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own for {WASHINGTON — The Federal Avi-
before ion Administration said Tuesday it has
wboys’ runcl seven DC-10 aircraft with “prob-
Bs” similar to the fault that may have
fused Friday’s crash in Chicago,
memor- The FAA said it is sending an inspector to
■aid Fri v^rsee airline mechanics who examine the
brtheseilts and assemblies attaching the engine
manyftfthe plane’s wing. The FAA ordered the
had a dines Monday to inspect all of their
ack Sa 'CIOs to be sure the engine mounts were
ife.
^ Separation of the engine from the plane
( teas involved in the crash Friday of a DC-10
^ takeoff from Chicago that killed 271
"Hlassengers. It was the nation’s worst
^%mestic air disaster.
1 I^i “We have some reports that Northwest
I Indent Airlines had three aircraft with
■ ^^roblems in this general area. United had
four aircraft with problems,” the FAA
spokesman said.
“Now, the FAA is going to be repre
sented at the inspections by a principal
maintenance inspector to check to see that
the work is done and the results are sent to
Washington right away instead of waiting
for them to come in the mail,” he said.
Earlier, FAA officials reported that air
lines “haven’t found any problems” in their
inspections of the DC-lOs.
“We are confident that any DC-lOs fly
ing today in the United States on domestic
airlines have already been inspected,” an
FAA spokesman said.
The eight U.S. airlines that own DC-10s
said all planes that are flying have been
inspected.
But the FAA has grounded uninspected
planes — apparently the first large-scale
grounding of a major passenger plane in the
United States.
FAA Administrator Langhorne Bond
said investigators still are not sure the bro
ken bolt caused the Chicago accident but
there was “a strong enough apparent causal
link” to warrant the grounding.
“I cannot take the risk of allowing
DC-10s to carry passengers until we are
100 percent sure that Friday’s tragedy can
not repeat itself, ” Bond told a news confer
ence Monday.
Bond said each of the widebodied,
three-engine jetliners would be allowed to
go back into operation as soon as the bolts
were checked and put back on the aircraft
or replaced by new ones.
Jack Gregory, publicity manager for
Continental, said the inspections of their 15
DC-10s were completed “before the dead
line. No flights were grounded. It won’t
interfere with any of our operations.”
Mostly cloudy with a continued
chance of thunder showers. High
in the low 80’s. Winds will be S.E.
at 5-8 mph.
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153
Wednesday, May 30, 1979
College Station, Texas
News Dept. 845-2611
Business Dept. 845-2611
unds measure
il'AMU regents
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killed;
blamed
■ United Press International
AUSTIN —Texas A&M University re-
!(Ms uncompromising position against
: I |;j®ing its special funds with Prairie View
11 4M University killed a measure that
| ould have guaranteed construction funds
■ ||r ijtate colleges and universities, Sen. A.
■ fiEj^wartz, O-Galveston, contends.
:<■ IHhwartz, author of a proposed constitu-
I ftnal amendment that died in the closing
| Ijburs of the legislative session Monday,
| kidTexas A&M s unbending opposition to
I MP ,v ' s ' on to squire increased spending
■ i the predominantly black campus made
|HointIess for House and Senate
negotiators to even meet on the measure.
“I charge the regents ofTexas A&M Uni
versity of not only being Neanderthal in
their political philosophies but being ne
glectful of the University whose interests
they represent,” Schwartz said.
The Galveston senator said defeat of the
constitutional amendment to repeal the
state’s 10-cent ad valorem property tax and
establish a new fund earmarked to finance
construction on campuses of state colleges
and universities will create pressure for fu
ture legislatures to divide the Permanent
University Fund that now benefits only
University of Texas and Texas A&M Uni-
service
a
eglected care
United Press International
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DETROIT — With gasoline prices soar-
£g,jmillions of motorists are finding they
save a penny or two per gallon by
ping their own gas at cut-rate self
ice stations in the United States.
But their savings could be wiped out by
8 # repair bills if regular maintenance,
pally performed by service station at-
idants, is neglected.
lie Automotive Information Council re-
| aitly reported on a survey by the operator
I aj Los Angeles service station who
. jedeed the cars of 100 customers who
limped their own fuel.
| found 56 of the cars were at least a
■ IjjBt low on oil, 34 needed radiator cool-
K If) S3 had low pressure in at least one tire,
:| l 1 needed power steering fluid, 28 were
| jv on brake fluid and 27 needed battery
| ftter.
| |[“A11 of these items are so easy to check
■ g..d so inexpensive to remedy that a
r|torist is being unwise to neglect them,”
■ |*f AIC said.
Here are some maintenance hints if you
J s pumping your own gas:
:| jmCheck the crankcase oil frequently.
| rt§F e a week is not too often, especially if
tg glu drive many miles. The proper level is
” Cheated on the dipstick, which is readily
® iMble and accessible on most cars. (Check
IJir owner’s manual for exact location.
1 Ipo, follow the manual’s recommendation
"frequency of oil changes.)
yrCheck the water level in the radiator
ffory two or three weeks. If the cooling
(ement is visible, add water until it is cov-
ftd, Anti-freeze and summer coolant also
|)uld be used. An inexpensive gauge can
^ used to check for the proper amounts of
lose additives.
:|j:| || —Proper air pressure in tires helps pre-
2 .ant premature tire wear and can improve
Sg Pp economy. This can be checked with an
§■ Wf x P ens ' ve pencil-like gauge. Once every
Sj for three weeks should be sufficient.
$1 Pf^Power steering and automatic trans-
f'■fission fluids should be checked at least
U Jiceamonth. Like checking the oil, this is
| p>ne with dipsticks calibrated to show
‘liper levels. Again, check the owner’s
ual for locations.
Battery water should be checked
ry two or three weeks and water added
ach chamber as needed. (Some new
ieries are sealed and do not require
itional water.) Also, keep battery ter-
|als clear of corrosion.
Brake fluid also should be checked
a month. Remove the cap from the
fluid reservoir, located near the top of the
fire wall on most cars, and make a visual
inspection. The reservoir should be kept
full.
When you have the hood up, occasion
ally check: the air filter (and replace it if it is
dirty), the hoses for cracks or small leaks
and the belts for fraying or improper ten
sion.
versity institutions.
Although the property tax remains in the
state Constitution, legislation this year re
duces the rate from 10 cents to .0001 cents
for each $100 of valuation.
Income from the tax — that now is dedi
cated to campus construction projects —
will plummet from $50 million to $25,000 a
year.
The House and Senate both passed pro
posed constitutional amendments to repeal
the tax and establish a new State Higher
Education Assistance Fund to provide an
alternative source of construction funds for
schools outside the UT and Texas A&M
systems.
Representatives, however, included a
provision in their version demanding A&M
spend one-sixth its income from the Per
manent University Fund at frrairie View.
“The House of Representatives sent a
message to Texas A&M University and said
they could no longer neglect an institution
of that class, there are no second class uni
versities and no second class citizens,”
Schwartz said.
Sen. Bill Moore,*D-Bryan, defended the
A&M regents saying student enrollment at
Prairie View does not justify allocating
one-sixth of A&M’s share of the Permanent
University Fund.
“Prairie View has got to go the back door
of the Texas A&M regents with their hat in
their hand,” Schwartz said.
A supervisor at American’s reservations
information office said inspections of the
airline’s 30 DC-lOs are “just about com
plete” and that no flights had been cancel
led.
World Airways, which offers $99 trans
continental flights, said three of its five
DC-10s have been inspected and there
would be no interruption of flights. A
Western Airlines spokeswoman in Los
Angeles said the inspections were continu
ing, but there have been no flight cancella
tions.
“We haven’t received any official word
yet from Washington that the planes should
be grounded,” she said.
Bond said the FAA also was urging
foreign airlines to ground the 146 DC-lOs
registered abroad until the wing bolts could
be inspected.
The West German airline Lufthansa
temporarily grounded its 11 DC-lOs. Most
other major foreign carriers said they were
carrying out their own inspections, but
planned to continue to use the aircraft.
Students
to register
Monday
Battalion stall report
Long lines, like Bonfire and the Twelfth
Man, are a tradition at Texas A&M Univer
sity and the longest lines always occur dur
ing summer session registration. This
summer session should be no different.
Registration begins on Monday, June 4
at 7:00 a.m. at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Students with last names beginning with
A-D will register from 7:00 until 8:15 a.m.
Next is E-K from 8:15 until 9:30, L-R from
9:30 until 10:45, and S-Z from 10:45 until
noon.
To register, you must first get your regis
tration card packet at DeWare Field
House. DeWare will open to issue card
packets at 6:30 a.m.to avoid long lines at
the registration center in G. Rollie White
Coliseum, said Donald D. Carter, associate
registrar.
Carter said he expected about 10,000
students to register for the summer ses
sion.
The longest lines occur at DeWare. Dur
ing past summer sessions it has gone the
length of Kyle Field and back. One sum
mer it stretched from DeWare past the
swimming pool, down to the parking lot,
back to the pool, and across the walkway
over Welborn Road. Fortunately once it
starts moving, it moves fast.
After getting the card packet, report to
the department heads located on the main
floor of the coliseum. After their approval of
the courses, get the class cards at the table
with the name of the department which the
.class is in. It’s really simple once you get
the hang of it.
Next, walk across the street to the
Memorial Student Center. Here you will
go to the housing manager. There will be
tables set up for on and off-campus stu
dents.
They will then direct you to the fee as
sessors tables. This is where you tell
whether you want board plan, parking
stickers and other services or not. The next
day you get the bill.
Finally, you go to the registrars station
and turn in the card packet.
On June 5 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00
p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
you can pay your fees at the coliseum and
receive your class schedule.
Working up high
Lloyd Head, a construction worker from Abilene, Texas,
crosses between two scaffolds at the new dormitories being
built across from Sbisa dining hall. The dorms are scheduled
for Completion in early August. Battalion photo by Clay Cockrill
Federal agents take
Wood investigation
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Justice De
partment Tuesday assigned 40 agents to
investigate the “dastardly” killing of San
Antonio, Texas, Judge John Wood and or
dered U.S. marshals to protect at least four
other jurists in the state.
“We re trying to send a message not only
to the judges, but to the American people,
that we won’t countenance this kind of con
duct,” Attorney General Griffin Bell told
reporters. “We re going to do everything
we can to put an end to it.
“If we reach a point where judges and
1
Dusk at the TAMU research center
The sun sets over the Texas A&M Research and Extension
Center near Highway 21. The center is home base for both
agricultural and engineering research facilities as well as var
ious vocational schools. Battalion photo by Clay Cockrill
prosecutors have to withstand gunfire,
murder, then we ll have to take a different
approach to law enforcement,” he said.
“I’m sorry this day has come in our country,
where we have judges subjected to such
things.”
FBI Director William Webster sent one
of his top deputies — James Ingram — to
San Antonio to lead the investigation into
the killing of Wood.
Webster also assigned 40 agents to the
case, believed to be the first slaying of a
federal judge in U.S. history. He said the
FBI has “some leads,” including a witness
“who saw the judge fall. ” But he refused to
say whether the witness could describe the
gunman or to elaborate further on the in
vestigation.
“It’s been reported that Judge Wood has:
had threats,” Webster said. “We re check
ing this out. Every available special agent
has been assigned to the case.”
Neither Bell nor Webster would say
whether they had evidence the shooting of
Wood was linked to his being assigned a
number of drug cases.
Two federal narcotics prosecutors — one
in San Antonio who brought cases before
Wood — have narrowly survived shooting
ambushes in recent months.
After an attempt on the life of assistant
U.S. attorney James Kerr of San Antonio
last November, Wood was given federal
protection. But he requested it be removed
two weeks later, a Justice Department
spokesman said.
Webster said Wood was due to impose
sentences Wednesday in one drug smuggl
ing case, but “we draw no inferences at this
time.”
Bell referred to the shooting as “a das
tardly act.”
Noting he personally is not under federal
protection, he said, “I don’t take guards
with me, but if we’ve come to some sort of a
gangland existence, then we ll have to pre
pare for it.”
Bell said he was assigning marshals to all
four judges in the Western District of
Texas, that the protection “may be ex
tended,” and that it definitely would cover
an upcoming gathering of several Texas
judges.
But he said, “you can’t put everybody in
the country under protection. The best
thing to do is enforce the law and catch
people when they do something wrong.”
Bell, a former judge on the 5th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals, said Wood was a
personal friend whom he met eight or 10
years ago.
“I saw him the week before last at the 5th
circuit conference, ” Bell said. “He was in a
very good humor. He was a brave man. You
can’t be a federal judge in most courts un
less you are fairly brave.”