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Physicists achieve electricity breakthrough
WASHINGTON Physicists in Houston and Alabama have achieved a
breakthrough in superconductivity research that points to dramatically
more efficient and cheaper electrical power, the government announced
Sunday.
The researchers, Paul C.W. Chu at the University of Houston and M.K.
Wu at the University of Alabama have achieved superconductivity the
ability to transport electrical current with no resistance at a
temperature so high that it could be called a breakthrough, said the
National Science Foundation.
The researchers reached superconductivity at 283 degrees below zero
When superconductivity is achieved, electricity can travel farther with
greater efficiency.
After its discovery in 1911, scientists believed superconductivity only
occurred when materials were kept close to absolute zero, or minus 459.7
degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature at which the normal motion of
molecules ceases.
B-52s begin low-altitude refueling exercises
OMAHA Crews flying B-52 bombers have begun training to become
expert in low-altitude flight refueling, said Gen. John Chain, Strategic Air
Command commander in chief.
Chain said the new procedures would delay radar detection while the
bombers are on attack with non-nuclear weapons.
Most B-52s can fly about 2,000 miles without refueling, he said. To reach
long-distance targets, the bombers might have to refuel from tanker
planes just before they cross over fighting fronts or into hostile territory,
Chain said.
"If 1 refuel at 25,000 or 30,000 feet, enemy radar can see me 200 miles
out," Chain said. "If I refuel down at 3,000 feet, it may be 50 miles because
of the curvature of the earth. If I drop down to 300 feet, I'm a lot closer."
SAC usually refuels the B-52s at altitudes of 25,000 to 30,000 feet.
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Panel criticizes Reagan's performance at summit
WASHINGTON President Reagan was poorly prepared
for the U.S.-Soviet summit meeting last October and the
two-day meeting ended with "an astonishing degree of
confusion" about potential nuclear arms control agree
ments, the House Armed Services Committee said Sunday.
The report by the Democratic-controlled janel was
sharply critical of Reagan and his administration, citing
confusion and disputes among U.S. officials about the wide
ranging arms control proposals discussed and almost
accepted by Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Four months after the meeting, there is still an
"astonishing degree of confusion surrounding what actually
happened" and what the two leaders discussed and nearly
agreed to, the report said.
The report was based on a series of hearings held by the
committee's defense policy panel, which listened to a
variety of witnesses, including several U.S. participants in
the Iceland summit last Oct. 11-12.
White House officials declined comment on the report,
saying they had not yet seen it.
Sweeping U.S. proposals for deep reduction in nuclear
arsenals were never studied in advance by the Pentagon for
their impact on the military balance, Rep. Les Aspin, D-Wis,
panel chairman, said. "This table-now, study-later approach
is symptomatic of the whole problem."
The summit was proposed by the Soviets and accepted by
Reagan in late September.
Between the time the summit was announced and the
meetings began, administration officials failed to consult
with U.S. allies or to study the military implications of U.S.
proposals, the report said.
When Reagan and Gorbachev met, the U.S. side expected
the agenda to be limited to setting a future summit date
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and trying to nail down the final stages of a treaty limiting
atomic-tipped missiles in Europe, the report said.
Instead, Gorbachev proposed sweeping reductions in
superpower stockpiles and Reagan responded with proposals
that were even more wide-ranging, the report said.
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Shamir says Israel
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TEL AVIV, Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak
Shamir said Sunday the Reagan administration
has elevated Israel to the status of official ally.
Israeli officials said this could mean expanded
military cooperation between the two countries.
Shamir said on Israel Radio, before flying to
the United States on a 10-day visit, that the new
relationship would put Israel on a par with non
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cially, an ally," Shamir said. "There is much
significance to this declaration, above all politi
cal significance."
Shamir said specifics of what he termed "cer
tain advantages" from the status change would
be worked out during his visit.
A Shamir spokesman, Yossi Ahimeir, told The
Associated Press a 1983 bilateral strategic coop
eration agreement could be expanded under the
new formal relationship.
"I don't know the details. But it is understood
that the cooperation, the level of military coop
eration, will now be higher, for sure," said
Ahimeir.
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Israel, the largest recipient of U.S. foreign
aid, is due to get about $1.3 billion in military aid
and $1.7 billion in economic assistance this year,
year.
The United States has raised the profile of its
military links with Israel in recent weeks as
tension rose over a spate of kidnappings of for
eigners, including three Americans, in Lebanon
last month.
Israeli officials confirmed that Secretary of
State George P. Shultz and Secretary of Defense
Caspar Weinberger sent the Israeli government a
letter last week stating that Congress had been
informed that Israel was granted the status of
official ally.
Liberace case
spotlights misleading
death certificates
LOS ANGELES Some doctors write misleading
death certificates to protect the privacy of AIDS victims,
a process made easier by the complex nature of the
disease, experts say.
The writing of false, misleading or incomplete death
certificates to conceal AIDS was spotlighted last week
when Riverside County Coroner Raymond Carrillo accused
Liberace's doctors of covering up AIDS-related pneumo
nia as the cause of the entertainer's death Feb. 4.
William Ginsburg, Daniels' lawyer, denied a cover-up.
Heart failure was listed, he said, because Liberace's
symptoms didn't neatly fit the definition of AIDS, so the
doctor decided to resolve doubts about the cause of
death in favor of Liberace's privacy.
"Liberace's death has shown that physicians will
respect the wishes of people with AIDS and their fami
lies, at least some will, and withhold the information,"
said Dr. Neil Schram, rhairman of the Los Angeles City
County AIDS Task Force. If asked, "I would probably try
to do so," he added.
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome cripples the
body's immune system, causing victims to die from
pneumonia and other so-called opportunistic infections
or cancers.
"Many physicians feel they are doing nothing wrong in
reporting the death by pneumonia and protecting pri
vacy rights of patients," said Dr. Jack McCleary, presi
dent of the Los Angeles County Medical Association.
"Since AIDS doesn't really kill the patient, they feel they
are following the letter of the law."
