European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse For Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday november 4,1994 at a glance a grieving egyptian is controlled Bya Friend after a fuel train crash sent a River of fire through a town Wil ing at least 475 people and leaving thousands homeless. See Story on Page 12. If report denied the . Military has denied a published report that Washington plans to resume reducing its troop strength in South Korea retired Admiral angry a retired Admiral one Day into his life As a private citizen has lashed out at a senator who challenged his retirement at the four Star rank. Jury asks for death a jury has recommended execution of an anti abortion extremist in two shooting deaths. First lady loses Post president Clinton is relieving his wife Hillary from coordinating his health care Reform strategy at her re quest. Pag9 l Index Abby Ann Landers classifieds. Comics. Commentary. Crossword. Faces n places entertainment. Horoscope. Jumble. Letters. Re. Money matters. Sports. W listings. Weather. .25 28-33 25-271725 .14 19-2432 .32 .1618 33-403915 correction shuttle starts Ozone flight Cape canaveral Fla. A space shuttle Atlantis roared into orbit thursday with six astronauts on a mis Sion to measure Earth s feeble Ozone layer including the monstrous Hole Over the Antarctic. Atlantis blasted into a Clear sky at noon four minutes Date. There were High winds and Clouds at emergency Landing Sites overseas throughout the morning but Nasa found that conditions had improved enough in Morocco and sent the spaceship on its Way. Hope you have a Good flight and enjoy that new vehicle we gave you launch control told the Crew shortly be fore liftoff. Atlantis spent the past two years being refurbished. This is the seventh shuttle Mission this year and the fifth that is part of Nasa s Mission to planet Earth a pro Gram to understand such environmental changes As Ozone depletion deforestation and global warming. Mission to planet Earth is the fastest growing part of Nasa funding has shot up 50 percent Over the past four years said program chief Charles Kennel this year s budget is $1.2 billion. That s a sign of the times Kennel said. for 11 Days seven instruments aboard Atlantis will scour the strato sphere for Ozone and other chemicals and examine solar Energy. It is the third time in 2yz years that the and european monitors have flown in space. But it is the first flight during Auto an which is when a Hole forms in the Ozone layer Over the ant Arctic. Satellites show the Antarctic Ozone Hole which lasts from september until late november is 9 million Square Miles about the size of North America. The Ozone layer absorbs dangerous ultraviolet radiation which can cause skin cancer in humans and weaken Ani Mals immune systems. Man made causes of Ozone depletion include chlo Rine containing gases used in manufacturing and refrigeration. Astronauts will release a German Sci ence satellite today and retrieve it insight Days after it studies the Atmo sphere. V. Along for the ride Are 10 pregnant rats which will give birth after the flight. Biologists want to see How fetuses develop in weightlessness. General keeps Friendly fire hearing closed Ramstein a Germany is the commander of the 17th air Force maintained his stance thursday against Public hearing for a . Pilot charged in the Friendly fire incident in Iraq that killed 26 people a . Air forces in Europe spokesman said. Maj. Gen. Eugene d. Santarelli the17th air Force commander reaffirmed his decision to keep it. Col. Randy s article 32 hearing closed said Doug Moore a Safe spokesman no reason was Given. The hearing the military equivalent of a grand jury probe is scheduled to Start monday morning at Sembach a Germany. In an earlier statement Santarelli said he ordered the hearing closed to protect classified information to encourage Complete testimony to protect the rights of the accused and to insure that the privacy rights of the7 accused Are not unduly infringed upon during the investigative stage of the news organizations had asked Santa Relli to reconsider his decision because a similar hearing at tinker fab okla., was open a. A the hearing at tinker involved five members of an airborne warning and control system aircraft Crew that Over saw the april 14 Pursuit and Downing of two . Army Black Hawk helicopters Over Northern Iraq by May and his flight Lead capt. Eric a. Wickson. May and Wickson thought the Heli copters were iraqi Hinds. Twenty six people died in the incident including 15 americans. Marines from Page 1 agent. Investigators had not yet inter viewed Carla Stumpf at her parents Home in Arcadia Fla., he said. Stumpf also was held overnight in Beaufort jail on a Drunken driving charge last week after his car hit the Back of an other at a stoplight. He was to have received substance abuse counselling this week said maj. Carol Mcbride a base spokeswoman. How it might affect his career would depend on the individual circumstances she said. Carla Stumpf told the Sarasota her Ald Tribune he wanted to be the poster Marine and i was All for it because that what i thought was making him Happy. I can t assume that it s one particular Stumpf s parents declined to speak tothe associated press on wednesday. On tuesday his Mother Mary told the her Ald Tribune he was an outstanding person and a dedicated years ago Stumpf led a squad into plane from Page 1 near the end of the wings that turn a aircraft. The pilots attempted to recover but the air plane rolled sharply to the right again Hall said. The air plane then rolled Over on its Back and a recovery was not accomplished Hall said. All 68 people flying from Indianapolis to Chicago were killed monday. Ailerons Are controlled by the pilots,-.but it. Was not Clear exactly what caused the initial dip. The cockpit voice recorder showed alarms sounded repeatedly before the plane dropped from air controllers radar screens Abc reported. Hall said there is conversation on the recorder but he would not reveal what was said. Ailing the plane s anti icing device was activated at the time of the crash but investigators were still trying to determine if ice played a part Hall said. Ice can build up on the wings and make it hard for planes to maintain their Altitude. Icing is an Issue. There s no Way to Sayat this Point if it does become a Factor " said Nosb spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz other weather factors including winds that gusted to 49 Mph also were being considered. The american Eagle flight was the first of 11 placed in holding pattern because of poor wether conditions at Chicago s o Hare International a port and had been Cir cling for 32 minutes meteorologist Allan Morrison of the National weather service in Joliet 111 said wind Shear sudden changes unwind Speed and direction. Were re ported at the time of the crash. Hall said the shifting winds had Bee occurring All Day. Kuwait said his sister Susan Barse. He gave the marines 200 percent. He did so much and he did so Good in the marines it s a tragedy she said. It Svery obvious that it was an insurmountable amount of stress in the reporters weren t allowed to talk with recruits who watched the shooting but Quarles said they were told that marines like everyone else Haye personal prob lems -. -. Just because they run them through Boot Camp and put an m on their Chest does t mean they Are immune to the problems of everyday living he said. Numerous aircraft were penetrating the wind layer with no reports of turbulence Hall said. Investigators also will study if there Are similarities Between flight 4184 and another atr-72 plane that landed with icy wings and an engine Flam out at Chicago s o Hare International Airport about 30 minutes after the crash. Preliminary information shows flight4184 s engines were running when it hit the ground. Hall said. The plane shattered into tiny pieces except for a 6-tor8-foot piece of the Tail. The severity of the crash is making identification of victims difficult. A wednesday investigators brought the first remains of victims to a Tempo Rary morgue set up at a National guard armory said Newton county Coroner or. David Dennis. Remains believed to be those of one of the pilots were found searchers said. Because of a reporting error the name from Page 1 t of i a t i a i i off n to n f it f n a a of a i w v Jval Lull i Lvi l11u Iii Law of the new air Force chief of staff Gen. No off re Eato y r in ass Sirg i i nos Force uniforms. Salo Brown said he will do that and Issue other necessary regulations As Quick Lyas possible. A National institutes of health com Mittee this year that the syndrome is real and serious but it could not define the disorder or pin Point its cause. There is no single disease or syn drome apparent but rather multiple ill Nesses with overlapping symptoms an causes the committee said. Brown said the a would Contact vet Erans listed on a 1992 registry and re open benefits claims that were earlier denied
