Thomas vote to come up Friday
Vote will end week of confirmation hearings
WASHINGTON
(AH) — The Sen
ut«* Judiciary (Com
mittee announced
Wednesday niglit that it will
vote Friday on tho heavily de
bated nomination of federal ap
peals Judge Clarence Thomas as
an associate justice of the Su
preme Court.
Committee Chairman Joseph
Biden (D-Dol ) set 10 a m. HL)T
for the vote on the 43-year-old
conservative, accused by critics
of concealing liis views during
n week of Sonata hearings
Supporters countered that
the critics are merely con
cerned that confirmation of
Thomas, who rose from poverty
in the rural South to graduate
from the Yaln law school,
would reinforce tin; court's
conservative majority.
Judiciary Committee approv
al would send the nomination
to the Senate floor for a vote on
NATIONAL BRIEFS
Congressman offers resolution for Inquiry at bank
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Thomas S Folev made
an unusual appearance on the House floor Wednesday to
head off a Republican attempt to make political hay with the
rampant check-bouncing reporter! at the House hank
Rep. Toby Roth (R-YVis.) was prepared to offer a resolution
calling for an official inquiry to identify, at least to House of
fleers, the biggest abusers. But he stopped short after holey
delivered a strongly worded address
"Members will have the same rights, no more and no less,
than any other member of the public," said Foley,' adding
that actions he ordered Tuesday included a halt to the free
overdrafts.
Foley announced then that he had ordered an end to the
free overdrafts and loose check-cashing privileges ut the
Houso hank. He told reporters a system similar to that of a
commercial bank would be sot up, Including penalties for
bounced checks, but the details hud not boon worked out.
"Members should la! on notice that I have told the bank
that there will be no exceptions to this rule," Foley said on
the floor, and bank employees who grant such exceptions
would be fired.
Mysterious cracks found In space shuttle Atlantis
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle workers
removed thermal seals from Atlantis' wings for Inspections
Wednesday after mysterious cracks were found in some of
the protective gaskets.
NASA officials said it's too soon to say whether the prob
lem will delay a military mission bv Atlantis in November.
Technicians discovered the cracks during routine inspec
tions of Atlantis in the hangar.
Workers pulled off throe of the -14 reinforced carbon seals
Tuesday to check for damage from the ship's lust flight, in
August. All three hud hairline cracks, said NASA spokesman
Milch Varnes.
Flvo more seals were pulled off. and four of them were
cracked, Vurnes said. Shuttle managers decided Wednesday
to remove all the seuls to check for further damage.
The seals - 22 per wing - servo as expansion joints for the
reinforced carbon panels thut protect the leading edge of the
shuttle wings against the Intense heat of atmospheric re en
try.
“The issuo is not at this point so much u safety issue,”
Vurnes said. “The concern is how did these happen and why
are wo only seeing them now."
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