European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday january 20,1990 news update no Deal for Marcos new York a the Lead prosecutor in the racketeering Case against Imelda Marcos said thursday that plea bargain discussions with her lawyers have been suspended. We re going to trial assistant . Attorney Charles Labilla told reporters at Federal court in Man Hattan where the trial of the widow of former philippine presi Dent Ferdinand Marcos is scheduled to begin March 13. Darmstadt maps to pull tags from illegally parked cars juvenile suspect arrested in fires at Pattonville Ramseck. West Germany is army investigators apprehended a Juve Nile from a military family Friday in connection with two recent fires in Pattonville housing area apartment build Ings. Stuttgart military Community spokes Man George Huttig said the suspect has admitted setting fire to a basement store room on dec. Is. The fire caused about j 50.000 Worth of damage and forced the temporary relocation of six families. The juvenile also has confessed to set Ling a basement storeroom fire in another building monday. That fire caused $500 to s1.000 in damage. Huettig said . And West German investigators arc still studying the Case and West German authorities have not decided yet whether to prosecute the suspect. He Atlig declined to give other details about the suspect citing the unresolved jurisdictional question and the suspect s status As a minor. Military family Mem Bers and civilian . Government employees in West Germany Are subject id command administrative action but not to criminal prosecution by the . Forces. Blaze at Sembach blamed on arson Sembach a. West Germany a fire that caused minor damage to a base housing unit wednesday was apparently arson authorities said. Damage was limited to $5.000, but seven children and five women in neigh Boring apartments suffered from smoke inhalation. Most were treated at the 66th electronic combat Wing clinic and re leased. One adult was taken to the land Stuhl army regional medical Center where she was treated and released. Sol. Jimmie Turner base spokesman said an investigation was continuing into the fire which began on the first floor of building 67, a three Story Complex. Turner said it took the base fire department 12 minutes to extinguish the Blaze. He declined to rental what Evi Dence of arson had been uncovered. Eagle scout Heidelberg West Germany a Sophomore at Heidelberg High school has joined the ranks of Eagle scouts the highest Honor in scouting. For his Eagle scout project Paul aus tin Slaughter 15. Worked with hunks Ville ala., City officials to renovate the Homes of two retired residents. He is the son of it. Col. W. Arthur Slaughter and Paula t. Slaughter. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. By Chuck Roberts suit writer Darmstadt. West Germany after issuing hundreds of parking tickets and strapping on countless wheel locks military police in the Darmstadt military Community have decided to get serious about illegal parking. Really serious. Beginning monday parking violators risk having i hair License plates removed. Worse yet the offending Driver has to report to the military police station with a supervisor to get the plates Back. Think about that for a moment. Capt. Richard 1. Mccaughey the Community Provost marshal said he came up with the tag taking program after finding that nothing else seemed to work. He said the four military policemen who patrol the 850 Square Miles of the military Community which includes 24 installations could spend their entire Day writ ing tickets if they ignored their other duties. Since i be been Here we be been try ing to find ways with the resources we have to solve the problem Mccaughey said. The new Rule is targeted at serious violators who create safety hazards or obstruct traffic and plates won t be re moved for All parking violations Mccaughey said. This is just a Pilot program now he said. In 30 to 60 Days we will make an  once they be spotted an illegally parked vehicle military police patrols Call in the tag number to a desk sergeant and then Pluck the plates. Parking of fenders arc left a notice on the wind shield instructing them to report to the my station. Once the offender arrives the police desk sergeant Calls the Driver s unit re questing that the supervisor be sent Over. The supervisor is then briefed about the offence and Given the traffic ticket and License plates to hand Over to the offender. If a family member is ticketed the sponsoring Soldier or government civil Ian also has to show up at the station with a supervisor. Service members from other military communities will have to report to the station but their supervisor won t have to show up. German License plates will not be removed Mccaughey said. For late night violations the desk ser Geant will decide if the License plates should be removed. Fog threat at Landing site forces shuttle to delay return until today Cape canaveral Fla. A a threat of fog that proved real Blocke Columbia s return to Earth until sat urday making for the longest space shuttle Mission yet. The shuttle had planned a pre Dawn Landing Friday at Edwards fab caiif., but Mission control decided to keep Columbia in orbit because conditions were favourable for a fog Bank to move in suddenly. The new Landing time of 12 01 . Post extends the flight to nearly 11 Days sur passing the old record by 11 hours 38 min utes. That was set by Columbia in 1983. Capsule communicator Mike Baker Early Friday initially directed the five Astro nauts to lengthen the flight by one orbit or 95 minutes in Case the fog forecast improved. When it did the said. We be decided not to come Home today. The weather looks a lot better saturday of. Sounds like the Best plan Colum Bia commander Dan Brandenstein responded. Earlier he said this is not a Good vehicle to Fly into  the forecasters proved right. Dense patches of fog formed and were in the area at the planned Landing time. Flight rules dictate visibility of seven Miles for Landing. Our concerns were valid and we did the proper thing today said flight director Lee Briscoe. The initial directive to hold off was relayed to the astronauts just three hours be fore they were to have fired their re entry engines wrapping up a flight that deployed one satellite and rescued another. The shuttle will have four chances sat urday to land at the Mojave desert base. Columbia carries enough fuel and other supplies to stay in orbit until at least Mon Day officials said. Other . Landing Sites at the Kennedy space Center in Florida and at White Sands missile base n.m., also had unacceptable weather conditions Friday. The space travellers planned a Day of exercising photography and other Light activity. Their Day began thursday with Mission control blaring the Sleppy Wolf song born to be wild As the Wake up music. Good morning Columbia i Hope you re ready to Rock and Roll said the control Center. We re ready to Rock and Roll replied shuttle Pilot Jim with Croce. The 11-ton scientific satellite stowed in the spaceship s cargo Bay had been in orbit for nearly six years before being snared by the astronauts a week ago. The satellite called the Long duration exposure facility was deployed by a shuttle Crew in april 1984 and was supposed to remain in orbit for less than a year but its retrieval was delayed because of scheduling changes and the 1986 challenger Accident. Scientists want to know How the various experimental materials stored in 57 trays outside the  withstood being pounded by Micro meteoroids blasted by cosmic rays and corroded by highly reactive atomic  believe def is a real treasure that s going to help very much in designing future space satellites shuttles and space stations Branden Stem said thursday Ashe Crew spoke by radio Telephone with president Bush at the while  called the Rescue a very exciting  the astronauts had failed to catch it the satellite was expected to be destroyed i March in a fiery dive through Earth s Atmo , Wetherbee and Mission specialists Bonnie Dunbar David Low and Marsha Ivins devoted most of the time i space to medical and science experiments and Earth  Mission is the 33rd shuttle flight and is a stepping Stone toward months Long trips aboard the space station starting m the mid-1990s. Go gets 15 years for rape Fulda West Germany an 11tharmd Cav Rygl Soldier has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the jul rape of a 21-year-old German woman in his apartment. Pfc. Shawn d. King 23, was convicted thursday of rape adultery assault an communicating a threat. The Soldier a Mechanic with the regi ment s howitzer Bury 1st so also was charged with fleeing the scene of a traffic Accident he was involved in about two hours after the rape. The rape occurred90 minutes after King met the woman at a party. King s wife was in the Hospital at the time of the incident. At his three Day trial. King pleaded guilty to he adultery but maintained he was innocent of All other charges. King also was Given a dishonourable discharge ordered to forfeit $650 a month for 15 years and reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. A-10a is beyond repair Raf Alconbury England is base officials have abandoned plans to repair an a Ioa Thunderbolt ii air Craft that skidded off the end of a run Way slowed through a Fence and skidded through a Farmer s Field last april. Maintenon cd Crews had hoped to re pair the $825,000 in damages to the plane using parts from another wrecked Thunderbolt but the tank killing Jet was apparently too badly damaged. The plane will be used As a non flying training Model base spokesman sgt. John Norgren said Friday. Air Force officials investigating the Accident found a flashlight jammed in the throttle linkage of the $6.2 million plane. Cancer strikes Hawaii senator Washington a sen. Spark m. Matsunaga a Hawaii disclosed thursday that he is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. I can t conclude at this juncture that this condition is debilitating to the extent that i should Ste Down Matsunaga 73, said in a statement. But if it appears that my Atten dance in the second session of the Holst Congress does not show marked improvement Over the re Cord of the first session i will reas sess my present intention of fulfil Ling my term of office he said. Matsunaga whose third term expires in 1994, had a string of illnesses last year that caused him to miss Roll Call votes said spokes Man de Greaney