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S Battalion/Page 9 September 9, 1982 me state /national nctVillagers indifferent to space program sity of •cnings^ some compoj ancer pil; 'ly bloci trpnf ffff United Press Internatioiul ROCKPOR r — Most folks pfeabouts yawned at pre- his labi launch activity for the Firing laturalh Of a satellite-launching rocket of co®® 111 a remote island 10 miles able tor way today. They artfl D> s ‘ nlerest among resi- lcafe$to;J ent s of the sleepy little g said t fishing and vacation village — trly si population 4,000 — surprised >o Un( j s ; those who viewed the rocket p rotf( as a boon to business, ou rant? Managing Editor Ted Nor- i |j a £j man of the “Rockport Pilot” ^ said peoples’ minds are on a ,.,^1^ major property tax revalua tion. Besides, he said, the Houston-based Space Ser- aberga, vices Inc.’s first rocket on M vet it Matagorda Island blew up on Js for at the pad 13 months ago. i, usd 3 The second test, with a re designed rocket, was resche duled for 10 a.m. Thursday, due to mechanical problems. Rockport Chamber of Commerce president and real estate broker Judy Guillett, 44, said she was excited but that most Rockport residents were not. “A lot of people say, ‘Oh, they’re just wasting their time,’ but I don’t feel those people understand the full impact of what this means,” she said. “These businessmen are entering a new venture, some thing that business can do to provide a service for other businesses. This will help make the country and the world a better place to live. I think it’s just great,” Guillett said. Thirty engineers from Houston, California and Ger many, and staff employed by SSI have helped the Rockport tourist economy. And a bill board returned thanks. “Good luck! Sept. 8, Space Services with Conestoga I,” the sign outside The Mushroom deli said. The Aransas County Sher iffs Department has provided an evacuation helicopter and paramedics at no cost for the launch site, which is accessible only by air and water. to uk ut wta ire for! find an toexpb makes', with s have i or adu Wallace seeks fourth Alabama governorship United Press International # a^° rmer Alabama Gov. ieOrge Wallace was forced into inm! 1 Sept. 28 primary run off with 0 aIten( ‘fehu)cratic Lt. Gov. George It rum IcMillan, but Wallace — a sym- yand™ 0 f segregationist politics in onai.ije turbulent civil rights era — presented) surprisingly well in some ■dominantly black counties in uesday’s voting. ■McMillan, a self-styled “New louth Progressive” had the en- q rlopement of the state’s major dll'iku k political group, the Alaba- B Democratic Conference, but pc Vallace — seeking an unpre- ^ Gented fourth term as gov- Ror — forged a coalition of 1 liral and black voters, perform- ng well in counties he lost in Blier gubernatorial races, iimmua jWallace, now 63, who block- IthtlRthe schoolhouse door to in set, buifop ation with a cry of “segrega- s to m ion forever,” two decades ago sough: tojs year openly wooed black vo ters. <ry nfMl he former governor won produJR) predominantly black coun- iinthe|i es outright, and led in two asiw . such if 19. of thti others. He won in Macon Coun ty, which has the highest ratio of blacks in the state, with 84 per cent, and he swamped McMillan and House Speaker Joe McCor- quodale in Lowndes County, ab out 75 percent black. John Meadows, the black assistant police chief at predomi nantly black Tuskegee in Macon County, watched returns at Wal lace’s campaign headquarters and said blacks could not hold a grudge against Wallace for his fiery defiances of the 1960s be cause “segregation was the law then. It made no difference who the governor was.” Wallace also drew strength from rural counties, but McMil lan led in Birmingham, the state’s biggest city, to edge out McCorquodale for the runoff Spot against Wallace. With 75 percent of Alabama’s precincts counted, Wallace had 316,138 votes, or 41.2 percent, while McMillan had 232,716 votes, or 30.3 percent. 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Customs agents at Houston’s Intercontinental Airport on May 27 seized more than thirty- five handguns inside a crate identified as household goods, bound for Chimah’s address in Nigeria. Chimah was sentenced in Houston on Sept. 1 to five years probation. Six Wichita residents were in dicted in the case in Wichita, Tuesday, along with Onwuka and Chimah. Jeffery Williams was indicted on four counts of unlawful pur chase of eight handguns for falsely stating he was not a con victed felon. Patricia Y. Lemmie, 26, was indicted on 10 counts involving 12 handguns on the same charge. David Parker, 27, was in dicted on two counts involving 10 handguns for falsly stating he was the true purchaser of the guns, when actually he was acting for Onwuka, the indict ments sid. Also indicted for saying they were the true purchasers of handguns when they were actually acting for Onwuka, were Barry Keeling, 23, charged on one count involving four handguns; Hiram T. Levy, 25, charged on one count involving six handguns, and Clint F. Tho mas, 25, charged on two counts involving 10 handguns. “The indictments charge that Parker and the others were not the true purchasers but were being paid by Onwuka to purch ase the guns, and in fact they did deliver Onwuka the guns,” assis tant U.S. Attorney Jack Williams said Tuesday. Officials said the weapons, described as mostly cheap .22caliber handguns, were pur chased from Wichita pawn shops. Rhodes Scholarship 1983-85 If you are a senior with a grade point average of 3.75 plus, you could become the TAMU nominee for a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. You might spend the first two years after graduation widening your academic base at the Univer sity of Oxford, UK. Contact Professor J. F. 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