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Discovery ends secret military mission
after high winds delayed landing 1 day
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Discovery’s
five astronauts, forced by high winds to remain
in space an extra day, aimed Monday for an af
ternoon landing in California’s Mojave Desert to
end their secret military mission.
Astronaut Frederick Gregory, the first black
man to command a shuttle mission, was to guide
Discovery to a landing at 2:52 p.m. PST at Ed
wards Air Force Base. The five-day flight report
edly has put in orbit a satellite to monitor military
communications over a wide area of the globe.
The weather outlook at Edwards was consider
ably better than Sunday, when 30 mph winds
gusted across the runways, forcing NASA to
“wave off’ a landing just four hours before the
planned touchdown.
The forecast called for clear skies, visibility of
more than seven miles and winds of 12 mph,
gusting to 17.
The delay shifted the touchdown from night
time to daylight, during which landing rules are
less stringent. A shuttle is not allowed to land at
night if crosswinds exceed 12 mph. The figure
rises to 17 mph in daytime.
The space agency initially rescheduled the
landing for 4:32 p.m., but then decided to bring
the spacecraft home one orbit earlier, thereby re
ducing the sun’s glare on Discovery’s windows
during the final descent.
It was the sixth time in 32 shuttle missions that
a return to Earth has been postponed by bad
weather.
The delay posed no threat to the five astro
nauts because they had enough fuel and other
supplies to stay in orbit until Wednesday if nec
essary. NASA also has other landing sites at
White Sands, N.M., and at Cape Canaveral but
prefers the long, wide-open runways at Edwards.
Disocovery’s other crew members are pilot
John Blaha and mission specialists Manley Carter
Jr., Story Musgrave and Kathryn Thornton.
In announcing the landing delay, Mission
Control said that the shuttle and its crew “contin
ued to be in excellent condition.” A Pentagon-im
posed news blackout that affected most of the
mission kept the space agency from discussing
the astronauts’ reaction to the delay.
However, sources close to the project have sal:
the astronauts achieved their main goal Thuis
day, the second day of the flight, when they n
leased a two and a half-ton, $300 millionsatelfc
designed to listen in on military and diplomat
communications in the Soviet Union, Europi
Africa and the Middle East.
The crew also reportedly conducted
ments related to the “Star Wars” missile defei
system. It was believed the astronauts alsope
formed research into how people can serve«
military observers in space.
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As Discovery was ending its Thanksgivingir?
sion, sister ship Columbia was being readied;
Cape Canaveral for a 10-day Christmas missis
during which five astronauts are to deplov ;
Navy communications satellite and retrieveaso
entific satellite that has been orbiting the Eani
for nearly six years.
Columbia was scheduled to be transportedloi
launch pad on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Food prices will go up
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again in 1990, but farm exports probably won’t. Crop
production may equal or exceed this year’s output, but
that will depend on the weather^
It’s forecasting time at the Agriculture Department
when hundreds of bureaucrats, economists, consul
tants, researchers, commodity traders, bankers, food
processors and even a few farmers gather to hear the
latest predictions.
Many foreign governments, notably the Soviet
Union, Japan and members of the European Economic
For example, consumer food prices, which rose 4.1
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Conditions affecting farmers and rural
Americans will be an important focus of
Outlook ’90, with such topics as farm
finance and rural development.”
Organizers,
Outlook ’90
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Community also watch the annual conference for tid
bits that may help their agricultural trade fortunes.
The department’s 66th annual conference, Outlook
’90, will run from noon Tuesday to noon Thursday.
During that time, dozens of general sessions and indi
vidual meetings will cover the overall international and
U.S. domestic situation, plus separate sessions for va
rious commodities and other topics.
Much of the outlook for 1990 already has been de
scribed in general terms by USDA analysts in recent re
ports.
percent in 1988, probably climbed about 6 percent this
year, the sharpest annual increase since 1981. Analysts
have been saying the 1990 increase won’t be that sharp
— if there is normal weather.
The USDA also reports that agricultural exports,
which provide much of the financial base for farmers,
did well in 1989, reaching almost $40 billion, the most
since the record $43.8 billion in 1981.
But exports in 1990? Department analysts have been
saying those will be down because of lower prices and
reduced volumes expected for some key commodities.
The net cash income of farmers rose to record levels
in recent years, peaking at $59.9 billion in 1988. This is
the money farmers have left over in a calendar year af
ter deducting cash expenses from gross cash income.
However, 1989 net cash income will drop to a range
of $52 billion to $57 billion, according to USDA econo
mists. That reflects greater expenses from more cro
pland being put back into production this year, along
with sharp declines in government payments.
The outlook for 1990 farm income will depend
greatly on national and international weather and crop
situations, particularly for wheat, soybeans and feed
grains. Livestock expansion — or contraction — also
will reflect crops and markets.
Thus, the conference will attempt to fill in many of
the gaps concerning the supply and demand for com
modities in the coming year. But those aren’t the only
concerns.
“Conditions affecting farmers and rural Americans
will be an important focus of Outlook ’90, with such
topics as farm finance, new action on rural devel
opment, rural transportation policy, and the well-being
of rural families and c
rural families and children,” organizers said.
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on Monday approved major con
cessions from tne Kremlin, grani
ing the Baltic republics the rigk
to issue their own currency and
lake a share of profits from cen
trally controlled factories.
After four months’ work, tht
Supreme Soviet gave final appro
val to a plan launching Lithuania lei
Latvia and Estonia on the roadio
economic autonomy from Moj-
cow beginning Jan. 1.
In other action, the legislator!
gave preliminary approval to tht
Soviet Union’s first law explicit]!
repudiating years of press
censorship.
Deputies from the tiny Baltit
republic of Estonia smiled, stood
and cheered after the legislature
approved the economic indepen
dence measure on a vote of 296-
67. Thirty-seven deputies
abstained.
“It’s a very big step forward,'
Lithuanian Communist Pam
chief Algirdas Brazauskas saidir,
an interview after the vote.
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Mathew
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Andrew
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'85 Golf
Rob Berube
'85 Quantum
Chuck Bizier
'82 Rabbit
Carl "Wick" Gartley
'84 Rabbit
Introducing seven members of the Delta Tau Delta
Fraternity and their Volkswagens. We caught up
with these brothers—University of Maine chapter—
and snapped this photo before the snow came.
"Up here, winter is not a season to be taken
lightly" explained fraternity President Andrew
"Gappy" Pelletier. "A lot of people drive
Volkswagens. They've got front wheel drive and
they're dependable. Especially when it's cold."
Brother Wick Gartley agreed, "I don't know how
you happened to pick our fraternity. Seems like
everyone up here drives a Volkswagen."
"I love my Vee Dub," offered Ben Maxcy. "I've
got 135,000 miles on it and it's still running great."
Andrew Michaud, the newest Delt, had his mind
on more important matters. "How's my car look?
Where's this ad gonna run? Will girls see it?
At the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity in Orono,
Maine—even the cook drives a Volkswagen.
It's time to think about
Volkswagen again.
If you drive a Volkswagen, you might be selected to appear in an ad like the one above. Send your story and a photo to:
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