European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 232 sunday december 1,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 50c d 8693 a16 die 150 Hurt in huge pileup on dust storm swept interstate Coalinga Calif. Apr scores of crumpled burned out cars on saturday littered a heavily travelled Highway where a blinding dust storm triggered a Gigantic Cham reaction pileup that killed at feast 16 people and injured As Many As 150. Authorities said it was Likely they would find More victims saturday As they removed the twisted charred wreckage of cars and big Rig trucks from interstate 5. Parts of some cars melted when they exploded As one collision after another occurred Friday afternoon along the main Highway linking los Angeles and san Francisco. A who knows what we re going to find a California Highway patrol sgt. Ted Eichman said. A we got everyone working on it and we still can to find All the vehicles a it. Donald Burk of the Fresno a county sheriffs department said before officers stopped searching through the wreckage because of darkness. S4s Sharon Kilday Tarrant at feast 55 people were brought to hospitals including Many with bums and broken Bones. A 100-mile Section of the Highway from Bakersfield to los Banos remained closed Friday night. The crashes began around 2 30 . When fierce winds that had suddenly picked up near this Central California farm town 250 Miles North of los Angeles shrouded the Highway in dust. A the Sand was blowing and vehicles were screeching All around a said Nick Kudla who was driving to Lossee pileup on Page 2 Kuchen Langworthy front and Chris Gwin surrounded by crash victims on litters Comfort each other  glitch cuts Short shuttle flight space Center Houston apr Nasa on saturday decided to Cut Short space shuttle Atlantis 10-Day military Mission because of a failed navigational unit and flight directors said they would try to bring the six astronauts Home As Early As today. A a we be been consulting with the management team. We re All at a consensus that we Are declaring an Mfd Quot or mini mum duration flight Mission controls Jan Davis told shuttle commander Frederick Gregory. Davis said the first Landing Opportunity would be at Edwards fab Calif., today. Nasa said touchdown time would be at 3 48 . Est. Atlantis was not supposed to return until wednesday afternoon. Flight directors were assessing the weather conditions at Edwards High winds were forecast. They said they will wait until monday to bring Atlantis Home if the weather is bad. Nasa wants to bring Atlantis Back to the expansive dry Lake bed at Edwards. Flight directors would consider the single Concrete runway at Kennedy space Center originally the prime touchdown site Only As a last resort. The six astronauts were instructed to proceed with a medical exercise originally scheduled for saturday afternoon. Some of them however immediately began packing equipment and getting ready for the trip Home. One of three navigational devices aboard the shuttle called an inertial measurement unit failed just an hour or so before Nasa decided to shorten the Mission. The units provide attitude and velocity data to the shuttle s main computers such information is vital during the shuttles fiery return to Earth. The other two units Are Fine but Nasa decided to bring Atlantis Quot Back three Days Early As a precaution. Only one unit actually is needed in flight. It is the first time a Mission has been shortened because of a failed navigational unit Nasa said. Shuttles have been brought Back Early because of bad weather predicted for Landing Day. I troops returning from overseas find Little room near some stateside bases fort Campbell by. Apr As an army nurses aide in Germany spec. Paula Porterfield had Savoured the Prospect of life with her husband and their child at a base Back Home. But upon her return to fort Campbell Porterfield a like Many Ether service members a found herself competing for a Small Supply of affordable housing near the a a it a not like we were looking for a Condo. There a just nothing out there a nothing a said Porterfield who eventually signed up for a bunk in a women a bar Racks at fort Campbell and sent her husband and 3-year-old daughter Back Home to Arkansas. The same housing problems exist at other army bases whose populations Are increasing because of the closure of other Domestic bases and the reduction of . Forces in Europe army officials say. Fort Campbell fort Bragg . And fort Carson Colo. Will be most affected said maj. Rick Thomas an army spokesman at the Pentagon. . Wilkerson Deputy director of engineering at see troops on Page 2 of Pride a and prejudice Arthur Fletcher discusses life loss if deism in the military. Magazine