European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes tuesday february 18, 1992 Reagan Pope secretly aided Solidarity Magazine reports Washington apr president Reagan in cooperation with Pope John Paul ii approved a plan a decade ago to secretly Supply Poland s outlawed Solidarity movement time Magazine reports. Spokesmen for the former president could not be reached sunday but time quoted Reagan As saying he and the Pope Felt the division of Europe at the Yalta conference after world War i was a a great mistake. And something should be  a Solidarity was the very weapon for bringing this about because it was an organization of the labourers of Poland a Reagan said in the feb. 24 Issue of the Magazine which was available monday. Reagan did not discuss any such plan in his memoirs but he did say in discussing Solidarity Quot i wanted to be sure we did nothing to impede this process and everything we could to Spur it along. This was what we had been waiting for since world War ii. But our options were  time said its account written by Carl Bernstein was the result of several months of reporting in which More than 75 officials of the Reagan administration and the Vatican were interviewed. Solidarity was outlawed by a declaration of martial Law in Poland in 1981. Subsequently time said a tons of equipment a fax machines printing presses transmitters telephones shortwave radios video cameras photocopiers telex machines computers word processors a were smuggled into Poland via channels established by priests and american agents and representatives of the Al Cio and european labor  the Magazine said the Supply network had its genesis in a meeting Between the president and the Pope in the Vatican Library on june 7, 1982. Time said Money for the project came from Cia funds the congressionally created National endowment for democracy secret accounts in the Vatican and Western Trade unions. The Magazine said the project was part of a policy of Covert operations aimed at encouraging Reform movements in Hungary Czechoslovakia and Poland. It said Reagan telephoned the Pope for his advice shortly after the declaration of martial Law. A we had a massive Row in the Cabinet and the National Security Council about putting together a menu of counteraction a former Secretary of state Alexander m. Haig or. Told the Magazine. Haig said the options a ranged from sanctions that would have been crushing in their Impact on Poland to talking so Tough that we would have risked creating another situation like Hungary in �?T56 or Czechoslovakia in �?T68.�?� Reagan expressed a similar concern in his memoirs writing that a we  Send out a false signal leading them to expect us to intervene militarily on their Side during a  some contend that the United states sent such a false signal before the doomed hungarian uprising in 1956, which was crushed by the soviets. A soviet led invasion also ended Czechoslovakia so Prague Spring reforms of 1968. When Glenn recalls Earth orbit 30 years seem like yesterday Cape canaveral Fla. A John Glenn a life has been crammed with High Points a flying in combat serving in the Senate marrying his High school sweetheart. Still he can t Stop reliving that february morning 30 years ago when he became the first american to orbit the Earth. People wont let him. A a it a a rare Day that goes by that someone does no task or comment about the space Days a the 70-year-old senator said in a recent interview. A a in be recalled it so often almost daily that it really seems to be that the whole thing was a month  Glenn was a Marine lieutenant colonel and former test Pilot when he circled Earth three times in Friendship 7 on feb. 20, 1962 a 30 years ago thursday. He returned to a heroes Welcome. Only two other people had Ever orbited Earth a russians Yuri Gagarin on april 12, 1961, and Gherman s. Titov on a two Day Mission that August. The first two americans in space Alan Shepard and Virgil a a Gus Grissom flew suborbital hts. The National aeronautics and space administration has sent astronauts into orbit safely 72 times since Glenn a four hour 55-minute, 23-second excursion his Only spaceflight. He has been envious each time. A a in a like to go up again a Glenn said. A i already told them and i was Only half joking that when they get around to doing a geriatric study they be already got a base line on me. I m  Glenn like the six other original Mercury astronauts endured rigorous physical and psychological testing. There was the danger of liftoff. Atlas rockets had blasted off from Cape canaveral a Complex 14 three times with unmanned Mercury Craft and had exploded twice. Modifications were made and a Chimpanzee named Enos Rode an Allas into orbit in november 1961. Glenn a flight followed after 10 launch delays. There was the uncertainty of space travel. Many doctors questioned whether humans could function in weightlessness. Glenn proved humans could. Trouble with the automatic system forced Glenn to take manual control of his ship allowing him to stay up for the intended three orbits. Glenn remembers the awesome views of Earth As his Bell shaped capsule a feet High and 6 feet wide at the base a whizzed through space at 17,500 Mph. He remembers the motion sickness Medicine which he thankfully did not need and the tubes of soupy applesauce and potatoes and Gravy which he dutifully ate and proved people could Swallow in space. He remembers the tiny Eye charts in his capsule which he successfully read and proved vision docs not deteriorate in weightlessness. Most of All he remembers the sense of achievement he Felt in accomplishing a the things we set out to  astronaut John Glenn climbs into Friendship 7 before taking off on his historic spaceflight feb 20, 1962. A the fact that he went around the world and he had essentially no problems is mind boggling a said astronaut Charles Bolden jr., commander of nasal a next shuttle flight scheduled for March. A it was a big Deal then. Its still a big  Glenn left the astronaut corps in 1%4. He was the oldest of the Mercury astronauts and figured it would be a Wishful thinking to stick around for the Apollo program and a Chance to go to the Moon. He ran for the Senate As a Democrat from Ohio and was elected on his third try in 1974. He remains a Strong proponent of the space program even though nasal a achievements no longer rivet the world and the race with the russians is Over. A you have to Analyse what the space program is All about. It does not consist solely of big spectacular first events like my flight was or Alan Shepard a before mine or Landing on the Moon a Glenn said a first time events Are the ones that Are remembered. But the reason we have a space program is to do very Basic fundamental   attacks injure skiers Force closure of Section from wire reports Anchorage Alaska a a Bird believed to be an owl has been swooping out of Trees and Landing on the Heads of unsuspecting skiers a sending some to a Hospital with puncture wounds authorities say. A wooded Section of Hilltop ski area in South Anchorage was closed saturday while authorities investigated the attacks said John Speegle Evans of the ski patrol. One of the victims 12-year-old Paul Light said he Felt a sudden Jolt to his head As he skied with a Friend saturday. A i did no to know what it was at first a he said. A then i hit it with my pole to try and get it off  s office shot at new York a shots were fired into a plate Glass window sunday at a District office of . Rep. Susan Molinari police said. A neighbor reported hearing shots before Dawn saw Bullet holes in the window and called police said sgt. Nick Vreeland. The office is in the Dyker Heights Section of the Brooklyn Borough. A a in a grateful no one was Hurt a said Molinari . A there does t seem to be too much cause for  asked to speculate on a motive she said a i really done to have a  the five or six shots apparently fired from a car caused minor damage to the inside of the office she  More layovers in Peru fort Worth Texas a american airlines inc. Has suspended overnight layovers for flight Crews in Lima Peru because of terrorist violence in the South american capital a spokesman said. The Union representing most of the carriers pilots wants american to Nalt flights to Lima but spokesman Tim Smith said the Airport is secure in the hands of the military. American flies twice daily from Miami to Lima. Smith said the airline decided thursday to Fly Crews out of Lima the same night they arrive then Fly them Back to Lima in the morning to pick up passengers. Layovers would require flight Crews to stay in hotels in the downtown area which the airline considers unsafe because of recent violence Smith  drug use High new York a alcohol and drug abuse is As High As 80 percent among homeless men living in Barracks style shelters a newspaper reported sunday. A mayoral commissions Survey of about 1,000 of the City a 15,500 adult shelter residents found most homeless people need More than housing to turn their lives around the new York times reported. The commission asked homeless people about drug and alcohol abuse and subjected them to voluntary urine testing Over three weeks. The tests of men in huge armory shelters showed 80 percent of them had drugs in their systems mostly cocaine. Drug use was 26 percent for those people mostly women tested in family shelters that offer More services and  crash kills Pilot Wheeling , a a single engine plane car wheeled and crashed just Short of an Airport runway sunday killing the Pilot and seriously injuring his wife authorities said. David b. Fraser 53, of Maple Glen pa., was killed instantly when his plane crashed As it approached Wheeling Ohio county Airport said Brooke county sheriff Michael Allman. Elizabeth Fraser 50, was listed in critical condition at Ohio Valley medical Center with facial fractures two broken legs and a broken sternum. Federal aviation administration spokesman Duncan Pardue said the plane had left wings Airfield near Philadelphia in route to Springfield Ohio. Fraser reported Low Oil pressure and was told by air traffic controllers to land in Wheeling  due said. It was foggy and snowing lightly when the plane crashed about 75 Yards from a runway