Show Vol 75 No 8 3 Logan Utah kid Journal Thursday Aprils 1984 44 pages 25 cents 4 sections F©recast ‘great’ for Challenger launch - CAPE CANAVERAL An Fla (UPI) apparent collision with a flock of birds forced (me of the space shuttle astronauts to abort a takeoff on a jet training flight today but he was unharmed and preparations proceeded toward launch Friday to fix a broken satellite The skies cleared overnight aitd NASA spokesman Kenneth Senstad said the forecast was “great" for the 8:58 am EST Friday blastoff of the shuttle Challenger — the 11th in the rapidly accelerating shuttle program James van Hoften one of Challenger’s five crewmen was racing down the runway at 181 miles per hour when he noticed an approaching flock of birds said NASA spokesman Rocky Rabb An instant later the right engine in the e jet flamed out and he put on the brakes 5000 feet down the runway Rabb said bird remains were found on the nose landing gear of van Haften’s sleek blue and white jet sun-watchi- ng twin-engin- Technicians planned to remove the engine to look for damage Van Hoften a Naval Reserve pilot and astronaut Terry Hart who was following in another plane taxied back to the aircraft parking area using his left engine Hart told a ground crewmen he saw a flame shoot out of one of the two engines in van Hoften’s plane The two astronauts were to fly around the spaceport area to tune their bodies for the spaceflight The flights were called off after the Former Utahn arrested for selling secrets twin-engi- ne day The fifth crewman on the voyage is George Nelson six-da- y orbital Reagan views under attack WASHINGTON (UPI) — In his news conference President Reagan said Congress has undercut his power to conduct foreign policy prompting Democratic leaders in both houses today to accuse him of seeking a scapegoat for his own failures Reagan said Wednesday night that the United States lost credibility in the Middle East with the withdrawal of US Marines and declared that Congress must take part at the responsibility because of the public debate it conducted on the issue But both Senate Democratic leader Robert Byrd and House Speaker Thomas O’Neill said the president has a skewered view of the situation “I believe he has qualms of conscience" O’Neill told reporters “He is responsible for the deaths of the Marines over there He is trying to find a scapegoat It is his (UPI) — A former US Army intelligence operative in financial trouble is being held without bond for allegedly selling information to the Soviets about a US double agent working to identify Russian spies Richard Craig Smith 40 of Bellevue Wash a former Army sergeant responsible for the Army’s double agent operations targeting the Soviet Union surrendered Wednesday to the FBI to face espionage charges Smith was arrested as hie stepped off a plane at Dulles International Airport in suburban Virginia He was ordered held without bond pending a preliminary hearing WASHINGTON responsibility’’ Byrd said that Reagan is “trying to make Congress the scapegoat of his failed foreign policy" which he said “can’t stand the scrutiny and examination" of Congress Byrd also said that Reagan’s “overblown rhetoric” that the presence of US Marines in Lebanon was central to America’s credibility “compounded the problem when eventually we withdrew" Senate Republican leader Howard Baker said he had not seen the president’s news conference and was reluctant to respond to Reagan’s remarks but added “I think the Senate has handled itself very well” Reagan sent the Marines to Lebanon in the fall of 1982 as part of an international peacekeeping force and ordered them withdrawn early this year as efforts to end fighting there failed More than 240 servicemen were killed while in on April 13 The FBI said Smith sold information for $11000 to a KGB operation of the agent about “Royal Miter" a US Army Intelligence and Security Command known as INSCOM which protects the army against acts of top-secr- mishap The shuttle's pilots Robert Crippen and Dick Scobee earlier used a larger jet to practice landings at the Kennedy Space Center runway where Challenger is to land next Thursday Thunderstorms and dense clouds kept Crippen and Scobee from flying Wednes- et espionage Smith who worked as a sergeant and then a civilian with INSCOM left the program in 1980 ran into financial trouble with his business ventures and declared bankruptcy in 1982 according to an FBI affidavit Officials said Smith sold the Soviets information that would allow them to identify “Royal Miter" — a top double agent Through Royal Miter the FBI said INSCOM was able to identify KGB officers engaged in espionage against the United States and to determine KGB intelligence priorities and methods of operations “The existence of the Royal Miter operation and all details concerning its execution are classified as secret" the government said From October 1976 to July 1978 Smith acted as a case officer or alternate case officer for Royal Miter The FBI said Smith met with the double agent and “had access to and knowledge of classified information concerning the Lebanon The president was asked at his news conference if he blamed himself or Congress for the Lebanon situation “They must take a responsibility" Reagan said “When you’re engaged in this kind of a diplomatic attempt and you have forces there and there is an effort made to oust them a debate as public as was conducted here raging with the Congress demanding ‘oh bring our men home take them away’ All this can do is stimulate the terrorists 99 Reagan also cited Central America Vietnam and Korea as areas where American presidential power was hamstrung by restrictions Congress imposed He said limitations on the president's power to conduct international diplomacy had been imposed 150 times in the last 10 years On another subject Reagan announced that he has proposed a chemical warfare treaty with the Soviet Union And he said it is not fair to use the word “sleaze” to describe administration officials whose conduct has been questioned mi ethical and legal grounds “I believe the halls of government are as sacred as our temples of worship and nothing but the highest integrity is required of those who serve in government" he said operation” The government said Smith met with a Soviet KGB agent in Tokyo in November 1982 and transmitted classified information concerning Royal Miter The FBI affidavit said Smith told an agent he provided the Soviets classified information about “Royal Miter" The FBI said Smith received $11000 in cash from the KGB agent identified as Victor Okunev The transaction took place at the Soviet commercial compound in Tokyo authorities said Justice Department sources said Okunev the Soviet agent is expected to be expelled from Japan shortly A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment The (Hi whether Smith was cooperating with authorities spokesman also refused to comment on the fate of Royal Miter Smith told the FBI that after resigning from INSCOM he had borrowed extensively to finance business ventures ran into financial difficulties and declared bankruptcy during the summer of 1982 according to a government Reagan denounces sex discrimination affidavit If convicted of espionage charges Smith could face up to life imprisonment His arrest marks the fifth case in a year involving the alleged sale of US secrets to the Soviets or Soviet-blo- c countries In North Salt Lake Utah a former business associate r and neighbor said Smith’s arrest Wednesday surprised him as much as the arrest of his brother might “It’s a real shock for us in the neighborhood" said Kent Smith who is not related “He was well liked We thought he was a good family man a good father and it was a real NEW YORK (UPI) — President Reagan expressing frustration with attacks cm his policies toward women today declared sex discrimination is as evil as racial or religious intolerance Speaking at a luncheon of the Women's Business Owners of New York Reagan pledged that the Justice Department will press mi with the fight for women’s equal right The president also announced he has appointed a fpmrif lawyer from Denver Rosemary Collyer to be the first woman general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board Mrs Collyer 38 accompanied Reagan to New Keeping warm next-doo- Having completed their events Ben Lomond tracksters Becky Blood and Lynette Hoerman bundle up against the chill to watch the events at the regional track meet held shock" Kent Smith also said he worked closely with Smith on several business ventures and considered him a friend “It’s like your brother being arrested” he said Wednesday at Logan High School Blankets might not be needed today as warmer temperatures make it feel more and more like spring has come to Cache Valley York The address and the appointment were aimed at narrowing the “gender gap” which shows up in opinion polls that show the president and fellow Republican candidates are less popular with women voters than with men Major- banks begin raising prime lending rate NEW YORK (UPI) Several large money center banks including giant Citibank and Chase Manhattan Thursday boosted their prime rates to 12 percent from 11 Vi percent the highest level for the key lending rate in almost 1 Vi years since November 1982 when banks lowered the prime to 11 Vi percent from 12 percent The move which had been widely predicted by Wall Street economists came in the wake of a sharp rise in the cost of bank money and roughly three weeks after banks raised the prime to 11 Vi percent on March 19 First National Bank of Chicago took the lead and was immediately followed by Pittsburgh's Mellon Bank and Citibank Chase and Chemical Banks which must borrow money to lend in money markets to keep their reserves at mandated levels have been paying more than 10 Vi percent for borrowings in both short-ter- m It was the highest level for the prime rate ' — f V Wrv f W jr Cache County: One candidate for governor was here another is coming two local candidates announce for office 2 and more The prime is the base rate on which banks base their lending charges Large corporate borrowers who have other means of raising money frequently can borrow at d Other companies are charged prime while many small borrowers have their loan charges pegged upward from the rate The prime has become more significant for less-than-pri- 'j About Cache 4 Almanac Births Classified ads Comics 18 4 30 28-2- Brazil and Mexico the two largest debtors have estimated that a 1 percentage point hike in their borrowing charges adds more than $1 billion a year to their debt burden : Happenings in sources of funds large banks in recent months Many of the refinancings of the debt of Latin American countries and the new loans to these borrowers have a floating interest rate that is adjusted periodically either to the London Interbank Offered Rate or the US prime at the lenders option top-rate- of New York Politics is making a lot of news the overnight leaeral funds market and on jumbo certificates of deposit their principal 22 28 Horoscope Dr Lamb 28 Ann Landers 28 Letters to the Editor 18 News of record 4 Obituaries 4 Opinion Region report Sports Stock prices Theaters Weather World report t 18 3 13 9 Ent 4 8 f i Crublujawac is back The Lord of Absence of Color has swarmed his cloudy form to wall off Brother Sun from Run warming his minions 4 minions run All is lost |