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Tucson, Saturday, August 23, 1997 Ulf Arizona Uailii Star Section A Page Three Mir Carey Repairing Spektr The crew reconnected 10 of 11 ppwer cables to restore Full power to the space station. Hoffa still managed to raise more money than Carey, but when the ballots were counted-in December, Carey squeaked out victory by 52 percent to 48 per cent. ---w. Ironically, the election was thought to be one of the cleanest labor contests in In 1989, the federal government, as- sumed control of the Teamsters after declaring the union was enr meshed with organized Carey won the first union presir dent's election under federal pervision, in 1991. Last year's race was only the" second in Teamsters history in which rank-and-file members voth ed by mail for the union presi- dent.

The federal government spent -4 about $22 million to run last' year's election, which Quindel and the federal courts closely monitored. Taxpayers are likely to pick up the costs of the Quindel refused to certify the results from the first race after allegations arose in March that, money had been funneled, from the union treasury and other sources, through a Massachusetts Z. telemarketing company under contract to the union, and into 2 Carey's campaign fund. campaign made the allegations that prompted Quindel's investigation. Hoffa has long contended the government treats Carey more favorably because of his reformer's mantle.

"They waited until after the Teamster strike when he's in the national limelight," Leebove said. "It's a continuation of the government's protection" of Carey. In fact, Quindel decided several weeks ago the election should be rerun but held her announcement so it would not become an issue in the Teamsters' talks with UPS. A source familiar with her decision-making said she did not do this to benefit Carey, pointing out she had no way of knowing how he would fare in the negotiations. The Teamsters were severely split by last year's election.

Reform forces within the union backed Carey, while other Teamsters who complained the union had lost strength under him backed Hoffa, a Michigan labor lawyer who is the son of James R. Hoffa, former union president. It was a bitter election. Hoffa's campaign had its own fund-raising irregularities and was forced to return more than $100,000 in contributions last year before the vote. Continued from Page One bers and the candidates themselves.

Despite yesterday's bad news, Carey may actually come out stronger in a rerun election following the Teamsters' success in its two-week UPS strike. UPS workers make up more than 10 percent of the 1.4 million-member Teamsters union. With their happiness over the settlement they may vote their wallets and give Carey an even stronger victory. "His popularity has never been higher, and his ability to do the job is what will matter," said John P. Morris, president of the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters and a Carey supporter.

Despite the decision's harsh criticisms and penalties for Carey's campaign, Hoffa was angry that it came so quickly after the UPS settlement. "The timing is intended to boost Carey," said Rich Leebove, Hoffa's spokesman. Early this year, soon after Carey was declared but not certified the election winner, the Hoffa fs I The crc the space I 1 station Wlir have made 7 I 1 repairs to the Spektr module, wheh suffered "I damage duiing a June I 1 25 collision with an il I i unmanned supply ship. i "ft X.I SPEKTR REPAIR DIFFICULTIES: 1 A leaking hatch In the docking chamber outside the broken module caused a brief delay. Pavei i A leak was discovered at the finogradov point where Cosmonaut X.

S- Vinogradov's left glove attached '-Vx to his spacesuit. it was replaced by a spare glove. zt vV Ny? y' Jv Anatoly Michael Tv Solovyov tk Foale 'rr XX SOYUZ-TM -vLj JkL "DOCKING PORTSsJ MIR CORE -J Continued from Page One exactly where Spektr was damaged in the collision. Officials were hoping such information would help them plan a repair job to eventually get Spektr back up, running and inhabitable. There were also some anxious moments when it looked as if the repair job, already delayed for more than a month and handed off from one Russian crew to the next, might be in jeopardy yet again.

First there was a problem with a valve not being closed. Then a more troubling matter. Vinogradov's spacesuit developed A leak where the left glove meets the sleeve. Engineers hurried to repressurize the air lock where Vinogradov was waiting, and the sound of oxygen flooding the compartment whistled over the radio. Then, reassured by mission control that he and commander Anatoly Solovyov had enough oxygen to continue, Vinogradov replaced the glove with a spare.

About two hours behind the down-to-the-minute schedule, Vinogradov finally headed into Spektr. Once there, Vinogradov worked more quickly than anticipated to connect the power cables. The tension lifted as Vinogradov joked with his crew-mates: Solovyov, backing him up outside Spektr with a flashlight; and Foale, stationed in the Soyuz escape craft should anything go terribly wrong. In their mad dash to seal off Spektr after the June collision opened a gash in its hull, Foale and his previous crewmates had to cut every cable leading to it. The mission's success provided Mir's crew and the Russian space agency a boost they desperately needed.

Mir's series of setbacks started with a fire in February and continued with fail- APWm. J. Castello tinued cooperation in the program. Whether Foale will be replaced in late September by another NASA astronaut or merely brought home remains an open question. If yesterday's repairs prove as successful as they now promise, they could help convince U.S.

officials the Mir partnership is still worth the risk and the investment. Source: NASA; Aviation Week; AP research ures of the oxygen system, the carbon dioxide system and the cooling system. The collision with a Progress cargo craft during a manual docking practice session nearly killed the crew and wrecked Mir, and the station has done little since except survive. While its troubles have captured the world's attention, they have also raised doubts about NASA's con- said. "That voting process take place through surveys, and an actual polling process." Families are the station's tar- get audience.

"What's good for. families and kids is good for business," he said. "What you'll be able to see on KWBA-58 will be actual reality instead of virtual reality." Marshall said the new station is negotiating to also be carried on area cable television systems 4 He said a strategic partnership, would benefit the cable compav-J nies and the station in promo" tions and advertising. And the- strong programming offered on KWBA-TV58 is another entice-- ment to the cable systems. "I think we'll be carried, absolute- ly," he said.

Diane M. Dickey, marketing manager at TCI of Tucson, said, "We've met with them and had informal discussions." She said it 4 is premature to speculate on' what effect the arrival of the new station will have on TCI. 4 Marshall said the station not have a news department, but will do remote programming of 7 events of local interest. Instead of broadcasting a half hour of "talking heads," the station will instead run brief vignettes on topics of community interest, atri. various times during the He said the station will 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

I' entry-level and internship positions will be available, said Bergamo. A University of Arizona alum, Bergamo said he is glad to return to Tucson after working at Channel 10 in Phoenix for six years. Marshall, who is based in Ken-nett Square, said the station is scheduled to begin broadcasting the first quarter of 1998. The station is being launched by a partnership of Sierra Television LLC and Tucson Communications LLC, with Sierra Television owning 51 percent of the operation. Marshall is president and CEO of Tucson Communications and executive vice president of Sierra Television.

Marshall said start-up costs will total $10 million. He is not daunted by the eight area stations already competing for advertising revenues. "Tucson is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. The marketplace offers terrific opportunities for broadcasters who can be innovative and give people what they want," he said. He said the limited WB network program schedule allows the station to locally select many hours of daily programming.

"The viewers in Southern Arizona will be able to participate in the selection of what programs we run. People really like the idea they get to participate for the shows they want to see," he Channel Continued from Page One is close to signing a contract to acquire a 15,000 square-foot studio and office facility on South Palo Verde Road near Interstate 10. Marshall said the station is licensed in Sierra Vista because a broadcast license was available there but not in Tucson. A Sierra Vista office may eventually be opened for marketing and promotional activities, but no immediate presence is planned there. Ron Bergamo, vice president and general manager at the station, said 30 people will initially be employed locally in the areas of programming, sales, administration, productionpromotion and technical services.

"Our goal is to grow the staff to the 35 to 38 range," Bergamo said, adding that growth will depend on ratings and ad sales. He said the employee search will begin in October. "Most of the professional broadcasters we hire should have Tucson experience and Tucson connections, and be from the area. We want most of our professional broadcasters to be Tucson friendly and Tucson aware," he said. In addition to people experienced in the broadcast industry, 600,000 signatures will be going to Saturn heartwarming signatures: those of schoolchildren, including one who wrote, "I want to be an astronaut when I grow up and I will find a new planet.

Good luck." Not everyone is pleased with this U.S.-European mission to explore Saturn, its rings and nine major moons. Cassini, scheduled for an Oct. 6 launch, will be powered by 72 pounds of pluto-nium-238 dioxide, and anti-nuclear activists already have begun protesting. nature in their place. Others like to be part of a great adventure.

Others feel a little sense of immortality." The oldest signatures scanned onto the digital disk mounted onto the spacecraft were those of Cassini and Huygens, the 17th-century astronomers for whom the spacecraft and its moon lander are named, respectively. The two signatures were lifted from letters belonging to the Paris Observatory. The best known signatures: those of actor Patrick Stewart, martial arts expert and actor Chuck Norris, and some members of Congress. The least known yet most CAPE CANAVERAL, Ha. (AP) More than 600,000 signatures from 81 countries as well as toddlers' scrawls, baby footprints and paw prints were attached to NASA's Cassini spacecraft yesterday for launch to Saturn.

"This is really not done for extraterrestrials who are going to find it, because that's very unlikely," said Charles Kohlhase, manager of science and mission design for the Cassini project. "It's done for the people who are signing," he explained, standing beneath the two-story spacecraft in a guarded National Aeronautics and Space Administration building. "Some can't journey into space, so they send their sig SOLAR BLANKETS REELS 15 OFF fALL TOYS FLOATS PATIOJURNITURE sets fromx $2WJ Jp Everything in Your Cabinets Now Top Quality Bio Guard Chlorine at UNDER $2 A POUND NET! ROLL-OUT to You ti 1 1 aiiwi n.iifi 1-hour home conversion with no mess! tS BIO GUARD ROLL OUT shelves mean Less bending reaching For kitchen, bath or pantry OOL CHEMICA All pool 0 2 SXSf spa chemicals. STOCK UP NOW SAVE! 100 lb. capacity, complete warranty $35 each, any size FREE ESTIMATES CALX, X4 4 0 a OR NIGHT OS 1 1 1 SAVE ON ALL FILTERS FOR POOLS PORTABLE SPAS! ATTENTION SWIMMING POOL NEW LOCATION FriHav Ssriirrlav Snndav Onlv I Ik.

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