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Page 20/The Battalion/Monday, November 5, 1984 GRADUATES MOVING TO HOUSTON DO YOU NEED HELP FINDING A PLACE TO LIVE? CALL DIANNE AT APARTMENT WORLD LOCATORS WE ARE A FREE SERVICE 6372 RICHMOND 713-783-0333 PHIL Pa<a lor 3y friends of Phil GrafT GRAMM U S. SENATE TEXAS Texas For A merica Challenger Space shuttle crew prepares to save stranded satellites United Press International CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the shuttle Discovery flew to the Kennedy Space Center Sunday for the start of the ship’s 43-hour countdown to blastoff Wednesday on a mission to salvage two stranded satellites. Commander Frederick Hauck, pi lot David Walker and crew members Anna Fisher, Dale Gardner and Jo seph Allen are scheduled to blast off at 8:18 a.m. Wednesday for the un precedented eight-day nlission. The astronauts plan to spend their three days at the cape brushing up on their flight plans and relaxing. Hauck and Walker were scheduled to practice touch-and-go landings at the spaceport’s 3-mile-long shuttle runway in a corporate jet rigged to handle like shuttles on Final ap proach. After launching two communica tions satellites on the second and third day of the flight, the astronauts will attempt to rescue two relay sta tions that were sent into useless or bits by rocket failures last February. During two six-hour spacewalks on flight days five and seven, Allen and Gardner will take turns using a jetpack to wrestle each satellite into Discovery’s payload bay. Once mounted in special cradles, the $35 million satellites will be re turned to Earth for refurbishment and relaunch as the first used satel lites ever to hit the market. Discovery’s countdown, which in cludes 11 hours and 18 minutes of built-in “holds,” was scheduled to be gin at 2 a.m. today with them tional call to stations at the ocean launch pad. The shuttle is set to emlther sion with a return to the Keniwl Space Genter Nov. 15. The National Aeronautics Space Administration is working! maintain a shuttle launch-a-n pace. Processing for Discovery, wh has flown only once, has beeni markably smooth and no maio: problems . Guardian Angels arrested protesting guru’s alleged homeless “dumping” United Press International SALEM, Ore. — Three Guardian Angels and a supporter were ar rested Sunday in the front yard of Gov. Vic Adyeh’s home during a chanting protest over the plight of homeless people “dumped” by the central Oregon religious commune of Rajneeshpuram. Two men and two women, three of them wearing the red berets of the self-appointed civilian security group based in New York City, scaled the four-foot fence around the governor’s home and were met by state troopers. After being told that the governor would not meet with them, the pro testers chanted “Feed the homeless! Stop the dumping!” then marched up and down in front of Atiyeh’s yel low brick house for more than an hour. Curtis Sliwa, national leader of the Guardian Angels, said the pro test, the group’s second of the week end, was aimed at publicizing the plight of the homeless recruited from around the country by the sect, then rejected and “dumped” on the streets of Oregon cities. “I don’t believe the governor has done anything of substance to stop the dumping of homeless,” said Sliwa, who was arrested in a protest Saturday but was not arrested Sun day. “We’re getting involved because of the situation has been inade quately taken care off.” Several hundred street people have been left in Portland and in other Oregon cities since the nation wide recruiting of the homeless by the Rajneeshees began in Septem ber. The Salvation Army and other relief groups have stepped in to care for them and many have been given bus tickets home. Opponents of the guru say the homeless were brought to the re mote commune to help the com mune elec t candidates to local f»J eminent in a political take effort, taking ;u 1 vantage of Orq liberal voter registration laws. Hundreds of them rejectedi imme life or were asked to leaveb were not given bus tickets hotnjl they had been promised, the piml critics contend. The protesters carried signs rea! ing “Governor Atiyeh — Stop Dumping Now" and marched toi slow beat of a single drum. /J Atiyeh has maintained that! funds will not be used to sendl street people home and that theya the responsibility of the sect,. Braniff leaves Miami again United Press International MIAMI — For 18 Braniff em ployees in Miami, Sunday was their last day of work. It was the second time in less than two years that the troubled carrier had decided to call it quits. The band gets its news from the Batt. Braniff announced two weeks ago that $80 million in losses and the failure to be competitive with the other major airlines forced the car rier to end service to 12 cities, lay off hundreds of workers and ground 20 of the company’s 30 jetliners. The move came about eight months after Braniff was resur rected March 1 as a business travel ers airline after several months of bankruptcy proceedings. Officials said the carrier would stay in operation as a low-fare car rier in nine domestic cities. But em ployees in Miami said they felt the company was doing well enough lo cally to warrant continued service. “The future bookings were en couraging,” said Raul Dube, a Bra niff airport manager who witnessed the carrier’s first shutdown two years ago. “In my mind it’s a bad move, but you have to weigh the whole pic- ture.” Braniffs last flight out of town was scheduled to leave Miami Inter national Airport Sunday. Abducted girl found on lonely Plano road United Press International PLANO — An 11-year-old girl ab ducted during a hotel wedding re ception was located eight hours later on a deserted road, police said Sun day. The girl, from San Angelo, was returned to her parents Sunday af ter she was treated for minor inju ries, said Lt. H.W. Bryan. Police said they had suspects in the case. The girl, reportedly taken into a hotel elevator by a white male in his late 20s, was released about 8:30 a.m. on « r-n^rt in the southeast part of the city. She contacted soirn the area who notified police, Bra said. The kidnapping occurrtjiji 11:50 p.m. Saturday at the PI Holiday Inn. A 13-year-old will told police a man with “orange tried to coax her into a hotel el but that she refused and ran Police sealed the building as conducted a search of each room Dallas Police Department helicojW made a search of the area withnott suits. AA J| McDonald's MCDONALD’S AA •"'INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTSl"' s °“ DRIVE-THRU WINDOW McDonalds At University Drive S. Texas Ave. Now at Manor East Mall BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING IM GAMEPLAN ENTRIES CLOSE PUTT PUTT GOLF - You don’t need to be Arnold Palmer to play! Entries close Tuesday, Nov. 6 for Putt Putt Golf. The contest will be held Wednesday, Nov. 6 at Pooh's Park starting at 6 p.m. All TAMU students, faculty, staff and spouses eligible for this contest. All-U t- shirts awarded in each division. A $3 green fee will be collected during regis tration. AGGIE CROSS COUNTRY RUN - Put on your running shoes for this one. En tries close Friday, Nov. 9 for the Aggie Cross Country Run. The race date is Saturday, Nov. 10 on East Campus at 10 a.m. Competition will be in individual an- /or team. Teams consist of a maximum of 6 people with the top four finishers scoring for the team. Late entries will be accepted at the site only on a space available basis. IM GAMEPLAN ENTRIES OPEN WEIGHTLIFTING CONTEST - Pump-up your pecs and blow-up your biceps for, the IM Weightlifting Contest. Entries open Monday, Nov. 5 and close Wednes-j day, Nov. 14 to all TAMU students, fac-J ulty, staff and spouses. The weightlifting* contest will be held Thursday, Nov. 15. Competition in bench press only. Each lifter will have his/her best lift divided by his/her body weight to determine best lift. For more information contact IM-Rec Sports Office at 845-7826. COMING ATTRACTIONS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS Volleyball playoffs will begin tonight Monday, Nov. 5 CAPTAINS need to check the bulletin board outside the IM-Rec Office (159 E. Kyle) for your team’s game time. Check early, your team might be playing tonight. AGGIE CROSS COUNTRY RUN The Aggie Cross Country Run will be held Saturday, Nov. 10. Entries will be accepted at the event site only on a space available basis. Individuals will compete in various age groups; however, anyone under 18 compet ing must be a student at Texas A&M University. EQUIPMENT CHECK-OUT, RENTAL & PURCHASE Bats, balls, nets, horseshoes and other recreational sports equip ment may be checked out to persons with proper identification (student ID or recreational ID) at the check out windows in East Kyle or DeWare. Racquets for badminton, tennis and racquetball may be rented at these locations for $0.50. Tennis racquets also may be rented at the tennis courts. Racquetball, handballs and other sports equipment may be pur-chased at retail prices. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS McDonald’s Intramural Highlights is sponsored each Monday in the Battalion by your local McDonald's" Restaurants at University Drive, Manor East Mall and on Texas Avenue. Stories are written by members of the Intramural Staff, graphics are by Joel Hickerson, and photos are by Tom McDonnell and Marcy Basile. COURT RESERVATIONS Court Reservations may be made starting at 7:30 a.m., Monday thru Friday and 8 a.m., Saturday and Sunday 24 hours in advance by coming to the Intramural-Recreational Sports Check-Out Room (157 East Kyle) or calling 845-2624, 845-2625. Students, faculty, staff, spouses and dependents may reserve handball/racquetball courts for one hour and tennis courts for one and one half hours. Handball and racquetball court times are as follows: Monday- Friday, noon-1 p.m., 4 p.m.-midnight and Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-midnight. Tennis courts may be reserved as follows: Mon- day-Friday, 5 p.m.-11 p.m.and Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-10 p.m. These hours are subject to change.