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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sammsssss3bssssssrsssssss3smmsam&swamabsabosmsmbmmtabsmsassa tuesday december 14,1993d 8693 russian rightists Lead vote Moscow apr extreme nationalists opposed to president Boris n. Yeltsin dominated in Early parliamentary election results monday Riding a wave of Public anger Over the stinging Cost of economic reforms. With 37 of russians 89 districts reporting the openly racist Liberal democrats headed by Vladimir thin Nevsky were leading with 23 percent of the vote. The main pro Yeltsin group russians Choice was second with 15 percent the communists had nearly 11 percent the anti Yeltsin agrarian party had 8.8 percent and the populist women of Russia bloc followed with 8.7 percent. Pro Yeltsin groups still were hoping to pull ahead in Moscow and other big cities where the counting of paper ballots from sundays election was slow. But the reformers chances were fading. Predicting his party would win a Mirinovsky called monday for a ban on foreign Aid a major crackdown on crime and a halt to converting the russian defense Industry to civilian production. He tried to play Down his extremist image saying he would cooperate with Yeltsin. Quot i am not a fascist a he said. Yeltsin whose term lasts until 1996, won approval see vote on Page 2 endeavour a a a a. �?�-.1 notches up Home run Cape canaveral Fla a seven endeavour astronauts returned in Triumph monday after a com it lashing the biggest repair Job in space history refurbishing the Hubble space Telescope. Endeavour swooped through the Black Florida sky caught in the runway spotlights like a ghost ship and made a Midnight hour touchdown at the Kennedy space Center. A a we re Home a shuttle commander Richard Covey said. A thank you for the flawless flight a replied Mission control during their 4.4 million mile journey which began 11 Days earlier the astronauts stepped out into the vacuum of space five times to work on Hubble. They installed 11 new parts the most important being optics to Correct hobbles nearsightedness. A this Mission inspired us All and it illuminated against a night sky the space shuttle endeavour prepares to touch Laid the basis for tremendous leaps in Down on a runway at Kennedy space Center in Florida Early monday our knowledge of the universe a said Nasa astrophysics director Daniel Weidman. If the optical repairs work Weed Man said Hubble will a live up to the grand dreams we had when this Tele scope was designed 20 years  the $1.0 billion Telescope was launched in 1990 with an improperly ground Mirror that prevented it from focusing on the More Remote objects in the universe. A we want to see As far As it s possible to see a Weedman said. A we want to look deep into the heart or fairly nearby galaxies to see if these Gigantic Black Boles exist there. We want to look deep inside regions where new stars Are being born and presumably planetary systems Are in the  a a Nasa wont know whether Hubble can see clearly until after two months of tests. Shuttle astronaut f. Story Musgrave right clowns for photographers at Cape canaveral fla., Early monday at left is Crew member clause Nicollier. No s wife Over stories on by Mark Kinkade staffer Lucr Diane Schap whose husband has been jailed in connection with the beheading of a fellow Soldier in Fulda Germany is upset with Media accounts of the Case. A quite frankly its morbid reporting that has gone on a she said monday from her Hospital room. A a in a totally disgusted with the Way the stars and stripes has handled  her husband sgt. Stephen Schap 26, was arrested dec. 7 after bringing her the head of spec Gregory w. Glover 21, the Man he believed was her Lover according to German police. Both men were assigned to the 11th army Cav regt at Sickols army Airfield in Fulda. Glover a headless body was found near a phone Booth at the Airfield about 5 45 . Wednesday. According to German Seo wife on Page 2 1 a r a. Quot a muslims Praise enlistment of islamic chaplain by Chuck Vinch and Kevin Robinson staff writers Muslim Servic members in Europe Are an Ocean away from army capt. Abdul Rasheed Muhammad the military a newest and Only islamic chaplain. However his recent appointment gives some of them Hope that the . Military will serve the religious needs of its muslims wherever they Are stationed. His appointment a was a Long time in coming a said sgt. 1st class Rashad see muslims on Page 2 inside today a report says safety seats failed when a v corps Sacramento Kings Point guard Bobby Hurley critically injured in car Accident a see a i a musical Hookup close encounters of the computerized kind a see pages 16-17mm  
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