ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, September 9, 1996 TAG: 9609090153
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.
An unmanned Atlas rocket blasted off Sunday and placed a broadcast satellite in orbit.
Lockheed Martin Corp. launched its rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Station at 5:49 p.m.
GE American Communications Inc. will use the satellite, called GE-1, for broadcast and cable television, radio, private business and government communications services. The Princeton, N.J., company expects to begin operating the satellite within a month.
- Associated Press
4 women complete Citadel `Hell Week'
CHARLESTON, S.C. - ``Hell Week'' claimed 16 freshmen at The Citadel, but not the four women who have broken the military school's 153-year-old all-male tradition.
Known officially as Cadre Week, the freshman class' first week includes extensive physical and mental challenges thrown at them by upperclassmen.
The four women are among 565 students still enrolled, spokesman Terry Leedom said.
- Associated Press
Female circumcision ban is approved
SAN JOSE, Calif. - For much of her adult life, Santa Clara nurse Meserak Ramsey has waged a crusade against an ancient custom that has been performed on 100 million young girls worldwide - sometimes with lethal results.
Last week, following her tireless lobbying, a bill that would ban the practice of female circumcision cleared the California legislature with unanimous support. If Gov. Pete Wilson signs it into law within 30 days, as expected, California will join Rhode Island, Tennessee, Minnesota and North Dakota as the only states in the country specifically outlawing this procedure.
Ramsey, who suffered through the painful procedure in her native Ethiopia when she was 6, said she plans to continue her fight until a federal law also is passed.
- Knight-Ridder/Tribune
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