European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes us sunday october 2,1994 on scans desert Ocean space Center Houston a a. 3-d space radar device aboard the shuttle endeavour scanned the Sahara de Sert on saturday for a geologic study of riverbeds buried by Sand thousands of years ago v the $366 million machine also beamed microwave Energy 138 Miles Down onto the icy Southern Ocean for a Oceano graphic study and onto the Andes mountains to give geologists a better map. Of that rugged South american Region. Nasa plans to Survey nearly 600 Sites in All during the 10-Day flight duplicating the radar s first shuttle flight last april so that scientists Catt study Earth in Dif Ferent seasons. No More powerful civilian radar has Ever flown in space. The bus sized device bounces microwaves off Earth in three frequencies providing a much de tailed View of croplands and vanishing rain forests for example. One of the radar frequencies can pen Erratb As much As 10 feet below Earth s surface enabling the study of ancient saharan Stream channels and a Long buried River Valley about 200 Miles West of the Nile. Geologists believe the Valley was carved out by a River flowing Westward millions of years before the northward flowing Nile was formed. Mapping the buried channels could Lead to a better understanding of How the arid african Region evolved. The six astronauts aboard endeavour Are working around the clock in two alternating teams. Most of their chores in clude changing data collecting tapes while ground controllers manipulate the radar and snapping thousands of photo graphs which will be compared with the radar images. About 1,800 researchers and students around the world Are assisting the studies by measuring soil moisture tracking wind and counting rocks. The crony includes astronaut Thomas Jones who also flew on the april radar Mission. Nasa wanted at least one Crew member from that flight to manage the equipment and note seasonal changes Onearth. Jones reported saturday that he has noticed less Snow cover in mountainous regions and More Green areas. Endeavour launched at Dawn Friday is due Back in Florida on oct. 10. Did convicted in wife s death Liberty to. A a Man was convicted Friday of bullying his teen age son into killing his wife at a movie Thea Ter so they could run away with her insurance Money. _ the boy who was 15 at the time of the 1993 killing stood up in his theater seat and shot his Mother seven times just As Robin Hood men in tights was about to begin. The teen Ager Derek Clouse pleaded guilty and testified against his father Lawrence Clouse. My dad told me to do it out in the parking lot but i was having a lot of Sec Ond thoughts the teen testified wednesday is his father looked on. I just stood up like i was a robot. I just stood up just As the lights went Down. I was really berserk. I was he pleaded guilty to second degree murder and faces 10 years to life in Pris on. A jury convicted the elder Clouse of murder Friday and recommended he be sentenced to life in prison without parole. Clay county prosecutor Mike rear Don who had sought the death penalty said the judge will have to follow the jury s recommendation at the dec. 3 sentencing. Derek Clouse testified that his father pressured and threatened him into killing his Mother because Lawrence Clouse 55,wanted to collect insurance Money before the couple s bitter divorce became final. Reardon said Paula Clouse a life insurance policy was Worth More than $100,000. Derek Clouse said his father threat ened to kill him if he did not go through with his Mother s slaying. Phoebe and baby Phoebe a Southern White Rhinoceros munches on some Alfalfa As she keeps a watchful Eye on her 3-Dayld baby at the san Antonio zoo. The male calf born last week willbe adopted by another 200, which will have the Honor of naming him. North for untruth7 Alto will be temp Tii be Faitt teen. Designate o6oothrough the Roanoke a. A vice presi Dent Al Gore called Oliver North the colonel of untruth for his role in the Iran Contra scandal and said his Chal Lenge to sen. Charles Robb is a litmus test for american politics. This is the kind of Choice that says a lot about us As americans. It s a Choice Between sound bites and empty rhetoric of Oliver North and sound policy Deci Sions i and substance of Chuck Robb " Gore told a few Hundred Robb support ers at a Friday night rally. 7 r North a retired Marine lieutenant col one implicated in the Reagan administration s arms for hostages scandal had Quayle. The former vice president urge voters to begin a conservative takeover this year by electing North to the Senate and to finish it to 1996, he hinted by electing Quayle As president j wherever i go people Warit m
