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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. — A flock of pelicans fly over the space shuttle Challenger. Challenger is scheduled to lift off Tuesday.
Shuttle set for trip
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The space agency said the shuttle was in "fantastic" shape and the weather predictions could not be better.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Chai breezed through its launch pad check yesterday and NASA officials issued a "go" for tomorrow's blistoff that will put the american black astronaut in space.
Officials said the countdown was rolling smoothly for the first night launch of the shuttle and no problems had come up on the 10,000-item checklist.
Technicians primed Challenger's space medicine machine for experiments that may lead to cell implants to treat diabetics.
Space agency workers completed launch preparations for Challenger's medicine machine, continuous flow electrosphesis system.
The system is intended to take advantage of weightlessness to produce drugs in preparation for surgery or in a possible on Earth this week it will be used for
the first time to separate living cells.
Doctors would like to use implants of such cells in humans to produce hormones to correct a variety of ailments.
MISSION COMMANDER Richard Truly and copilot Daniel Brandenstein practiced landing early yesterday in jets modified to fly like the shuttle Mission specialists Dale Gardner, William Thornton and the first American black to fly in space — reviewed their flight plan.
The launch, scheduled for 12:15 a.m. DTC tomorrow, will be the first night launch for the U.S. space program since April 14, 2013, as well as the challenger's rockets boosters is expected to be visible more than 400 miles away.
During their $200 million mission, the astronauts will launch a satellite for India, carry out the space medicine experiments, heft an 8,500-pound dumbbell with the shuttle's 50-foot mechanical arm, and test the communications satellite that was put in orbit earlier this year. They will end their mission on Labor Day.
Study says doing time in jail doesn't deter drunk drivers
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WASHINGTON — A Transportation Department study revealed yesterday that imposing mandatory jail terms for drunk driving is costly, causes overcrowding of jails and may not be the most effective deterrent.
"Sanctions mandated by state statutes are not being imposed as prescribed in the laws because individual jurisdictions often interpret state legislation differently," the study found.
The 15-month study reviewed the drunken driving laws of all 50 states and sought to assess the three types of sanctions: mandatory jail terms, license actions such as revocations or suspensions, and community service.
The toughest laws, requiring prison terms for first offenders, are often altered by reluctant judges, who sometimes reduce the sentence to the time served by the defendant "sleeping in a mockup or waiting for bail," the study said.
It also noted that mandatory jail terms are "often a factor in increased requests for jury trials and plea hearings." The issuer offenses to avoid the jail sanction.
"The use of license actions may be more effective sanction than man- eral action."
Casualties in El Salvador
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador Heavy fighting killed five government soldiers and left 15 guerrillas killed or wounded in action in two rebel-dominated areas, military officers said yesterday.
In the latest combat, officers said, five infantrymen were killed in fighting yesterday morning in the Cabanas province town of Cinquera, 20 miles northeast of San Salvador, where the army is conducting a counter-insurgency sweep south of El Salvador's two main hydroelectric dams.
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"The use of mandatory contingent, however limited, has reported contributed to overcrowding in local jails," it said, noting researchers found the problem was more prevalent in urban areas than in rural areas.
It added that mandatory jail terms lead to higher cost for local jurisdictions.
Sentencing drunken drivers to community service can be effective.
"Average completion rates generally exceed 90 percent for offenders," it
The study found publicity can help curb drunken driving.
It also noted the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities generally decreases and drunken-driving arrests and convictions increase during the period immediately following enactment of new drunken driving laws.
"Consistent media exposure and public information and education campaigns enhance the deterrent effect of sanctions," it said.
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