European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 20, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 soviets visit As Nasa readies spy satellite Cape canaveral. Fla. A soviet defense commit tick lawmakers poured the Kennedy space Cen Ter sunday As Nasa prepared inc shuttle Atlantis for a thursday launch with a secret satellite that reportedly will spy on inc soviet Union. The committee chairman and head of the delegation. Vladimir Lap Gin. Said he was impressed by the shuttle launch facilities and when asked by a reporter what he thought of the Atlantis spy satellite replied with a smile we have no special secrets. I think you arc wasting your  the unprecedented five hour soviet visit Here and stops at other . Military installations is a result of inc new openness in the soviet Union and follows a similar trip to that country last August by members of the House armed services committee. The group of 23 soviets included 10 members of the defense committee of the soviet National legislature and advisers on space science disarmament and for eign affairs. They toured facilities where space shuttles and their pay loads arc worked on. A launch control Center and shuttle launch pad 39b. From where they could View Atlantis on pad 39a. Two Miles away. Ai pad a. Workers were buttoning up the shuttle s engine compartment and making other preparations for a darkness launch Early thursday. The countdown began on time at 8 . Sunday when electric Power was switched on in the shuttle. Because Atlantis payload is classified the Pentagon and Nasa will not announce the precise launch time until nine minutes before Blastoff to make it harder for soviet satellites and a reconnaissance ship sitting off Shore to track the spaceship. Officials have announced Only that the launch will occur Between Midnight and 4 . However sources close to inc project said Atlantis and its Crew of five military officers arc to Lake offal i . The sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said inc shuttle s payload is a 37.300-Pound satellite with a dual role to snap High Resolution reconnaissance photos and eavesdrop on military and diplomatic communications. They said inc satellite will be launched into a High inclination orbit that will cover most of the soviet Union including Northern areas not previously Over soviet defense official Vladimir i Pygin right Speaks to members of the press at the Kennedy space Center. Flown by shuttle launched spy satellites. The soviets have heavy concentrations of naval ships and submarines and several missile bases in the far North. The satellite known by the code name afp-731. Will help Monitor soviet compliance with arms control agreements being forged Between the United states and soviet Union. Except for a Brief announcement several hours after the launch on when Atlantis will land a news blackout will be enforced throughout the flight unless there is a major problem. Critics argue that such secrecy is unnecessary be cause the soviets with their intelligence capabilities undoubtedly already know a great Deal about the mis Sion and thai once Atlantis is in orbit they will be Able to track it precisely and know what it is doing. The Crew for Atlantis Mission expected to last four Days is commanded by Navy Cape. John o.  others arc air Force col. John h. Casper the Pilot and Mission specialists Marine it. Col. David. Hilmers. Air Force col. Richard m. Mullan and Navy it. Cmdr. Pierre j. Thuot. Survey finds americans average sex once a week new Orleans a american adults say they have Intercourse an average of once a week but those Over 70 have sex less than once a month and one person in five claims to have abstained entirely in the past year according to a Survey released sunday. The findings based on a Long run Ning Survey of 1.500 households across the country suggest that americans arc not As sexually adventuresome As they arc often portrayed. This shows that inc sexual behaviour of americans is More circumspect and traditional than inc libertine impression we get from inc popular Media and  said Tom w. Smith of the University of Chicago who directed the Survey. A separate Survey found that teen age boys arc also less sexually Active than their on the prowl image would imply. It found that adolescents seem to be having sex less often with fewer girls and at a later age than teen agers did a decade ago. The boys said they had had six sex partners compared with seven a dec Ade earlier. They reported having had sex an average of three times during the previous month compared with almost five times in the earlier Survey. This contrasts sharply with the View that most Young men arc sexually promiscuous said Fredya  of the Urban Institute in Washington. Both reports were among sex surveys outlined at a meeting of the american association for the advancement of science. The University of Chicago results were based on interviews and questionnaires administered to a Cross Section of adults in 1988 and 1989. Surprisingly Little is known about the sex lives of Ordinary americans said Smith. His Survey found that on average adults have sex 57 times a year or about once a week. We Don t know what night of the  he said but it sounds like the traditional stereotype of every saturday  sexual frequency dropped with age from about 78 times a year for those under 40 to eight times for those Over 70. Overall married people have sex 67 times a year separated people 66 limes divorced and never married peo ple 55 and widowed people six. However. 22 percent said they had no sex partners at All during the pre Vious year. Nine percent of married people were abstinent As were 86 per cent of widowed people. Among other findings adults say they have had an aver age of seven sex partners since age 18. Divorced people have had 13. The most of any group. Only 1.5 percent of married peo ple admitted cheating on their spouses during the previous year. Married people who say they arc the happiest also have the most sex. Smith said some people probably lied about their sex habits especially unmarried men who seemed 10 inflate the vigor of their sex lives and unmarried women who claimed to experience less sex than they actually were having. Denver Sierra clubs Boycott a recycled calendars Denver a two Denver area Sierra clubs have stopped Selling the organization s popular lustily illustrated nature calendars because they Are not printed on recycled paper. As a group we can t walk one Way  talk another  said Michael acis. A spokesman for the Enos Mills group. How can we Lake a hard stand in promoting recycling when our own group does t use re cycled paper an executive commit tick of the 10.000-Mcmbcr col Orado chapter soon will vote on a similar Resolution boycotting sales of the calendars which raise funds for local Sierra club chapters. The club was founded in 1892 by conservationist John Muir. A non profit National organization it is dedicated to preserving wilderness and natural Parks. It takes a Lough stand against polluters and favors Recy cling. Its calendars however which sell for $6.95 and up. Are not printed on recycled paper. As Many As 10.000 calendars arc sold in Colorado acis said and hundreds of thousands arc sold nationwide. If we Don t Sec any commit Cal from the National group 10 increase their use of recycled paper Well Seea real revolt said Eugene Demayo. Chairman of the Rocky Mountain regional chapter. In Denver the revolt already has begun. The Enos Mills group with roughly 1,500 members and the 1.100-Membcr Rachel Carson group have voted to end sales of the calendars. At Sierra club Headquarters in san Francisco officials Are considering using recycled paper in the calendars and using More recycled paper in Sierra mag Azine but old habits Are hard to break said spokesman Paul Larmer. We get Many Many Leuers from our members about this Issue and there is an internal task Force looking into the Issue right now he said. I Ihrk eventually we re going to go All recycled  he said the Sierra club does l have the equipment 10 do in right now and another concern is that Slick Glossy color photographs do not reproduce As Well on recycled paper. Acis said other organisations use recycled paper for their calendars including the Denver Waler Board whose two Forks dam project plans make it a Long time target of environmental groups. If the Denver water Board can do it. Why can t the Sierra club said Reis. A Boulder publisher. Johnson books is producing two environmental books with recycled paper la s More expensive bul officials say it s Worth it. It looks Good and every Ion we use saves 17 Recs said pub Lisher Barbara Johnson Mussil