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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday. January 10, 1990 rolling off a River is Scon a Miller a Fork Lin Heads off a River Bare at rheingau. West Germany As vehicles Are unloaded tuesday for refer Ger or the return of forces to Germany exer Cise. The vehicles were barged to the City after arriving in Antwerp Belgium. Sato to streamline reservation service for arc customers by the slurs and stripes armed forces recreation Center patrons can make room reservations through 56 army travel offices in Europe beginning March i. When the service begins the army s travel contractor scheduled airlines travel offices overseas will no longer have to Call arc s Central reservations number to Book rooms. It was impossible to get  said Ronald Van Krann. Director of Sato s Leisure travel office in Munich West Germany. Instead. Sato will Send by Tel fax to arc the reservation information completed by clients visiting local Sato offices. There will be no charge for the  decision to expand the reservations service was made tuesday at a meeting Between arc and Sato officials. Arc spokesman Harry Connors said a direct computer reservations link Between arc and Sato is planned. In conjunction with the room Reser vation service Sato also will take Over ticket sales for the arc do Ulscht Bun Desbah train specials. Arc offers Dis count train tickets to customers who have room reservations at any of its three locations in Southern Germany. C onnors said arc will continue to sell the train tickets until Sato takes Over the  customers can continue to make room reservations by calling arc directly. Asylum from Page 1 called for the withdrawal of troops. Peru recalled its ambassador to Panama. Mario Castro in May after Noriega annulled elections won by Ciu Illarmo Lin Dara. Castro resigned his Post dec. 26 Ina break with the Garcia government Over its response to the . Invasion. President Alan Garcia has been one of the strongest critics of the . Invasion. He had said he would not attend next month s drug Summit with president Bush to protest the invasion but said sunday he would go if . Troops were withdrawn. He ordered the panamanian Flag raised at the government Palace and officials said it would continue to Fly there As Long As . Troops were in Panama. Garcia also ordered joint operations with . Anti narcotics agents sus Pended the Day after the invasion. The operations resumed six Days later. Also tuesday the . Defense depart ment said 220 panamanian civilians died in the dec. 20 military attack that toppled Noriega and installed a government of opposition figures. More than 300 . And panamanian soldiers also died. In other developments the . Government said it was studying whether it would allow Noriega s family Safe passage to the Domin ican Republic. His wife. Felicidad three daughters and son in Law a dominican have taken Refuge in the cuban embassy. First vice president Ricardp Arias Calderon said the country s Security Force would include specialized military units but that they would be limited to a few Hundred soldiers and not be big enough to threaten the government. Columbia from Page 1 shuttle flight in 1983. And is a stepping Stone for longer ones. Columbia is being modified to stay aloft for 16 Days starting with a 1993 flight. Once in orbit tuesday the shuttle astronauts set up their computers for flight unpacked equipment re moved their liftoff suits and began starting experiments on materials processing and How the body adapts to weightlessness. Liftoff was three weeks behind schedule delayed last month by launch pad problems and on monday by Low lying Clouds. The launch was timed to put Colum Bogota from Page 1 United states. La Prensa. A Bogota daily with Access to presidential advisers said monday the problem appears to be with in the Barco government and stems from a dispute Between the president and his foreign minister. Radio Caracol. Quoting an unidentified High rank ing source in the government said Londono was pre paring his resignation monday afternoon. Monday was a Holiday in Colombia and none of the government offices was open for official comment. The colombian embassy in Washington issued a statement monday denying that the United states tried to set up a blockade in Colombia s coastal water Sand saying the . Gave assurances it will not interfere with colombian Flag ships even on the High seas with out permission of Colombia s defense ministry. Bia on the Orbital path followed by the satellite the astronauts Are tracking. It s called the Long duration exposure facility and is packed with 57 experiments containing a wealth of scientific and technological information from its Long exposure to space. Once the satellite is caught Mission specialist Bon Nie Dunbar will reach out with the shuttle s so foot Arm to snare the 21,400-Pound package and Stow it inthe shuttle s cargo Bay. The satellite is 30 feel Long and 14 feet in diameter. It will be like Hunting a speck in the sky Brandenstein said recently. But Nasa has plenty experience doing this Type of rendezvous and Jim and i have practice it to perfection in the  the Crew also includes Mission specialists Marsha Ivins and David Low. Scientists arc eager to examine the satellite lab to learn How various materials and systems withstood the Long slay in orbit information that will help in de signing a permanent space station and the Star wars missile defense system. The satellite is a virtual treasure trove of science and technology information said William Kinard chief scientist for the project. Scientists May reap a big Bonus because the satellite has been in space five years longer than intended. Twas to have been retrieved 10 months after a shuttle put it into orbit in 1984. But scheduling problems and the 1986 challenger disaster delayed the retrieval. The satellite carries experiments on materials propulsion electronics optics and other areas. Bush from Page 1 in the United Stales of  Bush promised to use the bully pulpit of the presidency always to denounce and work to bring to Justice the bigots who stain this Good and decent  Hooks said after meeting with Bush that they had discussed what the White House the Fri and the attorney general could do about the threats and bombings which Bush called an  Hooks said he was fairly satisfied with what the Federal authorities arc doing but would talk by Telephone later with Bush s chief of staff John Bun Gnu to get further reassurances that there is com plete coordination among the Fri the Justice department and other agencies. We did not ask for any Federal Protection and he did not offer  said Hooks adding that he is not interested in leading a Strait jacket  the 600,000-Mcmber a act is increasing Secu Rity for its 2,200 branches with help from the government. Hooks said. I am satisfied that the presi Dent wants to do what is right on this  a Federal judge and a civil rights lawyer were killed by mail bombs last month and authorities intercepted a mail bomb sent to the Federal court House in Atlanta and intercepted one sent to an a act office in Jacksonville fla., before they could explode. A group called americans for a competent Feder Al judicial system claimed responsibility for killing . Circuit judge Robert Vance on dec. 16 at his Home outside Birmingham ala., and Robert Robertson a Savannah ga., lawyer and civil rights Leader two Days later. No suspects have been arrested in either Case the subjects of an intensive Fri investigation  
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