European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany met ionized unofficial publication for the  armed forces 35c d 8693 a Columbia blasts off Columbia a with jellyfish and All a roars into orbit from Cape canaveral Fla. By Marcia Dunn. The associated press Cape canaveral. 1 la. I he shuttle Columbia roared into orbit wednesday with seven astronauts and More than 2,500 Jel Jetish and rats on an unprecedented quest Lor answers to the medical mysteries of space travel. 1 he 100-ton spaceship blasted Oil with the Lour men three women 2.47s tiny jellyfish and 20 rats at 0 25 . It Rose a front the pad on a pillar of flame into a overcast sky then headed out ewer the Atlantic Ocean. Columbia s twin solid rocket boosters burned Lor two minutes Belore a Allig empty into the Atlantic where ships waited to pick them up then minutes into the  an ls4-mile-High orbit on the thrust of three Mam  a thanks Lor a great ride. We appreciate it a shuttle commander Bryan of Connor told Mission control. It was the third launch attempt Lor the biomedical research Mission postponed twice the past two weeks by faulty shuttle parts. Low dense Clouds delayed wednesdays lilt of nearly it a hours. Nasa administrator Richard 1 Ruly. A Lormor astronaut told reporters it was a a great launch this morning and i wish i was on Board  those Guys rather than sitting Here talking to you a no ill  a a we a even go As rats a chimed in another sex astronaut William Lenoir head of nasal a space flight program. Once in orbit the astronauts began activating space lab a pressure cd Labonite re module m columbian a cargo Bav that is reached by a Tunnel. I Hev also beamed Down television Liu sizes of part of a protective  insulation 1 lipping in the cargo Bav. Mission Tun tool said ground controllers were asses Sug. The matter hut were not Overly concerned. Another unrelated insulation problem was confronted tuesday when workers noticed a Small Patch of insulation on Columbia s external fuel tank had loosened. 1,1 was glued on and  conducted to make sure the glue would dry in time Lor it lot. I he one Day voyage is the 41st shuttle Mission and the first dedicated entirely to medical research. Columbia. Nasa s old esl shuttle has been living Lor it \ ears. It also is the lust space flight.  a three women and the lust to have such a see Columbia on Page 10house passes civil rights Bill opposed by Bush Washington a the House on wednesday passed a democratic civil rights Bill despite a veto threat from president Bush who has attacked it As a prescription for racial employment quotas. The Bill was approved and sent to the Senate by a vote of 273-158, More than a dozen votes below w hat would be needed to Eye ride a veto. A a we must not Ever allow the clock to be turned Back on race relations in this country a House majority Leader Richard Gephardt d-mo., said before the vote. A a now is the time for courage. For doing what is simply  the House Bill is designed primarily to overcome a series of 19s9 supreme court rulings that have made it More difficult for minorities to win Job discrimination suits. It also would change Job discrimination Laws to expand the rights of women religious minorities and the disabled to collect monetary damages if they Are victims. On final passage the democratic leadership managed to match the support Given the Bill last year. An initial vote immediately before final passage won approval 264-166. Democrats denied that the Bill would result in quotas. But republicans countered that democrats should Quot heed Bush a warning and modify see Bill on Page 10big Apple d. C. Wage War Over Mother of All parades new York a Long before War broke out to the persian Gulf the two rivals regarded each other with contempt suspicion and jealousy. Now that the War is Over. New York and Washington Are openly fighting Over who s Best at celebrating the peace. New Yorkus desert storm Parade on monday is three hours longer but Washington a is two Days earlier Washington has a stealth bomber but new York has 6,000 tons of confetti. They both have Gen. Ii. Norman Schwarzkopf but he Isnit exactly scarce these Days. -. Even though the two parades will figuratively Quot cover  same ground _ each City insists its gala will. Be tiie gala. Hostilities flared after Harry n. Walters president of the foundation behind the . Bash denigrated the new York event As a a Community Parade instead of a Parade dedicated to soldiers and. Sug. Be std cynical new yorkers would stay away in Bunches. The animosity spread to the families of Grucci and Zamb clip who will do fireworks shows in new York and Washington respectively. Behaving like the Ilaf Fields and the Mccoy the Short fused Pyro technicians blasted each other Over the Quality of their shows. The Quot mines better Brouhaha  when the Washington folks brazenly ran. A full Page and  new York times inv line new yorkers to come South 600 from Europe will attend More than 600. Service members stationed in Europe will March in parades in Washington and new York City Belore crowds expected to number in the tens of thousands. About 550 soldiers from the u a army in Europe and 5.1 members of the .  in Europe were chosen by their it Nav dual units. They will join several  Purso Mienrod .-based units. Saturdays Parade in Washington will feature a March from the Capitol to  Pentagon. It will he followed by new York s a operation Welcome home�?�, Parade monday. ,. A a. ,1 a a All the usar Elir units that served in the persian int Region during operations desert shield and desert storm Wail be represented at the two events. These organizations include Vii corps Headquarters 1st army div. 3rd a red div 2jid army Cav regt 1st inf div Forward ,. 12thcombat aviation Brig 2nd corps support corny and numerous smaller units. The 53 airmen representing Usai e in tie parades include members of operation proven. Force which operated out of. Turkey during the War As Well As those who served in and around saudi Arabia an air Force spokesman said Tor a a Day to remember Quot a. New York Parade spokesman Eric Andruss noted that the and by the hotel association of. Washington sounded eerily like a make that exactly the same As a see War on Page 10