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POCONO i BASSMASTERSf CABIN COOKIN' Goon light duty at the lake or shore El Area anglers head to Pittsburgh for annual tourney CI 4S MORNING CA www.mcall.com WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2005 'Have a little ftin-up their' Thunderstorms possible 90 63 Forecast, BIO BRIEFING 1 ft during its ascent, including one that appeared to show a IVinch gouge in an important heat-resistant tile near the shuttle's nose landing gear. The Discovery crew will measure that scratch precisely with new techniques in the coming days, mindful that damage to a heat-resistant panel caused the loss of the shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven in February of 2003. With the minutes ticking down before liftoff, launch director Mike Leinbach told commander Eileen Collins that the ship's systems all had checked out. Shuttle Discovery launches amid joy, worries about gouge. By Jeremy Manier Special to The Morning Call CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

With blinding majesty and a din like a heavenly timpani roll, the shuttle Discovery flamed to life Tuesday and roared into orbit, beginning the first shuttle mission after months of delays and two years of rebuilding at NASA. Late in the day engineers pored over unprecedented images taken of the shuttle Scott Audett Associated Press SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, more than two years after shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon its return to Earth. SHUTTLE PAGE A3 For some, heat is no sweat Stabbing victim rebuilding her life HOW HOT DOES IT FEEL? Combined effects of temperature and humidity, called the heat index, determine summer comfort, i- Air temperature (F) Heat index table SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY lifted off Tuesday as NASA officials fretted over photos that appeared to show a debris-inflicted gouge in a tile near the shuttle's nose landing gear. Al THE 2005 NATIONAL BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE resumed in Bowling Green, a day after four adult leaders from Alaska were electrocuted in an accident as they raised a tent. A4 THE WHITE HOUSE on Tuesday made some of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' files public but held back papers in which the former government lawyer fought to repeal the Roe v.

Wade ruling. A4 SENATE MAJORITY LEADER BILL FRIST said Tuesday he'll delay a $491 billion defense spending bill as fellow Republicans pressured him to impose restrictions on the Pentagon's treatment of detainees. A4 FOUR U.S. SOLDIERS and 16 Iraqi government workers were killed Tuesday in separate attacks in Baghdad, Iraq. A6 PENNSYLVANIA is exploring the idea of taking over Willow Grove Naval Air Station, one of the bases a Pentagon panel has targeted for closure, a lawyer working on the state's plan said Tuesday.

A12 ALLENTOWN MAYOR Roy C. Afflerbach vetoed three City Council-proposed ballot initiatives Tuesday and urged lawmakers to instead ask voters to establish a new charter study commission. Bl AGERE SYSTEMS reported its largest quarterly profit on Tuesday $120 million. But its stock was down 10 percent. Dl from Allentown's Fountain Park pool, but it was empty closed for repairs and the Little Lehigh was full.

So Khadir, 10, cavorted in the creek, chasing blue dragonflies and occasionally sinking to his chin in the churning froth at the base of a short dam. It was one way to beat the thermometer, and it seemed far more alluring than the dry advice from officials to wear loose-fitting clothing, eschew caffeine and alcoholic beverages and avoid strenuous And for most, cooler air is just days away. By Dan Sheehan Of The Morning Call It was early afternoon, the sun was high and hot, and Khadir Woodard was shivering and saying "Oh, oh," as he clambered out of the chill waters of the Little Lehigh Creek. "Freezing," he exclaimed, in happy defiance of Tuesday's heat. He was spitting distance 125 I 123 141 The point where the 120 116 130 148 temperature and humidity 115 Jll 120 L35 151 meet is the heat index.

110 ..105 112 123 137 150 105 100 105 113 123 135 149 100 95 99 104 110 120 132 144 95 90 93 96101J07 114 124 136 90 -85 87 90 93 96 100 106 113 122 85" 80 82 84 86 88 90 93 97 102 108 80" 75 77 78 79 8182 85 ,86 88 91 75 70 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 70 I 1, 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Percent humidity Source: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration KRT HEAT PAGE A2 Former Bethlehem woman regrets she could not warn others. By Michael Duck Of The Morning Call A niece gently shook Olivia Williams awake early Monday and led her to the answering machine. You're back in the news, the message from her mother said. Robert Lopez, Williams' ex-boyfriend, who stabbed her nearly to death in 1994, had been accused of murdering his new, pregnant girlfriend in New Hampshire last week.

He had been released from prison this year. "I tried to warn them," Williams said. "I tried so hard to keep him in jail." Lopez stabbed Williams more than 13 times Jan. 12, 1994, at a home in the 1500 block of If 4 A (j 1 A TODAY in SECTION A 4s rr III a 4 "I tried to warn them. I tried so hard to keep him in jail." OLIVIA WILLIAMS -tv' If 'III battles Drug ravage Puerto Rico Puerto Rico's decades-long drug war has pushed the homicide rate to more than three times the national average.

A10 Cesar Laura The Morning Call KHADIR WOODARD, 10, knows the heat can't follow him into the Little Lehigh Creek near Fountain Park in Allentown. Helping the hairy, hot and bothered INDEX I. Woodbine Street in Bethlehem, injuring her eyes, face, neck, head, torso, arms and hands. After doctors helped rebuild her body, she's worked to rebuild her life and relationships, while also warning others about her experience. "It's been a day-by-day struggle for her, but you know what? She just put it back together," said Grace Bartholomew, Williams' mother.

Despite Williams' efforts to keep Lopez in jail, he complet- ed his sentence in January and moved to Manchester, N.H., where he started dating Brandi Bernard. Lopez faces second-degree murder charges in her death Thursday. Bernard's family said she was 10 weeks pregnant and 19 years old the same age Williams was when Lopez attacked her. "I know that poor girl's fear, Astrology E8 Market report D3 Bridge E7 Movies E2 Business Dl Opinion Classified Fl Puzzles E7 Comics Scoreboard C3 Contact Us A9 Sports CI Dear Abby E8 State news A12.13 Deaths Television E5 Lotteries A2 Weather BIO said a chuckling Christine Pul-lin, the zoo's marketing and development manager. The zoo animals were fine Tuesday, healthy and adapting to the heat better than the people with a little help and a lot of monitoring from general curator Tony LaPorte and his crew.

He makes the frozen sardine pops himself in the white plastic molds moms fill with Kool-Aid. He popped out four, two By Marietta Savidge Of The Morning Call As Louis XVI in "History of the World: Part Mel Brooks made famous the line, "It's good to be the king." But at the Lehigh Valley Zoo at the Trexler-Lehigh County Game Preserve when the heat index is 100 degrees, it's good to be the otter, especially if you like frozen sardine pops. "I don't know why Rita's hasn't tapped that market," NO. 41,205 2005 The Morning Call All Rights Reserved For home dslivery, call 610-820-6601 or 800-666-5492 THE MORNING UU. (SSN 0884-5557) Is published daily by The Morning Call 101 N.

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