European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september 29, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 be i fort Jackson to continue its coed combat program from the associated press Columbia . The army tried it and top brass liked it. Now they re making a coed combat training program for raw recruits permanent. Women and men will train together at fort Jackson starting next month after a successful Experiment last year spokesman Rick Fulton said tuesday. All individuals will be treated the same As soldiers and All training will be integrated except " for instruction that is gender unique such asap prevention and personal Hygiene Fulton said. The goal is to have 120 men and 120 women in each of two units. The program will be expanded in late october and november. About 40,000 recruit receive Basic training at fort Jackson annually. Line lists and letters Sacramento Calif. Starting next year. Californians will be Able to Call a number for a Small fee and learn if someone is a convicted child molester. Gov. Pete Wilson signed legislation tuesday that requires the state Justice department to maintain a900-number that members of the Public will be Able to Call to get information about child molesters. Supporters say the new Law which takes effect Jan. 1, will enable parents to better protect their children by determining if a neighbor has a history of child to the number will Cost about $4 for the first minute and $2 for each additional minute although charges could drop if the volume of Calls increases Pilot Safe in harrier crash " Ridgecrest Calif a Marine corps harrier Jet which can hover As Well As Fly like regular fighter crashed in the desert and burst into flames tuesday after the Pilot ejected safely. The unarmed av-8 harrier went Down several Miles Southeast of the China Lake naval air weapons Center officials said. The Pilot was crash in uninhabited desert sparked a Small wildfire but no buildings were damaged and no injuries were reported said Kevin Mullins a Kern county fire. Department cause of the crash which occurred during a routine training Mission was under investigation. The harrier jets hovering capability allows them to take off and land in tight spots. A harrier is seen in the movie True lies no raise for lawmakers Washington among the billions in spending the House approved for the fiscal year beginning saturday not a cent will be going for pay increases for members of Congress. With lawmakers wary of provoking voters who already seem eager to throw incumbents out of office a $23.5 billion Treasury postal service and general government measure approved tuesday night specifically bars any increase in legislators $133,600 judges Cabinet and sub Cabinet officers and the vice president also Are prevented from getting pay raises. But other Federal employees would get a 2 percent Cost of living increase. Trooper explosives suspect Hampton a. A state trooper was arrested tuesday and charged with planting explosives at courthouse and two shopping malls then responding to the scares with his bomb sniffing dog partner. No one was injured in the scares in june july and Roy Rich Ards 41, was held on charges of Possession and manufacture of explosives and attempting to Burn or destroy a courthouse. Authorities would not speculate on a bomb was found june 17 at a mall i Hampton and another was found at mall in Virginia Beach on july 16. Threats were phoned in each time. Three explosive devices were found in the Hampton court building on sept. 13.richards and his dog master blaster participated in All the searches. The dog found the bomb at the mall in Virginia Beac Richards was hired by the state police in 1980 and had worked with bomb sniffing dogs since 1986."we More than anyone else Are saddened and embarrassed said col. M. Wayne Huggins. Superintendent of the state police. Excess baggage the space shuttle discovery piggybacked atop a modified Boeing 747, Rolls to the Tower tuesday at Kennedy space Center Fla. The discovery landed last week at Edwards fab Calif., after being waved off from Flor Ida because of bad weather. Nasa said a Californi Landing adds about $1 million to a Mission s Cost. Twice left at the la astronaut endeavours to get a lift Cape canaveral Fla. A the Only shuttle astronaut to endure two engine shutdowns is Back for another try v/2 months after his last attempt fizzled in the final seconds. As you can imagine the last couple weeks i be gotten lots of advice on what i can do to help the shuttle get off the Padon Friday Daniel Bursch said tuesday at Kennedy space Center. One person urged Bursch to Wear a disguise on launch Day. He briefly donned a pair of fake glasses and a big plastic nose with a Mustache. Someone else suggested he Click his heels three times while repeating there s no place like endeavour is scheduled to blast off with Bursch and five other astronauts at 7 16 . Eastern time Friday. The countdown for its 10-Day Earth Monitor ing Mission began tuesday and continued Early wednesday. Nasa replaced endeavour s main engines after the aug. 18 shutdown which occurred 1.9 seconds before scheduled liftoff because of an overheated pump. The previous engine shutdown at the pad was in August 1993 Bursch s first shuttle Mission. He made it into orbit one month later. Endeavour holds the most advanced civilian radar Ever sent into space. The $366million radar flew on the shuttle in april. Scientists interested in Earth s seasonal changes wanted the August Mission to compare april s radar images of volcanoes deserts forests and oceans with summer views. Now they will have to Settle for autumn images a disappointment for those who wanted to observe crop harvests in Northern Europe and full sum Mer foliage in Michigan and Canada. The delay won t affect radar mapping of Rwanda Daniel Bursch wears fake glasses nose and Mustache tuesday at Ken Nedy space Center Fla., after someone suggested he Wear a disguise on his next Mission. Bursch is the Only astronaut to have gone through two shuttle engine shutdowns in the final seconds before liftoff. A Uganda and Zaire Home to the world s 600 to 650 remaining wild Mountain gorillas. The Dian Fussey Goril la fund will use the images to Chart the gorillas habitat in Hopes of helping to save the endangered animals an Oil spill in the North sea also is still on tap. Ger Man researchers plan to dump Oil off Denmark to see whether endeavour s radar can track the mess. They Promise a Quick cleanup. White House laughs off pregnancy report Washington a As Hillary Rodham Clin ton s spokesman Neel Lattimore Fields questions from inquiring minds every Day. But he Drew the line wednesday at this tabloid inspired query is the first lady pregnant i Don t have the guts to ask her he said with a laugh. A tabloid paper that hits the grocery store stands this week reports breathlessly that insiders Tell a British biographer mrs. Clinton is due in april. The first lady turns 47 next month. White House officials denied the report privately. Publicly they laughed it off. This is the same publication that said she adopted a space alien baby Lattimore said if they already have a space alien baby i Don t know if they need another
