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Nights and weekends call 361- $50 1500. $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 Cold Study $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 Individual 18 years & older who suffer from recent onset of $50 the common cold. $50 incentive for those chosen to partici- $50 pate $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 Hacky Cough-Bronchitis-Pneumonia We are looking for these symptoms in individuals to partici pate in a short study to monitor and treat your illness. Free chest x-ray, EKG and monetary incentive for those chosen to participate. CALL PAULL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 776-0400 WORLD & NATION 14 Th Thursday, October 19,1989 Atlantis successfully thunders into space, heads for Jupiter CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle Atlantis thundered from its launch pad and darted be tween two storm systems Wednes day, starting the plutonium-pow ered Galileo probe on a twice- delayed, roundabout journey to Ju piter. The 132-ton winged Atlantis with a crew of five lifted off at 12:53 p.m., riding a 700-foot column of flame out over the Atlantic on a five-day mission that anti-nuclear activists fearful of a Challenger-like accident were unable to stop. Two minutes after liftoff, the two solid fuel booster rockets burned out and fell away and the shuttle contin ued under the thrust of its three liq uid fueled engines. “You looked marvelous going up,” Mission Control told com mander Don Williams as the winged spacecraft reached orbit after two launch postponements. “I feel a lot better,” Williams said. The Galileo’s troubles — includ ing money problems over the years and recent protests over its nuclear power supply — were left behind. and the probe was ready to begin its six-year, 2.4 billion-mile roundabout journey to Jupiter. The astronauts were to release the probe from Atlantis’ cargo bay later in the day. The shuttle circled Earth at an altitude of 184 miles. Although concern over the Gal ileo’s 49.4-pound plutonium power supply was argued in court, it drew no protesters to the Kennedy Space Center on launch day. Environmen talists had argued that a Challenger like accident could scatter deadly plutonium-238 over Florida. Nothing like that happened Wednesday, and even the weather cooperated. Clouds and rain threat ened to halt the launch until the last minutes of the countdown, but the clouds suddenly dissipated and the shuttle darted into a bright blue sky, trailing a 700-foot geyser of fire. Thousands were at the Kennedy Space Center and nearby vantage points to watch the start of the 31st space shuttle mission, during which the astronauts will deploy Galileo and also conduct medical and other scientific experiments. The $1.5 billion Galileo, the most expensive unmanned space vehicle ever built, is expected to give the best look yet at the mysteries of an other planet. Its journey to the solar system’s biggest planet will take six years. The liftoff was the start of a voy age that will take the probe on a looping path past Venus in Feb ruary, back to within 620 miles of Earth in December 1990 and past Earth again at a 200-mile altitude two years later. The craft will arrive at Jupiter in December 1995 for a two-year orbit. “It is the Rolls-Royce of space craft,” Clayne Yeates, a mission manager said. Atlantis was grounded Tuesday by rain and last week by a faulty en gine computer and its launch was in doubt within minutes of liftoff be cause of a high-pressure cold front and offshore rain clouds. About 200 armed security guards in boats and in the air were alert for anti-nuclear trespassers who had threatened to sit on the pad if nec essary to halt the launch, but liftoff took place without incident The Atlantis has acrewoffive the mission that ends Mondaywn landing at Edwards Air Force Bi in California at 2:38 p.m. EDI. The astronauts were to release 6,700-pound Galileo from Atlaii cargo hay about 6-and-a-halfhoe after liftoff for a looping, sixys 2.4-billion-mile journey to Juphs the colossus of the solar systemm a radius 11 times that of Earth. As part of the mission, a robot separate from the Galileo spacectt and plunge through Jupiter’s p eons atmosphere. AMR criticizes takeover attempt, claims company is not for sale DALLAS (AP) — AMR Corp. called Donald Trump’s aborted $7.5 billion takeover attempt “ill-consid ered and reckless” Wednesday and said the parent company of Ameri can Airlines “has not been, and is not, for sale.” At the same time, the company as expected reported lower third quar ter earnings and an “unhappy” out look for the future, saying those re sults underlined the danger of saddling an airline with high debt levels. In its first statement since Trump’s $120 per share offer was made Oct. 4, the AMR board said: “We are pleased that Mr. Donald Trump has withdrawn his uninvited proposal to negotiate a cash merger agreement with AMR.” “AMR has been operating pur suant to a highly successful long term plan designed to create growth and value,” the statement said. “We see absolutely no basis for departing from that strategy and believe that the imposition of a highly leveraged capital structure would have very unfavorable effects.” The board took no other action stemming from Trump’s offer, said bih 4ri<-.. spokesman John Hotard. Some ana lysts had speculated the directors might erect stronger takeover de fenses, such as taking advantage of lower stock prices to create an em ployee stock ownership plan that would make a hostile takeover al most impossible. Meanwhile, AMR was the most ac tively traded issue on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, with the price climbing 75 cents in com posite trading to close at $74. Trump had made his offer in an Oct. 4 letter to the board, which promised to review the proposal “in due course,” but said very little else. Bill would give government control over airline takeovers WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee voted Wednesday to give the Transportation Depart ment authority to block major airline takeovers, after backers of the bill said travelers want assurances a pur chaser’s heavy debt would not jeop ardize safety. Under the legislation, the Trans portation Department would be obli gated to block the purchase of 15 percent of an airline’s voting stock if the deal would jeopardize safety, lead to a break up of the company, hinder its ability to compete, or leave the carrier in the hands of a foreign interest. “This bill does not prevent airline takeovers or significantly interfere with an owner’s property rights. It merely gives DOT the opportunity to review those transactions that might harm the public interest,”Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt, R-Ark., said. “Air travelers expect assurances that the heavy debt load incurred during an acquisition will not lead to a deterioration of safety,” Ham- tee before it approved the bill by a vote of 23-5. Opponents claimed the bill could be the first step toward congressio nal regulation of leveraged buyouts, while Hammerschmidt said the leg islation is similar to procedures used by the Justice Department to review mergers under anti-trust laws. “The government doesn’t have a role in determining individual trans actions and second-guessing the market place,” countered Rep. Ar lan Stangeland, R-Minn., calling the bill an impediment to the economics of the airline industry. On Monday, the billionaire devel oper said he was withdrawing the of fer for the time being because of the fall in AMR’s stock price in the wake of troubles surrounding a $6.75 bil lion management-employee buyout of UAL Corp., parent of United Air lines. The price had reached $107 immediately after his offer, but fell to the mid-$70s following the Friday the 13th drop. Financing questions dogged Trump’s proposal with analysts questioning how he would pay for the deal beyond the $1 billion in equ ity he promised to put up himself. AMR had focused on the debt in its initial response, and Chairman Rob ert L. Crandall repeated that con cern Wednesday. The committee defeated an amendment by Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., which would have barred a takeover if it would result in a major reduction of wages, benefits or workers. “Imposing extraordinary levels of debt on an airline, particularly with out the active cooperation of both management and employees, will not serve the long-term interests of anyone,” Crandall said. merschmidt told the House Public Works and Transportation Commit- The House bill had been rushed through Congress because of con cerns about Donald Trump’s at tempts to takeover AMR Corp. of Fort Worth, parent company of American Airlines Inc. “The public will be disadvantaged if excessive financing reduces an air line’s ability to seize new opportuni ties, to promptly replace old air planes, to be responsive to environmental desires for quieter airplanes or to do any of the host of other capital-intensive things consis tent with remaining a world class air line competitor,” Crandall said. bo: Drug may cut transplant costs aid in survival 01 PITTSBURGH (AP)-Am drug believed 50 to 100 time! more powerful in preventing or gan rejection might cut traits plant costs and ease critical short ages of donor organs, doctors said Wednesday. “The biggest bonus is bettet survival,” Dr. Thomas E. Starzl head of the University of Pitts burgh’s transplant program said Starzl heads the world’s clinical trials of the Japanese drug FK-506. As of Wednesday, transplant patients had received the experimental medication, eluding a few children. FK-506 is far more effectivt and safer than cyclosporine, major anti-rejection drug now ing used, Starzl said. He esti mated it to be 50 to 100 tiraei more potent. “Although we are idolaters ol cyclosporind ‘ and have been, fact, one of ’dhe prime developers of cyclosporine, we’ve always real ized its limitations practicalj from week two onward,” Starzl said at a news conference. “There’s a prospect now o( doing things that couldn’t done previously” such as intesti nal transplants and, ultimateh cross-species transplants, Starzl said. The new drug shows promise in treating certain liver diseases thus eliminating the need fora transplant, Dr. David Van Thiel medical director of transplants tion at the University of Pitts burgh said. It also holds promise for treating rheumatoid arthritis multiple sclerosis and other disor ders impairing the immune sys tem. Dr. Robert Corry, presidentof the United Network for Organ Sharing, said he has not yet re viewed the findings but has “ev ery reason to believe that Dr Starzl is correct.” The drug’s potential became apparent within only eight months of use on humans. “We’re shocked by it becauseii went so fast. It was like throwing a gasoline bomb,” said Starzl, who will report his findings in an up coming edition of the British medical journal Lancet and at i scientific meeting Oct. 31 it Spain. 1 t( the the fin ily Ca bat He ear cer we Co has am thr ter ten Air vio inti latt sm We Dal abl< the thr< got Ric Cal Cin hor rest \ hoi F line wer bee ule Air s. (Con Frans ikinn ov hel Th, pays a tebuil ties th OW-CC teven Lt. |ge w lion.” ATTENTION ON—CAMPUS AGGIES!!! 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