European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cim Sintha Gulf related stories and photos pages 3 and 28 the  authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 176 sunday october 7,1990 a a 25 daily and sunday d 8693 Abush vetoes spending Bill government shutting Down Washington a president Bush on saturday vetoed legislation designed to prevent a government shutdown saying he refused to be part of a business As usual by Congress. Bush said negotiators for Congress and the White House were resuming talks on a deficit cutting plan to replace one that was rejected by the House Early Friday. He hinted that he might agree however to a Short term spending Bill that could allow the government to remain open if it also contained automatic spending cuts to reduce the deficit. The government began shutting Down non essential services earlier saturday after its authority to spend Money expired at Midnight. It closed the Washington Monument and other favorite tourist spots but maintained military and air traffic safety. Related Story photo Page 4. The Bill Bush vetoed would have kept the government going for an additional five Days to give Congress a Chance to re solve the Long budget impasse. Bush announced his decision to veto the Bill during a tense 90-minute meeting with congressional leaders and later told reporters about it outside the White House. Democratic leaders angrily denounced his action. A the decision to close the government is the presidents and the presidents alone a said Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine. A it will cause pain and anguish for thousands of families and serves no useful  the House passed 300-113, and the Senate added voice vote approval Early Friday to a Stopgap measure that would keep the government in operation for five Days while efforts to reach a budget settlement continued. But Bush refused to sign the measure. Mitchell and other congressional leaders were summoned to the White House on saturday morning to discuss How to continued on Back Page solar probe deployed from orbiting shuttle Cape canaveral Fla. Apr space shuttle discovery rocketed smoothly into orbit saturday carrying americans Back into space for the first time in nearly sue months and launching the robot Craft Ulysses on a five year voyage of solar exploration. A Good deploy Houston a said Mission commander Richard n. Richards after the solar probe was set free from the shuttle. A Ulysses is on its  a a that a a great Job a Mission control replied. The atomic powered solar explorer was deployed six hours after the shuttle and its five member Crew took off from Kennedy space Center. In the Dawn Light discovery roared from its Seaside launch pad and climbed flawlessly into a 184-mile-High orbit. Ulysses will follow a roundabout path first cruising away from the Sun toward Jupiter. The powerful Gravity pull of that giant planet will act like a Slingshot accelerating the probe to a Speed of More than 34,450 Mph the fastest Ever for a Man made object when measured from Earth. In 1994, Ulysses will pass Over the suns South pole then curve Over the North solar pole. The suns poles cannot be seen from Earth and have never been explored. Because Ulysses is powered by a Generator energized by More than 20 pounds of plutonium anti nuclear activists filed a lawsuit to Block the launch of radioactive material. But a Federal judge in Washington ruled against their petition on Friday. That same Day two of 20 anti nuclear demonstrators were arrested at the Kennedy space Center. Nasa staffers cheered As discovery soared into space Only 12 minutes later than the planned 7 35 . See shuttle on Back Page the shuttle discovery lifts off Early saturday. A amps Vince Crawley sitting on a Rug and pillows inside their tent on the front line saudi arabian officers share a pot of Tea. Differences in two armies blur along the front line by Vince Crawley staff writer near the iraqi Border in saudi Arabia a if there is War this is the ground where men will fight first. There is nothing Here on the hard land not even Sand. And the Wells Are so rare that they have been u j l j pies in t desert. A a dinner plate and beaten Low by the Sun and wind. Otherwise the ground is Flat featureless. Neutral. The Dusty shimmer that rises from the hot vastness masks the horizon just As the distinctions Between the saudi and american troops grow hazy on the front line. The saudi egyptian and syrian units camped Here have lined up neatly a few Miles Between each Camp. Some units have buried themselves into the landscape making themselves invisible from a distance. Most however have too Many vehicles to Bury and hence keep them instead on the desert floor where continued on Page 3