European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes sunday january 26, 1992 Bush seeks 11 % increase in space station spending Washington apr president Bush on Friday called for an 11 percent funding increase for the space station project next year As Well As Money to Send robotic missions to the Moon and build a new space launch system and a hypersonic transport plane. Affirming what he called a a american a destiny to Send people beyond Earth a orbit Bush also announced he will establish a National space exploration office within Nasa. A we must make a new Public investment in our space program now and in masking americans to make a far sighted commitment one that looks dozens of years and millions of Miles beyond the recession and the other things that preoccupy us today a Bush told the Young astronauts Council a group of schoolchildren interested in space exploration. Bush and some of the children later talked with Nasa astronauts. The National aeronautics and space administrations $14.3 billion budget will go up modestly under Uon Jeffery dismantles the Skeleton of a 60-ton Dinosaur that once roamed the Earth. Chicago s Field museum of natural history hired a company to take apart doctors leave by mount Vernon to. A doctors decided to leave a by lodged in the heart of an 11-year-old boy rather than risk surgery the youths father said. Nicholas Gari was shot at on Jan. 19 while Riding his bicycle through a Park with two friends said his father Robert Gari. The boy threw Down his bicycle and told the youths who were firing at him a a a you better not Hurt me. In a a cops son a a said his father a mount Vernon police officer. A 16-year-old then stood up and fired at the sixth grader. The by entered his Throat and lodged in his hearts right  to return vase West Palm Beach Fla. Up Kennedy family members will get Back the vase and other mementos taken from their estate by the woman who accused William Kennedy Smith of rape. Lawyer Roy Black petitioned Palm Beach county judge Mary Lupo to return the items which were used As evidence in Smiths december rape trial. They had remained in the custody of the court clerk. Lupo quickly granted the request Friday. Smiths accuser Patricia Bowman told jurors that she and a Friend took the urn a framed photograph and a yellow Legal note pad from the estate in order to prove she had been there the night she accused Smith of rape. Bush a 1993 budget proposal which will be unveiled this week. Officials said it would not match the increases of some previous years but would exceed the current 3 percent rate of inflation. The space station project which  to launch a permanent orbiting platform by 1996, is slated for $2.25 billion. That is an 11 percent increase Over 1992 funding. Last year the project survived attempts in Congress to Cut its funding completely. The presidents proposal will keep space station Freedom on target for astronauts to work in it by 1997 and to be permanently occupied by 2000. Recalling the congressional fight Bush said a we won because the american people agree that space station Freedom is not Only a very valuable scientific project but is essential to our destiny As a pioneering nation in space. A a american a destiny must include manned exploration. We need to Send Man beyond Earth a  six Dinosaur skeletons on display for decades and reassemble them in lifelike poses for a new $6 million exhibit to open in the fall of 1994.in boy s heart authorities were considering prosecuting the 16-year-old As an adult Gari said. He said doctors at St. Johns regional health Center in Springfield tried unsuccessfully to remove the by with a heart Catheter. They also operated on the boys neck to repair damage to the jugular vein he said. In making the decision to leave the by the doctors consulted cardiologists around the country. A they All All but one said there a no need to take it out a he said. A they said More than Likely it wont do any harm at All where it  Kennedy estate Bowman said Smith raped her on the estate grounds after she drove him Home from a bar Early March 30. The vase and other mementos were turned Over to police the next Day. A Palm Beach county jury acquitted Smith of the charges dec. 11. During the trial Smiths Uncle sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., testified that the vase belonged to his Mother Rose Kennedy. Black has said he will also ask the county to reimburse Smith for some of his trial costs under an 1846 Florida Law allowing defendants to apply to recover expenses if they Are acquitted. . Plans to recruit former soviet scientists from wire reports los Angeles a the United states plans to recruit about 2,000 nuclear scientists in the former soviet Union so they wont go to work for such countries As Libya and Iran a newspaper reported. The scientists would be paid by the United states to destroy soviet nuclear weapons and work in civilian research the los Angeles times reported Friday quoting Anonymous Bush administration sources. The proposal could be ready in time for president Bush s state of the Union speech tuesday the newspaper said. Administration officials and members of Congress Are concerned that key scientists in Russia and other republics might be wooed away by nations seeking to develop nuclear  returns to Airport los Angeles a an air France jumbo Jet bound for Paris with 75 passengers returned to los Angeles International Airport Early Friday after the Pilot detected a problem in one of the jets four engines. No one was injured when air France flight 004 landed shortly before 1 a.m., said Bill Carey Airport superintendent of operations. The Pilot of the Boeing 747 had turned Back because he thought he had a fuel problem possibly a leak said air France spokesman Bruce Haxthausen. No fuel leak was found but a fuel control unit was malfunctioning he  fined $55,000 Miami a a company convicted of conspiring to smuggle military equipment to Iraq has been fined $55,000. Lebanese National Sarkis Soghanalian and his company pan aviation co., were convicted oct. 21,1991, of charges including conspiracy to deliver military helicopters in violation of the  Export control act and conspiracy to Export rocket launchers to Iraq. . District judge Federico Moreno postponed Soghanalian a sentencing thursday because defense attorney Neal Sonnett was sick. Soghanalian 61, who is in custody faces up to 24 years in prison and $240,000 in fines at wednesdays  forsakes Bow tie Washington a Bow ties around sen. Paul Simon a neck Are As common As socks on feet. But to Settle a bet Friday the Illinois Democrat wore an Ordinary Long tie. Simon was forced to Wear the Long tie because Urcla Defeated Illinois in the John Hancock bowl 6-3, on dec. 31. He made the neckwear Wager with sen. John Seymour a Calif. A have i got it right so far a Simon asked As he knotted the tie. He said he had worn a Long tie on Only one occasion since 1954, at a Florida restaurant where it was  honors Steen Dearborn Mich. A former hostage Alann Steen the guest of Honor Friday at a dinner sponsored by a group of lebanese Ameri cans said he has no bad feelings toward the lebanese people. A there never has been and i doubt if there Ever will be Quot Steen told about 200 shiite Muslim sunni Muslim maronite Christian druse and greek orthodox lebanese. A this is a sign from the lebanese people a Iman Mohamad Mardini a local Muslim religious Leader said of the dinner. A this is just to Welcome or. Steen and to show that All lebanese Are not in support of the  Steen was teaching at Beirut University College when he was kidnapped Jan. 24, 1987, by shiite Muslim extremists. He was released in december after nearly five years of Captivity. He suffered permanent brain damage from being beaten in Captivity. A new resting place for old Bones