European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes saturday. January 20,1990 news updates no Dellior Marcos new Yoi prosecutor i against Imel Day that Ali with her la1 Pended. Quot we re Goi . Altom reporters at haitian. Whei widow of Foi Dent Fordina used to begin apr the Lead he racketeering Case Marcos said thurs a bargain discussions res have been sus to  assistant Haries la Bel la told Leral court in Man the trial of the r philippine Percsi Marcos is sched March 13, import Cor controls Tokyo up1 a the government in an apparent move to forestall an escalation of Trade friction with the Untiet states has announced Thavy pvt  voluntary controls on car exports to the . Market for of Hottie year starting april i. International Trade and Industry minister Hikaru Matsunaga in announcing the decision at an emergency news conference said the ceiling which will remain at 2.3 million units a year will be removed As soon As a steady decline in exports is ascertained. Darmstadt maps to pull tags from illegally parked cars by Chuck Roberts staff writer after issuing hundreds of and strapping on count Irving tickets wheel locks Darmstadt. Wco a Germany or a 1whei _. Military police in the a Armandt military Community have decided to get serious about illegal parking. Really serious. Beginning monday parking violators risk having their License plates removed. Worse yet the offending Driver Gas to report to the military police station Towich a supervisor to gel the plates Back t think about that for a moment. A capt. Richard 1. Mccaughey the Coin Unity 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 writing tickets if they ignored their other duties. Quot since in be been Here we be been trying to find ways with the resources we have to solve the  Mccaughey said. The new Rule is targeted at serious violators who create safety hazards or obstruct traffic and plates wont be re moved for All parking violations Mccaughey said. 3 a this is just a Pilot program  said. Quot in 30 to 60 Days we will Mak an  or once they be spotted an if Gally parked vehicle military police patrols Call in the tag number to a Nesif sergeant and then Pluck the plates forking of fenders Are fat a notice on the Windshield inst acting them to report to the my Static once in offender arrives the police desk Soff cant Calls the Driver s Ulm requesting that the supervisor be sent Over. The Juc visor is then briefed about the of fuse and Given the traffic ticket and lira rec Plalos to hand Over to the offend if a family member is ticketed the a sponsoring Soldier or government civilian also has to show up at the station with a supervisor.  from other military communities will have to report to the station but their supervisor wont have to show up. German License plates will not be removed Mccaughey said. For late night violations the desk sergeant will decide if the License plates should be removed. Juvenile suspect arrested in fires at Pattonville p Ramseck West Germany a amps a army investigators apprehended a juvenile from a military family Friday in connection with two recent fires in Pattonville housing area apartment buildings. C Stuttgart miliary Community spokesman George Hustig said the suspect has admitted setting ire to a basement storeroom on dec. 181 the fire caused about s50.000 Worth of damage and forced the temporary relocation Olix families. The juvenile also has confessed to setting a basement storeroom fire in another building monday. Thai fire caused 5500 to ,000 in damage. Hucl Tig said u.5. And West German investigators Are Al ill studying the Case and West German authorities have not decided yet whether to prosecute the suspect. Hucl Tig declined to give other details about inc suspect citing the unresolved jurisdictional question and the suspects status As a minor. Military family Mem bars and civilian us. Government employees in West Germany Are subject to command administrative action but not to criminal prosecution by the . Forces. Blaze at Sembach blamed of arson Sembach a fest Germany a a fire that caused minor damage to a base housing unit wednesday was apparently arson authorities Sagl. Damage was limited to $5,000, but seven children and five women in neighbouring apartments i fired from smoke inhalation. Most were treated at the 66th electronic combat fing clinic and released. One adult was taken to the land Lluhi army regional medical Center where she was treat Cal and released. Sgt. Jimmie tuner base spokesman said an  continuing into the fire which began on the first floor of building 67, a three Story Complex. Turner said it Toik the base fire department 12 minutes to extinguish the Blaic. He declined to reveal what evidence of arson had been uncovered. Fog threat it Landing site forces shuttle to delay return until today the satellite called the Long duration exposure facility was deployed by a shuttle Crew in april 1984 and was supposed to Cape canaveral Fla. Api a a threat of fog that proved real blocked columbian a return to Earth until saturday making for the longest space shuttle Mission yet. The shuttle had planned a pre Dawn Landing Friday at Edwards fab Calif 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 surpassing the old record by 11 hours. 38 minutes. That was set by Columbia in 1983, capsule communicator Mike Baker Early Friday initially directed the five astronauts to lengthen the flight by one orbit or 95 minutes in Case the fog forecast improved. When it did no the said Quot we be decided not to come Home today. The weather looks a lot belter saturday. Quot of. Sounds like the Best plan a Colombia commander Dan Branden Stcin responded. Earlier he said this is Jam a Good vehicle to Fly into fog. The forecasters proved Righy dense patches of fog formed and were untie area at the planned Landing time. Right rules dictate visibility of seven Miles for Landing. A your concerns were valid a we did the i Roper thing today said flight director . The initial directive to hold Oit was relayed to die astronauts just three hours before they wafd to have fired their re entry engines wrapping up a flight that deployed one Srite Liivand rescued another. The shuttle will have four chances saturday loll Ledat the Mojave desert base. Columbia carries enough fuel and other suppl Iai to stay in orbit unlit at least monday officials said. Otter . Landing Sites at the Kennedy sure Center in Florida and at White Sands missile base n.m., also had Unac or Piatte 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 Steppe Wolf song Quot bom to be wild Quot As the Wake up music. Quot Good morning Columbia i Hope you re ready to Rock and Roll a said the control Center. Quot we re ready to Rock and  replied shuttle Pilot Jim we Herbec. The 11-ton scientific satellite stowed in the spaceships 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 Quot Eiliv j Eril it 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 def withstood being pounded by Micro meteoroids blasted by cosmic rays and corroded by highly reactive atomic oxygen a we believe def is a real treasure that s going to help very much in designing future space satellites shuttles and space stations Brandenstein said thursday As the Crew spoke by radio Telephone with president Bush at the while House. Bush called the Rescue a a a very exciting grab.�?�. If the astronauts had failed to catch it the satellite was expected to be destroyed in March in a fiery dive through Earth s atmosphere. Brandenstein with circe and Mission specialists Bon me Dunbar David Low and Marsha Ivins devoted most of the time in space to medical and science experiments and Earth r a the Mission is the j3rd shuttle flight and is a stopping Slonic toward months Iong trips aboard the space station starting in the mid-1990s, cancer strikes Hawaii Sef Tator Washington apr sen. Spark m. Matsunaga a Hawaii. Disclosed thursday that he is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. A i can t conclude at this juncture that this condition is debilitating to the extent that i should step Down a Matsunaga 73, Sard in a statement. But a if it appears that my attendance in be second session of the 101st Congress does no1 show marked improvement Over the record of the first session i will reassess my present intention of fulfilling my term of office Quot he said. Matsunaga whose third term expires in 1994, had a Quot string of illnesses a last year that caused him to miss Roll Call votes said spokesman de Grancy. Go gets 15 years for rape Fulda West Germany a an 11th army Cav regt Soldier has been sentenced to 15 years in prison far the july rape of a 21-year-old German woman in his apartment. Pfc. Shawn d. King 23, was convicted thursday of rape adultery assault and communicating a threat. The Soldier a Mechanic with the regiment 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 occurred 90 minutes after King met the woman at a party. King s wife was in inc Hospital at the time of the incident. At his three Day trial. King pleaded guilty to the adultery but maintained he was innocent of All other charges. King also was Given a dishonourable discharge ordered to forfeit $650 a month Lor 15 years and reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. Al of is beyond repair Raf alcon8ury, England a amps a base officials have abandoned plans to repair an a Ioa Thunderbolt 11 aircraft that skidded off the end of a runway slowed through a Fence and skidded through a Farmers Field last april. Maintenance Crews had hoped to repair the $825,000 in damages to the plane using parts from another wrecked Thunderbolt but do tank killing Jet was apparently Loo . The plane will be us amp it As a non flying training Model base spoils Man 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