European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 10, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 european satellite serving As backup for aging . Probe Goodden ? fun a mount Washington Valley hog player tries to Block a pass sunday during the world mud bowl championship in Conway . The hogs beat the office lounge mud Sharks of Danvers mass., 126, in a game that benefits local charities. By William j. Broad the new York times the United states is borrowing a european weather satellite to fill a potential Gap in photography from space that would leave american forecasters without vital pictures to track storms and hurricanes. It is the first time that an operating spacecraft has been Lent to Avert a possible crisis and paradoxically it is the United states which pioneered weather satellites that is asking others for help. The european satellite is now in position Midway Between Europe and the United states where it is tracking storms that Batter both continents and the government is negotiating for its exclusive use. This would allow the european satellite which is a spare to be moved farther West to photograph the entire United states if the sole american High Altitude weather satellite now in orbit should fail. But some members of Congress Sec the $10 million Deal As risky because the european Craft like the american one is relatively old and increasingly Likely to fail leading them to Call for added remedies based on american technology. The lawmakers advocate buying a new satellite already under construction in California that would Cost $100 million or More. High Altitude weather satellites arc the Unsung heroes of the space age. They produce the global views seen in newspapers and on television and allow forecasters to track destructive storms and predict their paths Days in Advance. Ultimately they reduce property damage and save lives. The european Craft or some other Gap filler is needed because a $1.7 billion Fleet of american weather satellites now under construction by Nasa is flawed and years behind schedule forcing the nation to rely on a single High Altitude weather Craft when it usually has two. The five year life Span of the orbiting american satellite ends in february although american officials Hope it will last longer. The european satellite known As me-Teosat-3, was built by a european Industrial team headed by the French company Aero spatial and was lofted in june 1988 by the european ariane rocket. One of three weather satellites the europeans now have in orbit it has sent pictures to american forecasters since Early August and played an important role in tracking the Hurricane the hit the East coast last month. A use of mete sat is growing a said Earl l. Heacock director of satellite operations for the National oceanic and atmospheric administration which runs the nations weather eyes. A a it a a Good satellite and we re Happy to have  his Agency is now completing a Deal with the europeans to gain exclusive use of Mctcosat-3 and move it farther West if the american weather satellite goes-7, suddenly fails. Goes stands for geostationary operational environmental satellites. Negotiations for exclusive use of me-Tcosat-3 began in july and the Deal is expected to be completed by the end of this month. A a it a fairly unlikely that the agreement wont come to pass a said a senior official with the atmospheric Agency who spoke on the condition of anonymity. A too Many people in Europe think its a Good idea.�?�., China rift won t heal easily Kissinger is told Beijing up a Premier i Peng told former . Secretary of state Henry Kissinger on sunday that it will take a concerted efforts by both China and the United states to mend relations strained by human rights Trade and other disputes. Kissinger in China on a five Day visit is leading a High powered business delegation in an apparent bid to work privately with influential figures on repairing frayed ties Between Washington Ana Beijing. The group includes two former . Ambassadors to China Arthur Hummel and Leonard Woodcock and former assistant Secretary of state Richard Holbrooke. At a meeting in the Dia Yutai state guest House on the City a West Side the hard line Premier welcomed Kissinger As one of the key figures in the . Bid to reopen contacts with China in the Early 1970s. A fall the members of my delegation attach great importance to the relationship Between China and the United states a Kissinger said during a Brief Public photo session. A in spite of the difficulties a i responded a i believe that with concerted efforts on both sides those difficulties can be  Kissinger a policy related Agenda was unclear but the White House and the . Embassy in Beijing have denied any official link to the trip. Sino-. Relations have this year plunged to their worst since China a june 1989 crackdown on the Tiana men Square pro democracy protests. Chinese free Hong Kong Man who aided democracy activists Hong Kong apr China on monday released a Hong Kong businessman convicted of trying to help pro democracy activists escape. British prime minister John major who pushed for his release welcomed the move. China is believed to have agreed to to hailing a a release As a kind of repayment to major who last week became the first Western Leader to visit China since its crackdown on pro democracy activists in june 1989. China also May have decided on the release to ease anxieties in the British Colony where residents Are concerned Over the communist governments planned takeover of the territory when Britain a lease ends in 1997. To 42, was freed from a prison in the Southern City of Canton four Days after major completed his trip to China and Hong Kong. To had served 23 months of a five year sentence. Loss name was a last minute addition to a list of political prisoners that major presented to chinese Premier i Peng. Chinese officials last week said to would be released Early for a medical  John Kamm an american businessman in Hong Kong who has helped secure the release of other chinese dissidents said he considers loss Case critical to Hong Kong and his Early release a a  to was arrested in China a Huangdong province across the Border from Hong Kong in october 1989. He was sentenced in March 1991 on charges of trying to smuggle out leading dissidents Wang Junta 33, and Chen timing 39. Chen and Wang were accused of masterminding the 1989 pro democracy demonstrations and sentenced in february to 13 years of imprisonment on charges of plotting to overthrow the communist government. 6 children reported dead in flood Dhaka Bangladesh apr a rain swollen River monday flooded parts of Northern Bangladesh where at least six children have drowned and about 200,000 people Are stranded officials and news reports said. Ten districts have been partially or frilly swamped since the Padma River started rising last week after torrential Monsoon rain said officials at the flood information Center in Dhaka. Government officials in  District said three children drowned sunday. Bang Lar Bani newspaper reported three children drowned in Siraj gang District. It did not say when the deaths occurred. Another Bengali language newspaper san bad said nearly 200,000 people were stranded in the 10 districts Many of them living on roofs and on makeshift shelters. The Lack of drinking water and dry places to Cook is compounding the marooned Peoples misery san bad said. Many mud and Straw houses have collapsed in heavy rain leaving thousands of villagers homeless the newspaper said. The officials in Dhaka who spoke on condition of anonymity said the Padma was flowing 8.2 inches above the flood level monday about an Inch higher than on sunday