European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 30, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9scientists believe Mars once had life Tallahassee Fla. Apr scientists at a symposium about Mars say there a a Strong likelihood that life existed a or still exists a on the red planet. E. Imre Friedmann a scientist at Florida state University who organized last weekends International symposium on the biological exploration of Mars said his work indicates the planet probably sustained life at one time. A you cannot really express it numerically you cannot quantify it but it is certainly Good enough to justify serious Effort to verify whether or not this is really the Case a Friedmann who discussed his work on signs of life in Antarctic rocks at the symposium said saturday. A to me the exciting problem is the following if life arose on Mars did it Progress along the same lines As on Earth or in other words is there Only one Way for life Only one Way to heaven or several roads to heaven a three other speakers two soviets and an american agreed that scientists must be patient and focus first on learning More about the environment of Mars which is colder and drier than Earth but More like our planet than any other in the solar system. A if we re going to find life on Mars its not going to be just sitting around in the dust someplace a said John d. Rummel who directs life biology at the National aeronautics and space administration in Washington. A a we re going to have to find places on Mars that Are More Likely to contain life forms than you would find at  about two dozen scientists from the United states the soviet Union Europe Japan Canada and Mexico attended the symposium. Rummel said he was encouraged because it seemed to be their consensus that there is a a lot of Good exo biological insight that can be gained through the further study of the planet of  exobiology is the study of the origin evolution and distribution of life in the universe. A Mars is not considered by Many people to be a lifeless planet a Rummel said. Rummel said there a some thought that signs of life might be discovered deeper under the surface near heat sources where water might be found. The latest data from Mars came from unmanned soviet missions in 1988. The United states plans to Send a spacecraft to orbit Mars in 1992, and the soviets plan a 1994 Mission that would land an unmanned robotic Rover vehicle and balloons to explore the planets surface. On Earth scientists Are studying volcanoes Ocean Bottoms lakes and rocks in Antarctica and siberian permafrost to see what kinds of life can survive under mar Tia like conditions. Work is also going on in Laboratory simulations. Largest Galaxy Ever discovered May shed Light on dark matter a computer enhanced photograph of Galaxy Cluster Abell 2090, which was published in the journal science. Trials drag on for frenchmen accused of nazi War crimes by the new York times one of the great unanswered questions of cosmology is Why the universe is Lumpy instead of smooth. Why instead of featureless homogeneity is there Structure a stars galaxies clusters of galaxies and clusters of clusters in trying to explain How All this scenery formed in the Mere 15 billion to 20 billion years that have elapsed since the big bang a few theorists invoke the anthropic principle if things weren tas they Are we  be around to worry about it. But others seek a More straightforward explanation and they Hope to find clues by studying a particularly unwieldy cosmic clump a the largest Galaxy Ever detected a whose discovery was announced last week. Including More than 100 trillion stars and measuring More than 6 million Light years in diameter the Galaxy is 60 times the size of Earth a own Galaxy the Milky Way. Previously the largest known Galaxy was Markarian 348 which is about 1.3 million Light years wide. The discovery was made by Jeffrey r. Kuhn of Michigan state University Juan m. Uson of the National radio astronomy Observatory and Stephen p. Boughn of Haverford College from 16 photographs taken by the 36-Mch Telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. Using a computer they subtracted Light from other sources leaving Only the Galaxy and a Halo of Light surrounding it. A if we talk about the Galaxy and the Halo As a single entity then it is the largest object that we Are aware of a Kuhn said. The newfound Galaxy is located in the Center of an even larger clump a Cluster of some 1,000 galaxies called Abell 2029. The astronomers said that the even distribution of stars and other matter in the Galaxy suggests it is extremely old possibly acting As the Keystone m the clusters formation. They Hope further study will provide clues to the genesis and the role played by a mysterious substance called dark  since there does no to appear to be enough Ordinary matter in the universe to account for the huge gravitational forces that would seem necessary to cause All the clumping scientists propose the existence of vast amounts of invisible matter that eludes detection because it emits no radiation at All. According to the prevailing Wisdom some 99 percent of the universe consists of this missing mass which Means that what is generally thought of As astronomy actually concerns but a tiny subset of particles that happen to be detectable by human nervous systems. Paris apr lawyers and human rights activists say the prosecution of three alleged nazi collaborators has been stalled or dragged out because of a reluctance to expose French complicity in the holocaust. War crimes charges against one of the men Maurice Papon have been pending for seven years. Another Rene Bousquet was implicated in 1949 for his activities As police chief in the Vichy regime but Only now faces the possibility of a trial. The third alleged War criminal Paul Rouvier is on trial for his activities As a pro nazi militia chief in Lyon. Representatives of the International federation of human rights say authorities have failed to relieve the judge of other cases to make the trial move More swiftly. A we believe it is no Accident that these three men have not been tried a said Yves Rouffa president of the French league of human rights at a recent news conference. A it is because they Are part of what the English Call the establishment whether it be in politics business Industry or High society. This Milieu does not want to see its dirty laundry washed in  Bousquet 81, headed the National police during the nazi occupation. State prosecutors last month asked that he be investigated in connection with the deportation of 194 jewish children during the War. A a Paris criminal court court ruled oct. 19 that Bousquet could Only be tried by the High court of the liberation formed in 1944 to prosecute officials of the Vichy regime. The liberation court has been defunct for decades and the ruling by the Paris judges indicated Bousquet would escape prosecution. However at the request of state prosecutors an appeals court plans to make a final ruling on the jurisdiction Issue nov. Serge Klarsfeld a lawyer and prominent nazi Hunter said senior government officials including president Francois Mitterrand appear reluctant to pursue the Case. A i think Mitterrand does no to want this trial to open a Klarsfeld said. A i can Only hypothesize that there is a certain indulgence toward  should the Case go to trial Bousquet would be the highest ranking French official in the Vichy government to be tried for crimes against humanity. Bousquet was condemned in 1949 for his activities under nazi occupation but the decision was reversed for a facts accomplished in favor of the resistance a namely his decision to free some jailed resistance fighters. Rouffa said none of the High ranking French political figures with direct roles in deporting and arresting 100,000 jews during the War has been brought to  guests keep hoping for a ghostly encounter Coronado Calif. A the Rich and famous flock to the hotel Del Coronado for its lavish service Beautiful View and world class reputation. Alan May seeks less earthly delights. He a looking for a ghost. On halloween he a got plenty of company. The employees and Many guests at the victorian Seaside resort know All about the Black Clad ghost that haunts room 3312. Some a including May a claim to have seen it. A anytime halloween comes around the phones just wont Stop ringing off the Hook and people come in looking for the ghost a said hotel spokeswoman Nancy Weisinger. A a it a almost like this lady is doing her own  Steve Miller the hotels front desk manager said Many guests who stayed in the room a Felt like there were eyes looking at them All the  although More than one tale circulates the most famous involves Kate Morgan a 24-year-old pregnant woman who checked into the hotel on thanksgiving Day 1892 under the name of Lottie Bernard had an abortion and according to a coroners report at the time committed suicide on the Steps leading to the Beach. May a 48-year-old defense attorney from san Francisco has written a Book that gives the legend a different twist. He says Morgan was murdered by her estranged husband. May who has stayed in room 3312 More than a dozen times has claimed to have encountered the ghost twice. He said she stared at him from a to set brushed against his Cheek and appears in his dreams. A i think she just wanted her Story told a he said. This is his version Tom Morgan married Kate Farmer in 1885 in Hamburg Iowa after winning her from her father in a poker game. The couple travelled throughout the country using numerous aliases. The marriage was Stormy especially when Kate became pregnant and they separated often. Wearing a Black lace dress and shawl Kate checked into the hotel Del Coronado in 1892. She induced an abortion and waited in vain for Morgan who had promised to meet her there. Four Days later she bought a gun and searched for him at other hotels. The next morning she was found dead. May claims Tom Morgan shot Kate As she slept destroyed some letters that would have implicated him and dumped the gun and body outside to make it look like suicide