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Show a - The Summer Chronicle Wednesday, Jane 28, ir TT V 1995 NArrrcmL WORLD Atlantis Shuttle Electrocution Death Lift-o- ff - CAPE CANAVERAL, Ha. (AP) Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off Tuesday on a historic flight to link up with Russia's space station Mir and bring home an American 3 12 astronaut who has been in orbit a months. "Godspeed on the 100th U.S. manned mission in space," U.S.launch controller Jim Toohey told the Russian crew. After days of rain, the weather was nearly perfect as Atlantis roared from its seaside pad at 3:32 p.m. and pierced low clouds. Thunderstorms had forced NASA to postpone the flight twice late last week. Mir and its crew of three, including NASA astronaut Norman Thagard, were over Iraq when Atlantis took off. U.S. and Russian spacecraft have linked up only once before, in 1975. The Apollo-Soyudocking occurred during the Cold War, however, and nothing much came of the flight. Russia and the United States plan seven Atlantis-Mi- r dockings over the next two years to prepare for construction of an international space station. "Very few people get to see their dreams come true, but today I'm seeing it in living color," said NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin, who watched the launch on television from an air base in Portland, Ore. He was en route to Moscow with Vice President Al Gore for talks with see "Atlantis' on page 5 record-breakin- g seven-membe- r, z NEW CARROLLTON, Md. (AP) - Barefoot and soaking wet, Milika Sloan was trying to get back into her hotel room when she slid her electronic key card into the steel door's lock and was electrocuted. Police were awaiting an engineer's report to determine exactly what happened, but they believe an electrical charge from a faulty air conditioner caused the Cincinnati woman's death. They don't believe the VingCard electronic key that is used in more than 1 million hotel and motel rooms worldwide was to blame. "We have concluded the electrical charge was being transmitted from the air conditioner to the door. How that happened we don't know," Sgt. Rick Morris, a spokesman for the Prince George's County police, said Tuesday. Sloan, who was attending an employment training pros at the New Carrollton Ramada Inn in gram for this Washington, D.C., suburb, had just run through the rain from a friend's room nearby when the accident occurred shortly after midnight Friday, Morris said. Her supervisor heard her scream and found her in the doorway. She died almost instantly. The VingCard she used to open the door is powered by six 1 batteries and could not have caused her death, said Terry Aasen, vice president of Dallas-baseVingCard. see "shocking" on page S Brier Jackson chosen as Pharmacy College distinguished alumna J. Craig Jackson, manager of the Utah Department of Commerce Professional Recovery Program, was awarded the University of Utah College of Pharmacy 1995 Distinguished Alumni Award at the annual banquet for seniors and preceptors held recently. The award, established several years ago by former pharmacy dean L. David Hiner and his wife Janet, is the highest honor bestowed by the college upon its graduates for outstanding contributions to the college, the profession and the society. Jackson, a registered pharmacist, received his B.S. degree from the U. pharmacy college in 1960, and has worked in the field of pharmacy and pharmacy practice for more than 35 years. In his present position, he directs a program which monitors chemically dependent health-carprofessionals in a confidential manner. He also is clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the U. Jackson is credited for his Decentralized Pharmacist Concept, a unique hospital medication distribution system now used widely in hospitals across the country. Jackson's community service has extended to the YMCA, Boy Scouts of America, and the United Way. e Summer Blood Drive Kicks Off at University Hospital llic demand for blood products in Utah soars during July because of outdoor activities and the consequential increase in accidents. It's also one of the slowest months in terms of the total number of donors because people find they have less time to donate due 10 other activities. In an emphasis to take some of the pressure off the blood banks .md case the crisis, the ARUP Blood Donor Apheresis Center, located at the University Hospital's A level, is having an employee blood drive this week from June 26 to July 2. Walk-idonors for whole blood arc always welcome, but platelet donors arc required to make an appointment since the process takes considerably longer. Remembci. it only takes 45 minutes every 56 days to donate one unit of whole blood which can save up to three lives. For more information on hnw to donate blood or platelets, as well as information on the current blood drive, call teen-ager- 12-vo- lt d Pakistan Deaths Rise - KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan's biggest city limped back to life despite 14 more killings overnight, bringing the death toll in a paroxysm of violence to 113. As shops reopened early Tuesday, police said they found four decapitated bodies stuffed in a burlap sack. A note was found on the bodies reading: "This is the fate of an informer." Police have found several bodies stuffed in sacks in recent weeks. Some were mutilated, others had their hands and feet tied. Most corpses were either tagged as informers or were believed to have been rival militiamen. The Karachi stock exchange and banks also reopened for the first time since Thursday and markets were packed with people stocking up on fruits and vegetables in case fighting flared again. Police blame the violence on the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, which represents Muslim immigrants from India and accuses the government of discrimination. Shaoib Bokhari, a spokesman for the group, said late Monday they would stage protests every Friday and Saturday until the government releases their supporters from jail. Bokhari said the protests would be peaceful. In the past many have turned violent. Ethnic fighting in Karachi has killed more than 800 people this year, nearly half of them in the past five weeks. The latest killing spree started on Thursday night after a MQM supporter said she had been raped by see "Pakistan deaths' on page 5 five-da- y ASUU Lobbies U.S. and State Legislatures For More Funds to Offset Republican Cuts AMANDA SKOW Chronicle Staff Writer In light of funding cuts to higher education, the president and vice president of the Associated Students of the University of Utah have decided to lobby in Washington D.C. They hope to persuade Utah's con- gressional delegation to leave funding intact. "We want to build a personal relationship with the legislators so it will be harder for them to vote against us," said Jeff Wright, ASUU vice president. According to ASUU president Brett Graham and Wright, student leaders have never lobbied Congress in Washington D.C. Among the proposed Republican cuts are subsidies for Stafford loans. If the subsidies are cut, the federal government will no longer pay for interest accrued by students while diey are in college. "It'll obviously make students' monthly payments higher if they don't pay their interest while in school or it will extend their repayment period plan," said Dean Cox of the Utah Assistance Education Higher Authority. ORtfOOOQ'Ott ASUU President Brett Graham (right) and Vice President Jeff Wright plan their lobbying strategies. For example, a student with interest subsidies takes an average of five years to repay a student loan. Without subsidies, that repayment period would stretch six months to a year, depending on the amount of interest accumulated on the loan. Graham said each year, students "enjoy a smaller and smaller slice of the pie." He and Wright predict they won't (Ml) Still time to register for a daytime or evening class. n 581-279- Welcome fc.ick, kids. 1800 E. South Campus Drive Phone 582-650- 6 for information LDS Institute of Religion be able to increase allocations for high- er education, but they don't want to lose government-funde- d programs like Stafford loan subsidies that benefit students. "It's a two-frowar" Graham said. "There will be cuts and we need to mitigate those. But there was a surplus in Utah last year so we want to see some of that surplus come back to students." ASUU efforts will shift to the state level once a balanced budget amendment is voted on in Washington. President Clinton told Congress that he doesn't want education touched. ASUU and the Utah Students Association, which represents Utah's 108,000 college students, will lobby the state Legislature for state surplus money to offset tuition increases. Graham also wants the legislature to designate tuition payments tax deductible. Wright said the legislature is divided on education. Rural legislators think that students should pay for their own education while urban representatives believe funding student loans and minimizing tuition increases are worthwhile expenditures. It all boils down to a question of priorities, according to Wright. There are state lawmakers who believe helping needy students through school is an individual good rather than a societal good. ASUlTi task is to convince them 'Lobbyists' 011 pagt I |