European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page v athe stars and stripes thursday july 28,1990 news updates 3 leave Mexico City apr three dissident Cutsus who sought Refuge in the Sofis embassy in Havana voluntarily left the building wednesday me government news Agency Noti Pex. Reported from Havana. A. I the departure leaves 18 cubans in the Spanish embassy and four in the Home of the italian ambassador. A a t a a a the cuban entered the lightly guarded embassy sunday evening. No Timex quoted cuban foreign ministry spokesman Michel Pache As assuring a ass authorities no reprisals would the taken against the three. Nine of the cubans in the Spanish embassy be threatening a hunger strike to protest what they say is poor food. The spa nah and italians have refused to Gay up the Asylum seekers which to led to a deterioration in Cuba relations with both countries. A. Amp cuban officials said tuesday that relation would not improve until the dissidents who want to leave Cuba Jpe out of the embassies. Film abut Rushdie Lon Doh apr prime minister Marg Afert Thatcher has refused to int Dufrene in the Row Over a decision Torban a film that portrays the Definb of author Salman anew after leak turns up in Cape canaveral Fla. Apr Nasa detected a Hydrogen leak wednesday during testing of Atlantis fuel tank which could mean a trip Back to the hangar for the shuttle and another setback in the Agency a 1990 flight plans. Wednesday mornings test was the third filling of Atlantis external fuel tank in Hopes of pinpointing the leaks source. The shuttle had been scheduled to blast off on a classified Pentagon flight in mid july. The leak appeared to exceed allowed amounts and was similar in size to it pee Vious tests said National Aero Laudics and space administration spokesman Bruce Buckingham. It iras found in the same area a Flange in a pipe that carries liquid Hydrogen from the tank to the main engines. A we Art continuing to Analyse the data and we will be having a better in Trya Nimg of that information hopefully later today a Buckingham Saidler space a amp by workers had tightened bolts in atari list of Poroo fuel line but officials doubted tha Yould be enough to Correct the Prybl ctn. The space shuttle Columba it also is a Ign a crippled Ivy a Hydrogen leak and is being  no leaks had occurred in Matirn Tri wednesday Nasa would have tried to launch it in mid August and Columbia in september the possibility of launching both shuttles in the next two months was Uncertain after the leak reappeared. Atlantis leak was discovered during the first so railed tanking test on june 29. That prompted Nasa to temporarily ground its three shuttle Fleet. The leak also appeared during a More elaborate test two weeks later. Columbian a leak believed to be larger and in a different place was detected during fueling for a May 30 launch attempt. The Leaky plumbing has been replaced with components from the new shuttle endeavour under construction in California if Atlantis goes Back to the hangar Nasa could attach a new external tank and Roll the shuttle Back to the launch pad for a september liftoff or move co Mabia out to the pad for a september flight the Astro Observatory. Nasa officials want to get at least one of the shuttles 0 before discovery a october Mission Walt the Sun probing Ulysses satellite. Disc pkwy must lift off Between oct. 5 and oct .3 or the Mission will be delayed 13 months when Earth is in proper alignment again with the Sun and Jupiter. Ariane Back in satellite launch business Rushdie. The inde. Of film Cla the Pakistan if put 1 Dent British Board cation has banned film Quot International guerrillas a Quot a the grounds it is criminally Lff Flous of Rushdie. British Milem groups have denounced Whettan on the film and accused the Board of hypocrisy because Rushdan a Book a the satanic verses a which they say blaspheme Slarp was not banned. The 3/i-Haur film depicts Rushdie As the acpt of an International conspiracy against islam and shows him torturing and killing moslem Uhtof he himself is killed by a Bolt of lightning. Kourou French Guiana apr an ariane rocket carrying two French and West German television satellites was successfully launched tuesday five months after a similar rocket exploded minutes after Takeoff. The ariane rocket took off at 7 25 . Tuesday night from the ariane facility in French Guiana on the Northeast coast of South America. It was the first launch of a european rocket since an ariane rocket carrying two japanese communications satellites blew up less than two minutes after Takeoff on feb. 22, launches were suspended after the Accident which ariane officials say was caused by a Small piece of cloth that clogged a line carrying water Cool ant to one of the engines. The French weekly Magazine Lex press reported in a cover Story that the explosion and at least two previous Anane failures May have been caused by sabotage. Officials of Arian space the commercial Branch of the european space Agency have said that there was no evidence to indicate sabotage but that technical and Security checks would be intensified. The flight put two satellites into geostationary orbit Tdf-2, a five Channel French television satellite and the 11 Channel Dos Koper Aikus 2, for West Germany a Deutsche Bunde Spost Tele Kom. The French satellite weighs 4,621 pounds and will join a twin already in orbit to form a powerful relay system that can serve 400 million television viewers according to Arian space. The including rockets that have exploded or crashed and expensive delays. T but ariane rockets dominate the private aerospace Industry carrying about half of the worlds commercial payloads into space. Arian space has contracts Worth $2.8 billion to launch 37 More satellites ariane rockets have sent into space 45 commercial satellites from Canada France. West Germany Britain India Italy Spain and the United states As Well As satellites of such International organizations As Intelsat and Eutel sat. Terror suspect returns to w. Germany a. _ a a _. To Quot  aaa1 in m 4 s Karlsruhe West Germany apr a Susie amp de red army of Actium terrorist accused5 of involvement in the bombing of a  base was returned from East Germany a amp tuesday the Federal prosecutors once Zajd. Henning Beer 31, is flown to Karlsruhe from East Germany after consenting to be returned to West Germany to face charges said Hans Jirgen for Stern a spokesman  prosecutors office. Beer is accused of attempted Mur army to discharge go charged in sex Case Derheim West Germany a amps a a Soldier who hid been charged with t discharged from pc Amy Berlin police give up grenades machine guns pvt. 1 Kerry f Collins of co a 12 a Der hostage taking and membership in a terrorist organization. He is also accused in connection with a 1981bomb attack at Ramstein a in which 17 people were seriously injured. He is the fifth suspected red army faction terrorist to return to West Germany from East Germany following a series of arrests in june. Under a new West German Law accused terrorists can be entitled to reduced sentences if they cooperate with author tics East Germany a ousted regime allegedly provided Sanctuary to red army faction terrorists. One of those already returned to West Germany Susanne Albrecht has told authorities she was provided with a new identity by the disbanded East German secret service officials in East Berlin have said. The red army faction waged a terrorist Campaign against West German capitalism and nato in the 1970s and 1980s. Engr in in Dex Hrim is being Piven an administrative discharge in the incident an 8th inf div spokesman said wednesday. Collins and three other soldiers from co a wer charged with carnal knowledge for engaging in sexual activities with an american girl in Wiesbaden feb.18. A the other soldiers pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison terms in earlier courts martial. Pfc. Stanley j. Smith pfc. Ivan l. Books and pfc. Andrew Robinson received four year 18-month and 10-year sentences respectively. Correction the unit for a service member who pleaded guilty to a number of crimes including larceny and forgery was incorrectly reported St week. Pvt. 2 Frederick e. Mitchell was assigned to he co 37th trans come in Kaiserslautern West Germany. Berlins amps a the West Berlin police department is giving up its hand grenades and machine guns because the destruction of the Berlin Wall has rendered them Unne Cesary a department spokesman said wednesday. Until 1978, All West German police departments had such weapons spokesman Peter Wietzke said the Allied forces which retain ultimate authority for police and Security issues in the City had the West Berlin police keep the weapons for Quot special situations a Wietzke said the wartime defense of Berlin would have been a Likely special situation. Another City official said the department would Havo come under Allied forces comm acid haa4he City been attacked. Quot Quot. Now that the rocket to unification has made another Battle for Berlin Jpn Likely Hara grenades and 7.62mm Crew Fred heavy machine guns have no place in the Eity police department Arsenal the offi Cial said. The hand grenades will be returned to the French military Wietzke said but he does no to know what will be done with the 1,365 West German machine runs. There Are 1,283 police officers in West Berlin another department spokesman said. Wietzke said a City official suggested that the guns be melted Down into scrap Metal. A More useful alternative would be to give them to the West German army for spare parts he said. Trial Date set in death of a co a daughter a a a a a bad Kreuz Nach Wes Germany a amps a the trial of a Mainz Soldier accused of murdering his 8-year-old daughter will begin monday in bad Kreuz Nach. Staff sgt. Ricardo Valdez has been awaiting trial at the army jail in Mannheim since late March. The 8th inf div Soldier was charged March 30 with murder and child neglect in the death of his daughter Michele two Days earlier. Doctors on duty at the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden when Michele was brought in said the girl May have been battered to death and malnourished. Army officials refused to release the autopsy results saying publication in the stars a�4 stripes would interfere with Valdez a right to a fair trial. Jury selection wifi begin at 9 . In the 8th inf div courtroom at Rose Barracks the trial is expected to last two to three Days Valdez is a Mortaman assigned to he co 4th in 34th a Itkor