European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 11, 1993 us. The stars and stripes Page 5 Send off r space Center Houston a their repair work completed endeavour s astronauts set the Hub ble space Telescope free Friday with new eyes and they Hope a Keener View of the universe. Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier released the refurbished Hubble from the end of the 50-foot shuttle  at 5 26 . Est Over the southwestern coast of Africa. Its new Golden solar wings shimmered in the sunlight As endeavour slowly backed away. _ three hours later president Clinton and vice president Al Gore called to congratulate the seven member Crew on what Clinton called Quot one of the most spectacular space missions in our history a Quot were All so proud of you a Clinton said. Quot i want to thank each and every one of you for what you be done a he said. Quot you made it look  shuttle commander Richard Covey replied Quot As you know great adventures Are once in a lifetime opportunities and the seven of us were Lucky to be Able to be part of this great adventure a inside Mission control a sign on a Small Hubble it Model read a Ohst re opened for business completely renovated a after capturing the orbiting Telescope dec. 4 and anchoring it in the shuttle cargo Bay the Crew made a record breaking five spacewalks to fit the Telescope with new guidance arid Power systems and new optics designed to Correct its Blurry vision and let it see the far reaches of the universe. During his 10-minute Call to endeavour from the Oval office Clinton told the astronauts that they gave Quot an immense boost to the space program in general and to americans continuing venture in  added Gore a i think that most americans see your Success not Only in terms of the specific Mission you have successfully performed but also of a Symbol of Nasa on the Way  Hubble s new optics still have to be Fine tuned and tested for a nerve racking six to eight weeks before Nasa can Tell whether the repairs worked. Nasa had planned to Cut Hubble Loose into a 369-Milc-High orbit three hours earlier Friday. But ground controllers found that a computer component was having trouble relaying data and Nasa wanted time to study the problem. Engineers traced the problem and concluded the computer system had backup capacity to get around it. Nasa launched Hubble in 1990 and then discovered that a primary Mirror had been ground too Flat along the Edge. The defect left Hubble nearsighted and unable to answer astronomers most pressing questions such As the age and size of the universe. The shuttle is scheduled to land at Cape canaveral fla., on monday 11 Days after it began its Mission. In the stars and stripes 10 year Sago dec. 11,1983 a Danuta Walesa accepted the 1983 Nobel peace prize for her husband Lech Walesa Leader of the banned Solidarity labor federation who feared Poland a leaders would not permit him to return with the prize. 20 years ago dec. 11,1973 Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger warned european allies that they and the United states had a Choice of closing ranks or dissolving into two groups during a period of mounting soviet military strength. A. A a 30 years ago dec. 11,1963 a Secretary of defense Robert s. Mcnamara ordered the air Force to develop a manned military space Laboratory that would Start orbiting the Earth in about four years. 40 years ago dec. 11,1953 a Haggard emaciated British Soldier who spent eight years in a soviet jail sobbed out one of the most bitter denunciations of prison conditions Ever heard in the Western world. 50 years ago 11,1943 a a crisis was building in Bulgaria As that country a government was rumoured to be trying to break with the Axis and get out of the War according to reports reaching Stockholm Sweden. World War ii so years ago today dec. 11 19 4 3 lord Mountbatten. Supreme Allied commander Lor Southeast Asia orders the integration of . And British air units in the theater. Attacks by american and British troops on the Western Side of the italian front Are sputtering in the face of stiff German resistance and harsh Winter weather. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a do. In Wake of Washington a the Pentagon a drinking fountains were off r All 691 of them a on thursday and washingtonians lugged bottled water to their offices and classrooms As the nation s capital Laboured under a Federal warning that its water Supply might be contaminated. If adults tried to figure out where their next sip was coming from children reacted predictably. Quot obviously they re drinking More water today because they re not supposed to a said Shirley Richards of Abingdon elementary school in Arlington a. The environmental Protection Agency recommended wednesday that All drinking and cooking water in Washington and nearby Virginia suburbs be boiled for at least one minute before use to rid it of possible parasites. Nearly 1 million people were affected a and responded by boiling tap water Clearing grocery shelves of bottled brands and keeping their Mouths shut in the Shower. No outbreak of intestinal illness was reported although the centers for disease control and prevention announced plans to Monitor local hospitals for reports of disease. V officials said the problem probably was caused by heavy Rains that triggered soil Runoff into a . Army corps of engineers Reservoir overwhelming its filtration system. The Runoff could contain animal waste but officials added they had not discovered any excess bacteria. Federal officials said the latest tests British embassy workers Lynn Henderson left and Shirley Porter look Over empty shelves where bottled water once stood in a Washington d.c., grocery store. On class have warned that the capitals drinking water May be unsafe prompting huge purchases of bottled water. Were encouraging showing below Normal Levels of turbidity a a measure of solids found in the Supply. Other tests were in Progress to Check for the presence of crypt Sporidis a parasite that causes diarrhoea and other symptoms. If no parasites Are found the Alert could be called off today. The affected area inc tucs almost All of the District of Columbia suburban Arlington county a. A including the Pentagon and National Airport a and nearby Falls Church. People eyed their refrigerators suspiciously. When was that lettuce washed those carrots commuters brought out Side water to work for grateful co workers. Students had the expected reaction  this mean we get the Day off and complaints of stomachaches did no to get very far with the school nurse. A we Tell them a it takes a couple of Days. You la be Fine a a Richards said. The Senate s internal Cable television channels normally used to broadcast hearings instead displayed a warning against drinking tap water. The White House has its own filtration system and a spokeswoman said it was not affected. . Majority wants gun control poll says Washington a a poll says a majority of americans favors tighter gun control but they would oppose a ban on gun ownership. Meanwhile attorney general Janet Reno said Friday that she favors states taking action to restrict gun ownership. Reno appearing on Abc lbs and Abc repeated her argument that gun ownership should require licensing just As driving a car does. Asked if that would violate the constitutional right to Bear arms Reno speaking on abcs Good morning America replied a fall our constitutional rights require a reasonable  the poll of 1,479 americans was taken last weekend by the times Mirror Center for the people amp the press. The things that president Clinton has done to control handguns a chiefly his support of the Brady Bill requiring a five Day wait before a Purchase could be made to allow a police Check of the purchasers record a won the approval of 57 percent. Twenty nine percent disapproved. The others did not know or declined to say. But when asked if they favored or opposed a Law to ban the Sale of handguns 51 percent said they were opposed and 45 percent were in favor. Four percent were Uncertain. Another poll by lbs news reported that 49 percent approved Banning the Sale of handguns while 49 percent w Ere opposed. The times Mirror poll Survey also said 45 percent of those asked Felt the National Rifle association has too much to say about gun control Laws. That san increase from the 39 percent who expressed that vie in another poll taken in aug Streno said she believes the Era has always been out of step with the majority of americans. A people want a sensible reasonable approach to guns and they want to end this focus and absolute love affair with guns a she said on lbs thin morning. Forty five percent of those asked said they had one or More guns at Home. Fifty three percent said they did no to. The others did not say