European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Crisis is the Gulf related stories on pages 2,3 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 141 sunday september 2, 1990 254 daily and sunday d 8693 Abush Gorbachev will meet in bid to resolve Gulf crisis Kennebunkport Maine apr president Bush said saturday that he and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev will meet next sunday in Helsinki Finland to discuss the Middle East crisis and other International issues. A we have Many matters to discuss a Bush said. A simultaneous announcement of the one Day Summit was made on the soviet television show Eremya and transmitted by the state Tass news Agency. It said the two leaders would discuss a International and bilateral  in a Brief session with reporters before an afternoon of Golf Bush said he was reluctant to say that the meeting was about the crisis in the Middle East but acknowledged it would be on the Agenda. He said he and Gorbachev would touch upon a a wide array of issues including the conventional forces treaty yet to be concluded to cover troop reductions in Europe. A it will be free flowing discussions a he said. Bush dampened speculation that Moscow would serve As a go Between in the crisis with Iraq. A i done to see a mediating role at ally for Gorbachev Bush said. A there Are a lot of mediators out  senior jordanian officials in Amman had reported that Moscow might assume such a role. Bush said he had not discussed the persian Gulf crisis directly with Gorbachev by phone because he has known for some time that he would be seeing him. Bush asserted several times that it would not be a one Issue Summit. A i can to say the Middle East has Noth ing to do with this meeting. But its not the whole thing a Bush said. The Summit will be his third meeting As president with Gorbachev. The soviet Leader also met five times with former president Reagan. Bush said that his wife Barbara would travel to Helsinki and that Raisa Gorbachev would accompany the soviet president. Bush said he does not see any More flexibility on the part of Raqu a Saddam Hussein than before. A i done to want to mislead the american see Gulf on Back Page Nasa fixing component on Columbia Cape canaveral Fla. Apr Nasa has delayed columbian a astronomy Mission until late this week so workers can replace an electronics unit used for a Telescope inside the shuttle. Columbia had been scheduled to lift off saturday with seven astronauts and the $ 150 million Astro Observatory. The flight was called off thursday night when the space Agency discovered the fault. Workers entered the shuttles cargo Bay Friday to examine an electronic Box at the base of astros a Ray Telescope. Engineers later determined the entire unit will have to be replaced ruling out a launch attempt any earlier than Friday or saturday. Nasa had hoped to launch Columbia on wednesday if the component could be fixed easily. Mission managers were meeting to discuss the repair work and set a launch Date. The last shuttle flight was in april when discovery carried the flawed Hubble space Telescope into orbit. Delays have brought the longest Gap Between missions since flights resumed after the 1986 challenger Accident. Columbian a first launch attempt on May 30 was scrubbed because of leaking Hydrogen. A similar problem was found with Atlantis a month later and its classified Pentagon flight was delayed from july to november. Nasa technicians worked into the night testing a line Driver a component of an electronic Box that routes electrical Power and telemetry Between Columbia and the a Ray Telescope. Engineers decided they could not restore communications by installing a new Cable but must replace the entire Box. Columbian a seven member Crew planned to stay at Kennedy space Center into the weekend. Four astronauts Are astronomers who will operate astros three ultraviolet telescopes during the nine to 10-Day flight probing some of the hottest objects in the universe. The a Ray Telescope will be managed by ground  latest delay is not expected to affect astros observing schedule said Lennard Fisk nasal a chief scientist. Scientists had to choose new targets after the Mission was delayed in 1986 by the challenger explosion. Columbia has until sept. 14 to lift off otherwise it will be forced to wait until discovery carries the Sun probing Ulysses satellite into orbit. Nasa must launch discovery tween oct. 5 and 23 to take advantage of the alignment Earth the Sun and Jupiter whose gravitational Field will a shot Ulysses Back to the Sun. The next Opportunity for Inch would be in 13 months. A girl holds up a poster As Clausen residents wave to the Convoy of trucks carrying chemical weapons  end of Convoy draws cheers from Clausen residents by Peggy Davidson a Kaiserslautern Bureau Clausen West Germany a Clausen threw a Street party Early saturday As the last Convoy of trucks carrying . Chemical weapons headed out of this southwestern German town. Spectators applauded cheered and waved As the last truck marked with a sign proclaiming a the end a drove by. West German and . Army personnel Manning the Convoy enthusiastically returned the Waves gave thumbs up signs and blared their horns As the trucks wended their Way through Clausen a main streets. Tables were set up along the Street to offer Coffee and pastries including Snake shaped loaves of bread called Lindwurm to symbolize the word the germans used for Golden Python the code name of the chemical removal. Signs and banners lined the route Many noting that the Drivers and passengers if not the weapons would be missed. A goodbye to All of our dear friends a one sign read. Another however made it Clear that new weapons would not be Welcome in the town a thirty years was enough a it said. A leave the warehouses  saturdays Convoy was the 28th shipment of the shells which were transported to the . Army a depot at Miessau. From there the shells will travel by train to the North sea port of no Denham where they will be loaded aboard two Navy ships. The weapons final destination is Johnston atoll in the Pacific Ocean where they will be destroyed. Jurgen diet sen a spokesman for the Rheinland see Convoy on Back Page