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Show Page A2 THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Tuesday, September 24, 19 jFue! pump eyed as By LARRY NEUMEiSTER Associated Press Writer SMITHTOWN, I With N.Y. inew revelations weakening evi-- ! dence of a bomb, the theory that i equipment failure brought down TWA Flight 800 has become more plausible to some investigators. "It's getting down to a pretty slim list of things that could have happened," an aviation source familiar with the search for a ; mechanical malfunction said Mon-- ; day on condition of anonymity. ; Investigators still say it could be ; a bomb, a missile or a mechanical problem behind the July 17 crash that killed all 230 people aboard. But the bomb scenario was dealt a blow last week when authorities ' learned that the training of bomb-sniffin-g dogs aboard the plane weeks before the crash could account for the chemical traces found on the wreckage. Some National Transportation Safety Board investigators are so convinced of a malfunction that '. H3 they expect the FBI to pull out of the case soon, an NTSB source said. FBI spokesman Joe Valiquette disagreed. "Anybody who thinks the FBI is pulling out before we determine which of the three theo- - a fuel probe, which measures the fuel left in the tank. One fuel pump is still missing; the other two pumps were recovered and found to have been in good working f order. Thi ; ; "Anybody who thinks the FBI is pulling out before we determine which of the three theories is the correct one obviously does not know what they are talking about." Joe Valiquette, FBI spokesman ries is the correct one obviously does not know what they are talking about." The fuel tank, which was beneath rows 20 to 29, touched off a fireball that showered pieces of the Boeing 747 over a area of the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island. The leading mechanical malfunction theory assumes the explosion was ignjted by a fuel pump or however. The pumps apparently were not running at the time of the explosion and the tank was nearly empty. That would mean there was no electrical energy to produce a i spark. An electrical failure also could have occurred in a fuel probe, causing an unusually high current to shoot through and produce a spark. For that to happen, a circuit breaker designed to prevent such a explosion I t mishap would have to fail as well. tank held The 12,890-gallo- n only 50 to 100 gallons of residual fuel when it exploded, but it was filled with volatile vapors, which can ignite more easily than fuel. Tiie tank is bciug rebuilt on a giant scaffolding at a Long Island aircraft hangar. The seats and cabin are being reassembled in another hangar. About 60-6- 5 percent of the tank has been recovered; about 85 percent of the plane has been raised from the ocean floor. The black boxes, cockpit, engines and even much of the plane's structure have been recovered from 110 feet beneath the ocean surface. They have showed nothing to indicate the obvious failures: mechanical engines falling off the wings, an engine explosion, accidental deployment of an engine thrust reverser or a massive structural failure. Aluminum and plastic shrapnel taken from bodies also has been analyzed to see what part of the plane each piece came from. ;- - .:' s AP Photo J Above, the Russian space station Mir is visible in this image captured by a camera on board the space shuttle Atlantis after the shuttle departed with astronaut Shannon Lucid, who will return to Earth shortly after a record stay in space. Below, Mir is seen miles and sliahtlv to the left of the western coast of Australia. By MICHELLE KOIOIN SPACE CENTER, Houston Calling out "do svidaniya" Shangoodbye in Russian non Lucid and her shuttle Atlantis crew mates left Russia's Mir station and HMJ waved farewell niymin to her replacement on the outpost, fellow astronaut John Blaha. As Atlantis slipped into the blackness of space Monday night, the astro nauts radioed good luck wishes and some in tips jest to Blaha at the beginning of his stay on Mir. John. Have a good "Bye-bytrip," said Lucid, who finally departed the orbiting station after shattering space endurance records for a woman and an American. From the other shuttle crew members followed these messages and advice: "Do svidaniya, John. See you in a few months," "Don't eat all the chocolate at once, huh?" and "Don't forget English. You speak now only Russian, heh, heh, heh." His new crew mates, two Russian cosmonauts, sent wishes for a safe trip to Lucid, with whom they shared the space sta- - 7" last-minu- te four-mon- th e, 0 I. ,. ' AL AP Photo Victory dance Michael "Speedy" Johnson 8, of Atlanta, Ind., throws out his arms in an Elvis-lik- e gesture of victory after tying his goat Satur- - TUNNEL: (Continued from Page A 1 ) Israeli workers, guarded by dozens of border police, welded into place a gray iron door. When a Muslim prayer leader. Sheik Jamal Rifai, walked through the new iron door to inspect the tunnel, a police officer shouted at him: "You can't go in there." Rifai. wearing a white turban and carrying a wooden walking stick, glared at the policeman. "This is theft," Rifai said of the secret digging. "Those who destroy what is underneath (the compound) will eventually destroy what is above." Muslims complain that the tun day at the opening event of the Indiana Junior Rodeo Association In Noblesville, Ind. Johnson, along with 100 other elemen- - nel violates their rights to the holy sites, and many fear Israel will eventually try to force them out. Muslim clergy have been autonomous in running the Al Aqsa and Dome of the Rock mosques since Israel captured teh compound, along with the, rest of East Jersualem, from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war. Jews are not allowed to pray in the compound, but only at the Western Wall that runs alongside i it. The Western Wall, the last remains of the Jewish Temple destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D., is Judaism's most sacred site. The Al Aqsa compound is the third holiest shrine of Islam, after Mecca and Medina. children, competed in the tary school-ag- e event, which offers budding rodeo hopefuls a chance to show off their skills. CLINTON: (Continued from Page A 1) vent the spread of chemical weapons." Democrats have blamed former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Clinton's presidential rival, for the delays in taking up the treaty. Clinton was returning to the campaign trail after his U.N. appearance. His U.N. speech was the reason cited by his presidential campaign for postponing the first presiden- - Alarma Monitored Locally 3 07! fr UNMM'tBMfM' five-piec- Sun-Diamo- 226-109- who testified against his former client. Jack L. Williams, the Washington lobbyist for Tyson Foods Inc., was indicted last week on charges he lied to investigators about his and Tyson's role in making gifts of travel and sports tickets to Espy and his girlfriend. Crop Growers Corp., the nation's second-largecrop insurance company, and two of its former executives face trial on conspiracy, fraud and making false statements related to alleged illegal contributions to Espy's brother. Henry. Henry Espy and his campaign manager face charges of fraud and campaign law violations stemming from efforts to finance his failed bjd to replace Mike Espy in the US. House when he left Congress to become secretary of Agriculture. d, (Continued from Page Al) has not been charged. Prosecutor Theodore Greenberg argued that Douglas curried favor with Espy by purchasing meals at e expensive restaurants, a luggage set. a framed print and crystal bowl for Espy; a $3,000 trip to Greece for Espy's girlfriend so she could travel with him to a conference; a 59.000 New York weekend, complete with free limousines; and free tickets to the U.S. Open Tennis tournament for Espy and his girlfriend. The only count on which the jury acquitted the company was the gift of the $3,000 trip to Espy's girlfriend, Patricia Dempsey. Defense attorneys argued that the International Nut Council, a rate group, provided the money. Prosecutors also argued that Douglas urged a communications and lobbying firm that did $250,000 worth of annual business to make an with illegal $5,000 contribution to Henry Espy, Mike Espy's brother. In addition to today's verdict, the investigation already has produced a guilty plea from James H. Lake, a top Republican lobbyist. . . Mm ESPY: tial debate, which had tentatively been scheduled for this week. On combatting terrorism and drug trafficking, Clinton said that he was pressing support for "11 international conventions that would help prevent and punish terrorists. All of us, working together, must do more to fight terrorism." Clinton noted that in his speech a year ago, he hard urged nations "to commit to a goal of zero tolerance for aggression, terrorism and lawless behavior." "Frankly, we have not done that yet," he said. "Real zero tolerance means giving no aid and no quarter 8 . Jr Mil: 50 25 Pleasanton-base- d tion for the past month. "Goodbye Shannon, we'll be missing you. Have a happy ' return, a soft landing and a lot of happiness!" I hope to be together again soon," Lucid answered in nmmmu The shuttle undocked a few hours earlier ' some 240 miles' over the Ural ' Mountains, between Russia; and Kazakhstan, ' and slowly backed away as 1 the seven Amer- -' icans and two Russians peered - I through windows. Then Atlantis flew around Mir 1 12 times at a distance of J about 400 feet, allowing the astronauts to take pictures of the station, which has-had parts added since Americans .; . last visited in March. During five days of linked? flight, the nine space travelers moved 3 tons of food, water and other supplies between the") in'; spacecraft. The split brought Lucid otic: step closer to home: Atlantis is scheduled to land at Cape r Canaveral, Fla., on Thursday, concluding her 188 days in' orbit. Her ride home was delayed nearly seven weeks by mechanical trouble and bad ' ; weather. 1555 North Freedom Boulevard P.O. Box 717. 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