European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 k a the stars and stripes thursday october 11,1990 news briefs newsletter says release of British hostages near Beirut Lebanon apr Terry Waite and other britons missing in Lebanon Are to be released a before the end of next week a a lebanese newsletter said wednesday. A the final arrangements for the release of the British hostages held in Lebanon topped by anglican Church envoy Terry Waite Are under Way behind the scenes a Akbar Al yom today a news said. The missing britons were a expected to be released before the end of next week a said the report attributed to unidentified sources. It did not disclose further details. The newsletter a privately owned local news Agency is close to the higher shiite islamic Council the highest shiite moslem religious authority in Lebanon. It Seldom reports on the foreign hostages but has been fairly accurate when it  rebuked by Bush for Lack of restraint Washington not president Bush rebuked Israel on tuesday for not acting a with More restraint in quelling palestinian unrest in Jerusalem on monday. But in his first comment on the killing of at least 19 palestinians Bush said he would refuse to allow concern Over the israeli palestinian conflict to deflect attention from iraqis occupation of Kuwait. Despite Bush a admonition to the israelis and his insistence that there was no link Between events in Jerusalem and in Kuwait administration officials said the clash monday Between israeli police and palestinian Rock throwers was bound to complicate their efforts to keep world and particularly Arab attention focused on the seizure and occupation of Kuwait by the forces of iraqi president Saddam  identifies Soldier killed in Auto Accident. Wurzburg Germany the 3rd inf div Soldier killed sunday morning in a head on car collision has been identified As spec. Malvin j. Watts 23, of Memphis Tenn. Watts was a Field artillery Canonier with a Btry 2nd in 41st Field arty. He is survived by his wife Dana of bad Kissinger and a 3-year-old daughter. Watts was travelling on autobahn 5 Between Alsfeld and bad Hersfeldt when he apparently lost control of his car and veered into oncoming traffic. He was pronounced dead at the scene by German medical authorities.3rd inf div Soldier 19, found dead in Barracks Wurzburg Germany a 3rd inf div Soldier was found dead wednesday at Leighton Barracks a 3rd inf div spokesman said. The 19-year-old Soldier whose name is being withheld pending notification of relatives was found dead in the troop billets at Leighton Barracks. The cause of death is under investigation. A memorial service is scheduled for 3 . Friday at Leighton Barracks Chapel. Discovery ends missions it began Edwards fab Calif. Apr discovery returned Home wednesday Landing safely on a desert Lake bed after a virtually flawless Mission that sent a Sun probe hurtling through space and lifted morale at Nasa. A Rescue teams glad to have you Back also to have the fastest manmade object in the universe Well on its Way. Congratulations on a picture perfect Mission a Mission controls Brian Duffy told the five Man Crew. Discovery touched Down at 6 57 a.m., shortly after Sunrise precisely As planned. The arrival was heralded by the usual two sonic booms sweeping the desert. About 5,450 people cheered and applauded As the shuttle landed on a Concrete runway on a dry Lake bed in the Mojave desert. It was the third smallest crowd Ever to attend a shuttle Landing open to Public viewing. The touchdown like the rest of the flight was extremely smooth. Discovery circled Earth 66 times during the four Day Mission logging 1,707,445 Miles. The astronauts Dick Richards commander of the Mission Robert Cabana Pilot and William Shepherd Bruce Melnick and Thomas Akers Mission specialists disembarked 57 minutes after they landed. They were to Fly Back to Houston later wednesday. The flight a the first shuttle Mission in nearly six months a has helped rebuild the National aeronautics and space administrations image battered in recent months by the flawed Hubble space Telescope and Hydrogen leaks on the two other  a if you criticize our mistakes then you must also knowledge our successes a space shuttle director i former astronaut Robert Crippen said. �?�1 a a in a elated a Crippen said. A a it a been a Lone hot. J Mer ill Tell you that. Its Nice to be Back flying Alai 1 is a High Day for  a this flight is probably As close to perfect As we it get a flight director Ron Dittemore said tuesday 1 six month delay was the longest Gap Between Mission since shuttle flights resumed after the 1986 Challener Accident. Discovery blasted into orbit just a few minutes behin schedule saturday. Several hours later the five astr nauts deployed the Ulysses solar probe exactly planned. 1 Ulysses continued to race through space on a 11, billion mile five year journey. It will travel to Jupiter use the planets Gravity to Sling it Back across the sol system and into an unprecedented orbit around the suns poles. The $250 million spacecraft a a joint project Nasa and the european space Agency a is expected to pass Over the suns poles in 1994 and 1995. Ulysses a seems to be working perfectly Well a Sal Roger Bonnet Esau a director of scientific program he praised the Mission As a a Symbol of future cooperation Between Europe and the United  House panel softens cuts in troops Washington a the House appropriations committee is breaking ranks with the full House on reducing the 2.1 million . Troops worldwide while the United states continues to Send forces to the persian Gulf. Concerned about significant troop cuts during the Gulf crisis the committee on tuesday approved a $268 billion defense spending Bill that trims the armed forces by 77,000 members. That was 52,700 less than the number previously passed by the House. The committee Bill approved by voice vote also would halt production of the b-2 stealth bomber and slash $2.4 billion from president Bush a plan to spend $4.7 billion on the strategic defense initiative popularly called Star wars. The Bill a provision for major weapons programs Fol lows the Lead taken by the full House last month when it approved a separate authorization Bill that set ceiling on defense spending for the fiscal year that began of 1. But the appropriations committee took a diff Reid path on the Issue of troop strength. The House approved Bill recommended a troop cil of 129,500, including 50,000 in Europe. The committee spending Bill would Cut 77,000 troops with 50,000 Froid  from Page 1 while refusing to ship them if they re donated he said. It. Gen. Donald Jones the Pentagon a chief of military manpower and personnel polity acknowledged that the services Are Selling cigarettes in the persian Gulf and promised to take another look at the policy against accepting donated tobacco products. But Pentagon health officials who originated the policy at the direction of former defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger May balk at making any changes. A a there a a difference Between making cigarettes available for Sale and tossing free packs at people a one official said. Handing out free cigarettes could easily be seen As condoning smoking which is not the defense department position the official said. With the exception of the donated cigarettes Issue the panel is pleased with the morale welfare and recreation support being provided to service members in thl persian Gulf. A under the circumstances the services Are doing Tylij very Best that they can do a said rep. Marvin Leath i Texas chairman of the panel. In the near future the three Exchange services plan open a number of a tactical Field exchanges As Well i franchise food outlets such As Burger King and Popeye Fried Chicken. Cafes also is airlifting 97,000 specs Christmas Cata logs to the Region. A major Issue under discussion by the services is prot a Viding rest and recreation Breaks for service members if the persian Gulf if the deployment continues r 1 longer. Because of saudi arabian cultural sensitivities i Tail officials Are looking to move . Personnel out c saudi Arabia for those Breaks. Locations under consideration include Egypt Turkey As Well As the armed forces recreation Centel at Chi Emsee Garmisch and Berchtesgaden in Southeim Germany. Crash from Page 1 Gen Post newspaper Shamir was also quoted As saying that the israelis do not want War but Are prepared to retaliate if attacked by Iraq. It. Cmdr. . Van sickle a . Mili tank spokesman said wednesdays fatal fill crash plane occurred in the a Southern arabian Peninsula while the fighter was on a training Mission. He said the incident was under investigation. The names of the two fliers were withheld pending notification of relatives. Eight marines Are missing in the crash of two helicopters in the Northern arabian sea on monday. An air Force f-4 reconnaissance Jet also went Down that Day killing both Crew members. The eight marines were identified As capt. Gay s. Dillon 29, of Merrimack county . Capt. William d. Cronin jr., 29, of do Page county 111. Capt. Kevin r. Dolvin 29, of Stark county Ohio capt. William j. Hurley 27, of Cook county 111. Sgt. Kenneth t. Keller 26, of Cook county 111. Sgt. John r. Kil Kus 26, of Norfolk county mass. Cpl. Timothy w. Romei 22, of san Francisco county and Lance Cpl. Thomas r. Adams 20, of Baton Rouge county la. Wednesday the Navy said search teams had found no indication that any of the eight marines had survived and it halted its search. In addition to those killed in saudi Arabia 13 other air Force personnel were killed aug. 29 in a crash of a c-5 cargo plane in Germany. That aircraft was ferrying supplies and equipment to saudi Arabia. . Officials said however that the Overall safety record of . Forces in the Gulf remains at least As Good As it would be for forces of the same size in the United states. The new evacuees were expected to arrive at Raleigh Durham Airport in North Carolina on thursday after an overnight Stop in London. As before the americans on Board i be limited to women and children a americans of Arab ancestry. It was t first .-organized charter out of the Gion since sept. 22, when the state dts apartment said it would organize no ther evacuation flights. Previous evacuation flights have Tran ported about 1,900 americans out of la a and Kuwait. Recent state department climates indicate there Are More than Oil americans stranded in Kuwait and Mot than 300 in Iraq. American and other Western men being held in Iraq and Kuwait Many i strategic iraqi installations to prevent a attack by the multinational forces in persian Gulf Region