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-pFW welcome or Concorde United Press International GRAPEVINE — a british Air- L Concorde jetliner touched Join Sunday to the sound of pop- ling champagne corks and jubiliant lieers f ro m onlookers and othcials tthe mammoth Dallas-Fort Worth Lfonal Airport, where the plane r 0 n is expected to make flights to | from Europe. Motorists lined the highways into ie airport, which officials say was esigned for such supersonic trans- ortjets, as the sleek plane swooped u t of the sky shortly after 3 p.m. for S second apperance at DFVV. More onlookers pressed up gainst the airport’s windows while proximately 250 invitees waited M — | (he Braniff Airways terminal for ie arrival of the Concorde in the rst in a series of demonstration ights before service to Europe can eg in. Braniff will become the first Siom qmestic air carrier to use the Con- jrde under an interchange agree- ient with British Airways and Air ranee, once the necessary gov- mment approval is granted. Braniff filcials said they expect the go- head later this month to begin loncorde service between DFW nd Europe. A Concorde plane landed at )FW five years ago during dedica- ion ceremonies for the massive icility, but Sunday’s appearance to Mi till drew gasps and comments from ' ^nie onlookers gathered in the raniff terminal as the plane’s slen- er fuselage swooped out of the sky asnul nto the long runway. “It looks like a hawk diving after s prey, ’ exclaimed Janice Graham fDallas. The plane, which one oung observer said ‘ looked like a praying mantis, is expected to begin three flights a week to Lon don’s Heathrow Airport and two flights a week to Paris’ Orly Airfield in January. Braniff currently has one Boeing 747 flight daily from Dallas-Fort Worth to Gatwick Air port in suburban London. I he airline claims the Concorde will cut the current flying time from 12 hours to seven. Federal law limits the plane’s speed over land to approximately 600 mph—slower than the speed of sound—but it is capable of speeds near 1,500 mph and altitudes of 50-60,000 feet and flies at these speeds over water. Under the interchange agree ment, Braniff crews trained to fly the supersonic transport will pilot it from DFW to Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., where Air France and British Air ways crews will take over the plane and fly it to Paris or London. One side of each Concorde will retain the British Airways or Air France markings, while the other half will carry the Braniff insignia. Braniff Board Chairman Harding Lawrence hailed the beginning of Concorde service to DFW as the fulfillment of one of DFW’s main purposes: to be an “international gateway. “We are very proud that Dallas- Fort Worth is the first city in the interior of the U.S.A. to have the advantage of Concorde service,” Lawrence said. “Concorde is a very special purpose transport. It is a time machine, he added. Jack Downey of the DFW airport board called the Concorde a “peek at the future as it came over the horizon. “DFW was designed with this type of aircraft in mind, he said. Living with the law The other day I parked in a lot on campus, in a reserved space. I clictn t have a parking sticker for that space, but I didn’t intend to be When I got back, my car had been towed away. I don’t think the University has the right to do that. How about it? One section of the Texas Education Code lists several things a state university can do to make and enforce traffic regulations. They in clude limiting speed, assigning parking spaces and areas and assess ing parking fees, using a system of vehicle registration, AND remov ing violating vehicles at the expense of the violator. So campus police have pretty specific statutory authority from the state for traffic and parking enforcement. Editor s note: This column is provided by the students’ legal ad visers as a service to Battalion readers. Answers are general and should not replace the personal advice of an attorney. Questions for this column can be addressed to the students’ legal advisers in Room 306, YMCA Building. ALTERATIONS IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND 1 ALTERATIONS. DON’T GIVE UP — WE LL MAKE IT FIT!" AT WELCH'S CLEANERS, WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCEL LENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPECIALIZE IN ALTERING HARD TO FIT EVENING DRESSES, TAPERED, SHIRTS, JEAN HEMS, WATCH POCKETS. ETC. (WE RE JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH OF FED MART.) Town still in shock M school bus crash WELCH’S CLEANERS 3819 E. 29th (TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER) HAMLIN TIRE ^ CENTER Monarch ecfinici United Press International McCAULLEY — While he ed friends and relatives Sunday liried the first of four high school Indents killed in the tragic crash of schoolbus and an oil field service ick, four survivors were clinging maciously to life in West Texas ispitals. emoriiBThe grinding crash Friday near jusl °V 21 persons, mostly stu- wartll ™ts, injured. Funeral services for 17-year-old olita Perales were held Sunday in ie Sylvester Baptist Church three icr aret ^ es south of this West Texas tswanlt immunity. Services were .vantedl ^eduled today at different times ir Bonnie Pippin, 17; Tint Wilker- ; vaetitE m; and Brit Jeffrey, 18. dry sew A.spokesman for the funeral home wndedl 'charge of the services said the fu- athrong erals were being staggered iroughout the day in consideration the mourners and families, issilliie Meanwhile, officials at Methodist tareiw ospital in Lubbock late Sunday Idnw ited 15-year-old Tami Jeffery, the tpossil* hool s football sweetheart, in criti- Thet tl condition. ;out. Tami’s brother, Darren, 14, was degrees nong t h e critical at Handrick n! ! emoral fhtspital in Abilene. The dandli bilene hospital also listed Doyle e ll, 30, the school s p incipal, as rice,® itical and listed Cathy Wilderson, rmer 6,as very critical.’ /entiues The oil field service truck, loaded jisturen ith radioactive materials, rammed lebus broadside late Friday af'ter- pass® oon on a rural highway road. The othingH us driven by MeCaulley High )se« chool Coach Ed Farmer was acked with members of the 0 gy lw mool s boy and girl basketball jsanotw rams heading for Harmleigh for a jgraiaW lurnament. The impact ripped the body of the " from the frame, but police said dangerous radiocactive chemi- in the truck did not leak out. chool officials said the accident mid all but close down the high “It’s completely wiped us out, said schoolteacher Irene Kent. “I don’t guess we ll be having high school for a while. There’s hardly a kid there who wasn’t either killed or put in a cast. ” Only six of the 33 students in the high school were not involved in the accident. Police said charges would likely be filed against the driver of the truck, Bill Dixon, 21, of Snyder. He was listed in guarded condition Sunday in a Lubbock hospital. The accident has shattered the residents of this small West Texas community few of which were not directly affected by the deaths and injuries. 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Gift Giving Books to Publishers List Price VARIETY OF TITLES INCLUDING CHILDREN’S BOOKS *v m from a&m bookstore (IN THE MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER) THE BATTALION MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1978 Page 9 Minorities rap Carter United Press International MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A group of black and Hispanic delegates feeling unheeded by the Democrats mid term convention formed a coalition Sunday to hold President Carter politically accountable in 1980 for his domestic poverty and defense spending. “My personal opinion is that the president of the United States has totally abdicated the agenda of 1976,” said Rep. Ron Dellums (D- Calif.). “The tragic reality is that we may well leave here without making any significant challenge to an adminis tration that has embraced a right- wing analysis of American economic problems that I believe will wreak havoc on blacks and Chicanos. Dellums and David C. Lizarraga of Covina, Calif., chairman of the Hispanic American Democrata, told reporters the two minorities had a hard time getting together. Lizar raga said the two groups of delegates to the convention would meet within 30 days to “set an agenda” of mutual problems confronting blacks and Hispanics. Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.) said the coalition resulted from a se ries of tentative meetings between individual black and Hispanic lead- ers culminating in an agreement to join forces now and discuss specific issues later. The No. 1 issue for blacks and Hispanics in America is employ ment, she said. The anti-inflation policy of this administration seems to have taken precedence over the employment which is much more important to the poor people of this country.” Lizzara said the two minorities felt Carter had not lived up to 1976 promises to the poor and that the blacks and Hispanic delegates were not listened to during the midterm Memphis meeting. tk© top OLE SARGE handcast in Pewter exclusively for the Curiosity Shop. The Aggie Bonfire can now be more than a flickering memory. The Bonfire Mug exclusively for the Curiosity Shop in Wilton Armetale. Open til 8 p.m. thru Christmas CULPEPPER PLAZA JENSEN SOUND LABORATORIES DIVISION OF PFMCOR. INC. Jensen T riaxial 3-way Speakers 6X9 WOOFER, 3” MIDRANGE, 2” TWEETER, POWER RATIO OF 30 WATTS, 20 OZ. MAGNET, JENSEN REG. $119.95 PAIR '»<3Sr -sr »■* PAIR Model C9862 Jensen high performance 51^" stereo speaker kit Two rugged, weather resistant 5%" hi-fi speakers. Extended frequency response, powerful 20 oz. Syntox-6®ceramic magnets. 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