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inter/national news From Associated Proas raports Clogged filter prevents launch CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A clogged filter, never refur bished after Columbia's first mission last spring, shattered a near-flawless countdown Wed nesday, grounding the shuttle for two days — or longer "We re looking at something like Friday Or Saturday, or Sunday or Monday," said flight director Neil Hutchinson Bill Jones, the astronaut's trainer, said the delay may be long e nough that Joe Engle and Ri chard Truly would return for rest at home base in Houston The decision to scrub came with liftoff 31 seconds away The technical problem was with two Auxiliary Power Units — devices that are crucial to Columbia’s guidance Clogged APU filters had been untouched since the shuttle landed after its debut flight *n April NASA's ex perts thought they didn’t need maintenance Another attempt at Launch II for Columbia cannot be made until Friday since it takes at least 48 hours to unload and reload the ship's half million gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid hy drogen Democrat wins Virginia election WASHINGTON With a sweep in Virginia and a photo-finish governor's race in New Jersey, Democrats claimed Wednesday that the 1981 elec tions amounted to an early repudiation of Pres Reagan Republicans said it was no such thing Reagan had campaigned for Republican candidates in both states, but national GOP leaders were saying Wednesday that the results turned strictly on local concerns In New Jersey, where Reagan's economic policies had been at the center of the campaign rhetoric, Republican Thomas Kean clung to a razor thin 265-vote lead over Democrat James Florio in the governor's race as vote count ing continued almost a full day after the polls closed And in Virginia, Democrat Charles Robb led a sweep of the three statewide offices on the ballot, the first gubernatorial victory for his party after 12 years of Republican rule With the unofficial count completed, Robb had 769,422 votes to 662,788 for Republican J Mar shall Coleman Top Polish leaders meet in Warsaw WARSAW, Poland Poland’s three most powerful leaders met for more than two hours Wednesday in a session that paved the way for new joint talks that could lead to a greater role for the church and Solidar ity in solving the nation's crises, the state news agency said Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski, who is Poland's Communist Party chief, prime minister and defense minister, Lech Walesa, if head of the independent union Solidarity, and Archbishop Jozef Glemp, Poland’s Roman Catholic primate, met at a government guest house within sight of the Soviet Embassy The Polish news agency PAP said the three leaders discussed Poland's current crisis situation and the “possibilities of creat ing a front of national under standing, a permanent platform of dialogue and consultation of political and social forces on the ground of constitutional princi ples. ’’ ‘Bullet train’ service studied WASHINGTON The United States, faced with deteriorating highways anc crowded skies, should emulate Japan, Western Europe anc Canada and develop its owr “bullet train” service between major cities, a congressional panel said Tuesday. "The construction and oper ation of a high-speed passenger rail system could play a vital role in reversing America's econ omic decline,” said a report by the Joint Economic Committee The 39-page study was released as leaders of the newly formed Japan-United States Rail Congress, comprised of 15 members of the Japanese Diet (parliament) and 15 members of the U S House and Senate tes tified to the committee on their goal of bringing high-speed trains to this country. Beaverton ranks among top 10 cities PORTLAND Beaverton, Ore., and Van couver, Wash., have been selected for a list of 10 best small Western cities published in the November issue of Money Magazine. The list, which did not rank cities in a numerical order, was included in Money Magazine's special report on the West. Ci ties with populations between 23,000 and 100,000 were con sidered. Beaverton was named on the list because of its favorable business climate and closeness to Portland, while Vancouver's busy port helped earn it the honor, the magazine said. The electronics industry has a bright future in both cities, the magazine reports. "The electronics explosion nowhere is more evident than in this Willamette Valley town,” the article said of Beaverton. "More than 30 technology companies have sprung up or expanded since 1977. 7I cA little night music and IrishcMocha 'Mint... * — 4 s i|WW- » ' £*' '■' - , I. General foods International Coffees Make Good Company. * ••- ■ - ■ UtNtRAl H kkK fcUHNAlKjNAl Gjfk ' OtNtRAl t'QyqS IwtlVtwioNM Contis DISCOVER THE CHOCOLATE MINT FLAVOR OF IRISH MOCHA MINT. O General Foods Corporation 1981
