European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 52, no. 233 50cesmattsessaeamms Basarob  tuesday december 7,1993 d 8693 a Navy warship stranded on Sandbar ship runs aground by sue Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy a . Navy divers monday were inspecting the amphibious assault ship Guadalcanal which ran aground Friday morning on a Sandbar about 150 Yards from the pier in the port of Gaeta according to the . 6th Fleet. The ship was attempting to Moor at the pier when a line linking the ship to amp a italian tugboat broke. The smaller vessel and other tugs were unable to control the Guadalcanal As heavy winds pushed it into shallow water a spokesman for the Fleet said. The Navy Salvage ship hoist pulled the Guadalcanal from the Sandbar late sunday afternoon after tugboats failed to dislodge it. The Guadalcanal which normally carries a Crew of about 680, was in Gaeta on monday and naw officials said it was Uncertain when it might leave the port located 30 Miles North of Naples. Two sailors aboard the ship were slightly injured As a result of fridays incident. One suffered a broken ankle and was taken to the . Navy Hospital in Naples. The other was treated on Board the Guadalcanal for bruises. The Guadalcanal was scheduled to pull into Gaeta on Friday to serve As a platform for the 6th Fleet change of command ceremony when vice adm. Joseph w. Prueher took Over from vice . Joseph Lopez. The change of command was held at the Gaeta Community Center. The 6th Fleet has its Headquarters on the guided missile Cruiser Belknap which is usually at a Gaeta pier. The Belknap was anchored offshore monday because the pier cannot support More than one ship. Navy officials in Gaeta would not speculate monday when the Guadalcanal will pull out and when the Belknap can return to port. The Belknap began running Liberty boats to Shore on saturday for some sailors. S4s a damaged solar panel junked by the endeavour astronauts drifts into space in this televised  Given new solar wings space Center Houston a astronaut Kathryn c. Thornton lifted High by a shuttle Crane monday held a 398-Pound twisted solar panel from the Hubble space Telescope Over her head let go and watched it slowly Drift away As space debris. Thornton and her space walking partner Tom Akers then installed new solar wings on Hubble. The discarded Wing a a thin Blanket of plastic a began flipping As the space shuttle endeavour backed away. Sunlight glinted off the Golden surface see related stories photos on pages 18-19 of the panel As it floated like a lost Kite with the Blue Ball of Earth in the background. A it looks like a Bird a Thornton said As the shuttle moved farther and farther away. Installing new electricity generating solar panels was the purpose of mondays spacewalk the second of five to Correct Hubble s bad vision jitters and see Hubble on Page 2 America departs Somalia for the red sea see Page 4 .4 j a �5-Aitaly oks f-16 jets at Aviano by j. King Cruger Northern Italy Bureau Italy has agreed to allow the . Air Force to base dozens of f-16 fighting Falcon aircraft permanently at Aviano a. A memorandum of understanding was signed nov. 30 by officials representing the . Air forces in Europe and the italian ministry of defense said capt. Felicia Tavares a Safe spokeswoman in Ramstein a Germany. A details concerning the memorandum arc expected to be released following a meeting later this week of the nato defense planning committee a Tavares said monday. The agreement signed in Rome must be approved by nato officials in Brussels Belgium but their of is see jets on Page 2u.s./ Russia Ponder pointing nukes away Washington a with the cold War Over the United states and Russia have been discussing for months a plan to Stop aiming their Long Range nuclear missiles at each other president Clinton confirmed monday. Redirecting the nuclear weapons is Quot one of the things we have under consideration a Clinton said adding that he and russian president Boris n. Yeltsin discussed the matter at their april meeting in Vancouver British Columbia. A we Are working through it but no final decision has been made a Ine president said. Senior administration officials said there was nose nukes on Page 2 composer Frank Zappa Dies of cancer see Page 7 Happy smites flexing Grin Muscles triggers brain activity