European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 10, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 . Nuke bomb tested Yucca Flat Nev. Up a a nuclear weapon with a yield of less tliaj/20 Kilotons was detonated under the Nevada desert Friday . Officials said. There were no reports of the test being Felt in Las vegas 75 Miles Southeast of the site. The test conducted for Lawrence Livermore laboratories was in the smallest magnitude Range tested at the l350-Square-Miie site officials said. Sonie weapons tested have a yield of up to 150 Kilotons or the equivalent of 150,000 tons of int. Madigan sworn in Washington a Edward Madigan a House member from Illinois is officially in president Bush a Cabinet after resigning his seat in Congress. Madigan was sworn in Friday As Secretary of agriculture by Abner Mikva a Federal appeals judge in a private ceremony at the agriculture department that was attended by members of Congress and us a officials. A Public ceremony will be held tuesday. Madigan 55, the senior Republican on the House agriculture committee was confirmed by the Senate thursday. He replaces Clayton Yeutter who became Republican party chairman. Agent pleads guilty Vail Colo. Apr a secret service agent accused of shoplift ing a ski jacket from a sporting goods store while on an assignment to protect vice president Dan Quayle pleaded guilty to a Misdemeanour theft charge. Joyce Fletcher 39, was arrested dec. 27 after leaving a sporting goods store in Vail with a $280 ski jacket that she had not paid for. Fletcher entered a guilty plea to the Misdemeanour theft charge in Vail municipal court on thursday a court official said Friday. Sentencing was scheduled for april 11. Fletcher could be sentenced to a maximum 30 Days in jail and fined up to $1,000, officials said. A a a a a a a  it after her arrest Fletcher was. Suspended from the secret service pending an internal investigation. Cutting a fiery path a i Ilan 4 rocket shoots up into the Earl morning sky Friday lived to be carrying a Lacrosse radar Ima cinc satellite. It wus above Vandenberg fab Calif. The $173 million rocket was be the first Titan 4 launched from Vandyn big. Delta rocket carries aloft Cousin of satellite used for War reports Cape canaveral Fla. A a communications satellite that will transmit Calls and messages from land air and sea circled the Earth saturday following a successful rocket ride into space. Quot the $80 million satellite joins a similar spacecraft launched last fall that was used by journalists in the persian Gulf to Send War reports Back Home. An unmanned Delta rocket blasted off with the satellite from Cape canaveral at 6 03 . Friday a few minutes late because a boat was reported to be in a restricted area. That report proved wrong. The spacecraft separated from the Booster As planned nearly an hour after liftoff. After a few weeks of tests the satellite will be mane Vered into its Perma nent position 22,300 Miles above the Atlantic ocean., the International maritime satellite organization a London based consortium of 63 countries known As in Arsat sent up the first of four planned spacecraft oct. 30. The satellite began relaying Calls to and from ships and planes in december. In Arsat expects to Start using its second satellite in six weeks. Most of the approximately 13000 computer terminals in use by in Arsat customers Are on seafaring vessels allowing those on Board to Call telex or fax something anywhere in the world. So far about 20 units have been installed on planes. Chrysler uses stuntmen in to air bag safety and an Antenna connected to each Termi Nal allows information to be sent and received via satellite. About 1,000 of the 13,000 terminals Are portable and used on land by journalists and disaster Relief agencies to Call front areas with limited Telephone service. It was not known How Many were used by news organizations during the Gulf War. Journalists have transmitted their reports via the spacecraft launched in october and one of eight satellites owned by other organizations and leased by in Arsat. In Arsat Hopes to Send up two More Inmarsat-2 satellites by Early next year. They will be boosted into space by the european space Agency Sariano rocket. Highland Park Mich. A a new Chrysler corp. Television commercial scheduled for broadcast promotes the safety of its air bags by showing live stuntmen behind the wheels of two colliding cars. The two professionals Are shown walking away from the head on collision. Y a this kind of stunt is called a a no brainer a a Driver Roger Richman said Friday. A we put our lives in the hands of  Chrysler is the Only car company known to be running ads that show live Drivers in air bag equipped cars As they crash. In the and Richmany a 1991 Chrysler new yorker is travelling 16 Mph when it hits a 1991 Dodge Daytona driven at 17 Mph by Kelly Brown. A a Little More than a year ago Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca then 65, volunteered to be at the wheel of the car As it ran into a Wall. But it was decided that a stunt Driver should be used instead. Iacocca has since appeared in air bag ads in less strenuous roles a talking with survivors of crashes in which air bags were deployed or lecturing senior executives about the need to talk about safety. A this weekends commercial is the second Chrysler and using a Driver to demonstrate the air bag. In the first and released last Spring Richman drove a 1990 Plymouth acclaim into a Brick Wall at 21 Mph and walked away. Automakers Are increasingly stressing safety in their advertising at the same time Congress is considering stiffened safety requirements for cars and trucks sold in the United states. Chrysler equips All of its .-made car with Standard Driver Side air bags. Air bags Are optional in its minivans they re not vet available in jeeps or pickup Quot trucks. Quot general motors corp. And Ford motor co. Fleets have a smaller percentage of air bag equipped cars. Nader praises show on energetic posture Washington apr producers of a the Simpsons a criticized last year for a cheap shots Quot at nuclear Power have received a letter from Ralph Nader praising the prime time cartoon shows topical humor. The consumer watchdog told program executives that a poorly managed plants May be operating with Simpson like  to make his Point he provided the executives with a laundry list of nuclear mishaps. Nader even said that Lazy bungling Homer Sirh son an employee of the Fichti Thoits Springfield nuclear Plaff might be a hero for bringing safety is sues to Light. Quot a Homer s activities Are in effect very animated whistle blowing Quot Nader said. A a 1 Nader a is just saying he sent us a list of real life Homer Simpson esque incidents a Sam Simon the show s executive producer said Friday. A a in a writing him Back saying i a Navy they happen and we re going to continue to portray them on the show As Long As we think they re funny a he said. Simon said he wanted to be fair to both sides of the nuclear Energy debate a but i done to think the show should have this relentless political agenda.�?�. Last year the . Council for in Ergy awareness an Industry information group told a Simpsons Quot producers it was horrified to see nuclear Plant workers portrayed As a bungling  Nader a letter included details of incidents at Pennsylvania s peach. Bottom Plant ordered Quot shut own for two years beginning in March 1987 after control room workers were found napping on the Job