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United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Air
Force says a burst gimbal in the
steering mechanism sent a $100
million communications satellite
into the wrong orbit in April and
has forced a delay of months —
perhaps years — in the
program.
Investigators reported Tues
day they still do not know pre
cisely why the gimbal, an oil-
filled rubberized part, failed.
The failure prompted the
Pentagon to cancel a scheduled
secret military payload on a
November shuttle flight, and
Brig. Gen. Donald Henderson
told a news conference the steer
ing mechanism may have to be
redesigned, a process that could
mean a delay of years in the
satellite program.
The data relay satellite, called
TRDS-A, was launched April 5
from the space shuttle Challen
ger. The malfunction left it in a
useless, egg-shaped orbit, which
space agency engineers man
aged to correct last month after
repeated boosting blasts from
thimble-sized directional thrus
ters.
While it has reached its prop
er circular orbit about 22,000
miles above Earth, the TDRS is
still 2.37 degrees off its desired
track.
Gimbal collapse is the most
probable cause of the satellite
failing to reach proper orbit,
Henderson said.
The gimbal, 18 inches by 4
inches, is made of synthetic kev-
lar and neoprine rubber. It is
filled with silicon oil that enables
it to withstand pressures of up to
1,000 pounds.
Possible causes of its failure
were listed as gases from the
rocket motor heating up the
rubberized gimbal to the bur
sting point, a slow leak of the oil
or a badly manufactured part.
The satellite — the first of a
network of three to improve
shuttle ground communications
— was launched from Challen
ger’s cargo bay by a spring
mechanism, and then boosted
by a two-stage solid-fueled
rocket.
Henderson, chairman of the
investigating board, said “ex
haustive tests” are being con
ducted to determine whether
the gimbals will perform suc
cessfully on the next TRDS
launch, which has been set “ten
tatively for March.” It had been
planned for this summer.
45 indicted in smuggling case
United Press International
BEAUMONT — Forty-five
men have been indicted by a fed
eral grand jury on marijuana
smuggling charges, including
one man described as one of the
top 10 pot smugglers ever iden
tified, officials said Wednesday.
The 45 men were indicted
June 28, but the indictments
were sealed until Tuesday, when
law officers from federal, state
and local agencies began round
ing up the suspects. The group
had been under investigation
for 18 months, officials said.
Included in the indictment
are charges against Jose Antonio
Fernandez, a fugitive who
jumped a $500,000 bond two
years ago. Fernandez, a South
Florida millionaire, was arrested
three months ago in Brazil
through Interpol and faces
marijuana charges in New
Orleans and Florida.
Marion Hambrick, head of
the Drug Enforcement Admi
nistration, said the charges in
the indictment were unusually
tough. Five of the men were in
dicted for operating a con
tinuing criminal enterprise
which carries a mandatory sent
ence of 10 years to life in prison
if convicted.
“The investigation focused on
three major Colombian sources
of supply to an organziation
headed by Fernandez,” Ham-
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grade senators
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NEW ORLEANS — The Na
tional Association for the Adv
ancement of Colored People
gave former Vice President Wal
ter Mondale the highest marks
and failed Sen. Ernest Hollings
of South Carolina on its report
card of top Democratic pres
idential candidates.
NAACP officials said Presi
dent Reagan — if he were rated
— also would have received a
failing grade.
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The NAACP’s report card at
its convention Tuesday gave rat
ings in the 80s to Mondale and
Sens. Alan Cranston of Califor
nia, Gary Hart of Colorado and
John Glenn of Ohio. Hollings
received an approval ranking of
less than 40 percent.
Former Florida governor
Reubin Askew, the other
announced Democratic candi
date, was not rated because he
has not served in the Senate.
The NAACP said its report
card does not function as an en
dorsement of any candidate.
The organization said it will
maintain its 74-year tradition of
not backing a specific candidate.
Althea Simmons, director of
the NAACP’s Washington
brick said. He described Fernan
dez as “one of the top 10 mari
juana sources.”
The ring smuggled or tried to
smuggle about 425,000 pounds
of marijuana along the Texas
Gulf Coast between 1978 and
1980. It was the first case hand
led in the Eastern District of
Texas under the new Organized
Crime Drug Enforcement Task
Force, said U.S. Attorney Bob
Wortham.
bureau, said the ratings were
based on 379 recorded congres
sional votes from 1965-82 and
counted the number of times a
candidate agreed with the
NAACP’s stated position.
Linda Brigham, a junior education
major from Miiothian, sits by
Harrington Educational
The survey addressed school
desegregation, voting rights,
civil rights enforcement, social
funding and job training prog
rams, Simmons said.
She said each of the rated can
didates, who were scheduled to
appear before the NAACP con
vention this week, would rate a
“B,” except for Hollings. She
said Hollings’ voting record has
improved, but is significantly
worse than the other Democra
tic candidates.
New Soviet grain deal
viewed with reservation
“For Mr. Hollings there was a
definite change in how he voted
starting in 1973 and then con
tinuing,”/she said.
Even though Reagan does not
have a congressional voting re
cord and was not formally rated,
Simmons said his first two years
in office would garner him to a
failing grade.
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“I would say President
Reagan, based on the initiatives
he sent to Congress last year and
this year, would come out lower
than 50 percent,” she said.
The NAACP gave Mondale a
rating of 87.7 percent; Cran
ston, 84.7; Hart, 82.1; Glenn,
80.0; and Hollings, 39.8.
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Rep. Dan
Glickman said he believes the
Soviets want American grain,
but Glickman and Rep. Jim
Leach, who met with a top Soviet
official, are reserved about the
chances for a new grain deal
soon.
Leach, R-Iowa, said Tuesday
he believed chances were 50-50
that a negotiating session later
this month would conclude in an
agreement.
Glickman, D-Kan., said he
believed the Soviets “do want
our grain,” but he added, “there
is some feeling they won’t do
anything until they see who the
president of the United States
is” in 1984.
Leach and Glickman were
among 20 House members who
were invited to visit the Soviet
Union. It was the first official
visit since 1979. The delegation,
led by assistant House Democra
tic leader Thomas Foley of
Washington, returned Monday
night.
Foley scheduled a news con
ference for Thursday to discuss
the trip.
A spokesman said Foley was
“equally somewhat pessimistic”
about getting the Soviets to
agree to higher levels for mini
mum purchases.
U.S. and Soviet negotiators
have met twice to discuss a long
term agreement. They are sche
duled to meet again July 26 and
27. The current agreement, a
one-year extension of an old
agreement, expires in Sep
tember.
to a position which we, on
ernment, can accept at
time,” Leach said.
Leach based his estimaifl
50-50 chance for an agree
this month on the general
of East-West relations
how the Soviets assess
grain needs.
“Their hand
been strengthened sometfl
good rains in June” in
grain-growing regions
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Leach said he, Foley and
Glickman met with a major
Soviet grain negotiator during
the trip.
“I was left with the strong im
pression that the Soviets have
not ruled out a grain agreement
but definitively haven’t moved
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home and noted that Russ# inquiry int
always exceeded the 6 ir«it better ha-
ton minimum set in thtr
agreements. Grain trade!
was indirectly linked uH
US-USSR issues, he said.
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