Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 147, Greencastle, Putnam County, 31 January 1986 — Page 2

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Shuttle search: Fuselage chunks raise possibility cabin module is intact

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Specialists examined at least five large chunks of shattered Challenger’s fuselage today, and studied the possibility that a blowtorch of flame from a solid-fuel booster rocket triggered the explosion that destroyed the shuttle and its crew. Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration were surprised that so many large pieces survived Tuesday’s fireball. The size of the objects raised the possibility the pressurized module in which the seven astronauts rode might have survived the explosion and is intact at the bottom of the Atlantic. Sonar detected a very large metal object on the ocean floor, 140 feet down, in the area where the fuselage parts were discovered, and divers were prepared to go down to look at it.

Haiti's government falls; Duvalier flees

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Soldiers were deployed in Haiti’s capital city “every few blocks” today after the government of President-for-Life JeanClaude Duvalier collapsed, according to theU.S. Embassy. White House spokesman Larry Speakes, accompanying President Reagan aboard Air Force One to Houston, announced that Duvalier had fled the country. He said his information was based on a report from the U.S. Embassy in Haiti. An embassy spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he did not know whether stores had been closed, or whether a curfew had been called. He said there were fewer people in the streets and Port-au-Prince, the capital, seemed “relatively normal and quiet.” He said in an interview with AP Radio there were “soldiers posted every few blocks” in the capital. Speakes said there were reports that a military-civilian government has taken control of the impoverished Caribbean island. No further details were available immediately. The reports followed a 30-day nationwide state of siege declaration signed by Duvalier and read over national television and radio today at 7 a.m. The declaration came after the most sustained antigovernment protest in Haiti since the Duvalier dynasty was established in 1957. Jean-Claude, also known as “Baby Doc,” assumed the presidency upon the death of his father, Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier, in 1971. Six people have been reported killed and at least 30 injured since anti-Duvaiier demonstrations began Sunday in Cap Haitien, Haiti’s second-largest city of

Kroger posts 15.4 per cent net earnings gain for 'BS

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Aware of the possibility human remains might be found, NASA today issued this statement: “No comment will be made by NASA officials today on anything concerning personal effects or human remains out of respect for the astronauts’ families.” The families were attending a memorial service today in Houston. Some observers suggested that the pressurized cabin might have burst during the explosion and that the remains of the astronauts would not be found. A NASA videotape of the unloading of debris from search search showed the Challenger’s nose and part of the cabin, parts of a cargo bay door, and sections of wing and tail. The largest piece of the latest find was about 20 by 8 feet.

60,000 people on the north coast. Maggie Steber, a freelance photographer in Cap Haitien, said the army called a curfew this morning and used clubs and tear gas to get people off the streets. “I saw several incidents of the army hitting people with clubs to get them inside,” she said in a telephone call to The Associated Press in New York. Duvalier’s communique also ordered three radio stations to go off the air including Radio Soleil, a Roman Catholic Church station that broadcasts in Creole and is one of the few stations that can be heard in most parts of the Maryland-sized nation. It has been closed several times before for reporting on anti-government demonstrations. The two other stations closed were identified as Radio Lumiere, a Protestant-run station that has also reported on the demonstrations, and Radio Cacique, an independent station. On Thursday, witnesses reported looting in four towns as anti-government unrest increased, and diplomatic sources said three people were trampled to death by a mob sacking a CARE food warehouse in Cap Haitien. On Monday, a tailor and two children died when security forces fired on demonstrators. On Thursday, witnesses said demonstrators in Cap Haitien toppled a statue of “Papa Doc” as the crowd cheered. Witnesses also reported looting in the towns of Gonaives, Les Cayes and Jeremie, with mobs breaking into facilities stocked with food or medical supplies. The deaths in Cap Haitien brought to at least 10 the number of deaths reported nationwide since Nov. 28,

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No specific aid promised during Reagan-Savimbi talks

c. 1986 N.Y. Times News Service WASHINGTON President Reagan met Thursday with Jonas Savimbi, whose South African-backed forces are fighting the Soviet-backed Angolan government, and said the United States wanted to find the best way “to be very helpful” to his cause. But Reagan did not offer any specific aid to Savimbi, a senior administration official said later, and there continued to be a question of what kind of support might be provided his forces. Angola has an-

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Ironically, on the side of the cabin area was a yellow arrow, with the word "rescue” pointing to an unit that rescuers would open in case the shuttle ditched at sea and was intact. Inside the unit are switches that would permit a rescue team to shut down the ship’s electronic systems and blow the top off the cabin. A member of one of the investigation team panels who did not want to be identified said, “The investigation was significantly helped by the amount of spacecraft parts recovered. We had worried that we would not come up with as many pieces as we have, and we’re anxious to learn what the big object is on the bottom. ” The wreckage was spotted floating about 60 miles northeast

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avowedly Marxist government. Congressional sources said the administration had informed the Senate and House Intelligence Committees that it planned up to sls million in covert aid for Savimbi’s forces, but State Department officials insisted no final decision had been made yet on going ahead with that aid, pending further consultations with Congress. The administration this week publicly declared that it would oppose any legislation for overt military or economic aid to the Savimbi forces. Savimbi made it clear in his talks on Wednesday with Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger and Shultz and with Reagan Thursday, officials said, that he wants American hand-held anti-aircraft missiles and anti-tank weapons. He says he needs them for use against Soviet-built aircraft and armor that the government has begun using recently.

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Must pick ourselves up, press on: Reagan

HOUSTON (AP) - President Reagan today mourned the loss of “our seven star voyagers,” bidding them farewell while promising America will forge ahead with an “effective, safe and efficient but bold and committed” space program. In remarks prepared for a memorial service to the Challenger Seven, Reagan compared the five men and two women to the pioneers of the American West, “the sturdy souls who took their families and their belongings and set out into the frontier.” “Often they met with terrible hardship,” Reagan said. “Along the Oregon Trail, you can still see the grave markers of those who fell on the way. But grief only steeled them to the journey ahead. “Today the frontier is space and the boundaries of human knowledge,” Reagan said. “Sometimes, when we reach for the stars, we fall short. But we must pick ourselves up again and press on despite the pain.” At a ceremony bringing together mourners from all over the nation to share their grief with the victims’ families, Reagan said, “Our nation’s loss is first a profound personal loss to the family, friends and loved ones of our shuttle astronauts. To those they have left behind the mothers, the fathers, the husbands and wives, brothers and sisters and, yes, especially the children all of America stands beside you in your time of sorrow.” .. .“The dedicated men and women of NASA have lost seven members of their family,” the president added. “Still, they, too, must forge ahead with a space

McAuliffe remembered at hometown service

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) - Hundreds watched, but no one spoke as seven black balloons floated into the cold, cloudless sky above the town where Christa McAuliffe grew up. Some wept. Some prayed. They gathered Thursday on a frozen field at Framingham State College, - where McAuliffe went to school, to honor the crew of the space shuttle Challenger and say goodbye to the teacher whose motto was “reach for the stars.” “These people were the new breed of American folk heroes,” said Frank Newton, a student at Framingham State. “They all represented our hopes, but more so Christa, who for us symbolized the dream that someday we could all see and understand the special perspective of space.” Before the balloons were released, McAuliffe’s parents joined 1,500 people at a memorial service for the spunky, homespun girl who overcame childhood illnesses to become the first private citizen selected to fly on the space shuttle. In their first public appearance since witnessing the death of their daughter when the Challenger exploded Tuesday, Edward and Grace Corrigan sat in the front row of a hushed and crowded auditorium. Two of their children, Stephen and Betsy,

Tidewater files bankruptcy

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Tidewater Grain Co. has filed for protection from its creditors under Chapter 11 of federal bankruptcy reorganization laws. Tidewater Grain is the exporting arm of Early ft Daniels Industries, which has also filed for Chapter 11 protection. Early ft Daniels Industries’ U.S. operating division is Acme-Evans Co., the Indianapolis grain firm that grew from a mill opened in Indianapolis in 1821. AcmeEvans is believed to be the oldest continuously operating business in Indiana. Acme-Evans had its best year ever in 1985, but Tidewater, which is dependent on the foreign market, had become a millstone around the firm’s neck, said Samuel M. Harrell 111, chairman of the board of Early ft Daniels Industries. . Harrell said Thursday the companies

of Cape Canaveral and it was hoisted aboard the Coast Guard cutter Dallas. Doctors at Patrick Air Force Base, meanwhile, examined a fragment of bone and tissue that floated ashore 35 miles south of Cape Canaveral to determine if it belonged to one of the seven astronauts. It was attached to a blue sock, and police said it probably was a foot bone. Those killed were Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old teacher from Concord, N.H., who was selected to fly as the first “common citizen” in NASA’s citizen-in-space program; Francis R. Scobee, 46, the commander; Michael J. Smith, 40, the pilot; Judith A. Resnik, 36; Ronald E. McNair, 35; Ellison S. Onizuka, 39, and Gregory B. Jarvis, 41.

program that is effective, safe and efficient but bold and committed. “Man will continue his conquest of space, to reach out for new goals and evergreater achievements. That is the way we shall commemorate our Challenger heroes.” The seven astronauts on Tuesday became the first Americans lost in space when their spacecraft exploded. Calling the seven crew members by their first names, Reagan said: “Dick, Mike, Judy, El, Ron, Greg and Christa, your families and your country mourn your passing. We bid you goodbye, but we will never forget you. “For those who knew you well and loved you, the pain will be deep and enduring. A nation, too, will long feel the loss of her seven sons and daughters, her seven good friends. We can find consolation only in faith, for we know in our hearts that you who flew so high and so proud now make your home beyond the stars, safe in God’s promise of eternal life.” Reagan, accompanied by his wife, Nancy, arranged to meet privately beforehand with relatives of these killed in the fiery explosion of the space shuttle Challenger just after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The shuttle carried schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe and six other crew members on the nation’s 56th manned space flight. “All of them were heroes,” Reagan said Thursday night in a dinner speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting in Washington. “Each of us is in their debt.”

who now live in California, also attended. The parents fought back tears as they sang a hymn, “Let There Be Peace On Earth,” and departed silently after the service at Framingham State, not far from their home. Charles Sposato, a teacher at Framingham South High who was among 11,000 applicants to become the first teacher in space, told the gathering: “Christa McAuliffe is infinite because she is in our hearts.” “When we were trying out for the program, Christa said, ‘What are we doing here?’ and before I could answer she said, ‘We’re reaching for the stars.’ Christa reached for the stars. ... Her wisom said, ‘Reach for the stars and become a starholder ... and know you too have become infinite,” he said. The Rev. John Culloty cited McAuliffe’s zest for life and said “she would not want us to dwell on her tragic death too long.” Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, who sat with the Corrigans during the hourlong service, likened McAuliffe’s death to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. “Another child of Massachusetts, another person with the ability to inspire, has been taken from us,” Dukakis said. “She was a hero, as President Reagan said. All the people on the mission were heroes.”

filed for reorganization “because of adverse business developments in the international grain markets.” Harrell said the domestic operations “are absolutely sound and are in good shape” but the company has withdrawn entirely from the overseas market and is attempting to sell Tidewater. Harrell said Tidewater’s headquarters in Philadelphia is “in mothballs” and its 50 employees there have been furloughed. No layoffs are expected at Early ft Daniels or Acme-Evans and no contract concessions will be asked of the employees, he said. In 1980, the foreign grain market was double what it is today, Harrell said. Harrell said the agricultural policies of the Reagan administration will bring back the foreign market, but he is unsure if Early ft Daniels will be re-entering it.