European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 24,1994the stars and stripes Page 5record-setting shuttle Back on Earth the space shuttle Columbia prepares to land at Kennedy flight was the longest Ever for a shuttle and the longest . Space Center in Florida on saturday in this televised View. Columbian a spaceflight in 20 years. Cape canaveral Fla a the space shuttle Columbia returned to Earth on saturday with seven astronauts and a Laboratory full of animals after a delay that made it the longest . Spaceflight in More than 20 years. The shuttle landed at Kennedy space Center at 5 38 a.m., shortly after Sunrise and 15 Days after blasting off on its Sci once Mission. Offshore storms prevented a Landing Friday and gave Columbia the space shuttle endurance record a 14 Days 17 hours and 55 minutes. The previous shut tie record was 14 Days 121/ minutes set. By another Columbia Crew last fall. Al. Though the voyage is Long for a shuttle Crew it does no to come close to three astronauts 84-Day stay on skylab in 1973-74. A Welcome Home Columbia. Excellent excellent Job a Mission control told the shuttle commander Robert Cabana and his Crew. A a it a great to be Home a Cabana replied. Columbia logged 6.14 million Miles and circled Earth 236 times during its journey. The shuttle was swimming with newts. Fish sea urchins jellyfish and other Crea turns used for research into How organisms reproduce develop and adapt in space. Ground teams hustled to stabilize the spaceship so they could unload the animals quickly. A this is the important part of the Mission where the scientists get their samples a said Nasa Mission scientist Robert Snyder. While in orbit the astronauts worked in Jwo teams around the clock in space lab the bus sized Laboratory in columbian a cargo Bay. A it. A science controllers in Huntsville ala., and a few in Europe beamed up nearly 26,000 Remote control commands during the past two weeks . S Onby the los Angeles times los Angeles a got a hot tip in the . Simpson murder Case please done to Call Teri Thomas in suburban Al Segundo. Ever since Simpsons attorneys announced they were setting up a toll free phone line a 800 322-3632 a to take tips in the Case Thomas says her phone has been ringing off the proverbial Hook. That a because Thomas phone number is the same except for the area code. And after More than 200 Calls in less than 24 hours Thomas a 39-year-old Mother of two Young children is getting More than a Little tired of it. A it ruins your whole Day a Thomas said wearily Dur ing an interview that was interrupted four times in five minutes by . Calls. After one such Call she said a the the caller said he thinks he knows who killed her. I told him to Call the 800  some Sample Calls from Thomas answering machine a a a love , is my Man a a one caller said a Over and Over a in a rap song cadence. A a a in a like to speak to . Simpsons lawyer about those two people who climbed Over the Fence a said a Man calling from the Philadelphia area. A i think i seen one of them drop a  so far at least Thomas said no one has confessed to committing the murders. And she Hasni to collected any interesting tips from callers. A a in a aware of the basics but i Haven to really been following it a she says. The phone Calls started coming wednesday night after news reports about the Simpson 800 number Thomas and her husband Bruce an Engineer were not aware the Simpson number had the same seven digits As their  a woman called from new York and said she had a tip on .,�?� Thomas said. A i said a Why Tell me a after that the Calls came pouring in until finally the Thomases unplugged their phone. It French controllers strike foiling vacation travel Paris apr strik it French air controllers disrupted vacations around Western Europe on saturday grounding travellers for hours in airports on one of the busiest Days of the year. The strike by controllers at the Aix in Provence regional Center in Southeastern France a flyover Point for Many sunny destinations stranded passengers heading to or from Britain Germany Switzerland Spain Portugal and Italy. In Northern England More than 3,000 vacationers suffered delays at Ringway Airport in Manchester some for As Long As five hours. Officials expected delays to grow. It was the first Peak season weekend at the Airport with 900 flights scheduled in and out a 100 of them to the Balearic islands off the Spanish coast part of the strike affected zone. Flights to and from Germany Over Southeastern France were on average one hour behind schedule for Switzerland two hours behind and for Spain three hours French civil aviation authorities said. The authorities reported that Only half the International flights normally scheduled to Fly Over the zone could be guaranteed for the duration of the three Day strike which ends at 11 . Today. Domestically half the flights to and from Points in the Southeast a Nice Marseille Toulon Nimes Avignon Lyon and Corsica were scrubbed. For the rest airlines were providing bigger planes Able to handle perhaps 60 percent of All scheduled passengers. The air traffic controllers arc demanding a  work Force and better benefits. Talks with civil air authorities Friday ended without agreement. Summer strikes Are a tradition in France with the irritation caused to French and foreign vacationers turning rapidly into pressure on the government to Settle. F passengers wait in line at Frankfurt Airport in Germany on saturday. Flights to some sunny spots have been delayed because of striking air traffic controllers in France