NEWS
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Police commissioner
seeks money from
federal government
NEW YORK (AP) - The city’s
police commissioner is seeking fed
eral money for the police force,
arguing that the department should
be compensated for its contribu
tions to national defense.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly
said the department should be enti
tled to federal aid because it
assigned so many officers to coun
terterrorism duties after the Sept.
11, 2001, terrorist attacks, The
New York Times reported Monday.
Pilot dies in plane
crash in South
Carolina air show
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A Korean
War veteran flying his World War II-
era fighter in an air show crashed in
the woods and was killed.
Joseph 0. Tobul, 68, was flying his
F4U Corsair in formation with other
aircraft Sunday when smoke began to
trail from the fighter, witnesses said.
The planes were going to fly over
the Dorn VA Medical Center, a tribute
Tobul thought up for the disabled vet
erans who couldn't get to the
Celebrate Freedom Festival air show.
Tobul’s son, Jim, and two grand
sons were piloting three of the other
planes in the formation and wit
nessed the crash. Jim Tobul could
see his father was having engine
trouble. Using his radio, he tried to
help him. But it was too late.
Veteran’s Day
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Lt. Gen. John Van Alstyne (left), Texas A&M's new commandant
of cadets, and former Commandant Maj. Gen. M.T. "Ted"
Hopgood Jr. (right) present a wreath at the West Gate Memorial
while an Aggie Band bugler plays Taps at Albritton Tower on
Monday. The Corps of Cadets commemorated Veterans Day with
patriotic observances on campus and around the community.
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NASA delays Endeavour’s launch at least
one week because of sudden oxygen leak
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An abrupt and
puzzling leak in the astronauts’ oxygen supply forced
NASA to delay Monday’s planned launch of space shut
tle Endeavour by at least one week.
With just two hours remaining in the countdown
Sunday night, NASA called off the flight to the inter
national space station and apologized to the seven-
member crew.
Commander James Wetherbee had just strapped into
his cockpit seat.
“I’d like to welcome you aboard ... but tonight’s not
our night,’’ NASA test director Steve Altemus said. “I
know you guys are going to be disappointed, but I think
we want to give you a healthy vehicle before we cut you
loose from the cape here.”
Wetherbee replied: “Absolutely.”
The oxygen leak is believed to be somewhere deep in
the midbody of Endeavour beneath the payload bay. It is
in one of two systems that feed oxygen into the crew
cabin for breathing and into the astronauts’ pressure
suits during launch and landing.
Launch controllers had just begun fueling Endeavour
for an early Monday morning launch when they detect
ed the leak. It was a stunning discovery since both oxy
gen lines had passed all inspections back in the hangar.
The concern was that the leak, while small, could
worsen. It was the latest in a series of problems that have
plagued NASA’s shuttles this year, most notably fuel line
cracks that grounded the entire fleet all summer.
“It’s like this leak just appeared out of the blue,”
said shuttle program director Ron Dittemore. “For that
alone and knowing that you still have the shake, rattle
and roll to go through to get to orbit, caused us to pause
and want us to understand it better.”
Dittemore said the oxygen systems are redundant and
NASA probably could have launched Endeavour without
any issues. But he noted: “It’s the unknown, why this
happened after it passed the checks. Did we have some
collateral damage? Is it worse? ... We just couldn’t go
and launch in the blind.”
Endeavour was poised to carry up a fresh three-man
crew to replace the current space station occupants, who
have been on board since June. The shuttle also holds a
$390 million girder for the orbiting complex.
Launch director Mike Leinbach said Endeavour’s
payload bay doors will be opened and even though it
will be a tight squeeze for workers to find and fix the
leak, the 14-ton girder should not have to be
removed. The problem could be a loose seal or tube
fitting, he noted.
The launch was rescheduled for no earlier than Nov. 18.
Mission Control immediately notified the one
American and two Russian space station residents about
the delay in Endeavour’s launch — and their ride home.
Sunday was their 158th day in orbit. ^ J
Peggy Whitson and her cosmonaut crewmates were
supposed to return to Earth last month. But their mission
was extended because of the summerlong grounding of the
shuttle fleet.
Cracks in the fuel lines of all four shuttles resulted in
a launch moratorium that did not end until last month.
Then when Atlantis finally lifted off on Oct. 7, half of
the explosive charges for releasing bolts that hold the
shuttle onto the pad did not fire. Fortunately, only one
set of explosives is needed for release; the other set
serves as a backup.
Even though engineers could not determine what
caused the electrical failure, NASA pressed ahead with
Endeavour’s launch, saying the problem was almost cer
tainly an isolated event. Nevertheless, the wiring for
Endeavour’s explosive charges were double-checked
and, in some cases, replaced.
Filipino-American veterans fighting for full benefits
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ernesto
Cinco fought in the Philippine jungles
alongside Americans and his fellow
Filipinos during World War II. He spent
1 1 months in Japanese prison camps, and
was awarded the Bronze Star medal.
But Cinco, who was sent to war by
President Roosevelt and is a U.S. citizen,
is not eligible to receive the same benefits
as the other veterans who were his com
rades in arms.
He and about 11,000 other Filipino-
American soldiers who fought under
General Douglas MacArthur during
World War II have been lobbying for
years for official recognition of their mil
itary service and full veterans benefits.
“It’s not just discrimination,” said
Cinco, 82, who shares a tiny room in a
San Francisco residential hotel with
another Filipino-American veteran. “I
consider ourselves as not being treated as
human beings.”
When the war broke out, the
Philippines were a commonwealth of the
United States and Roosevelt called about
200,000 Filipinos into military service.
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They joined American forces in
fighting the Japanese on the Bataan
Peninsula and Corregidor Island in the
Philippines. But under an act passed by
Congress in 1946, Filipino veterans
were denied the same full benefits as
other American veterans.
Advocates for the
Filipinos are now
focusing on a bill that
would allow veterans
who are legal perma
nent residents or U.S.
citizens, and who live
in the United States,
to get the same
Veterans Affairs
health care as other
American veterans.
The bill has been
passed by the House and is now awaiting
approval in the Senate. The VA supports
the bill, said Chris Allen, legislative
affairs officer at the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
But in their quest for equal benefits,
the Filipino veterans are seeking more
than just VA health care. Faustino
Baclig, 80, said it is a matter of pride.
“We are not second-class citizens. We
have proven that we know how to defend
and fight for the United States,” Baclig
said. “It boils down to discrimination to
me, and that is what we are fighting.
“You never expect
that your ally, your
friend, your protector
would turn his back the
moment that victory
was won,” said Baclig,
who fought in Bataan
and survived the infa
mous Death March.
“We fought side-by-
side with Americans,
American whites and
American blacks.”
The veterans have made some
progress. Between 1990 and 1995, about
17,000 Filipino veterans were naturalized
as U.S. citizens in return for their military
service. Under a law passed in 2000,
Filipino veterans may be buried in
national cemeteries.
We fought side-by-side
with AmericatiSy
American whites and
American blacks.
-— Faustino Baclig
Filipino-American veteran
And some Filipino veterans who were
injured, or had disabilities that were
aggravated during U.S. military service,
can receive the same VA health care as
other American veterans.
The bill in Congress attempts to get VA
health care for eligible Filipino veterans
even if they weren’t injured during military
service — something needed by the aging
veterans, who are mostly now in their 80s,
said Eric Lachica, executive director of the
Washington, D.C.-based American
Coalition for Filipino Veterans Inc.
Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, who tes
tified before the House’s subcommittee
on veterans affairs in support of recog
nizing the Filipino veterans, said the situ
ation is “a moment in our history that
needed to be rectified.”
The men, “who gave so much and sac
rificed so much ... deserve to be consid
ered a part of what is known as ’the
Greatest Generation,”’ said Phillips, who
is Filipino-American and said he was
named after a World War II hero. Gunnery
Sgt. Lew Diamond. “These men have felt
slighted and overlooked for 60 years.”
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