Egypt,
Palestinian autonomy talks
By STEVEN K. HINDY
•
Associated Preps Writer
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) --- Egyptian, Israeli and U.S.
negotiators discussed self-rule for Palestinians in Israeli
occupied lands yesterday against a backdrop of
differences over the future of Middle East peace talks.
"There has not been a breakthrough so far, or a
breakdown," an Israeli official said after a two-hour
meeting.
Egyptian officials said the Israelis requested a meeting,
scheduled for this morning, with President Hdsni
Mubarak. The Israeli official said his delegation planned
di depart this evening.
Other well-informed Egyptian sources said Egypt had
suggested the meeting because Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin had met with Egyptian Foreign Minister
Kamal Hassan Aly during Aly's trip to Israel ldst month.
The Egyptian officials said a statement on the points
_ _ _
agreed upon would be issued after a second meeting this
afternoon, but they indicated only procedural matters had
been decided so far.
They also said Israel presented no specific proposals
when the negotiators met "informally" in a small room at
the Mena House Hotel near the Great Pyramids.
Residence halls open
for athletes over break
By SHARON TAYLOR
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Although all University classroom
and residence hall buildings are
scheduled to close, at 3 p.m. next '
Saturdiy —during the Notre Dame
footbalkgame, some members of the
University's intercollegiate athletic
teams Will be staying in the
dormitories during term bieak.
William Mulberger, manager of
the Assignment Office for Campus
Residences, said the athletic
departnlent has -requested, housing
accommodations, during term break
for fOOttiiil players living in the
residence halls because they
practice during term break.
Some members of other teams,
including the men's and women's
basketball teams, the men's soccer
team and women's volleyball team,
will also stay, he said.
Housing the football players
during breaks "is traditionally done
every year because (football coach
Joe) Paterno won't let them go
home,"' Mulberger said.
And ponald T. Arndt, director of
housing services, said: "We have
had the football team stay (in the
residence halls during) holidays and
between terms before. It's nothing
new."
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Israel, U.S. hold
However, James I. Tarman,
associatAdirector of the athletic
department, said the number of
studpnts involved is relatively small
because some of the athletes live in
apartment.§.
Tarm'an said the athletic
department will pay a $4.25 charge
per student each night.
"There is money in the (athletic
department's) budget to handle
those charges money generated
by football," he said.
Mulberger said the athletic
department nitzt-also•parfor any -
damages to the buildings as well as
fees for losing late-entry keys. The
Office of I-Ittsing and Food Service _
Operations also requires the athletic
department to provide security for
the buildings, he said.
Housing tries to consolidate the
athletic teams into the'fewest
buildings, so the football players will
probably stay in Hamilton Hall,
Beaver Hall and one hall in Pollock
Halls, Mulberger said.
Female athletes will probably
stay in Thompson Hall, he said.
However, the decision of exactly
which buildings will house the
athletes has not been finalized.
The athletes will be issued late
entry keys to the buildings, he said.
inside
()Ile • lan
the
deity
The Egyptian officials , said Egypt again called on Israel
to halt the proliferation of Jewish settlements on occupied
lands and take other measures to induce the Pdlestinians
to join the Camp David peace process.
The Israeli official said his delegation had suggested the
negotiators fprego speeches and get straight to the point
the "framework of an autonomous council."
He said neither side presented specific proposals and
that the Egyptians did not, raise the explosive issue of the
Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem.
He described the talks as "friendly" and the Egyptians
as "very good," but added, "there is much.to be done."
Earlier, Aly greeted the Israeli delegation at Cairo
airport, saying he hoped for as "much progress as
possible."
Israeli Interior Minister Yosef Burg replied that his
delegation was making "a serious visit to move forward
towards success."
But neither side offered new ideas, and an Israeli official
said privately that Israel would not make any more
concessions in the deadlocked negotiations.
Egypt and Israel are trying to agree on the jurisdiction
and structure of an autonomous council to govern Gaza
and the West Bank of the Jordan River,
They will stay in their own rooms,
and athletes who live in residence
halls which will not be open will stay
with other players, he said. -
William H. McKinnon, assistant
vice president for housing and food
services, said: "I'm not sure how
long the players will stay I
presume they'll stay until they go to
Pittsburgh (Nov. 28)."
Tarman said members of teams
that are in season, such as-the men's
and women's_ basketball teams, will
probably stay throughout term
break. But teams that may be
participating in playoffs, such as the
men's soccer and women's
volleyball, teams, probably will stay
only until they leave the University
for competition, he said.
"It varies, for. each team,
depending , on-their-succeig
playoffs," he said.
During term break, food service
will be offered to the athletes,
possibly in the Pollock Union
Building, Tarman said. The athletic
department also pays for these team
members' meals, he said.
Because the athletic department
will cover all expenses for housing
the teams, this special housing will
not affect a recent suit over
residence hall opening and closing
dates, Arndt said. Students who
lived in the residence halls during
Spring Term 1978 have filed suit
against the University for additional
refunds since that term was
shortened by three days because of
fuel shortages
weather
We'll be in a warming trend until
the weekend. Partly to mostly sunny
today, with a high temperature of 47
degrees. Clear and, cold tonight, with
patchy fog developing towards morn
ing. Low temperatures, around 27
degrees. Becoming mostly sunny
tomorrow after some patchy morn
ing fog. High temperatures in the mid
50s.
—by Mark Stunder
NASA rushes to ready
colurto . iB- fOr - 1 2nd flight
By HARRY F. ROSENTHAL
Associated Press Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
Liftoff of the space shuttle Columbia,
bedeviled by technological growing
pains, was delayed until at least
midmorning today as launch eve work
crews grappled last night to repair an
errant data relay system.
NASA officials changed the launch
target time to 10 a.m. EST after
determining that a sunrise liftoff
would not be possible.
There remained a strong possibility
of a second scrubbed launch in as
many weeks. At nightfall, space
center spokesman Hugh Harris said:
"They're working on a fairly tight
schedule but they think it's do
able."
Countdown to liftoff was likely to be
cliffhanger; Columbia underwent a
series of launch pad repairs last night
and a replacement part being flown to
.Kennedy Space Center had to be
tested with blastoff just hours away.
The part was taken from
Challenger, a second shuttle now
being built in California. NASA set up
a dramatic relay = from the West
Coast to the launch pad.
After hours' f conferences between
the various space centers and
industry experts, a team of NASA
officials headed by acting associate
administrator L. Michael Weeks
"determined a course of action which
could result" In the 10 a.m. liftoff,
Harris said.
All this because of a bad
"multiplexer-demultiplexer."
Columbia's crew was ready, but at
dusk a NASA official said, "The
problems are not resolved."
The final countdown, due to begin at
10:10 p.m., was put back several •
hours.
Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard
Truly stayed up a little past their 5
p.m. bedtime to monitor the problem
and went to bed not knowing if they
would fly today.
, "They roll with the punch pretty
good," said their trainer, Bill Jones.
"They're waiting and ready it's not
their decision."
Launch could come anytime before
noon the final moment in
Columbia's "launch window."
The replacement parts arrived at
Space shuttle Columbia
AP Laserphoto
Astronauts Richard Truly, left, and Joe Engle, right, arrive at in Florida before
boarding the space shuttle Columbia for its second launch, scheduled for this
morning.
Kennedy Space Center at 9 p.m.
yesterday. They had to be installed
and tested before a decision could be
made on whether to attempt a liftoff
today.
Experts here and at the Johnson
Space Center in Houston were
summoned to study the problem.
"They have a number of decisions
they have to make and they have not
made them," said NASA's Dick
Young.
One possibility was to put a spare
part aboard Columbia for the
astronauts to swap in flight.
Last week, when a hydraulic
system problem forced scrub with 31
seconds on the countdown clock,
weather was a concern right up to the
last minute. This time, launch
weather seemed largely irrelevant.
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The forecast was for near-perfect
conditions.
Anticipation was building along the
Florida Space Coast for Columbia's
fiery sendoff into the history books.
Never before has a spaceship
attempted a second visit to space. The
shuttle, which made a spectacular
debut last April, is designed for 99
more roundtrips.
Pre-launch work for Columbia's
second test flight was shaky.
Less than 24 hours before today's
scheduled launch, technicians found
and fixed a leak in the shuttle's huge
external tank. Then the data relay
system, needed to funnel flight data to
mission control, failed.
Technicians at first thought the
data problem was with a unit called
the Pulse Code Modulator.