Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 129, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 February 1984 — Page 2

The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, February 6,1984

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2nd satellite slated for launch anyway

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Challenger’s astronautswent ahead with plans to launch a second communications satellite tody, hoping it won’t meet the same fate as Westar VI, which has been found alive and healthy but totally useless. Although the failure of Westar VI, released from Challenger on Friday, remained a mystery, the Indonesian government gave the go-ahead for the spacemen to launch its Palapa B 2 payload. Indonesia is counting on the overall successful record of the rocket that is suspected of causing the loss on Friday. Previously, the rocket had logged 16 space firings without amiss. “I think everyone has a high degree of confidence Palapa will succeed,” NASA flight director Randy Stone said Sunday. “Obviously, since we had a failure, I’m sure the pulses will be up at a higher rate than they would have been.” The tension was also heightened Sunday when a 6-

Gemayel speed is urged

c. 1984 N.Y. Times News WASHINGTON - The Reagan administration said Sunday that it was urging President Amin Gemayel to move quickly to form a new government that for the first time would include key representatives from Lebanese factions that have been opposed to his policies. Senior American officials and diplomats here and in the Middle East were reported working around the clock to limit the damage caused by the resignation of Prime Minister Shafik al-Wazzan and the rest of the Cabinet and the fighting in Beirut between Shiite and Druse militias and the Lebanese Army. There appeared to be no effort to disguise the administration’s worries that the situation might deteriorate further, but senior administration officials sought to make the best

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foot, $450,000 balloon scheduled to be used for rendezvous target practice went bust. Palapa B 2 will add to a communications network that serves the nation of 13,000 islands as well as the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Papua, New Guinea. The satellite’s name means national unity. Astronauts Robert Stewart and Ronald McNair are to launch the satellite, spinning it out of the cargo bay, while Commander Vance Brand and pilot Robert Gibson control the shuttle. The fifth crewman, Bruce McCandless, is to monitor. Forty-five minutes later an attached rocket called a payload assist module (PAM) is to boost the satellite toward a stationary orbit 22,300 miles high. It was something in that firing, experts believe, that caused the Westar failure. The satellite and its rocket did not rise, and the rocket separated and broke into one large and 11 smaller pieces. The package was lost in space

out of the situation by suggesting that a new, stronger Lebanese government might emerge if Gemayel shows enough political finesse. But some officials expressed concern that Congress might look upon the situation in Lebanon as having deteriorated so badly as to warrant an immediate pullout of the 1,800 American Marines, something that is being advocated in the House by Democrats and resisted by the administration, which does not want to give the impression of being forced out of Lebanon. Last year, President Reagan had suggested that if the situation in Lebanon became untenable, that might be a reason to pull the Marines out. But Sunday, a senior State Department official said “the president intends to maintain full American participation in the multinational force in

for several hours until Air Force radar detected a cluster of objects in orbit near Challenger on Saturday. NASA and Western Union, which owns the satellite, felt certain they had found Westar VI, but did not confirm this until Sunday. A ground station in California succeeded in changing the satellite’s attitude so that its batteries could be charged by the sun’s energy, said Western Union spokesman Bill Ziegler. “As far as we know we have a spacecraft that’s in the wrong orbit that’s completely healthy,” he said. However, there was no hope of raising the satellite to its planned 22,300-mile-high orbit where it would be stationary above Eartn, he said. The most that could be hoped for is that “we might get a few hours twice a day,” he added. “In the parlance of cars, I think it’s a total loss.” Westar VI, representing a $75 million investment by Western Union, was insured for about SIOO million, as is Palapa 82.

Lebanon.” “This is crucial to the Lebanese government’s ability to pursue solutions to the difficult problems facing it,” he said. “Lebanon is not collapsing, but I will not try to tell you that the situation is not very difficult.” A White House official said that he believed Syria was playing a major role in fanning the military and political turmoil in Beirut and that it was important to discuss with other Arabs the possibility for putting counterpressure on Syria. To this end, a White House official said he expected Reagan to meet with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt in Washington after he returns from California next weekend. Also, the official expected Reagan to meet soon with King Hussein of Jordan, who is in Cleveland for medical treal ment.

Mount St. Helens 'hot'

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) Scientists predicted an explosive eruption from Mount St. Helens within 24 hours Sunday night, and the restricted zone around the southwest Washington volcano was closed. Steve Brantley of the U.S. Geological Survey said the most potent eruption that was likely to occur probably would not endanger anyone in the area. However, crews were

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Half the fun of participating in the Olympic Games is bringing home a bundle of souvenirs. And that's just what U.S. speedskater Mary Docter, Madison, Wis., is planning to do as she takes a break from her training to tour the

Vice President George Bush, who was briefed by Middle East experts on the political situation in Lebanon Sunday morning, said “Let’s hope that out of these resignations you’ll have a government formed that really more broadly represents the factions involved”in Lebanon. Ever since the end of August, the United States has been urging Gemayel to replace the Cabinet of “technocrats” headed by Wazzan, with one that included high-ranking representatives of the Shiites and the Druse. Gemayel is a Maronite Christian. Although Washington has consistently given its backing to Gemayel through the last several months of crisis in Lebanon, officials have also privately expressed frustration with his seeming reluctance or inability to bring about the government of national reconciliation he has promised.

evacuated from a U.S. Army CORPS OF Engineers pumping station at Spirit Lake, about five miles north of the volcano’s crater. Jim Zollweg, a University of Washington seismologist in Seattle, said earthquake activity had increased markedly beneath the volcano generally, and beneath the lava dome in the crater particularly, since noon Saturday.

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Controversial legislation set for Senate consideration

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate considers some of the nation’s most controversial an-ti-crime legislation this week, including a death penalty measure, while Lebanon and El Salvador share the House spotlight. Meanwhile, jockeying over President Reagan’s 1985 federal budget continues as top administration officials shuttle among congressional hearing rooms to answer questions and deflect criticism of the $925.5 billion spending plan. Legislators planned to quit Washington at the end of the week for a 10-day LincolnWashington recess. The Senate’s anti-crime legislation includes measures that would legalize the death penalty for certain federal crimes and allow admission in court of some illegally seized evidence. These measures and others were kept out of a comprehensive crime control bill

Dixon, 111.,

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan, who left his hometown of Dixon, 111., a half century ago to pursue his ambitions, is returning to celebrate his 73rd birthday with a tour of his boyhood home, a parade and a cake without candles. It was Reagan’s first trip back as president, but at least his second as a presidential candidate. Despite the campaignstyle undertones of today’s nostalgic journey, it was being paid for by taxpayers because it was not considered an overtly

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that passed the Senate on Thursday, 91-1. Sponsors felt the subjects are so divisive they could have scuttled the omnibus legislation. The bills would: —Establish constitutional procedures for imposing the death penalty in such federal crimes as treason, espionage and attempts to assassinate the president. —Create an exception to the exclusionary rule to permit introduction of evidence obtained by officers acting with the reasonable, good faith belief their conduct was legal. Currently, the rule allows courts to throw out improperly obtained evidence regardless of the officer’s state of mind. —Restrict access of state prisoners to federal courts. The measure would require federal judges to respect “full and fair” state court proceedings, and limit the time during which a criminal can appeal a state verdict to the federal courts.

ready for Reagan's birthday

political event. Joined by his brother, Neil, the president scheduled a tour of the newly restored home at 816 S. Hennepin St., where he lived from 1920-1924. Then, Reagan was testing out his new armored Cadillac, complete with interior fluorescent lights to make him more visible, as he rode at the head of a parade through the main busines district. A White House spokesman, who did not wish to be identified, said the president would

Freed rape 'suspect' not bitter

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP)-ABall State University football player is not bitter after spending four months and 11 days in jail charged with three rapes authorities now say he did not commit, the student’s mother says. Emma Culpepper says her son, Joseph F. Culpepper, has “an A-positive attitude about life. They couldn’t break him.” She said her son still wants to become a policeman, possibly a state trooper. “He’s not bitter,” Mrs. Culpepper said. Culpepper, 22, of Indianapolis, was freed from the Delaware County jail last week.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to meet Tuesday to draft a non-binding resolution seeking the “prompt and orderly” withdrawal of U.S. servicemen from Lebanon and calling on Reagan to report within 30 days on progress toward that goal. House leaders said the resolution received overwhelming approval at a Democratic caucus last week, but Democratic members of the committee decided to delay a committee vote while they worked on language designed to secure Republican support. Also on Tuesday, the House is scheduled to consider reinstating a requirement that the president certify each six months that the Salvadoran government is making progress in human rights as a condition of continued U.S. aid. Reagan also wants to provide $312 million in additional military assistance to El Salvador over two years.

remain shielded inside the car until he reached a reviewing stand. The car, which was delivered last week, has a roof that was widened and raised three inches from past models so people could see inside while the president remained protected. A birthday party, with a crowd of about 4,000, was planned inside the Dibon High School gymnasium, decorated with red, white and blue balloons. The school opened in 1928, the year Reagan was

Authorities say a man who looks like Culpepper is the suspect now in a series of rapes in Muncie. Culpepper has no criminal record. “He wants to take the very negative experience and turn it around,” Mrs. Culpepper said. “He saw the other side of the system, and it will probably give him a better appreciation.” Police in Muncie arrested Culpepper, a Ball State senior linebacker, and criminal justice major, on Sept. 21 when he reported to football practice. His mother said Friday that because of the arrest, her son has missed the final two quar-

Cold is blamed in 27 deaths By RON SIRAK Associated Press Writer Blowing snow and bitter cold blamed for at least 27 deaths roared out of the Midwest today, leaving a family of six dead in their car and turning travel into an icy hazard from Kentucky to Maine and as far south as Georgia. Temperatures tumbled into the teens overnight in northern Georgia and up to four inches of snow was reported today in Jasper, with an inch on the ground in Athens and Atlanta. State police warned against all but essential travel in the northern third of the state. Heavy snow was reported today in southeast Kentucky, where 6 inches were expected before the day is out. Early today, accumulations from 2 to 4 inches were reported in Clay, Knox and Harlan counties, where some roads were closed and travel was described by the National Weather Service as “treacherous.” Blinding snow whipped by winds gusting to 60 mph produced blizzard conditions over the weekend in parts of the Dakotas, lowa and Minnesota, stranding hundreds of motorists. As the snow moved east today bitter cold set in, sending the mercury plunging as low as 15 degrees below zero. Of the 27 known weatherrelated deaths, 14 were in Minnesota, including a family of six who froze when their car stalled in swirling snow and got stuck in a snowbank, authorities said. “The real heavy snow and high winds are dying down, but snow will continue today across the northeast accompanied by highs only in the teens,” said Nolan Duke of the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City, Mo. “Freezi g temperatures stretched to the Gulf Coast this morning,” Duke said. “In fact, at 44 degrees, it was warmer in Billings, Mont., than in Houston and New Orleans.” It was 35 early today in New Orleans and 40 in Houston. The mercury fell to 28 in Dallas. By Tuesday morning, the mercury could fall below freezing in northern Florida, Duke said. Readings below zero covered lowa and Minnesota today. It was 15 below this morning in Mason City, lowa, and 12 below in Redwood Falls, Minn., the National Weather Service said. The worst of the weekend weather walloped the northern Plains and upper Midwest. While only 2 to 3 inches of snow accumulated, high winds dropped wind chills to 50 below zero and whipped up near-whiteout conditions that made travel extremely dangerous.

graduated from nearby Northside High School. For the birthday party, tickets were distributed over the weekend on a first-come, first-served basis. Also, 500 of the ticcets were reserved for those who attended a fundraiser to defray the cost of the event. The tickets were sold for SIOO each. Although he was born in Tampico, 111., Reagan moved to Dixon in 1920, when he was 9, and considers it his childhood home.

ters of his schooling, delaying the completion of his education and a chance for an internship this spring. Culpepper is home with her in! Indianapolis, visiting relatives: and making plans for his future. Culpepper and his family! were unable to post SIIO,OOO bail. His mother and other family members traveled to Muncie twice a week to visit him. The Ball State professors who knew him well during his nearly five years on campus made regular visits. “They can never compensate us for the hardship the mortgage of our property, the travel, the long distance calls.”