European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 8 the stars and stripes . Wednesday february 9,1994 Titan blasts off on of Mission Cape canaveral Fla. A americans mightiest unmanned rocket thundered into space monday on a $1.3 billion military Mission that critics say is no longer needed because of the demise of the cold War. The last time the air forces Titan 4 rocket flew it blew up. It was an estimated $1 billion plus disaster one of the most expensive in . Space history. This time the payload was As contestable As the rocket. The Titan 4 that blasted off at 4 47 . From Cape canaveral carried a new military communications satellite called Mil Star. The satellite designed to provide instant extra secure communications among the . Armed services Cost $1 billion. The costs of the rocket tag and associated launch came to $290 million. A pm instar provides unprecedented Security a said air Force Brig. Gen. Leonard f. Kwiatkowski program director of the military satellite communications joint program office. A we can to provide that Security today and what that translates to is jamming threats and the ability of the enemy to intercept and listen to what we re  Fri agent says he saw Waco cultist Light fire san Antonio a an Fri agent testified monday that he saw a Branch Davidian stoop behind an overturned piano and Light a fire during the tear Gas barrage last april that ended the 5lday standoff. Agent John Morrison said he first saw the Man inside David Koreshy a compound near Waco make hand motions As if he were spreading something around the front room. A i see a fire come up from right where his hands were a he said. A when i saw the individual Start the fire i called it out on the radio a they re starting the building on  a the fire ended a standoff that began feb. 28 with a gun Battle Between the sect and the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms. Koresh and More than 80 followers were killed in the inferno. Some had also been shot. Eleven surviving davidians Are on trial for the slaying of four officers in the shootout. Six davidians also Are believed to have died in the clash. Defense attorneys claim the davidians were acting in self defense. They face up to life in prison if convicted on murder and murder conspiracy charges. Last year an Independent fire team concluded that the davidians started the Blaze but surviving members said the government started it by tipping Over a lantern when shooting tear Gas into the compound. Morrison testified that several davidians were quickly engulfed in fire As 30-Mph winds fanned the Blaze. A i saw a woman and she appeared to be on fire. She had a Small smoke Trail coming from her Back. She was lying on her stomach. She rests her face on her hands As the smoke got More intense a the agent recalled. An unarmed Fri a ent got out of an armoured vehicle and sprayed her with a fire extinguisher then took her from the building he said. He said another woman jumped off the roof then walked Back into the burning building. An Fri agent ran in to Rescue her he said. 1 a the was trying to pull her to her feet. She was fighting with him. She Diane to want to get to her feet. She just went Limp a Morrison said. Defense attorneys were scheduled to Cross examine Morrison on tuesday. Earlier monday the Start of the trials fifth week Fri agent Mike Toulouse testified that agents on loudspeakers had ordered Koresh and his followers to leave the compound and warned that Federal agents would be inserting tear Gas. He said armoured vehicles knocked a tank sized holes in the compound to insert tear Gas hours before the fire. Under questioning by prosecutor Bill Johnston he said a it was not an  fort Myers Fla. A a teacher who resigned because of stress fatally shot his former superintendent monday before killing himself authorities said. In a suicide note the gunman boasted that he would make the evening news in a a Public service  Larry Shelton shot Lee county schools superintendent James Adams five times then reloaded and shot him once More in the Back of the head with a .38-caliber gun police spokeswoman Angela Savko said. He then left the school Board building in downtown fort Myers and shot himself in the head Savko said. Shelton got in to see Adams after telling the superintendents Secretary that he was a Good Friend and wanted to talk with him sheriff John Mcdougall said. Authorities said the Secretary summoned Adams after Shelton insisted on seeing him. As Adams a greeted him with a handshake he shot him five times a the sheriff said. Adams was 58. Shelton resigned from his Job teaching special education at Cypress Lake middie school last october citing stress according to school  to reach 150,000 readers for just $51.72 that s How Little this space can Cost to advertise your Bazaar fest Marathon. You name it. For More info on our new and sizes and rates Call Germany civilian 06155-601443 or Dan 348-8443. Armed forces recreation Center Camp Pendleton Calif. A a Marine shot to death two of his estranged wife a friends and kidnapped her in an 18-hour ordeal that ended when he put a gun to his head authorities said. The woman was released unharmed. Lance Cpl. Timothy Clemons shot himself monday after being confronted by a member of the Shore patrol authorities said. Clemons 22, of Chicago was in critical but stable condition at the naval Hospital in san Diego base master sgt. John Farrell said. Authorities said he abducted his estranged wife Debra Hearn As she left a shopping mall sunday evening where she worked. When two friends waiting to drive her Home tried to intervene Clemons shot both As horrified bystanders looked on Carlsbad police it. Michael Shipley said. Hearn had obtained a temporary re of 2 others straining order against Clemons two weeks ago he said. Authorities said Clemons drove Hearn to Tijuana Mexico but she persuaded him to return to the base. After leaving her at a bus station in Carlsbad near Camp Pendleton Clemons returned to the base Barracks where he had lived before marrying Farrell said. When a Shore patrol member ordered Clemons to surrender he shot himself Farrell said. Clemons of Chicago a Field radio operator in the marines for three years tried to choke and suffocate his wife Jan. 16 after picking her up at work according to Hearns application for a restraining order. She described him As a violent and  on Jan. 28, Clemons was ordered by a Superior court judge to stay 100 Yards away from her. Bowling Ball kills baby in car Jersey City . A a Bowling Ball dropped from an overpass slammed through the front window of a car and fatally injured an 8-month-old girl. The baby Riding in the Back seat of the car with her 3-year-old brother was struck in the face sunday night and died in surgery at a Newark Hospital monday said de Defazio the first assistant prosecutor in Hudson county. The identity of the baby and her family was not immediately released. A a we re not saying someone intended to kill someone but the level of intelligence we re dealing with is amazing a Defazio said. A a it a really tragic. We re All very upset about this. In mall broken  Defazio said the Bowling Ball was dropped from an elevated portion of a Highway near the Holland Tunnel leading from new Jersey to new York City. The Ball apparently struck the bumper of a truck crossed the divider and went through the front window of the family a 1991 Audi As they were returning Home to the new York City Borough of Brooklyn. 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