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re ®tnsl 'e strt in “ifpllrg Jtw ‘nete e >IWeo slo» tteiii fainliin i mpl ere I® ■type p ler,ida vert Profe plaBfti i! py Space. . . Skylab flips to extend life United Press International HOUSTON— The abandoned Skylab space station, which has trou bled NASA engineers with its unpredictable tilt, was sent end over end Friday in a maneuver that prolonged the craft’s orbital life. Flight controllers at Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Friday (lipped the 85-ton station so that its altitude control system will be able to draw energy from the sun. The maneuver began at 6:52 p.m. (CST) Friday and was completed by 8:28 p.m. and confirmed on subsequent orbits. “It’s the smoothest maneuver we’ve ever had,” said Skylab coor dinator Boh Aller. The adjustment was required because seasonal change altered the sun’s angle, causing one of Skylab’s gyroscopes to he shaded too long iindcooled too much. The change threatened a lubrication breakdown. “By turning Skylab around in its orbit before mid-November, the gyroscopes will he exposed to more sun and normal temperatures can he maintained, Johnson Space Center spokesman Terry White said. White said the opposite maneuver, flipping Skylab back around, will be carried out next spring. The operation was part of a save-Skylab effort that began last March after NASA experts discovered the orbit of the station — last occupied by men in 1974 — was deteriorating more rapidly than expected. Skylab’s orbit as of Friday was about 234 miles, six miles lower than when the mission started. The orbit is decaying at the rate of about one mile a month. Flight controllers initially had difficulty keeping Skylab in the de sired flight profile — horizontal with the earth’s surface with its nanowest portion forward — minimizing the drag of the faint outer edges of the atmosphere. Skylab initially was placed in minimal drag altitude in June but wobbled out of control repeatedly through June and July. In mid-July, it was placed in streamlined profile again after detailed computer re-evaluations. Redmond said it has remained stable since. Scientists are hopefid they can keep it flying until 1980. NASA indicates shuttle plans United Press International HOUSTON — NASA administrator Robert A. Frosch has told a group of scientists it will he at least 12 years before there is any private takeover of the space shuttle. Frosch told a group recently that NASA had its own plans for the shuttle, except in ground-support systems. “We will he the space transportation for the military, for our own needs, other agencies, for business and for foreign missions,” Frosch said. The shuttle is expected to fly its first mission next year. Frosch told the closing session of the American Astronautical Soci ety the agency will he going back into space for particular reasons and become less a user of its own product. “NASA is becoming a data-producing agency, Frosch said. He said the dominant characteristic of the agency in the next few years “will he finding out things for other people and building the technology to enable us to keep doing this.” He said the space agency will lie getting back into the research and development of satellite communications. Frosch said industry — like the Boeing aircraft company — might supply some crews for the space shuttle. 'ALTERATIONS' IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS. 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I'ears in prison was promised politi- :al support for the state governor’s m , The Soviet Union, in a formal pro- jest, called the trial a farce and said it as a “premeditated provocation of lie U.S. governmental special serv- III ces (FBI)." In Washington, the Soviet Ein- lAl bassy delivered a note demanding the United States close the case and low Valdik Enger, 39, and Rudolf Chemyayev, 30, to return home. Engerand Chemyayev, who were mployed at the United Nations, .ereconvicted Oct. 13 on charges of Syinga U.S. Navy officer more than 120,000 for military defense “se- rets.” They were sentenced to 50 /ears in jail by U.S. District Judge Frederick Lacey, hut allowed to re- nain free pending appeals. Soviet commentator Genrikh rovik writing in Izvestia said the B1 engineered the trial to “put up a obstacle in the way of normaliz- | relations between the Soviet Jnion and the United States. He said the 50-year sentence was a [monstrous crime in itself. But why has Judge Lacey passed iich a fantastic sentence?" Borovik iked. “The point at issue is that :ey is going to run in the elections However, in the spring of 1977, he issued a terse three-line statement to squash rumors that he was planning to leave the bench and seek the Re publican nomination for governor. In addition, Lacey is considered a maverick and has not been sup ported by the state Republican Party. While U.S. attorney for New Jersey, he aggressively prosecuted both Democrat and Republican politicians. In the official protest reported by the Tass news agency, the Soviet Union said “the U.S. government must he aware of what responsibility it assumes by condoning the arbitrar iness of U.S. special services and those forces in the United States that are doing everything to frustrate the process of detente, in relations be tween the two countries. The State Department said the Soviet note “represents a complete misrepresentation of our judicial sys tem.” “Moreover, it is strange logic to accuse us of damaging U.S.-Soviet relations,” the State Department said. “In fact, it is the activities of the two Soviet citizens who sought to undermine the security of our coun try that affects our relations with the Soviet Union.” N Keep an outstand ing person in this important job. JOHN POERNER has demonstrated his integrity and ability in more than 10 years of dedicated public service. John POEILVER Railroad Commissioner of Texas Pd. Pol. Ad. to elect John H. Poerner - Railroad Commission, Ed Ingram, treas. 1037 Brown Bldg. 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