The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, November 17, 1982-Page" Columi From AP and UPI EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Columbia's astronauts glided to a gentle landing yesterday from a $250 million satellite-launching mission hailed as the start of a space-flight revolution. With dawn's early light shining off the American flag on its side, the shut- tle cut through desert clouds to a cen- terline landing. "We've been on a fantastic voyage," Vance Brand said. Making it look easy, the spacecraft commander steered columbia over California's Mojave Desert and glided to a smooth stop with more than 5,000 feet of concrete left. "Are we down now? Are we on the ground?" he joked. "Absolutely, it was beautiful," said Roy Bridges at the console in Mission Control. "You certainly lived up to the motto on this flight. Welcome home." The motto repeated often during the flight, was "We Deliver." "The United States Space Transportation System is in operation," William Lenoir, one of the two mission specialists aboard, said later. Columbia flight five was the first operational mission of the world's first reusable spacecraft. Now, with more than 10 million miles on its flight log ship is scheduled for a 10 months rest while it undergoes an overhaul'. pia comes home Challenger, the next ship in the fleet, is being readied at Cape Canaveral to take the next three flights, beginning with flight six, Jan. 24. James A. Abrahamson, NASA's associate ad- ministrator for space flight, said a space walk was scrubbed on Monday because of space suit failures may be taken then "if we are certain we under- stand exactly what went wrong and have corrected it." Joseph Allen recalled that after he and Lenoir deployed two com- munications satellites last week. Brand commented that the only flight objec- tives left were an EVA (extravehicular activity) and a landing. Allen said he responded: "If we have to make a choice, we want a safe landing. It turned out we made that choice." Thirty minutes after touchdown, the astronauts - Brand, pilot Robert Over- myer, Allen and Lenoir - stepped from the ship that had been their home for five days. Waving and smiling, they bounced jauntily, one after the other, down a stair ramp, walked around Columbia and appeared pleased with what they saw. "It's beginning to look a little more like a used spaceship all the time," said Abrahamson. "I'd likebto have it look shiny and new . . . but if it doesn't there's nothing to bother about." Although the space walk was scrubbed, Columbia accomplished it- primary goals: acting as a carrier, then a launch platform for two com- munications satellites. The satellites were deployed on flight days one arjd two. Their own rockets then sent them to their "stationary" orbit 22,300 miles above the equator. "I thought it was a great mission and a fabulous launch," Abrahamson said. "It was an inaugural flight, kind of like the first train that went over the golden spike in Utah. It was important because we're inaugurating the first real service of the shuttle and we are starting what I consider will be a revolution in space," he said. Computers guided the craft to about 40,000 feet yesterday and then, well above cloud cover that quit at 15,000 feet, Brand took the controls, landing Columbia 30 seconds early at 6:33 a.rn on its 82nd orbit. WhenI growup .. Dale Chapman shoots at a water bucket while Don Rak looks on quizzically. Lee Ann Rak helps hold three young firefighters win tle Junior Waterball competition in Merrionette Park, Ill. hands down. AP Photo the hose as the HAPPENINGS- Highlight The Center for Afroamerican and African Studies is sponsoring a colloquium today on "Strategies for Black Education in Major Univer- sities." Associate psychology Prof. J. Frank Yates will be among several speakers at the noon discussion in 246 Lorch Hall. Films HUD chief accused of racism Alternative Action-Molly Rush and the Plowshares 8; The p.m., East Quad. AAFC-German Documentary Films, 7:30 p.m., MLB 3. Cinema II-Shock Corridor, 7p.m.; Freud, 8:50 p.m., Lorch. CFT-200 Motels, 7 & 10:20 p.m.; Phantom of the Paradise, Michigan Theatre. Hill St.-The Conversation, 7 & 9 p.m., 1429 Hill St. Hole, 8:30 8:45 p.m., WASHINGTON (UPI)- High- ranking blacks in the Department of Housing and Urban Development ac- cused HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce, the only black in President Reagan's Cabinet, of racism yesterday for shuf- fling them into jobs with little respon- sibility. One of the four HUD employees in- volved, former director of personnel Frank Davis, said in an interview he has spent the last year "writing sum- maries of summaries and analyses of analyses." Another, Buford Macklin, sits in a barren office and said he is now HUD's director of administrative services in title only. Macklin, mocking the ad- ministration's war on fraud, waste and abuse, said he has occupied five offices in the last 13 months while receiving only two work assignments. ALSO DEMOTED were Patricia Jones and Brenda Gaines, who were completing probation in deputy regional administrator's jobs at HUD offices in San Francisco and Chicago, respectively. "I think it's racism veiled in a political manner," Ms. Jones said. "The racial aspect of this thing is overwhelming," Macklin said. PIERCE HAS been under fire in recent months from Blacks in Gover- nment, a federal employees group, and from the government employees union for alleged broad discrimination again- st blacks in recent HUD reductions in staff. The housing secretary approved the reassignments and demotions of the four, who earn up to $58,500 a year, on the recommendations of his assistant secretaries and regional ad- ministrators. HUD spokesman Robert Mason declined to discuss the cases, because the four have filed complaints with the Merit Systems Protection Board. BUT HE said, "Every effort is being made by Secretary Pierce to get to the root of any charges of discrimination. Pierce takes this very seriously." Pierce recently appointed a seven- man task force on minority relations, headed by Lance Wilson, his executive assistant, Mason noted. He said Wilson is preparing a report on a hearing the panel held before 200 employees at HUD Nov. 5, concerning charges of bias against minorities, women and the handicapped. Pierce invited dozens of black citizens to Washington today in an ef- fort to dispel perceptions the ad- ministration is insensitive to blacks. A federal judge last week blocked a planned HUD reduction in force in- cluding the firings of 83 employees, 44 of them blacks, because the agency lacked congressional approval. ANN 'ARBOR : I. INDIVIDUAL THEATRES 5thAv eo liberty Te-9700 WED only $1.75 shows before Discover a 6:00 p.m. } new way to *. fall in love. SEEKS SINGLE FEMALE ...FOR POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP. the Pel's~na~s(PG): WED 110. 3:00 4:50, 6:40.6:30.10:20 " THURS.-6:40. 8:30. 10:20 f Performances School of Music-Piano accompanying recital, Kerry Stevenson, 8 p.m., Recital Hall. Ark-Ferron, Canadian feminist singer-songwriter, 8:30 p.m., 1421 Hill St. Dept. of Dance-"New Dance-New Music/Video Tapes and Films," 7:30 p.m., Dance Bldg. Studio A. Speakers Russian & East European Studies-Valery Golovskoy, "Is there Censor- ship in the Soviet Union?" noon, Lane Hall Commons Rm. ECB-Helen Isaacson, "Documentation in the Research Paper," 4 p.m., 2203 Angell Hall. rid. & Oper Eng.-Suresh Sethi, "Optimal Consumption & Investment Policies Allowing Consumption Constraints & Bankruptcy," 4 p.m., 229 W. Eng. Linguistics-Ann Wehmeyer, "Tense-Aspect in Japanese Dialects," 4 p.m., 2050 Frieze. Museum of Art-Christa Janecki, "What Else Can One Add?" 12:10 p.m., Stella exhibition. Oral Biology-Charles Shipman, Jr., "2-Acetylpyridine Thiosemicar- bazones: A New Class of Compounds Active Against Herpes Simplex Virus," 4 p.m., 1033 Kellogg. Natural Resources-William Botti, "Silviculture (forest production) & Management of State or Forest Land," 3 p.m., 1040 Dana. Chem.-Patrice Geraghty, "Heat Detection as a Spectroscopic Tool for Surface Analyses," 4 p.m., 1200 Chem.; Anthony Pearson, "Organoiron Complexes in Multistep Organic Synthesis," 4 p.m., 1300 Chem. ILIR-Charles Heckscher, "The Union Response to Corporatist Control of the Workplace," noon, 6050 ISR. Research Club-Byron Doneen, "Salt and Water Transport: Around or Through the Cell?" and Mark Traugott, "Midterm Election Review," 7 p.m., 4th Fl. West Alcove, Rackham. Int'l. Students-"20 Years of Organization of African Unity," 7:30 p.m., Rackham Amph. Meetings Science Fiction Club-Stilyagi Air Corps," 8:15 p.m., Union Ground Fl. Conf. Rm. Academic Alcoholics-1:30 p.m., Alano Club. Mich. Economics-Social mtg., 5p.m., 101 Lorch. MKap Society-Douglas W. Marshall, "The Adolf Erik Nordenskiold Collection of 16th Century Maps in the Univ. Library of Helsinki," 6 p.m., Dinner at Dominick's. Northwood Neighbors-Organizational mtg. for Neighborhood Watch program, 7 p.m., Chrysler Center aud. Ann Arbor Chapter, Amer. Soc. for Training and Development-5 p.m., Campus Inn. Miscellaneous School of Music-Tour of Carillon, 4 p.m., top of Burton Tower. WCBN-"Radio Free Lawyer," 6 p.m., 88.3 FM. Tae Kwon Do Club-Martial Arts Practice, 6 p.m., Sports Coliseum. Transcendental Meditation Program-Free public lec., 8:15 p.m. 528 W. Liberty. Student Wood & Crafts Shop-Power Tools Safety, 6 p.m., 537 SAB. CEW-Session to review basic math & practice with typical exam problems, workshops for the GRE, GMAT, & LSAT, 7:30 p.m., CEW. Student Policy & Advisory Group, SNR & Public Health Student Assn., SPH-Program in conjunction with Oxfam's "Fast for a World Harvest," lec. and film, 7:30 p.m., SPH II Aud. Mich. Technology Council and several U-M units-"New Research & Development Opportunities for Small Firms," registration noon, Chrysler Ctr. Performance Network-Auditions for a series of original, unproduced plays, "Works in Progress," 7 p.m., Res. Coll., E. Quad. UAC-Laugh Track, Ted Norkey, 9 p.m., U-Club. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of 'appenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48109. 'af n % a* n a wi IU1%A 104 re' .1 rE THE MOST PRAISED AND LOVED ROMANTIC FILM OF THE SEASON! Past University V.P. for research dies RICHARD GERE DEBRA WINGER SA OFFICER GENTLEMAN (R) WED.f2:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 THURS.-7:'10, 9:20 F 0 Read and Use Daily Classifieds A. Geoffrey Norman, University of Michigan professor emeritus of botany and the University's vice president for research during 1964-72, died Sunday at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. He was 76. He is survived by his widow, Marian, and two sons, Anthony Norman, professor of biochemistry at University of California, Riverside, and Stephen Norman of Stamford, Conn., who is af- filiated with the Exxon Corp. A MEMORIAL service will be held at 4 p.m. today at the Rackham Am- phitheatre. Cremation has taken place. Memorial contributions may be made to the University's Matthaei Botanical Gardens. During his University career, which spanned 24 years until his retirement in 1976, Norman served for 10 years as director of the Botanical Gardens and also helped establish and directed the Instituted for Environmental Quality. From 1963-65, he was adviser to the president of the National Academy of Sciences and from 1965-69 he was chairman of the division of biology and agriculture of the National Research Council. FORMER University President Rob- ben Fleming said of Norman, "Under his aegis, the research program of the University grew considerably. He ad- ministered during the 1960s, when there was so much opposition to various kinds of research, and he dealt with the con- troversy with dignity and understan- ding. He was a first class gentleman, loved and respected by all of us who knew him well." Harlan Hatcher, former University president under whom Norman also served, said "He was one of our most distinguished scholars, a marvelous administrator in the research division, and a great human being. His con- tributions were great but his loss to the University is greater." The Regents noted when Norman retired, "As vice-president for resear- ch, Dr. Norman directed the develop- ment of support for the Highway Safety Research Institute (presently renamed the University Transportation Resear- ch Institute), a major research organization supported by the automotive industry and the Depar- tment of Transportation. "Rapid development of support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for civilian applications of remote sensing was also undertaken. He personally directed the negotiations for establishment of the Institute for Environmental Quality and served as its first director. "He took a deep interest in strengthening the Computing Center as a resource for instruction and research, and provided the leadership which resulted in the Center's new building. Finally, he strengthened the ties bet- ween his office and the faculty by developing a close working relationship with the Senate Assembly's Committee on Research Policies." Earn 8 Credits This Spring in NEW HAMPSHIRE THE NEW ENGLAND LITERATURE PROGRAM MASS MEETING & SLIDE SHOW THURS., NOV. 18 8 P.m. AUDITORIUM D ANGELL HALL for more information PROF. WALTER CLARK Dept. of English 761-9579 Thnight there's something special brewing, _____at uno's__ Nominations Are Now Being Accepted for the Rackham Pro-=Doctoral Fellowships For students who have substantially com- pleted all course requirements and depart- mental exams required for admission to OLYMPIA S--.. PITCHER AFTER 9 PM -- o I I