European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday january 31, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 7tasteful landmark in new Jersey a Mammoth Campbell soup can is towed to a warehouse wednesday in Camden . Camden residents were in a Stew when the Campbell soup factory there closed and was demolished in 1990. They stirred the company into action to save the giant can which actually was a factory water tank and to restore it As a landmark. Residents said the can is a a landmark to this area like the Eiffel Tower is to Crew menagerie touch Down at California base Edwards fab Calif. A discovery sailed through a Clear sky and landed in the desert thursday with seven astronauts and an assortment of tiny organisms that were probed and pampered during the research Mission. Discovery touched Down on the dry Lake bed at Edwards fab at,8 07 . Post the shuttle commanded by Ronald Grabe rolled neatly to a Stop on the Concrete runway. A your Mission has Given us a preview of space station operations and a look at the International cooperation that will be part of future space exploration a Mission controls John Casper told Grabe. The shuttle was a in extremely Good shape after Landing with Little damage to its heat shield tiles Dick Covey acting chief of nasal a astronaut office news conference. The seven astronauts a Are doing very Well and started lengthy medical tests but some asked for a drink of cold milk first Covey said. More than 18,500 people gathered in the cold at at the base to watch discovery a return. At nasal a Marshall space flight Center in Alabama an International team of scientists cheered applauded and Sang As they watched the shuttle Landing on television. A everything really went quite Well. Everyone is quite pleased a said Robert Snyder Mission scientist for the International microgravity Laboratory payload inside the shuttles space lab. Discovery circled the world 128 times during an eight Day voyage and travelled 3.3 million Miles. Discovery screw of six men and one woman had been scheduled to return wednesday but Nasa extended the flight for More tests in conjunction with More than 225 scientists from 14 countries. It was nasal a 45th shuttle Mission. While in orbit the astronauts conducted round the clock experiments on the effects of Low Gravity on plants insects crystals and each other. The Crew removed the organisms from their incubators wednesday evening and stowed them for Rush delivery to scientists around the world upon the shuttles return. The astronauts were tired and a bit Grouchy after squeezing in More experiments than planned but scientists were grateful. A its just that a exact great to see a Good plan come together and try what has happened with this Mission a space shuttle discovery glides to a Landing at Edwards fab Calif. Said during a Mission manager Robert Mcbrayer said. Only one Experiment failed a 480 fruit flies died after being exposed to sterilizing solution left on their containers. A steering Jet on the shuttle leaked propellant overnight spewing a whitish Blue Stream of ice crystals into space but Nasa said the other jets worked properly and were sufficient to bring the Craft in for a Landing. Earlier the pulsating yellow slime Mold fertilized Frog eggs roundworms wheat and oat seedlings and other organisms that Crew members have studied were packed away. A now i guess you could say our science hard work begins a said Mary Mccay of the University of Tennessee space Institute. She said her Metal casting and solidification Experiment conducted aboard discovery will be used to improve the casting of alloys on Earth. University of Pennsylvania botanists said their oat and wheat seedlings sprouted sooner in space and grew about 30 percent faster than those in a control group on Earth. And leg amp a inc. Researcher Lodewijk Van Den Berg was thrilled to see his Ruby coloured Mercury iodide Crystal swell to a half Inch in diameter More than twice the size of one he grew during a 1985 Mission. The element could someday be used for telescopes medical equipment and radiation monitoring devices. Discovery lifted off Jan. 22. The astronauts became test subjects themselves sitting in spinning chairs and lurching sleds for studies of How humans adapt to the disorienting a and nauseating a effects of space travel. Bell to conduct Dow Corning investigation from wire reports Washington a former attorney general Griffin Bell will do an internal investigation for Dow Corning corp. To examine the company a actions in developing and marketing silicone breast implants the company said wednesday. The company also said it planned a Public release of its internal documents on the matter during the week of feb. 10. Questions have Arisen Over whether Dow Corning in its initial research into breast implants glossed Over results indicating possible health risks. Sales of silicone breast implants have been sus tended in the United states at the request of the Ood and drug administration which said it needed More information to determine whether the devices arc Safe. An Fra panel plans to take that up at a meeting in artist Dixon Dies Burbank Calif. A Willie Dixon who wrote blues standards and produced Many classic blues albums died of heart failure wednesday at St. Joseph medical Center. He was 76. As a songwriter producer Arranger and bassist Dixon was a towering figure in the creation of Chicago blues which was a Cornerstone of Rock a no Roll. His songs were performed by leading blues figures including Muddy Waters and howling Wolf and picked up by Rock bands including the rolling stones Cream and the doors. He is survived by his wife Marie and several s financing of d new York a the judge overseeing . Macy amp co. bankruptcy proceedings wednesday approved $60 million in interim financing that the retailer will use to pay for merchandise and for daily operations until feb. 13. The company said the Money part of a $600 million financing package provided by chemical banking corp. And Bankers Trust co., was enough to meet its immediate needs. Suppliers have been waiting to ship Spring merchandise to the company Wlinich operates the Macy a Bullocks and i. Magnin department store chains and several Small specially stores until Macy a established , robbery at Retreat Prospect by. A two men invaded a Retreat for women founded by Media heiress Sallie Bingham. They robbed four women and one of f the me raped one of the women police said. Six women were sleeping in the suburban a Louisville farmhouse when the men broke in Early sunday Jefferson county police said. One of the men raped a 35-year-old woman As she tried to run to a phone police said. The men then robbed her Ana three other women who came downstairs after hearing the commotion police win lawsuit Boston a a Federal judge ruled that Massachusetts discriminated against state workers who retired after age 70 Anco must pay them additional pension benefits. One official said the payout could exceed $11 million. Until 1990, the state did no to credit workers pensions for years worked after age 70. A spokesman for attorney general Scott Harshbarger said the state wont Appeal the suspect slain Philadelphia a a reputed mafia Soldier was slain Early wednesday As he sat in his car a casualty in a Power struggle within the Scarfo organized crime family authorities said. Felix Bocchino 72, was shot three times in the neck and head by a gunman who fled on foot. Authorities said Bocchino was a longtime Soldier of the organized crime family allegedly headed by Nicodemo Scarfo
