Page 2-Thursday, April 9, 1981-The Michigan Daily Historic space shuttle l.'aunch ooks pr CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen, "ready to fly this thing," arrived yesterday for their trip into space aboard the fire-belching rocket- ship Columbia. Launch managers said all was set to go for the historic laun- ching of the first space shuttle tomorrow. The countdown, rebounding from a trouble-plagued start, was ahead of schedule. The weather, previously a omising source of concern, is expected to be fine. YOUNG, WHO HAS gone into space four times before, said earlier that they SOVIET OFFICIALS WARN- THAT U.S. SPACE PROGRAM MAY LEAD TO A COSMIC ARMS RACE, SEE STORY, PAGE 10. were eager "to give this country something to be proud of." The flight of the Columbia is scheduled to start at 6:50 a.m. EST tomorrow in the first hour after sunrise. If all goes well, it will end 541/2 hours and 36 turns around the earth later with a wheels-down landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Never before has the United States flown a manned spaceship without testing it first unmanned. Because it is a test of machinery, their mission will be considered a near-success if they make it up and down again safely. The successful flight of the Columbia is ex- pected to make space travel routine. AP Photo ASTRONAUTS JOHN YOUNG and Robert Crippen briefly address the press at Patrick Air Force Base yesterday, after flying in from Houston. Young and Crippen will be aboard the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia, which is scheduled to liftoff early tomorrow morning. 4. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports Soviets pour 20,000 more troops into Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan-The Kremlin poured 20,000 to 22,000 soldiers into Afghanistan in the past two weeks, pushing Soviet troop strength past the 100,000 mark in the face of relentless guerrilla warfare and widespread Afghan desertions, a Western diplomatic report said yesterday. If confirmed, the deployment would represent the largest movement of Soviet troops into Afghanistan since Moscow launched its intervention with 85,000 men in December 1979 to try to put down a Moslem revolt against the communist regime in Kabul. Saudi arms sale may get shot down in Senate WASHINGTON-Senate Republican Whip Ted Stevens said yesterday that President Reagan's proposal to sell sophisticated F-15 jetfighter equipment to Saudi Arabia "could be in real trouble" in the Senate. The Alaska Republican's comment appeared to support estimates by op- ponents, most of them Democrats, that 53 of the 100 senators are commited or leaning toward veto of the sale. Nearly 100 House members registered opposition to the sale Tuesday on grounds the equipment would increase the Arab threat to Israel and that the Saudis are giving nothing in return. Stevens said that is also why the sale is in trouble in the Senate. Court order will not affect new speed law immediately LANSING-State officials said yesterday a Macomb County Circuit Court order apparently will not immediately affect general enforcement of a new law stiffening penalties for highway speeders. A spokesman for Attorney General Frank Kelley said the temporary restraining order issued Monday by Judge James Daner against the law assessing one penalty point for speeds over 60 mph apparently applies only to the motorist who filed the suit. Gen. Bradley dead at 88 NEW YORK - Gen. Omar radley, who led a million U.S. soldiers in World War II and was the nation's last five-star general, died yesterday at the age of 88, Pentagon officers said in Washington. he died at a hospital in New York City. His last public appearance was at President Reagan's inauguration. The aging general was wheeled onto the stage in a wheelchair by actor Jimmy Stewart. Tall, scholarly, soft-spoken, Bradley was regarded as one of the greatest field generals of World War II. Known as the "doughboys' general" because he was thrifty with the blood and lives of his men, the master of military tac- tics was proud of his record of winning battles with minimum losses. Atlanta officials receive new clues on murders ATLANTA-A partial license tag number and a detailed description of a light-skinned black man have provided police with their best clues yet in the most recent case of Atlanta's 25 murdered or missing youths, officials said yesterday. Public Safety Commissioner Lee Brown said police had posted a lookout for a green station wagon and were checking registrations on the basis of a partial license tag number turned over to authorities. Witnesses told police they saw Larry Rogers, a retarded 21-year-old black, getting into a green station wagon on March 0, the day he dropped from sight. Lebanese militia leader vows to drive out Syrian troops BEIRUT, Lebanon-A senior leader of Lebanon's biggest Christian militia yesterday vowed a "war of liberation" to drive Syrian troops out of the coun- try. "Zero hour has struck. The war of liberation is close. We shall accept no compromise and will not stop our struggle until the whole of Lebanon is liberated," said Amin Gemayel, elder son of Phalantist leader Pierre Gemayel. His speech was delivered during a tour of Christian positions in Beirut and followed eight days of Syrian-Christian fighting in the capital and eastern Zahle that has left at least 240 dead and 1,000 wounded. 6 I 6 >a .+ «& .p 9 R &Iw ibe tgban 1OatiIu -0 I1 Vol. XCI, No. 154 Thursday, April 9, 1981 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Sub- scription rates: $12 September through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mornings. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associoted Press and subscribes to United Press International. 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