Poge Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, May 13,f 1975 Soviet, U.S. space centers similar I n KALININGRAD, U.S.S.R. (AP) -Soviet officialdom briefly lift- ed the secrecy wraps yesterday from its nerve center for the upcoming joint Soviet-American space venture, revealing a spa- cious complex bristling with this country's latest technology. About 40 foreign journalists were allowed their first look at the five-year-old Kalinin mission control center in a three-hour tour of facilities that looked in many ways like those of its U.S. counterpart at Houston. HOUSED IN a modern six- story building in the midst of an old apartment neighborhood in this northern Moscow suburb, the center has been closely guarded from outside view as a top secret military installa- tion. Even its location was not publicly revealed. The Soviet proclivity for sec- recy was waived in this one case in an apparent gesture to meet the spirit of reciprocity agreed upon for the historic Apollo - Soyuz Test P r o j e c t (ASTP) scheduled for July 15. Soviet journalists have already visited the Houston center. The highlight of ASTP will be the orbital docking of an Ameri- can Apollo spacecraft with the Russian Soyuz. While the two spacecraft remain linked, the three astronauts and the two Soviet cosmonauts will transfer to each other's vehicles through a specially-constructed docking adapter, attached to the Apollo command module. THE APOLLO astronauts - Thomas Stafford, Donald Slay- ton and Vance Brand-are sched- uled to perform more than a Meany blasts Ford (Continued from Page 3) He argued that Ford has been too concerned with reducing the budget deficit and has not paid enough attention to the plight of the working class. Meany pronosed a ten-point plan that includes: -$5 billion in federal grants to local governments for short- term public works projects; -expanded public service em- ployment programs; -e x t e n d e d unem- ployment benefits; and -direct aid to major cities hit hard by unemployment. Currently 8.2 million people - or nearly 9 per cent of the work force - are jobless. In Michigan, that rate is some- what higher. as it is for certain segments of the national popu- lation, particularly blacks and teenagers. Meany predicted that if dras- tic steps are not taken the situ- ation will get worse. "THE IDEA that the federal government s h o u I d impose a tight budget straightjacket on itself in the face of most seri- ous unemployment is ridicu- lous," he told the committee. "Those who say otherwise- the President and the majority in Congress - have no faith and confidence in America .. . they run scared." Committee member Sen. Charles Percy (R-Ill.) chal- lenged Meany's plan, which would increase the current vear's budget deficit to $100 bil- lion, as inflationary. "WE HAVE to keep up the battle against inflation," Percy said. He urged a "pay as we go" approach that would entail such items as increased gaso- line taxes to hike federal reve- nues. But Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas), chairman of the committee, was in general agreement with Meany. Bentsen urged major altera- tions in the government's hand- ling of the unemployment situ- ation, though he offered no spe- cifics. The hearing is part of an ef- fort by the committee to for- mulate a detailed battle plan against unemployment. dozen experiments during their flight; one in conjunction with the Soviets. Stafford is the only space veteran in the American group. The center here is the main control point for manned Soviet space flights but is said to be only one of several in various parts of the country. Officials at the space center declined to say exactly how many or where they were located. An American space specialist, heading a team which will re- hearse ASTP flight control pro- cedires with the Soviets this week, said there is little basic difference between the Kalinin and Houston operations. "THERE IS a very similar arrangement in the c o n t r o I room, and I think there are even more nositions in this one," said Charles Lewis, a Texas-tanned specialist who car- ries the designation of U.S. vis- iting flight director. The main control room is a high-ceilinged amphitheater, the main floor of which is lined with banks of computer-linked con- soles for about 20 specialists. It is their job to monitor and issue commands to the Soyuz space- craft and its two-man crew. They face a huge wall framed by numerous electronic clocks )linking on a black background. These keen the technicians in- formed of exact times and loca- tions of the space vehicles as they are being tracked. IN THE center of the front wall is a colored, computer-op- erated map of the world graph- ically portraying the progress of the spacecraft. According to an October 1974 report in a U.S. technical maga- zine, Aviation Week, the Kalinin control center cannot communi- cate directly with its spacecraft as Houston can but must depend on communications relay from ground and ship tracking sta- tions. But Lewis said the only tech- nical difference he could detect in the U.S. favor was the slower process here of receiving and displaying tracking data, be- cause of limits in the Soviet- made computers. He added that this would not in any way hinder the joint operation. BEST AND WORST NEW YORK (/) - Best team during the regular National Football League season was the Oakland Daiders. They won 10 of 12 games to win the Western Division of the American Con- ference by a four and a half game margin over Denver. Teams with the poorest records were the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants, each with two wins in 14 games. TIRED FEET? TRUCK ON DOWN TO UNION STATION SNACK BAR in MICHIGAN UNION NOW SERVING DAILY HOME-MADE: soups donuts tempur puddins cosseroles slads ouort ice cream eqorolls herbal tes SERVING BREAKFAST 7:00-10,30 A.M. LUNCH 10:30-2:00 P.M. Photo by Carlo Rapoport THE LIVING Theater cavorts about campus on Saturday night. The Pittsburgh-based group led their audience from Waterman Gym to the Physics Building and four other scenic campus locations before tiring out well after midnight. 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Except for prostitution, the commission at its meeting yes- terday also recommended de- criminalization of private sex- ual acts between consenting adults - including homosexual- ity and adultry. BUT ON the most heavily debated issue, the 73-member group of citizens, law enforce- ment experts and elected offic- ials rejected a proposal to lift the constitutional ban on capital punishment, even though public sentiment is running heavily in favor of it. Opponents of the death penal- ty said it is most often used on blacks and low income persons and has not shown to be a deter- rent to violent crime. "There's something a b o u t that act of retribution after the fact that just doesn't sit with me," said commission chair- man and former Lt. Gov. James Brickley. "THE ANSWER is not to fry a couple of people every year, but in the uniformity - not se- verity - of punishment." The commission, named by Gov. William Milliken to re- commend criminal justice pol- icy, turned down reinstating the death penalty on a 25-17 vote. Among those voting against capital punishment were Brick- ley, state Corrections Director Perry Johnson and parole board member Leonard Mc- Connell. State Police Director George Halverson, however, voted in favor of the death penalty. A L T H O U G H voting to reduce the maximum penalty for marijuana possession from one year in jail to 90 days, the commission opposed legalizing the substance. It also urged a continuation of the current sen- tences and fines for hard drugs and marijuana pushing. The gun control proposal, ap- proved on a 22-13 vote, would outlaw the manufacture and possession of any non-sporting gun. Guns would be judged as sporting or non-sporting based on the barrel length, caliber, grip and other dimensions. Among those banned would be the so-called Saturday Night Special and various military weapons. 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