European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 tothe stars and stripes thursday january 11.1990 shuffle offer flawless liftoff begins Tricky Salvage Mission by the Washington Post Cape canaveral. Fla. After a flawless liftoff from the Ken Ndoc space Center Here the shuttle co Lumbia and Crew., of five were Well on their Way wednesday toward scheduled rendezvous with a battered satellite and a of cocky Salvage Mission. Early Friday the crw is scheduled to Al close to it Quarry and snatch la cat up. 10" ton unit from space before it plunges to destruction in the Earth atmosphere. Its destruction would mean the loss of secrets gathered during almost six years of cosmic punishment in the heavy Wrath Jav of Earth orbit. The satellite called the Low duration exposure facility or def. Carries 57 experiments intended to Sec How various materials and machines stand up to prolonged exposure to the vacuum Vistic rays meteoroids and other hazards of space. Trik school bus size unit has been in orbit six years. Tithe 10-Day Mission which Marks thu3rd shuttle flight and the first of 10 scheduled for\990. Is the most ambitious attempted since the Chat Ngor exploded four years ago this month. Along the Way the Crew is to release a 15.navy syncom communications satellite. Ment was scheduled for wednesday. For the 10-Day flight Columbia has been to carry More fuel and supplies and the Crew is Sci Fulcd to perform medical and other experiments Clatto longer duration in flight. The Mission is just 10 hours Shorter than the longest shuttle flight to Date. Columbia also faces a trickier Landing than usual Luis scheduled to touch Down in the dark at about Lym. On Jan. 19 at Edwards fab in California. Wal the satellite aboard. Columbia will weigh nearly 113 tons almost five tons More than any previous shuttle at Landing. " und the Crew is commanded by Daniel Brandenstein 46, chief of the astronaut corns and a Veteran of 192combat flights in Vietnam and two previous shuttle flights. His Rookie co Pilot is James Wetherbie 37.also on Board Are Bonnie Dunbar. 40, making her second shuttle flight Asp rookies Marsha Ivins. 38.and g. David Low. 33, Mph Mission specialists. The def was intended to remain in orbit for oneyear. Because of Mauricn scheduling problems and the grounding of the stymie Fleet after the challenger Acci Dent however it iras been marooned in space for Al most six years. The batteries sch some experiments died at the end of the planned year but Many of the projects that required no a lyrics have probably increased in value five or six fold As a result of the prolonged stay said def  William h. Kmart. It s a Menanza he said. The san aces of the 30-foot-Long, 14-foot-Widc canis Ter arc m Patchwork of thousands of test specimens of males tvs used in spacecraft he said. They include heat Shields solar cells propellants filters Glass computer Chir Fand fiber optics coils. The materials have been pounded cratered. Baked id gassed and Degassed by six years of exposure to the $ Arsh environment of space. We expect 5,000 to 10,000 craters on def i Nard said. Def is the first space sojourner designed to return with its space scarred hide intact for inspection. V in the past space vehicles returning intact to Earth been exposed to space for a matter of Days or Wacks at most. Most arc destroyed or further damaged upon re entering the atmosphere or otherwise lost. The information is quite critical truly said. It  to offer Many lessons on How to build space Craft. Deluding Nasa s planned space station. Craft. H Ludin Peru Grants Asylum to top aide of Noriega on . A anted list Lima Peru a Peru Saiof tuesday it has Grant mar it. Col. Luis a Jova considered with Gonzi sati de diplomatic Asylum to a top Borica associate who Ison the . Most wanted Lisle and to i others who took Refuge in the peruvian amb issador s residence in pan Ama City. � . Troops have ringgit he residence since monday. Foreign ministry smokes Man Jose Torres told the associated press thar on Alo Gonzalez had taken Refuge in the residence and been granted diplomatic Asylum by the Pef Tivian government. Gonzalez was identified by panamanian authorities As a former Cap Tain and chief of Security for deposed dictator Gen. Manuel am onto Noriega. Torres said All 12 men would be allowed to come Toper if they wished but no discussions had taken place thus far Jabout where they would go. It is supposed that they will try to go to some Friendly country perhaps  Torres said. If they want to come Here we will accept  Torres denied that another Noriega associate for me Cordova Gonzalez to be the most wanted men on the list of former Noriega officials was also Auch residence. Panama has said co Jova. Who is alleged to have tortured prisoners of the  ousted by Noriega also is in the ambassador s residence. Foreign minister Guillrmo Larco Cox said Cordova had sought Refuge in  but peruvian officials turned him away. Co Cox said Cordov awas considered unwelcome an left the residence of his own  v Larco Cox did not say if Cordova. Was apprehended by american troops or if he Leff forc they sur rounded the residence. Peru listed the others granted any Lanvas capt. Mar cola Tason Noriega s Secretary and or husband Liscs Rodriguez capt. Narcisa Carlill qty and he daughter Patricia a Cutty maj. Heraclis Desucre his wife Daisy Batista three children and his Mojher Judith Medina and maj. Edgardo Lopez. Children from Page 1 five Levels of Reading proficiency to define students Reading skills and strategies rudimentary Basic inter mediate adept and advanced. The report found that 42 percent of All 13-year-Olds Lack the skills needed to read at the next highest level which Calls for the ability to interrelate ideas and make generalizations. The percentage of 17-year-Olds Reading at the inter mediate level has increased steadily from 81 per cent in 1980 to 86 percent in 1988, but nearly 6 out of10 58 percent of 17-year-Olds cannot read at the adept or second highest level which is defined As the ability to find understand summarize and explain relatively complicated information. The Overall picture suggests a nation of students who were Reading better than their counterparts did in1971, but it must be emphasized that the Progress is slight and could be Short lived the report said. The report said the gains for 17-year-Olds May be partially a legacy of Progress made by these students when they were age 9." unfortunately 9-Ycar-Olds born More recently have shown a pattern of Small but steady declines Dur ing the 1980s, perhaps foreshadowing similar decline sat Wiges 13 and 17 in the years ahead As these students move through our educational  it said. A companion writing report card tested about18.000 students in grades four eight and 11 on their ability to write informative persuasive and imaginative pieces. The key result was that the Levels of writing performance in 1988 appeared to be  the same As in 1974. Many students continued to perform a minimal Levels on the writing assessment tasks and relatively few performed at adequate or better Levels. According to the report in both 1984 and 1988,females were better writers than males at All Grade Levels. Black students improved slightly in some categories of written English such As punctuation and sentence Structure. Finally the report said the fondness for writing declined with age 55 percent of fourth graders said they liked to write compared with 42 percent of eighth graders and 37 percent of 11 in graders. Italians get Perry Mason court system  in feb Wmma circles iat system i called the Vas 7 sement minister of Naples a s new Erh Wal Saffol code after Justice god farm in Seffl. To the Man the Prada though. It s  the Perry Mason  the twitch from  to adversarial procedures went into Fleet at the end of october. Replacing the 50-year-old Rocco code instituted under Mats sound Ordinary citizens who for the most part hanta Cine to the Workings of the old system under stand the iwo Vassal code because of the influence of american television programs to Italy. Perry Mason featuring actor Raymond ban As the canny lawyer who Springs his client while unmasking the tree culprit was a smash hit from the Urnelt debuted on italian television m the night reruns. Ita Luns re ate Fanti but with Ike working of the american system from Renwri switching dabbed rations of Soch shows u a. Law and people s court unlike Perry Mason under the old italia code the defense counsel had Little to do. Crimi Nal trial were orchestrated by a magistrate who with the prosecutor questioned defendants and witnesses and sifted evidence. Proceedings were secret Ami could triad m for Yean and Al the while suspects could be faded. The new trial system it in fact bringing refreshing Breeze into italian courts Waidus. Nary cmdr. James e. Bartlett the staff judge advocate for Fleet air Mediterranean headquartered in Naples. Bartlett said the inquisitorial atmosphere sur rounding the old procedures had kept Hie defense in a marginal role and excluded h from knowledge of most evidence against a client the defense counsel could not for example interview witnesses victims or police officers in Stead under the new trial system the defens counsel and the prosecutor will have equal foot ing Bartlett said. Now italian defense lawyers win be Abb to Goin and examine the witness. Now italian lawyers will be Able to do the same sort of things we  he termed the system revolutionary. The ital ians have come up with something new. The ques Tion is will it work the new system is off to a slow Start som trials have been postponed in order to allow Law yers to attend seminars on the Workings of the new system. He said italian lawyers an feeling their Way into the new system. They an not too son what the Rales ," he added How their judges will enforce  bigots from Page a there is much that remains to be done particularly when we hear of bombings obscene alone Calls hat email each one of Sis must speak Gulf there is no place for the baggage of bigotry in to to United states of  a if Bush promised to us each Bony pulpit of the presidency always to Yenpu Mcand work to bring to jus Tice the bigots who stain thu Bood and decent land. Hooks said after  Bush that they had discussed what the Whitt House the Fri and the at Torney general could a about up threats and bomb Ings which Bush Cal fan out the 600.000-Membcr a act is Reasing Security for its 2,200 Braiu Fis with help Froia he government Hooks said f  Federal judge and a civil rights Law were killed by mail Boraws in december and Autho Hje intercepted a Majl bomb sent to the Federal cons Blouse in Atlanta Antone sent to an a act office Enville Fui before they could explode. No aspects have been arrested in any of the Despini an intensive Fri investigation. -