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The Battalion I1FPPTFFT1V^^ , J/ IL 1> 111 Hi r 111 vr Pat Thursday • Decembers, tSi Stew Milne The Battalion Proud Parents Mike Woolsey, their daughters father of Amber Woolsey, and Lee Robertson, father of Chandra Robertson, cheer on during a first round volleyball game against Arkansas Wednesday night. ► Campus Holiday craft fair opens today in MSC Merchants will be on the first floor of the MSC from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Friday for the Win ter in Aggieland Craft Fair. The fair is part of the week- long Noonday Programs festivi ties, sponsored by the MSC Hos pitality Committee. ► Nation Astronauts must return a day early CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — With bad weather in the forecast, a jammed hatch and trouble with the navigation equipment, NASA on Wednesday ordered space shuttle Columbia's astronauts to come home a day early. Columbia was due to land at Cape Canaveral just after day break Thursday. Earlier in the week, NASA had granted the five astronauts an ex tra, 17th day in space. But the space agency took it back after the astronauts accomplished their final job in orbit Wednesday — re trieving the ultraviolet telescope they dropped off at the start of the flight. Flight director Wayne H; the primary concern wasii fog expected at the landing Friday and through the week: stuck hatch and the failure- day of a navigation unital tributed to the decision to l lumbia back as soon as pos; “They certainly would that you ought to button It and be prepared to cornea at the earliest opportumt); said. The shuttle has two navigation units aboard. Two spacewalks considt- cial practice for building the tional space station had to celed because of the stuo Engineers still have no idee handle would barely budge Flight controllers spentt- week devising ways for the: force open the hatch just an emergency spacewalk; ed to close the cargoba; before Columbia’s return to “We don’t expect to la problems,” Hale said. ‘Buff us to worry about things like The concern was not sc getting the hatch open but sure it would seal afters walk. Without a decent spacewalkers Tamara Jemip Thomas Jones would beura re-enter the pressurized caa would have to ride backtob the airlock, the cramped ct< between the cabin and carat ► This day in history Weather (AP) — Today is Thursday, Dec. 5, the 340th day of 1996. There are 26 days left in the year. The Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah, begins at sunset. On this date: In 1776, the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. In 1792, George Washington was re-elected presi dent; John Adams was re-elected vice president. In 1848, President James Polk triggered the Gold Rush of '49 by confirming that gold had been discov ered in California. In 1901, movie producer Walt Disney was born in Chicago. In 1932, German physicist Albert Einstein was granted a visa, making it possible for him to travel to the United States. In 1933, Prohibition came to an end as Utah be came the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment. In 1955, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO under its first president, George Meany. In 1989, East Germany’s former leaders, including ousted Communist Party chief Erich Honecker, were placed under house arrest. In 1994, Newt Gingrich was'elected the first Re publican speaker of the House in four decades. Today Tonight Tomorrow Highs & Lo« Today’s birthdays Today’s Expecitt 70°F Tonight’s Expecie; 46°F Tomorrow'; Expected Hi; Singer Little Richard is 64. Author Joan Didion is 62. Author Calvin Trillin is 61. Actress Morgan Brit tany is 45. Actress Carrie Hamilton is 33. Country singer Ty England is 33. Rock singer-musician John Rzeznick (The Goo Goo Dolls) is 31. Skies clearing with winds shifting to the southwest. Clear with light southwest winds. Clear and warmer with light southwest winds. 77°F Tomorrow Nij Expected iO: 49°F Information counter/of TAV Now Open! "IV^iiroI & Toxurj? Ready to go that extra mile for YOU! AGGIE OWNED AND OPERATED BY SHERRY HINNANT ‘11 CALL LYNDA, CHRIS, or SHERRY AT 696-5000 255 1-J Texas Ave. S. (Behind College Station Library) Open Late Thursday Night. 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