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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday december 5,1993 at a ounce parolee Richard Allen Davis Palm print found in the bedroom of Polly Klaas is Only a part of the substantial evidence linking the Man to the California girls abduction author Hies say. See Story on Page 8. Reaching out _ president Clinton is extending Quot a hand of possible cooperation Quot to North Korea after talks that officials said achieved some Progress on the nuclear inspection Issue. A pages Reform movement the Clinton administration is embracing reforms in Federal entitle ment programs to finance its 1994 programs within a tight budget. A Page 6 Job frustration Alan Winter Hume s Job search evolved into a Long Battle with the bureaucracy and it ended in an explosion of violence at a state unemployment office in California. A Page 10 drawing a crowd the cemetery in Medellin Colombia was so crowded that drug lord Pablo Escobar s widow and children could not get through to the  Page 12 Market Heads higher the Stock Market advanced this past week on buying fuelled by a Stream of reports showing a steady economic  Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers. 17 classifieds .24-27 commentary .15 faces n places.17 horoscope.26 letters. 14 Money matters. 20,23 Mutual .21-23 sports.29-36 weather.16 Bush Reagan reportedly tarred in scandal summary Washington a in a Sharp attack on two former presidents the Iran Contra prosecutors final report concludes that Ronald Reagan Quot set the stage Quot for the scandals illegal activities and George Bush failed to Tell the truth about his role according to sources familiar with the document. Lawyers for Reagan and Bush have read the report by Iran Contra prosecutor Lawrence e. Walsh and were Quick to dispute its conclusions. Reagan s lawyer called them a utterly irresponsible Quot while Bush a attorney called Oil Walsh to Quot fold up his  the soon to be released report says Reagan created an atmosphere in which top aides Felt free to Man Euver outside the Law according to the notes of several individuals who read portions of the document. In particular the report states that comments Reagan made to a top adviser left White House aide Oliver l. North feeling As though he had an Quot invitation to break the Law according to the sources notes. President Reagan violated any criminal statute. Nevertheless he set the stage for the illegal Cliv it in s which Eti sued a a the sources notes quote the report As saying. Theodore Olson Reagan a lawyer said that he was forbidden by court order from commenting on the report but that Walsh a conclusions Quot would be completely unwarranted and utterly  Quot All the evidence ,., shows that president Reagan complied with All Laws and at All times directed his subordinates to do i Ike Wise Quot Olson said i n a statement. The scandal involved the Sale of arms to Iran in Exchange Tor the release of hostages and the diversion of some of the profits from those sales to a Clandestine network run by North to funnel military supplies to Contra rebels in Nicaragua. At the time Congress had forbidden . Military Aid to the rebels who were fighting the leftist government of Nicaragua. Walsh a report was completed in August but has been sealed from Public scrutiny by a special panel of Federal a the three judge panel announced Friday that it would release the report soon possibly with minor deletions. A for now the report is available Only to those named in it and their lawyers. Those who read it Are prohibited by the court from discussing its contents publicly. A number of sources provided the. Associated press with a description of its contents including notes from sections of the report. The sources insisted on anonymity. The sources said the report concludes that Bush was not telling the truth when he declared publicly that he was a out of there is a no credible evidence that time to peals judges to give those named in it 0 submit responses. A _ the Loop Quot a unaware of important aspects of Iran Contra when he served As Reagan a vice president. Bush has said that he did not know until after the scandal erupted late in 19s6 that the arms sales were linked to the release of american hostages held in Lebanon. A contrary to Public pronouncements Bush was fully aware of the Iran initiative Quot the sources notes quote the report As  a. From Page 1that Montgomery would have strenuously if he had know Happy about it  Page 1 objected he a not Quot but he a a realist and what a Likely to have happened is for the state departs mint to come Back and say a sorry about that. We be heard your objections a he flies . In Washington acting state department spokeswoman Christine Shelly said last week that aided flew on the army plane to help get peace talks rolling. Aided who opposes the in. Operation in Somalia refuses to Fly on in. Aircraft. That leaves the question How does aided get Back to Somalia Rausch said the . Military does not want to Fly him Home though it would if the state department insisted. Slowly reached out with endeavours robot Arm and grabbed the 43-foot-Lone, 25,000-Pound Hubble. He lowered the glistening Telescope onto a turntable stand in the cargo Bay where it was latched Down. A Houston endeavour has a firm handshake with or. Hubble a Telescope a Covey told Mission control. Quot its quite a  flight controllers applauded the news. Quot there Are smiles galore Down Here Quot said Mission control Susan Helms the capture occurred 367 Miles above the Pacific Ocean. Everything went by the Book unlike last years Rescue of the stranded Intelsat satellite which had to be caught by hand. Hubble unlike Intelsat was designed for capture and servicing. The $1.6 billion Hubble launched in 1990 and named after the late astronomer Edwin p. Hubble is badly in need of repairs. Its vision is blurred because of a misshapen Mirror the result of a manufacturing error. Its solar wings shudder. Half its gyroscopes Are broken. Its computer memory is diminished. Its magnetometers Are just getting by. And its ultraviolet Light Detector has Power trouble. Jeffrey Hoffman and endeavour s a fish a a up no Eye a three other space walkers Hope to resolve these problems by installing 11 new parts including $86 million Worth of corrective optics. The space walkers were to leave the Cabin in pairs to work on the Telescope beginning around Midnight saturday. Five spacewalks Are planned on five consecutive Days a a . Record. The optical repairs a the driving Force behind endeavours $629 million Mission should enable Hubble to tackle its objectives including determining the age and size of the universe As it is now the nearsighted Telescope can discern objects Only 4 billion Light years away just a third the intended distance. Nasa has invested $3 billion in the program to Date including $250 million a year to operate the Telescope. The Telescope is designed to last 15 years with service Calls by astronauts every three years. 3 �?z5inc�.us Fetich Hubble has travelled 3z. Million Miles and made about 45 000 observations. A endeavour s High Speed High stakes Chase after Hubble began with Thun Days liftoff. The six Man one woman Crew slate the Telescope through the sky for 820,00 Miles. Covey Pilot Ken Bowersox and Robe Arm operator Nicollier said they Habrough t a Long Good 1 uck p piece s. A i have a Gold necklace in be always flow with for at least 20 years a said Covey a air Force colonel. The got an old beat up Silver Mihitar Chain that i brought with me from my nay a 0wers0jti a Navy commander. I have a drawing that my daughter manna made for me a said Nicolhey  
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