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' ' ' 'Reagan Herod' -page 7 TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1982 VOL. XVI, NO. 121 the llltkpcmknt ~tuJent IH:w~papcr ~t:rving notre Jamc and ~aint mary·~ High winds postpone space shuttle landing WHITE SAND MISSILE RANGE, we kind of agree with your decision N.M. (AP) - Columbia, diverted for today." from landing and still in orbit, will Capcom Brewster Shaw replied: try again today in a suspenseful "The vis (visibility) on the surface is third-flight finale that could force about zero. The la.'it gust report we the shuttle to bypass sandblown got was 48 knots," a vigorous 55 Northrup Strip and return non-stop· mph. to l'lorida. Columbia wa.'i less than an hour The runway there: I S,OOO feet of and a half from its landing - and nmcrete surrounded by a moat. minutes from firing its engines to leave orbit - when the decision was Columbia ha.~ nevc:r made a pavt·d-runway landing, hut the al­ made. ternative is another try at wind­ John Young, commander on the whipped Northrup, and NASA first space shullle, flew a wind­ testing mission and reported he ollkial~ were pe~~imistic that condi­ tions would improve. couldn't see the end of the runway. first he recommended a shift in run­ In ~pace, I-II miles above Earth, ways, then said: aMronaut~ jack R. Lousma and C. (iordon fullerton, were in line fettle "I think we ought to knock this with plenty of food, fuel and power. ott:" "Sorry about that," Mission C­ "OK, John, we copy and we con­ trol said about the scrub. cur," said Mission Control. "That's the breaks of space, I "Sorry, about that, guys," Young guess," said Lousma. replied. It was the first time in 20 years of The astronauts were out of radio space flight that a landing was range at the time. They were told a scrubbed. Kennedy Space Center, at few minutes later, at 11:02 a.m. They Major Roberto D'Abuisson gets his ballot to D'Ahuisson, head of the ARENA party, voted in the Cape Canaveral, is NASA's third­ See SHUTILE, page 4 vote in Sunday's election in El Salvador. capitai.(AP Laserphoto) choice for Flight 3. The main runway In California is waterlogged and out of service. Voters turn out Equipment at Nortrhup Strip, hastily assembled to handle a shuttle landing, may have sufferrd some Guerrillas lose inconclusive Salvadoran election damage from the winds hut the gusts still were too strong to make an as­ SAN SALVADOR (AP) - The There were winners and losers in In terms of military position and ing government identity cards, the sc:ssment at midday. centrist Christian Democrats and El Salvador's elections, but the big­ tactics, the guerrillas are probably in only document required of Sal­ Alex Paczynski, a NASA official at their extreme-right challengers, gest apparent losers, the guerrillas, better shape than they were a year vadorans wishing to vote. Then on White Sands, said an opportunity to both falling short of a majority in El were not even running. ago. Although intelligence Sunday the guerrilla.~ stepped up at­ land at Northrup at 7::H a.m. on the: Salvador's election, scrambled for Despite guerrilla pleas, attacks specialists say their numbers have tacks in much of the country. 12Hth orbit "looks like the prt:ferred coalition partners yesterday to and death threats intended to stop remained at about 5,000 armed and Despite this, the turnout wa.'i lar­ target. That would give us ample: govern the war-weary country. the voting for a 60-member con­ trained fighters, they have effective­ ger than any in recent memory here, time to look at the runways, assess Seventy miles southea.~t of here, stituent assembly, voters turned out ly cut the country in two and are Salvadorans said, although official the damage ami repair tht·m if they leftist guerrillas pressed their by the hundreds of thousands Sun­ giving government forces all they figures were not immediately are repairable." bloody ~ic:ge of the city of Usulutan, day, number~ so surprisingly large can handle, especially in stron­ available. Thousands of voters even At the scheduled timt· of landing in one of the biggt•st attacks of the that some precincts had to send for gholds in the east. braved nearby fighting to stand in yt·sterday, as they passt:d over New 2-year-old conllict. At leaM h>ur sol­ more ballots or open other polling But if the elections are an ex­ line tor hours and elect the assemb­ ~exico, Lou~ma said "It's pretty diers were reported killed yester­ stations to handle the crowds. ample, their sway over public ly, which will write a new constitu­ gu!>ly looking down thert· ... l guess day. It was the second time Sal­ opinion has failed to increase since tion and name an interim vadorans had given what appeared the offensive of 1981. government. to be a wholesale repudiation of a The leftists, who were boycotting Some people waiting in the long guerrilla appeal for mass action. the election, broadcast appeals over queues admitted they were voting Murday praises Senate, In January 19H I, the leftist insur­ clandestine radio against voting and only to get the government stamp gents called for popular uprisings as stopped vehicles on highways simp· on their identity cards, to avoid they launched a "final offensive" ly to a.'ik occupants not to vote. being labeled "subversive" later. But announces office audit against the V.S.-backed civilian­ They resorted to rougher tactics preliminary returns indicated there military junta. But the Salvadorar as well, such as burning buses that were relatively few blank or spoiled people did not heed the guerrillas' would take voters to the polls, ballots - a traditional torm of elec- By CAROL CAMP call, and the rebels took a severe attacking city halls where electoral See VOTE, page 4 Staff Reporter beating. records might be kept and confiscat- Presiding over his final Student Senate meeting last night, Student Body President Don Murday praised Senate members for the work Assassin that they have done during the past year. Murday, scheduled to leave office April 1, complimented his col­ leagues by saying "we are really the first Senate member!> who tried One year later, Hinckley awaits trial to give the Senate some function." Murday also wished new Senators and officers the "best ofluck" in By LARRY MARGASAK. over complex constitutional issues that caused an in­ the coming year, and presented flowers to each of the female Senate Associated Press definite postponement of the trial in V.S. District Coun. members. No trial date has been set. Agenda items included a discussion of the manner in which WASHINGTON (AP) - One year ago John W. The wheels of justice have turned slowly in criminal money is currently allocated for class activities. Hinckley Jr. was captured, gun in hand, in what ap­ case 81-306. In order to supplement the funds which they annually receive peared to be an open-and-shut case of a would-be Some legal expens say the wait is necessary. They say from the Oftke of Student Activities, t~e class presidents proposed presidential assassin. time is needed, both to safeguard Hinckley's constitu­ the establishment of a one-dollar class tax to finance events. After Why then, is this 26-year-old, one-time drifter who tional rights and to give the government the oppor­ presenting their proposal to Fr. John Van Wolvlear class presidents almost killed a president to gain the attention of film tunity to bring its best evidence to trial. are now formulating a list of reasons as to why they feel they need star jodie foster still in a military stockade awaiting tri­ "If all the efforts had been to ramrod the case through additional funds. Vpon completion, this list will be presented to the al? in 60 days, I would have been troubled," said BJ. new Budget Committee and class officers. It isn't an easy TUESDA YI:Rm"W George Jr., a professor at the New York Law School. The Budget Committee will meet before May 1 in order to con­ case, even Added American Bar Association staff member sider the recommendations that it receives. Junior class president though the only Richard Lynch: Julian Rowe emphasized the proposal's imponance by noting "there issue is "Everyone involved had tried to see to it that Mr. ha.~ been great enthusiasm expressed this year for class activities." Hinckley's sanity Hinckley is most adequately protected, that his rights It was also announced that the Student Government Treasurer's at the time he are being pursued. Everybody is being extremely care­ office will he audited next fall by the Office of Business Aftairs in shot President Reagan and three other men on March ful and that explains pan ofthe delay." order to "look for weaknesses and areas needing improvement." 30, 1981. Hinckley's father, John W. Hinckley Sr., wishes his ~urday offered to "pass the gavel" to his successor, president­ Government and defense psychiatrists spent four son would be tried soon. elect Lloyd Burke - but Burke did not attend the meeting. months probing Hinckley's mind so they could form In an interview published Sunday in the (Denver) When questioned about Burke's whereabouts, Vice-President opinions on his criminal responsibility for the shoot­ Rocky Mountain News, the Denver oilman said he wa.'i Yonchak offered no comment. ings. Lawyers for both sides have spent half a year arguing See HINCKLEY, page 4 - - ---------------------- ewsBrie/§ Tuesday, March 30,1982 - page 2 By The Observer and The Associated Press.

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