The Utah Statesman, February 13, 1984

The Utah Statesman, February 13, 1984

Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU The Utah Statesman Students 2-13-1984 The Utah Statesman, February 13, 1984 Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation Utah State University, "The Utah Statesman, February 13, 1984" (1984). The Utah Statesman. 1508. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/newspapers/1508 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Students at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Utah Statesman by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ----Mond&y, Februa,.ry 13, 1984 -UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY--Loaa.n, Uta.h-18 P&&ea------o 1..Wc.: A small but enthusiastic audience greeted laaide: The Ags find themselves in third place in lnaide: the PCAA following a last -second bucket Danceworks last week, as it emerged from Inside: by UC-Irvine standout Ben McDonald. a year-long reconstruction. A review of the Inside: Complete PCAA info ............ Page 7 group 's initial performance ..... Page I I 1r~~ 11lf1'&~ le@le~~ ill]\@, 1ill There's help on campus for alcohol, drug abusers Sroryon -s. One third of Lebanese comb at forces refuse to fight BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - fighters were infiltrating the army's 6th Brigade, trapped latest round of fighting and filtrated the southern suburbt. About a third of the Lebanese Lebanese capitaJ, sparking in West Beirut, answered the devastating round of shell- According to sources, aevenl army's combat force either has fears that another battle could Berri's appeal to lay down ing of both east and west hundred more are in Cypnq refused to fight or has been be in the offing. Those their arms. Actual defections Beirut and as far north as waiting to come to Beirut, IDd neutralized and its ability to reports, although from several of army troops to the Shiite Byblos, about 25 miles up the a processing hesdquanen had take effective action is uncer- sources, could not be in- militias are believed to be few. coast. been set up in Shweifat, eat tain, Western and Lebanese dependently verified. Some Shiite soldiers reached "The Syrians have done of Beirut's airpon. military sources said Sunday. The Lebanese army was an agreement with the Amal their job very well/' said one Officers of the "l...cbanne Sporadic fighting continued driven from West Beirut last forces in West Beirut and have source, who like the others, Forces'' Christian militia alto between the army and Shiite week by fighters loyal to stopped fighting and others spoke on condition he not be claim Palestinians are fflOYUII Moslem militias Sunday, and Nahih Berri, leader of the have families there and have identified. "They had a good in, saying they are from the traffic slowed to a trickle on Amal movement. Of the dropped out, at least tern- scenario and played it out in Syrian-backed Saiqa group the sole crossing between 37,000 men in the army, porarily, souces said. the southern suburbs on Sun- and the Popu lar Front for tbe Christian-controlled East about 21,000 are combat Even Lebanese military day, it just got to be more Lifberation of PaJestint· Beirut and mostly Moslem troops. Roughly 7,000 of those sources acknowledge the ar- than some of the army com- General Command . West Beirut. either have refused to fight in my's position is not good and manders could take and they Although the situation re- West Beirut or are blocked by Western military experts don't answered Berri's call to Jay The Lebanese Forces, wbo maincd static along the old the Syrians and unable to think the government's troops down their arms." battled leftist militias and "Green Line" dividing the ci- move in such areas as can do much more than hold One Western military Palestinian guerriUas during ty's two sectors, there were Lebanon's eastern Bekaa on where they are. source said there is good Lebanon's 1975-76 civil war persistent reports that large Valley, the sources said. Many sources blame the reason to believe that about cou ld provide no figures on numbers of Palestinian Many of the soldiers in the Syrians for stirring up the 1,000 Palestinians have in- the number of infihraton. Soviets expected to form search committee for leader MOSCOW (AP) - The Com­ plenum would sit. casket for a second day in the red· and from among its 12 members. munist Party Central Committee is ex­ Andropov 1s to be buried on Tues­ black-draped Soviet House of Unions. Much of the power wielded by tboR pected to convene a plenum Monday day, with dozens of foreign leaders at­ Tens of thousands of citizens were men is based on their support from that could name a new party chief to tending, and, as it has been before, it expected to view the body in an open within the po licy-setting Central C,om succeed Yuri Andropov, whose body seemed unlikely the party wou ld delay coffin atop a bier of flowers and mittee, a body of more than 300 which lay in state Sunday near the Kremlin proclaiming a new leader until after medals by Tuesday's funeral. ratifies any new party leadtr. Such as Soviets lined up for miles in the funeral. Andropov's wife, Tatyana, his meetings are never announced and the I 0-degree weather to pay respects. choice will not be named until after­ There were unconfirmed reports diplomat son, Igor, and daughter, There was no announcement by ward. among Western correspondents in the Irina, returned for a second day to sit Sunday night who the new general Chernenko, the chief party Soviet capital that the lenum would be by the bier. secretary would be. Attention focused ideologis t, is head of Andropov's convened Monday morning in time for A half-mile away, official cars were on Konstantion Chernenko, 72, the funeral commission, a post that in tbc the expected afternoon arrival of most parked outside the Central Committee Politburo member with the most visi­ past has gone to the man who succeed foreign dignitaries. offices. Ot hers moved in and out of the ble role during the period of mourn­ ed a deceased party leade r . Chernenko parking lot. The activity was uncom­ ing, as well as some of the younger Japan's Kyodo News Service quoted was first in the line of Politburo mon for a Sunday, but not surprising members of the ruling body. the Soviet Ambassador to Japan, members who filed past Andropov I for a transition period. It was the only These included Grigori Romanov, Vladimir Pavlov, as saying the funeral bier Saturday and ofTertd their outward sign of what was certain to be 61, head of the party disciplinary meeting would be Monday. condolences to his family. intense discussion within the party's body, and Mikhail Gorbadhev, 52, a Andropov, who had severe kidney Since reliable information about tbt upper echelons. techrocrat whose power is said to have disease and diabetes, died Thursday at inner workings of the Politburo is Ylf increased significantly under An­ 69, and his death was announced Fri­ The ultimate authority here rests tual ly non-existent, such outward up• dropov. day. Mourners by the thousands lined within the ruling Politburo; the new are taken seriously in the Sovitl Soviet TV did not say when the up to pay their respects at Andropov's party general secretary will be chosen Un ion. Shuttle Cha llenger returns to Florida - safe histor ic fl ight , near-perfect landing By HOWARD BENEDICT Coffey said he foresaw no problems launched from the shuttle last week. AP aerospace writer preparing Challenger for its next launch Astronauts Bruce McCandless and date on April 4. That means it would be Robert Stewart proved during the just­ CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - back in space in 53 days, a turnaround completed mission that the gas-powered Challenger came back to Earth after its time nine days shorter than for any jet-pack works. They became the first historic Florida-to-Florida trip as the previous shuttle flight. humans to work in space without a safety cleanest shuttle yet, and it should be back Landing the shuttle here 1..uts six to line to the mother ship. in orbit in a record 53 days for a daring eight days off the launch preparation They and the other three crewman, satellite rescue mission, NASA officials time, eliminating the need to ferry the Brand, pilot Robert Gibson and mission said Sunday. space plane across country on the back of specialist Ronald McNair, rested after "The orbiter is very clean, in better a Boeing 747 jetliner after touchdown at their eight-day journey at their homes shape than any of the other,'' Ken Cof­ Edwards Air Force Base in California. near their Houston training base Sunday. fey, shuttle mechanical systems officer, During the April flight, Challenger is On Monday they will begin five days of told reporters Sunday, a day after to rendezvous with a defective debriefings, reporting on all aspects of the Challenger returned from space to the I 100-million scientific satellite and a free­ flight to engineers, technicians and NASA first shuttle landing at its launch site. flying astronaut u_sing a jet-pack is to officials. The only problems, he said, were a glide over to the payload, secure it and Coffey said Challenger's biggest pro­ failed brake, 31 damaged thermal tiles, bring it into the shuttle cargo bay for blem was the failure of the right wheel's two hazy windows and tires scraped replacement of a faulty electronics box.

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