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PIA1NDEALER Section A Wednesday, Septtmb»r 4,1985 Nation ImsL Discovery concludes 20th flight EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (UPI) -- The shuttle Discov­ ery glided out of a rose-colored de­ sert sky and landed smoothly Tues­ day, capping a weeklong launch and salvage mission that moved NASA a step closer to routine space service. Veteran commander Joe Engle eased the 99-ton spaceship to an ex­ ceptionally gentle touch down in a strong headwind on the dusty la- kebed runway eight minutes before sunrise, t , "It was a beautiful mission from the outset," said Jesse Moore, an associate NASA administrator. It was the 20th shuttle flight in 4 xk years, and the three new satellites the crew delivered to orbit raised to 20 the number of communications stations orbited by shuttles for non­ government customers. Also left behind by Engle, Richard Covey, James van Hoften, John Lounge and William Fisher was the $85 million Syncom 3 satellite that ? van Hoften and Fisher rewired dur­ ing two weekend spacewalks. "This mission once again has clearly demonstrated the value of people in space and I think equally Importantly, to all Americans, it shtfWstheir space program at work," Moore said. Less than four hours after landing, the five astronauts, accompanied by their wives, flew back to their homes mmm Hap Kggf|§lM| ' Reagan hopes for chance to address Soviet people By Hdea'niomas UPI With its landing gear fully extended, the space shuttle Discovery comes down for a landing on the dry lake bed at Edwards AFB on Tuesday. I UPI photo Discovery touched down about 8 minutes before dawn at 7:16 a.m., concluding the 20th shuttle mission. White House reporter WASHINGTON - President Rea­ gan, welcoming comments by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in an U.S. magazine interview, wants the Kremlin to give him equal time to address the Soviet people, a White House spokesman said Tuesday. Deputy press secretary Larry Speakes, in a statement on Gorba­ chev's interview with Time maga­ zine about prospects for the Novem­ ber summit, said Reagan was pleaded by the Soviet leader's decla­ ration he intends to offer "serious proposals" to ease superpower tensions. But tempering that view, Speattes said, "Unfortunately the public rhet­ oric never seems to get translated into serious proposals" at the negoti­ ating table. - Speakes noted the United States is awaiting a Kremlin response to a request submitted sometime ago that Reagan be allowed to present his views directly to the Soviet people. He said Charles Wick, director of the U.S. Information Agency, had proposed to Leonid Zamyatin, Soviet chief of information, that Reagan have the opportunity to present his views on Soviet television. "We are pleased that Mr. Gorba­ chev was able to present his views to the American public,'*Speakes said. "If President Reagan had a com­ parable opportunity to present his views to the Soviet people through the Soviet media, this would doubt­ less improve our dialogue and indi­ cate Soviet willingness to accept a degree of reciprocity in an impor­ tant aspect of our relations."' . "Direct access for the president to the Soviet people would go far to- -ward improving understanding be­ tween our people," he said, adding, "The objective would not be to de­ bate but to improve understanding on each side." in two twin-jet planes for shuttle practice in Houston also used landings. Before leaving Edwards, the as­ tronauts posed in front of the shuttle Enterprise, which was used for land­ ing tests, and Engle said he had a "great flight." "We as a crew felt very fortunate to have had the opportunity to take part in this kind of a mission that let us demonstrate how useful man can be in space," he said. "We had a great flight and we feel it really was something that will help the space program along." Jack Boyd, deputy director of NA­ SA's Ames Research Center, said the mission was "an excellent step toward work we need to do as we proceed toward the space station." The space agency plans to assemble the space station in orbit in 1993. Engineers for Hughes Communi­ cations Co., which owns the recuse! tatech Syncom, reported that data received early Tuesday showed the satellite's solid fuel rocket motor is warmer than expected. That re- Hurricane Elena leaves destruction behind her By Royal Brightblll United Pre ̂International GULFPORT, Miss. -- Federal and state officials toured littered streets patrolled by National Guardsmen Tuesday to assess damage wrought by Hurricane Elena's 125-mph winds, 12-foot tides and spinoff tornadoes. Many of the more than a million people who fled inland from Labor Day holiday-packed resorts on the Gulf coast still were homeless in the aftermath of the storm's Monday wrath. "We'need temporary housing for families that had to be relocated," said Wade Guice, director of Civil Defense for Harrison County. "We have them in temporary shelters at this moment, but temporary shelter is nothing more than a roof over their heads and some food." Few injuries were reported in Mis­ sissippi as a result of the storm and those were caused by the tornadoes, which struck at least three emergen­ cy shelters for evacuees. There were four storm-related deaths -- two in Florida, where 31 people were in­ jured, and two drownings in Texas from undertows generated by Elena. The blow quickly degenerated into a tropical storm after coming ashore in the Biloxi area Monday morning, and was only heavy rain over Arkan­ sas, Oklahoma and northeast Texas Tuesday. Gov. Bill Allain and Mississippi's director of the Emergency Manage­ ment Agency, Jim Maher, met Tues­ day with regional federal disaster officials to determine the damage for federal aid funds. "It's just tremendous property damage, not only In residential ar­ eas but also to the downtown busi­ nesses," Allain said. "But the most miraculous thing of all is, regardless of all the stress on houses and the roofs off and the tremendous amount of property damage, so far we have not had one reported fatality con­ nected with the hurricane or the 'tornados and no real serious "bodily harm." Bill May, regional director of the Federal Emergency Management Administration, said preliminary es­ timates would be sent to the White House-and President Reagan will issue a federal disaster declaration ."in a day or two." Sen. John Stennis, D-Miss., said in Washington that he has been as­ sured the White House will act as soon as possible after receiving the required data on hurricane damage. "We're letting people come back and secure their own property and take care of repairing any damages that they can," said Harrison Coun­ ty Sheriff Larkin Smith. "We are not having any major problems with se­ curity. Things are going real well." Allain dispatched some 700 Nation­ al Guardsmen to the area to help with security, traffic and to prevent looting of damages businesses and homes. Guardsmen patrolled debris- strew sti ?ts and Military Police­ men uirtvi.ed traffic Tuesday as businessmen and residents began the process of cleaning up Between 250-300 prisoners were sent by the State Department of Cor­ rections to aid in the cleanup. Guice said another serious prob­ lem in the cleanup are power out­ ages that are causing sewage prob­ lems because the pumping system doesn't work. "If water is put back into the community without the sewage lift system, what you have is a commu­ nity cesspool," he said. "Thatt is what's happening now. We h^ve some sewage backing up." Ernest Wells, community rela­ tions director for the Salvation Army in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, said food also is a problem. "The most calls we've had are for food and electricity," he said. "Food seems to be a serious problem be­ cause of the lack of power for refrigeration." John Hutchinson, a spokesman for the Mississippi Power Company, said 12 of the 26 transmission lines out Monday have been replaced, re­ ducing the number of powerless cus­ tomers from 70,000 to 46,000. He said it would take about a week to restore full power to the area. Damage estimates also were in­ complete along the Alabama and Florida coasts, but one official said damage to private property on Dau- phine Island off Mobile Would run $15 million. duced the chance that the rubbery propellant might have cracked dur­ ing its four months of exposure to the deep freeze of space. Cracked fuel probably would explode. The satellite's control jets also were fired Tuesday to increase Syn­ com's spin for stabilizatioh pur­ poses, and to point the big space­ craft so sunlight will warm the rocket. It is to be fired about Oct. 29 to push Syncom into a higher orbit. Moore said Discovery appeared to be in good shape from the flight, with little apparent damage to its heat shield tiles. He said the ship's often-troublesome brakes also seemed to be in good shape. This was Discovery's last flight until it becomes the first shuttle to take off from a new launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Pacific coast, northwest of Santa Barbara. Blastoff is now scheduled for March 20. ' ; Back on the Kennedy Space Cen­ ter launch pad at Cape Canaveral, engineers were preparingthe fourth shuttle, Atlantis, for a engine test . . V firing Sept. 12 and launch Oct. 2 or 3 on a secret military mission. Moore said the extraordinary space salvage work performed by Discovery's crew, following two sat­ ellite retrievals last year and an earlier satellite overhaul, should give satellite designers a clear mes­ sage: build future satellites with shuttle servicing in mind. "We hope nothing fails at least in an infant stage, but if it does the shuttle will be there and will be prepared to do whatever we can to rescue an ailing satellite," Moore said. The shuttle crew began its descent Tuesday with a rocket firing over the Indian Ocean an hour before touchdown. The shuttle raced across the coast 109,000 feet above Carpen- teria and appeared out of the dark more than 40,000 feet above the Mo- jave Desert. _ "We're roll out on final and Eddy looks beautiful," said Engle, who once landed the X-15 rocket plane at this desert air test center. 35 5tt LUCKY HOME-OWNERS WANTED SATELLITE TO EARTH TV SYSTEM Why Just Watch Local TV or Cable When You Can Watch The World? Over 200 Channels of Television Live Via Satellite To introduce this new SATELLITE SYSTEM to the Northern Illinois market, the first 50 home owners respon­ ding to this ad Will have the installations of their new systems purchased from London done FREE, IF YOU ACT NOW! LONDON HOME IMPROVEMENT CO. 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