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N ' IAP) -WASHINGTON (AP) — The House rejected the an-
■oper preactkal bffort to kill NASA’s space station yesterday as
o into a rap. ngfess began a hectic autumn of sorting through
s of her delr mding bills.
was dear As awmakers returned from their summer recess,
ustonians wb House voted 298-121 to defeat an attempt by Reps.
-iteonaswel n Roemer, D-lnd., and Mark Sanford, R-S.C., to
I he Houstor. nifiate the space station, one of NASA’s highest pro-
-Phcs to win: * programs.
ipionship. a Spending bill the House is debating would pro-
■dy said thda $2.4 billion next year for the station, whose first
ials, too ma -nponents are already orbiting the Earth. Construc-
’ much adm is expected to take five years,
d, proselyii; Roemer, who has been trying to terminate the pro
of Cityim since 1992, cited its cost overruns and pressures
said the price tag put on the rest of the federal budget. One
= (from the agressional estimate for building and maintaining
Basketball i station over its lifetime is nearly $100 billion,
mig and the But with space station contracts spread among
indie it. Be:any congressional districts, the program has broad
»ns?” pport in Congress.
■vd answer;:The funds were included in a $92 billion measure
red, white r.ancing veterans, housing, science and environmen-
*d the air. programs for fiscal year 2000, which begins Oct. 1.
yl Swoopes:
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)ver the N't
tris 4^-22 Osprey combines helicopter, fixed-wing craft
York.
Aides to President Clinton have threatened to
veto the bill because it contains less than the White
House wants for many programs. Congress has sent
Clinton only two of the 13 spending measures for
the coming fiscal year, bogged down by disputes
over how much to spend and how to pay for the
expenditures.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary An
drew Cuomo, House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt,
D-Mo. and other Democrats criticized GOP housing
cuts. Cuomo said the measure would cut funds “that
help people work their way out of poverty” and were
designed by Republicans to help finance a tax cut for
the rich.
But Republicans said Clinton proposed unrealistic
increases for housing based on proposed higher tax
es and fees with no chance of congressional approval.
“We have done our very best to prioritize limited
federal dollars in a responsible way that takes care of
our neediest citizens,” Rep. James Walsh, R-N.Y., chief
author of the veterans-housing bill, said.
The Senate resumed considering a $14 billion mea
sure financing the Interior Department and cultural
programs.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a
me. It’s a helicopter. And judging
■ the cheers from Pentagon brass
id members of Congress, it could
• something of a Superman of mil-
rom Page [ty aircraft.
volleyball. Looking oddly old-fashioned as a
isvto sit thi * e <|wing plane, with two over-
jout her ea:propellers, the Marines’ MV-22
put j n all 3 P re V transforms itself into the he-
, anv coy :opter of the future.
Something r A ^ tL ' r a sw '^ P ass U .P t * ie Potomac
laomg teli lver P ast t,le Washington Monu-
11 get vourd ent y ester day, the rotors on the
p "St production model smoothly tilt-
to all the cl 1 U P’ settin § ^ down easily on a
o faced p/ai 3tch of 8 rass at tlle Pentagon.
, coiieejjte Basically, the Osprey converts
,red rigorous W helicopter into a speedy fixed-,
ng plane in 20 seconds, offering
"biomedical $( w l ca P abllities f or troop deploy-
niratiotvs ot n , ' ,nt ’ dru § interdiction and search
'coming a ca 11 rescue, including liostage rescue.
does she mar/: 1 * s g° in g t0 cban g e tbe wa Y in
i ? -med ' 1101 we a PP roac n everything from
of t vollevH 311 * 1 nperations to disaster relief
, /• |( humanitarian aid and peacekeep-
tmu’ GTE Si’ 1 Defense Secretary William Co-
ows the sar n 5 aid > welcoming the Osprey be-
ve with ttff crowd of Penta g° n officers,
loes to
to balance i
after a
on hit it, yet
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always so e
)reamcast
o pass on a
pective toll NEW YORK (AP) — Sonic the
ep appreeb d gehog runs faster than ever,
‘giate voile football players look and play
the idea ol e the real thing. Swords bang
ibined withth a perfect clang,
ough challefSega Enterprises is hoping its
leyball thew Dreamcast video game sys-
iig challenge dazzles Americans and lifts
i to it,” she- ; - struggling company back to
ing a little t0 P °f tbe U.S. market,
i desire If The super-powerful machine
remind pe id tbe drst 16 games designed
elax, and go’ d hit the shelves today, and
nd fight’ is 3168 are bracing for Christmas-
muse regard 6 crowds through the weekend,
line we si Before today’s launch, Sega tal-
if our half d more than 300,000 pre-orders
' the $199 machine — three
people th aes more than anticipated. The
accomplis' mes will sell for about $50 each.
j e j n suC h Many retailers, surprised by the
Hid of time av 7 demand, planned to open
ing jg berPif stores early today and have
1 a s t;ded extra staff to keep up with
' corbel^ expected crowds,
ven moref B V P-m. yesterday, stores re-
f j ier reITted lines of people anxious to
miitHle blot the game, which was to go on
le at midnight.
Ip middle I had to have it immediately. I
1 h vou IH-hho’t wait,” Ken Grose, a 21-
L t ,-eactif ar old college student who
a big * ned a group of 30 people at the
IP d is fir ectr onics Boutique store at the
’ p . 3n d ng of Prussia mall outside
‘ie^'iladelphia, sa id.
Ihlv howW ‘ As soon as 1 get the machine
,,rvissof ld three or four games, I am
j/p/tion ar, nnin 8 home to play it,” he said,
imiddle. ^ having an all-night Dream-
members of Congress, diplomats
and other guests.
“The V-22 is going to cut our re
sponse time from weeks down to
days and days down to hours,” Co
hen said.
“The V-22 is going
to cut our response
time from weeks
down to days and
days down to hours”
— William Cohen
U.S. defense secretary
The twin-turbine, vertical-lift,
tiltrotor aircraft, also known as a
convertiplane, had its first test flight
a decade ago but is being touted by
the military as a key warfare and
peacetime military technology for
the future.
“This is the revolution in mili
tary affairs,” Cohen, describing
the aircraft as the “epitome of
what our forces will need and
what they will become in the 21st
century,” said.
Cohen compared the potential
impact of the tiltrotor with that of the
aircraft carrier in World War II and
the use of modern bombers and jet
fighters in Kosovo.
The aircraft flies at twice the
speed, has four times the range and
carries twice the payload of the aging
CH-46 helicopters it will replace. A
CH-46 landed alongside the Osprey
and a tiltrotor prototype, the XV-15.
The Marines have plans for 360 of
the MV-22s by 2013. The Air Force is
expected to order 50 of another ver
sion, the CV-22, and the Navy 48 H V-
22B’s for special warfare, logistics
support and search and rescue.
Jointly produced by Bell Heli
copter Textron of Fort Worth and
Boeing Co., in Ridley Park, Pa., the
world’s first production model tiltro
tor aircraft can achieve speeds over
400 miles per hour and an altitude
of 25,000 feet. It is designed to carry
up to 24 troops or external loads of
15,000 pounds. It can fly 2,000 miles
and land on a dime.
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eat un^ Jfillt big hype
and a strong
(jtinch will not guarantee long-
5 very sir' an
S lin'd'of B success, especially with Sony
M Hoesi 1 * 1 ^ ^ ntendo due to introduce new
10 tl e eaif acdl * nes and Dreamcast sales
s 1 p ooping in Japan, where the game
as introduced a year ago.
Ji y t0 |999, industry watchers warn that
111 need to keep introducing
17 °iy j lje - v | games for Dreamcast to suc-
ante Finn ' ed the United States.
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