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Page 10 THE BATTAOON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1979 Boeing contracts let for new plane United Press International SEATTLE — The largest one-day transaction of its kind in civil aircraft manufacturing his tory was culminated Thursday when four aerospace firms agreed to more than $1 billion in subcontracts to help build the Boeing 757 airliner, a spokesman said. The subcontracts were signed at the Boeing Commerical Airplane Co. Plant in nearby Re nton, where the new twin-jets will be assembled. Plans called for the 757 to be built in sections at plants in four states, then shipped to Washington State where they will be assembled — much like a giant airplane kit. First deliveries of the short- to-medium range, 178-passenger airplane were scheduled for early 1983, the Boeing announcement said. Work on the aircraft would be allotted out in the following — Avco Aerostructures divi sion, Nashville, Tenn., will build | the wing center section on which the fuselage rides, and the keel- beam, located in the fuselage section over the wing. — Fairchild Republic Co., Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y., ! will construct the passenger cabin section over the wing. — Rockwell International Corp., Tulsa division, Tulsa, Okla., will build the fuselage sec tions just forward and just aft of the wing. — Vought Corp., of Dallas will build the horizontal stabilizer in cluding leading edges and stabilizer tips; the vertical tail including its leading edge and the aft-most body section of the fuselage. The contracts were in addition to 757 structrual subcontracts al ready signed with Short Brothers Ltd. of Belfast, Northern Ire land, for inboard trailing flaps. Federal jobs flee cities United Press International NEW YORK — Federal jobs are abandoning the central cities of New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston and Los Angeles for their surrounding suburban areas, city Comptroller Harrison Goldin said Thursday. Goldin said the job losses “fly di rectly in the face of President Car ter’s stated policy” to try to keep federal jobs in inner cities. Carter issued a 1978 directive in structing federal agencies to “encourage the location of federal facilities in urban areas,” the com ptroller said. Since then, however, Goldin said the flight has continued. New York was hardest hit of the six cities, he said, having lost 5,100 federal jobs from 1974 to 1978. Chicago was next, with 3,083 job losses in the same period, followed by Boston with 2,803, Houston with 2,547, Los Angeles with 1,184 and Detroit with 1,077. In the 1974-1978 period, he said, total federal employment levels rose 29,000 to 2,753,000. Goldin said he could not cite spe cifically the development of any facilities that had contributed to the inner city job losses. The comptroller detailed his ob jections to the policy in a letter he said he sent to Carter. Fiesta flyers were warned Balloonists die in crash United Press International ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Internationally famous balloonist Ben Abruzzo is well acquainted with the treacherous winds that often buffet off the Sandia Mountains, a 10,600-foot range that rises from the east floor of the Rio Grande Valley. Abruzzo, one of the three Al buquerque adventurers who made history last year by completing the first Trans-Atlantic balloon crossing. RUSSIAN STU FLU ERS If you were i want a follow lood sai October 1 We« study, we ($10.00) urs., Fri. Commons Lounge - 9 a.m. to Health Center - warned fellow balloonists this week not to try and fly over the mountain range during the International Bal loon Fiesta. But despite the warnings of Ab ruzzo and fiesta officials, some 20 balloonists Wednesday decided to challenge the 30-35 mph winds by attempting to float their craft over the picturesque mountains. A California couple didn’t make it. Richard Temple, 31, of Cucamonga, Calif., and Kathy Wiley of Palmdale, Calif, died in the flaming crash of their red and gray nylon balloon, free-falling in side the balloon’s small gondola some 750-feet into a ravine. While Federal Aviation Adminis tration officials Thursday tried to pinpoint the cause of the crash, offi cials of the Balloon Fiesta — which has attracted hundreds of pilots from throughout the United States — said the events would proceed as scheduled. The fatal crash was the first such accident in the eight-year history of the festival, which this year has at tracted some 350 balloonists. Abruzzo, who along with fellow Albuquerque residents Maxie An derson and Larry Newman com pleted the historic flight across the October 10, Wed night; Corps Lounge D- 7:30 p.m. to 9 October 12, Fri afternoon; Vet School- 12 noon to 4 pm p.m. The Corps of Cadets gets its news from th4 Bait. fupfnamlwst Eddie Dominguez 66 Joe Arciniega '74 MMlil wnmi If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned . . . We call It ‘Mexican Food Supreme.” Dallas location; 3071 Northwest Hwy 352-8570 o MSC Political Forum proudly presents its Special Event of the 1979 fall semester — Bella Abzug speaking on “National Affairs: An Overview” Oct. 16, 1979 - Rudder Theater 8 p.m. Admission: $ 1/students $ 2/non-students Atlantic last year, said he tried to discourage balloonists from attempt ing the treacherous excursion over the Sandias. Abruzzo apparently convinced about 60 pilots to stay on the ground, but when others decided to try the flight, Abruzzo went up first I in his balloon and succeeded in fly ing over the rugged peak. “I radioed back that conditions were nasty and that they should go high,” Abruzzo said. Scores of witnesses, including Temple’s chase crew, witnessed the flaming crash. Witnesses said the balloon, named the “Johnathan Livingston Seagull II,” apparently did not have enough air and the strong winds col lapsed the throat portion of the bal loon. When Temple attempted to use his propane burner to force hot air back into the balloon, an entire side of the nylon balloon ignited. The flames spread quickly, engulf ing the entire balloon and turning it into a stream of fire. “There was nothing the pilot could do,” said Dale Stevenson, of Albuquerque, a witness to the crash. “Everybody knew that man was going to crash.” Sam Edwards of Houston, a member of the board of the Balloon Federation of America, said the flight over the Sandia Mountains was not a sanctioned part of the weeklong festivities and officials had discouraged the pilots from trying it. Another balloonist, Howard F. Wolfley of Colorado Springs, Colo., said he witnessed the crash from his balloon, which was hovering just above Temple’s. Wolfley, who has flown over Pikes Peak several times, said the winds at the time of the crash were “as treacherous as I have United MOSCO learly wro he Huntei aron Gorl ay it hang slightly off ooden ste Somethi ere on Go an is miss It is no s jia, doorme hingi |oorman is nd direct ) there to ost casi idgered, t and final One of t loormen h( nightclu all in a d, iles of gi alinin Pro As there loscow foi rizzled hu captive au< jound is a ^een two His righl |mooth me [erts into elded on ame. This jeep out w< By block s left sho. ose who Round and round she goes Joan Moore demonstrates how she centers clay as she throws at the Memorial Student Center’s Day at the Fountain. Moon from Bryan, is a basic pottery and crafts instructor. First hunting season hits 15,000 gator United PAZ, ) took over th Trinidad Thu military gov Mvilian gove reaching the [ Radio El 1 |>f the Sixth / racks earl replacer dent Walter ever seen. United Press International NEW ORLEANS — Alligator hunting season closed in 12 parishes last weekend with a “highly suc cessful” harvest of 12,000 to 15,000 hides, a state wildlife official said Thursday. PARTY SET-UPS 7 A.M. 11 P.M. o % ICE 693-4750 RHEA'S Country Store 2751 Longmire, C.“S. 693-8733 The one-month hunting xfc that closed Sunday marked time since the early 1960s tlil £_ ligator kills were allowed oil I three southern Louisiana pariii 71 y# “We were looking at baggiK / r » tween 10,000 and 15,000, ; Johnnie Tarver, assistant chief: i ElCklco' RESTAURANT 3109 Texas Avenue Bryan, Texas 77801 presents Happy Hour 4-6 (7 days a week) 2 for 1 per person 10% discount for all A&M students with current I.D. Mon.-Thurs. only. . United refuge division of the Loqisiani MEXICO partment of Wildlife and FisliW Ves 0 f s j x i “If every acre of marsh had»t w jth p e hunted and every tag usedwe(^(j nes( j a y { have had a harvest of 18,000 |k’ s sa l e of 3 About 10 percent of the k-feural gas t< had failed to emerge fromthetp^ S p 0 kesn with their tallies, he said. Petroleos I 1 Wildlife officials detected i jpgjqEX) s ference in hunting skills in (ji sc regions into which the state® (echnicalitie: vicled. heat conteni “In the southwest where d" tai^eted del used to doing this sort of thing i 4 The S p 0 k tagged out the first two wed ^en the i -• Tarver said of the hunters inO whether the ron, Calcasieu and Ver® Te xas arid 0 parishes. Hunting has been all applied f or in that region since 1972. fuel. “In southeast Louisiana, Last mon ricanes raised the tides W both nation; couple of weeks of Septem^' calling for 1 cold snaps that came thrif cubic f eet 0 slowed things a bit,” he said. $3,625 per i Tarver said the number (ft|r| Oil-rich I sued to land owners, or to n- |b the conti leasing rights to the land, was! he revised e on acreage and the type of hahk as e provided for alligators. (exports. “Most of the people huntijiL Despite ligators are also fur trappers, price was si Tarver. “They sell to local l* Jan. 1, it wi who ship the hides on to the* three mor trading centers in New York Canada’s n< Hides sold for $16.50 perk $3.45 doe 1977, Tarver said, but he deck ii ex j co to speculate on this year’s pit' The pact Restaurant Management Careers Pizza Hut—the world’s largest pizza res taurant chain will be on campus Oct. to discuss career opportunities with you. 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