Astronauts ready for liftoff By HARRY F. ROSENTHAL Associated Press Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) With their second-chance countdown moving easily to a launch target tomorrow, astro nauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly arrived yesterday and said, firmly and hopefully, "this is the real thing." Countdown began at 8 a.m. yesterday and on launch pad 39A, work was going go well that spokesman Hugh Harris said: "They're making it look easy." Crews powered up Columbia's electrical system fuel cells and 'mpaled to roll back the main servicing structure. The undercurrent to the rosy progress and optimistic fore cast was the knowledge that everything was glass-smooth, too, until the final minutes of last Wednesday's countdown. Engle said he was "thoroughly convinced that we were just about ready to lift off" when the countdown clock stopped cold at 31 seconds before ignition. No one was more surprised "than Richard and I when we heard we had to call a scrub," he said. Technicians found dirty oil and clogged filters in two , of columbia's hydraulic units and made weekend repairs to ready tomorrow's second try. Upon their arrival, the astronauts made brief remarks to the same knot of reporters and photographers who greeted them last week. They spared no optimism. "OK now, we want you to know this is the last time you're going to get to do this," Engle said. "You've had 'our practice and this is the real thing." Truly said: "Columbia is ready, and Joe and I are ready and we're really going to do it this time." The weather forecast for a 7:30 a.m. EST liftoff was fine: A few clouds, a modest wind, no rain. If events had followed last week's script, the astronauts would have landed Columbia Monday and undergone debrief ing. on Tuesday. Instead, they flew T-38 jets to Patrick AIR Force Base, near the Cape an 800 mile trip that takes 90 o:gai l haistatainationiworld Israel still silent on jet encounter with Saudis TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) Israel kept silent yesterday on the reported encounter between its planes and Saudi jet fighters over Saudi Arabia. But the Israeli news media gave prominence to Defense Minister Ariel Sharon's declaration that he views Saudi Arabia as "a hostile confrontation state." The military command was still refusing to confirm or deny the report of the encounter, nearly 24 hours after the Saudi news agency announcement Monday. At a news conference four hours after the incident was said . to have occurred but before it was report ed Sharon said Israel had decided "to treat Saudi Arabia the way we treat any hostile confrontation state." With those words, Sharon ap- TMI hearings investigate cheating scandal By RICH KIRKPATRICK Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG (AP) New hearings, triggered by a cheating scandal, opened yesterday on whether the management at Three Mile Island can safely operate the undamaged TMI-1 nuclear reactor. A lawyer for a Pennsylvania woman who asked to participate in the hearing said he expects testimony will show widespread cheating by TMI operators on qualifi cation tests. "There will be a lot of other evidence of cheating," said John Clewett, attorney for Marjorie Aamodt of Coatesville, Chester County. The hearings were ordered by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board after the Nuclear Regulatory Commis sion reported that two TMI operators cheated on NRC licensing examinations. Previously, the board had taken eight months of testimony and issued a preliminary finding that the plant owner, General Public Utilities Corp., was qual ified to operate the reactor. But the board said its final recommndations will be contingent on the outcome of the hearings. A group of elephants from the Ringling Brothers Circus stroll across an intersection in downtown Pittsburgh on their way to the Civic Arena yesterday. peared to be placing the kingdom among its more traditional battle field,, foes Syria, Jordan Iraq and the Palestine Liberation -organiza tion. Sharon said his decision was prompted by Riyadh's opposition to the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, and the $8.5 billion package of so phikicated American weaponry Saudi Arabia is to receive. He said Saudi Arabia had sent troops to fight in three wars against Israel. These have been generally regarded as gestures of Saudi solida rity with the Arab cause, and not a major battle factor. The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv declined to discuss the matter, say ing only that "we are in contact with the Israeli government." Unit 1 has been closed since the March 1979 accident crippled the adjacent Unit 2 reactor. Clewett said at a press conference before the hearing that two college professors who studied test answers will testify about - "possible instances of collusion." In addition, Clewett said, a former TMI guard, Harry Williams, will tell the hearing board about crib sheets on company letterheads he said were used during tests for radiation work permits. But Robert Arnold, chief TMI executive, said the company investigated and found no additional evidence of extensive cheating. Consultants hired by plant operators found some test answers that were similarly worded, Arnold said, adding that some could not be explained. "There were a very, very limited number of in stances, considering the number , of operator examina tion questions answered in the course of the last 2 1 / 2 years," Arnold said in an interview. Most of the near duplicate answers stemmed from operators memorizing the training materials and then repeating them on the tests, he said. "We do not believe it indicates there was additional minutes in the 575 mph trainers. Tomorrow, the shuttle will take them once around the world at 17,400 mph in the same amount of time. The astronauts skipped afternoon aerobatic maneuvers yes terday and drove to Kennedy Space Center 35 miles away Engle at the steering wheel, first-flight commander John Young beside him and Truly sitting in the back. • After 83 circuits of the globe, Engle and Truly are scheduled to land next Tuesday at 8:40 a.m. PST 11:40 a.m. EST at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Yesterday, leaving their Johnson Space Center training base, Engle and Truly were "in a terrific mood . . . hugging every body in sight," said spokesman John Lawrence of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The astronauts' last night's sleep at home was disrupted about 4 a.m. yesterday by an incoherent caller who insisted on telling them about needles in his head and imploring them to talk to Vice President Bush about it. Lawrence said he does not know how the man, calling from California, got the astronauts' home telephone numbers. Truly hung up on him, but he called back. Engle, responding to the man's protestation that he is a patriot, said: "I wonder about your. patriotism if you disturb our sleep before such an important flight," said Lawrence. Truly, who will celebrate his 44th birthday along with the launch, received a huge birthday card from the art class at the Carver-Jones elementary school at Baytown, Texas. It was a drawing of a shuttle launch with the legend: "Have a blast on your birthday." And, in small letters near the bottom: "Say good luck to Joe Engle too." Asked about the launch date coinciding with his birthday, Truly said: "I'm going to have the biggest birthday candle I ever had." military authorities jailed three influential Palestin ,. ians, confined others to their towns and dispatched troops to patrol streets of this restive Arab city yester dayto quell a planned merchants strike. Military authorities imposed a curfew on Qalqilya, a town 15 miles northeast of Tel Aviv, after two Israelis were injured by an exploding bottle thrown into their car, Israel Radio said: Elephant crossing Israel cracks down on West bank unrest By ARTHUR MAX Associated Press Writer RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank (AP) Israeli The actions came after a week of scattered demon strations challenging Israel's occupation of the West Bank, of the Jordan River and Defense Minister Ariel Sharon's policy of replacing military authorities with civilian administrators. Despite the show of force, striking shopkeepers and students shut down Arab East Jerusalem, which unlike 'the West Bank is under police rather than army juris diction. The strike was in response to a call by West Bank unions. Police made no attempt to reopen the Jerusalern shops, but reportedly arrested Ibrahim Daqaq, head of the West Bank Engineers Union. Others jailed were Akram Haniya, editor of the radical A-Shaab newspaper, and Azami Shuabi, mem- Astronauts Richard Truly, left, and Joe Engle give the thumbs up sign as they arrive at Patrick Air Force Base yesterday to prepare for the space shuttle launch scheduled for tomorrow. cheating," he said, The hearings, expected to last two to three weeks, are being conducted by Gary Milhollin, a special master appointed by the safety and licensing board. He is a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School at Madison. Meanwhile, an evaluation team from the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations in Atlanta has concluded that TMI-1 can now safely be returned to service. But the team also listed 31 criticisms that it• said should be corrected. According to the review, the company needs: • Better maintenance programs. The review found shortcomings in parts procurenient, inventory, preven tive maintenance and non-safety related operating manuals. GPU differed with some recommndations, but promised changes within the next six months. • Stricter employee compliance with radiation pro tection safeguards. • More training for GPU middle management The institute is an $lB million-a-year operation fi nanced by 50 member nuclear utilities and formed after the accident at Unit 2. ber of El Bireh town council, said Defense Ministry spokesman Danny Weinreich. The Al-Fair newspaper was closed earlier this week for 10 days for publishing allegedly inflammatory material. Sharon told a news conference Monday that his new policy was "to make life as easy as possible for the local population (while) we will be very firm and strong on terrorist activity or any other violence or disorder." In Ramallah, 10 miles north of Jerusalem, army jeeps. and soldiers with truncheons cruised streets to,forestall the threatened strike. Troops wheeled a metal-cutting machine through the city center, an implied threat-to shopkeepers that the army would break open their locks if they folloWed the strike call. Brother. Joseph Loewenstein, chancellor of the Vati can-sponsored Bethlehem University, said the 1,200- student school has been unable to hold classes this month because of unrest. A minor demonstration was reported in Bethlehem yesterday. _ In Jerusalem, Israel Radio reported that Arab youths stoned a bus, injuring the driver and . a woman passen ger with glass splinters. Demonstrations were sparked last week at Bir Zeit University near Ramallah, the area's main Palestinian university where students threw stones and barricaded news briefs Sweden accused of spying MOSCOW (AP) Tass yesterday quoted the Swedish pacifist mag azine Pax as saying neutral Sweden has "long been engaged in electronic espionage against the Soviet Union." The charges came four days after the Swedes released a Soviet subma rine they said probably carried nu clear-tipped torpedos when it ran aground while carrying out "illegal activities" near a main Swedish navy base. Soviet authorities said the vessel was on a routine voyage and lost its way because of a failure of its nav igation system. The timing of the report by the Soviet news agency appeared de signed to minimize adverse publici ty stemming from the submarine Actress supports home care WASHINGTON (AP) It is little things like not being able to go to the refrigerator and get ,a snack that elderly people miss most when they no longer can live at home, Helen Hayes told a Senate hearing yester day. "It may not be much, until all the small decisions are taken out of your hands and you find that your great age has reduced you to a child," said the 81-year-old actress. "That was the one last independent gesture they could make going to the refrigerator when they wanted to and eating what they wanted to." Hayes testified in support of a bill Crops may supply own food COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) In about 10 years, crops will be devel oped that will supply their own nutri ents, making costly, —energy consuming fertilizer unnecessary, a biologist said yesterday. Frederick Ausubel, a professor at Harvard University, said genetic engineering of plants will yield crops that supply their own nitrogen. Many crops, such as wheat, corn and rice, now cannot do so, and the nitrogen needed for healthy growth must be supplied in fertilizer. Ausubel calls the genetic manipu lation of plants the "greener revolu tion," a reference to the so-called green revolution of the 19605, which marked the first large-scale use of fertilizers. Wednesday, Nov. 11 8 themselves in a building. Authorities closed the 2,000- student university last Wednesday. Weinreich said an unknown number of Bir Zeit students were restricted Ito their towns. Bir Zeit's president, Gabi Baramki, was called for more question ing for the second day yesterday. Bararnki told The Associated Press he and four other college administrators were barred from leaving town. A sixth official, Vice President Izzat Gourani, was under house arrest. Baramki refused to speak further, saying he was under orders from the military. "Relatively minor demonstrations have resulted in sledgehammer punishment," said Bir Zeit spokesman Albert Aghazarian at a Jerusalem news conference. Reading a statement by the Board of Trustees, Aghaza riari said the change from a military to civilian adminis tration in the West Bank was an attempt "to disguise the visible ugly face of the occupation." Israel, which seized the West Bank in ther 1967 war, says its policy is aimed at encouraging Palestinian moderates and supressing extremism in hopes that West Bank residents' will accept the Israeli-Egyptian program for self-rule, being negotiated under the U.S.- sponsored Camp David accords. The Palestinians , reject that form of autonomy as falling short of their demand for independence. incident It quoted Pax as saying that Swed ish intelligence "maintained close cooperation with Western intelli gence services, first of all the NATO countries." Sweden is not a member of NATO. From a listening station on Lavoe Island, near Stockholm, Tass said, Swedish intelligence officers eaves drop over "areas deep inside Soviet territory, determine the location of military bases, control and commu nications centers, and monitor the flights of aircraft." The Pax article, Tass said, "points out that it is probable that the station is connected with a network of NA TO's listening stations in Europe directed first of all against socialist countries." to encourage homc health care pro grams for the elderly, in part by providing grants to train people to care for the elderly and a tax credit for people who take in elderly rela tives to care for. "The changes demanded by old age are tough enough to accept," sahe said. Recounting how she had to yield gracefully to change, Hayes recalled "hoW difficult it was when my doctor told me my health would not permit continued appearances on the stage. 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