European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday november 17,1990atlantis orbiting on secret Mission Cape canaveral Fla. Up turning night into Day the shuttle Atlantis thundered safely into orbit atop a sky lighting pillar of flame thursday to launch a Pentagon spy satellite in the seventh and last top secret shuttle flight. Ending an Era of Clandestine shuttle operations Atlantis and its five Man Crew took off from the Kennedy space Center at 6 48 . Under a cloak of secrecy four months behind schedule because of an elusive Hydrogen fuel leak that blocked a launch in july. The $2 billion space shuttle climbed through a Clear night sky atop a 600-foot Jet of flame from its solid fuel boosters generating enough Light to read the Small print in a newspaper 3>a Miles away. Launch came two minutes later than originally expected for unknown reasons. Quot Roll program Houston a commander Richard Covey radioed Mission control As the shuttle wheeled about to line up on the proper trajectory. Quot Roger Roll Atlantis Quot replied astronaut Michael Baker from Houston. Eight and a half minutes after liftoff Atlantis slipped into its planned preliminary orbit one that will carry it 28.s degrees to either Side of the Equator capping a flawless ride to space that was visible for More than six minutes from the ground. A spectacular Quot radioed Covey to Mission control As Atlantis soared into orbit. About 90 minutes after liftoff Nasa released a Brief statement saying Atlantis Crew had been cleared for routine Orbital operations and that a the orbiter and Crew Are performing very  commentary on the flight then ended for the night. A it looks like we re off to a Good Mission a said Forrest Mccartney director of the Kennedy space Center. A a we re just delighted with it. We think its a great gift for the country. Something to be thankful  liftoff came just three Days after an unmanned air Force Titan 4 Booster delivered another spy satellite into orbit the most Active week in years for the . Military space program. The flight Marks the seventh and last fully classified department of defense shuttle Mission planned by Nasa and the defense department. Two More air Force shuttle missions Are planned next year but the payloads of both have been declassified a move that will eliminate the need for elaborate Security procedures at Nasa and save the air f $80 million a year according to a Pentagon source x asked not to be identified. The goal of Atlantis flight is still classified but the shuttle was thought to be carrying a spy satellite the nth a procedure that typically takes a month or More Quot a a May be used to support desert shield operations in the persian Gulf Region after the spacecraft is checked reporters and outside space experts drawing on variety of sources speculated before launch that Atlar Tisz payload was either a photo reconnaissance sate lit or an electronic eavesdropping spy station capable intercepting military communications. While details about the satellite could not be immediately confirmed Nasa administrator Richard to said last month Atlantis was scheduled a to Fly a Crucia particularly these Days crucial National Security i Sion a strongly hinting the payload will be used in some fashion in the iraqi crisis. Atlantis Landing Date will not be revealed until 24 hours before touchdown at Edwards fab Calif. By sources who requested anonymity said the Mission i scheduled Toast three Days 23 hours and 55 minute Interior Secretary s son held on rape charge Alexandria a. A the son of Interior Secretary Manuel Lujanjr. Was ordered held without bail thursday on a charge of raping a woman whose apartment he was accused of entering while armed with a Shotgun. Prosecutor Randy Sengel argued during a Brief court hearing that Robert Jeffrey Lujan 28, posed a danger to society and should not be allowed to remain free on Bond. Sengel also said Lujan known As Jeff had been convicted in 1983 on a Federal charge of cocaine Possession. Alexandria judge Daniel of Flaherty revoked the $2,000 Bond on which Lujan had been released several hours after his arrest wednesday night. Lujan who did not enter a plea is charged with raping a 48-year-old woman who lives in the same High Rise apartment building where he resides with his parents police said. The woman told police she was awakened about 4 30 . Sunday by a Man carrying a Shotgun authorities said. There was no sign of forced entry into the woman a apartment according to the police report. Defense lawyer Robert Stanley Powell said Jeff Lujan was invited to the woman a apartment for a drink on saturday night and the two had sex. A they had both been drinking. They met up in the elevator and she invited him in for a drink a Powell said. Quot the Only Issue Here is one of  Interior department spokesman Steve Goldstein said Lujan was with his parents at their apartment when he was arrested at 8 . Wednesday. The younger Lujan a House Painter had recently moved Back into his parents apartment in this Washington suburb Goldstein said. Lujan kept to his Normal schedule thursday. Goldstein said the Secretary did no to go to the jail wednesday night or to thursday hearing because he did no to want to be seer As trying to influence the outcome of the Case. A it is difficult for the Lujans a Gold Stein said. A any other parents would hav the Opportunity to plead for their Chili the Secretary recognizes that he is not an1 other  a Thunder from Page 1 shield that had the Abrams was the 3rd army Cav regt deployed from fort Bliss Texas. Bidle said the new tanks and those in route Wilt replace the older Model my tanks of the 24th inf div the 1st Cav div and the i97th inf regt. In addition the 1st army div 2nd army div and elements of the 3rd inf div from Germany and the 1st inf div from the United states will bring m1a1 Abrams tanks with them As part of the deployment of an estimated 150,000 additional troops announced last week by defense Secretary Dick Cheney. The Abrams with its better Armor 120mm gun and More sophisticated Protection against chemical attacks gives what Many military analysts relieve is a better offensive capability against the iraqi army which is believed to have massed 3,500 tanks in Kuwait and along its Southern Border with saudi Arabia. Meanwhile Saddam Hussein said in an interview with Abc to that he would release the foreign hostages he is holding As a human Shields in Iraq and occupied Kuwait Only if president Bush promises not to attack his country. A such an open pledge of this nature a a declared statement of this nature a would be sufficient for us to allow All foreigners to leave Iraq a the iraqi president said. Iraq says it is holding hundreds of foreigners at strategic locations such As military installations to protect against attack. Saddam interviewed in a government guest House in Baghdad the iraqi capital said he regrets holding the hostages. A this is the Only decision which we have taken which rather chokes us up a he said. However he again asserted that the hostages were his bes Protection against attack. A the Only justification for this situation is that the presence of these people May help distract anybody who May opt for War. It May make them hesitate a Little before jumping into a decision of this nature Quot he said. As for dialogue with the United states Saddam said he was unwilling to meet Bush a demand that Iraq unconditionally withdraw from Kuwait. A this is not dialogue. These Are preconditions imposed to insure our capitulation a he said. A we reject such preconditions a the official iraqi news Agency announced thursday that Bush would so a Ibn trial in absent a next month in Algeria a for a inhuman policies and planning aggression against the people of  the trial will begin dec. 10 in Algiers Ina said in what it called an International court of Justice. It said the verdict would be relayed to . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar and International groups concerned with human rights. Iraa first spoke of putting Bush on trial in september after Western leaders said Saddam should be tried for War crimes. Presidents Hafez Assad of Syria and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt became the latest Arab leaders to reject the emergency Arab Summit which was billed by the King of Morocco As perhaps the a last chances for  from Page 1 receipts prepared by a variety of save Center sates clerks were alike he also noted that they matched Tyler a signatures in her personnel record. He also pointed out that it would take All her Navy salary and All her earnings from her second Job at the a South enlisted club to make the purchases in question. Benkley said none of the items listed on the receipts was found in a search of Tyler a Home. Tilers court martial was different from most of the other seven Black marketing cases in several respects. For example no evidence was submitted to indicate that she was recruited by another person or that she was paid for her purchases. Most of the other defendants testified that they were approached by someone usually an italian who asked the sailors to buy electronic gear for them. Most of the sailors received commissions either percentages of the goods Sale prices or Flat rates such As $100 for each shopping trip four save Center employees were suspended last summer and notified that disciplinary action was being considered. 6 officials at a South were not available for comment on the status of those  Accord reported in Vienna talks Vienna Austria apr nato and Warsaw pact negotiators reached tentative agreement thursday on reducing non nuclear weapons in Europe diplomats said Hungary a chief negotiator ambassador Istvan Gyarmati said the last minor disagreements were worked out at a plenary meeting of the 22 nations belonging to the two military alliances. Other diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity also said a tentative agreement had been reached. The treaty allows each Side to keep 20,000 Battle tanks 30,000 armoured combat vehicles 20,000 pieces of artillery 6,800 combat aircraft and 2,000 attack helicopters. With the treaty scheduled for signing in Paris on monday a the first Day of the 34-nation conference on Security and european cooperation a diplomats at the Vienna talks had been under pressure to reach agreement. . Officials said in Washington on wednesday that substantive questions remained including verification that nato and the Warsaw pact actually were destroying tanks anti aircraft guns and other non nuclear weaponry. But negotiators in Vienna said the issues were relatively minor and . Officials predicted the treaty would be ready for signing on monday. Gyarmati said negotiating teams had sent copies of the draft agreement to their capitals and senior officials there had until later thursday to Register objections. After that the treaty would be considered final. Chief negotiators Are scheduled to initial copies sunday before the Accord is signed a Day later