European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday. January 31,1990 Tai cry Federal paperwork can be deadly Fayetteville . A Al Denoncour survived three wars but the Federal bureaucracy has killed him Outwith paperwork. Mary Dononcour got the notice in the mail sat  wife opened the letter and said what is this. They be got you dead " the letter from the Treasury department said mrs. Dononcour owed the government $508, the amount of her husband s social Security Check in january. It said the Check was mailed before Denon could cd on dec. 31. I survived world War ii Korea and two Tours in  Dononcour said. Then i come out Here and this . 69, retired from the army in 1969 and has taught Energy conservation at Fayetteville technical Community College for about 15 years. I called my supervisor and told him 1 could t teach a class monday. He asked Why. I said Well. I m deceased he just laughed he said. Dononcour made sure his military retirement benefits weren t affected then traced the mistake to the social Security administration. They re the ones that pulled the boo boo he said. The mistake is unusual an official said. It happens rarely. We pay 38 million people every month and about 99 percent Are paid correctly and on time said Darryl mull Public affairs officer for the social Security administration s office in Atlanta. Hell gel paid next month mull said. It might not be right on time but hell be paid sometime shortly after that. Well take every action needed to get him paid timely and get him Back in current Benefit status. Dononcour was not so confident. It s going to be one Heck of a  he  re already giving my wife her widow s Bene  by the time they get through Messing with it it will take years and years he said. They la Bug me about it. Social Security is like that. They want me to prove i m  he s already got the school to prepare a notarized letter attesting to that fact. When this is All Over Dononcour said ill probably have one Celebration. Get my friends to Gether and just say look Here i m still kicking " space satellite More weathered than expected Cape canaveral. Fla. Up an 11-ton science satellite rescued by the Crew of the space shuttle Columbia ear Lier this month appears to have suffered More Wear and tear than expected during its 5vi-Ycar exposure to the harsh environment of space officials said tuesday. But such data is exactly what scientists with the Long duration exposure facility def project were looking for. I think there s a tremendous amount of work to  said chief scientist Wil Liam Kinard. There s a tremendous amount of data  Columbia carrying the satellite in its cargo Bay. Landed Jan. 20 at Edwards fab. Calif to close out a record 11-Day Mission. Columbia was ferried Back to the Ken Nedy space Center last week atop a National aeronautics and space administration jumbo Jet and Early tuesday engineers opened the shuttle s payload Bay doors exposing the satellite to vie for the first time since Columbia s Crew plucked it from a failing orbit Jan. 12. Engineers planned to remove the satellite from Columbia for a Short trip to nearby processing facility for a detailed examination. Scientists arc eager to begin inspecting the 12-sided. 30-foot-Long satellite to find out what effect 51/ years in orbit had on a variety of High tech materials and other experiments. Kinard was on hand Early tuesday a Columbia s Clamshell like payload Bay doors were cranked open and he said the satellite appeared to Nave suffered More space weathering than anticipated. The general impression that i had a battered Long duration exposure facility satellite lies in Columbia s cargo Bay. It s weathered a Little bit More than i had expected he told United press International. Lots of discoloration lots of fad ing lots of the Thermal coatings and whatever have been affected. A lot of the thin film specimens a lot of them have completely  def was launched in april 1984 by the Crew of the shuttle challenger. The $15 million satellite was built to do Little More than serve As a Carrier for 57 experiments involving dozens of materials in research primarily aimed at learning More about How to build longer lived spacecraft. Nasa originally intended to retrieve the satellite after just 10 months in space but the Rescue Mission was postponed because of a series of shuttle launch delays and ultimately the 1986 challenger disaster. Officials say def which was in orbit More than four years longer than Origi Nally intended is a treasure trove of scientific data about the effects of Long duration spaced Ighel. Def spent its time in orbit in a Gravity gradient attitude that is with one Side constantly facing Earth and one Side constantly facing the direction of travel allowing materials on the leading Edge to be bombarded by highly re Active atomic oxygen in the outer reaches of the atmosphere. When Columbia s Crew rescued the satellite using the shuttle s robot Arm the effects of that continuous bombardment were clearly visible in the form of discoloration weathered Experiment panels and other defects including Impact dam age caused by . Prior to Columbia s Landing scientists worried that the stress and Strain of re entry and Landing might cause additional damage to the def experiments but Kinard said that did not appear to have happened and that Columbia s payload Bay was relatively free of debris. I think the condition of it now is probably very similar to what it was in orbit Kinard said. I was amazed at How clean the payload Bay floor  once def is removed from the shuttle s cargo hold it will be transported to a special hangar like facility at the Kennedy space Center where it will be inspected and disassembled for analysis starting saturday or sunday. At that Point we can really get up close and Start inspecting the experiments tray by tray Kinard said. Fiance gets Sharp rebuke for turning to super bowl Houston a a woman was sentenced to 10 months in jail for stabbing her Fiance in the neck with a Barbecue Fork after he switched channels to watch the super bowl. You were almost a football widow judge Ted poc told Viola Delores Douglas 37, after she pleaded guilty monday to Misdemeanour As  Douglas explained it she was watching a Disney movie sunday when Eddie Harris who works for an Asphalt company returned to the apartment they share and switched to the super bowl. Douglas attacked Harris with a knife but he disarmed her and escaped injury prosecutor Don Rizzo said. Not Long after she told police she returned to the room and discovered that Harris was ignoring the game. An infuriated Douglas then stabbed him prosecutors said. Harris required a few stitches to close the , an unemployed nurse could be Eligi ble for release after about five months. Coupon Connie found guilty in nationwide counterfeit scam Dallas a a woman with a passion for clipping coupons and proof of Purchase seals was convicted tuesday of swapping and redeeming counterfeit coupons in an alleged $2 million scam. A Federal jury deliberated five Days before reach ing its verdict against Connie Arvidson 34, of Boca Katon Fla. The woman dubbed Coupon Connie was convicted of conspiracy and mail fraud and could receive up to 15 years in prison and $750.000 in fines at her sentencing March 23. She could have faced up 10 30 years in prison and up to $1.5 million in fines if convicted on All charges in the nine count indictment. David res of Center Point Texas was found guilty of conspiracy said Maureen Ruprocht court coordinator for . District judge Sidney Fitzwa Ler. A third defendant James Floyd Richards of san Antonio was cleared of All charges. Prosecutors had charged that the three defendants counterfeited and redeemed or swapped More than 600,000 copies of coupons issued by 47 companies including Procter & Gamble Nabisco brands inc. And Campbell soup co. Participants in the scheme used the coupons to Purchase the products and then sold the items at Flea markets authorities said. Proceeds were used by Arvidson to Purchase a fashionable Florida Home and two expensive cars . Attorney Steve Sucsy said. The judge set Bond for Arvidson at $10,000. Rees was freed on his own recognizance. Arvidson who became known As the dumpster lady for rummaging through the trash for coupons and proof of Purchase seals turned a passion into a profitable business. She estimated she look in $200 a week at her  and nine others were indicted in june. Prosecutors said she knowingly took part in a scheme to Swap and redeem bogus coupons. Arvidson maintained she did t know the Cou Pons she bought through an advertisement in a Cou Pon Magazine were counterfeit