European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes c Page 3 Mission Cape canaveral Fla. A Atlantis swooped through a Clear sky and landed in Florida on sunday with five astronauts who released a satellite and spent More than a week in orbit conducting research to Benefit space travellers. A Welcome Home Atlantis. Congratulations on a picture perfect Mission a Mission controls Bob Cabana told the Crew after the shuttle touched Down on Kennedy space centers Concrete runway at 8 23 . Edt. Its arrival was heralded by its signature twin sonic booms. The Mission commanded by John Blaha was the first since the 1986 challenger Accident to have Kennedy As the primary Landing site. Nasa traditionally had favored the dry Lake bed at Edwards fab Calif., but the addition of new brakes and nose wheel steering prompted officials in june to give Kennedy equal Landing status beginning with this flight. Nasa saved $1 million and one week shuttle Columbia to undergo overhaul Cape canaveral Fla a space shuttle Columbia was bolted atop a jumbo Jet and flown saturday to Macdill fab near Tampa where it was to spend the night before heading on to California for modification work. The modified Boeing 747 left Kennedy space Center late saturday. It was to depart from Tampa Early sunday for Rockwell International a shuttle Assem Bly Plant in Palmdale Calif. About 50 modifications Are planned for nasal a oldest shuttle including new computers brakes and a drag Chute. Extra nitrogen tanks also will be added for the Cabin atmosphere. The Power and waste collection systems will be enhanced so the ship can stay in orbit for two weeks and More. Shuttle flights currently do not exceed nine or 10 Days. Columbia was supposed to be transported to California on Friday but the trip Wajs delayed because of bad weather and the need to switch accompanying cargo planes at the last minute. Columbia which has travelled into space 11 times is scheduled to return to Kennedy in january. Its next Orbital Mission is set for june 1992. Of processing time by Landing Atlantis at the launch site. About 2,000 guests watched the Landing from about five Miles away. Blaha had been instructed to wait until several minutes before touchdown before turning on an auxiliary Power unit with a broken Cooling system. The Oil coolers for the two other Power units worked Fine. Atlantis circled the world 142 times during its nine Day voyage and travelled 3,676,369 Miles. The four men and one woman spent the final eight of their nine Days in space conducting scientific and engineering re search. Nasa extended the Mission last year so scientists could learn More about How the body responds to weightlessness in preparation of longer space flights. Their main task in orbit was to free a $120 million tracking and data relay satellite from the cargo Bay. They accomplished that six hours into the  wins Battle of the bulge Bigfoot who weighed in at 1,193 pounds was the Winner of the largest boar contest Friday at the Illinois state fair in Springfield. Martin Caldwell top left of Industry iii., is the proud  want Mia Issue resolved swiftly Washington up a congressional delegation that visited Vietnam urged accelerated efforts sunday to resolve the Issue of . Servicemen still missing in action from the Vietnam War. Six members of Congress spent five Days in Hanoi in meetings with vietnamese government officials and americans working on the Mia is sufi. The congressmen All were Vietnam veterans. A we delivered a personal Heartfelt message on behalf of 2,300 american families and millions of veterans a said rep. Tom Carper a Del. Carper led the bipartisan group of congressmen in meetings with vietnamese cambodian and laotian government officials urging More intense efforts on my As and a settlement of the civil War in Cambodia. The Mia Issue has received considerable recent attention following the widespread publication and broadcast of several photographs purporting to show americans still being held in Southeast Asia. A statement released sunday by the congressmen criticized  of the . Government Effort. Many a dedicated and talented americans Are working hard to answer questions about those still listed As missing in action the congressmen said. A their efforts Are handicapped however a the congressmen said. A they work within an imperfect overlapping command Structure and suffer in some cases from inadequate logistical  woman to fight ban on garage sales Hometown 111. Apr a ban on garage sales in this tiny Chicago suburb has angered a Homeowner who has so much clutter she a a can to even walk in my  Mary Smith and a neighbor Elaine Bridge Man say  pass out letters to Rome town a 4,769 residents to urge a repeal of the ordinance. The ban was enacted last week after Smith announced plans for a garage Sale this Friday. A town zoning Law already prohibited the Sale of goods a upon the premises of a Home. But Smith said she did no to think the Law applied to garage sales. Supporters of the ban said garage and Yard sales could cause parking and traffic problems or heighten tensions Between feuding neighbors. A Hometown is so Small if we have five or six garage sales going on in one weekend the to it in could be in total chaos a said Alderman Shannon Selvage who voted for the ban. Robbery racism possible motives in 9 Temple deaths near Phoenix Phoenix up a members of a tiny thai Community living near the state capital said sunday they believe robbery or racism May have motivated the exe cution style slayings of nine residents of their Buddhist Temple. Investigators meanwhile were stymied. Duane Brady a spokesman for the Maricopa country sheriffs department said there were no Concrete leads in the killings. Thai residents of the Small Community began funeral preparations for the victims a six monks a nun and two acolytes a who were found shot to death in the wat Prosku Nara Temple on the fringes of Phoenix. The dead were identified As a Foy Sripan Piaser a 71-year-old nun and her grandson to year old Matthew Miller a Novice Monk and Sophomore at Trevor Browne High school in Phoenix. A the than Ajan or High priest Pairuch Kanthong. A Twenty one year old acolyte Chirasak and monks Boonchuay Sirichai Chalerm Seang and Somsak. All had been shot but no weapons were recovered. A member of the Temple Bandith Philph Boun said robbers might have found out that Cash contributions were brought to the Temple. Another Temple member Sandy Issertell said she had $6,000 Worth of valuables including a $5,000 antique Coin in the Temple. She said it had to remain there for three months to become sacred. However Tomi Higa a former Temple president who led the Effort to raise $ 130,000 to buy the land and build the Structure with donated labor said the amount of Cash in the Temple would have been Small because the Temple kept most of its Money in a checking account. Sheriff Tom Agnos said two smaller rooms in the Temple had been ransacked but the main room had been left undisturbed. The victims were All on the floor of the living quarters adjacent to the worship area. �?o1 think it was probably some rednecks a said Smith Thongkam a native of Thailand whose sister discovered the bodies when she went to the Temple to give the monks their noon meal. A monks done to really have anything to steal Quot he said. A and asian gang members probably  do this. Most of them Are buddhists too. A