European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thatcher lauds ski during Colorado tour Colorado Springs Colo. Apr British prime minister Margaret Thatcher touring a Star wars test site during an outbreak of War in the persian Gulf said Friday the project had helped Force sweeping changes in the soviet Union. A. Despite the thaw in superpower relations that some claim has rendered the multimillion Dollar strategic defense initiative irrelevant Thatcher said iraqis invasion of Kuwait proved the importance of a Strong military. A there will always be evil in human nature and we never know where it will come from a she said. A we must always keep our technology  Thatcher said ski had forced soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev to realize his army could not keep up with the United states without draining the country a resources a i believe it convinced the soviet Union they can never achieve their aim by military might because they knew they could never succeed a she said. The ski site known As the National test bed is developing military space based technology in the United states. Projects under Way would use lasers to shoot Down enemy missiles in space and l. Air Force col Thatcher at the. David Gallagher explains a world video display to Britain s Margaret North american aerospace defense come in Colorado Springs Colo. Incoming nuclear warheads. Thatcher told about 1,000 ski workers she was amazed How far the project had come since its inception in 984 during the Reagan administration. Among British contributions to the ski program arc filters that can Block soviet attempt s to Jam military satellites with laser beams and a Neutron Generator that can determine the payloads of military missiles. Thatcher watched a display of the Quot Brilliant pebbles project one of the most successful developments in the Star wars Arsenal the device fires rockets at incoming warheads. Star wars criticized from the Start by some who say it is unworkable is under increasing scrutiny because of . Budget constraints and warming superpower relations. Thatcher later toured Cheyenne Mountain Headquarters for Norad which tracks soviet missiles air planes and submarines around the world. She also visited the National Center for atmospheric research in Boulder where scientists Are studying global warming an Issue that has been of special concern to Thatcher who was trained As a . Couple ends bottle Over embryos a custody Cox news service Jay Fla. A a couple who set a Legal precedent with the bizarre nature of their divorce Case have abruptly ended their yearlong dispute which entered on custody rights to four Frozen embryos. Jerome Jenkins 42, said thursday that he would surrender his right to the 2-year-old Frozen embryos that have been held in a Fertility clinic since Jenkins filed for divorce from his wife of 18 years. His 37-year-Otd wife Wanda has said she plans to use the embryos a her eggs fertilized by a sperm donor a and seek child support from her estranged husband if she gives birth. A if she wants them. In a going to let her have them a said Jenkins who Sells guns and tombstones in the town of Jay a mile from the Alabama Border. A a in a just mentally not up to it Quot the Case Only the second such dispute in the nation reopened debate on the complicated question of a human embryos Legal status should the cells be treated As property to be divided equally or life to be granted to a guardian a Tennessee judge who heard the first Case answered  that decision which Legal experts have called the most controversial ruling of 989, is under Appeal. In the Florida Case Jenkins decision is less profound and More practical. He operates the $300,000-a-year Tombstone business with his estranged wife and said he r simply can t afford to debate such lofty issues. After reviewing material on in Vitro fertilization and hundreds of pages of testimony from the Tennessee divorce ease of Junior Davis and Mary Davis Stowe Jenkins said he decided his wife a chances of giving birth Are slim. A a in a looking at a 5 percent Chance or less. Is it Worth me spending $20,000 in court a Jenkins said. A right now 1 just Don t have the  mrs. Jenkins frustrated by the yearlong divorce Case that has included restraining orders and accusations of slander  be happier. Quot Well what do you know Quot she said after learning of her husbands decision. A i m relieved and it s Nice to hear some common sense Dallas police chief aide on leave during Dallas apr Dallas police chief Mack vines and his Deputy were removed from duly Friday after an investigative panel reportedly found evidence of witness tampering and perjury in its probe of an officer s firing. City manager Jan Hart said vines and assistant chief Greg Holliday were placed on indefinite leave. She said the Dallas District attorneys office was looking into the matter. Hart said a panel reviewing the Case of former officer Patrick Lemaire fired after fatally shooting an unarmed mexican Man found a potential witness tampering and perjury a by vines and Holliday. The panels findings were reportedly related to an alleged conversation vines had with Holliday before Holliday testified in front of the panel last week. The panel apparently believes that vines tried to gel Holliday to change his testimony. A this is a very serious matter a Hart said. Quot it involves the integrity of the department and Public Confidence in the  Lemaire who shot the Man last june while searching for car theft suspects was fired for failing to find alternatives to deadly Force a judge ordered Lemaire reinstated last month but Lemaire decided not to return to the department. The police departments internal re port recommending the firing reportedly was changed without the investigators knowledge although the investigators signature remained on the document. Neither vines nor Holliday could be reached immediately for comment. Assistant chief Willard Rollins will be in charge of the department in their absence Han said. Vines has been police chief since Billy Prince retired in april 1988 amid a controversy Over police minority relations. Payoff proposed for student Loans in default Washington apr a plan that could Cost taxpayers up to $100 million is being developed to pay off defaulted Loans backed by one of the nations insurers of student Loans Secretary of education  i Cavazos told a Senate panel Friday. The timetable for covering the bad Loans i my red by higher education assistance foundation of Overland Park kan., conies As jittery Banks must decide whether thousands of students will get Loans Lor the upcoming academic year. Bankers have warned that commercial lenders would five the student loan Market in the non prot insurer defaulted and they have to absorb losses. In a further Ettori to boost Lender Confidence in the program the education department said regulations will be published this week aimed at barring lad information from privately owned Trade and technical schools whose students receive the guaranteed Loans. A we Are intensively involved in sensitive discussions with other organizations that have an interest in and capacity for assigning All of Heafy a guarantee functions a Cavazos told the labor and human resources education subcommittee Quot we Are committed to putting in place a solution that will ensure that new Loans Are made and insured without interruption and that the existing Here portfolio is properly serviced collected insured and reinsured a he said. He told the panel the arrangement would he m place a within a  department spokeswoman  Kielek said it is unlikely Here will survive he restructuring. The financially threatened foundation guarantees student Loans in Minnesota West Virginia Kansas Nebraska Wyoming and the distr i of Columbia and insures Loans m other states As w the foundation blamed the problem on Over lending to students who attend private Trade and technical schools. These Are largely students from Low Iconie backgrounds who either drop out or earn Loo Little alter graduation to repay the Loans. Cava of who has already tightened regulations on lending for students at Trade schools said he will seek further restrictions on their accreditation and licensing next year. Under the student loan program Banks make the student Loans and groups such As the Here guarantee that they will be repaid and take Over collection the Federal student loan marketing association known As Sallie Mae provides Money to lenders by Selling pack Ages of Loans to investors. 1 he foundation one of 4 7 on d Voa Cilev. Told the  Iii i it that it a having s .ri1 cause of a High rate of . To. Eur Aruns across the Parment tour weeks Man i problems be i he education department is the backup insurer to the guarantors. The taxpayer must make up Tula Diluci ence Between the default liability and what the Ste pay t a Mcnol takes in through loan fees and Eolie Eions. The department says that the  costs for Fie troubled foundation would not surpass $ 100 million