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Fair tonight; Manchester, Conn. Sunny and cooler Saturday Friday. June 24, 1983 — See page 2 Singie copy: 25<P Shuttle landing flawless again ■ By Mark Barbobak United Press International EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — America’s first spacewo­ man and her four male crewmates, unable to wait out bad weather in Florida, flew Challenger to a another flawless desert landing today instead of making the first <st' St\ ‘.'jd C descent to Cape Canaveral. The 102-ton space shuttle glided ■IP P » jinr^s to a smooth touchdown at 9:57 a.m. EDT on a 5-mile-Iong clay runway after circling the Earth two extra times because of the wave off from the cloud-shrouded Kennedy Space Center. Robert Crippen, Frederick Hauck, Sally Ride, John Fabian and Norman Thagard returned from six highly successful days in _____________ space. They brought back the first s h m . satellite retrieved from orbit — proof of a capability no other UPI photo nation has. “ I say once more, what a way to come to California! ” said Crippen, CHALLENGER TOUCHES DOWN SAFELY who made the trip two years ago in . bad weather moved landing the shuttle Columbia. It was the first time a shuttle had hydraulic system. All three ordered a chartered jumbo jet to switched landing sites in the final worked normally during the cru­ rush 300 shuttle service crewmen hours before re-entry, and the cial landing operation. from Kennedy to Edwards to speed flight to the backup base meant Because of the short notice of the up the ship’s return to Florida next lii' k 'z NASA has only a skelton crew of landing, base officials said only 375 week. workers to service the shuttle. spectators were on hand. Previous About 200 Air Force personnel, Bryan O’Connor in Houston told landings have drawn as many as a helicopter, rescue and recovery the astronauts some cold beer was half million. teams, medical and fire crews m s iW B ■ awaiting them, but ’’the bad news Challenger crossed the Califor­ already were on hand at Edwards. is it’s 3,000 miles away," meaning nia coast between Oxnard and The weather at Edwards was Cape Canaveral where the wel­ Ventura, passed north of Los excellent, and the astronauts were come home party was supposed to Angeles, made a wide loop over the so informed ^fter they received the 5 / , •Ivw occur. desert and floated to a landing that bad news ‘about the Florida President Reagan’s daughter, is becoming routine for the na­ weather. WkL'mt' tS ill Maureen, who traveled from Cali­ tion’s winged spaceplanes. “ The weather at KSC is getting fornia to Florida to see the landing, “ Houston, Challenger is wheels worse instead of better," Guy said the mission with Ms. Ride down," Crippen told mission con­ Gardner in mission control told the aboard proved women can do trol in Houston. astronauts at 6:35 a.m. anything they set out to do. “ Roger, we see that," replied "So it looks like we’re no go for "It represents what we’ve all controller Bryan O’Connor. KSC, so you guys can sit back and Herald photo by Tarquinio said for a very long time — there’s “ It was a great looking landing. ’ ’ relax a little bit," he said. “ We will nothing we can’t accomplish.” The shiphadtwo opportunities to be going into Edwards on the Officials ruled out extending the descend to the Kennedy Space following orbit,” Heavenly Installation mission another day as originally Center bordering the Atlantic Tbe astronauts matter of factly planned to wait out the clouds at Ocean, but controllers decided acknowledged the order to change Concordia Lutheran Church finishes its for the Willet Stained Giass Co. of the Cape because of lingering clouds and fog would have im­ course and prepared to stay in instaliation of new stained glass win­ Phiiadelphia are Arnez Moses (top) and concern about the cause of a paired the pilots’ landing visibility. orbit three hours later than the dows Thursday. Making the instaliation Tom Higgins (below). problem Thursday with one of As soon as the “ no go” decision three auxiliary turbines for the was made for the Cape, NASA Please turn to page 8 Dole: ‘This budget Is a /oser* Reagan likely to veto spending, tax bills outline that, in addition to seeking : WASHINGTON (U P I) - Con­ voted against it. Sen. Lawton Chiles, D-Fla., said came on a mo\^ by Senate Finance spend enough on the military and higher taxes and slower defense gressional leaders expect Presi­ The Democratic-dominated passage of the budget resolution Com m ittee Chairman Robert provides too much money for growth, would pupnp more money dent Reagan to make good on his House approved it, 239-186. will st'rengtjien the hand of Rea­ Dole, R-Kan., to make a last- non-defbnse programs. He repeat- threats to veto spending and tax than the president wants in non­ “ If we don’t have a budget, we’d gan’s opponents in any potential minute change. gjjiy threatened to veto spend­ t>ills now that Congress has passed defense domestic prdgrams. be inviting chaos and we’d be veto fight. The standing plan- projects a ing or tax bills that exceed his a billion 1984 budget calling for inviting larger budget deficits," “ if we lost it, we’d lose all our Dole, whose committee writes budget request, $179 billion deficit for the new higher taxes and a slower defense Senate Budget Committee Chair­ cover on a veto fight,” Chiles said. tax law, tried to scale back the Under the budget adopted by fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. This buildup. A The president does not man Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said " I f you’re within the budget three-year, $73 billion in tax Congress: year's deficit is estimated to be sign a budget resolution, since after the final vote. resolution, you’re voting within a increases in the budget plan to $59 ' —Taxe^ would be increased $12 basically it is a guideline for $208.6 biiiion. Referring to Reagan, Domenici limit. If you don’t have a budget, billion over three years. But his billion in 1984, $15 billion in 1985 and Congress, but he can veto the Despite Reagan's opposition, the said, "H e can take on the appropri­ you don’thave a rationale — you’re proposal was defeated, 51-41. $46 billidn in 1986 for a three-year spending and tax bills later that Republican-ied Senate approved ations (spending) bills if he dis­ just opposing the president.” “ This budget is a loser,” Dole total of'$73 billion, are based on the numbers in the the budget pian, 51-43, Nineteen likes them. I think many of them The only hitch in passage of the Repubiicans, including Leader said afterward. ^Defense spending would grow resolution. will be threatened with vetoes, or bipartisan compromise, put to­ Reagan opposes the budget at/a 5 percent real rate after The Senate and House Thursday Howard Baker, voted for the vetoed, and the president will win gether by Senate Republican and compromise on the basis it in- accounting for inflation, rising adopted a compromise budget budget, and only 12 Democrats some of them.” House Democratic budget leaders. creases taxes too much, does not from this year’s level of $244.6 billion to $268.6 billion — a $24 billion increase. Reagan sought a 10 percent "real" increase. House bows to leaders -Non-defense domestic pro­ grams would get $22 billion more than Reagan wants, but $8.5 billion _ ■ • ■ recession-relief Senate expected to remove tax-cut cap » would not be used unless Congress first authorizes the new programs. WASHINGTON (UPI) - The where Republican Leader Howard semblance of fairness to the billion through 1988. Democrat-controlled House bowed Baker of Tennessee has vowed to Robert Michel of Illinois de- ••••••••••**««««,,, tortured tax code.” About half of the people affected to its leaders’ call for fairness and fight it. If it squeaks through the nounced the proposal as "an • • • • • • • Republicans countered the would have incomes of less than agreed to limit the July 1 tax cut to GOP-dominated Senate next week, abomination" and “ a reactionary I n e i / l A “fairness” cap was a merely $50,000, but they would lose rela­ a maximum of $720 per family, but Reagan says he will veto it and it piece of legislation that drags us I I I O l U C I U U a y political exercise and charged any tively little money. The remaining if senators listen to their leaders, does not appear as though there tampering with the final instal­ back to days of higher taxes." 4.4 million taxpayers with incomes 24 pages, 4 sections the limit won't pass. were enough votes to override a lment of Reagan's three-year 25 of more than $50,000 would account Under the proposal, the 10 The proposal, originated by veto. percent tax cut program would for 89 percent of the revenue percent tax cut would go intoeffect .................................... House Speaker Thomas O’Neill, House Repubiicans, who argued jeopardize the economic recovery. raised. as scheduled, but individuals Business ...................................« was approved Thursday in the the cap would hurt two-income The non-partisan Joint Tax would be permitted a total reduc- Classified. ' i ! ! ^ j'z-M House, 220-191. famiiies and 2.4 million small Committee estimates the tax cap, “ I cannot think of any other tax tion in their tax liability of no more Comics.................... Throughout the debate, scores of business that pay individual rather if enacted, would affect 8.1 million measure that has done a better job than $637 next year, , Entertainment....................'' !! 14,14 Democrats argued it was oniy fair than corporate income taxes, were people in 1984 — about 10 percent of of putting the burden of federal Lottery........................................

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