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Show Sp'Tite' The National Daily Herald. Provo, I'tah A ,rjsr ufs two other s CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) NASA has knocked Columbia out of the launch lineup and decided to fly its two other shuttles while investigators track all of the spaceship's hydrogen leaks. . Columbia's astronomy mission not be rescheduled until the leaks are found and fixed, said William Lenoir, head of NASA's space flight program. The inspection is expected to ground Columbia until late this year or early next year. will "The highest priority in working on Columbia is to find the leak or leaks, fix the same and verify that they're fixed," Lenoir said Thursday. "Then and only then will we look at returning to flight." The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to launch Discovery with a satellite around Oct. 8. That will be followed in early November by Atlantis classified Pentagon flight, originally scheduled for July but also delayed by hydrogen sun-probi- leaks. Lenoir said there is not enough time left to perform a test on Discovery, which must lift off by Oct. 23 or wait until late 1991 for the proper planetary alignment. Discovery, however, is the only shuttle in which hydrogen leaks have not been found, and none are anticipated, Lenoir said. Its trip would be the first shuttle flight since April. NASA will conduct a tanking test fuel-loadi- before launching Atlantis, even though officials are confident new fuel lines have eliminated all problems, Lenoir said. The shuttle's leaks were detected during such a test in late June, prompting NASA to temporarily ground the entire shuttle fleet. "We think that since we don't have that launch window constraint on that mission, it would be prudent to prove that we have indeed solved that problem," Lenoir said. Atlantis' leaks were traced to fuel lines between the orbiter and Researchers boost hopes for treating cystic fibroris ' - normal gene into the cells. One group describes its results in today issue of the journal Cell. The other will publish its results in next week's issue of the British journal Nature. Cystic fibrosis, the most common genetic defect in Caucasians, affects about 30,000 children and young adults in the United States. Their lungs produce a thick, sticky mucus that sets the stage for fatal lung infections. Mucus elsewhere interferes with digestion. The abnormal mucus appears because cells cannot expel charged particles called chloride ions, while they absorb other particles called sodium ions too rapidly, Beall said. The effect is to dehydrate normal mucus, he said. In the new work, researchers found that cells given a normal copy of the cystic fibrosis gene began expelling chloride ions normally. Scientists did not check for any effect on sodium ions. It is not known whether simply fixing the chloride problem would cure cystic fibrosis, said Dr. Michael Welsh of the University of Iowa College of Medicine in Iowa City and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute there. Oil it - 40, was convicted Aug. counts of aggravated murder and five counts of kidnap-pin- g in the deaths of Dennis and Cheryl Avery and their three children. They were bound, gagged and shot one at a time and then ouried in a common grave in a barn. Lunduren. five Lundgren was a lay minister of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Dav Saints in - WASHINGTON (AP) During administration, when Andrew C. Barrett was a state regulatory official in Illinois, he coveted a seat on the Federal Communications Commission. He didn't even get an interview. Today, Barrett is an FCC commissioner onp of 281 blacks to whom the Bush administration says it has given political appointments. That is about 6 percent of the total. "When I came into government, there wasn't a half of 1 percent," said J.J. Simmons III, a Democratic member of the Interstate Commerce Commission who first came to Washington as an Interior Department official in 1962. Barrett and Simmons were among black appointees honored during the past week at a reception given by the Joint Center for Politid cal and Economic Studies, a research group. Administration spokesmen and officials of the center say there are no comparative figures on black appointments in past administrations, but that Bush is more than holding his own. "I would be willing to assert, without any statistical knowledge, that President Bush's record surpasses that of President Reagan and rivals and possibly surpasses that of President Carter," said Chase Untermeyer, director of black-oriente- AP Iasi-rph(it- Crash scene Boeing 707 crashed and caught fire Thursday while taking off from an airport at Marana, Ariz., en route to an aircraft graven Air Force yard at nearby A Davis-Moatha- Base. One crew member was killed and two injured. The plane made a sharp right turn and the right wing hit the ground, said a spokesman at the airport. Republicans argue over proposal to put capita! tax cut a - WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans are squabbling among themselves over a proposal to prod stalled budget talks by saving the capital gains iix cut and other controversial items for a separate package. The compromise, offered by Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, n came as negotiators from the Bush administration and Congress reported no major progress Thursday after yet another day of talks. deficit-reductio- The new fiscal year begins in 10 days. Without a budget deal or some other step by then, the Gramm-Rudma- n law will slash about $100 billion in spending from the federal budget, a cut that would stagger many government programs. Officials speaking on condition of anonymity said Dole's idea angered aides to Bush, who has been trying for years to lower the capital gains tax rate. White House Chief of Staff John Sununu was so upset by the proposal that he "blasted out of the room in a heat" and refused to attend a meeting Thursday among GOP budget bargainers in the Capitol, one official said. "Tensions are high among Republicans," the official said. White House spokesman Stephen Hart said Bush has not altered his ideas on what he wants to see in a n package. "There's been no change in the White House position on ... taxation or growth incentives," Hart said. The proposal also drew criticism from Rep. Newt Gingrich, deficit-reductio- presidential White House. to be unique since the section was disassembled following the shuttle's last flight in January. for the is pleased ar from the mix and wrapped into a separate measure would be a number of costly proposals dear to each side. These would include a lowering of capital iains tax rates from the current 33 percent to 15 percent; a $13 billion improvement in child care programs, offered by Democrats; and a collection of tax breaks favored by both parties. "It's just a common sense approach," said Dole's press secretary, Walt Riker. black, agreed that Bush has done "better than anybody else that I know" in executive branch appointments but sharply criticized his record in naming black federal judges. "In terms of judicial appointments, less than 2 percent of his appointees so far are Conyers said. "Reagan appointed 2 percent. Carter appointed 14 percent. What we have here is a startling conclusion in terms of judicial appointments that Rush is no better than Reagan. Two percent of judicial appointments is really too embarrassing to talk about." African-Americans- ," Speaking of Bush's executive branch appointments, Andrew Bremmer, chairman of the board of the center and a former member of the Federal Reserve Board, said: "You didn't have anything like this in the Reagan administration. This is more like Carter than Reagan and comes close to Lyndon Johnson." Bremmer said Bush's black appointees are in responsible posts throughout the administration, "not just the traditional departments Labor and Human Services and so on." Among blacks at this week's reception were Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top commander of U.S. military forces; Edward J. Perkins, director general of the Foreign Service, who oversees U.S. diplomats abroad; and Louis Sullivan, secretary of health and human services. like David K. Harmon, M.D, deficit-reductio- Stripped personnel Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Government Operations Committee, who is the No. 2 House GOP leader. "House Republicans feel strongly about having one package and one vote," he said. Under Dole's idea, only tax increases and spending cuts would remain in the $500 billion, five-yen plan under negotiation. Kirtland until he was defrocked in 1988. He later formed his own group. Parks set an execution date of April 17, 1991, exactly two years after the slayings. But mandatory appeals likely would delay execution beyond that date. Ohio has not executed anyone since 1963, but the state has 100 people on death row. A Lake County Common Pleas Court jury recommended Thursday that Parks issue the death sentence. The jury's other choice was life in prison without parole for 20 or 30 years. Lundgren, his wife and son were among 13 cult members arrested early this year in the April 1989 slayings at a rented farm in Kirtland, 30 miles east of Cleveland. During his trial, Lundgren's at torney admitted Lundgren shot the Averys. And at a sentencing hearing Wednesday, Lundgren had told the unsworn statejury in a five-homent that he was a prophet of God. He read from prepared notes and referred to the Bible and the Book of Mormon as the basis for his shooting the Averys. Lundgren saidhe killed the Averys because Dennis Avery wanted to lead cult members to "false gods." Assistant County Prosecutor Karen Kowall said Lundgren used religion to get what he wanted. "'He does exactly what he wants," she said. "If he wants to sleep with other people's women or wants women to get up and dance naked in front of him. he can find a way to convince people to do it." 1 Florida executes convicted killer Convicted STARKE. Fla. AP) murderer James William Hamblen. wno once said he thought it would be "spiffy" to die in Florida's electric chair, was electrocuted this morning. Hamblen. 61. was pronounced ad at 7:12 a.m. at Florida State Prison for killing a Jacksonville businesswoman, the governor's office said. During his last minutes, he smiled, winked and stuck his tongue out at witnesses in the death chamber. In his final statement. Hamblen made a play on President Bush's campaign promise not to raise taxes. "You know that I had trouble with that four-lettso like George, read my lips," Hamblen said to Judith Dougherty, one of d his attornevs. He then state-funde- investigative leaks in Columbia's engine compartment are believed in to announce the opening of his office for the practice of Adult and Pediatric Urology association with joseph r. armstrong, m.d. Utah Valley Physicians Plaza, Suite 303 1055 North 300 West Provo Utah 371-750- 0 beginning september 4, 1990 certified American Board Of Urology leader qets death sentence A PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) judge today sentenced a religious cult leader to death for killing a family of five last year on a farm. Jeffrey Lundgren, 40, showed no emotion as he was led from the courtroom after Judge Martin O. Parks accepted the jury's recommendation. of engineering the Reagan fibrosis patients," said Robert helped fund the new work. Two teams of scientists corrected trie cell defect in the test tube by using a harmless virus to inject the An team named by NASA on Wednes The acks to offices - said Beall, whose organization tle's fourth countdown last week despite repairs in that section. The new plumbing between the orbiter and tank proved tight and free of leaks. day will work seven days a week until all of Columbia's leaks are identified, Lenoir said. Quality control issues will be handled by other people, he said. "This team has one job. That's to find the leak in Columbia," said shuttle director Robert Crippen. Bush wins praise for appointment of NEW YORK (AP) In a boost for hopes of treating cystic fibrosis, researchers have replaced abnormal genes with healthy ones in the test tube to correct a crucial defect in cells afflicted with the disease. "It's a milestone," said Paul Quinton, a cystic fibrosis researcher familiar with the work. While the notion of gene therapy for cystic fibrosis was science fiction only a few years ago, the new work has "pressed the fiction closer to reality," said Quinton, of the University of California, Riverside. The cells carried the abnormal gene that causes cystic fibrosis and researchers fixed the defect by giving them a normal copy of the gene. Combined with research into gene therapy for other diseases, the new results "give us tremendous hope that gene therapy is going to become a reality in cystic Beall, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's executive vice president for medical affairs. "We're not talking decades, we're talking years, a few years," external tank, the same area found to be contaminated by tiny glass beads in Columbia. Unlike Columbia, though, no leakage was found in Atlantis' engine compartment. Hydrogen flooded Columbia's engine compartment during the shut- mouthed the words, "I love you." aid afterward that Dougherty the killer was mentally ill and, "the system failed Jim Hamblen." The U.S. Supreme Court, by a 1 vote late Thursday, upheld a federal appeals court ruling letting the execution proceed. The sole dissenter was Justice Thurgood Marshall, who objects to capital punishment in all cases. Hamblen became the 140th person nationally and 24th in Florida to be executed since the 1976 Supreme Court ruling letting states resume use of the death penalty. Hamblen had come within five hours of execution in July 1989 when the Supreme Court issued an -- indefinite stay. Hambien then asked that all his appeals be dropped In an interview last vear, Ham blen said he was depressed N f 1 11 i ,. Olympus' Infinity - - TWin 35mm Reg. 229.99 vV9ahe'crco cga rs wce-z"szr 1 with dua 35rrT wcie crge '"C 'sC'O'c autc focus '6rs cr3 O Cui:-!- f,- A. that his execution had been halted. "T can hardly wait to sit in Old Sparky 'the electric chain. I'm curious about it," Hamblen said. "'I'm not the least bit concerned about electrocution. I think it's spiffy." But this year he ordered his lawyers to renew his appeals. Hamblen was condemned for the April 24, 1984. slaying of Laureen Jean Edwards, the owner of a Jacksonville lingerie shop, the Sensuous Woman, during an attempted robbery. He said he shot Mrs. Edwards. 34. in the back of the head because she pressed a silent alarm button. Hamblen also told police of killing a girlfriend. Debbie Abbott, on March 26, 1984. during an argument in Spring. Texas. 4,zf a M BBWH t Olympus Infinity Zoom 200 35mm ':c-- s zze-a B. Reg. 279.99 au-c e:,:e: zJz ad'.o'ce rewr3 ea-e,e z C Jsyl I SHOP SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY ORDER BY PHONE; .', - "" ' SALE HOURS: ALL STORES THIS FRIDAY V. ' .' 321-666- z SATURDAY 9-- -: 10-- 9 S"ES |