European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday february 8,1990page2 / giant space Observatory prepares for launch in 91 Cape canaveral. Fia. Apr the $550 Mil lion Gamma Ray Observatory arrived aboard a giant cargo plane tuesday for liftoff next year on a Mission to help scientists unlock the secrets of the universe from High above the Earth. The 17-ton Obs Valory was trucked from try  Redondo Beach. Calif., which built the satellite to los Angeles International Airport on monday. It was flown aboard an air Force c-5a to the Kennedy space Center. It is scheduled to be placed in Earth orbit in novem Ber 1991 by space shuttle Atlantis and will be the heaviest spacecraft Ever deployed by a shuttle said try spokeswoman Monty male. The Gamma Ray Observatory is the second of the National aeronautics and space administration s great observatories which the Agency says will help scientists understand the birth and Structure of the universe and the origin and evolution of stars planets and life. The first great Observatory is the Hubble space Telescope which is scheduled to be launched from space shuttle discovery in april. The others Are the advanced a Ray astrophysics facility. Which is to relaunched from a shuttle in 1997, and the space infrared Telescope facility scheduled for launch from rocket in 1999. Each of the observatories will select a different for of electromagnetic radiation visible Light Gamma rays. A rays and infrared Light which is heat. The Hubble is an incredibly powerful optical Tele scope that will look Back almost to the beginning of time to study tight from stars and galaxies. The Gamma Ray Observatory will be equipped wit four detectors to spend two to eight or More years studying Gamma rays emitted by various processes i space including the big  which is the explosion scientists believe created the universe about 15 billion years ago. Gamma rays Are called the messengers of creation because when the big bang started everything off Gamma rays were  male said. She said  will conduct a comprehensive scientific Effort to learn More about the origin and Fate of  through the Gro s instruments Humankind maybe Able to witness the birth of elements the death of stars and discover clues about quasars pulsars and Lack holes she said. Most of the elements that make up Earth and Al living things were created by the death of stars in fiery Supernova explosions scientists say. Pulsars and Blac holes arc the incredibly dense remnants of supernovas. Quasars or quasi Stellar objects arc mysterious sources of vast amounts of Light and other Energy. The Gamma Ray Observatory is now 15-by-30-by-15 feet but once its solar panels arc deployed in its 279-mile-High orbit the Observatory s Width will Gro from 30 to 70 feet male said. Try built the Observatory under a $250 million Nasa contract. The total Cost will be $550 million once its Gamma Ray detectors arc installed in Florida she added. Credit Union joins Hookup Witk stateside atm system Frankfurt. West Germany is a credit Union has joined Marc stats National Bank in offering  inc Opportunity to Lap into their state Side accounts by using animated Teller machines atm in Europe. A on feb. I. Finance Center of sekoral credit Union began offering Access to Cirrus  Teller network based in the United  credit Union also plans to offer Okess to the armed forces financial network. Since january some merchants  Able to use Afan to get Cash from their Stamid accounts. Finance Center credit Union automatic ers arc on line at Augsburg. Ansbach Neu Ulm aria Bamburg. Coming soon will be automatic tellers at Vilseck Grafin Wuhr. Firth and Erlanger. The merchants automatic Teller is at Drake Cas Ernin Frankfurt. The credit Union is not charging its Mem Bers for the service said Al Johnson operations offi cer. But  May be subject to fees charged by their other Banks. Merchants officials said Scricc members in in United states and Canada can make withdrawals from their merchants accounts in West Germany and the Netherlands for 60 cents each. The fee applies to withdrawals using the Cirrus network. Withdrawals Cost 75 cents with adj withdrawals also can be made in Japan Guam an Okinawa. The Cost is 95 cents for Aff Nind $2.35 for Cirrus.  also can up the networks to gel merchants account information Afan charges 50 cents for Sudi requests made inthe United states and Canada Cirrus charges 35 cents. In Japan Guam or Oki Iutva inc service costs 70cents on Afan lines and $2p5 on the Cirrus lines. Whenever a Marc Hajj automatic Teller machine displays both the Aff Fand Cirrus logos the fee for Afan will apply. There is no fee of Fin a Green machine cardholder Vuss a Community Ink Green machine. Present merchants Green machine at Drake Ca Serhan Frankf Jin can Only Access stateside accounts by using acc an network.  estimate it will be 45 Days before  in West Germany can use the  Money from stateside financial Zinsli Lubons. Smith a  executive said All Green lines will be  to the networks by late Anmer. Fees for whim Kawalus from stateside account Drake s Afan network arc set by the financial institution in the United  blk history month the Radical Leader bom i became one of he most of the 20th Century. While1for burglary he converted Black Muslim sect led by he was paroled fro last name with x and of Black Musli Quence against White Colm developed a Brilliant won him a Large an suspended from the Black for suggesting that the indy was justified. 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Ponich 29, was lighten Barracks after he she said extremely loud anyone from hearing the the incident is being investigated. Services will be held at the Leighton Chapel at i p.m., Mcaleer said. Ponich is survived by his 5-year old daughter Ashley of Aberdeen . 2 seamen in 6th Fleet sentenced for rape  Bureau Naples. Italy two 6lh of Eccl Sailor were sentenced monday to More lha of four years in italian prison for the apr of a Naples woman. They appealed thin sentences tuesday. R. Brian t. Vaughn. 20. Of los Angeles and Patrick r. Mccoy. 22. To ports Mouth. A. Both seamen recruits were on Shore leave from the Decsi Royce tender Yellowstone at the time of the rape in september 1988. Said i Paul Weis Haupt of Lcclair Mediterranean. The sailors who have been in Navy custody since shortly after their arrest atthe crime scene were convicted by a Naples criminal court of rape assault with injuries breaking and entering and to party damage. Mccoy also was convicted of resisting arrest. A Cis Haupt said Vaughn was sentenced m four years and six months in prison while Mccoy received four years and 10 months. Judge Angelo Spirito also or dered each Sailor to pay $60,000 to their 44-year-old victim a Vendor. The trial was conducted under Italy s revamped criminal Justice system. At their request the sailors were tried in absent a at a so called abbreviated hear ing a simplified trial allowing any punishment to be reduced by one third. Weishaupt said both sailors filed appeals on tuesday. The process could take months. Meanwhile the sailors Are being held on provisional Liberty at the naval sup port activity in Naples. Under terms set by the italian court the sailors arc for Bidden to leave Italy unless in Navy Cus Tody and gift Japort daily to a local italian police Star the trial was clotted to the Public to spare the victim embarrassment. The sailors submitted a Letrace to the court apologizing for their Conoff. They said they would not be present a cause Weare ashamed. We ask forge mess. And we understand we will be a Rush Adfor what  Vaughn also is serving a six sentence in the Brig for an unreal at court martial for failure to obey orders disrespect assault with a Means Likely to produce harm and a number of unauthorized absences. Vaughn and Mccoy were arrested on the night of sept. 7, 1988, when police heard screams from a basement apart ment in a downtown area of Naples. The area called the gut is off limits to . Forces. Police pried open an apartment shut Ter and saw two sailors having sex with a woman. The sailors were arrested after trying to  woman told police that the men had broken into her apartment and beaten raped and sodomized her. She was treated at a Naples Hospital for numer Ous bruises on her head and lacerations on her lower body. Prosecutor Pio ave one said tuesday Hal lawyers for Vaughn and Mccoy told be court that their clients met  outside her apartment where she was Ealing contraband cigarettes. The said Sivu invited them into the apartment. She said however that they broke into her apartment while she was watch ing television. Contributing 10 tin report Mil writer Candy Sarto to m Naples