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University Daily Kansan, April 4, 1984
NATION AND WORLD News briefs from UPI
Envoys say Afghan rebels put Soviet victims on view
upholders and yesterday.
Rebels also said they killed 25 Soviet troops conducting an anti-military sweep Friday in Ghazni, 75 miles southwest of the Afghan capital of Kabul, a diplomat said.
NEW DELHI, India — Afghan rebels killed or captured at least 40 Soviet troops at a military post in southwestern Afghanistan, then invited villagers to view their victims, alive and dead, Western diplomats said yesterday.
The rebels, who are fighting to out 105,000 Soviet soldiers supporting the Marxist regime of President Babrak Karmal, overran the Soviet post at Pashmil March 16, suffering heavy casualties, the diplomats said.
Early last week, the rebels put the captured Soviets on display at a village near Chelzina, outside Kandahar.
MOSCOW — A Soyuz T-11 rocket blasted off from the Central Asian desert yesterday, carrying India's first cosmonaut — with his own supply of curry, guavas and mangoes — and two Soviets to the Salyut-7 space station.
Soviet television showed the spacecraft roaring off in a fiery blaze at 7:08 a.m. CST from a launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakstan. 1,200 miles southeast of the capital.
India's first cosmonaut enters space
The 160-foot rocket rose into a cloudless blue sky and the first stage fell away two minutes after ignition. Mission control reported all systems were functioning normally on the 55th manned Soviet space flight.
India's first man in space, Rakesh Sharma, 35, and Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Malyshev, 42, and Gennadi Strekalov, 43, were shown briefly during liftoff braced against the force of gravity.
Reagan expected to sign farm bill
The president is expected to sign the bill into law. It was approved by the Senate by voice vote late Monday, and then passed by the House on a 379-1 vote.
WASHINGTON — The House yesterday approved and sent to President Reagan an important farm bill that would prevent a buildup of crop surpluses and provide credits to help restore demand for U.S. exports.
When the House acted originally on the legislation last year, only when provisions were included.
but after negotiations with budget director David Stockman and Agriculture Secretary John Block, senators added $2 billion in extra export financing to help restore sluggish export levels.
Gave's father charged with murder
LOS ANGELES — The father of singer Marvin Gaye will be charged with murder rather than manslaughter in the death of his son because of a significant time lapse between shots fired, prosecutors said yesterday.
Deputy District Attorney Robert Schirn said Marvin Gaye Sr., 68, will be arraigned today, and prosecutors said they would ask that bail be set at $100,000.
Although the shooting followed an argument, Schirn said he chose to file murder charges rather than manslaughter. Schirn said, "There were two shots fired, and there was a significant lapse of time between shots to warrant the filing of a murder charge."
Appeals sought to stop executions
New appeals were filed yesterday to try to stop the executions today of a Louisiana man, sentenced for killing two teen-agers, and a Florida man who, convicted of the rape and murder of two small boys, vowed to kill again if he got the chance.
Elmo Patrick Sonner was scheduled be electrocuted in the Louisiana State Prison at Angola around 1 a.m. CST today.
Prosecutor Dracos Burke said yesterday that a new attorney for Sonnier was claiming that Sonnier's brother was ready to sign an affidavit saving that he was the trigerman.
The other convicted prisoner, Arthur Frederick Goode, was scheduled to be electrocuted at 7 a.m. CST at Rafiord prison in Florida.
Fatty diet, cancer link investigated
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A new, suspected link has been identified between fatty diets, intestinal bacteria and colon cancer, which kills 50,000 Americans each year, a Virginia researcher said yesterday.
A substance produced by bacteria in the intestine, possibly in response to heavy fat consumption, appears to induce cell changes that may lead to colon cancer, said Tracy Wilkins, a professor of microbiology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blackburg, Va. (AP)
"We hope this lead will pan out," Wilkins told an American Cancer Society writers seminar. "But it's only a lead."
The substances, called fecapantaenes, were found in stool samples from people in developed countries but not in samples from rural South Africans, who rarely get colon cancer, Wilkins said.
Dodgers' game stops De Lorean trial
LOS ANGELES — Jury selection in the John De Lorean drug trial broke for baseball yesterday. Attorneys took the afternoon off to attend the Los Angeles Dodgers' season opener against the St. Louis Cardinals.
"It is a great American tradition," said defense lawyer Donald Re, who planned to skip the game to spend time with his 5-year-old son, ed.
Co-counsel Howard Weitzman, an avid sports fan with season tickets for every major Los Angeles team, were a blue shirt beneath a black jacket.
Line doesn't stop because of this," he said when asked why U.S. District Court Judge Robert Takasagi gave lawyers most of the day off. The judge did not attend the game.
De Lorean, 59, said he would skip the game.
WEATHER FACTS
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The western half of the nation generally will be fair today. Locally, today will be mostly cloudy and windy with a 20 percent chance of light rain during the morning. The high will be around 50. Tonight will be clear and cold. The low will be around 30. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny and warmer with the high around 60.
Satellite-repair trip to be first
NASA prepares for shuttle launch
By United Press International
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With Russian cosmonauts orbiting above, the shuttle Challenger's five-man crew landed at Kennedy Space Center yesterday to begin hectic, final preparations for an unprecedented satellite repair mission.
Challenger will blast off at 8:58 a.m.
EST Friday at the end of a 48-hour
countdown, scheduled to begin at 3 a.m.
today with the traditional "call to
stations" at the wind-swept concrete
and steel launch pad.
"We're looking forward to another spectacular launch," said Commander Robert Crippen, who will be making his third trip into space aboard a shuttle. "We believe it'll get off on time and everything is going slow as far as we're concerned."
Crippen, co-pilot Dick Scobee and crewman Terry Hart, James van Hoften and George Nelson were
unanimous in their enthusiasm for the daring mission to repair the crippled Solar Max sun-watching observatory. The mission was launched on Valentine's Day 1980.
"We're glad to be down here to really take part in the culmination of the efforts of a whole lot of people that put this thing together to make it fly," said Scoobee. "They get to do all the work and we get to do the fun part.
NASA officials said preparations for Friday's blastoff will run smoother than for any previous shuttle flight, shaving seven days off the old record for getting a shuttle ready for relaunch between missions.
Once aloft, the astronaut will not be alone. A Russian Soyuz T-11 rocket blasted off yesterday from the Central Asian desert with a crew of three, including India's first space traveler, in a mission to dock with the manned Salyut-7 space station.
"We're really looking forward to it and we're going to do our best to do justice to all the work they've put in on it."
By Monday night, tests of Challenger's systems before countdown were complete and workers spent much of yesterday — a day set aside for coping with any snaps that cropped up — going over paperwork and cleaning
- going over paperwork and cleaning up the launch stand.
Early computer predictions indicate that Friday's weather will be favorable for launch.
In order to rendezvous with the crippled Solar Max satellite Sunday, a strict set of orbital maneuvers must be precisely followed and those constraints give ground controllers only four minutes to get the shuttle off the pad, according to NASA officials.
A slow-moving front was expected to bring isolated rain and thundershowers into central Florida, but it should pass through the area by tomorrow, leaving clear skies in its wake, according to the National Weather Service.
If Challenger is not airborne by 9:02 a.m., the launch will have to be rescheduled at least 24 hours.
Three killed by car bomb in S. Africa
By United Press International
DURBAN, South Africa — A car packed with explosives sent metal and glass flying yesterday on a crowded beachfront road in the resort city of Durban, killing three people and injuring 22 others, police said.
The bomb exploded during morning rush hour, gougling a 3-foot deep crater in the road and shattering windows for 500 yards.
The government blamed the African National Congress. The ANC has vowed to step up attacks against white-rules South Africa despite the country's recent security agreement with the United States, which had been aiding the guerrillas.
The booby-trapped Datsun was hurled 20 yards into the air and reduced to fragments by the blast. At least 22 people were injured, including one woman who was hospitalized in serious condition.
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TURNTABLE TEST
Tonearm/cartridge
Load .. pF .. kΩ
Tracking force .. mN
Tonearm resonance,
vertical ... Hz.
Tonearm resonance,
lateral ... Hz.
Cable capacity ... pF
Operating temp ... C
Remarks:
Date..
Resonance top,
vertical ... dB
Resonance top,
lateral ... dB
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HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE TEST MEASUREMENTS
The rotary velocity of the test record is indicated on the record label. During the test, the speed of the tumbleboard should be maximum 1 m from the nominal speed. If the speed is outside that range, the turntable will not work.
ARM RESONANCE
RESONANCE TOP
The forearm's resonant frequency is an expression for the matching between arm and cartridge. The frequency should be between 10 Hz and 15 Hz, however values down to 10 Hz are used at 15 Hz, because it will have a higher resonance. The cartridge should be mounted on a lighter arm or replaced by a cartridge with a lower compliance it in very sedum cases. The frequency can be increased by placing a weight in the cartridge headshell
Resonance top is a measurement for the damping of the toream's resonant frequency. The value should be less if it is high, the toream should be to be damped or the cylinder replaced by one with a lower resonant frequency.
TRACKING FORCE
TRACKING FORCE
Tracking force is the amount of style pressure that is used during the tumble test. Measured in mN where 10 mN = g
CABLE CAPACITANCE
CABLE CAPACITANCE
Cable capacitance is not in itself a measurement of the required load capacity for the recommended load capacity for the cartridge. If the cable capacitance together with the capacitance in the amplifier is less than the total capacitance of the cable, if it is higher a cable with lower capacitance should be used.
OPERATING TEMP.
The measurement instrument the room temperature of the test room. All cartridges are designed to have a low temperature deviation, which the temperature deviations can affect the specifications and reproduction quality of some cartridges.
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