Show A2 Q —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday July 13 2002 9 i Nation i I dl In all 11 cracks have been discovered over the past month three each in Atlantis Discovery and Columbia and two in Endeavour The cracks are about the same size — to of an inch in length The cracks are in the metal liners that are used to direct the flow of super-col- d hydrogen fuel to the main engines Columbia's liners are made of stainless steel the liners in the other shuttles are a nickel alloy Dittemore said he does not know why the cracks were not discovered before now “That’s something we’re going to ask” he said The CAPE CANAVERAL Fla (AP) — NASA's shuttle fleet was grounded Friday for at least two more e months because of small cracks that the space agency fears could splinter into dangerous chunks of metal MWe're not going to fly until we’re satisfied that we understand this problem” shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore said AU four space shuttles apparently have been flying with the cracks for quite some time perhaps since the probeginning of the 21 year-old gram Dittemore said fuel-lin- one-ten- three-tent- -- th hs Bush task force confront scandals Group tackles 19 Columbia's research flight with the first Israeli astronaut is on indefinite hold it had been set for a July 19 liftoff Ah Aug 22 launch by Atlantis on a flight to the international space v'1- station is also off If any of the cracks were to grow chips of the metal could break off and end up in a main engine during liftoff A piece of metal flying into a turbine rotating at thousands of revolutions per minute could have disastrous consequences Dittemore said engineers might ' conclude after a few more weeks of analysis that the cracks will not grow and no repfurs will be needed But just in case engineers are considering such repairs as welding or grinding or cutting out the cracks without removing the actual plumb-- ling It would be dffikpilt to pull out die fuel lines which are 1 feet in diameter and extend into the shuttle Ditte-rnosaid No spare parts are available and it would take months to manufacture new pieces Hie last time die shuttle fleet was afflicted with such a widespread problem was in 1999 when flights were suspended forfive months because of damaged electrical wiring : te On the Net: NASA: Higher taxes forcing more r ’ smokers to eye quitting fit - VK ft- By More and more smokers are frying to kick the habit rather than pay higher cigarette taxes in states from New York to Hawaii groups say “Do die tax increases make more people want to quit? You better believe it” said Helene Zarember who runs a smoking Beth-Isra- el cessation group Medical Center in New York anti-smoki- ng O Her group usually eight or nine members has jumped to 19 since higher city and state taxes drove the price for a pack of cigarettes to more than $7 the highest in the nation A similar program at the city’s Metropolitan Hospital Cehter saw referrals during the first 12 days of July jump 62 percent from a year ago Seventeen states have decided this year to raise cigarette taxes Frustrated smokers are complaining to be sure but they are also calling hot lines visiting Web rites rod contact-- : local ' AP photo President Bush summoned top prosecutors and regulators to the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Friday for the first meeting with his corporate fraud task force Bush is seeking to reassure shaken investors and contain political fallout amid a string of business scandals Joining the president from left to right are: FBI Director Robert Mueller Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson Bush and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey PHL convene its first meeting But in a surprise move the president decided to hold die first session before week’s rod and to include a meeting at the White House That ensures the president gets maximum credit for tak- - to ing action Photographers were permitted to capture and distribute images from the meeting but reporters were barred The task force's members also include Treasury Secre- taiy Paul O’Neill FBI Director Robert Mueller Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt and the heads of die Fbderal Energy Regulatory Commission the Federal Communications Commission and die Commodity Futures Trading Com- - ( 18 M ' INGLEWOOD Calif (AP) — Hundreds of protesters demanded Friday that criminal charges be filed against a white policeman whoslammed a handcuffed blade car teenager against a patrol and punched him ' During the rally the protesters chanted “No justice no ' peace” One earned a pink sign reading ‘To Protect & Save NOT Lie & Cover-- Up” Later Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn disclosed that investigations will be VSf reopened into two previous complaints filed against Officer Jeremy Morse The mayor II declined to provide details on the cases: AP photo Also Friday a resident filed Activists demonstrate against police brutality and for the firing of a civil rights lawsuit against Inglewood police officer Jeremy Morse in front of the Inglewood Morse and other law enforce-Calif police station Friday A videqtqged arrest last Saturday shows ment officers that alleged a police officer slamming Donovan Jackson 16 onto a car and ‘ Morse assaulted her when ' punching him The incident is being investigated by a grand jury officers stormed into her V ' - home Oct 20 Morse’s attorney John Bar-nett did not return telephone calls seeking comment About the July 6 arrest of the teenager Barnett has said the officer was assaulted first and his response was justified The arrest was captured on videotape bya bystander Morse is on paid leave dining the investigation Donovan Jackson 16 was booked for investigation of assault on an officer 'and ' released to his parents His father Coby Chavis 41 was cited for dnving with a sus- pended license and having expired license plates Activists at the rally said ' they believed the incident was being properly investigated rod urged the community to remain calm until those probes were completed “While people are properly outraged in the community — as well they should be —it has not gotten out of control as of yet” said John Mack v executive director Of die Los Angeles Urban League The bystander who taped the arrest Mitchell Crooks was taken Friday to Placet County in northern California to begin serving axeven-mont- h sentence for driving under die influence petty theft said sheriffs and Rick Armstrong Capt Crodcs was arrested Tfturp day in Hollywood on out-standing warrants that had been issued in 1999 after he fajledto surrender following his conviction ‘ Ii ’ 70-ce- nt ' Inbrief ” i jumped dramatically ' after die state boosted ciga- rette taxes by40 cents to a total of 98 cents a pack The line is getting 140 or 150 calls a day up front 100 said Kathy Drea director of public policy for die American Lung Association of Illinois “We always ask people what inspired them to call” ' Drea said ‘In the past couple of weeks people have bear talking about the tax Peter Fakhra of North Arlington Ni is one of those driven to tty quitting as he ' has four times in die past over health concerns “Financially I just can’t afford to smoke said Fakhry 25 who lost his job as a chemical engineer in March and smokes! 12 packs aday Fakhry said he is not bitter about the tax hike“Anything that can motivate me to quit or motivate anyone else to quit is worth having” he said -- I i increase” hit-and-r-un : l‘Ji lallsto an fllmiois’wQitft-line- Hundreds protest police brutality in California XX ffU rjt J?t! feiriwisi VS V55Seariw35S o Christopher Wills Associated Press Writer - - make it clear that this is going to be !a very very successful task force” Pitt said Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller both of them task force members woe involved in Friday’s meetings but neither man addressed reporters afterward At the Justice Department ' the task force talked about die mission and goals the president laid out and discussed further meeting possibilities ' : Bush established the task force Tuesday and gave Thompson untilJuly newest ft corporate fraud or larger cracks are visible to the naked eye The original material for die liners may have been flawed from the start Dittemore said When the liners were welded into place the metal may have been stressed he said Age is not considered a factor since the cracks have been found in NASA's oldest Shuttle as well as its -- number of investigations Thompson said and the task force will additionally assemble recommendations to Bush for “corrective and remedial WASHINGTON (AP) — actum" such as new tides regfor President Bush met Friday ulations and legislation the first time with his new task Securities and Exchange force on corporate fraud and Commission Chairman Harits chairman pledged to go after business criminals “with vey Pitt was also at the White House and said the president is manan and aggressive vigor boosting the number of SEC1 ner” ' enforcement officers from But as the task fence of 1000 to 1200 and prosecutors investigators “I think the combination of its Bush on briefed regulators inaugural session at the Justice the SEC’S financial accounting expertise and the wonderful Department Deputy Attorney prosecution resources arrayed General Larry Thompson also ' emphasized that the group under his chairmanship would not undertake a witch hunt “We are going to pursue these matters with vigor and an aggressive manner as they should be But I also want to assure everyone that in doing our work we’re going to be professional we’re going to be fair and we’re going to be just" Thompson said outside the White House after the closed-domeeting with Bush Hundreds of prosecutors around the country are already at work on an unspecified shQnMDcEsffE)FDinfa)m’&Ihis spsi&® gc-cum- ' - 'took Homeless woman helps in rescue Shoppers splurge and push up ST- LOUIS (AP) —A homeless mother of three who helped a 1 1 nprmnt ratflil Cflloc in llinp h television news photographer rescue a driver trapped in a bum- uy rpeiOBNV - WASHJNGTON (AP) —Energized by warm weather and ing truck received dozens of offers for money and support from people moved by her pligbL ' appliances last month boosting retail sales by 11 percent Mary Whitehead'31 said the generous responseio her part in With consumers playing a key role in the shape of the eco- the rescue of Doris Householder was “overwnelm- '' nomic rerovery the Commerce Department's strouger-than- and exciting” ing “I don’t fedlike I did somethingextraordinaiy or heroic” expected sales figures for June offered a dose of good news she said MI did what I would want someone to do for ipC or my v Friday ' ' A ' But economists wony that the accounting scandals that have ' children if we were in need” shaken confidence in corporate America the sour stock market V Whitehead and Bobby Hughes 45 it news photographer for and a sluggish job market xotild chill consumers’ willingness to JCTVI-Tpulled Householder ftom her pickup truck after it' spend in the months ahead further slowing the economic rccov- - ii crashed and burst into flames on a hirinray cut ramp early Wednesday Another man also helped in the rescue but left before anyone learned his name Householder lost part ofa leg and remained hospitalized Fri- Business whore profits took a bn during last yepr’s recessioqv dty in fair condition : ( continue to be rehictant to invest in equipment whire new whitehead and her' three children who shuffle betjween shel- car holds were in their 1987 brdeen-dow- n ten and employ ees necesssry ingredients for restoring the economy td !th heard the Cdlision Hughes arrived a short time later whenfoey !' 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