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FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1986, VOL. 96, NO. 117 (USPS 650-640)
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House rejects Reagan's bid for contra aid
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WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives yesterday rejected President Reagan's appeal for $100 million for the Nicaraguan rebels battling the Sandinista government, slapping aside his offer to hold back some military aid during a new bid for peace talks.
In a statement read by presidential spokesman Larry Speakes, Reagan said the 222-210 defeat must be reversed.
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He vowed to shift his campaign today to the Senate in a bid to salvage the request, which called for $70 million in military assistance and $30
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From an initial tally of 49 for, 40 against and 11 undecided on the initial $100 million package, Cranston and Manning received 48-41 for the aid with 11 undecided.
Alan Cranston of California, the assistant Senate Democratic leader, forecast the House vote could spur anti-aid sentiment and reported votes had begun shifting within hours.
Wednesday to withhold all but crucially needed military supplies for 90 days while pursuing peace talks with the Sandinistas.
Cranston's count showed 43 Republicans and five Democrats supporting Reagan, with 34 Democrats and seven Republicans opposing the aid. Among the undecided, he said five were leaning against.
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Skydivers from the Greene County Sport Parachute Center exit their airplane to make a four-diver formation at 9,500 feet.
Skydiving thrill clouds fear
My eight buddies were feeling serene, knowing that all was under control. "Old Tim knows where we are going to land," they were collectively thinking. "He knows where we are going."
Like spit I did. I couldn't even find downtown Lawrence. It had something to do with the sun. It had something to do with miscalculations. It had something to do with brain lock and sheer panic. But at least my friends believed in me.
We were in real trouble. I couldn't find North Lawrence. With less than one minute before the skydive, I was frantically searching for the huge X I had carefully laid in my backyard. It had disappared with the sun five minutes earlier.
I stuck my head out of the airplane, desperately searching for some kind of landmark. When I finally spotted Lyons Park, it was beyond dark. It was now or never.
As the pilot stepped hard on the left rudder, the plane responded and turned left 20 degrees. He jerked the throttle back to idle as we began to climb out of the old De Havilland Beaver airplane. The earth lay 8,000 feet below.
"Twenty left and cut," I yelled to the pilot.
On the count of three, the nine of us left en masse toward what I supposed was North Lawrence. In less than 15 seconds, we were all hooked together in a circle, grinning to beat the band. It was perfection on a very intimate scale. We held the circle for
At 3,500 feet we broke grips and flew away from the formation. At 2,500 feet we began to open our parachutes. At 1,000 feet things were looking up. I could see the X, along with a cadre of partygoers, all cheering wildly. It was showtime, and my buddies and I were the main attraction.
another 10 seconds, content to grin at each other and the earth below.
On the count of three, the nine of us left en masse toward what I supposed was North Lawrence. In less than 15 seconds, we were all hooked together in a circle, grinning to beat the band. It was perfection on a very intimate scale.
That skydive, made in 1984,
was just one of many I've made
in the last 10 years. When I
started in 1975, I never would
have thought I would be spending
the next decade jumping out of
airplanes. But skydiving has given
n.a a thrill that I've been unable to find in any other sport.
And I'm not alone. Every weekend 20,000 people jump from airplanes, balloons, TV towers and buildings.
Steve Riley, Lawrence resident is one of those 20,000 people.
Riley, who made that sky dive with me in 1984, recalls, "That was a great skydive. It was one of the fastest nine-ways I have ever been in. And it was fun to be able to see the downtown from my canopy."
Riley is quick to describe some of the 500 jumps he has made and the fun he has had while skydiving. He talks about skydiving with 20 others at the national parachute meet, how faithful his equipment has been and friends in the sport. But words fail him when he describes free fall.
“it's hard to describe,” he says. “It's something you have to do. It is the closest you can get to being a bird.”
Riley says there is no sensation of falling during free fall before the parachute is opened. He says the wind speed is the same as if riding a motorcycle at 110 mph, but free fall gives the feeling of floating.
His involvement in the sport started in 1976 at Greene County Sport Parachute Center in Wellsville. Riley was the first student at Greene County to complete the entire 35-jump course. He now instructs at the rural center.
After the instructors were confident of his ability, he began to pull his own ripcord. From there, he progressed rapidly in the course. As he jumped from a
"My first five jumps were called static line," he explains. "The parachute is automatically deployed when you leave the aircraft."
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