European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes sunday March 18,1990 As satellite stalls in Low orbit Small space firm offers to boost it Washington apr a Small Virginia aerospace company is proposing a plan in which shuttle astronauts would attach a rocket to a Low flying $150 million satellite and Send it to a useful life 22,300 Miles above Earth. An Intelsat satellite failed to achieve its proper orbit last week after a launch atop a Titan 3 rocket from Cape canaveral Fla. On Friday rocket builder Martin Marietta attributed the failure to a wiring problem in the Titan. A a bold and coordinated team Effort involving Nasa Martin Marietta Hughes and Orbital sciences corp. Can successfully Complete this Mission for Intelsat a Robert r. Lovell of Orbital wrote to Nasa administrator Richard truly and others. Kerry Masson a Martin Marietta spokeswoman in Denver said that during the launch a signal failed to make it from an inboard computer to the mechanism that was to separate the rocket and the satellite. Without that separation a motor attached to the satellite was unable to propel the spacecraft to its High orbit. When engineers finally separated the satellite and the spent Shell the Booster rocket remained with the launch vehicle and both Are expected to fall Back to Earth soon. Intelsat which owns the $ 150 million uninsured satellite fired Small inboard thrusters and raised the satellites orbit by nearly 60 Miles Friday putting the 5-ton satellite out of immediate reach of the atmosphere. Orbital sciences corp. Proposed that its new rocket device called a Transfer orbit stage be carried to orbit on the shuttle and be mated to the satellite. That said Orbital would a Complete the Mission from orbit rather than returning the satellite to Earth for refurbishment and  the Transfer orbit stage is designed to boost spacecraft from Low Earth orbit to the 22,300-mile-High Altitude at which communications satellites operate. The device was qualified in january for flight in space. An artists drawing depicts the Intelsat the most massive civil communications satellite Ever  anti abortion Bill clears Idaho Senate panel Boise Idaho apr legislation that advocates say would give Idaho the nations toughest anti abortion Law cleared a state Senate committee Friday and was headed for a final legislative vote. The Bill would ban abortion As a Means of birth control. It would outlaw abortion except in cases of no statutory rape reported within seven Days incest if the victim is under 18 years old severe fetal deformity or a threat to life or physical health of the Mother. A Idaho is taking the step and is willing to take the step to Lead this nation in protecting the life of unborn children a declared Kerry Uhlenkott of right to life of Idaho. Anti abortion activists campaigning for the Bill said they see it As a potential vehicle to attack the . Supreme court s 1973 Roe is. Wade ruling which legalized abortion. Legal challenges arc considered certain if the Bill becomes Law and such a Challenge could reach the High court supporters have said. In Annapolis md., meanwhile antiabortion legislators on Friday continued a filibuster that blocked action on a Bill that would liberalize the states abortion Law. The Idaho Senate a state affairs committee voted 7-4 to Send the strict abortion Bill to the full Senate for final a . Abortion legislation breakdown a states in which an abortion legislation is expected to die. Ks3 states in which Al abortion legislation has died. It anti abortion passed anti abortion Likely to pass pro Choice Likely to pass . Anti abortion Bills introduced 127 pro Choice Bills introduced 27 a mild weather holds wholesale prices level Washington apr the effect of Milder than usual weather on Energy supplies held wholesale prices unchanged in february the government said saturday. The flatness of the labor departments producer Price Index followed a huge 1.8 percent jump in january. A Holiday cold snap had caused record increases in Energy prices and Large food Price rises which had propelled the Overall Index to the largest increase in 15 years. Figures for the two months taken together represent an annualized wholesale inflation rate of 11.4 percent. However economists do not expect anything approaching that for the entire year. Most anticipate prices will Rise Between 4 percent and 4.5 percent in 1990, slightly lower than the 1989 rate of 4.8 percent. Energy prices in february plunged 5 percent after soaring 13.6 percent in january. The effect of the weather showed up most strongly in fuel Oil prices which rocketed 25.3 percent in january and plummeted 30.2 percent in february. They were the biggest increase and decrease since the department began tracking that Price in 1973. Gasoline prices fell 2.3 percent last month after rising 16.7 percent in january. Natural Gas prices edged up 0.1 percent after jumping 3.2 percent in the previous month. Food prices in february Rose 0.9 percent compared with january when they Rose 2.1 percent the biggest jump in six years. Vegetable prices last month shot up 23.3 percent on top of the 58 percent Rise in january. The Holiday freeze killed vegetable crops from Texas to Florida. However analysts expect vegetable costs to subside this Spring As new crops Are harvested. �T�jl55c producer Price Index for finished goods soon Onsley of fuated Chango from prior month 1.0% 0.5% mama j Asono j f 10ss 1900 feb. 89 Jan. �?T90 feb. �?T90 0.6%i 11.8% 0.0% a Tion probably on wednesday. Since the Bill is identical to a measure passed by the House last week Senate approval would Send the measure to gov. Cecil Andrus for signature. A a handful of senators Are Uncertain a said sen. Roger Madsen a Republican. A but even if the Bill loses All the undecideds Well still  Andrus has declined to comment on the measure other than to reiterate his opposition to abortion except in the Case of rape incest or a threat to the life of the Mother. Legislators on both sides of the Issue agreed that the measure would ban Over 90 percent of the estimated 1,500 abortions performed in Idaho each year. The Maryland Bill blocked by the filibuster would replace a relatively restrictive 1968 Law that Hasni to been enforced since the the Roe is. Wade ruling. Supporters of the Bill want a pro Choice replacement for the 1968 Law in Case the supreme court overturns Roe is. Wade. The proposed Law would allow unrestricted Access to abortions until the fetus is Able to survive outside the womb. Abortions after the fetus is viable would be prohibited except to save the life of the Mother or to protect her physical or mental health. Space shuttle gotten ready for rehearsal Cape canaveral Fla. A technicians prepared space shuttle discovery for a mock countdown but engineers still had to Check whether the space planets Landing gear needed repair. The five astronauts who will Fly the discovery Are to arrive at the Kennedy space Center on sunday for a three Day training session that includes a dress rehearsal of launch Day. They will be Insi e the shuttle for the final hours of a Moc countdown tuesday. The discovery began its trip to the launch pad thursday night and Finis the 3.5-mile trek Early Friday Nasa Sai. The shuttle is to lift off ap�1 12 five Day Mission to deploy the a lion Hubble space Telescope. But officials of the National aeronautics and space administration fear a p with the nose wheels of two sister p