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CAMPUS uttle. Associated Press ■APE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Bile the seven-man human crew Bived their final briefings, 24 ■med rats and two squirrel mon- ;ey> named “3165” and “384-80” |®e loaded aboard the space shuttle ■llenger. The launch time for today’s start B seven-day scientific mission is ■or noon, EDT. “All systems are go,” said Jesse VV. ildore. director of the shuttle pro- |n.“ We are giving the thumbs-up ■he weather looked good for the ■nd liftoff, which is the second of ■month, and NASA looked for- ■j to the shortest interval between ■ns in the space shuttle program, ■overy landed April 19 after a ieven-day mission. I Ihe previous “turnaround” re cord was 34 days. Ihe crew is comprised of com- der Robert Overmyer; pilot red Gregory; physicians William rnton and Norman Thagard; picists Don Lind and Taylor g; and Lodewijk van den Berg, chemical engineer. Both Wang and Aden Berg are naturalized U.S. lens. In the shuttle’s cargo bay is a 12- ton, barrel-shaped laboratory, 23 feet long and 13 feet in diameter, where five scientists will conduct around-the-clock experiments in materials processing, fluid mechan ics, life sciences, atmospheric physics and astronomy. It is the second time that the $1 billion, European-built Spacelab has flown. The first was in December 1983. The squirrel monkeys, carefully chosen because they were found to be free of herpes saimiri, which in fects 95 percent of their species, were put into the laboratory Sunday, a cumbersome procedure when the vehicle is vertical on its launch pad. Herpes-free monkeys were chosen because of a remote risk that the as tronauts might be infected with the cancer-causing form of herpes, al though they will not handle the ani mals. A complicated system of lifts and pulleys was used to hoist the animals aboard. Animal rights groups have said they will picket the Kennedy Space Center today. “Challenger’s liftoff means that every painful experiment per formed on animals on Earth will now be performed in space,” said Alex Pacheco, chairman of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals. But Joseph Cremin, the Spacelab 3 mission manager, said the animals are being treated humanely. “We do not cause the animals any undue pain,” he said. “I don’t think from our activities there are any rea sons to think they aren’t being treated in the best possible fashion. ... They are there, basically, for the ride.” The animals’ cages are being tested for future missions in which animal experiments will be per formed. On this flight, the animals will be studied for symptoms of space sickness. The rats will be killed after landing and autopsies per formed. Challenger is to return to Earth on May 6, landing on the nearly lim itless runways at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., rather than at the Ken nedy Space Center, as a safety mea sure because Discovery’s brakes locked and a tire ruptured during its landing on April 19. V Pizzaworks) FWEE PEPPEWONI WOLLS IT’S WILD WOLL WEDNESDAY! on wequest only 2 Wolls w/ Med. Pizza 4 Wolls w/ Lawge Pizza 696-DAVE 326 Jersey SI. (Next to Wother’s Bookstore) OPEN 11 a.m. DAILY Federally licensed landfills to meet requirements likes ady on Sale 1 Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federally li- Ted landfills are not complying itli groundwater monitoring re- Tements, the chairman of a Jise oversight committee said Jday. Clearly, some of the data are pking, especially when viewed trom ihe perspective that the regula- |s called for compliance ... S'/a ago,” Rep. John Dingell, D- ■., chairman of both the commit- Jmd the subcommittee, wrote to nd members. EPA officials said they would doc ument for Dingell extensive efforts to strengthen enforcement and im prove monitoring at 1,246 landfills, impoundment areas, lagoons and land treatment facilities required to undertake groundwater monitoring. The subcommittee report found that 559 facilities had some indica tion of groundwater contamination, either by statistical tests, confirmed sampling or the undertaking of full- scale monitoring. EPA officials said this figure was misleading in that statistical tests show many false indications of con tamination. EPA officials said they are now starting to require complete monitoring of all facilities. After a report from the General Accounting Office in 1983 that 78 percent of landfills had not met groundwater monitoring require ments, Congress imposed a deadline of Nov. 8, 1985. EPA is supposed to close non complying facilities after that. EPA officials said there would be problems in meeting the deadline. — Cleaning Today’s history ore. 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Call 845-2611 Today. year ago: During their | to China, President and Mrs. gan visited the ancient capital ty of Xian to view an archeologi- ig near the tomb of Qin Shi [ang Di, the first emperor of Via. bought for today: “What ex- |ence and history teach is this: it people and governments ave never learned anything rom history.” — Georg Wilhelm fidrich Hegel, German philo sopher (1770-1831). 522 — No new offers given to Reagan officials by Soviet negotiators BEAUTY MAGICIANS HAVE ARRIVED^^ We have some fabulous tricks up our sleeve — Come by or call and let us make magic with you... So you can make magic with Him. Grand Opening Special $34 Redkeo Perms (special good 4/29-5/4) Walk-Ins Welcome! Texas Ave. & S.W Parkway Park Place Plaza Associated Press - a ga thz administration said Saturday that Soviet negotiators have made no new offers to reduce strategic nu clear missiles or even put their old proposals back on the bargaining ta ble. “We are, of course, ready to ex amine seriously any concrete Soviet proposal for substantial, balanced and stabilizing reductions in strate gic forces,” the State Department said. “We already have suggested (in the Geneva talks) that both sides re duce strategic offensive arms by one- fourth as an opening move,” Gorba chev said. “We would have no objec tions to making' even deeper mutual cuts. All this is possible if the arms race does not begin in space, if outer space remains an area of peace.” The two sides appear to have di vergent goals. The United States wants to concentrate on limiting of fensive weapons while the Soviets are eager to sidetrack the Star Wars program. In the previous Geneva talks, the Soviets offered to reduce their 2,250 missiles and heavy bombers to 1,800. Gorbachev’s statement indicated the Soviets may be prepared to cut even deeper. "Contrary to the impression cre ated by press accounts of General Secretary Gorbachev’s statement, however, the Soviet Union has made no proposal for reductions in strate gic forces in the new Geneva nego tiations,” said Sonda McCarty, State Department press official. Earlier last week, Gorbachev ac cused the Reagan administration of reneging on an agreement to con sider Star Wars in conjunction with cutbacks on offensive nuclear mis siles. Kenneth Adelman, the U.S. arms control director, said the pro gram had been discussed extensively at Geneva. The State Department said Satur day that Gorbachev may have been referring to the old Soviet offer, which U.S. negotiators rejected on the grounds it did not cut deeply enough into warheads and destruc tive capability. 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