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»ge 8 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1980 Balloonists "lucky to be alive’ Aged lady loses dog, will United Press International COLUMBUS, Ohio — The crew f the “Super Chicken,” forced by evere weather to leap from the bal- xm they hoped would take them on he first flight across the United tates, said Tuesday they are lucky a be alive. The unmanned silver balloon inded Tuesday near Waynesburg, n western Pennsylvania. State tolice said they received a call from a family reporting the balloon lad landed in power lines on their iroperty. John Shoecraft, 35, and Ron tipps, 37, tried to bring their storm- mffeted craft down in a field south- vest of Columbus late Monday after veather officials warned them to .bort the cross-country flight be- ■ause of worsening thunderstorms. When an emergency landing ittempt failed, Shoecraft leaped over he side of the gondola onto a golf course parking lot. The balloon, ightened, shot up to an altitude of ,200 feet where Ripps parachuted o safety. Both men were treated at a ocal hospital and released. “We owe our lives to the Indiana- jolis weather service,” Shoecraft ;aid. “We went through two major hunder cells earlier in the day and ve were not in the mood for another najor storm. We were making an attempt to cross America without being foolhardy. ” The two men had lifted off from Oceanside, Calif., early Saturday in the balloon, which was dubbed “Su per Chicken” because of the occu pants’ trepidation at making the flight, spokeswoman Eileen Bailey said. Sgt. Paul Bryant, the pilot of a Columbus police helicopter that fol lowed the balloon before the men abandoned it, picked up Ripps and returned him to the golf course park ing lot where he was reunited with Shoecraft. “You never saw two guys so hap py,” Bryant said. “When they were reunited at the golf course they acted like they hadn’t seen each other in 15 years. They hugged and kissed each other in their excitement.” Trouble for the balloonists began Monday when storms overtook them about 70 miles east of Columbus. The balloon was traveling at about 23,000 feet. Heeding the weather service warning to abandon the trip, they attempted an emergency landing, but it failed due to a malfunction in the helium venting system that made it impossible for the balloon to stay on the ground. In its descent, the balloon struck some trees but continued dragging along the ground. It then gained alti tude and the crewmen were unable to bring it closer to the ground again. As the balloon blew across the parking lot of a golf course a few feet from the ground, Shoecraft jumped out. “I looked up and my buddy was still in there,” he said. Ripps then jumped, with a para chute, after the loss of Shoecraft’s weight allowed the craft to ascend again. The balloonists had hoped to reach the East Coast by Tuesday or today. United Press International COCOA, Fla. — Alice Marsteller died of what her friends insist was a broken heart — her will to live shat tered by housing officials who forced the 77-year-old woman to give up her beloved terrier Sparky. Officials at the School Street senior housing project, where Mrs. Marsteller lived, told her this sum mer to give up Sparky or find another place to live. With little income and nowhere else to go, she reluctantly took Sparky to the Humane Society in July. Giving up the dog broke her spirit, friends say, and snuffed out her will to live. Mrs. Marsteller died Sunday at the Sunny Pines Convalescent Cen ter in Rockledge, where her nieces from Virginia had taken her last Thursday to recuperate from a broken hip. A funeral was held Mon day at nearby Frontenac, Fla. “When she gave that dog away she just gave up,” said Mary Junker, 70, a friend of Mrs. Marsteller’s from the senior center. She broke into sobs when she heard her friend died and hope they’re satisfied now, said Junker. “As soon as they took that dog from her she just let go,” said another neighbor, Margaret Seiff. Frank Chavers, executive director of the housing authority, said he doesn’t believe the old womans death can be linked to the anti-pet policy. bitterly denounced housing author ity officials for their uncaring atti tude. “Thev showed us thev could win. I £ Battalion Classifieds J t Call 845-2611 J * * ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Gandhi s ordinance criticized Duck deaths said caused by botulism SAFEWAY United Press International NEW DELHI, India — Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has once again assumed emergency-type powers to deal with domestic unrest, empowering the government to im prison suspected subversives with out trial for up to 12 months. The National Security Ordinance, proclaimed Monday by Gandhi, is aimed at curbing the religious and ethnic disputes, black marketeering, hoarding and other problems cur rently afflicting India, the govern ment said. Opposition leaders immediately attacked the law, which they said was “Draconian” and comparable to the emergency regulations proclaimed in 1975 that led to Gandhi’s defeat at the polls two years later. She swept back into power in elections earlier this; year. : _ - x .••• $ Subjramaniam Swamy^ secretary- gengraLof the opposition Janata Par ty, said, “It is unnecessary and is an admission of complete failure of the government to deal with the coun try’s problems under the normal laws.” Before it goes into effect the ordi nance must be ratified by Parliament when it meets in the second week of November. However, approval is expected to be a rubber-stamp affair since Gandhi’s ruling Congress-I Party commands a two-thirds major ity in the house. Although the trial can be put off for 12 months, anyone arrested under the law is guaranteed the right to be informed of the charges against him, the right to appeal and a review of the charges by a three-judge panel every third month. He also will be' provided with a lawyer. The new law allows federal or local governments to order the detention of suspected subsersives if author ities are satisfied the “arrest is neces sary for the security and defense of India” or to keep public order. The regulations drawn up in 1975 allowed those arrested for security reasons to be held for six months without trial. However, appeal of the ; charges was not allowed, and the government had the option to reim pose the detention as many times as it wished. Gandhi’s emergency mea- i sures included a clampdown on opposition through heavy press cen sorship and arrests of opposition politicians. In a statement accompanying the proclamation, the government said, “secessionist activities and also re gional movements have reared their ugly heads in some parts of the country.” There has been violent Hindu- Moslem unrest in India for the past two months and a recent upsurge of independence movements in the northern states of Assam, Nagaland and Tripura. United Press International GALVESTON — Investigators say test results are pending, but 30 ducks found dead on Offats Bayou apparently died of botulism rather than water pollution. The ducks died last week and washed up on the shore of the Offats Bayou around 81st Street and Teich- man Point near the Galveston end of the John F. Kennedy Causeway. Galveston County Extension Agent Joe Doby said test results were pending at Texas A&M Univer sity, but the ducks showed symp toms of botulism. 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