European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Contest to find worst husband new York apr it promises to be an anxious weekend for the nations cads one of whom will learn Early next week that an sex wife a essay on his foibles has won a the first wives club consumer  the stories Range from the merely annoying a the Rascal who bought his wife the sunday paper for her 21st birthday a to the truly terrifying a doctor accused of caressing his wife a face and telling her a i know just where to press to break every Bone in your  All Are subjects of essays submitted to Simon amp schuster inc., publisher of the first wives club by Olivia Goldsmith a novel about three women who Are discarded by their powerful husbands for slim Young a trophy  the novels jacket Flap announced an essay contest on a just what a cad your sex husband  first prize is a $1,500 gift certificate to Cartier the jeweler. The publisher says it heard from almost 200 women including one behind bars in Wisconsin for trying to hire someone to murder her former spouse. Saturday May 16, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 5 spacewalk gives Nasa some constructive ideas Cape canaveral Fla. A a team of astronauts put together trusses and joints and crawled Over their project like kids on a Jungle gym As they looked for the Best ways to assemble a station in space some Day. A the fourth and last spacewalk on the Maiden voyage of the space shuttle endeavour put Katherine Thornton into the record books thursday As the second american woman space Walker. Her time of 7 hours 45 minutes was the second longest spacewalk Ever twice As Long As the 3 hours 29 minutes by Kathryn Sullivan in 1984. The seven member endeavour Crew was awakened late Friday morning by the Jimmy Buffett tune son of a son of a Sailor in Honor of the shuttles namesake an 18th-Century British sailing ship. Mission control told the astronauts that their trainers Send a their Best for making the Maiden voyage of endeavour a spectacular Success. They wish you Well As you Start preparing to come Home to  after a week of intensive activity All that the Crew had on its plate Friday was stowing four spacesuits holding a Brief news conference and cleaning the Cabin. The Landing using a drag Chute for the first time was to be at Edwards fab in California at 4 57 . Edt today. Edwards has been used by All shuttles for their first landings because of its limitless runways on the desert floor. The construction exercise with Thornton and Thomas Akers was Given Only one Day instead of the planned two because of extra time required for retrieval of the Intelsat 6 satellite. The rocket stage installed while the satellite was aboard the endeavour was fired thursday and the Intelsat was propelled into an orbit More than 50,000 Miles High where it passed every test. A we Are Happy and you can see i am smiling again tonight Quot said the communication consortium a Pierre Madon. Quot the a boost Mission is now a  president Bush on Friday called Nasa administrator Dan Goldin to congratulate him on the Mission s Success. The White House said Bush watched television news accounts of the satellite capture. From the efforts of Thornton and Akers Nasa architects and engineers Learned a major lesson the careful alignments needed to build Large structures in space require More time and care than they do in swimming Pool simulations on Earth. In the stars and stripes10 years ago May 16,1982 a British troops landed on the Falkland islands in a a commando Type Quot raid on Argentine installations and then withdrew the British defense ministry said.20 years ago May 16,1972 a Alabama gov. George c. Wallace was critically wounded As he campaigned at a Maryland shopping Center for the democratic presidential nomination.30 years ago May 16,1962 a in a move to protect Thailand from the threat of communist forces in neighbouring Laos president Kennedy ordered 5,000 troops to take up Battle stations in Thailand and the soviet Union agreed with the United states on the necessity for an effective cease fire in laos.40 years ago May 16, 1952 a truckers reported having to wait up to 12 hours to Clear soviet checkpoints in Germany As soviet guards continued to harass . And British military Highway patrols and delay German goods passing through the soviet zone. Worl d War ii50 years ago today 16 may1.9.4.2 Britain s 8th army makes final preparations for launching an offensive in North Africa but Erwin Rommel a afrika Korps shows signs of getting ready for its own attack. German and italian bombers Pound Malta for a sixth straight Day in the Campaign to Knock the tiny Mediterranean Island out of the War As a British base for attacks on convoys supplying Axis troops in North   2194 Days of War w h. Smith a r a  a inc governor urged to halt execution of prisoner who claims innocence Richmond a. Up Roger Keith Coleman who is scheduled to be executed next week professed his innocence thursday and amnesty International .a. Called on gov. L. Douglas Wilder to Grant him clemency. A a in a bitter and in a angry and in a frustrated a said Coleman 33. He is scheduled to be executed wednesday for the 1981 rape and murder of his sister in Law Wanda Mccoy in the Coal mining Community of Grundy in far southwestern Virginia. The 19-Ycar-old Mccoy was slashed to death in her Home along slate Creek in the Remote Mountain Community nestled 20 Miles from the Kentucky Border. There was no sign of forced entry and prosecutors said Coleman who had served a stint in prison for attempted rape was one of Only three men whom she would have allowed in her Home while her husband was at work. Coleman who served As a pallbearer at Mccoy a funeral was arrested five weeks after the crime based on a web of circumstantial evidence pieced together by investigators. A a in be been sitting Here locked up for 11 years for something i did no to do a Coleman said thursday in a conference Call from prison with reporters. A and in a six Days away from  he denied killing or raping Mccoy. A i am innocent a the former Coal Miner said. He vowed to continue his Effort for a new trial. A a in a going to fight to prove that in a innocent a til in a either free or in a dead one or the  Coleman Slegal team is preparing to take his Case to the 4th . Circuit court of appeals in Richmond a. His attorneys Are seeking a hearing to present evidence that they contend would win him a new trial. Coleman also has asked Wilder for clemency and amnesty International .a. Held a state Capitol news conference to rally behind him. John Healey executive director of the human rights group referred to the los Angeles riots and said there is a growing world opinion a that the United states is beginning to embark on a Trail of  Healey asked How the United states can permit executions and Call itself the Leader of the world movement toward Freedom and democracy. A can we Tell the Khomeini and the Raf Sanjenis of this world that we now know How to kill and who to kill and you done to he said in reference to the late and current leaders of Iran. Jim Meclosky a Lay minister from Princeton n.j., who leads a group that has exonerated 12 death Row inmates through its investigations has spent the last four years checking Coleman s claims. Mccloskey said the prosecutions Case was a weak and highly  a i have no doubt Roger Keith Coleman is completely innocent a said Mccloskey who reviewed details of the Case with reporters. He theorized that Mccoy was killed by two men who lived near the victim. Coleman Scase is gathering International attention. He appears on the cover Roger Keith Coleman of the current Issue of time Magazine and the Case was to be discussed thursday night on Cable news networks Larry King live. One of his attorneys Kathleen Meehan said she had no qualms about taking her clients Case Public. A if it has to go the court of Public opinion then so be it Quot said Meehan. Guess yields mom a Cool chunk of change Nenana Alaska apr an Unzem Loyed single Mother of four has won 165,000 in alaskans annual Nenana ice classic by guessing within two minutes the time of the Tanana River Spring breakup. Mary Lou Burke 33, said she would use her winnings to buy new shoes and a Home for her children and planned to donate 10 percent a to the lord because the lords the one who gave it to  a then of course Uncle Sam takes his chunk. With what a left i need a Home. I want to get some land and a Home to give stability to the kids and i done to have a vehicle. I done to have anything a said Burke who lives in Nenana a Village about 70 Miles South of Fairbanks. The traditional a tripod Quot platform mounted on the Frozen River last Winter broke free thursday floated Down River and stopped a clock at 6 26 . Alaska Standard time. Burke estimated the ice would go out at 6 28 . Ast. The tickets Are sold during a period when the state switches from Standard to Daylight saving time so guesses Are recorded in Standard time. Ast is 10 hours behind Central european l Ime she spent $20 for 10 tickets and based her guesses on the birth dates of her children Leigha 12, Charles 9, Andrew 8, and Maggie 2. She also allowed them to choose some. The Correct ticket was her last. Because Burke does not have a phone Marilyn Coghill from Coghill a general store was dispatched to deliver the news. A she screamed Quot Coghill said. A she says a what do 1 do what do i do a she  find her shoes. They were in the Middle of the floor. A she is really a Nice person. There is no one better it could have happened