European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                / a 0 it f aim s raft i a if re in i <9 ? a w a Millie tries to give president Bush and first lady Barbara Bush the slip saturday morning As they depart for graduation ceremonies at West Point. Millie was retrieved he an aide and returned to the White House. Bush i u i the. Army an Rai Tuque of a pm Fitt a did in in in my not  men in in pc is Poich it my the  in keeping with Bush my univ  the me. The  announced that it was  is  Black and its  woman Cadet. I he i ski of Black r.11hiatc was 2nd . Mike May weather of St equiv to. And the  Grad Tiatco was 2nd . Kimberly j. Ashton of Williston. N l. Travelling with Bush to West Point was saudi arabians ambassador to the United states. Prince Bandar Bandar told reporters aboard air Force one that his country supported Bush Middle Liast arms Eon Lrol initiative which Calls Tor a Iree a on All nuclear weapons programs in the Region and Art eventual ban on stir face to surface missiles. Asked if Bush would travel soon to saudi Arabia Bandar said Quot he s always Welcome. As soon As time permits because there Are a  of people in my country in my part of the world who Are. Very grateful to the United  Bandar said Bush had a a standing invitation from saudi King fahd. A from Day one of desert shield All the Way through desert storm the United states and saudi Arabia stood shoulder to shoulder a Bush said in his speech praising Bandar. A the president has said lie Hopes to go u the Middle fast including Kuwait although a of in for the trip has not been scheduled. A. A / the House votes on tuesday on a civil rights measure similar to a Bill Bush vetoed last year a  f. It i fid tin it it Ltd a i id of feb. H a i it ? b o if i f u i i .1 Pem. Ishm \ pm i. A a a a is my m i w it i., Bull on ii Rols he full would Oil or. O inn a a ibis Tom hint Piol is we o or. If Whf a in avoid Law suit s f  unit quota amendment Hotilda tool Mem Budi  ill a speech a cent slav Tojic   of investigation Academe in Quantico. It and Fot water kept the pressure on democrats on i . Telling reporters at the White House the Hill a forces a quota system on  a we have always been opposed to quotas Quot fit water sind. Calling them a form of discrimination in themselves. The democratic Bill is designed to overturn a series of supreme court rulings in 1484 that made it harder for victims of Job discrimination to sue and collect damages. The administration contends the democratic Hill Gocs Nizich further than just overturning those rulings. \ Quot we have said Many times we would like to go Hack to. The pre Sun ireme court decisions Fitzwater said Friday. The administration has sent a rival civil rights Bill to the Hill that Fitzwater claimed would do just this. It has been ignored a Bush had been scheduled to speak at West Point s a commencement  ago. But he had to cancel the appearance because it. Would have conflicted with his Washington Summit with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. He last addressed graduation at West Point in 1988, during his presidential Campaign. It was the presidents second address to a service Academy in a week. 1 on wednesday he spoke to the air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo. A expert from Page 1 t i measure is the elect on the health of citizens in those countries. _. A we expected it to be bad and it was a said Malan Clink a former Deputy director of the  Protection Agency a acid rain program. A they be got hazardous waste problems All Over the  Hie Alaska based company which also has Oil ices in Budapest Prague. Warsaw and Al Khobiar saudia ,."employs More than Bol people. In Eastern Europe much of Bye contamination Origi unfed from soviet military bases where huge amounts of toxic chemicals were dumped haphazardly Malan Zelnik said. In the Village of tic stat Czechoslovakia dumping from the nearby military Garrison tainted the entire Community a Supply of drinking wafer lie said. Mar Lech has since cleaned up that site. It in i to til in a fed drinking water is not uncommon lie said.  eases hydrocarbons contained in diesel Al fuel gasoline motor Oil grease and Jet fuel were dumped in the same spot for years. In Veszpremy Hungary the Home of a soviet armoured division motor Pool pits drained directly into the ground. A if you dig Down 8 or 1.0 feet until you hit the water table there soil boating on top. Among the chemicals that found their Way into the water Are the carcinogens benzene and poulenc. A if you look at health statistics you la find life expectancy Low in these countries. There Are a  of reasons but the environment is certainly one reason a Malan Clink said. A a Quot. Barteeh is scheduled to Complete cleanups this sum Nier at  and Tab two other Dormer bases in Hungary. Work will not. Begin in Poland until the soviets vacate those bases.  it will be the same in Poland a he said. Malanchuk said physical evidence slides that the environment was hot a High priority for the soviets. Adding to the injustice Are Bills for a a capital the soviets submitted after they pulled but of communities. But the Uzieal goyernhieiits"iiaveretahitem7 a a politically they arc using the environmental cleanups to make their payments to flip soviets a net Wash a he said. A in Hungary they say since the soviets want $2 million then it will Cost about $2 million to clean up.�?�. He said that whenever possible Barteeh is using  enlists and engineers from the former East bloc. A their technical training is really Good. They Are familiar with  from textbooks but they Aren t familiar with the practical applications of these  he said. A. A the decision on what areas toc Fean rests with each country Malanchuk said. He predicted that each country would soon pass More stringent environmental Laws. A in the past you could pollute and pay a Fine and it did no to mean anything a lie said. A that s changing. People Are  to have to clean up or go out of business. I a a blink they will develop a system of fines that will make it More painful to keep polluting than clean up a. Malanchuk said the real Reward comes from the natives themselves in Rren stat. Where the drinking water was Iii de Safe a grateful mayor hugs Barteeh workers when they conic to town. A. A a it hey Are overjoyed the americans Are there and sort of helping to liberate them again a he  Page 1that it was aide to work properly. The problem  around 3 , and engineers worked to resolve the problem while the countdown continued and the astronauts boarded Columbia. Then a Little More than a half hour before the launch was supposed to have taken place it was announced that the unit in the mid deck would be replaced. That Means a launch probably a wednesday but certainly not by Foj then seek  jellyfish and rats aboard the shuttle As part of the biomedical experiments were to be rennet a later saturday. They will be replaced for the next launch attempt. All three navigational devices called inertial measurement units must be functioning before a shuttle can lift off. Engineers said one of the devices continued to be unstable and was a essentially unreliable a seek said. Seek said launch team workers were disappointed especially since they had done a a super jobs recovering from an equipment failure Hal delayed the first launch attempt. Quot in this business As you a Jiow it takes a  of patience and disappointment is something we Deal  seek said. It was the closest Nasa came to Send astronaut Millie Lughes Fulford reacts to news of the delayed shuttle flight _ ing Columbia on the nine Day research Mission. The first countdown was halted May 21, the Day before the scheduled launch because of computer trouble and Quot concern Over fuel temperature sensors one of which was cracked. Columbian a voyage 184 Miles Ahova Faith will be the 41st bight w a space shuttle. It also will be the first missis a in 5 i years for spae lab a Laboratory module in the cargo Bay. The  i 11 float through a Tunnel to get  of the astronauts is a cell biologist. The three others Are physicians. They will draw blood from one another and Monitor each other s heart blood pressure and lungs each Day in orbit. It will he the most elaborate medical checkups conducted in space. / 1 he purpose is to better understand How humans adapt to space As Nasa looks ahead to a space station and trips to die Moon and Mars astronauts routinely return from space with weakened immune systems reduced Bone mass and less muscle protein. A a researchers also Are to study the effects of weightlessness on the 30 rats and 2,478 tiny jellyfish. _ a we Are trying to establish it Ofui wish a Gold standards of How lining creatures respond to the absence Tif Gravity said or. Arnauld Nikogossian. Director of Nasa s life sciences division. Nasa s last in depth medical testing of people was during the sky lab missions of  1474. None of those included women there Are three on this Mission a space bight record l he skylab astronauts also were not subjected to a vigorous Battery of tests immediately after reaching orbit As is planned for the Columbia Crew. 84 Miles above bight of. A space 1 w e first missis a in from Page 1 the other 20 countries which Are Quot expected to approve it. The treaty requires he soviets and their former Warsaw payt allies to destroy tens of thousands of tanks armoured personnel carriers and artillery piece. It Aiso sets Lim Ocean to the ural mountains. Experts agree that it Means no european country will retain the ability to launch a non nuclear Surprise attack against a neighbor. Baker said the agreement a maintains the full integrity and credibility of the Paris document but declined to say How the differences were resolved. The United states had accused the soviets of going Back on their word trying to escape the treaty s ceilings by transferring some equipment to coastal defense units and. Contending ground forces assigned to naval units were exempt from the Accord. The final work on the conventional forces in Europe treaty Means the two sides can resume intensive negotiations on the strategic arms reduction treaty Start. Those talks in Geneva have been proceeding but the United states had made Clear it would not devote the attention necessary to resolve disputes until the conventional weapons treaty was settled