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University Daily Kansan, November 9, 1981
News Briefs From United Press International
Technicians refuel Columbia blastoff scheduled Thursday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The space shuttle Columbia will have two opportunities for launch Thursday, officials said yesterday.
10 prepare for the launch, technicians yesterday resumed flight preparations by refueling the shuttle's hydraulic engine.
And to prevent the same kind of contamination that interrupted the first tumour try last Wednesday, technicians cleaned and filled with fresh oil, two
"We've finished up all our work with the auxiliary power units, and are now in a position to start preparations for picking up the launch countdown."
The pace of activity will pick up today when fueling is completed. The countdown is scheduled to begin tomorrow morning, and blastoff is ready.
Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly, who sat in the Columbia for more than five hours Wednesday waiting for a launch that never came, spent the day in space.
Controller candidates fail courses
OKLAHOMA CITY~Half of the first post-strike class of air traffic controller candidates flunked before completing courses at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program.
Mark Weaver, the FAA spokesman, said the failure rate was double the academy's average. He blamed it both on chance and on the brief recruiting time between the Aug. 3 nationwide controllers strike and the Aug. 11 commencement of classes.
"This is not totally unusual." Weaver said. "We've had it happen in prior years. The class was selected . . . rather quickly."
Weaver said 36 of the 72 candidates enrolled in the class could not make the 70 percent passing grade and were dismissed. Usually about 25 percent of
Jordan buys Soviet arms system
NEW YORK—Jordan's King Hussein said yesterday he bought a $200 million Soviet weapons system for less than half the cost of American missiles. But he denied that the purchase was intended to force Washington to be more sympathetic to his views.
Hussein, who recently U.S. Middle East policy was "simplistic," said his meeting last week with President Reagan was encouraging.
"I found the mood different from that perceived in the recent past," he said. "There was an awareness of the importance of developments in our part."
Hussein said his arms deal with the Soviet Union was not a bid for attention from Washington.
remains in a Washington.
"That was not our intention. I doubt there will be a side effect."
U.S. troops in Egypt for training
CAIRO, Egypt—The first of 4,000 U.S. Army and Air Force troops arrived in today for a joint two-week training exercise with Egyptian forces.
U. S. military officials said yesterday that the American forces will be traveling to Egyptians for the desert combat training exercise, named "Bright Storm 82"
The United States and Sudan, Somalia and Oman will conduct smaller exercises at the same time, the official said.
Maneuvers will begin Saturday, when the U.S. 82nd Division stages an airborne assault.
The U.S. staged its first operation Bright Star with only Egyptian forces last year. This year's exercises were expanded, and they take on new significance in view of U.S. pledges to help defend the Middle East against Soviet intervention.
U.S. assures Egypt of military aid
WASHINGTON—The Reagan administration gave Egypt secret assurance that the United States would provide "a military umbrella against the Soviet Union," if Egypt attacked Libya, the Washington Post said yesterday.
But quoting official sources, the Post said the administration did not encourage Egypt to attack Libya and no such clash was on the horizon.
James Baker, White House chief of staff, yesterday refused to confirm or deny the accuracy of the story.
"It deals with matters that are very sensitive . . . and it would not be productive to comment," he said. "That's a story from unnamed sources."
The Post said the United States made its aid commitment to Egyptian Vice President Hosni Mubarak, the weekend before President Anwar Sadat was
But in Cairo, and Egyptian spokesman said, "This report is totally devote of truth."
Israel opposes support of Saudis
JERUSALEM—Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir said yesterday that the new American and European leanings toward Saudi Arabia harmed the Middle East peace process and could force Israel to "reassess its policy of taking risks."
"Europe's opposition to camp David and the American decision to supply massive arms to Saudi Arabia have fueled the arms race and delivered a heavy blow to the prospects of defusing the Arab-Israeli conflict," Shamir said.
Shamir also criticized the Saudi's peace plan.
"The Saudi regime is a broken reed which cannot be depended upon," he said.
Shamir said Israel had taken grave graves by giving up the Sinai. But he said Israel drew the line at granting autonomy for the 1.2 million Palestinians.
Relief agency accused of waste
"We cannot afford to continue taking risks that are only met with demands for more risks," he said.
KANSA S CITY, Kan—Federal officials are investigating a federally funded foundation established to help the poor. Officials are accusing it of the fraud.
In a copyright story, the Kansas City Star yesterday reported that the federal government was investigating Jerome Hudson, managing director of the Economic Opportunity Foundation. The agency has been the center of federal investigations for the past five years.
Hudson, who earns $31,000 a year, said problems the investigators found were minor.
"Every year, the field representatives and the auditors found over-requirents, excessive travel, questionable business practices," one official
But the investigators disagreed.
Congress may not pass budget cuts
WASHINGTON—The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee said yesterday Congress would approve only half of President Resign's intent to end the war.
Sen. Pete Domenic, R-N-M, told ABC news that Reagan could expect only $ billion in new budget cuts for fiscal year 2018 instead of his original 13 billion cuts.
James Baker, the White House chief of staff, did not confirm Domenicil's statement. However, he said, "There are very few legislative days left before the recess and . . we have to consider what we could and could not get through the House."
Domenici said the administration would announce a new budget proposal this week.
Debaters prepare for nationals
By MARK ZIEMAN Staff Reporter
The 13th annual KU fall debate tournament ends today, and though the KU debaters won't appear in the final rounds, the team will get a chance to try some things in preparation for a year-end event. The host Parson, KU debate coach, said Friday.
"When you go to a tournament, the ones who run it place the judges," Parson said. Thus, he added, it was a case where the team came to drop out before the final rounds.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, the tournament, which included teams from 70 colleges and universities, would give KU a chance to prepare for nationals by experimenting with arguments and other techniques that they might have hesitated to use in tournments at other schools.
“There’s an expectation on the part of our debaters that they will go to nationals,” he said. “I think they don’t really think about how hard it is to go to nationals.”
KU's good start included a first place win at the Emporia State University Debate Tournament, the only major tournament in America that KU had not won.
Yet, despite his caution, Parson said he was optimistic about the team's chances.
"That is almost impossible to do," Parson said. "I mean, it is very good. At a major tournament, I may have given it happen once or twice in 10 years."
The KU team of Zac Grant, Manhattan senior, and Mark Gidley, Houston, Texas, junior, took top honors with 12 wins and no losses. Of the 20 judges who evaluated them, Parson anyone gave the team a victory rating.
THE REASON this year's team is so strong, he said, was that the debaters were a little older. Also, he said, the team's UI program attracted good debaters.
"KU would probably be one of the top two or three (debate) schools in the country," he said.
At no time was that ranking more evident than in the 1970s, Parson said, which was called "the decade of the Javhaws."
During the "decade of the Jayhawks," KU placed first twice, third five times and fifth five times in the national tournament, he said.
On the record
BURGLARS STOLE $9,200 worth of items from a Denver, Colo., man's locked car sometime late Thursday after a crash near Morning, Lawrence police said yesterday.
The car was parked at 2222 W. Sixth St. and contained $4,000 worth of stereo equipment, $1,600 worth of television sets, $2,300 worth of clothing, $300 cash, and snow skis and boots worth $1,000, police said.
The burglars entered the car after they broke the right window.
BURGLARS PRIED OPEN a ground level bathroom window at w321 Saddlehorn St. late Friday night or early Saturday morning and stole $750 worth
of television sets, stereo equipment and jewelry, police said.
THEIVES STOLE a car parked in the 1200 block of Ohio Street Thursday night or Friday morning, police said.
There are no suspects in the case
The car was unlocked and the keys were in the ignition, police said.
Police said the burglarls might have used a key to get in, but there are no suspects in the case.
FRIDAY MORNING, burglaries stole $500 worth of stereo equipment from a locked car in the 2000 block of Louisiana Street, police said.
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