European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 50, no. 227 tuesday november 26,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35c d 8693 anti crime Bill approved by bickering conferees Washington apr House and Senate conferees agreed sunday to a sweeping crime Bill that would apply the death penalty to some 50 Federal offences and require a five Day waiting period for handgun purchases. House democrats said they planned to bring the $3.1 billion anti crime package to a vote monday while Senate republicans vowed to fight passage and predicted a veto by president Bush if they failed. Throughout the Stormy three hour conference democrats accused republicans of trying to give Bush a political Issue by stalling enactment of the package before Congress adjourns this week. Meanwhile a Senate House conference met informally for several hours sunday to discuss a transportation Bill. The dual question before House and Senate negotiators is How Best to spend $151 billion in Federal Aid to create a surface transportation system for the 21st Century while at the same time dividing that Money among a Host of competing interests. Bush had threatened to veto gun control legislation if Congress failed to pass the anti crime provisions he sought. But the democratic controlled conference raised the Ante in the political Battle Over crime by rejecting several items sought by Bush that were contained in one but not both of the competing Bills. A the administration will not accept a Bill that guts the Tough provisions passed by the House and the sen see Bill on Page 2 Atlantis Crew releases missile seeking satellite after nighttime launch space Center Houston a Atlantis Crew on monday released a $300 million satellite for detecting missile attacks after a rare night shuttle launch that lit up the sky for hundreds of Miles. The 100-ton spaceship blasted off from Cape canaveral fla., at 6 44 . Sunday blazing a Trail Over the Atlantic. The six astronauts released the satellite about six hours later accomplishing the main goal of their 10-Day Mission for the Pentagon. A we had a really Good deploy. It was great Quot army it. Col. James Voss told Mission control. An attached rocket lifted the satellite to an orbit 22,300 Miles above the Equator monday morning and then separated from the Craft. The satellite will work with other defense support program satellites in alerting the Pentagon to missile launches and nuclear blasts. The 5,200-Pound satellite is equipped with a Large infrared Telescope that has 6,000 sensors and can detect heat from missile exhaust. The rest of the flight will be Given Over to military experiments including exercises in spotting . Military installations from space. Atlantis launch was delayed for 13 minutes because of an oxygen fuel leak. The shuttle also had to wait for an orbiting spacecraft to pass out of the Way. A malfunctioning steering system on the satellite s Booster rocket halted the missions first countdown a week ago. A see launch on Page 2 Sutherland Heads Back to . For thanksgiving Frankfurt Germany a former american hostage Thomas Sutherland left for the United states on monday a week after his six year ordeal As a hostage in Lebanon ended. A a in a really glad ill be Back in the United states a Sutherland said before boarding a jetliner bound for Dallas fort Worth Airport where he planned to catch a flight to san Francisco. Sutherland 60, was accompanied by his wife Jean and two of their daughters Joan and kit. They said they planned to spend thanksgiving at the lome of a third daughter Ann in Berke by Calif. At Frankfurt a Airport Sutherland and his family purchased traditional German lederhosen or leather pants. Earlier monday Sutherland left the . Military Hospital in Wiesbaden. Sutherland and British hostage Terry Waite were freed nov. 18 by shiite Muslim kidnappers in Beirut Lebanon. The iranian backed hostage takers have said they plan to release the three remaining american captives soon. Sutherland had hoped to leave Germany on thursday but his Hospital stay was prolonged because of treatment for gastritis and an ulcer. On sunday . Air Force spokesman capt. Ray Cornelius said Sutherland was in a very Good Sutherland of Estes Park colo., was Dean of agriculture at the american University in Beirut when he was kidnapped june 9, 1985.dead from aids Freddie Mercury the flamboyant Lead vocalist of the Rock group Queen died in London on sunday one Day after announcing that he had the aids virus. Here Mercury performs in a 1985 concert in Sydney Australia. See Story on Page 2
