European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes wednesday january 30, 1991 observances Mark 5 years since challenger explosion , news Cape canaveral Fla. A workers at nasal a Kennedy space Center halted All activity and fell silent for 73 seconds monday in memory of the seven astronauts who died aboard the space shuttle challenger  ago. The Observance began at 11 38 a.m., the time of challengers liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986. The shuttle exploded 73 seconds later. A. Among the dead was Christa Mcauliffe a teacher from Concord n.h., who had planned live lessons from orbit for the nations students. She was the first Ordinary american to head into space. At Concord High school where Mcauliffe taught students and faculty paused for a moment of silence at the same time As Nasa workers. In a Brief message televised to employees throughout the launch site Kennedy space Center director Forrest Mccartney noted that 13 shuttle flights have been conducted since the disaster. A a a these have been five years of accomplishment of which we can All be proud a Mccartney said. While Nasa and contractor employees stopped work Security guards slowly lowered flags to half staff. Nasa administrator Richard truly issued this message to employees a a today Marks the Day that we in the Nasa family remember the seven astronauts who flew aboard challenger. We will never forget them. It has been through your tireless efforts in the interim that we have profited from the important lessons we learned.�?�. A in Cambridge mass Macau Liffey Mother Grace Corrigan monday announced a renewed fund raising Effort for the Christia Corrigan Mcauliffe fund at Framingham mass slate College. She said its Centrepiece would be a mural depicting Mcauliffee a life to be painted at an East Cambridge mall. Paul Weller president of the College that both Mcauliffe and her Mother attended said the school Hopes to raise $500,000 to support educational pro Grace Corrigan Mother of Christa Mcauliffe Speaks about Christa on monday at a Cambridge Massi mall. Grams. On Friday the school will rename its auditorium in Mcauliffee a name. No other Public events were scheduled v a a a a a a a a single Apple with a yellow and White ribbon attached was atop Mcauliffee a Snow covered Gravestone this morning. Gao questions  research by Cox news service Washington a the  is wasting millions of dollars researching defences against biological weapons that Are not proven threats and by duplicating other agencies projects congressional investigators said monday. The study completed by the general accounting office congresses non partisan investigating found that of 218 ongoing research projects 49 were aimed at agents not designated As a warfare threat. Another 57 were deemed a a questionable because neither the  nor the Gao could determine whether the projects were studying substances that military intelligence believes arc being developed or produced As weapons. The 106 projects Cost $95.3 million or about 40 percent of the total biological research budget. The report said. The investigation undertaken at the request of sen. John Glenn a Ohio chairman of the Senate governmental affairs committee also found that a the  was researching 23 agents being i vesti gated at the same time by either the National Institute of health or the centers for disease control. A the  a projects Are not reviewed independently by military intelligence or the Academy of health sciences a component of the  a health services com a Mand. A. A a a -. A.  .�. A. A a a a. A three of 10 medical products already developed and two of six products under development do not address validated threat agents. The five products account for $19 million of $49 million spent on 16 products. Army maj. Joe Padilla said monday afternoon that  officials had not received a copy of the report and would not be Able to comment. Noriega s dismissal request denied Miami apr a Federal judge monday rejected the defense Scall to throw out Manuel Noriega a drug Case ruling the deposed panamanian leaders rights had not been jeopardized by government taping of his prison phone Calls. The defense had asked . District judge William Hoeveler to dismiss the indictment on grounds of government misconduct. Noriega a attorneys accused the prosecution of improperly recording Calls Between their client and their office a one of which was later leaked and telecast by can. A but prosecutors responded that Noriega had signed documents acknowledging his Calls were being monitored and taped. Hoeveler said monday that the june 24 trial will go on As planned. Charged with 3 murders from wire reports Espanola . A charges of first dog rec murder and attempted murder were filed monday against a 29-year-old Man suspected in the fatal shootings of two lawmen and possibly five other people including his Girlfriend. The Man Ricky Abeyta surrendered to new Mexico state police in Albuquerque sunday. Abeyta was arraigned monday in magistrate court. His Sisters Dora 35, and Sandra 19, were arraigned on charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the same Case. Innocent pleas were entered for All three. Abeyta was ordered held without bail and Bond for each of his Sisters was set at $50,000. Abeyta was charged with three counts of murder for the deaths of Girlfriend Ignacita Vasquez,-36 Rio Arriba county Deputy Jerry Martinez 30 and state police officer Glen Huber 35. The attempted murder charge was in the wounding of Vasquez a 13-Ycar-old son. Abeyta was not charged in the killing of the other four persons All relatives ofvasquez.2 charged in Texas killings Irving Texas a two teen agers were charged monday with capital murder in the slayings of four people who were gunned Down execution style in a fast food restaurant Freezer during a robbery. Mike Green 17, and Jessy Carlos san Miguel. 19, both of Irving were charged with one count each of capital murder. Three additional capital murder charges were expected to be filed against each on tuesday. They remained jailed without bail monday. Three of the victims were restaurant employees manager Michael j. Phelan 28, of fort Worth and cousins Theresa Fraga 16, of Irving and Frank Fraga 23, of Dallas. The fourth was Fraga family Friend son Trong Nguyen 35, of Irving who was picking up is. . Daily newspaper to fold Shreveport la. A the Shreveport journal an afternoon newspaper in operation for 96 years will cease publication March 30, publisher Charles Beaird announced monday. The journal which Beaird described As a Liberal voice in a conservative town will provide a second editorial Page every morning in Shreveport a other daily the times which is owned by the Gannett corp. A a a a a miss colleges under scrutiny Washington a the Bush administration asked the supreme court on monday to Rule that the state of Mississippi continues to operate a racially segregated system of state colleges and universities. The Justice department asking the High court to overrule a finding by a lower court argued that Mississippi used racially based admission policies to perpetuate a system of traditionally White and Black state . Bank assets Unfrozen. Providence . A with opposition mounting to his handling of the state banking crisis gov. Bruce g. Sundlun said monday he would allow nine closed credit unions and Banks to partially reimburse depositors whose Money has been Frozen for nearly a month Sundlun closed 45 credit unions and Banks Jan. 1 after their private insurer the Rhode Island share and Deposit indemnity corp.,  who gain Likely to stay smoke free Chicago a smokers worried about gaining weight As they kick the nicotine habit should take heart. Those who put on 20 pounds or More after they quit tire less Likely to Light up again a study says. A. A abstinent smokers a those who quit a who gained More weight were less Likely to relapse than others a said Kelli Skoog a Community program specialist with the University of Minnesota and coauthor of the study. Researchers studied 315 smokers who wanted to quit and among those who succeeded for at least six months 22 percent put on 19.8 pounds or More. A weight increased substantially among Long term quitters with a mean Long term weight gain of 9.46 pounds More than participants who did t quit the study said. It did t provide further  amounts of w eight gained among the groups. The use of nicotine gum did no to seem to make any difference in the amount of weight gained said the study published in the january Issue of the american medical associations archives of general psychiatry. The study found that nicotine withdrawal usually lasts tour weeks but the hunger weight gain and craving persist for at least six months Skoog said. Dieting at the first sign of weight gain May not be Wise for those trying to quit said Jack Henningfield chief of the addiction research Center s clinical pharmacology Branch in Baltimore. A right now the common lore is that people should Start dieting As soon As they quit smoking a Henningfield said. A but it s possible that trying to diet while quitting smoking can complicate the withdrawal