European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday february 21, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 5project to measure Ripples from space Yakima Wash. A cosmic Waves will be measured to test Albert einsteins theory of relativity in a $200 million research project coming to Washington states Hanford nuclear reservation and a site in Louisiana. The National science foundation announced wednesday that Hanford and Livingston la., near Baton Rouge have been chosen out of 19 candidates for one of the largest research projects in the foundations history. The project will attempt to detect gravitational Waves for the first time a discovery which could help explain the origins of the universe said the Washington foundation. A it opens a totally new window on the universe a said Rochus Vogt a director of the project and a professor at the California Institute of technology. The project is funded by the psf and operated by Cal tech and the Massachusetts Institute of technology. It is not related to Hanford a current Mission of cleaning up waste left by nuclear weapons production at the site. The Hanford site decision is conditional and depends on further environmental analysis psf director Walter Massey said though he noted there appeared to be few obstacles. The two Sites will operate As a single Observatory. The laser interferometer gravitational wave Observatory project will employ 10 to 20 people. But it will involve construction at each site of two huge a shaped measuring devices 2.5 Miles Long said . Rep. Sid Morrison r-Wash., whose District includes Hanford in Central Washington. The measuring devices made of 4-foot-diameter vacuum pipe will be buried or covered in Concrete. Gravitational Waves will be measured by laser beams As the Waves pass through the pipes. The two observatories will Cost $211 million Over five years Morrison said. The project is dedicated to detecting cosmic gravitational Waves and harnessing those Waves for scientific research the psf said. Those Waves arc Ripples in the fabric of space and time produced by violent events in the Distant universe such As the collision of Black holes or the explosion of a Supernova. Black holes arc theoretical Phenomena believed to contain intense gravitational Fields from which neither Light nor matter can escape. A Supernova is an extremely Bright Star. The Ripples travel to Earth bringing with them information about their origins and about the nature of Gravity. Einstein predicted the existence of these gravitational Waves in 1918 in his general theory of relativity but Only now is technology powerful enough to harness the Waves for science the psf said. The Waves have never been directly detected but scientists have been confident they exist the foundation said. General relativity describes Gravity As the manifestation of the curvature of space time. The new observatories raise the possibility of a verifying that gravitational Waves exist. A testing the general relativity theory a prediction that the Waves propagate at the Speed of Light. A testing the theory a prediction that the Waves stretch matter in one direction while squeezing it in another. A verifying that Black holes exist. A this will be the most stringent test Ever of einsteins general relativity theory a the psf said. Interim chief of Nasa named Washington apr Aaron Cohen director of the Johnson space Center in Houston has been selected As the interim head of Nasa while a search continues for a successor to Richard h. Truly who was forced to resign last week. The appointment was made by truly and was to be announced later thursday administration official said. Truly will leave the administrators Job on april 1. Cohen has been a Nasa employee for 30 years and has headed the Johnson Center since 1986, following the challenger disaster that killed six astronauts Ana new Hampshire teacher Christa Mcauliffe. Cohen a title will be acting Deputy administrator. The Deputy a office has been vacant since . Thompson resigned last year. While Cohen is in Washington former astronaut Paul j. Weitz will be in charge of the Johnson Center Home of Mission control and nasal a astronaut training Center said an administration source speaking on condition of anonymity. Truly a former Navy vice Admiral and astronaut returned to the space Center to head the shuttle flight program after the 1986 challenger explosion. Under his guidance As associate administrator for spaceflight Nasa resumed flying shuttles two years later and has had 20 successful missions since then. Truly was named administrator in 1989, succeeding James Fletcher. Truly truly a resignation comes As the Agency faces another Battle in Congress Over efforts to eliminate the $30 billion space station which would receive $2.25 billion in the next fiscal s grandson missing los Angeles apr Anthony Wayne the 15-year-old grandson of the late actor John Wayne has been reported missing and his father has offered a $5,000 Reward. The teen agers father Patrick Wayne filed the missing persons report tuesday night said police it. Pat Conmay. A there is no evidence at this time of foul play a Conmay said. The boy moved three weeks ago from his mothers Home in Idaho said Patrick Wayne a publicist Maurice Segal. Anthonys parents arc divorced. A everything was Fine a Segal said. A there were no problems. He was very Well police said the boys 1980 Volkswagen convertible also was missing. The Legal driving age in Idaho is 15. John Wayne who died in 1979, played the Tough hero in scores of movies winning a Best actor Oscar for True grit in 1969. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 21,1982 a Chrysler corp. Chairman Lee Iacocca announced that the company had sold Chrysler defense inc., its profitable subsidiary to general dynamics corp. For $348.5 million. 20 years ago feb. 21,1972 a a Day before his talks with Mao tse Tung Chou in Lai and other chinese leaders in peking president Nixon said he was ready for Long and philosophical talks in an Effort to build a new sino american relationship. 30 years ago feb. 21,1962 a astronaut John Glenn or. Orbited three times around the Earth in the United states first attempt at a manned Orbital flight. When Glenn returned to Earth nearly five hours after liftoff he was plucked safely from the Atlantic Ocean. 40 years ago feb. 21,1952 a european hockey fans emphatically sided with teams playing against the american or Canadian hockey teams in protest Over what they considered rough and unfair tactics by North american olympic hockey players who had easily won every game they had played so far in the olympic Competition in Oslo whack order heard on tape new York up a tape recording of reputed mafia chief John Gotti bragging How he ordered a mobster a a whacked was followed thursday by a tearful description from the missing Many a daughter of his last birthday party. A when a i by got a whacked a they told me a Story a Gotti is heard saying on a tape secretly recorded by the Fri dec. 12,1989. A i was in jail. When i whacked him a knew Why it was being done a the voice on the tape said. A i done it anyway. I allowed it to be done Robert a udi by Diberardo is one of five mob members whose murder got i is charged with ordering. His daughter Lori Diberardo Kunen was called to testify by the prosecution in gottis murder and racketeering trial in . District world War ii 50 years ago today feb. 21 1 a 9 a 4 2 Indian troops defending Burma Are pushed Back by the japanese toward Mok Palin. Japanese forces besieging Bataan in the Philippines Complete their withdrawal to await reinforcements for a new offensive. In Germany the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and the heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen sail for bases in Norway so they can threaten Allied convoys to the soviet Union. Court in Brooklyn. Attorneys called agent Louis Schiliro who directed the bugging of Gotti to the stand thursday to give a blow by blow description of what was happening. Under questioning by assistant . Attorney John Gleeson he dutifully explained that a a whacked meant a kill in the rambling taped conversation in an apartment above the Gambino family a Ravenitz social club in Manhattan a Little Italy Gotti indicated that victims could be a a whacked for a variety of reasons including talking Back or not showing up for meetings. The government claims Diberardo was a member of gottis Gambino crime family with connections in local teamsters Union business. Lori Kunen 23, said that she spoke to her father daily on the Telephone and saw him weekly before his disappearance. She said she last saw her father at a cookout celebrating his birthday at Hewlett Harbor on Long Island june 1,1986. Asked about her fathers line of work she replied a i was not familiar with my father s assistant . Attorney Patrick Cotter then asked her whether the family took any Legal action after he disappeared. Kunen her voice choking and wiping a tear from her Eye replied a yes to declare him Gotti listened without expression. He and his co defendant Frank Locascio Are charged with murder racketeering gambling loan sharking obstruction of Justice and bribery. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a a year ago Day 36 feb. 21 seven . Soldiers Are killed when an army medical evacuation helicopter crashes in saudi Arabia. Two americans Are killed in the crash of an army oh-58 scout helicopter returning from combat operations on the iraqi Border. Two other . Aircraft also go Down. Twenty four . And nine other Allied aircraft have been lost thus far. The Kremlin says Iraq and the soviet Union have agreed on Steps that could Lead to an iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait. A
