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4 The Kane Republican, Saturday, July 21, 1973 WILL THE SEAL BE BROKEN? Skylab Trouble Explained The board was appointed by the National Aeronautic and Space Administration and headed by Bruce T. Lundin, director of the agency's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio. It said the openings that allowed air into the shield tunnel "resulted from a failure of communications among aerodynamics, structural design and manufacturing "These design deficiencies of the meteoroid shield, as well as the failure to communicate within the project the critical nature of its proper venting, must therefore be attributed to an absence of sound engineering judgment and alert engineering leadership considering this particular system over a considerable period of time (six years)," the report said. The launching of Skylab 1 astronauts Charles Conrad Dr. Joseph P.

Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz was postponed 10 days while experts designed an umbrella like sunshade, which the spacemen successfully erected over the exposed area. That cooled the lab so they could live and work there. Later, with power becoming critically short, Conrad and Kerwin freed the stuck solar wing during a space walk and nearly doubled the electricity aboard. That enabled them to complete their 28 day mission and set up the laboratory for the Skylab 2 astronauts who are to rocket to it July 28 for 56 days of experiments.

By HOWARD BENEDICT AP Aerospace Writer CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP) An investigative board has blamed poor engineering and a lack of sufficient communication between contractors and the space agency for the shield trouble that almost ruined the first Skylab mission. The report issued on Thursday said that, because of poor design, air pressure built up inside a tunnel under the shield as the Skylab was being launched May 14. The pressure could not be properly vented, and the paper thin aluminum shield tore away from the side of the 85 ton station that it encircled. "When the meteoroid shield was torn loose by the supersonic air stream, it broke the tiedowns which hold one of the two solar array systems on the Skylab workshop," the report said.

"Later, about 10 minutes into the flight, the solar array wing was completely torn away when it was struck by the exhaust plume of the second stage retrorocket," the board said. The second power producing solar wing was jammed against the side of the workshop by a strip of aluminum from the damaged shield. Without the shield, the laboratory absorbed rather than reflected the sun's heat, and temperatures inside the orbiting station soared to an unlivable 125 degrees. Hopeful News in Medicine Speaking of Your Health Lester L. Coleman, M.D.

New Surgery Used for Epilepsy In one area, however, a report about drug addicts is gaining in enthusiasm. Seventy drug addicts were treated by acupuncture to relieve the withdrawal symptoms that occur when addicts suddenly stop taking the drug. Dr. H.L. Wen, of the Kwong Wah Hospital in Hong Kong, gave a series of acupuncture treatments to these drug addicts.

Many of them had been addicted to opium and heroin for as long as three to 50 years. Withdrawal symptoms were reduced to a minimum and addicts were then in a better position to have their drug dependence controlled. It is recognized that many drug addicts maintain their habit not only because of the "kick" the drug creates, but rather because of their overwhelming fear of the hardship of withdrawal. Any contribution by anybody, A new surgical approach to the problem of epilepsy is being tried in Japan. Dr.

H. Narabayashi, at the Juntendo Medical' School in Tokyo, has been successful in treating some cases of epilepsy that could not be controlled by available drugs. A small portion of the brain, known as the amygdala, is cauterized with an electric spark. Some of the cases were dramatically improved. The number and severity of epileptiform seizures were markedly reduced after this operation.

The dangers are minimal, and the results warrant further study. As always, preliminary reports of this kind are substantiated before they are followed routinely. To acupuncture is now attributed limitless potential in the control of some diseases. It will take a great deal of time before positive proof is established. Two former Kane men are among 10 Bell Telephone Co.

employes at Bradford sharing in a $15,000 state lottery check. They are George Rietter and Fred Murphy. The 10 purchased the ticket July 13th at the W.R. Peoria distributing company there. In presenting the check to the 10 men Ned Henderson of Shinglehouse, district lottery manager, also presented a proportionate check to Mr.

Peoria Mr. Henderson said another $15,000 lottery check was purchased at Bifano's Restaurant, Lewis Run, by Dorothy Mielnick of Erie Servicemen's Corner: Marine Pvt. Bruce Cowan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cowan of 510 Park Avenue, Kane, has completed infantrymen training at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Spencer Shiraishi of Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, made a seven foot boat from 150 milk cartons, tying them together with string and using resin for waterproofing. Using a piece of plywood connected to a broken television antenna as a paddle, Shiraishi, 46, took his contraption for a maiden voyage last Sunday in Maui bay but currents began carrying it toward an island used for military target practice. The Coast Guard was notified, but the vessel caught another current and beached four miles away. Shiraishi said the boat was "very stable" and will take part Sunday in a race sponsored by Maui's only dairy Only boats made of milk cartons can enter Universal Studios at Hollywood is looking for a sexy snake, a screen idol for the slithery set The studio, in an an nouncement Thursday, noted that "snake films are expected to hit a high popularity level this year." Consequently, the studio is sponsoring a beauty contest for snakes to be held oh Hollywood Boulevard next Wednesday. "Contestant snakes will only be required to pose and curl," the announcement noted.

"They need not dance, sing nor do dramatic scenes. Wigs and excessive makeup are discouraged" The announcement also repeated several times that contestants must be NON VENOMOUS, just like that, all in capital letters The announcement was accompanied by a seven page legal document identified as "the standard snake contract." Its columns of fine print include a morality clause, obliging prospective Raquel Rattles to refrain from immoral conduct that could cause a ssssscandal This Date in Past July 21, 1963 Highlight attraction for the annual McKean County Fair at Smethport will be the appearance of Frank Fontaine, the popular comedian of the Jackie Gleason TV program, better known as "Crazy Gugenheim." This is the first time in its nearly 100 year history that the fair gates have been open before Labor Day. July 21, 1953 Lt. John R. Campbell, recently named commanding officer of Company of Kane in the National Guard, announced today that the local unit has sufficient enlistees to make an application for federal recognition.

But, as the result of extensive paper work in the reactivation process, it is expected that formal application will not materialize until mid August. July 21, 1943 Over 400 persons attended the union church services in Evergreen park last evening where the Rev. Walter J. Thorns, pastor of the First Congregational Church, delivered a sermon on "The Arcanian Spirit." The success of the opening service was beyond any expectations of the ministers who participated. On this date in 1831, Leopold I was proclaimed king of the Belgians after separation of Belgium from Holland.

This is Belgian independence day. Every Time So THE TENT GOES UP ALU THE STAKES ARE HAMMERED IN EXCEPT THE LASTONE THERE UllCT 5 A HALF HOUR HE'S I fiOUD BEEN PLAYING WITH I I ttScAC THAT JryA UNPCO. THERE cvrcDT tuc i by drugs or by acupuncture, to help attain a reduction in drug addiction is a great scientific achievement. 1 1973 King Features Syndicate, Inc.) YWCA is Under Attack Viewing Harrisburg By LARRY REIBSTEIN Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG (AP) The political maneuvering that characterized much of the 1 state budget fight earlier this month to no one's gain is again surfacing in Phase 2 of the con tinuing series. First, the Republican controlled House moves I quickly to cut taxes and put the Democratic Senate on the spot.

But the Senate at the same time tries to one up the House by funding popular programs and put the House off balance. Of course what happens is each chamber kills the other's bill and some sort of compromise is eventually worked out. The largest strategy involves how to divide some $680 million left over from the budget settlement, signed into law 12 days after the fiscal year began July 1. That settlement covered basic functions of state government but left unanswered questions of tax relief and funding of controversial programs. Republicans have moved to take the initative on cutting taxes, preparing a bill to reduce consumer and business taxes by $270 million.

About $180 million of that would go to individual wage earners by allowing them to exclude 2,000 of their income when figuring their 2.3 per cent personal income tax. This amounts to a $46 cut for anyone making at least $2,000. Business would receive a $90 million reduction by cutting the corporate net income tax from 11 per cent to 9. Republicans hope to get the bill over to the Senate next week, before the legislature adjourns until September, knowing full well that the Senate will bury it. House GOP leader Robert Butera admits that, but says Republicans want to "frame the issue" or, in other words, try to paint Democrats as against cutting taxes.

Senate Democrats, meanwhile, have introduced legislation to fund various programs either cut or left unresolved by the budget settlement to the tune of $68 million. These include $31 million to help pay county court costs, $11.5 million for day care centers and $5 million for child welfare. Democrats' aim is to place Republicans in a position of voting against programs which have some popular support and strong lobbies. Senate Leader Thomas Lamb says he doesn't expect to move the package until September, but it doesn't matter because the House wouldn't do anything with it anyway. While the potshots are thrown for public consumption, leaders of both parties hope to meet quietly over August to agree on a tax cut and spending package that could be presented to the full legislature in the fall.

Thought for today: Always forgive our enemies nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde, Irish writer, 1854 1900. THE KANE REPUBLICAN Incorporated Feb. 7, 1900 Member of Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association Published every afternoon except Sunday by The Kane Publishing Company, at The Kane Republican Building, 200 North Fraley Street. Kane.

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It was forced into the admission by a former Air Force major's congressional testimony that he took part in directing such raids and falsifying records to make it appear that they actually occurred in South Vietnam. The author of this testimony, Hal AA. Knight, has provided the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with a full account of an elaborate system whereby the military conspired to deceive the public. Certainly not the enemy; Communist forces were keenly aware that they were the object of the 52s' attentions. No, it was the American people who were kept in the dark as to whom their armed forces were attacking.

The people must be kept in the dark, Knight testifies to being told by his superiors, for "political reasons." One officer) he says, specifically observed that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee might take offense were it to become known that such an unauthorized escalation of the war was under way. The details in Knight's account leave no doubt as to the intentions of the Pentagon. Not only were falsified records of bombing attacks dispatched to headquarters in Saigon, but Knight was required to destroy orders for the actual strikes after these had been carried out. This unsavory business involved his burning the orders in a barrel outside his office by daylight, he has testified, so that no incriminating scrap of paper would escape notice. Some attempt has been made to discredit this young man's testimony notably by Sen.

Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who elicited from him the admission that because he was twice passed over for promotion he was forced to resign his commission in 1972. The clincher, though, is that the substance of Knight's accusations has been admitted by Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger. His version of it is that the records of bombing raids in Cambodia were destroyed "because of the sensitive operational and diplomatic situation." Did that situation warrant deceiving the American public about U.S. military operations in a country supposedly not involved in the war? We think not.

The government begins warning the public to expect food price increases once the current price freeze is removed. It also is being revealed that August will follow July this year. They'll Do It Before putting up their tent, pop booster makes sure he picks the proper spot" FIRST, WE TEST THE GROUND TO MAKE I SURE I CAN DRIVE THE 5TAKES IN" Kiny MtutM Synefkitt. 1973. World nhii rrtwrved xf ir' bvi rl r.2 uUJoh, Seaweed has turned out to be an excellent source of special drugs.

At the University of California, ten or more chemical compounds have been extracted from the seaweed found in coastal waters. These findings have shown that the ocean may have abundant natural resources that are still untapped and unused. It now may be possible to learn if there is any evidence of genetic disease during the first few weeks of a pregnancy. Dr. M.L.

Moss and his coworkers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have developed a method by which even a few cells in the fluid surrounding the fetus may give evidence of some congenital disorder. DR LESTER COLEMAN has a special eye care booklet available called, "What You Should Know About Glaucoma and Cataracts." For your copy, send cents in coin and a large, self addressed, stamped envelope to Lester L. Coleman, M.D., (Eye booklet), P.O. Box 5171, Grand Central Station, New York City 10017. Pleas mention the booklet by title.

positions "It is our belief that any agency adopting such positions may jeopardize its relationship with the United Ways," the telegram said. Daniel Hester, executive director of the United Way of Michigan and one of the telegram's signers, said it was sent after his organization received complaints about the resolution from SAM. After a boycott of a Michigan United Way fund raising campaign two years ago, SAM forced the National Council on Crime and Delinquency to back down on its strong gun control stand, a council spokesman said. Hester said that SAM and other groups have not withdrawn contributions nor has the been threatened with loss of funds by the United Way. But Jean Whittet said that local Ys in Michigan have been summoned before local fund boards and "some are definitely being threatened with loss of funds." "The United Way is our only lever to get at the YWCA," SAM's McKesson said.

"This resolution is pure harassment, an exercise in foolish philosophy. "There's no law that you can pass about gun control that's going to affect the criminal one way or another. "Every month, some group of little old ladies in tennis shoes who have never used or shot a gun pass a resolution opposing the use of guns because guns kill people. "Most we can't do a darn thing about. But when a national organization with an impact like the YWCA takes a formal position, we're concerned.

Here comes one we can do something about." Several groups, including the National Conference of Sportsmen, the Northeastern State Council of Sportsmen and the Ohio Federation of Conservation Clubs, have voted to boycott United Fund campaigns and the YWCA. The Y's stand has also been the target of strong attacks in newspaper and magazine editorials. "The American Rifleman," the magazine of the National Rifle Association, chastised the women's organization in an editorial called "Say Goodbye to the 'Y'?" The suffers from a "selfinflicted financial problem," the editorial said, adding "It is unfortunate to see worthwhile movements embroil themselves in debateable causes that just may cost them their friends." The AFL CIO has written a letter to its members upholding the YWCA. NEW YORK (AP) The gun lobby is aiming at an improbable target these days the Young Women's Christian Association. The reason is the YWCA's strong support of federal gun control legislation.

Several gun groups have threatened to withhold contributions from local United Funds, United Ways and Community Chests, which partially fund YWCAs. The national YWCA here says it has received hundreds of form letters and post cards from individual contributors. And the organization has been criticized sharply by the National Rifle Association. "The current tactics of certain gun enthusiasts in threatening withdrawal of contributions to community funds is coercive and smacks of intimidation," said Edith Lerrigo, national YWCA executive director. But the Sportsmen's Alliance of Michigan SAM the group spearheading the campaign against the YWCA, thinks differently.

"We feel that as long as the YWCA is using money solicited as contributions, it should not take advocacy positions on political matters," said Knight McKesson, executive director of SAM. He said that unless the YWCA drops its stand, SAM will refuse to give to Michigan United Way campaigns and will urge other gun enthusiasts to do the same. "The YWCA as a tax exempt organization has a right to take a public position on a national issue, especially one which affects the lives of our members so acutely day by day in the violent and fearful circumstances of city life," countered Jean Whittet, national YWCA executive. Miss Lerrigo said that, although the has had a conservative image, it long has been involved in social issues. In addition to the controversial gun resolution, she said, the YWCA's national convention in March approved resolutions supporting Cesar Chavez and his farm union's lettuce boycott, abortion on demand and the reduction of penalties for marijuana use and sale.

The gun resolution advocated federal legislation requiring the licensing of gun owners, registration of all firearms and the ban of all hand guns not used for law enforcement, military and licensed guard use, sports shooting and hunting. The day before the vote on the resolution, Mrs. Robert W. Claytor, national YWCA president, received a telegram from seven United Way officials in Michigan objecting to "the use of United Way contributions to support advocacy mm mm mr "oV.