University Daily Kansan / Friday, August 29, 1986
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Remakes top charts in Billboard rating
United Press International
LOS ANGELES — "Venus," a remake of the 1968 hit single, orbited back into the top spot on Billboard magazine's "Hot 100" this week, giving the three-girl group Bananarama its first chart-topper.
"Venus" was originally recorded and written by Shocking Blue, a Dutch pop group that quickly faded from view after hitting the charts. Banarana's new version of the hit features a synth-pop beat and female harmonies.
A different song with the same title,
a ballad by Frankie Avalon, hit
No.1 in 1959.
Meanwhile, another remake,
"Walk This Way," strolled into the
top 10 this week. The single by
Run-D.M.C., a black rap duo recently
plagued by violent concert shows,
edged into the No. 10 spot, rising
from No. 15.
"Walk This Way" originally was recorded and written by the heavy metal band Aerosmith in the mid 1970s. Two members of the band, lead singer Steve Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry, helped Run-D.M.C. transform the hard-rock song into a rap song.
Elsewhere on the singles chart, Lionel Richie's "Dancing on the Ceiling continued a slow but steady course toward the top. The single hit No. 4, moving up one notch from last week's No. 5 spot, "Take My Breath Away ( Love Theme From 'Top Gun')" jumped to No. 2, while Steve Winwood's "Higher Love," the No. 1 record last week, dropped to the third position.
Madonna's single, "Papa Don't Preach" plummeted from No. 3 to No. 9, but her album, "True Blue," continued to dominate the LP charts for the third week in a row. It was followed, in order, by the soundtrack from the movie "Top Gun," Winwood's "Back in the High Life," David Lee Roth's "Eat 'Em And Smile" and Run-D.M.C.'s "Raising Hell."
On the "Hot Country" charts,
"Desperado Love" by Conway Twitty took over the No. 1 position, knocking the former title holder, Don William's "Heartbeat in the Darkness," all the way to No. 14.
The rest of the top five, however, remained nearly the same. "Country State of Mind" by Hank Williams Jr. was at No. 2, followed by Eddie Raven's "Sometimes a Lady," Reba McEntire's "Little Rock" and John Conlee's "Got My Heart Set On You."
VIENNA, Austria — A U.S. doctor who treated victims of the Chernobyl nuclear accident said yesterday that the cancer death toll worldwide could in time reach 75,000, but an Argentine expert said many projections of a high death toll were nonsense.
The Associated Press
Chernobyl cancer predictions vary
A Soviet official also told reporters that initial estimates of as many as 25,000 deaths in the European part of the Soviet Union alone had been based on the most pessimistic data available and were 10 times too high.
conference held under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency called to consider ways to improve international cooperation in fighting nuclear accidents.
The nuclear and medical experts spoke at a news conference on the fourth day of a weeklong
An explosion and fire occurred April 26 at the No.4 reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear plant, 80 miles north of Kiev in the Soviet Ukraine, sending a radioactive cloud over much of Europe and other parts of the world. At least 31 people have died from the accident.
75,000 during the next 70 years.
Robert Gale, a Los Angeles bone marrow surgeon who treated some Chernobyl victims, told reporters that health experts think the number of cancer deaths worldwide resulting from the accident could range from 1,000 to
Most conference delegates agree that as many as 25,000 cancer deaths linked to Chernobyl could occur in the European part of the Soviet Union alone, he said.
Gale said that estimates of the Cheronobyl death toll were broad but that health experts thought "the truth will lie between the extremes."
Dan Beninson, an Argentine nuclear safety official, predicted 2,000 cancer deaths in the Soviet Union from Chemobryl. Estimates in the 20,000 range are nonsense, he said.
Second rocket in week explodes in flight
United Press International
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — An unarmed Minutean 3 missile was blown up in flight yesterday because of problems that developed after launch — the second rocket failure in less than a week. Air Force officials said.
The launch was the 123rd flight in a series of operational test launches at Vandenberg, Connell said.
The test flight of the missile was aborted shortly after its launch at 7:04 a.m. when computer data from it indicated a malfunction, spokesman Capt. Connell said.
The missile was well into its flight when it was detonated over the Pacific Ocean, Connell said.
A team of Air Force and Defense Department contract engineers were analyzing flight data to isolate the cause of the malfunction. Air Force officials would decide whether any system modifications were needed.
So far, 1986 has been the worst year for U.S. space operations since the space program began with six rocket failures in 14 main launches.
tion, two research rockets carrying scientific payloads were lost. The most recent failure was Saturday.
The Challenger was destroyed Jan. 28, an Air Force Titan 34D rocket was blown up April 1 and a NASA Delta rocket was destroyed May 3. In addi-
The missile failure was the sixth rocket disaster this year. One shuttle flight was successfully completed in January along with an Atlas-E launch in February. Two submarine ballistic missiles were successfully launched off Cape Canaveral, Fla., and eight Pershing 2 medium-range missiles were fired along with two MX missiles.
Also, a weather satellite launch scheduled for Sept. 7 at Vandenberg will apparently be delayed for the 15th time because of potential fuel
leaks in an Atlas rocket.
On Saturday, however, the Air Force successfully completed the 13th test launch of the MX Peacekeeper missile from Vandenberg. It flew 4,200 miles to a target within the KwaJiailee Mission Test Range in the Pacific. It carried nine unarmed re-entry vehicles
The Minuteman is the Strategic Air Command's solid-fuel, intercontinental ballistic missile, which has been in active service in initial and succeeding models since October 1962.
The first Minuteman 3 missiles were installed at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on June 15, 1970.
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