European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Magellan sending Back photos of Venus by the los Angeles times Pasadena Calif. A the Magellan spacecraft passed a critical Milestone saturday when it began sending Back radar images of Venus and officially started its Long awaited study of the hot Cloudy planet. A we re into mapping a a jubilant Tony Spears. Magellan project manager said after receiving confirmation that the troubled Craft was sending Back images of the surface of Venus. These Are the first photos that Magellan has sent Back since a test run before it mysteriously broke off communications with the Jet propulsion Laboratory Here a month ago. Engineers Are still puzzled Oyer Why the spacecraft twice severed its ties with Earth and went into a a Safe Mode Quot designed to facilitate recovery. But they Hope to be Able to Complete the Mission even if they never understand the nature of the earlier problems. New commands sent up to the Craft arc expected to reduce the chances that it will swing its antennae away from Earth again but Spears said saturday that More problems Are expected. A we could still come crashing out of communications like before a Spears said. A we could from time to time come but Spears and his colleagues at the lab which is managed by the California Institute of technology for the National aeronautics and space administration Are confident that the ambitious Mission is now fully under Way. A this is Day 1 of 243 Days of mapping a he said. The sophisticated spacecraft which is the Cornerstone of a $755 million program uses radar to Pierce through the Clouds that normally hide the surface of Venus. Magellan is expected to produce photos that Are 10 times sharper than the Best images previously available a those shot by soviet spacecraft nearly a decade ago. The first Magellan images covering a strip of land 15 Miles wide and 1,000 Miles Long were taken before the communications problems occurred and proved that the camera is capable of living up to expectations. Spears said the first images from saturdays mapping were expected to be released monday and that would be the Best news that the troubled space Agency has had in puts bite on Chip collection fort Wayne ind. Apr a Man visiting a retirement expo spotted what looked like a tray of free samples of potato chips so he took one and started to Chew a and nearly broke Myrtle Young s heart. Young 66, started a collection of potato chips that resemble famous people animals and objects when she was a Chip inspector at Seyfert a foods inc. She and her chips have appeared on a late night with David Letterman and a the tonight on saturday she had about 75 chips on display including one that looked like a perfect Sand Dollar a there were quite a few people standing around and i was telling them about my Chip collection a she said. A this one Man reached through quickly and took a i saw chips laying there As samples so i picked one up a recalled Gregory Hough of fort Wayne. Hough was quickly collared by a salesperson for Seyfert a and ordered to spit out what remained of the Sand Dollar Chip. He said the Chip tasted stale Young estimated it was 2 years old. A a people will say its Only a potato Chip a Young said. A but Mother nature makes these designs. We go through 250,000 pounds of potatoes in eight hours. To find something like this is so her favorite Chip resembles a certain ski jump nosed comedian. A boy i was so glad he did not grab Bob Hope a said Young. A i keep him in a Box. If he had grabbed him id probably be in the As for the Sand Dollar it cannot be repaired she said but a i still have the poor broken Chip in a million but at least Young figures she got a Story out of her loss. A i told him that on my to appearances the next time they ask me if someone has Ever eaten one of my chips in a going to say yes and Tell this Story a she said. A every time he sees a potato Chip he is going to get a sinking explodes in Michigan 1 missing 11 Hurt Bay City Mich. Up a an explosion ripped through a Tanker unloading fuel at a Petroleum depot in the Saginaw River on sunday and the coast guard said one of 18 Crew members was missing and 11 were hospitalized As fire raged out of control. The blast rocked the Tanker Jupiter at about 8 45 a.m., and the Tanker was immediately engulfed in flames a coast guard spokesman said. Quot its too hot to get in and fight the fire effectively a said coast guard it. Tom Koontz at Detroit Headquarters. A a in be got the Bristol Bay a 140-foot boat that can fight fires from the water going up from Detroit but it will take her up to 10 hours to get there a he said. A we also have helicopters coming from the air station in traverse City with fire fighting Koontz said it was not known whether any of the gasoline aboard the Jupiter had spilled into the River. The explosion occurred As the Jupiter which is owned by Cleveland tankers based in Cleveland was unloading at the Dock in the Saginaw River about a Quarter of a mile upriver from the Railroad Bridge in nearby Bay City. A the total cargo was 54,000 Gallons of gasoline and i understand 20,000 Gallons Are still on Board a Koontz said. Coast guard Petty officer Tim Monk said 18 crewmen were on Board at the time of the blast. A eleven of 17 Are at local hospitals a Monk said. A the other six of them Are Fine. One of the victims is a heart attack victim and one was burned to an unknown extent. Nine have minor injuries. The 18th person is still the coast guard also called in a ship from its station in port Huron to help contain Oil leaking from the Jupiter. Radio station woj in Detroit quoted a witness on Shore As saying he observed crewmen aboard the vessel abandoning the burning Tanker. The witness said he was two or three Miles away and heard a blast which sounded like a a loud Koontz said gov. James j. Blanchard had been informed of the fire. He said cmdr. Tom Daley in Detroit was coordinating the coast guard Home air Force Reserve tech. Sgt. Edwin Morgan of Carpentersville iii., holds his 2�?~a-year-old son Alex at Chicago so Hare International Airport Early saturday morning. Morgan and other serv ice members of the 928th tac Airlift group returned Home after a 30-Day tour in the persian Gulf. Allied Gulf pledges Good news to worried budget negotiators Washington apr Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole said sunday that financial contributions by other nations in support of the drive against Iraq were Welcome news for budget negotiators struggling to assemble a deficit reduction package. A a we re going to score it one Way or the other a Dole said of the contributions from such nations As saudi Arabia West Germany and Japan. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii returned Home from an 11-Day trip Early sunday his pockets bulging with $14 billion in new Aid pledges. A i done to know who gets the Check but we understand that it will have an Impact on what we finally do in the budget Dole and House speaker Thomas Foley d-wash., appearing on Abc tvs a meet the press a said there was widespread agreement in Congress and across the country generally that the United states should not have to shoulder All of the costs of deterring Saddam Hussein. A there is no question that there a a feeling in the country and in the Congress that we Bear these burdens alone either the military Side of it or the financial Side of it a Foley said. But Dole describing the initial response As a certainly Good news a questioned whether support will remain Strong if it becomes necessary to keep . Military forces in the persian Gulf Region for an extended period. During his trip Baker received pledges of $12 billion from three Oil Rich Arab nations saudi Arabia the United Arab emirates and the kuwaiti rulers overthrown and exiled by Saddam. West Germany extended nearly $2 billion for military Aid and economic assistance to countries affected by the economic embargo on Iraq. Egypt and Syria said they would Send More troops. Italy volunteered $145 million and a Squadron of Tornado. Britain and France said they Are sending troops and military equipment. The military buildup is costing the United states an estimated $1 billion a month. This enormous outlay is taking place As congressional and White House negotiators try to reach agreement on paring the Federal deficit by $50 billion this year and $500 billion Over five years. Bush a National Security adviser Brent scowcroft interviewed sunday on the lbs to program a face the nation Quot made it Clear that the military buildup in the Gulf is aimed at impressing Saddam. A we want him to know we Are serious a scowcroft said. But he distanced the administration from comments made by Gen. Michael j. Dugan the air Force chief of staff who was quoted in sunday editions of the Washington Post As saying . Military planners believed that if War Breaks out the Only effective tactic was to hit Baghdad with massive air strikes that would target Saddam personally. A i would just Point out that general Dugan is not in the Chain of command and he does not speak for the administration a scowcroft said. But he said contingency planning was developing a for anything that might scowcroft hailed the recent increase in Concrete support by . Allies for the drive against Iraq. A i think its a very heartwarming example of United action against aggression a scowcroft said. Foley meanwhile disagreed with former president Carter who said the United states should now use military Force to drive Iraq from Kuwait. A i think the time is Way too Early to make a decision of that kind a Foley said. A the Strong support the presidents had in the Middle East is based on the fact that he a been deliberate he a been careful he a been focused on the
