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First commercial satellite
may launch from island
United Press International
JACKSON, Miss. — An island
near the Mississippi Gulf Coast
could be the site of the nation’s
first commercial satellite laun
ching in early 1985, officials say.
Gov. William Winter and for
mer NASA astronaut Donald K.
“Deke” Slayton said at a news
conference Tuesday Cat Island,
an uninhabited area 10 miles off
the coast, is under strong con
sideration by Space Services Inc.
of Houston for its first launch
pad.
“Subject to state and federal
approval, we would like to
launch from that location be
cause it would be the only non
governmental site that would
allow us optimum conditions for
polar orbital launches,” said
Slayton, now president of the
firm.
The satellite liftoff would be
the first commercial launching
in the nation. Winter said, and
“would put Mississippi squarely
in the middle of the space busi
ness.”
Negotiators from the com
pany have talked with the is
land’s owner, Nathan Boddie,
and found him “amenable” to
the project, Slayton said. He said
SSI is interested in buying or
leasing 200-250 acres of the is
land for its launch site.
“This is a splendid opportun
ity for both Mississippi and SSI,”
Winter said.
“We hope they establish a
thriving, commercial space port
on Cat Island and that their ven
ture will attract other high-
technology companies to our
state,” Winter said. “In fact, the
Mississippi Department of Eco
nomic Development directly en
couraged SSI to look over the
site, and on examination they
found it highly suitable.”
The unmanned satellites
would gather information on
the atmosphere, weather, agri
culture, geology and other con
ditions, Slayton said. The infor
mation then would be sold to in
terested parties.
}-10 million. He said no price
has been discussed for the island
Slayton said he expected
most of the company’s business
to come from the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture and private
oil-companies interested in data
gathered by the satellites. The
number of satellites launched,
he said, will depend on the num
ber of customers purchasing
gathered information.
If the company obtains the
land, Slayton estimated installa
tion of the launch pad and re
lated facilities would cost about
$2 million, with the actual
launch of each satellite costing
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acreage.
A launch site on the island
would not affect development
outside the launch area, Slayton
said, nor would it adversely
affect the environment. The
power and exhaust of the 900-
pound satellites would be 20
times smaller than comparable
larger NASA satellites, he said.
In other business, Winter
appointed Col. Charlie D.
Brackeen of Decatur as assistant
adjutant general of the Missis
sippi National Guard. Brackeen
will replace Gen. Gray Harrison,
who was appointed recently as
the guard’s new adjutant gen
eral.
Brackeen is a 30-year veteran
of the military. Winter said, cur
rently serving as dean of stu
dents at East Central Junior Col
lege in Dacatur.
Also at Tuesday’s news con
ference, Winter’s wife, Elise,
presented a $2,000 check to the
Mississippi Children’s Founda
tion for continued work in help
ing mentally disturbed children.
The money represents the
royalties from the first
of her book, “Dinner at the Man
sion,” a recipe manual, Mrs.
Winter said. She said the royal
ties from the book’s second
printing this fall also will be don
ated to the foundation.
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United Press International
EDMOND, Okla. — Televi
sion evangelist Richard Hogue
says asking for money to film his
religious program made him
“uncomfortable,” so he laun
ched his own secular Donahue-
type Hollywood talk show.
Hogue’s previous media
offering — “Richard Hogue
Weekdays,” a commercial-free
combination religious and en
tertainment talk show — ran
short of funds, so the Edmond-
based evangelist decided in Sep
tember 1982 secular was the way
to go.
“Trying to raise enough
money through gifts to fund a
top-quality show is a difficult
thing to do,” Hogue said.
“Frankly I got to the place where
I was very uncomfortable hav
ing to ask people for funds.”
Hogue, pastor of the 5,000-
member non-denominational
metrochurch in Edmond, says
his new talk show, “With
Richard Hogue,” contains
“some laughs and some tears
too,” plus “those Hollywood
guests you want to meet.”
“We’re going to talk about
things like how to rear your
family and negotiating for sex,”
he said in filming promotions
for 16 stations that will added to
the present 25 subscribers.
“We’re also going to look at
some fun stuff like chocolate
mania and cosmetic surgery.”
Hogue said the difference be
tween the two shows “is more in
the funding aspect of the show
than the actual content.”
“The thing about ‘Richard
Hogue Weekdays’ that was
Christian was me because I’m a
Christian and I love Jesus
Christ,” he said in a telephone
interview. “I still do. It’s Christ
ian in perspective because I am a
Christian.”
In his 30-second promotional
spots, Hogue promises to dis
cuss “topics that affect your ev
eryday life.”
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Dallas and Salt Lake CkH
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California, Missouri aniH f
bama.
While the old show was filmed
in Dallas, “With Richard
Hogue” is being taped in Holly
wood.
The new 30-minute show
aimed at women began airing
every weekday in January and
now is carried on 25 stations.
The number of stations will in-
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CORTE MADERA, Calif. —
Garry James Odehill was jailed
and faces charges for being an
uninvited guest.
Police said the problem was
that Odehill, 35, of San Francis
co, apparently used a ladder to
climb in the window of Susan
Emily Zivic’s home in Corte
Madera.
Ms. Zivic heard noises and
called police, who said they
peeked in the window to see
Odehill put something in the
oven. The “something” turned
out to be a pound of frozen ham
burger, taken out of Ms. Zivic’s
freezer.
With dinner in the oven,
police said they observed Ode
hill remove his clothing as he left
the kitchen.
When they finally broke into
the house to apprehend him,
they found the suspect comfort
ably languishing in the bathtub.
He claimed he lived in the
house.
Police arrested him and
booked him into the Marin
County jail, where he was held
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7-foot fish bites Chicagoan
ite Tuesc
ruit foot!
United Press International
RHINELANDER, Wis. —
Forget about “Jaws” and
“Shark.” Wisconsin has grown
its own summer horror story in
the form of a 7-foot-long muskie
that took a bite out of a Chicago
girl.
The rare muskie attack left
Amber Fairley, 13, with a cut on
her foot that required 15 stitches
to close. It scared off some swim
mers, but brought scores of
fishermen to Island Lake.
Fairley said Tuesday that she
was pulled “three or four inches
into the water” by the giant fish
before it let go. She said she felt
pain and swam back to the raft.
“I didn’t know what it was. I
could picture this monster biting
my foot.”
She said the bite covered her
whole foot. “I even have teeth
marks on my toes,” Fairley said.
“My whole foot is all mutilated.
It’s really gross-looking.”
The attack last Thursday and
the giant nature of the game fish
was confirmed by the girl, the
doctor who treated her, fisher
men and Iron County sheriffs
deputies.
“The lake gets as clear as
glass,” Fairley said, adding she
and others had seen the huge
muskellunge for two days be
fore the attack. “We saw this big
muskie circling a duckling. It
must have been about seven feet
long.”
“Fishing has really picked up
since the attack,” said Jody Tee
ters of Raap’s Resort, where the
girl and her family were staying.
“One guy had it on his line
Saturday night. But it got off.”
Muskie attacks are rare but
not unheard of in the north
woods, said Steve Serns of the
Department of Natural Re
sources in Woodruff. A muskie
attack was reported on Tom
Doyle Lake near Rhinelander in
1980, and Serns himself was bit-
ten in 1978 on Mid L j
Minocqua Chain ol w
Serns said he was
while treading waterno
boat. “It felt like an
shock. I felt a real stronj
sensation, then pai n '
required 23 stitches.
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attack anything that it
swallow,” Serns said,
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think they can swallowi
Serns said.
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Bridge reopening|
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shrimp boat that struck and se
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