University Daily Kansan, September 4, 1984
Page 11
NATION AND WORLD
Polls project Liberal loss in Canada
By United Press International
VANCOUVER, British Columbia
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—John Turner, faced with the prospect of becoming the first Canadian prime minister in 39 years to lose his own district, focused on home turf yesterday in the final day of his Liberal Party's uphill campaign to stay in power.
Opinion poll indicated that the Conservative Party — led by Montreal lawyer and businessman Brian Mulroney — was set to hand the governing Liberal Party its worst defeat in 26 years in today's general elections.
Mulroney 45, has run a campaign that emphasized the need for a change in government, a popular theme in a country that has been governed by the Liberals for all but nine months since 1963.
the surveys also showed that Turner's efforts to win over western Canadians by running for a seat in the House of Commons from the Vancouver Quadra district are having little effect. He is running well behind incumbent Conservative Bill Bennick in a 12-year House of Commons veteran.
A loss in the district would make Turner the first Canadian leader to suffer a personal defeat in his own election, MacKenzie King in the 1945 election
In a last ditch effort to stave off that fate, Turner spent the weekend being interviewed and campaigning in and around the district in the western province of British Columbia.
Turner, 55, has been prime minister since June 30, when he succeeded Pierre Trudeau, who retired. Turner resigned from the House of Commons in 1976 after resigning as Trudeau's finance minister.
Canada is divided into 282 electoral districts known as seats. The party that wins the most seats forms the government and its leader becomes prime minister
Ice on Discovery is risk for return
By United Press International
CARE CANVERAL Fla
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Flight controllers, worried about possible damage during the return to Earth, told the crew of the shuttle Discovery yesterday a spacewalk might be required to chisel off a 10-pound ice chunk blocking an outside water nozzle.
The astronauts at first were told such a venture outside the cabin could occur today, but three hours later it would there would be no space alk today.
The possibility of a spacewalk taking place tomorrow was left open, and would extend the mission a bit longer. The shuttle would then land Thursday.
on Thursday.
However, Henry Hartfield, Michael Coats, Richard Mullane, KU alumnus Steven Hawley, Judy Resnik and Charles Walker remained scheduled to land at 7.39 a.m. tomorrow at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert.
THE ASTRONAUTS WERE in no immediate danger because of the ice, but the concern was that the 18-inch ice chunk, estimated to be 65 inches high, break off during the return and damage the shuttle's tail section.
"I guess I've been concerned all along about the size of that thing and
its implications for entry," commander Hartsfield sailed after being informed of the options under consideration. "Apparently you've been worried about it too."
Flight director John Cox said the concern increased late yesterday after an analysis by Rockwell International, builder of Discovery, suggested that such a big piece of ice breaking off at high speed could cause considerable damage to the ship.
ship
Cox said the astronauts first probably will be asked to use the ship's robot arm to try to break off the ice. Astronaut Sally Rise, Hawley's wife and an arm expert, tried the procedure in a simulator in Houston and said visibility is bad for an arm knock and she hoped something else would be tried.
these basic techniques.
Hartfield suggested that he first fire the ship's big control jets to give Discovery "a few bangs" back and forth and up and down to try to dislodge the ice.
COX SAID THE crew might also be asked to discharge water at a higher pressure or blow air through a hose. The spacewalk would be the last resort.
"We'd probably only do that if we can't get enough off with the arm or these other techniques," Cox said.
"Give it a few whacks," he said.
"It can't hurt anything. Then
Houston — A block of ice that formed on the outside of the shuttle Discovery at the waste water port is shown by a TV camera on the shuttle's remote arm. The 18-inch formation is of concern because of possible damage to the Discovery if the ice hit the shuttle upon re-entry. NASA officials are considering a spacewalk to remove the ice.
Before being told there would not be a spacewalk today, astronauts Richard Mullane and Steven Hawley donned helmets to begin breathing pure oxygen to eliminate nitrogen bubbles in their blood — the bends during a spacewalk. The ship's
cabin pressure also was being lowered to prepare for a possible spacewalk.
ALTHOUGH A SPACEWALK was not planned for this mission, two members of each shuttle crew are trained for emergency spacewalks. The proper equipment is stored
aboard Discovery for such an outside venture.
Flight director Randy Stone said earlier in the day that the ice buildup was not considered a serious problem and an emergency spacewalk had not even been considered. But Cox said the later Rockwell study changed the situation.
Threat of new elections has Israeli coalitions scrambling
By United Press International
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's two major political blocs worked feverishly to shore up support for their respective coalitions yesterday amid the threat of new elections brought on by their failure to agree to a national unity government.
Israel television said "only a miracle" could bring about a unity
government after Labor Party leader Shimon Peres and caretaker Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of the Likud bloc failed to reach agreement in key unity talks Sunday.
NEITHER LABOR NOR the Likud, however, ruled out more meetings on a possible unity government
Ahmir said the two party leaders had failed to agree on who would serve as prime minister first and how Cabinet posts would be distributed. He said the Likud could not formally accept Labor's desire to freeze settlements.
A Shamir aide, Yossi Ahimeir, said yesterday the issue of Jewish settlements on the West Bank and the politics of rotating the prime minister's job had caused the break in national unity talks with the Labor Party.
"I hope that there's a chance
because the situation requires it." Shamir said. No talks were scheduled.
"I'm planning to meet with all parties." Peres said. "We have to consider the situation of the state. The economy is indeed in danger of breaking down."
The political crisis has aggravated economic turmoil in Israel caused by a burgeoning foreign trade deficit, government overspending and an
annual inflation rate of 400 percent. A Bank of Israel study published yesterday called for austere measures, including curbs on cost of living wage increases.
TRADE UNION ECONOMISTS meanwhile warned that Islam faces mounting unemployment and possibly stagflation — recession coupled with rising triple-digit annual inflation.
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