Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 304, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 August 1984 — Page 2

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Fourth time the charm for launch of Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - America’s new shuttle Discovery finally soared into orbit today on its thricedelayed maiden flight, carrying three communications satellites and a sixmember crew that includes NASA’s second woman astronaut and its first paying passenger. After three frustrating postponements in two months and a last-minute wait to get two airplanes out of the way, Discovery lifted off into blue, cloudless skies on a mission critical to rebuilding the confidence of customers in the shuttle’s commercial reliability. Nine minutes after the fiery departure at 8:42 a.m., Mission Control in Houston reported the liftoff was perfect and Discovery was in orbit 184 miles high and streaking around the globe at 17,400 mph. Also aboard is a drug factory that will manufacture a hormone whose identity has been kept a secret but which is said to be of potential benefit to millions. “I know it’s been kind of rough, turning this thing around ... and getting it ready to go again,” commander Henry Hartsfield, 50, told the control center shortly before launch. “We’re ready to go and we thank you for it.” The flight combines two missions into one as NASA struggles to get back on schedule and packs 24 tons of cargo, the heaviest yet for a shuttle. Discovery’s inaugural, the 12th shuttle flight, began almost seven minutes late because two private aircraft had

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Discovery at-a-glance

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Here, at-a-glance, are the facts and figures of the 12th space shuttle mission: Spaceship: Discovery, the third shuttle, on its first flight. Flight postponed twice in June, once this week. Orbit: 96 orbits of Earth at altitude of 184 miles. Mission length: 6 days, 59 minutes. Landing: 6:34 a.m. PDT, Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Crew: Henry W. Hartsfield, 50, commander; Navy Cmdr. Michael L. Coats, 38, pilot; mission specialists Steven A. Hawley, 32, Richard M. Mullane, 38, and Judith A. Resnik, 35, second American woman named to a space flight, and payload specialist Charles D. Walker, 36, a non-

penetrated the Kennedy Space Center airspace. One had to be chased away by a government plane. With tens of thousands of spectators watching from the Kennedy Space Center and nearby beaches and highways, the blastoff culminated a countdown that was interrupted for 24 hours Tuesday night. That halt was required because of an electronic malfunction that theoretically

UAW picks both Ford, GM as strike targets

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - The head of the United Auto Workers says a decision to target both General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. for possible strikes means the companies should “start all over” and make better contract proposals in time to avert a walkout. UAW President Owen Bieber said Wednesday that GM and Ford should propose new contract terms “with haste because there’s only 16 days left” to avoid a strike when the current contract expires Sept. 14. Bieber’s comments at a meeting of nationwide union locals came one day after GM and Ford offered nearly 500.000 domestic auto workers no increase in basic wages and no guarantee that more jobs won’t be lost to foreign countries or nonunion shops. GM offered a lump-sum payment to workers, while Ford offered a profit-sharing plan.

astronaut who is an engineer with McDonnell Douglas Corp.’s Astronautics Division. Payloads: Three commercial communications satellites; a solar panel which will be unfurled to a length of 105 feet in a test of a device that may one day draw power from the sun for future shuttles or space stations, and a machine in which Walker is to electrically separate biological material to produce the first made-in-space medicine for testing on animals and humans. The medicine has not been identified. Next flight: Challenger, on Oct. 1, with a science payload and a crew of seven, including two women, one of whom will take a space walk to test techniques for transferring fuel to orbiting satellites.

could have prevented the booster rockets and fuel tank from dropping off after they exhausted their fuel. But a hastily redesigned computer program worked perfectly, and the twin boosters peeled away two minutes seven seconds into the flight to splash down in the Atlantic for retrieval. The crew’s main job will be to deploy the three satellites for commercial customers,

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Ford’s top negotiator said the decision to name GM and Ford as dual strike targets complicates the labor negotiations. GM issued a noncommittal statement calling the UAW move an “opportunity.” The union had made job security its No.l issue in this year’s contract talks. UAW bylaws provide for a strong presidency and in keeping with that, the

Air Force probes first B-1 crash

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25-member executive board granted Bieber the right to pick one of the two companies later as sole strike target. Wednesday’s vote by the board initiated a move the UAW has tried only once before since pattern bargaining began nearly 30 years ago. Bieber called on GM and Ford, which are making record profits, to “start all

It came just six days before Rockwell International Corp., the prime contractor for the B-l, was to unveil the first production model of the B-18, which is to be the bulwark of America’s nuclear bomber force. In Washington, Air Force Lt. Col. Ron Greer said the four-engine plane was engaged in “extremely low-level, extremely low-speed” tests on its 127th test Bight. Development of the B-l began in 1970, and its history has been characterized by sharp debate. The Defense Department has argued that the nation needs an advanced, multipurpose bomber with low-flying capabilities to penetrate enemy defenses. Critics say the B-l is expensive, lacks maneuverability and that its job can be

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over” and offer new proposals that do not “represent a lack of fairness.” Ford chief negotiator Peter Pestillo said the move could rob the talks of the intensity that occurs when one company is the target and the other waits its turn. Beiber sought to squelch speculation that union leaders could not make up their minds this year, saying a double target was the UAW’s best chance to speed up the talks. Full-scale strikes against both companies are deemed highly unlikely, even though the union has its richest strike fund ever, $563 million. However, a union source said that the executive board discussed striking selective targets at both companies so-called mini-strikes, which could hamper and even shut down operations at GM and Ford.

handled by existing B-525. After rejection by the Carter administration in late 1977, the B-l project won a new lease on life from President Reagan. The House and Senate approved Reagan’s request for $8.3 billion for 34 B-l planes in fiscal 1985. Eventually, the Pentagon intends to buy 100 B-ls at a cost now projected at about $28.3 billion. “Any tragedy like this is bad news,” said Wolfgang Demisch, an aerospace analyst at Boston Corp. “But in terms of the specific B-l program, I don’t expect it to have any impact.” “It shouldn’t be a setback,” said Rep. Robert Badham, R-Calif., a longtime B-l supporter. “It’s one of those unfortunate things that happen in a test program.”

Montana fires raging

HELENA, Mont. (AP) Windborne flames that have scorched 160,000 acres of forest and prairie leaped battle lines toward more homes, disappointing firefighters as air support and reinforcements from seven states joined the war against fire today. Residents of the 15-home El Dorado Heights subdivision near Helena were told to evacuate Wednesday after winds shifted the 22,400-acre North Hill fire toward their neighborhood. “We’re not catching up with it now. If we get a break in the winds, we hope to,” said Paul May, spokesman for the Department of State Lands. Authorities classified 18 Montana fires as “major.” Because of the number of state and federal agencies involved, there have been no firm figures on the total number of fires still burning. Most of them started last weekend or early this week,

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Lebanon mourning ex-leader BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Rival Moslems and Christians united today in mourning Pierre Gemayel, the father of Lebanon’s president and a dominant figure from the nation’s fight for independence through its long civil war. As preparations got underway for the burial, Gemayel’s Phalange Party militia clashed with Druse fighters south of Beirut, and rival Moslem militias battled in Tripoli, bringing the death toll in that city to 23 in three days. In much of Lebanon church bells tolled, flags flew at half staff and radio stations played sad music in tribute to the nation’s most prestigious Christian leader, the fallen founder of the Phalange Party. He died Wednesday at age 78 of a heart attack. The government has declared a threeday national mourning for Gemayel, beginning today. His funeral was scheduled for this evening in Bikfaya, his mountaintop hometown where he died. In his will, Gemayel wrote that he wanted to be buried at the family cemetery in a simple wooden coffin next to his slain son, Bashir, and Bashir’s daughter, Maya, who was killed in a car bomb blast at age 4 in 1979, an official announcement said. Bashir was elected by Parliament in 1982, but was assassinated before his inauguration. His brother, Amin, was then elected president and has held the office for the last two years. Pierre Gemayel’s death casts a further shadow on the nation’s already dimming chances of halting the nine-year civil war. Only former President Camille Chamoun, a fellow Christian and political rival, came close to Gemayel in national influence. Lebanon’s Shiite Moslem warlord, Nabih Berri, and his Druse ally, Walid Jumblatt, offered their condolences in separate telephone calls to President Gemayel.Prime Minister Rashid Karami, a Sunni Moslem, praised Pierre Gemayel in a statement read over radio stations. Arab heads of state and one Israeli leader expressed sympathy with the Lebanese people over the loss of Gemayel. “I share you sadness over the loss of a father and a leading Cabinet member of your administration,” Syrian President Hafez Assad said in a message of condolence to the Lebanese head of state. King Hussein of Jordan and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak cabled similar messages, and Israeli premier-designate Shimon Peres issued a statement praising the elder Gemayel. Chedli Klibi, secretary-general of the Arab League, arrived to offer condolences, the state radio said. The overnight battles near Beirut pitted Gemayel’s “Lebanese Forces” militia against Jumblatt’s Druse fighters in artillery and rocket duels in the Kharroub region northeast of Israel’s defense line in Lebanon. The hostilities broke a five-month truce in the region abutting Jumblatt’s strongholds in the Chouf mountains. No casualty estimates were available in the battle, which police said ended at daybreak. In the northern port of Tripoli, police said Moslem militias vying for local dominance battled with mortars and multiple rocket launchers through most of the night, killing eight people and wounding five. This brought to 23 dead and 44 injured the toll of three days of battles that came despite a ceasefire between the “Arabian Knights” militia and the “Tawheed Islami,” or islamic unification movement.

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