European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a news updates the stars and stripes tuesday january 16,1990 satanic verses London apr author Salman Rushdie is pressing his publishers to bring out a paperback edition of Quot the satanic verses Quot arguing in an interview published monday that moslem hostility toward the Book Quot is totally  Rushdie who has been in hiding under police guard since Iran s leaders ordered his death 11 months ago was quoted by the guardian newspaper As saying he expected his plight to continue. A one would wish the thing to come to an end Quot he was quoted As telling the London daily. Quot but i m not the maker of the problem. Quot i think if some of the people who protested about the Book took the trouble to read it they would see that it is not unsympathetic to them Quot he was quoted As saying. More than 1.2 million hardcover copies of the novel have been sold since september 1988.soviet sub sinking Oslo. Norway apr the soviet government has admitted that the sub that Sank last year in deep Waters off Norway was plutonium powered. Norwegian experts said. Johan Baarlie of Norway s Institute for radiation Hygiene said that the soviet government had responded to a norwegian request and revealed that the sub s reactor contains 4.4 pounds of radioactive plutonium 239. Plus the nuclear fuels strontium 90 and cerium 137. The Mike class submarine caught fire last april 7, killing 42 soviet seamen when it Sank in about 4,500 feet of water 310 Miles West of Norway a Northern coast. Quot there is a relatively Small amount of radioactive fuel. There Isnit much danger As Long As the sub is allowed to remain undisturbed on the sea bed Quot said Baarlie. False alarm about problems awakens shuttle astronauts Cape canaveral. Fla. A Columbia s astronauts settled into a Day of medical and science experiments monday after their sleep was interrupted by an alarm signalling a Brief problem with a navigation system. The five phantom signals that triggered the buzzing alarm posed no threat to the Mission and the five Crew members went Back to bed. After waking at the Normal time commander Dan Brandenstein successfully tested the system and brought it Back on line. Mission control reported that the fleeting signals were in a Speed measuring accelerometer that is part of what a known As an inertial measurement unit or Imu a key component of the shuttle s guidance system. When the alarm sounded in the Cabin As the astronauts slept Brandenstein woke up and asked the control Center if there were anything he could do. Controllers told him the spaceship computer had shifted automatically to a second Imu that everything was of and to go Back to sleep. There Are three such devices aboard. Only one is needed for a Safe Light but flight rules dictate that if one failed Mission control would consider bringing the astronauts Home As soon As possible because of the possibility of a common problem in All three units. When the astronauts were wakened at the regular time two hours after the alarm they were told that scientists on the ground had monitored the suspect unit and had detected no further problems. Brandenstein was told to put it Back in operation and realign it by  Columbia Crew member Marsha Ivins conducts an Experiment with Mold to determine if the biological rhythms associated with a 24-hour Day persist in space. Ing at two stars. A the Crew successfully did some celestial navigation Quot Mission control commentator Brian Welch said. Quot we just got word that All looks Good. Imus 1, 2 and 3 arc All chugging along in Good  flight director Al Pennington said that five transient signals were received in a 10-Minulc program each indicating either a Lack of acceleration or a minus acceleration. The problem May not be with the accelerometer but with one of the systems that transmits the data to Mission control Pennington said. Specialists were attempting to find out what went wrong. Campeau retailers file for bankruptcy car army truck collide killing West German Schwabish Hall West Germany a amps a a 50-year-old West German woman was killed and two people were injured Early monday when the car she was driving was involved in an Accident with a . Army truck in the town of Eich Stutt near in Olstadt. The Driver of the 2 i ton army to Nick and a 24-Ycar-old passenger in the civilian car were hospitalized following the Accident which occurred at 6 15 . The conditions of the military Driver and the West German woman were not available late monday afternoon. The names of the people involved in the Accident were not released. Both West German and . Authorities Are investigating the Accident according to a spokesman for the Centurion shield 90  a photo caption on Page 3 yesterday incorrectly stated that an off limits sign warned motorists to stay away from the Centurion shield Man Euver area. The sign was placed there by a protest group that wanted tracked vehicles to be restricted from the area. In addition the photo credit was wrong. The photo was taken by l. Emmett Lewis or. New York up a Campeau  debt plagued . Retailers Federated department stores inc. And Allied stores corp., have filed for bankruptcy Protection from creditors. The filing under chapter 11 of the . Bankruptcy code was made monday in a Cincinnati court and came after efforts to restructure the retailers combined $7 billion debt were unsuccessful Federated and Allied said in a joint statement. Allied and Federated had been operating under a Cash crunch that left vendors reluctant to ship merchandise to their 10 department store chains for fear the retailers could not meet their obligations. Under chapter 11, Federated and Allied a which operate Bloomingdale a Burdine a Abraham amp Straus Lazarus riches Goldsmiths the Bon Marche Jordan Marsh Maas Brothers and Sterns a will remain in business while restructuring. John w. Burden Iii chairman and chief executive officer of Federated and Allied and James m. Zimmerman their president and chief operating officer issued a message to the companies 100,000 employees monday. A being in chapter 11 is not a situation to which a company would aspire Quot the statement said. A still there Are some advantages that come from such a  the two executives said the filing eliminated months of uncertainty Quot that have had a negative Impact on our  although a bankruptcy filing frees the Cincinnati based retailers from meeting immediate payments to Banks and bondholders it ensures suppliers that obligations made after the filing will be honoured. Retail insiders and securities analysts had viewed bankruptcy As the most Likely outcome of Allied a a and fade rated s Cash crunch when last ditch efforts last week to restructure the retailers debts failed. Campeau a Toronto based real estate development company bought Federated in 1988 for $6.6 billion and Allied a year later for $3.6 billion in transactions that buried the retailers under a Mountain of debt. The retailers said they have negotiated agreements in principle with Bankers to provide debtor in Possession financing that would cover their liquidity needs. Federated would receive $400 million from a Syndicate of Banks led by Citibank Over a one year period. Allied would receive $30u million Over 15 months from chemical Bank. The lines of credit arc subject to bankruptcy court approval the retailers said. 44 Hurt by mistimed blast during Holdup Bologna Italy apr an explosive that robbers used to blast open a Safe went olt prematurely monday wounding at least 44 people Dunn the Holdup in a crowded Post office police said. Many of the wounded were retirees lining up for pension payments police said. Police said the payments had just begun when at least three people armed with rides and pistols stormed into the Post office fired shots in the air and shouted a this is a robbery Quot the bandits exploded a bomb to Force open a Safe where More than $500,000 had been deposited for the payments police chief Luciano Cannarozzo said. The bomb went off prematurely apparently injuring one of the bandits Cannarozzo said. The blast knocked Down a Wall and buried most of the Money. At least 44 people were hospitalized. Police said. The robbers fled in two cars with an undisclosed amount of Cash a police officer said. Since most of the Money was buried in the blast the haul was believed to be equal to Only several thousand dollars. Items stolen from Hanau pm recovered Hanau West Germany a criminal investigation come agents have seized nearly $37,000 Worth of stereo equipment stolen or misappropriated from the Post Exchange at Wolfgang Cavern a Community spokeswoman said. Two cafes employees and a third person Are being investigated for the thefts which occurred Between september and december the spokeswoman said. The agent in charge of the investigation said the third person legally purchased some stereo equipment. However officials believe the receipts were used repeatedly by the two cafes employees to a just basically walk out Quot with additional merchandise the spokeswoman said. The identities of the suspects arc being withheld pending further investigation. Hanau pm officials said 24-hour surveillance cameras would be installed in the Exchange within the next 30 to 60 Days