European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes monday april 2, 1990telescope launching Date is advanced to april 10 stateside Cape canaveral Fla. Apr Nasa in a rare move advanced the launching Date saturday for the shuttle discovery and its prestigious payload the $1.5 billion Hubble space Telescope. The discovery now is to lift off april 10, two Days earlier than planned. A the shuttle team is ready to Fly. Hubble is one of the most exciting payloads Ever launched aboard the shuttle and we re looking Forward to the Mission a said William Lenoir nasal a associate administrator for space flight the space Agency s flight readiness review Board decided to move up the Mission after meeting for two Days at the Kennedy space Center. The National aeronautics and space administration said last week that technicians needed Little of the contingency time built into the discovery a relaunching schedule. Once deployed by the discovery a astronauts the Hubble will orbit 380 Miles above Earth for 15 years. The Telescope will be capable of looking seven times More deeply into space with greater clarity than any earlier one. It will be Able to detect objects 50 times fainter than the Best ground based Observatory. Astronomers expect to use it to study stars and galaxies so Distant that their Light has been travelling toward Earth for 14 billion years. Nasa has occasionally shifted shuttle launching dates because of scheduling changes in the months prior to liftoff. But it is the first time liftoff has been accelerated during orbiter processing. In february the discovery a launching Date was protest for Art a demonstrator hides her head a but not her viewpoint a at a rally in downtown Cincinnati on Friday. The protesters were decrying Calls to remove sexually explicit photographs from a planned exhibit of works by the late Robert Mapplethorpe at the contemporary arts Center. Changed from april 18 to april 12 after the lower right segment of the shuttles solid rocket Booster was replaced More quickly than anticipated. The telescopes installation into the orbiter was delayed last week however after Small Mosquito like insects called midges invaded a payload preparation room at the launching . Engineers feared the bugs might damage the sensitive instrument the most expensive unmanned spacecraft Ever built. Technicians trapped 40 midges then loaded the 25,000-Pound Telescope into the shuttles payload Bay thursday two Days later than planned. Mission specialist Bruce Mccandless ii one of the discovery a five astronauts helped link electrical connections Between the discovery and the Hubble on Friday. He also checked the Telescope for Sharp edges that might Snag spacesuits in the event of a spacewalk. Mccandless and Mission specialist Kathryn Sullivan Are prepared for a spacewalk should the Telescope need adjusting it or repair after deployment. It would be the first american spacewalk since 1985. Technicians planned to test the telescopes systems and scientific instruments sunday. They wanted to ensure Remote communications with the space Telescope operations control Center at nasal a Goddard space flight Center in Greenbelt md., and other facilities. The Telescope is named for the late american astronomer Edwin p. Hubble who discovered in the 1920s that the universe is constantly expanding a finding that is the basis for the current big bang theory of the formation of the overlooked officers drug test Miami apr Eastern airlines took no action against a flight Engineer who tested positive for cocaine use until managers Learned he had been charged with buying crack seven months later the airline said saturday. The test results apparently went unnoticed because of a clerical error Eastern spokeswoman Karen Ceremsak said. Dain Schneemilch 36, of key Largo Fla., was fired March 20, but the air line pilots association has filed a grievance to Appeal the dismissal she said. Schneemilch returned to work for the strike plagued Carrier during a machinists Union strike that initially brought Eastern flights to a virtual halt. Schneemilch tested positive for cocaine use last july 19, an offence that warrants firing under Eastern rules. But the results entered his personnel file without action. Schneemilch went Back to work on Boeing 727s As a second officer serving As flight Engineer the no. 3 position in the cockpit. He was promoted to first officer or Copilot on the basis of seniority sept. 18, Ceremsak said. Schneemilch was still attending ground Pilot school when he was arrested after allegedly buying a $20 crack cocaine Rock from an undercover sheriffs officer Ceremsak said. He flew no airline flights As a Copilot she hearings cancelled Minneapolis apr All three Northwest airlines cockpit Crew members whose licenses were revoked for allegedly flying under the influence of alcohol have dropped requests for expedited hearings to contest the revocations. The National transportation safety Board cancelled hearings set to begin tuesday in St. Paul on the March 8 flight. The Nosb received letters from attorneys for Copilot Robert Kirchner and flight Engineer Joseph Balzer saying they waived rights to expedited hearings. Capt. Norman Prouse earlier waived his right to an expedited hearing. The three who have been fired by Northwest were charged last week with flying under the influence of rep. Frenzel to retire after 20 years St. Paul Minn. Apr. N c a a Frenzel a leading Republican a no Lep bi1 budget and tax issues a to an will retire from Congress after Rem pm 1 Nesotas for 20 years. Presenting min. A i have done this for a Lone time Ana a. A time for someone else to do it fren4rit"0 announcing he won t seek re election this Var in every member of Congress inn pc t time has come not to run again a Fren i a 16 news conference. A for me it is now old a Frenzel the top Republican on the in non d j get committee and a senior member of to and Means committee is de fiscal conservatives in Washington Minnesota a most popular politicians. One of group a easter egg sales halted Over botulism fear Houston apr a group that has sold hand painted easter eggs for 66 years is ceasing production on the advice of its lawyers who fear that children May eat spoiled eggs and contract botulism the announcement by the Blue Bird Circle an organization that aids children with euros w 9i,sn0nnders�?T of a red the cancellation of Orde s for 24,000 eggs from Houston country clubs and several retail stores. For years the eggs were intricately designed with colourful decals trimmed in Gold paint and dyed m Many colors. A a we re very disappointed. The easter eggs have been one of our most fun projects but we certainly done to want to contribute to a child get Ting sick a said Bonnie Mcmillian in charge of the groups easter Basket project. A a in a sure Well find another Way to do it with a non edible City publisher to Start afternoon tabloid Overland Park Kan. A a suburban Kansas City publisher says he will Start an afternoon tabloid newspaper May 14 to fill a void created when the Kansas City Star co. Closed its afternoon paper March 1. Stephen f. Rose president and co publisher of Sun publications inc., has announced plans for a monday through Friday paper called the evening news. He said it will Start with a press run of 25,000, to be sold on the Street and in stores for 50 cents with no Home delivery. A we expect it to Appeal to Busy people who want More information people who done to want to wait 24 hours to find out what happened today a Rose dream fulfilled visitor to Niagara Dies Niagara Falls . Apr a Man u to persuaded co workers to take a Side trip because it was his lifelong wish to see Niagara Falls collapsed and died after fulfilling his dream authorities said saturday. Eugene Gergler 68, of Cincinnati collapsed Friday night in the parking lot on Goat Island Between the american and Horseshoe Falls and he was pronounced dead at a Hospital a Short time later said state Park police officer Patrick Moriarty. Gergler and three other electricians had been working in Erie pa., earlier Friday when he told them his lifelong dream was to see the Falls Moriarty said. So the four drove 120 Miles to Niagara Falls. He said Gergler complained of feeling ill while taking pictures of the Falls and went Back to the groups truck where his companions found him unconscious. Fish Sicle makes a dead Issue of fuss Over Piranha Oklahoma City apr a pet has because Thev in nah inc a a Honno. A j Oklahoma City apr a pet store owner says he no longer owns a deadly pet Piranha fish that could threaten Oklahoma wildlife and just to prove it he brought the fish to court As a a fish Sicley a Frozen in a dripping bag of ice. Bob Geary was cited in Early january for violating a state Law Banning Piran has because they could pose a danger to wildlife if released into a Lake. He said a supplier sent him the vicious fish by mistake four years ago and he asked a District judge Jan. 26 to give him a Chance to keep it. Geary said head try to persuade the state wildlife conservation department to let him keep the fish and prom de to Send it to Kansas if he tailed. But he returned to court Friday to say the Deal is no longer possible. Geary said the fish died two weeks ago when someone mistakenly turned up the heat in its tank. Prosecutor Clayton Niemeyer had agreed to drop the Case if Geary could prove the fish had died. A the spent $4,000 defending his fish and the fish is no longer alive so i saw no reason to pursue it further a Niemeyer said. Niemeyer called the evidence produced in court Friday a a fish Sicle. The Frozen Piranha was turned Over to state wildlife rangers who said they would have it stuffed and use it to
