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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, , -- Saturday, February Reagans Eulogizes' Crew Continued From l tronaut, sat on one side. On another row sat Caroline Kennedy and John Kennedy Jr., the children of the president. The center section was filled with astronauts, most wearing dark suits and some brushing away tears. Each of the fallen astronauts was represented by family members, sitting just below the president. NASA said almost 100 relatives of Ellison Onizuka arrived from Hawaii for the ceremony. Reagan walked among the relatives, hugging some, and offering comfort. An Air Force band played America the Beautiful and the audience joined in, quietly at first, and then with strength. In his eulogy, Reagan said each of the Challenger crew mates will be remembered in their own way. He spoke of the Vietnam combat service of mission commander Sco-beand of pilot Michael Smith, who to cover earned enough medals his chest. Judith Resnik, said Reagan, found beauty in the music she played on her piano, while Ronald McNair, a talented jazz musician, dreamed of living aboard a space station and playing his saxophone in weightlessA-- - sons. Today all America joins with you in paying tribute to the memory of a teacher, a friend, a wife and a mother, a leader, Reagan said in a letter read at Concord High School, I know that you will ponder many times how best to honor the memory of your dear friend, the message said. You could hardly do better than to believe as she believed that every citizen alike . . .has the power to change the course of human events for the good, the letter said. The presidential message was read to up to 1,400 students, teachers and secretaries at a private memorial at the school where McAuliffes first lesson The Ultimate Field Trip was to be beamed from the shuttle Challenger. Concord School Superintendent Mark Beauvais read the letter to reporters. The student council president, Jill Seymour, was to read the letter, but she remained with students at the closed school memorial. '"The jpoqdjjipthere is very upbeat, Beaua ssltftTftce's sadness, of course th Vs'dMBut its very that upbeat. Christa has so and that is readCire KWd lZpa 4 risk, don't be afraid. A memorial was arrangedri-da- y evening at the plaza in frortt-to- f the New Hampshire Statehouse to allow residents to express their grief and perhaps bring some closure to this tragic week, City Manager James Smith said. Beauvais said he hoped Fridays memorial would mark an end to the grieving at the red brick high school where McAuliffe taught. I dont want to sound crude and say lets forget about the tragedy, but we re really here to teach kids, he said. Christa would want that. e, ... ness. Ron, said the president, we will miss your saxophone and we will build your space station. ; Associated Press Loserphoto Th&jftepfun Jake Garn embraces unidentified woman at memorial services in Houston Friday for the 7 Challenger astronauts. Sen. Onizika, said' the president, dreamed as a child walking through Hawaiian coffee fields of someday flying to the moon, while Gregory Jarvis honored his university in Buf- -. falo, N.Y., by taking into space a token to the people who unlocked his future. Reagan said Christa McAuliffe, the Concord, N.H. teacher who was selected as the first citizen in space, captured the imagination of the entire nation, inspiring us with her pluck, her restless spirit of discovery a teacher, not just to her students, but to an entire people. Sitting nearby cluching her hus- - band's hand was Barbara Morgan, of McCall, Idaho, who just missed flying on Challenger final mission. She was selected as McAuliffes alternate. With a drumming cadence, Reagan spoke as if to the fallen, reeling off the names. Dick, Mike, Judy, El, Ron, Greg and Christa, he said, your families and your country mourn your passing. We bid you goodbye. But we will never forget you. For the families, he said, the pain will be deep and enduring. But. he added, "A nation, too, will long feel the loss of her seven sons and daughters,. In remarks that opened the service, William Graham, acting NASA administrator, said of the fallen astronauts: Their courage and dedication represents all that's best in each of us. and in America. The Challenger crew took something from all of us aloft on Tuesday, Graham said. Their dreams of discovery are our dreams. And the men and the women in that flight will always live in our hearts and our thoughts. NASA Subs Dive for Large Object Then the president and Mrs. Reagan walked among the family members, consoling each with a few words, a handshake, or a bug. The band played God Bless America" and The Battle Hymn of the Republic." A-- l that have been retrieved so far, they privately discussed the possibility that the cabin could have survived reasonably intact, despite the explosion and eight-mil- e plunge. NASA films show what appears to be the cabin, trailing a long stream of smoke as it plummeted out of the fireball into the ocean, striking thh of fuselage pieces water with tremendous impact. Whether the astronauts were killed by the initial blast or by the heat would not be known unless the bodies are recovered. In Houston, a retired NASA struc-- : tural engineer said the cabin could "explode like a balloon if struck under certain circumstances. But, said the engineer who asked not to be identified, as a whole, it would be better able to resist an external shock than the rest of the spacecraft. Although the pressurized cabin is the most solidly reinforced structure on the shuttle, some engineers thought it might have burst and that the astronauts remains would not be The explosion claimed the lives of a Christa McAuliffe, teacher from Concord, N.H., who was selected to fly as the first common e citizen" in NASA's program; Francis R. Scobee, 46, the commander. Michael J. Smith. 40, the citizen-in-spac- . Coast Guard spokesman James a lieutenant commander, cautioned that the large object might not be the cabin. It could be a shrimp boat from 20 years ago or a Spanish galleon from 300 years ago, he said. At the Johnson Space Center in Houston, in a moving service attended by the families of the astronauts and the people who trained the crew members. President Reagan said man will continue the conquest of space and reach out for new goals and achievements. That is the way we shall commemorate our seven Challenger heroes," he said, at the outdoor ceremony. "Our seven star voyagers . . . answered a call beyond duty, who gave more than was expected or Mary Lou Retton learned that downhill skiing can be difficult for even the best athlete as she took her first ski lesson. The Olympic gymnast spent a lot of time tumbling in Sun Valley, Idaho, this week, but it wasnt the type of tumbling that gained her a from gold medal at the 1984 summer games. Even with coaching and actress Retton who Suzie skier U.S. Chaffee, gave former Olympic Brooke Shields lessons on the slopes, Retton found that handstands and cartwheels in the snow came easier than trying to maneuver her skis. Retton and Chaffee, also a model, are among the celebrities who are participating in the Sun Valley Celebrity Ski Invitational this weekend, which kicks off a week of activities marking the 50th anniversary of the nation's first ski resort. Paul Newman will host a Charity Auction Ball on Saturday night to benefit the Scott Newman Foundation for drug rehabilitation. room that guided Challengers liftoff. As divers stood by to get a close up look at the large object on the ocean floor, 6,000 pounds of wreckage from the shattered shuttle were unloaded at Cape Canaveral's port. Five large chunks of the ship's fuselage, already returned to port, raised the possibility that the pressurized crew module might have survived intact. The debris included Challenger's nose and part of the cabin, parts of a ill-fat- McNair, 35; Ellison S. Onizuka, 39, and Gregory B. Jarvis, 41. Many in the audience wiped away tears. There were tears, also, at the Air and Space Museum in Washington where visitors clustered in front of television sets and at the Kennedy Space Center visitors center, where employees watched the ceremony on ' service for space center employees and their families will be held Saturday near the launch control A Diana Ross, 43, is to marry Norwegian millionaire Arne Naess, 46, in a Swiss village Saturday, a reliable source reported Friday. The source said the couple was keeping the place of the ceremony secret, but it was believed that they would marry either in Lausanne or in the picturesque village of Romainmotier. Naess is a shipping magnate and an avid mountaineer. He has three TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) Libyan leader Col. Moammar Khadafy has sent a message of condolence to the families of the seven Americans who died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, the official JANA news agency reported Friday. Khadafy said in the message that he considers the astronauts as being victims of imperialist ambitions, given that President Reagan wants to dominate space." JANA said. The objective of the space program is im- door, and sections of wing and tail. On the side of the cabin area was a yellow arrow, with the word rescue" pointing to an area that rescuers would open in case the shuttle ditched at sea and was intact. Inside the unit are switches that would permit a rescue team to shut down the ships electronic systems and blow the left observation window off the cabin. cargo-ba- y The wreckage was spotted floating about 60 miles northeast of Cape perialist military expansion in space. and at half-stafAmerica mourns. It is a mark of respect and a sign of sadness a tradition that still touches us in a world grown accustomed to tragedy. Before the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. President Reagan had ordered flags at federal facilities flown at half-staeight times. The president's ninth such proclamation, honoring the Challenger astronauts, was issued Tuesday. It directed that the flag be lowered at all public buildings and grounds, at military posts and on naval vessels. The nine proclamations by Reagan: V Death of Omar N. Bradley Proclamation issued April 9, 1981. in honor of General of the Army Omar N. Bradley. He was the GI's general' because he was, always, a GI." V Death of Roy Wilkins Proclamation issued Sept. 8, 1981, in honor of Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP. "He worked for equality, spoke for freedom and marched for jusf, ff tice. Coast Guardsmen retrieve debris from shattered space shuttle Challenger Friday off Florida coast. i Some 6,000 pounds of wreckage were unloaded at Cape Canaverals port, including Challengers nose. Continued From IN HAITI Caribbean $ea i , Washington Post Service A-- l off the streets and to avoid crowds and that tourists were being warned against coming to Haiti. CUBA i . children from a previous marriage. The source said the couple were flying Norway's top children's choir over for the wedding, with the 50 boys of the Oelvgutene due in Geneva Saturday. Tribune Wire Services The president orders the flag flown Duvalier spoke in a soft calm voice, apparently trying to project a conciliatory and understanding lone. He said he understood that there were many shortcomings in his im- - it Flag at Half-Sta- ff 9 Times Since 81 Lite said there were about 5,000 Americans living in Haiti, including many missionaries, some business executives, some children born to Haitian couples in the United States and some Haitians who have become U.S. citizens and have returned here. He said there were about 200 Americans attached to the U S Embassy and the U.S. aid mission here .V,- it it it Duvalier Says Hes in Control, But Protests Persist xi AM A . it it it it Simpson, STATE OF SIEGE ; Possibly Crew Cabin pilot; Judith A. Resnik, 36; Ronald E. television!' . Minnie Pearl has started writing a weekly newspaper column about her 45 years with the Grand Ole Opry. look at Americana in The country humorist will also take a nostalgic Nashville (Tenn.) Banner. in the debuts Monday her column, which no different. I'm Its a form of and to love reminisce, Folks my age different conceit, I reckon, or perhaps escape from a frenetic world, whose real the entertainer, said we one knew, from the name is Sarah Cannon. In addition to her Opry appearances, Pearl appears on the syndicated television show Hee Haw and on "Nashville Now, a musical talk show on cable television. found. . Snntlieht PresiCONCORD, N.H. (UPI) dent Reagan urged Christa McAu-liffe'- s students in a message Friday to believe as she believed on the day the nations first teacher in space was to begin her orbital shuttle les- assi-sinat- Continued From -- Students Urged To Have Faith; McAuliffe Did 1, 1986 1 , - PUERTO RICO poverished country lie said that in his nearly 15 years in power, a time when there has been little economic growth or social improvement in Haiti, he had steadily pursued a mission to better the welfare of his people He said that he recognized that the per capita income is very low" and that the "distribution of wealth is unequal and shocking. This statement seemed at once to refer to the inequities in wealth distribution and to allude to the frequent charges of corruption made against his government. Duvalier said a new plan had already been designed and "will be presented to you soon. Lite, the American Embassy spokesman, said no Americans had been harmed. He added that there were now only a handful of American tourists in the country. "The Haitians seem to be favorably Lite said. disposed to Americans, The demonstrators have flown the American flag, and some of them have chanted 'Long live the Americans! To dramatically underscore that he was still in Haiti, Duvalier said in his radio announcement at 9 a m. that he felt "obliged to take to the streets." Then, along with his wife, Michele, and an escort of armed soldiers in vehicles with sirens wailing, he sped through the capital in a BMW sedan. Crowds of Haitians began surging e through the streets of early Friday morning shouting and chanting Joyously. Death of Anwar Sadat Proclamation issued Oct. 7, 1981, in honor of Anwar Sadat, assassinated president of Egypt. "American has lost a close friend. J U.S. Embassy Bombing in Beirut Proclamation issued April 20, 1983, in honor of the' American diplomats, military personnel and staff members "who died violently in the performance duty ... in the tragic bombing of the U.S. Embassy' in Beirut. v' Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Proclamation issued Sept. 1, 1983, in honor of the. American citizens and all those who died violently on board the Korean Air Lines flight which was ruthlessly' shot down by Soviet fighters." 'T Military Barracks Bombing in Beirut Proclamation issued Oct. 23, 1983, in honor of American and French military personnel who died violently in the performance of their duties in the tragic bombings of Oct. 23. 1983, in Beirut." 'f Return of Unknown Soldier Proclamation issued May 20, 1984. ar. a sign of our national gratitude and concern" for "the unknown American who gave his life in service in Vietnam and will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery." v' Victims of Terrorism Proclamation issued Oct. 19, 1984. "as a time of remembrance for all victims of terrorism throughout the world . . . because terrorism poses such a pervasive and insidious threat to all free peoples." J Loss of Space Shuttle Challenger Proclamation issued Jan. 28, 1988, in honor of Francis R. Dick Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ellison S. Onizuka, Ronald E. McNair, Judith A. Resnik, Gregory B. Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe, who gave their lives during the mission of the space shuttle Challenger. peace-keepin- A g i n |
