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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Wednesday november 9,1994insanity defense for Smith studied Weij to move trial Union . Apr Susan Smiths attorney says he May mount an insanity defense for the Mother who told police that she was suicidal the night she rolled her car into a Lake and drowned he two sons. A a in a going to consider everything a David Brack said monday. Brack said he also May ask that the trial be moved from Union where crowds jeered Smith outside the courthouse Friday. Brack who visited Smith in prison saturday with a psychologist refused to comment further saying the judge in the Case had asked him not to discuss the mat a Ter. A v. \ "7. 7 a a a a Smith 23, was charged with murder thursday after police said she confessed to buckling her children a Michael 3, and Alex 14 months a into their safety seats before rolling her car into a murky Lake. She had originally claimed that a Black carjacked had driven off with the children the night of oct. 25. Investigators said she had recently broken up with a Boyfriend who had told her that he did t want a read made family. A i wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go Down that ramp into the water and i did go part Way but i stopped a Smith said in a written confession to police can reported sunday. A i went again and i stopped. Then i got out of the car a nervous wreck. A. 7 a ,. 7.,. A a a a a a a a. A i dropped to the lowest when i allowed my children to go Down that ramp into the water without me. 1 took off running and screaming a of god of god no what have i done Aback said the can report was accurate. But he de Susan Smith accused of killing her two Young sons faces the cameras of the . Department of corrections. Nied a report in the nov. 14 Issue of Newsweek that Smith watched Michael struggle to get out of his safety seat As the car rolled into the Lake. State Law enforcement division chief Robert Stewart also said monday that he had never heard her say that and did no to see it in her written confession. Smith remains in a prison isolation cell on a suicide watch Brack said. She was barred from viewing the to coverage of her sons funeral sunday and has not been allowed to read newspapers. Shuttle checks on gases Cooling pipes sheriff Howard Wells said his office has received Calls threatening Smith and others in the Case. On sunday about 125 people gathered at the mostly Black St. Paul Baptist Church to discuss the racial overtones of the Case. Karen Brackett said the. Two hour forum helped reassure Blacks that their Community can Rise above race As it did during the search for the boys a there were White people out there. There were Black people out there a Brackett said Quot people As a whole were searching for those  space Center Houston apr atmospheric monitors aboard Atlantis surveyed Earth a envelope of swirling gases tuesday while a French astronaut tested a Type of aluminium pipe that night Cool future spaceships. 7 7 v /�,.� 7.7 instruments in the shuttle cargo Bay Are scouring the atmosphere for dozens of gases including the thin and invisible Ozone layer that protects life on the planet from ultraviolet solar rays. Nasa scientist Michael Gunso said his Ozone Monitor aboard Atlantis confirms what instruments on permanently orbiting satellites have already found a there a very Little of the critical Gas inside the Antarctic Ozone Hole. 7 the shuttles Orbital path takes it just South of Cape Horn to get a Good look at the gaping Hole which is shrinking As it does every year at this time As air from the Middle latitudes drifts southward. Despite the shift two to three times less Ozone is inside the Hole than outside Gunson said monday. 1 a Gunson a instrument continued gathering inform wash1ngton apr commuter planes like the one that crashed in Indiana last week should be barred temporarily from flying in areas of suspected icing Federal safety investigators say. A a the recommendation was made monday by the Independent National transportation safety Board to the Federal aviation administration. It came a week after an american Eagle at 72 Turboprop crashed near Roselawn. Ind., killing All 68 pc pie aboard. On Friday the Faa barred cockpit Crews of at 72 and smaller at 42 planes from using the automatic Pilot in icing conditions. It cited evidence that the american Eagle plane rolled out of control while on autopilot and flying in a holding pattern in icy weather. In a letter to Faa administrator David Hinson Nosb chairman Jim Hall said that a until further information on the crashes cause is available stronger pre Tion tuesday along with another Monitor that maps Ozone by measuring ultraviolet Light bouncing off the atmosphere a third Ozone Monitor failed a Day after thursdays launch. Astronaut Jean fran ois Cleroy spent part of the morning spinning freon filled aluminium pipes that might make up the next generation of spacecraft Cooling systems. Complex pumping systems with plenty of moving parts and potential problems Are now used to protect shuttles from the intense heat of sunlight in space. For future space vehicles or stations Nasa Hopes to use a simpler Radiator system. In the simplified system freon flowing through aluminium coils would transport the heat into a pump and release it into space without the use of moving parts. For the test aboard Atlantis Cleroy used a motor to spin two heat pipes in a setup that resembles a pin wheel. The goal was to determine How Well the pipes will transport heat on a gyrating spaceship. The 11-Day flight is due to end monday. Commuter cautionary measures should be taken by the Faa to prevent a recurrence of icing related accidents involving the at  he said the Faa should a prohibit the intentional operation of at 42 and at 72 air planes in known or reported icing conditions until the effect of upper Wing surface ice on the flying qualities and Aileron hinge movement characteristics Are further  ailerons Are devices near the end of the wings that turn an aircraft. The Faa also should Tell its air traffic controllers to a provide expedited services to at pilots who request help in avoiding icing areas Hall added. His Agency makes recommendations to the Faa but has no enforcement Powers. About 30 of the at planes Are flown by . Commuter carriers. A total of 130 planes manufactured by the French italian consortium Avion de transport regional Are in service worldwide. Columnists warn san Francisco papers they May quit jobs a san Francisco apr the Best known columnists of san Francisco a two striking newspapers threatened monday to leave the papers if management goes Heath Vith a plan to replace striking workers Herb Caen and Art Hoppe from the san Francisco chronicle mined Rob Morse Stephanie Salter and Ray Ratto of the examiner along with other prominent writers and photographers in signing a letter to management. The newspapers have threatened to replace permanently any of the 2,600 striking workers no do not return to the Job by 5 . Today. No matter How Long the strike lasts we re going to stay together a Caen said. Matt Wilson executive editor of the chronicle and examiner publisher William Randolph Hearst Iii issued a joint statement in response. We want them to come Back to work. We would be heartbroken and saddened if they were not to return a the statement said. A we still Hope for a  the reporters Drivers press workers and other Union employees walked off their jobs at the newspapers nov. I in a dispute Over pay and layoffs in a planned streamlining of the distribution so Stem they had been without a contract for one year. Negotiations continued monday at mayor Frank Jordan a office with Federal mediators present a a Ai is Nice spa Kernan Dean Church said 412,000 papers were delivered . Sunday a striking truck Driver died after he tried to Cut electric Power to a distribution Center for the newspapers. The last strike at the newspapers in 1968. Lasted 52 Days  
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