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Wednesday, March 31, 1982' Philadelphia Daily News 5 m.i.i.i. MiiSiiliiliiiiiMil n'l As Lousma (left) grins, Fullerton Columbia Hailed for a Magnificent Mission t-'H 111 In (right) is congratulated at Northrup ticipated and landed at White Sands Missile Range with enough fuel and provisions for at least two more days in orbit. Lousma and Fullerton nearly doubled the total time the shuttle had previously spent in space. "We think it's a good indicator of the upcoming flights that we have this year and the years to come," Lunney said. Not only did the billion-dollar spaceship demonstrate it has the flexibility to stay up longer and change landing sites to avoid bad weather, but it showed it has sufficient backup capability to deal with equipment failures.

AT WHITE SANDS, where Columbia finally landed that decision had been up in the air until 9:30 a.m. yesterday NASA officials and scientists with experiments onboard were jubilant over the mission. Admittedly, the eight-day flight, the first in the history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that ended later than scheduled, was not without its problems. The john stopped up, the primary communications system had a serious The Columbia comes in (top photo) at White Sands, then lifts her nose as a sudden gust of wind hits her (center) before settling down 14 Are Guilty in Sale Of 'Hard Core' Books Umtax Cottman Avenue, where three of the defendants were arrested. City Coun-cilwoman Joan Krajewski, one of the group, said afterward the sentence was "a joke." Deputy District Attorney Eugene V.

Alessandroni told the group that Judge Jackson had explained to him that imposing sentences was "use since the defendants would automatically appeal to Common Pleas. 'VS' The defendants plan 10 appeal, said one of their lawyers, Michael J. Unifax Strip by flight boss George Abbey failure, an important television camera failed, an experiment designed to study ultraviolet radiation from the sun barely worked, and its overall success was severely curtailed. BUT OF NINE major experiments prepared by NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications, only the ultraviolet experiment produced less than desired results. One of the experiments involved trying to grow plants in the ship's weightless atmosphere.

The experi ment is being conducted by University of Pennsylvania biologists AlUm Brown and David Chapman. The rocket plane, parked at its southern New Mexico "space harbor," was being readied as quickly as possible for its flight back to tUe Kennedy Space Center atop a 747 jumbo jet. Lousma and Fullerton are undergoing a week of debriefing at the John son Space Center in Houston while NASA officials already have begun planning the next flight with a secret military payload. SILHOUETTED against the blue spring skies yesterday, the Columbia sailed in like a stub-wiriged while dove in front of a crowd of 5,000 onlookers who cheered, clapped and shouted "that's fantastic!" "I got tears in my eyes and chills when it landed," said Celia Harris, 25. ofSantaFe.N.M.

Some people in the crowd waved American flags and Lousma agreed the flight stirred patriotic feelings. "Columbia, the space program, now is something that people can hold up and say, 'We're good, we can do it, we're Number Lousma said afterward at a welcoming ceremony where the pilots were reunited with their wives. "IT WAS A GREAT spectacular flight from where we saw it," Lousma said. President Reagan watched the landing on television and called the till- Compiled by the Daily News Columbia command pilot Jack Lousma liked the "toboggan ride from upstairs." Co-pilot Gordon Fullerton told a kid 'in the neighborhood he was "careful to keep the door shut" while he was aboard the space shuttle Columbia. The astronauts engaged in this sort of byplay on their return last night to rainy Houston from White Sands, N.M.

a 3-hour, lb-minute airplane trip that took 10 minutes longer than it took Columbia to orbit Earth twice. Despite the one-day lag in landing, the mission has been acclaimed a success stretching the capabilities of America's space shuttle and moving it significantly closer to the day when it will be working for paying customers. "IT BODES VERY well for future ase," said Clynn Lunney yesterday, manager of the shuttle program at the Johnson Space Center at Cape Canaveral, the Columbia's launching site March 22. Not only did Columbia accomplish everything asked of it on its third flight, but it worked longer than an The announcement came from the Washington office of Florio, who is serving his fourth term. Like Williams, he is a Democrat.

IN A STATEMENT issued from his office, Florio is quoted as saying he believes he can "play a wider role" as a House member with seniority "than as a junior senator in a body dominated by the other party." John Dramesi. a Vietnam war hero who was a prisoner of war for several years, announced earlier this week that he would seek the Republican nomination for Congress in the 1st District in the June primary. A Philadelphia judge today found 14 persons guilty of obscenity charges for selling "hard core" books in adult bookstores, but suspended sentences on the defendants and imposed no fines or court costs. Despite the lack of punishment, an attorney for the defendants said the conviction would be appealed and new trials sought in Common Pleas Court. Common Pleas Judge Riccardo Jackson, sitting in Municipal Court, announced the verdict after conducting A nnn.inrv trial for the 14 last month.

The defendants worked in several different bookstores in center city, the Northeast and other areas. They were convicted of selling obscene tnattop nn varinns rfatps hptween February and May oflast year. INSIDE THE COURTROOM to watch the sentencing were about a dozen neighbors of the Fantasy Island Adult Bookstore, on State Road near Florio Won't Run for Senate tr U.S. Rep. 5 James Florio, whose 1st District in South Jersey embraces parts of Camden and Gloucester counties, announced today he will seek re-election rather than vie for the U.S.

Senate seat left vacant by Abscam-stained Harrison Williams, who resigned earlier this month. Newtown, and James Smith, of Strawberry A third man who had been fishing ih the 12-foot motorboat, Edward Repprecht. of Stacey Lane, Trenton, managed to swim ashore after the boat capsized at 6:30 p.m. 2 Bucks Men Drown After Boat Capsizes Two men drowned last nighf after their small boat capsized on Lake Nockamixon in the Nockamixon State Park in Hancock Township, upper Bucks County, according to State Police at the Dublin The victims were identified as Bill Harrington, 25, of Lincoln Avenue, i James Florio. House-bound astronauts to congratulate them..