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Show Tl L5DAV. August national 1M 28. THE HERALD Prvna. I't-- h Page 9 The latest reports in national news from United Press International Discovery Ready for Launch CAPE (LPI X "t i' A k CANAVERAL. Fla The space agencv. pre- paring to try again Wednesday to launch the new shuttle Discovery, has been directed by President Reagan to select a school teacher to fly aboard a shuttle within 18 months. Reagan told the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Monday to choose as the first m the history of our space program one of America's finest, a teacher." The first commercial engineer " citizen-passeng- 1 y 1 iff member stue a spaceflight is a ij dM(.ntru of frigid liquid oxvgen and hydrogen to evaporate Nearly 3 500 pounds of oxygen and hydrogen were taken on board Monday night for the ship's three fuel cell generators because the tanks cannot be partially filled uiar.ned to Lr.Kiiicei some weight from the new space ship Discovery today so it w ill be able to carry the heaviest shuttle cargo et into orbit Wednesday , morning Total cargo weight is 47.682 a ton heavier than the pounds prev ious shuttle record set on the sixth mission when the shuttle Challenger carried a big communications and tracking satellite into orbit. To give Discovery extra weight-carryin- g margin, project officials decided to allow 450 pounds of ere. s Discovery ho works for Charles Walker, McDonnell Douglas Astronauts Corp , will fly with ine NASA astronauts to produce large amounts of a secret hormone in a biological processing machine Walker and astronauts Henry Hartsfield, Michael Coats. Richard Mullane. Steven Hawley and Judv Resnik are scheduled to take off at 6 .35 a m. MDT Wednesday on a mission that had two additional satellites added to its cargo after last June's aborted takeotf. administrator James NASA Beggs said the agency will announce in October how a teacher may apply to make the shuttle flight. Two elementary or secondary school teachers from each state who meet relaxed medical standards will be selected by their peers for more evaluation. Teacher Strikes Idle 70,000 Students United Press International Strikes by teachers today in Illinois. Michigan, Louisiana and Pennsylvania extended summer vacations for nearly 70.000 students. Many other districts and some universities still had no contracts, with school either started or about to begin. About 68,000 students were idled in Illinois, where well ovc: . 600 teachers and aides, walked off the job today seeking a 5 percent pay increase. Classes were staffed by substitutes. There was disagreement as to the strike s immediate impact and how many students were affected. In Michigan, the small school districts of Cassopolis and Ather-to- n were closed by strikes, as was Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek. The number of stu teachers were on strike from the Chicago suburbs to the Mississippi River. About 1,100 students in the South Fayette school district in suburban Pittsburgh have been locked out of their classrooms since last Thursday when 72 teachers struck. More than 500 employees of the St. John the Baptist Parish school system in Louisiana, including 350 dents affected was estimated to be small but no figure was given. The faculty at Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo authorized its union to call a strike if no agreement is reached before their contact expires Sept. 4. and teachers at Northern Michigan Iniversity in Marquette said a strike vote is possible Thursday. 'TAUT, TENSE AND TERRIFIC!" Pl i,.n LtiMoiMtNM Hospital- Workers Vote on Contract NEW YORK (UPI) KM r nf A MmS iirijiinmniMirn frnm ,rf jL mmiiinmnwi;! mi Gary Aramini (center) is helped to the end of his run. Transcontinental Run Ends Quest - A young New Hampshire HAMPTON BEACH, N.H. (UPI) run, man, physically and emotionally drained from his delivered his "gift" in memory of a high school friend who died of coast-to-coa- st cancer. Standing on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, Gary Aramini, 21, told thousands of cheering supporters Monday about his 3,500-mil- e run to raise cancer research funds in the name of Billy Clay, who died of bone cancer last year. "When I first started, I didn't have anything but the desire to give the gift to my friend," said Aramini, while the theme from "Rocky" blared in the background. "It frustrated me not being able to do something to help him (Billy)," Aramini said. "I wanted to go and try my own pain so I'd understand what it felt like and so someday other kids don't have to suffer like he did." Aramini embraced his parents, Marilyn and Julio Aramini, who had not seen their son since he began his trek almost four months ago. The Araminis waited in the ocean surf for their son and dabbed his head with water. Supporters crowded the beach to greet his arrival through a rainbow-colored arch. Aramini and his parents were quickly surrounded by friends and family. was supported on the his knees heavily bandaged Aramini shoulders of friends and family members in the final leg to the seacoast resort of Hampton Beach. He stopped several times every mile from fatigue. Supporters lined Route 51 to shout encouragement and to contribute to his fund in memory of Clay. Many onlookers sobbed with Aramini. transcontinental The Chester, N.H., man began his 3,500-mil- e the birthday of Clay. journey May 3 in San Francisco "When you're going through 300 miles of desert, you know people are thinking of you and praying for you, but it's an overwhelming feeling to explain," Aramini said to the crowd at the beach. "I don't know, I just love all of you." Aramini set out to raise $100,000 for cancer research. He had raised about $60,000 and an additional undetermined amount in the final miles of his run. After Clay died in April 1983, Aramini began to train for his cross country trip. The money raised will go to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, where Clay received treatment. Briefs 'Diet Doc' Killer Suffers Heart Attack VALHALLA, N.Y. (UPI) ormer headmistress Jean -F- Har- ris, serving 15 years to life for killing "Scarsdale Diet" Dr. Herman Tarnower, was in serious condition today following a heart attack her laywer claims was caused by her confinement. "She is in serious condition in the intensive care unit," said Betsy Weiner, a spokeswoman for the Westchester County Medical Center. A uniformed corrections officer was guarding Mrs. Harris, the spokeswoman said. Mrs. Harris, 61, was taken to the hospital early Monday after complaining of chest pains. Family Feud Ends in Killings STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (UPI) -- An patient who had been feuding with his family killed his mother and wounded his two sisters and a man in Ohio before fleeing 500 miles to Georgia and committing suicide when stopped by police, authorities say. Roger Hagans, 22, shot himself in the head Monday on Interstate near Stockbridge, 30 miles south of Atlanta, after officers 75 stopped him for speeding, police said. He died three hours later at St. 16 Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta V2 hours after his shooting rampage began at the family home in Springfield, Ohio. Sleepy Teen Safe After Train Scare - A DAYTON, Ohio (UPI) teenager who fell asleep on a railroad track and woke up unhurt train enafter two 300,000 po Monsaid hun over gines passed day "it's just a wild thing" he survived the incident unscathed. Wiliiam Montgomery, 13, of Bryan, Texas, said he stopped to rest and smoke a cigarette on the tracks Saturday. He didn't wake up until the train had stopped and he was crawling out from underneath it. train's engineer told Montgomery County Sheriff's detectives he believed there was a pile of garbage or clothing on the tracks. As the train drew closer, the engineer said he realized the The pile was a person and brought the train, which was traveling about 14 mph, to a stop. By then, two of the train's four engines had passed over Montgomery, who remained asleep through the entire incident. Union officials today counted ballots from 52,000 health care workers who voted on a contract to end a walkout the longest pital strike in city history. 48-d- hos- Ballots were issued Monday night at the climax of a tumultuous meeting in Madison Square Garden, of the president of District 1199 of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union, Doris Turner. jammed with union members who chanted Doris! Doris! Doris!" at the appearance wind-drive- 11,-50- acres. new fire 11 miles north of Helena blackened 3,000 acres and jumped the Missouri River near the Gates of the Mountains recreation area, according to Terry Seyden at the interagency dispatch center. The fire forced evacuation of the tiny communities of Nelson, Blank Sandy and the Hauser Dam A Commerce Department report I llilitO Si . v TRUST ME fSJ I MM JM FROM MAJMNM UNiCATiONS COMPANY WARNER Monday thru Thursday 7:00, 9:30 II - I 1 set si" QS "SUDDEN CO-H- IT f 1 1 V IMPACT" when winds gusted to 50 mph. Two cabins at Lower St. Mary's BARGAIN PRICE SHOWS BfFOflE 6 PM ALL UU MON SATURDAY f Ml THRU i SUNOtV SHOW FIRST 1230 NO 233 5 WfcST-HRO- Lake were reportedly burned and 373-477- 56 NO 0 UNIVERSITY-PROV- O Orem 745 South State Weather forecasts promised ONLY HARRISON FORD INDIANA IONES and Jhe Temple of Doom B2 area residents were evacuated, as the fire expanded to 2,600 acres. 8:43 SHOW 374-552- "Goofy' Sportitaculor" NO PASSES Except KDOT posset Nightly 7:00-9:0Motinees Wednesday & Saturday 1:00, 3:00, 5:00 contained at 1,045 acres three days earlier but flared Sunday more winds and no precipitation for areas that had received far below normal summer precipitation. MAIN ST. MOVIE (ft Spanish Fork', 798-935- I SENIOR CITIZENS ONLY $2.50, ANYTIME ALL THEATRES i PC 7:00, 9:30 TUES plift Theatis 0 THE NATURAL J f CfNITH STRFFT V-i- ENDS TONIGHT I FTTH Nkk D'Angeh They've been laughed of, picked on and put down. OF TWENTIETH Everything came easy to Mm. Until THE CENTURY- ,;"!vr0 J35 1740 A B3X he had to SHOWS DAILY: risk It all for the only - SHEENA I (imp a winner. was REVENGE - could arrive to find payrolls far less generous than the area they abandoned. Commerce Department analyst Howard Friedenberg said his numbers are far more inclusive than those of the Labor Department. "We've got a lot more income in our numbers than they do," he said. "They've just got wages and salaries. We also have proprietorship income, transfer payments, dividend interest and rental income. "They are two very different measures," he concluded. Rocky Mountain states income from all sources was 5 percent below average in the Commerce Department report while payroll income alone was down 5.5 percent according to the Labor Sion Sou et Contradict On Income Two (UPI) major government studies of income Monday gave contradictory advice to job seekers on where to find the fattest paychecks. In a study of how income grew around the country last year the Commerce Department reported New England led the way at 11 percent above the national average. However the Labor Department, measuring payrolls in the same six New England states found them to be an average of 9 percent less than the national norm in 1983 a 20 percent difference of opinion. More contradictions were found in some of the seven other regions of the country. The Commerce Department insists its version is a better measure of total income. But its study includes welfare and unemployment benefits that would not necessarily attract job seekers if they knew they were major ingredients in the overall income of a region. The result is that anyone traveling to New England on the basis of its leading performance in the 745 Village. Yet another fire burned to within three miles of the Great Falls city limits, Tom O'Hara at the Cascade County Sheriff's office said. The Montana Highway Patrol closed a stretch of U.S. Highway 2 Monday evening when smoke from the Napi Peak fire blocked visability on the Black-feIndian Reservation east of Glacier National Park. The Napi Peak blaze had been Two Studies WASHINGTON IzJ R Fires Rage Across Montana Blackening 50,000 Acres ROUNDUP, Mont. (UPI) -Rangeland and timber fires blackened at least 50,000 acres in Montana Monday, filling skies throughout the state with smoke, causing equipment and manpower shortages and forcing evacuations of several communities. (Related story, Page 5) "It's chaos. The whole state's on fire," said Don Kendall of the Montana Department of State Lands. n A blaze southeast of Roundup in the Bull Mountains in central Montana was estimated at 30,000 acres. Another conflagration in the Pine Hills east of Miles City in eastern Montana expanded to 0 CM 'V DAILY: 4:30, 7:00,9:45 thing that 224-511- realty mattered. SHOW Low Rob 8:45 V 309 E. 1300 SOUTH-ORE- the Karate Kid 1:30,4:15,7:00,9:15 SAM'sfSON 4 TWIN DtlVI-I- m i. tw, T..riT.oiii f Za OF pG-3l- PIUS SfCOND EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT HIT C0NAN THE DESTROYER STARS 147.'S. " to iteoft f' yen- P L 1 Z Karate Kid PT""1 My y Ending At 9:45 7:30, 9:40 The 0SJX Is45, 3:4 5:45,7:45 HLIUO beyond your wildest imagination where anything can happen. 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