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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 21, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 3fun and Sun draw 500 people to German american raft race about 500 people turned out at gelt Erswood Lake near Kaiserslautern West Germany Over the weekend for the sixth annual German american raft race. Saturdays warm weather lured plenty of spectators including 1-year-old Tyler Bivens above. Btry c of the 3rd in 44th air defense arty maintains the Lead right As teams from 230th my in and he Btry 94th air defense arty brigade Light it out for second. A amps photos Lynda Davidson suspect in mail bombings put in lineup Atlanta not a a Man who has become the focus of a Federal investigation into a series of bombings in the Southeast last year was put in a lineup last week in a move that some investigators called an indication of important developments. Neither his lawyer nor Law enforcement officials would say whether the Man Walter Leroy Moody jr., was identified by any of the five people called in to View the lineup. But two investigators said one of the five a store owner had already identified Moody from photographs As having bought items believed used to make the bombs. Others viewing the lineup in the Atlanta pretrial detention Center were licensed firearms dealers in the Atlanta area and operators of storage businesses where investigators say items related to the bombings May have been kept. Moody 54, a free Lance literary agent has not been charged m the Case and continues to live at his Home in Rex  has had several run ins with the Law and court actions growing out of them Are unsettled. In 1972 he was convicted of possessing an explosive mrs. Bush recalls her depression Washington apr first lady Barbara Bush says she suffered a severe Case of depression after returning from China in 1976, but overcame it after throwing herself into Volunteer work. A i would feel like crying a lot and i really painfully Hurt mrs. Bush is quoted As saying in the May 28 Issue of . News amp world report. Mrs. Bush the subject of the magazines cover Story recalled How de Ere Sion overtook her when she and Hus and George returned to the United states after two years in China. Bush had been the . Liaison officer in Beijing and the couple had been together much of the time. But that changed drastically when Bush returned to become director of the Cia. She said depression preyed on her mind. A and i would think bad thoughts i will Tell you. It was not  her remedy was to Volunteer for service work in the Washington Home a health care Center for the seriously ill. In that role she performed chores ranging from changing bedclothes to washing the device that injured his first wife from whom he is divorced. He served three years in Federal prison but is appealing the conviction. On feb. 8, Federal investigators entered his Home with the first of 14 search warrants involving him. He had come to their attention because of similarities Between the bomb that figured in his 1972 Federal Case and the bombs planted last year. Moody and his lawyer have said he appears to be the prime suspect but he insists he is innocent of any involvement and is outraged at the attention being focused on him and his second wife Susan. Only a few Days ago the Justice department appointed Louis j. Freeh an associate . Attorney in the Southern District of new York for Overall supervision of the investigation and any trial that results. The appointment and the subsequent Speed in organizing the lineup heartened investigators who have chafed at what they Call a a micromanagement of their Field inquiry by the Justice department. More than 100 investigators from three Federal agencies Are working on the Case. Attorney general Dick Thornburgh has called the Case the no. 1 priority for the department and the Fri and several officials and investigators say he has played a direct role in providing resources and supervision. An Fri inspector and a supervisor were sent Here from Washington to supervise Day to Day work on the  were involved in the nuts and bolts of it right Down to such things As what time of Day to execute a search warrant a said an investigator. He said investigators believed that four mail bombs that turned up in four cities in three states last year were the work of one person. Two bombs went off killing a Federal appeals court judge Robert s. Vance in his Home in a suburb of Birmingham ala., on dec. 16, and a Savannah ga., lawyer Robert f. Robinson in his office on dec. 18. The lineup last week is reported to have grown out of a subpoena issued a week ago by a grand jury. First photo snapped by Hubble Telescope Barbara Bush a file hair of patients. She befriended a number of nurses and patients and remains close to Janet Tulloch a resident of the Home who has cerebral palsy . News said. Within six months the depression cleared up and has never returned according to the Magazine. It said that Many of her service efforts have gone unreported. It was not the first time the first lady turned to Volunteer work in time of stress the Magazine said. She threw herself into a Volunteer project in 1953 following the loss of her 3-year-old daughter Robin to leukaemia while the family was living in Midland Texas. Greenbelt my. Up a the Hubble space Telescope opened its electronic eyes on the universe sunday and snapped a historic a first Light photo of an ancient Star Cluster the first image in a 15-year quest to answer age old questions about the universe. Scientists said the first pictures after computer processing were sharper and in better focus than expected at this stage in the $1.5 billion Observatory a activation work that has been plagued by a series of glitches since it was launched from the shuttle discovery april 25. A i think that a fantastic Quot said astronomer James Westphal As he examined a Star in the first photo. A those of us who spent a Long time building the wide Field camera Are mighty pleased at this Point. We re just pleased As punch. A i think for having been launched Only three weeks ago hot is in wondrous Good shape. The focus is better than we thought it would  Nasa astronomer Edward Wailer agreed saying a this is an exciting Day for All of  As the 12-ton Observatory orbited 381 Miles above Jayapura new Guinea the shutter of its wide Field planetary camera opened for one second at 11 12 . To take the Long awaited Black and White picture. The photo and a 30-second exposure were stored on magnetic tape and relayed to the ground about 1 45 . The first one second digital image showed a few stars in the Milky Way Star Cluster known As Nguc 3532, while the second 30-second image showed dozens of suns. The Star images were slightly elongated but Overall the Quality was better than expected Given that engineers have not yet finished focusing the telescopes near perfect optical system. A comparison with a ground based photo of the same stars showed that the space Telescope was right on target and in better focus than anyone expected. For example one Star that appeared to he a single Sun in the ground based photo clearly showed up As a double Star on the Hubble picture. A a it a the first picture of 10,000 or 20,000 or 30,000 pictures to be taken Over 15 years a Weiler said before the image was received. A a it a the first photo coming Down from a spacecraft that will ultimately make major discoveries and reshape our vision of the   
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