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U.S. army ranks
fifth in world
LONDON
Even though the United
States has the world's fifth
largest standing army, it “forms
the major force in NATO and
there is no doubt that it is the
chief defense against Soviet
aggression anywhere in the
world," says a new military
handbook issued Thursday
In equipment — with the ex
ception of tanks — "it is safe to
say that U S designs are ahead
of their Soviet contemporaries,
and sometimes very tar ahead,
though the gap is closing as
budget restrictions have hamp
ered research and develop
ment and closed government
arsenals.'' the handbook said
The pocket-sized reference
book, put out by Jane's Pub
lishing Co Ltd of London, lists
the world's four largest standing
armies as those of China the
Soviet Union Vietnam and In
dia
The illustrated book gives
U.S Army strength at 750,800
plus 534.000 reserves
The book says the
Vietnamese have 1 million
troops plus a reserve of 2 mil
lion This puts the Vietnamese
army third in size behind
China s 3,250,000 and the
Soviet Union s 1.825.000. the
book says, although India is al
most on a par with Vietnam with
950,000 regular troops
Acrobat scales
100-story building
CHICAGO
Acrobat Dan Goodwin, wear
ing a red and blue costume,
crawled to the top of a 100-story
building with the mayor s bless
ing today after firefighters
doused him with water to try to
make him stop
The 25-year-old Goodwin,
who in May climbed the Sears
Tower the world s tallest build
ing began moving up the
100-story John Hancock Center
building at 7:10 a m
He reached the top at 12:55
pm after evading a
window-washing scaffold and a
waterfall unleashed from above
by firemen in an effort to render
useless the suction cups he has
used in previous climbs
But Goodwin was using
special clamps inserted in win
dow-washing tracks, and Mayor
Jane Byrne gave him the go
ahead to finish as groups of
children out of school on Veter
ans' Day formed cheering sec
tions and yelled "Let him go1
Let him go'"
Labor unions
sue over FAA
WASHINGTON
Several labor unions, accus
ing the government of failing to
assure "efficient, comprehen
sive and timely passenger air
service," announced today they
will file a lawsuit seeking the
rehiring of thousands of air traf
fic controllers who had been
fired
The unions, led by the United
Auto Workers union, were
joined by consumer activist
Ralph Nader and the Consumer
Federation of America in the
lawsuit which is to be filed
Thursday in U S District Court
UAW President Douglas
Fraser told reporters the
Reagan administration's refusal
to rehire any of the 11,500 air
controllers whom the govern
ment fired after they went on
strike last August is "mean
spirited, it's vicious, it's cruel "
The FAA has cut flights by
about 23 percent nationwide
with the nation's 22 largest air
ports being hit the hardest The
flight restrictions have caused
lengthy delays at some airports,
particularly in the Northeast
Despite the renewed effort by
the unions, the Reagan admin
istration is showing no sign of
softening its hardline stand
against the controllers, who
were fired after launching an
illegal strike Aug 3
Columbia liftoff
rescheduled again
CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla
Columbia suffered tech
nological growing pains on the
eve of its scheduled return to
space and its launch target was
put back until mid-morning
today by an errant data relay
system
The ship underwent a series
of launch pad repairs Wednes
day night and officials decided
against a sunrise liftoff
The new target is for 10 a m
EST. said L Michael Weeks of
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Launch could come anytime
before noon — the final moment
in Columbia s launch win
dow."
There remained a strong pos
sibility of a second scrubbed
launch in as many weeks As
dark enveloped the shuttle
space center spokesman Hugh
Harris said "testing is continu
ing on the pad "
NASA was flying in two re
placement parts for a malfunc
tioning electronic component,
but the parts were not due at
Kennedy Space Center until
Wednesday night
The parts were cannibalized
from Challenger, a second
shuttle now being built in
California
Launch weather seemed lar
gely irrelevant in light of the
other problems The forecast
was for near-perfect conditions
Israeli, Egyptian,
U.S. officials meet
CAIRO, Egypt
Egyptian, Israeli and U S
negotiators discussed self-rule
for Palestinians in Israeli-oc
cupied lands Wednesday
against a backdrop of differ
ences over the future of Middle
East peace talks
The meeting began behind
closed doors at the Mena House
Hotel near the Great Pyramids
Earlier, Foreign minister
Kamal Hassan Aly greeted the
Israeli delegation at Cairo air
port saying he hoped for as
much progress as possible
Israeli Interior Minister Yosef
Burg replied that his delegation
was making "a serious visit to
move forward towards suc
cess "
But neither side offered new
ideas, and an Israeli official said
privately Israel would not make
any more concessions in the
deadlocked negotiations The
talks already are a year and a
half behind schedule
Egypt and Israel are trying to
agree on the jurisdiction and
structure of an autonomous
council to govern the Gaza and
West Bank of the Jordan River,
which Israel captured from
Egypt and Jordan in the 1967
Mideast War
In addition to Burg, the Israeli
representatives are Foreign
Minister Yitzhak Shamir and
Defense Minister Ariel Sharon
Doctors discover
anti-cancer agent
BOSTON
Large cancerous tumors can
be shrunk dramatically by
washing small amounts of the
patient's blood with protein
from a common bacteria,
according to a new study
The work may represent a
unique approach to treating
cancer but doctors caution that
it is experimental and needs far
more study The bacteria from
which the protein is taken has
been linked to a variety of ail
ments, including toxic shock
syndrome
Researchers have used the
new treatment so far on five
victims of breast cancer and in
four of them, the therapy
reduced the size of their tumors
between 33 percent and 80 per
cent
Although the doctors are not
sure exactly how the treatment
works, they think it somehow
activates a natural cancer
defense system that exists in the
blood of victims of the disease
The study was directed by Dr
David Terman at Baylor College
of Medicine in Houston
Washington group
wants bottle deposit
SEATTLE
A group called Citizens for a
Cleaner Washington says It in
tends to file an initiative in Jan
uary requiring a minimum nickel
deposit on beer and soft drink
bottles and cans sold in the
state
Bob Swanson, chairman of
the organization, said Tuesday
backers hope to collect 180,000
signatures statewide, more than
enough to guarantee the mea
sure a spot on the November
1982 general election ballot
Washington voters rejected a
similiar initiative in 1979 after
opponents spent almost $1 mil
lion in urging its defeat It was
the most expensive initiative
campaign in state history until
the recent fight against the nu
clear power plant bonding is
sue, which topped $1 million
Balloon continues
trans-Pacific trip
ALBUQUERQUE. N.M.
The Double Eagle V balloon
neared the half-way point in an
attempted trans-Pacific voyage
Wednesday and was "just
screaming along" toward
California, said a spokeswoman
for the crew
Jane Woodward said the bal
loonists were contacted Wed
nesday by the crew of a North
west Airlines aircraft and
reported they were in "excellent
health and spirits "
The 400,000-cubic foot
helium-filled polyethylene bal
loon and its four crewmen took
off early Monday from the cen
tral Japanese city of Naga
shima The voyage was expect
ed to be slightly less than 6,000
miles