European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes tuesday december 11,1990 a i a a Tokyo a after eight Days As the first journalist in space Toyohira Akiyama safely touched Down monday with Down to Earth cravings for Beer Good food and a smoke. A it seems like i came Back As a mass of desire a Akiyama 48, said after emerging from the soyuz space capsule that landed on the Frozen Tundra in Kazakhstan the soviet Republic in Central Asia. Akiyama a news director for the Tokyo broadcasting system was the first japanese in space he returned with cosmonauts Gennady Malakov and Gennady Strekalov who were concluding a four month stay aboard the Mir space station. Tbs paid the soviets $12 million for Akiyama a rocket fare and spent an additional $25 million on the project. As soon As Akiyama emerged from the capsule waving and smiling he was mobbed by Tbs reporters who had raced to the land ing site Ito beam live to Japan his first words Back on Terra firm a. A yes it s very Beautiful a he said when asked How it Felt to he Back on Earth. Tbs then arranged for Akiyama to say a few words to his wife Kyoko who had watched the Landing from the company a Tokyo Stu. Dios. A a a a a a a in a Back a said Akiyama wrapped in a Parka and with his space helmet still in place. A i worried a bit a replied his wife a did the kids do All right on their exams a he asked. A Why ask such things now a she shot Back. / �?o1 want to cat something / a a a in be prepared it a his wife reassured him. The saturation coverage by Tbs of Akiyama a Mission reached a Crescendo with monday s All Day live Broad-1 cast of the Landing which came at about 3 05 time a. /. A Tbs had rented four helicopters with cameras mounted underneath to cover two possible Landing Sites when a reporter from one of the helicopters first spotted the capsule plummeting to Earth he repeatedly yelled in tones of near hysteria a i see it. See it. Its there. It s a a a a a a reporters were at the Landing site less than 10 min uses after touchdown and repeatedly mentioned How charred the capsule looked. When asked by an Anchorman whether the capsule was still hot a journalist at the scene touched the Side and reported Back a i can to Tell because 1 have gloves on a a. Akiyama a Odyssey in space began dec 2 with liftoff from the Bai Konur cosm drome about. 1,300 Miles cast Toyohira Akiyama Waves As lie emerges from the soyuz space capsule. Of Moscow. He and two soviet cosmonauts linked up with the space station Mir on tuesday. Tbs which sent Akiyama into space As part of the company a 40th anniversary celebrations aired excl Sivo live broadcasts from their Astro reporter each night that won Strong ratings. A a in those reports Akiyama explained How it Felt to be weightless and to be space sick which he described As being Akin to a hangover. He expressed concerns about global pollution he viewed from orbit and even recited japanese Haiku a a a a a a a Akiyama also took six japanese tree frogs into space for experiments on How they adapt to the weightless environment. Tbs said videotape of these experiments May be shown later. A taking along a paying passenger was an important step in the soviets Effort to commercialize their space program and Akiyama strip has been a relentlessly commercial affair japanese corporate sponsors including a diaper maker and a toothpaste company had their logos and names plastered on the rocket that launched Akiyama into space. V Tbs expects to lose $7.4 million in the project even after accounting for advertising revenues and proceeds from documentaries and lectures by Akiyama. Oslo Norway apr soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev received the 1990 Nobel peace prize in absent a monday. He said problems in his Homeland prevented him from coming to the awards ceremony a i do not regard the 1990 Nobel peace prize As an award to me personally but As a recognition of what we Call perestroika and innovative political thinking which is of vital significance for human destinies All Over the world a Gorbachev said in a message from Moscow. Openness Ana Reform. Kovalyov said the prizes $715,000 Cash award probably would be donated to worthy causes. Nobel prizes in physics chemistry literature med Cine and economics were to be awarded later monday in Stockholm Sweden. The norwegian Nobel committee said the 71st peace prize recognized Gorbachev a International efforts More than his Domestic policies. But committee Leader Gidsken Anderson said at the Oslo City Hull ceremony that she hoped the award would be seen As a a helping hand in an hour of need Quot As Gorbachev and the soviet people Cope with the Restruck luring of their Economy and government. A a this transformation is inevitably a painful process involving great sacrifice a she said Norway a Royalty government leaders and roughly 900 guests applauded As Anderson presented the peace prize medal and diploma to Gorbachev a stand in. Gorbachev had hoped to attend the ceremony in per son but last month said problems at Home required his attention a hour by . Demonstrators in Moscow protested the award sunday and monday blaming Gorbachev for ethnic and political violence in his own country. Gorbachev quoting the 18th-Century German philosopher Immanuel Kant said in his acceptance speech a a Kant prophesied that Mankind would one Day be faced with a dilemma either to be joined in a True Union of nations or to perish in a War of annihilation ending in a the extinction of the human a now As we move from the second to the third millennium the clock has struck the moment of truth a Gorbachev wrote. The year 1990 represents a turning Point he said. Quot it Marks the end of the unnatural division of Europe Germany has been reunited. We have begun to resolutely tear Down the material foundations of a military political and ideological confrontation a an unofficial translation of Gorbachev s two Page statement said the peace prize recognized that perestroika and Reform no longer belong to soviets alone. A they Are the property of the whole of Mankind and Are an inseparable part of its destiny and of a Safe peaceful future a the text said. A a Gorbachev thanked Norway and the West for supporting the soviet unions struggle to adopt greater openness and Freer markets a a struggle that has unleashed anger protests and frustration in his own Cotin try due to shortages of food and products. Military Roundup Stuttgart air support unit to leave for Middle East Stuttgart Germany a an air Force air support unit from Stuttgart will deploy to the Middle East starting thursday european come officials announced a elements of the 8th air support operations group at Kelley Barracks will deploy air support operations equipment and tactical air control parties in support of the . Army Europe a Vii cd the unit is part of 17th air Force which has its Headquarters at Sembach a Germany helpful 1 line to Aid army families left behind Heidelberg Germany a a Telephone information line being set up in All army communities in Europe to Aid families of soldiers deployed to saudi Arabia a Usa eur statement said. The commander of the . Army Europe Gen Crosbie e. Saint directed that the a helpful 1" Telephone system be established to a provide a single Point of Contact for Community members to obtain / the system will not serve As a hot line or crisis intervention line but an information source. Quot if family members have questions about where to go for help about the hours of operation of facilities about services or events they can Call helpful 1,�?� said col. Ronald Joe chief of the human resources division office of the Deputy chief of staff for personnel. Helpful 1 can be reached in every Community by dealing the Community ets prefix followed by 111. Each Community will determine How the line will operate. A it May be a 24-hour line if necessary or an answering machine when the line is not manned a Joe said. V Germany under treaty Span Dahlem a Germany a amps members of the 5th in 44th air defense arty at Span Dahlem a officially pulled out of per Many in a ceremony battalion which used the Vulcan air defense system has been redeployed As part of the weapons cutback defined in the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty. The Vulcan is essentially a big Gatling gun that fires 3,000 rounds a minute said it. Col. William Harkey Public affairs spokesman for the 32nd army air defense come. Although not a nuclear weapon it was part of the treaty agreement. During the half hour ceremony that Signa Jed the units departure col Joseph m. Cosumano commander of the 108th air defense arty brigade told the soldiers a a you re leaving because you be accomplished your he also thanked the German people for a at lowing us the Freedom to Man Euver and exercise literally in their own most of the battalion soldiers have been reassigned to other Vulcan units outside Europe said 1st it. Scott Nunn assistant operations and training officer for the 32nd. $9.4 i 11 Ion commissary opens in we Brucken we Brucken Germany a a a $9.4 million army commissary opened last week replacing a supermarket built in 1937 that was first used As a military Barracks. The project was the army a 10th new commissary in purple in four years. The 60,867 Square foot facility includes fresh pizza and Frozen Yogurt stands a bakery and a 23,400-Square-foot warehouse. The store will be open six Days a week. A to close for party Friday a i Heidelberg Germany a the Usa eur vehicle registry will be closed Friday starting at 1 lt30 . For its annual Holiday party. Emergency Telephone numbers ets 370 7222 or 370-7226, will be answered during the. Closure. A v a a a a. A a a
