ion it was not planning a naval blockade off Colombia As part of the drug War. And the government of presi Dent Virgilio Barco said it received private assurances As Well. And  said Richard truly administrator of the National aeronautics and space administration. What a marvelous Way to Start the 1990s." Lead flight director Al Pennington said Columbia soared into a perfect orbit to catch the satellite which was streaking about 1.500 Miles ahead of the Astro nauts. 202 Miles up and dropping at a rate of about Haifa mile a Day. Because of its slightly lower orbit. Columbia is Tak ing less time to Circle the Globe than the satellite. The shuttle is expected to catch up gradually while com Mander Dan Brand Stcin and Pilot Jim  guide it through a series of Tricky Maneu vers. Dan is one of the finest stick handlers we be seen and Jim is not far  Pennington said. The Mission is the first of 10 planned in 1990 As Nasa continues its recovery from the challenger explosion that killed seven astronauts four years ago this month. The flight is to be 10 hours Shorter than the ninth see Columbia on Back Page the United slates said earlier it was increasing air and sea patrols in International Waters and Barco was reportedly in favor of the action. But protests came from Colombia s opposition constr valves and leftist patriotic Union party. Protests were expected because Barco s 5-month-old confrontation with Colombia s powerful cocaine Barons viewed As courageous elsewhere has received relatively Lille support in Colombia. Confusion Over Colombia s position on inc . Action resulted from a statement sunday by Londono that the government rejects any attempt to search colombian ships. Some International news reports based on his com men considered in to mean Barco was angry with the see Bogota on Back Page bombing bigots will face Justice Bush tells activists Washington a president Bush signing a Martin Luther ring or. Holiday Procla mation vowed tuesday to bring to Justice the bigots responsible for the recent wave of bomb Ings against civil rights figures. Bush invited More than 125 civil rights activists to the White House for the signing ceremony and later met privately with or. Benjamin Hooks executive director of the a act. Whose organization has been a main bombing target. The 61st anniversary of King s birth on Mon Day will be a Federal Holiday As each Jan. 15 has been since 1986. King the Leader of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s that brought an end to Egal segregation was assassinated in Memphis in 1968. Bush paid tribute to King saying his life was Central to the Story of America. His life was a metaphor for  his goal was an America where Equality and Opportunity could coexist said Bush. He went to cities and towns Large and Small places like Selma and Birmingham and Mont Gomery. Wherever he found hatred he condemned it. Wherever there was bigotry,.he As sailed it and wherever there was segregation he defied it. He endured death threats and these obscene phone Calls in the dead of the night and he re fused to be intimidated. Through his courage or. King changed forever America for the bet Ter the president said. While he did so much there is much that remains to be done. Particularly when we hear of bombings obscene phone Calls hate mail each one of us must speak out. There is no place for the baggage of bigotry see Bush on Back Page Tough electing in East Germany predicted 4 Page 3