European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes saturday May 9, 1992shuttle heading for wayward satellite Cape canaveral Fla. A a satellite gone astray and the nations newest space shuttle were hurtling toward a weekend rendezvous Friday in a bold Nasa Mission to Pluck the satellite from a useless orbit and put it to work. The shuttle endeavour one year off the Assembly line began the celestial Chase with a Twilight liftoff thursday from the Kennedy space Center. Its target is the Intelsat 6 satellite which has been orbiting 350 Miles above Earth since a misfired rocket failed to boost it to its 22,300-mile-High duty station two years ago. Nasa had been operating its shuttle Fleet with Only Columbia discovery and Atlantis since a 1986 explosion destroyed the challenger and killed its seven astronauts. Endeavour is the challengers $2 billion replacement. After the endeavour went into a 205-mile-High orbit engineers at the Intelsat control room in Washington commanded their satellite to begin a slow descent with the first of four firings from Small mane vering jets. If All works Well the two spacecraft should meet sunday afternoon. They began their meticulously planned closing Maneu vers 8,437 Miles apart. A i think we saw the very Best of America a said Daniel s. Goldin new administrator of the National aeronautics and space administration. A a in a just Damn proud of americans  commander Daniel c. Brandenstein and his Crew of six trained More than a year for the we Klong Mission which includes three spacewalks for the first time in the 11-year-old shuttle program. Nasa chose an experienced Crew for the demanding Mission. Only Pilot Kevin Chilton has never flown in space before. Astronauts Pierre j. Thuot and Richard j. Hieb Are scheduled to venture into the cargo Bay sunday to Snag the spinning satellite and attach a rocket. Katherine c. Thornton and Thomas d. Akers Are to go out monday to rehearse space station construction techniques and Thuot and Hieb Are scheduled to do More of the same tuesday. Bruce e. Melnick will operate the shuttles robot  when it Maneu vers the satellite into the cargo Bay and during the construction exercises. The International telecommunications satellite organization Intelsat is paying Nasa $93 million for the space shuttle endeavour makes its first liftoff from Kennedy space Center in Florida on thursday night the Rescue of its $157 million satellite. When the spacecraft is fitted with a rocket and released from the shuttle it will be boosted to its outpost ready to relay 120,000 Telephone and television signals simultaneously. Pierre Madon an Intelsat vice president congratulated Nasa on a a perfect  he said the satellite will probably earn its owners $240,000 a Day when it is operating a a reason not to build a replacement that would not be ready for another two years. The forecasts had been gloomy for acceptable weather at the launch site and at emergency Landing Fields around the world. The predictions seemed to be coming True but As the launch period neared the sky cleared. One by one the weather at the emergency Sites also improved. Endeavours flight was the 47th of the shuttle program and it was the seventh space Salvage Mission. The shuttles name was chosen by pupils at Senato Bia Middle school in Mississippi and Tallulah Falls school in Georgia and 15 of the 18 winners were at the Kennedy space Center for the debut. The ship was named after an 18th-Century British ship commanded by James Cook that explored the South Pacific. A Sliver from the Stem Post of the original endeavour was aboard its namesake. A a it a like a part of me going up with this shuttle a said Casey Craig 13, an eighth grader from Senatobia a this is what it All comes Down to right  denies report he pressured Texas paper fort Worth Texas a a Texas newspaper publisher said thursday that h. Ross Perot upset Over coverage of his songs business dealings suggested in 1989 that he had compromising photos of one of the papers employees. Richard l. Connor publisher of the fort Worth Star Telegram said Perot telephoned to complain about the newspapers coverage of an Airport contract Competition involving his son and hinted that he had photographs proving sexual impropriety involving a reporter and a City official. A the incident was clearly a pressure tactic and could have been taken As an implied threat but Perot made no direct correlation Between the alleged photographs and the Airport controversy a Connor wrote in a column published thursday. Perot a Likely Independent presidential candidate issued a statement denying he had raised personal issues in the conversation. A emr. Connors account of our conversation is incorrect except for the part stating that 1 did Call and complain about the accuracy of a Story in the fort Worth Star Telegram Quot Perot said. A i made no comments of a personal nature about  the conversation occurred in july 1989, when the City of fort Worth was trying to decide who should manage Alliance Airport. The City owned Airport was built by the Federal government on land donated by the Perot group which continues to develop the area around it. Ross Perot jr., who runs the Perot group and fort Worth businessman Reed Pigman were competing at the time to manage the new Industrial Airport. A Perot group unit won the contract a Short time later. Connor wrote that the senior Perot indicated to him that a newspaper employee a was guilty of impropriety with a City official. And he suggested he had photographs to prove  Conner stated that he did not report the conversation in the paper at the time because Perot made no direct threat and he was not then considered a potential presidential  rams House kills 2 women himself new York a a Man crashed his car into a Staten Island townhouse thursday killed two women set their bodies afire and then killed himself police said. Police sgt. Peter Berry said the female victims were identified As Norma Alvarado 49, and her daughter Marjorie Moncayo 30. They were believed to be his estranged wife and the couples grown daughter. A 15-month-old girl thought to be the gunman a granddaughter was unharmed. The gunman Wasny to identified be cause he had conflicting pieces of identification. The incident began around 8 30 . When the gunman rammed his car through a garage door at the House where the Mother and daughter lived police said. The women came outside to see what happened. The gunman chased the women into a Yard a few doors away where he shot them to death poured some Type of accelerant on their bodies and set them on fire police said. The gunman then walked Back to the garage and shot himself once in the head police  fire devastates facilities for homeless fort Lauderdale Fla. Up a fire of suspicious origin roared through a Complex thursday that housed and provided jobs for More than 100 homeless men. No one was injured. But the fire destroyed $1 million Worth of property at the Faith farm where 110 men were roused from their Beds when the Blaze surrounded their dormitory about 1 20 . More than 80 firefighters battled the four alarm Blaze for about two hours before it was brought under control and officials still were putting out hot spots thursday afternoon said Steve Mclnerney fort Lauderdale a fire battalion chief. Backup Crews were borrowed from Hollywood and port Everglades to assure that the rest of the City Nad fire Protection. A this was one of the biggest fires we be fought in the last 10 years a Mclnerney Saia. A there was a tremendous Amoun of fire numerous explosions of maintenance equipment and flammable materials and roof collapses.�?�. Faith farm was established in 1951 to the fort Lauderdale Rescue Tabernacki inc., spokeswoman Karen Haynes saw provides housing rehabilitation Ai Juto indigent men including those Audi cute to drugs or alcohol Haynes said. At least four buildings were Detroye the damage was at least $1 million