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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, July 23, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 23, 1994 . The stars and stripes Pago 7 Comet finishes Jupiter assault Greenbelt my. A Comet fragments completed their bombardment of Jupiter on Friday but the scorched Marks May remain for weeks above the Cloud tops of the solar systems largest planet to astronomers the Comet Shower on Jupiter has been More than just d Light show. The Comet fragments provided a natural probe of Jupiter a atmosphere. By penetrating deeply and then exploding the space rocks performed a sort of . Astronomers can use measurements of the Light spectrum to identify molecules in the Black patches left by the impacts. Already they have found Sulphur ammonia and Hydrogen sulfite. They Are still looking for water. Astronomers worldwide also have honed skills of tracking a Comet and pre a dieting its ultimate path. Calculations some made months before have proven accurate to within minutes this could come in Handy if Ever a Comet or asteroid is detected speeding through space toward an ultimate Impact with Earth. Fragment a the last piece of Comet Shoemaker Levy 9, collided with Jupiter a Little after 4 . Edt on Friday according to Hien Nguyen and Joe Spang who observed the Impact through the University of Chicago a infrared Telescope at the South pole. The Impact of fragment w was slightly less Bright than that of the largest fragments the two astronomers said in computer messages responding to questions. A Day earlier the Comet hit the giant planet with a Cluster bomb a four fragments that smashed in at nearly the same Point Over a 20-hour period. Fragments Al q2, r and s All exploded within about 60 Miles of each other said Mordecai Mark Mac Low a univer sity of Chicago astronomer. Quot the fireballs All overlapped each other a he said a each Impact dredged up More and More material and made it the Impact Point brighter and  a a. A a the joint area where the fragments smashed into the Cloud tops of Jupiter turned into a great big blobs of Bright infrared or heat recorded on a Telescope in Antarctica operated by the University of Chicago said Mac Low. The instrument called the South pole infrared explorer can Monitor Jupiter constantly this time of year. Jupiter could possibly be hit by More than the forecast 21 fragments said Eugene Shoemaker co discoverer of the Comet and a . Geological Survey Sci Antist. He said there could be unseen pieces within the Comet train that have gone into the Jupiter Cloud tops undetected until Impact. An image of Jupiter taken thursday from an Observatory in fort Davis Texas shows Impact explosions from Comet fragments. On own by Scripps Howard news service Washington a House and Senate democratic leaders late thursday said they were scrapping much of the work done so far on health care Reform and were starting on a new program that departs significantly from president Clinton a approach. The lawmakers emerged from a 90-minute White House session with Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton to announce they would seek a Bill that is a less bureaucratic More voluntary and phased in Over a longer Iier Iod of time Quot said Senate democratic eader George Mitchell of Maine. But they insisted they were not abandoning Clinton a goal of providing health insurance for All americans and expected the plan to contain some requirement for employers to pay premiums. A we intend to still have an employer mandate a said House speaker Thomas Foley a  Mitchell said he remains committed to a insurance coverage for All americans that cannot be  the leaders said the Clinton were supportive of their efforts. Cholesterol May not be top cause of heart disease Houston a preliminary re suits of a study by a famed heart surgeon suggest genetic damage and not cholesterol May be the leading cause of atherosclerosis a disease that produces artery blockages. Or. Michael Debakey reported his tentative findings this week at a Small symposium in Glasgow Scotland the Houston Post reported thursday Debakey who serves As Chancellor at Houston a Baylor College of Medicine was travelling thursday and unavailable to comment said Baylor spokeswoman Julie  to the Post the findings a based on data which tracked 4,000. Patients Over four decades a suggest that cholesterol May Only be a secondary cause of atherosclerosis and that one third of All recurring artery blockages done to involve easily identifiable risk factors such As diet smoking gender age or hypertension. Cholesterol traditionally has been considered a leading risk Factor for atherosclerosis which is Mamed for More deaths in the United Stales than any other single condition. The shift is aimed at picking up democratic votes that have been Drifting away from the presidents proposal especially the requirement that employers pay 80 percent of premiums for their workers. Officials in both houses had been expected to make major concessions on the mandate Issue and others in the coming Days and weeks. But the Pace of Deal making now will be accelerated after House democratic Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Mitchell have taken preliminary vote counts and Clinton has signalled More flexibility on the Issue As Welt. Aides and lawmakers had expected Mitchells proposal to be modelled largely after a plan approved earlier this summer by the Senate labor and human resources committee which called on All but the smallest employers to pay premiums and even those to pay minimal payroll taxes instead. Aides to legislators said Liberal backlash against Clinton a Brief Retreat this week on. Mandates and Universal coverage had the effect of forcing the leaders to come out with a Strong bid on those Points. 3 sure Steps to higher prying Job skills from Mac code a in com Huler hotel us ukr t hands on training  Mem. Easy to earn nationally  study coir so that fits into your Schmettan Mac in the world  Tom summand 70 mov up in your Jos to Unold macs Cert Ifica u in computer 0nrati0ns. Sammt information today Call today 0630292120 author i7t.d mar adv Tisi h rank housing address. City a / am interested in earning a certificate in computer operations a first name  a last name a i Home phone. 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