European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Shuttle stay extended for atmospheric data monday March 30, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 7 space Center Houston a Nasa officials on sunday added an extra Day to the environmental Mission of the space shuttle Atlantis enabling its seven member Crew to conduct More research on the atmosphere. The shuttle had been scheduled to end its eight Day Mission wednesday. With the Extension to nine Days the new Landing time was set for 6 20 . Est thursday at Florida a Kennedy space Center Nasa spokesman Jeff Carr Saiu. The extra Day will allow scientists to a take advantage of the time we be got to gather More data a Carr said. It was the 12th time that Nasa has extended shuttle flights including the most recent Mission in january. Only three of the 11 previous voyages were stretched for scientific reasons. The others were because of technical problems or bad weather at Landing Sites. Since reaching orbit tuesday Atlantis six Man one woman Crew worked to stockpile enough Energy for the extra Day. A after going through All this work and All this Effort an extra Day is a big thing a astronaut Michael Foale said. A it will represent More than 10 percent of the  during the first shuttle Mission devoted to the environment Atlantis astronauts have been conducting tests of Earth a atmosphere most notably the Ozone layer which protects against dangerous ultraviolet radiation from the Sun and is said to be damaged by pollution. The astronauts also took time out to answer questions from schoolchildren in Alabama and Texas. Although most queries on the list were about the atmosphere one student wanted to know if the astronauts got sick in space. A for us it ranges the Gamut the whole spectrum from just a Little bit of sensitivity in your stomach to those times when you have to use those Little bags like they give you on the air plane a Byron Lichten Berg answered. A a it a not debilitating in other words it does no to totally put you out of action. Its just not real  a new project president Bush advised by his doctor to take a break from daily stress hooked up with the outdoor writer of the Sun from Baltimore for a Little fishing saturday. Bush and writer Bill Burton Are shown checking out some lures before hitting the Potomac River in Washington. Bush was on the water for five hours but caught Only one fish a a Large Mouth Bass that he described As a a relatively Small  teachers punished for allowing students to skip classroom to Woodhaven Mich. A four Woodhaven High school teachers have received bad Marks from their superiors for having their students do school work when they Are supposed to be watching the Channel one commercial television program. They were reprimanded for violating the districts contract with Channel one a 12-minute news program geared toward teen agers that includes commercial messages. The contract under which Channel one equipped the school with to sets says the show must be aired throughout the school every Day. The teachers said their refusal to show the program was not a protest against Channel one. They said it simply could not fit into their 55-minute lab sessions. The four instructors Are Karen Szymanski Ray Ruth Paul Morrison and Mary Mayette. All Are Veteran teachers with excellent work records said assistant superintendent Bill Meadows. Charles Kotulski a chemistry teacher and teachers Union spokesman supported the teachers efforts. A science education is More important than watching to a he said. A How do you do labs when you re also told you have to watch Channel one the teachers thought the priority was the curriculum of academics As opposed to the curriculum of to a Kotulski said. The Woodhaven education association has filed a grievance in support of the teachers. A school Board hearing is set for next monday in the City about 15 Miles Southwest of Detroit. Szymanski a 19-year biology teacher said Channel one reminds her of mtg a with a fast paced bombarding of news and music in the  a it puts the students in a mind set a she said. A they expect the teacher to get up there and continue the  Meadows said however that More than 80 percent of the teachers in the District supported Channel one when the Board studied the idea in 1990. A Channel one has been approved As part of our curriculum a he said and teachers Are obligated to teach the approved curriculum. Warm fuzzier of d for iraqi kids los Angeles apr a special order from the United nations freed 2,000 embargoed Teddy bears and sent them on their Way to ailing children in Iraq. The Teddy bears assembled by a nurse had been held for 59 Days in a warehouse at los Angeles International Airport. A is no to it wonderful a said Dianne Judice after learning that ambassador Peter Hohen Hellner of Austria chairman of the . Sanctions committee signed the order Friday releasing her shipment. A the people opened up their hearts and saw the True meaning of what the Teddy bears Are All about a Judice said. She added that she hoped to personally deliver the bears within three weeks along with Medicine and used clothing intended for the children. . Sanctions adopted after iraqis invasion of Kuwait in 1990, allow the shipment of Only food Medicine and other humanitarian supplies As permitted on a Case by Case basis. Judice a former paediatric nurse who lost a 2-year-old son to leukaemia found medical experts who supported her claim that stuffed animals have a therapeutic value for ailing children. Bridge legend Blackwood Dies at 89 Indianapolis a Easley r. Blackwood sr., who devised one of the Best known bidding conventions in the game of contract Bridge has died. He was 89. Blackwood who died Friday in his Indianapolis Home invented the a Blackwood convention a which allows players to Tell their partners How Many aces and Kings they hold. Blackwood a retired insurance executive wrote a dozen books on Bridge. He was general manager of the american contract Bridge league from 1968 to 1971 and once estimated he had taught the game to More than 10,000 people. He once told interviewers he picked up the game As an 11-year-old in Birmingham ala., a when my parents and grandmother needed a fourth and i was  in a 1984 interview he said he did not play any other card games. A abridge is so Superior that the Bridge player gives up other games a he said. A the thrill you get from Bridge is Superior to that of any other intellectual activity except maybe  survivors include a son Easley r. Blackwood jr., and a sister Margaret Trapp. Funeral services were scheduled today old coot Andy Rooney riles Leader with now from wire reports Charleston . Attention older feminists done to Call syndicated columnist Andy Rooney an a old coot or he might Call you an a old  Bettijane Burger president of the state chapter of the National organization for women blasted a Rooney column about indians in a March 18 letter published in the Charleston daily mail. She called him a an old coot who should be retired for saying that indians had More pressing concerns than worrying about the names o sports teams. Many indians have protested names such As the Atlanta braves As demeaning. A she suggests i should a be retired a a the 73-Ycar-old columnist replied in a letter published in the newspaper Friday. A does she Nave any a old bags in Ner now chapter or does she make them retire a burgers reply a we done to have a old  we have senior  lawsuit settled Pittsburgh a the malpractice lawsuit filed Over the death of pop artist Andy Warhol was settled for $2.95 million a Law firm involved in the Case has revealed in court papers. The size of the settlement reached last year Between Warhol a estate and new York Hospital several doctors and a nurse was supposed to have been kept secret. But a Pittsburgh Law firm Ronald h. Heck amp associates revealed it in a petition filed last week in Allegheny county common pleas court. The firm claimed it was owed $147,500, or 5 percent of the award for its work on the Case. The Pittsburgh press reported on the petition in sundays editions. Warhol a native of Pittsburgh died at new York Hospital on feb. 22,1987, after undergoing gallbladder surgery. He was 58. The cause of death was listed As a heart attack but Warhol a relatives said the defendants were  jars Alaska area Fairbanks. Alaska a a minor earthquake rattled areas Northwest of mount Mckinley on saturday night. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale was recorded at 7 32 . About 30 Miles Northwest of mount Mckinley said John Power of the Alaska earthquake information Center in Fairbanks