Kinnelon High School - Pegasus Yearbook (Kinnelon, NJ)

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Lt. Colonel William Pailes and his wife Brenda. KINNELON • M )of WillUm • member of U Kinmkxi High School cltM of TO »ho rocoB- Uy orbiUd Uw oorth during tho tMKi» voyag erf lh hui»» AlUnli hu occopud »n inrtUUoo from Principal Robort Schott to at- tend Otday night , homocomiag («•tiviuw Patias and (our mataa bU.lad Into lha coaoxa on Oct Sonaaecrot military mission and returned laat week The former borough reaidmt aerved aa lha ahuttle'a payload apeciahat and aupemaed the Uurv ching af low-orbit spy aatelitea deaigned to obaerve the Soviet preaaed by the local hero a achievement that they deoded to make Space' the theme of the an Dual aptnt weak celebration The in- vitation from Schott »aa the pnn- ctpel'i way of getting involved in the ocitement Since the Atlantia (hght waa claaaihed aa top aecret Pallet «aa blocked by military authorn.ee from moat outaide contact Therefore, the homecoming event will be ooe of the astronauts first appearancea alnce becoming a national figure However. BUI McNeer. the high school public relations director warm that Pailea attendance it not yet a certainty What we have now la only tentative. McNeer cautions The ma)or won't be able to confirm hia attendance unbl a day or two before the game The echooi administration ia a loo hoping that Palleo may be at to apend aone tune at the echooi during the day RE-ENTRY Astro Pailes fires upM «» 25 a Kinnelon Kolt banner in space when is in space aboard the shuttle Atlantis, graduate took the banner with him to ds of similar banners waving as Col. lima mater Friday amid all the fanfare : welcome. I did’t know the high school g schedule. It’s is tremendous. I took a ie to acknowledge the school,” said Lt. Friday. ently the payload specialist aboard the his first venture back to Kinnelon since vinnelon,” said Pailes. “Kinnelon hasn’t ne a better place for children to grow ronautics in a round about way,” said ame from my brother. He was looking He went to the University of Michigan. : acadamies and the more I looked into It was a good opportunity,” said Pailes, list. igijiajfol, Pailes attended the United . iromoted from the rank of Major to Lt. Col. following his return from the Atlantis mission. flight,” said Lt. Col. TTpCfl Tl was the air force’s representative, ne added. lies said he could not reveal any information on the secret ission. Pailes said of President Ronald Regan’s Star Wars plan, “I don’t sWrecy to Surrouru Atlantis’s First Flig By WILLIAM J. BROAD I HE space shuttle Atlantis is to roar into Thursday for the first time. The $1.2 billi lantis, the fourth and final addition to the n fleet of winged spaceships, will get little fanfare normally associated with a maiden voya stead, the mission is to be wrapped in secrecy from start to finish. The Atlantis will be carrying a classified payload fo the Department of Defense. It is the sec%d tim$ history of the shuttle program tlMt a missij voted entirely to the militaf% Not only the payload but ami suAfljundJoflRleTSils as the exact Umne of launcfurTgj|A the ujbtion of the flight are classifi« el l e public information Is to alUUnfn VaslrAease with the first Defense De- mAt mki .Irhganuary, the Pentagon having de- ci(JOTt 6pToutine status reports. Public statements afcuo be made only if there Is an emergency. Despite the precautions, however, the primary pur- pose of the mission is an open secret. Saying that it gleaned the information from unclassi- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1985 pace Shuttle Launching Set As Secret Countdown Begins By WILLIAM J. BROAD Spuo to Tbs Nvw York Ttm CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla.. Oct. I — Hie countdown began today for the naiden voyage of the space shuttle At- antis on a secret military mission. The »xact time the countdown began was not disclosed. TV I - V exact launching time. Critics of the policy of secrecy, such as the Federation of American Scien- tists, a nonprofit group based in Wash- ington, contend that only the American public is being kept in the dark. To ike their point, they have combed un- ned published rr pegasus is Dedicated to Lt. Colonel William Pailes Scientists, in Was) a oair of Model DbLS-111 Defense Satellite Communica- goal o preparations were underlay for the|lantis mission was to place two mill-

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