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Glenn rocketed back into orbit Th
day on a mission of science and se
ment, returning as the world's ol<
astronaut to the high frontier he
neered for America 36 years ago.
"Let the wings of Discovery lif
on to the future," said launch con
in its final words to the seven-men
crew before liftoff.
"Liftoff of Discovery with a ere
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six asiruiiaui uerues anu uuk .
legend," added launch comment*
Lisa Malone.
Discovery rose majestically fron
seaside launch pad, riding the roa;
flame of its five rocket engines thro
a cloudless blue sky.
The craft quickly gained speed, aj
toward the east and slowly fa?
from view, gaining orbit 8 1/2 n
utes after liftoff.
"America is very, very proud of
today," President Clinton told N/
engineers at the launch control cen
Glenn's journey began 19 mini
late ? a lot better than his first tri
orbit in 1962, when he had to end
10 postponements in a two month
riod.
The countdown had proceeded fl
lessly until about 10 minutes before
scheduled 2 p.m. launch, when an al
sounded inside Discovery's cockpit, 1
gering a nine-minute delay.
Shortly after the count resume^
had to be held again briefly wh?
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piane miruueu into tne resinciea i
NASA said later it was a private
ohn jockeying for a good view, and ai
urs" Force plane escorted him out of the:
:hti- One small problem dicboccur
lest ing liftoff, NASA said at a post-lai
pi?- briefing. A panel that might be the
covering a drag chute used during ]
t us was jarred loose during liftoff
tr?l might have hit one of the main eng
iber Officials studied video of the craf
said the incident was unlikely to
w any impact on the mission or lani
ican The weather at the Cape was
itor feet for writing a new chaptc
space history ? temperatures ii
1its 80s and winds calm with occasi
"iHg gusts.
ugh Glenn, 77, was the first Amei
in orbit, in 1962, on the third
rced manned mission. He returned to s
d'e d on the nation's 123rd manned mis
Clinton called it "a great da;
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you citizens."
^SA Besides the president and his
[ter Hillary, members of Congress and i
iites Hollywood celebrities were on 1
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Pe" to space.
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law- frenzy rivaled that of missions ti
! ^e moon and far exceeded most recent
a1]111 tie flights. Nearby highways and tx
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and NASA spokesman Bruce B
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area, a million people watching," including pointed t<
pilot residents and visitors. next to h
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zone, and an American space hero, Glenn re- Patrick r<
dur- turned to space as the lowest-ranking it, and I s
unch of Discovery's crew. His official title for that?'"
door the nine-day mission is Payload Spe- But v
land- cialist 2. were wi
f and In keeping with his position, Glenn "Alex" M
hies, went next-to-last when the crew board- ance and
t but ed the shuttle in their baggy orange rural, co:
have space suits and tight white caps. commun
ding. All seven crew members crawled on Fiftee
per- hands and knees into the cabin, where school ui
ir in technicians helped to strap them into porters o
1 the couches on their backs with their feet dent won
onal in the air. Glenn rode on a lower deck had supp
with two others. "Alex
ican During a routine communications said clasi
U.S. check from Mission Control in Hous- Denkers.
pace ton, Glenn replied vigorously, "PS2, body."
sion. loud and clear," at his turn. "She1
y for The other crew members are Cur- body to b
jnior tis L. Brown, the commander; Steven After
W. Lindsey, pilot; mission specialists small, pr
wife, Stephen K Robinson, Scott E. Parazyn- School oi
some ski, and Pedro Duque, and Payload Spe- withdrav
land cialist 1, Chiaki Mukai. Alex,
:a for Shortly before launch, NASA played ber after
Lg in- a greeting from original Mercury as- cited for \
tronaut Scott Carpenter to be replayed been call
unch for the crew after launch. earlier al
o the "Good luck, have a safe flight, and up and h
shut- ... once again, Godspeed, John Most
sach- Glenn," said Carpenter, his voice quiv- eluding s
ents, ering slightly as he repeated his famous in their h
uck- benediction for Glenn's first flight in
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ernatorial, senate raeei
in Columbia^
)opular ad paid for by Hodges Pollings ^
the fictitious "Bubba," a con- ^lven an ?PPortl
store clerk from Georgia. At ne&abve ads fron
if the commercial, Bubba pro- Partylat
Georgians "loooove David Some of these
? vicious, like the
iley has put out a number of Republican Part;
ads as well, including one in ^)en^ Pollings in a
odges' face morphs into Bill ^a^ sunglass
face. drink. The captio
ierce nature of the race is one Hollings smiling'
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ndidates are running so many * ne au i-nen j
Is. tirement will be 1
never there is such a close race, hig a number of v
Is to be even more money spent increasing pensii
;ion ads," said Sonya Duhe, a "I think the t
ilitical scientist. "[The candi- is humor," Duhe
y to differentiate themselves Duhe isn't in
h other." Both the governor's campaign is part
the senate race have relied "I'm from Lou
n the use of attack ads. paigns are as sp
said. "I've seen
1 n 1
ident expelled
WED PRESS remove them by
Some indigr
LLTON, Ga. ? Patrick Nel- school handbook
leard that a cross-dressing boy tance of "diversit
lied at his high school. ideas, behaviora
ked for him the first couple tributes or challe
'atrick said. "The honest truth "Alex represe
t even know. way bey0nd the e>
lay, he was talking about the fort zone of the V(
to a friend, who smiled and , we live with
) the pretty blonde at the desk Layghan's m,
i, 'No way, that's too weird!"'
jcalled. "Then I thought about ? sometilin
aid, 'So what's so weird about School officia
/hile Patrick and his friends the case,
lling to accept Matthew . ,W?e m^e nJ
cLendon's feminine appear- dents; ^ ^5
. mannerisms, others in this board f th.ecs^
nservative western Georgia j"1? '
ity of about 20,000 weren't. so high school sti
n-year-old Alex withdrew from and elementary s
ader pressure, leaving sup- arate building, b
n 11 -l i nvrM?nocr\i
i tne popular, easygoing stu- ulu CAPiraK'
dering from what threat they meeting about A1
iosedly been protected. children,
wasn't causing any problems," "1 believe in s(
smate and friend Meayghan ciety, and I want
"She got along well with every- that holds the !
that I do," said C
wasn't trying to change any- Alex, who spe;
e like her or anything." voice, began cros
a heated board meeting in the ago and consider
ivate Georgian Country Day girl."
1 Oct. 6, Alex was "invited to Larry Harmoi
f or face expulsion. psychologist who
who had enrolled in Septem- sexual identity, s
attending public school, was pear to fit a rare
vearing a tongue ring but had der-identity disoi
ed before school authorities He sajd ft doe
t>out his female dress, make- homosexuality, ai
air sty le. how many young
of Alex's classmates ? in- ?pm not
ome of the boys ? wore bows ?T innu ,
air in protest untU ordered to a ^ It wasn-t ,
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y showing the incum- points
Hawaiian shirt, straw tic pari
ses holding a tropical Hoi
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isiana, where the camlicy
as the food," she Associc
a lot worse. A lot of ticle.
for crossthe
principal. not seq
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1 characteristics, at- feel the
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sther and a drama "I d
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s himself "95 percent ty A p
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said such feelings ap- that th
condition called gen- the di:
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support for cuts in educaipending.
Inglis said this ad was
* poor taste.
ling children to make political
is a new low from the democracy,"
Inghs said.
lings called his ads "right on tard
said he stands by them.
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and radio spots are unfair adnents
that discourage them from
liticians should focus more on
wn issues rather than cutting
leir opponents," freshman Katie
id. "They should focus [on] their
des."
ited Press contributed to this ar-dressing
uins or anything. But because
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enrolled in night school but quit
than a week because he didn't
i courses offered would help his
on goals. He hopes to pursue a
in fashion merchandising and
ags
said Thursday he's looking inpossibility
of home-schooling.
0 wish I was still at the Georhool,"
he said.
he Georgian Country Day School
re Alex said he enrolled to get a
education ? he struck up a
lip with Meayghan and was soon
1 to spend nights over at her
. The first couple of times,
lan's mother popped in on them
mnced just in case.
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ey a De sitting mere aomg nanting
nails, and I said to myself,
a girl,'" Ms. Lipoma said.
jw weeks into the school year,
his father were summoned to a
g with school officials.
iy said parents had complained
it he had to dress like a boy, Alex
L He refused and was sent home,
al board meeting followed,
ler the law, a public school would
ad to show that Alex was diseducation
or undermining saferivate
school has more leeway,
x's mother died when he was
He said his cross-dressing iniaused
a rift with his father but
e older man stood with him in
spute with the board. Mack
don declined an interview.
100I is supposed to be preparing
life," Alex said. "Parents are tryprotect
their kids by covering
/es. It's going to be a real shock
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