European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes a a a. Page 7navstar launched to Aid shield troops a Delta-2 rocket ignites for liftoff at Cape canaveral carrying a satellite that will Aid navigation for . Troops in saudi Arabia. Cape canaveral Fla. A the . Air Force launched a new More powerful Delta rocket monday carrying a $65 million Nav Star navigation satellite that will help troops stay oriented in the saudi arabian desert. The loss of wind data from a weather balloon caused a Brief delay. But at 4 39 p.m., the $45 million 128-foot Delta 2 a a boosted by an improved main engine and nine new larger solid rockets strapped around its first stage Core a lifted Oft. The 10th Nav Star satellite launched since february 1989 separated from its Booster 25 minutes after launch. It was to reach its final 11,000-mile orbit above Earth on wednesday. The Nav stars allow . And Allied troops in the Middle East to use Telephone sized hand held receivers to determine their position within 35 feet in the nearly featureless desert of saudi Arabia. More than 1,000 receivers produced for civilian use have been distributed to the troops in the persian Gulf said it. Gen. Thomas Mooreman jr., chief of the air Force space come. Another 1,000 Are on order. The Nav stars also contain atomic clocks the most accurate timepieces in the world. They make split second timing possible when soldiers synchronize their watches for secret operations the air Force said. Besides providing navigational and positioning data the 3,675-Pound satellites carry nuclear detection devices designed to pinpoint the location of nuclear explosions. The new Nav Star circling Earth is part of the $8.5 billion global positioning system that eventually will have 24 satellites including three spares in six Orbital planes. The remaining spacecraft for the program Are to be launched by the end of 1992.astronaut collectors items Are in the cards Gulfport miss. Apr move Over Jose Canseco. Shove aside Barry Bonds. Make room for Gus Grissom de White and Roger Chaffee. The booming trading card Market already crowded with baseball hockey football basketball Bowling and Golf cards has a new contender astronaut cards. They Are the idea of de White Iii whose father was one of three astronauts who died in the launch pad fire of the Apollo i spacecraft in 1967. The others were Grissom and Chaffee. White has paid tribute to the three Apollo astronauts in series no. 1 of space shots which he Bills As the trading cards of the future. He says the cards Are drawing attention from card collectors and space buffs. A a we re advertising in several space oriented publications with a mail in form and a toll free Telephone number a said White who lives in Houston. He was on Mississippi a Gulf coast to visit relatives. White said he was a baseball card and Coin collector in the 1960s, and when he read a newspaper column about three years ago describing the value of old cards he pulled his collection out of the attic. A i was surprised a White said. A the baseball card collection was Worth five times the Coin  that is when the idea came to him. He was in the telecommunications business at the time and the space card project was a Hobby. He sold his business earlier this year so that he and a Friend Jim Roettger could devote their full attention to the cards. Space shots Are produced by their Dallas based company space ventures inc. White said he and Roettger Hope to Issue four sets a year with each set containing 110 cards. A eventually we will also package them in smaller sets like baseball cards a he said. White said 25 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the astronaut memorial which is under construction at the Kennedy space Center in Florida. The Monument will Honor astronauts who lost their lives aboard Apollo i the space shuttle challenger and four who died in training before 1967. Bowler corralled Millie s Book thus far out legging a Reagan Best seller autobiography Wuntch Cinno Orovich Rimer Artel  Saginaw Mich. Up a woman wanted since March on drug and Money laundering charges was arrested while Bowling after being identified in a a Bowler of the week newspaper photograph authorities said monday. Amanda Guild 30, of Saginaw was indicted with five other people in Jackson tenn., on charges of conspiracy Possession with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine Money laundering obstruction and perjury. The . Marshals service was asked by the internal Revenue service to help arrest people named in the Tennessee indictments who were known to live in Michigan. The others were arrested earlier but guilds whereabouts remained unknown until the Bowling picture appeared in the Saginaw news providing the league name and location of where she bowled. At the time of her arrest sunday she was in the fourth Frame of her first game of the Day. Washington apr Ronald Reagan a autobiography is a Best seller but sales of the former presidents Memoir Are trailing those of a a Millie a Book a the dogs Eye View of life inside the Bush White House. A a Millie a Book a ghost written by Barbara Bush was no. 3 on this weeks new York times non fiction Best seller list five notches ahead of the weightier Reagan Book. The lighthearted canine narrative held Down the no. 5 spot on the Washington posts Best seller list. The former presidents 748-Page volume rated no. 7. A a Millie a books was brought out in september by William Morrow amp co. And has been perched on the Best seller charts for nine weeks. A an american life by Reagan was published just three weeks ago. A a it a a bit of an unfair comparison a Jack Mckeown publisher of Simon amp Schustern a Trade division said monday. A we certainly done to begrudge any Success to a Millie a Book a but they Are appealing to quite different  Simon amp schuster is the publisher of the $24.95 Reagan autobiography. A a Millie a books lionized the presidents English Springer Spaniel wrapping a droll narrative of White House life and lore around scores of full color pictures of Millie in the Oval office Millie in the Lincoln bedroom and Millie mingling with celebrities George Barbara and assorted grandchildren. All the royalties from the $17.95 Book Are going to mrs. Bush a literacy foundation. Mrs. Bush penned a similar Book about an earlier pet dog c. Fred Bush to raise Money for Charity when her husband was vice president. Sales of the Reagan Book Are accelerating at the major Book chains and a fall the vital signs Point to big sales of a an american life As a Christmas gift Book said Mckeown. But a a Millie a books is winning the race at the Bookstore nearest the White House a Crown books outlet on g Street one Block away. A a Millie a the hottest item in the store a said assistant manager Larry Hoffer. A a it a out the door. People come in and buy 10, 15 each a and then come Back and buy More. Its a really cute gift  some of the Mega purchases Are by people with White House connections who can get the books a a signed by the first lady and Millie via a Paw print stamp