European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday june 4, 1991the stars and stripes Page 3beijing police patrol site of massacre Beijing apr Rifle toting police patrolled outside Beijing s most politically Active University monday seeking to prevent disturbances linked to of the military crackdown on the. 1989 pro democracy movement. A a. Three of the officers circling Beijing University had a Bayonet attached to their Rilles. Security personnel checked the identification oct Tryone entering the Campus and plainclothes police were posted inside and outside the grounds. A Large police Van went onto the Campus Early in the evening and also patrolled. Beijing University students were at the forefront of Tiana men Square democracy movement which was crushed on june 4, 1989, when troops killed hundreds and perhaps thousands of unarmed civilians in Central Beijing. Students from the University have engaged in Small acts of protest in the past Quot week smashing bottles distributing leaflets and unfurling a Banner saying a we will never forget june 4.�?� one student said a poster was put up that said a Down with i Peng a a China a Premier who backed use of Force to put Down the democracy movement. Authorities also have tightened Security at Tiana men Square the Center of the 1989 protests and symbolic heart of China. About 200 uniformed at the North end x t the Plaza As an estimated 1,800 people watched the lowering of the chinese Flag at Sunset. Uniformed police in vehicles were posted throughout the Day at the Corners of the huge Plaza in Central Beijing and plainclothes police patrolled on the Square with video at. Beijing University were told their teachers would inspect their dormitories and make bed checks monday and tuesday. Apart from the heavy police presence the University was quiet during the eve a line of sentries Square most of which was closed monday morning for official activities. Eng. Students were outside playing Badminton and strolling around the Lake on Campus. During the weekend tried to make sure no empty bottles remained in the dormitories. A students said bottles were smashed late saturday outside the Campus Library. Breaking bottles is used As a sign of protest because the chinese words bottle sound like the name of senior a Leader Deng Xiaoping. A authorities also began censoring satellite reception of a Able news network and other foreign mews programs. Hotel staff said television Blank from time to time apparently when reports on China Are broadcast. .1 he anniversary. Was also marked by protests outside Lima. About 10,000 people marched sunday in Hong Kong a. British col nov that will revert to chinese Rule in 1997. In Paris a dozen bouquets were Laid at a makeshift altar across the Street from the chinese embassy alongside photos if the carnage of the crackdown. In , pickets marched outside the a chinese embassy a a activities to Mark the anniversary Vrej also planned in the United states. Can it a Germany. Japan Belgium and the a third countdown begins for medical shuttle shuttle commander Bryan of Conner gets a lift monday at Kennedy space Center. Cape canaveral. 1 la. A Nasa began the third countdown Tor space shuttle Columbia s biomedical research Mission Early monday. Bad fuel sensors a and malfunctioning navigational equipment halted two earlier efforts. Shuttle managers Are now aiming Lor a wednesday morning liftoff. I hey resumed their countdown at 1 . Nasa s second attempt to Send Columbia on the 41st&Quot shuttle Mission ended less than an hour before its. Scheduled saturday morning launch. One of the shuttles three navigational uts lured to work properly and could not be fixed. Workers installed a new unit. Sunday. A fresh Batch of Laboratory animals Lor a the astronauts research assignments a 30 White rats and 2.478 tiny jellyfish a will be loaded into the spaceship i us Dav. I he launch team is naturally disappointed by All the delays. said. More than two weeks ago technicians had to put in new computer components and fuel temperature sensors. 1 rouble with those parts forced Nasa to halt the first countdown on Mav 21, a Clay before scheduled liftoff. _ f Mission commander Bryan o Connor and pile it Sidney Gutierrez flew to Edwards Al ii in California on sunday to practice shuttle landings late five Oiler astronauts stayed Quot behind at Kennedy space Center and reviewed flight plans l our of them a three physicians Ami one cell biologist underwent further medical testing. A a. / the four medical specialists were named in Early 1984 to the nine Day re search a Mission Winch Nasa Hopes will improve whirl is human adaptation to space. I he flight was delayed Trow ii a mid 1980s to August 199 1 by the challenger disaster m 198b,. Last year s shuttle fuel leaks pushed the Mission into May. I heir lives have changed considerably Quot while they have waited. Or. James Bagian was single when lie was a.-,signed to the Mission. I be s now married with three children. A or. M. Rhea Seddon was married with a baby. I hat baby is now a most 9 vents a old and has a baby brother. Ell biologist Millie i Lughes a Ulford was a newlywed and her daughter was a h igh-school-1 Rush Man. Now her daughter. Is the newlywed. J audio Lossl i. Andrew life is perhaps the least changed since the four were assumed. He s still marked with two and lie s still waiting for his first trip into space. I Here is another Silver inline. 1 he Lour have been undergoing i Cirilar medical testing since Tiev were assumed and scientists now have the to Sluda the effects of aging said f inches i Lloid. Now 45. A. A 1 lie four will blood from one another in Pilut and Monitor each other s heart. Blood pressure and lung and kidney functions. The findings vill be cont Pard with test results acquired before and after the flight. I he three non medical Crew members assigned to the Mission a scant two years ago will participate in some of tic Ness rigorous tests
