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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 8, 1983 the stars and stripe9 Page 5hubble receives space Center Houston apr two astronaut mechanics installed a Quot Beautiful spanking new Quot Cam Era in the Hubble space Telescope on tuesday completing the first step in opening the instruments eyes to the fringes of the universe. Step 2 was to come Early today Central european time. Working More than 360 Miles above Earth endeavour Crew members Jeffrey a. Hoffman and f. Story Musgrave deftly pulled out Hubble sold camera like a Dresser drawer and Slid in the new one a unit the size of a baby grand piano. It took them 2v4 hours to make the Swap nearly an hour less than in practice. The new $100 million wide fiend planetary camera has corrective mirrors to compensate for Hubble a flawed primary Mirror which had left the Telescope nearsighted. Quot a look at that baby a Hoffman an astronomer said when he opened the Container in which the new camera was carried into space. Quot Beautiful spanking new. Well take some Nice pictures with that Hubble a guidance and Power systems were replaced during two earlier spacewalks on sunday and monday. Tuesdays excursion makes it three successes in a Row two More spacewalks Are on tap. Quot every Day its becoming More and More like a can you top this a a Mission control told the astronauts As they wrapped up their nearly seven hour spacewalk. Quot we know that we be been incredibly Lucky so far Quot said shuttle commander Richard Covey. Quot we Hope that our Luck holds  a spacewalk no. 4, due to begin Early today get involves the installation of another set of corrective optics. The $50 million unit which is the size of a phone Booth and contains Coin size corrective mirrors should improve the focus of Hubble a three other science instruments. Astronomers wont know whether the new optics fixed Hubble a myopia for weeks because of the painstaking testing and alignment needed the $1.6 billion Telescope was launched in april 1990. Once the final optical unit is installed Quot will we bodies at 85 Scottsdale Ariz. A Don am Che versatile leading Man of 1930s and �?T40s films whose comeback in the 1980s brought him an Oscar As supporting actor in cocoon has died of cancer. He was 85, Ameche died monday evening at the Home of his son Don Ameche jr., in this upscale Phoenix suburb the son said tuesday. Ameche Learned he had prostate cancer about 13 months ago but by that time the disease Hail spread throughout his body his son said. Ameche lived As Long As he could at his own Scottsdale Home then moved in with his son about 2 a weeks ago. He worked to the end and in the Fust week of november finished his part in Cortina Corrina a movie with whoops Goldberg and Ray Liotta. Ameche plays a Man whose son Liotta develops a relationship with a Black housekeeper in the late 1950s. Amechee a character Dies in the movie. Already a radio Star Ameche made a smooth transition to films beginning with sins of Man in 1936. During 12 years at 20th Century Fox he appeared in musicals comedies and biographical dramas most notably the Story of Alexander Graham Bell. When his film career faded in 1948, Ameche busied himself on Broadway in silk stockings and can can and later in Ramona 1938. Lares Kotlove. 1936. Tout is Nam 1937. Fifty roads in town 1937. You can t Haw everything 1937. Love under fire,1997. In old Chicago 1938. Happy Landing 1938. Jtetkl938. Alexander s ragtime band \9qb. Gateway 1938. The three musketeers 1939. A4kftitoftt1939a a the Story of Alexander Graham Beh 1939. Hollywood cavalcade 1939. Swanee River 1940.lillian flus Saff 1940.four sons,1940. Down Argentine Way 1940. 7haf a Kent in Rio 1941. Moon Over Miami 1941. Kiss the boys goodbye. 1941, the feminine touch 1941. Confirm or deny 1941, the magnificent dope 1942. Girt trouble 1942, something to shout about 1943. Heaven Dan wait 1943.happy land 1943. Wing and a prayer 1944. Greenwich Village 1944. I sin the bag 1945. Guest wife. 1945. So goes my love 1946. That s my Mon 1947, a Steep my love 1948. Slightly French. 1949. Don aim Chat holds hit Oscar Tor boat supporting actor in cocoon. Phantom caravan 1954. Fire one 1955. It a fever in the blood 1961. Rings around the world 1966. Picture Mommy dead 1966. Suppose they gave a War and nobody came 1970. The beatniks 1970. Trading places 1983. Cocoon 1985. Harry and the hendersons 1987. Coming to America. 1968. Things change 1988. Cocoon ii the return 1988. Oddball Han 1990. Oscar 1991. Folks 1992,touring musicals and dinner theater. His appeared in the fantasy cocoon in which second film career began in 1983 with he played one of a group of Florida Reti trading places starring Eddie Murphy Rees who discover a Fountain of youth and Dan Aykroyd two years later he created by extraterrestrials. Ecstatic of course. Will we party no Well wait Quot said Hubble program scientist Edward Weilor. V Hoffman Rode on the end of endeavours robot Arm to replace the camera As he did during the first space walk sunday. Musgrave Hung to the Telescope anchored in the cargo Bay by foot restraints. While the work was conducted in near darkness to prevent damage to the camera from sunlight the space walkers were under a spotlight of sorts. Illumination from Small lamps on their backpacks and a flashlight that was shined on them from inside the cockpit allowed them to see. The removed unit had four wide Field cameras to detect Distant objects and four planetary cameras to make High Resolution studies of planets galaxies and stars. The replacement has Only three of the former and one of the latter to save  Hopes to regain most the Hubble a lost Promise of getting Crisp images of the faintest and oldest heavenly bodies. The wide Field planetary camera accounts for half of All the data collected by the  gives nod to new haitian talks Washington apr president Clinton is putting his administrations support behind haitian prime minister Robert Malval a efforts to revive talks on restoring democracy in the troubled Caribbean country in an Oval office meeting monday night with Malval and ousted haitian president can Bertrand Aristide Clinton underscored . Support Quot for the democratic impulses of Haiti and for the return of president  before meeting with Clinton Malval said he would resign As planned dec. Is but stay on As acting prime minister until a successor is chosen. Malval could not say How Long that would be or what would be entailed in picking a new prime minister in a country controlled by the military Malval said he plans to Convene a meeting with representatives of All see tors of haitian society in port a Prince As Early As next week to seek a solution to the crisis which began two years ago with Aristides ouster by the military. Clinton said he wanted Quot to compliment prime minister Malval on his announcement today of his intention to remain on after dec. 15 As acting prime minister and to try to revitalize and broaden the talks in Haiti within the framework of the governors Island  the  Accord was reached in july in new York on returning Aristide to  says Cuomo urged not to seek 4th term new York up a new York newspaper has reported that friends and family of gov. Mario m. Cuomo Are urging him not to wage what could be a Tough Battle for a fourth term. The daily news quoted the governors daughter Madeline Cuomo As saying that a majority of her fathers allies including son and confidant Andrew Cuomo opposes a run. Madeline Cuomo said Quot they think its going to be a Tough Campaign. They think Hedoesit deserve to have to go through that. They think a who needs it?�?Tbasically.�?� Cuomo 61, became nationally famous for indecisiveness during the 1992 presidential Campaign when he could not make up his mind about entering the democratic contest finally pulling out shortly before the new Hampshire primary. Royd. Two years later he created by extraterrestrials. To Power Clinton defends envoy s decision to arrange aided flight on . Plane Washington apr president Clinton has de a death by hunger.�?�. Fended the use of a . Jet by Mohamed Farrah aided aided had been the target of an intense search Afu a he somalian forces were suspected in the killing of the deaths of pakistani and american peacekeeper Washington apr president Clinton has de fended the use of a . Jet by Mohamed Farrah aided whose somalian forces were suspected in the killing of 24 americans. Clinton said monday that Robert Oakley his special envoy to Somalia wanted to get aided to peace talks in Ethiopia last week and Quot had to make his decision on the Spur of the  with aided refusing to use a . Plane Oakley Felt Quot he had to get the peace conference going and so he thought it was the right thing to do and i will stand behind his decision a the president said. Clinton spoke at a joint news conference with Spanish prime minister Felipe Gonzalez after a two Nour meeting. Gonzalez interjected that the . Presence in Somalia Quot has its human Cost but it has saved tens of thousands of lives of innocent lives. It has saved them from a death by  aided Nad been the target of an intense search after the deaths of pakistani and american peacekeepers. After the deaths of the americans Clinton reversed course set a March 31 deadline for the withdrawal of americans to Somalia and agreed to drop the manhunt. Asked How he would explain to the families of slain service members Why the United states was now helping aided Clinton said "1 would Tell them that they were Over there fighting ultimately for a peace to take place. That action was fundamentally successful they achieved their objective. They Ai rested a lot of  he said that . Forces have in custody Quot the people who we think Are the most Likely to have been seriously involved in the murder of the pakistani soldiers and to have caused difficulties for the  an Independent commission is investigating who was responsible he said  
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