European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes tuesday june 11/1991 Cape canaveral Fla. Up astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia asked for time off monday a to enjoy being in space a Little bit amid Long hours of pioneering medical research. A. Flight controllers and scientists supporting the Crew s medical research quickly agreed to do just.  the 41st shuttle Mission winding Down toward a Friday Landing the four Man three woman Crew has collected far More data than had been expected for the first half of the nine Day flight. Hut the Long la hour Days have taken their toll and commander Bryan of Connor told flight controllers monday to schedule some free time during the remainder of the Mission a to allow the Crew the flexibility to come up and look at their Hometown or take a break and then go get their work  the astronauts spent the Day monday conducting various experiments and Trou ble shooting problems with one of two Gas Analysers needed for cardiopulmonary experiments. Despite their Busy schedule o Connor 44 co Pilot Sidney Gutierrez .39 Tamara Jernigan 32 James Bagian 39 Margaret. Rhea Seddon 43 Andrew Quot Drew Gaffney 45 and Millie Hughes Fulford 45, look time out monday to discuss with lbs news the years third shuttle flight. O Connor said the Crew was in agreement with Mission control on ruling of t a n e m e re n esp Cewa 1 k to. 1 in a pro Ken Seal near the rear Bulkhead of columbian a cargo Bay. Earlier in the flight of Connor questioned Quot test. Results indicating the ships cargo Bay doors would close properly if the Seal got caught in. A critical Latch. But after discussing the matter further he said he agreed with1 plans to close the doors on time for a Normal re entry and Landing Friday. L a a everybody was worried when we first saw that Seal a he said. A you can to always communicate everything on paper sometimes you need to talk a Little bit and that a Why we called Down and asked some More questions about  goal of the Mission the first Fea Taring three women and the first  to biomedical research is to. Gather data about How the human body adapts to weightlessness so countermeasures Cap be devised to combat space sickness muscle reconditioning and Bone loss. Joining the astronauts aboard Columbia Are 29 rats and some 2,500 baby jellyfish. The jellyfish which use motion sensors similar to structures in the human inner ear will be studied after the flight to find out How weightlessness affects their ability to move about. The rats will be beheaded and dissected i for detailed microscopic studies that Are not possible with human subjects. From Page 1 turn need the evacuation in a 5 . Broadcast Over the. . Military a far East network. An hour later the first vehicles began rolling out of Clark for  Subic Bay naval facilities where the 14,50 1 troops dependents and civilian employees will be housed until the danger passes. Another 1,500 troops remained at Clark to provide Security. A. A a a. / the Clark command Center operated Wilh a skeletal Crew but the bases operations were  base is a major terminal for the worldwide network of flights operated by the military Airlift come. The. Miles Long Quot Convoy jammed the two Lane roads leading to Subic 50 Miles Southwest of Clark. . Marines patrolled the highways which pass through areas a where communist guerrillas operate and . Helicopters hovered overhead. A by late  said All the evacuees had reached Subic.  if its going to blow 1 Hope it does it fast so 1 can go Home before the cockroaches take my House a said staff sgt Mike Huffman. Clark a is in Angeles a City of More than 300,000 people about 50 Miles North of Manila. In Angeles residents reported no Ash fall monday but said the air smelled of Fulfur. Only about 12,000 civilians living near the Volcano have been evacuated government officials plan to build some evacuation centers in towns bordering the air base that the americans abandoned philippine officials have evacuated Riviore than 12,000 people in three provinces since mount Pinatubo began erupting last week. About 3,100 of them arc primitive aeta tribal members who lived on Pinatubo a slopes. Many of them walked or travelled by of cart to flee the Volcano. But reporters found that some evacuees Are returning to their Homes each morning to tend to livestock and crops and heading Hack to evacuation carloads of . Service members and their families leave Clark a on monday for fear of a major eruption. Centers at Sundown. Punongbayan said he flew to the area and warned people there would be no time to escape if a major eruption began. There was no indication How Long the americans evacuated from Clark would stay at Subic they were ordered to take along important papers and food water and clothing for three Days. Bob Coble Subic base spokesman said families at the naval installation had been asked to take in evacuees and that others would double up in Bachelor officer and enlisted quarters. Mount Pinatubo whose last major eruption was in 1380, began to show signs of activity in april. There Are about 21 Active and 200  in the Philippines. Vet from Page 1 a mayor David Dinkins declared from the reviewing stands at City Hall Park. The Parade was marred by to clashes Between anti War protesters and police. Thirty six. People were arrested and 13 officers suffered minor injuries. But most of the red White and Blue bedecked crowd roared its appreciation the minute the 24,000 marchers  than half of whom were veterans of the persian Gulf War from 50 states and 17 iia Lions a stepped off at noon. Sidewalks were jammed with people eager to cheer the troops even if they  see. Quot you got to be 8 a feet tall to got a look a complained Louis Mon Mietki a retired sanitation worker from Brooklyn. From above 5 h pounds of donated ticker tape 10,000 pounds of multicoloured confetti 140 Miles of shredded yellow ribbon and streamers danced in the sky be shiites from Page 1. Forces would launch reprisal attacks on the shiites in the South and the kurd in the North following their respective rebellions. Allied forces that had protected shiites in Southern Iraq have turned Over that responsibility to . Forces and Are about to do the same in the North. The allies controlled some iraqi territory after driving Saddam s troops irom Kuwait during the persian Gulf War. The bbl quoted unidentified . Officials in new York As saying 400,000 to 700,001 shiite muslims were pinned Down by iraqi troops in the Southern iraqi area Between an Nasir Yah and Basra Tehran radio said the iraqi forces were trying to Seal off the area surrounding the refugees and shut off All routes by which food Quot and Medicine could be sent to the refugees from the iraqi people. The radio did not mention the number of refugees. It also did not give the number of casualties from the reported attack. But the radio reported without attrib Ulion that the mortality rate from hunger and disease was Hinh. Fore blanketing the Street and crowd below. 1 a a. A a. Quot a a. Reams of computer paper also swirled downward while hundreds of coloured hat loons soared into the Bright cloudless sky. A i just had to be Here a said Jeanne Benedict of grand rapids mich., who came with her family for the Celebration. A it makes us feel like we re contributing to what they contributed for us.�?�. Kenny Simek 13, of Brooklyn was sprung by his Mother from a Day in school. While his mom watched the troops Kenny approached every Sailor Soldier and Marine he Laid eyes on asking for their Auto graphs a a i wanted them to Sistr my Book because they won the War for helping us stay free a Simek said. Buildings along the route were dressed in Yards of yellow ribbon and scores of Welcome Home signs. Quot the american Stock Exchange salutes our troops a read one. A thanks a said another. Others were More personal. A Welcome Home a Bauer coast Chard Psi Quot said a homemade Banner unfurled on one building a but evidence of Parade fever was not confined to the skyscraper red canyons near Wall Street a subway trains Parade Duy garb included a giant crepe paper yellow ribbon draped across its Metal bumper. A a employees of the new York transit authority would like to give a special Welcome to american military personnel a the Loudspeaker crackled As a contingent of military men and women got on the train at times Square. Not everyone was there to lend support. Protesters from the National coalition to Stop . Intervention in the Middle East dotted the route with signs with pcs sages such As �?o200,000 iraqis murdered for Oil  another showed a picture of president Bush and a caption that said a Stop me before i kill again a there was a disruption several hours into the four hour extravaganza when someone hurled a Dummy into the line of March and 20 people broke through a Barrier and ran into the Street police said. Another 16 anti War protesters were arrested after they threw Christmas tree balls and other  with red paint onto yellow ribbons painted on the Street. No one was splattered. Police said 13 officers suffered minor injuries. But generally the Parade went smoothly with Good spirits in the crowd and signs of International Good will. In one unusual occurrence an israeli group participated near groups from Arab nations that normally Boycott any israeli presence