European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 4, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 5gunman who killed 4 was Nice Guy Ventura Calif. A the Man who killed three state unemployment workers and a police officer before being killed in a fusillade was a a very gentle per Sony whose sudden violence baffled neighbors and friends. Blah Winter Hume walked into the state employ ment development department office in Oxnard on thursday carrying a sawed off Shotgun and a pistol officials said. He then opened fire Oxnard police cmdr. Tom Cady said. Three state employees Werck killed and four other people were injured. It after an eight mile car Chase during which Winter Bourne killed an officer Potice fatally shot Winter Bourne in front of the unemployment office in Ventura. Authorities said they did not know his motive. Officer Jim of Brien 35, was slain in the Drivers seat of his unmarked police car. Police said Winter Hume and pursuing officers were stuck in traffic when Winterbourne got out of his car shot of Brien in the head returned to his car and drove on. Winter Hume 33, of Ventura was a Quot really Nice Guy a said neighbor Cyndy Rasmussen. Quot he was Nice to the kids. He was always mowing the neighbors  Winter Hume lived with his Mother Ila in Ventura. The pastor of his mothers Church said Winter Hume called himself a pacifist. Quot he seemed like a very gentle person a added Dave Hall of Trinity lutheran Church. Two years ago neighbors said Winter Hume asked them to sign a petition against new Stop signs saying they were bad for the  the signs went up Winter Hume kept up the Campaign. Nazir Lalani a Ventura traffic Engineer compiled a stack of his letters 2 inches thick Quot his Issue was t ride a bicycle and i can t Roll through the intersection As i used to. I have to get off my Bike now a a the los Angeles times quoted Lalani As saying. In 1990, Winter Hume tried to ride his activism into Congress campaigning for the Republican nomination on a Promise to Cut the deficit and eliminate the 55 Mph Speed limit. He won 11 percent of the vote in the primary. Hubble Telescope idled to prepare space Center Houston apr the Hubble space Telescope was put Down for a Nap Friday As shuttle astronauts closed in to restore the Observatory a 20-20 sight. The $1.6 billion Hubble made its last science observation overnight. Ground controllers then switched the Telescope to Low Power in preparation for today a Jen Devous and capture and closed the protective door Over the Lens. Once Hubble is secured in endeavours cargo Bay space walking astronauts will attempt to install 11 new parts including corrective optics. Hubble was launched in 1990 with an improperly polished Mirror that left the Telescope nearsighted. The problem made this $629 million repair Mission necessary. A it s sad and a tragedy that there was a flaw that might have been caught by additional testing that Wasny to done at the time a shuttle commander Richard Covey said Friday morning in an interview with the associated press. Quot i think its past the time of pointing fingers. We be just got to go up and fix this thing now and get it working the Way it was intended  endeavour was trailing Hubble by 678 Miles at 8 45 . Est Friday a tenth of the distance at which the shuttle started out after thursday s launch. The space voice recorder pulled from plane wre rage Hibbing Minn. Apr investigators sorting through the wreckage of a commuter plane found the cockpit voice recorder that May contain clues As to Why the plane crashed killing All 18 people aboard. Hampered by snowy weather Crews worked through the Day thursday to disentangle bodies from the wreckage and carry them to a makeshift morgue at the St. Quot plane crash in he United states since March 1992, Whin a Usai. On Takeoff in a snowstorm at Laguardia Airport m new York City killing 27 people. A two women console each other thursday outside an Oxnard Calif., employment of lace after a Man went on a shooting spree inside the building killing three  report to be shown soon panel announces Washington apr the final report of the Iran Contra prosecutors investigation into the Reagan administration s biggest scandal will be made Public soon possibly with minor deletions a panel said Friday. The special panel of three Federal appeals judges said it had granted a request by a research group and two organizations representing journalists to release the massive report in a some Short period of  it gave no specific Date. A the court not Only considers it appropriate but in the Public interest that As full a disclosure As possible be made of the final report of the Independent counsel a the panel said in a three Page unsigned memorandum accompanying the order. A the possibility exists a the court added that Federal Law or court rules Quot May require limited  but the panel said Quot we anticipate that these deletions if any will be  the report has been kept secret since it was completed by Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh in August allowing former Reagan administration officials time to respond to criticisms. The scandal which began in 1985, involved the Sale of weapons to Iran to obtain the release of . Hostages in the Middle East and the diversion of the profits by former White House aide it. Col Oliver North to buy arms for nicaraguan Contra rebels. At the time . Military assistance to them was barred by Law. The report concludes that president Reagan Stop aides including attorney general Edwin Meuse i engaged in a cover up in the Iran Contra affair to protect the president from possible impeachment according to notes provided to the associated press by individuals who read the document. The special panel of three appeals judges who appointed Walsh seven years ago had the authority under the Law to suppress All or part of the final report from the 6wyear, $35 million investigation. The court said it will not make Public a classified appendix to the report but will release a separate appendix of responses from those named in the report. Astronaut Kathryn Thornton floats to a televised View from the space shuttle endeavour on Friday during the Mission to Correct defects in the Hubble Telescope. Ship gained 70 Miles on the Telescope with every orbit. There was no indication the seven astronauts had sighted their Quarry before starting their scheduled sleep period although Nasa said it would be visible to them. As the Gap closed the astronaut who has the Tricky Job of seizing Hubble 360 Miles above Earth cranked up endeavours robot  and practice moving it around the cargo Bay. It the capture depends on Claude Nicolhey s sensitive fingers it was expected at 4 10 . Est 10 10 . Central european time today. Twelve Federal investigators ent thursday searching for clues indicating Why the Northwest air link Turboprop crashed. The plane operated by express airlines ii inc., slammed into a Mound of mining waste i Miles Short of the Airport wednesday night. The cockpit voice recorder of the Jet Stream 31 was sent to Washington for examination said National transportation safety Board investigator Alan Pollock. He added that the a real search for information has Only just  the Northwest airline Turboprop did no tissue a distress Call