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) ^14-year-old tries to design ultimate jet THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1980 Page 9 1 survey o|i United Press International BETTENDORF, Iowa Four- border rep] fen-year-old Scott Braddock spends re st in part,- lis free time at his drafting table in italtocreitfP 5 bedroom — researching, poring ity enterpj| ver blueprints, calculating and re- nent corjHr'Iimng- 1 Top design engineers from across the nation advise him on his work rough phone calls, letters and tape cordings. The eighth-grade student knows it promotion;,^11 take long hours to reach his goal: tourisms: To design the fastest and most fuel- icient business jet airplane in the rid. hat he is Mexico xas Indii! c l Pkgi. I 13 0..$] Pkgi. ' j u. eo< looiJ" But if he has his way, his single engine jet will fly — on paper, at least. Scott decided last September to design the aircraft for a class assign ment in the gifted and talented prog ram of Bettendorf Middle School. Each student was asked to think of an idea for a long-term project. “At first I didn’t know what to do. But then I thought, ‘Why not go all the way, so to speak,”’ Scott said, adding he always has been interested in flying. “I guess it was just a long shot, but I wanted to be different.” He mailed his ideas and a pre liminary design to 11 major airplane manufacturing companies and asked for assistance and information. Scott said he was doubtful even one would respond. But five agreed to become advisers for his project. “At first, some of them were more enthusiastic than me,” Scott said. “For a while I was worried I was putting a burden on them. But one guy said it was an educational experi ence for him. No one has designed anything like this before.” Design engineers advising Scott said they decided to help the boy because they were impressed with his design and his ability to com municate his ideas. “We thought Scott was a unique young man and we wanted to help him,” said George L. Huggins of Cessna Aircraft Co. “We’re proud of him having the courage to undertake such a project. If Cessna Aircraft was doing it, it would take years of de- sign.” “A lot of people his age show an interest in doing something like this, but it’s often on a superficial level,” said Richard D. Christian of Rock well International Inc. “He goes way beyond that.” The engineers said Scott’s model is unique because it has one engine — a high bypass ratio turbofan, known for fuel efficiency. Similar air craft of that size have at least two engines. The 55-foot-long jet—dubbed the Brad 3X-1 — would weigh about 21,200 pounds with fuel, have a range of about 3,400 miles, carry two pilots and 10 passengers and fly 600 mph at an altitude of 55,000 feet. “It’s the highest and fastest jet in the world besides the supersonic,” Scott said proudly. 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A group of Duke University medical researchers has recom mended the easing of restrictions on the use of marijuana for cancer pa tients because of a new study show ing THC, the principal ingredient in marijuana, eases nausea and vomit ing brought on by chemotherapy treatments. The Duke Medical Center resear chers found nearly 75 percent of 53 patients tested received relief from nausea and vomiting when treated with THC. The researchers said each of the 53 patients had experienced severe nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy and had not re sponded well to medication to con trol vomiting. In this week’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Associa tion, the researchers said they found 10 patients had no further nausea and 28 patients reported a reduction of at least 50 percent in nausea and vomiting after receiving THC. Man admits setting fire United Press International HOUSTON — Arson investiga tors said Tuesday they would seek murder charges against a man ac cused of setting a fire that killed five members of his family sleeping in upstairs bedrooms. Lee Arthur Bryaht, 38, had told inV6fctigatbrs '4hd reporters outside' his charred duplex Sunday he tried in vain to rescue his wife, two daugh ters, stepdaughter and grandson af ter returning home at 1:30 a.m. to find it ablaze. Bryant was jailed on $50,000 bond. “He had been drinking,’investi gator Otis Owens said. “We don’t know how much alcohol he had in him. He said he had been drinking, celebrating his birthday.” Owens said Bryant was charged after “he had made a statement that he admitted setting the fire. He con fessed to definitely setting the fire on purpose.” Owens said Bryant had told incon sistent stories about how the blaze began and eventually failed a poly graph test. 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LULAC president Ruben Bonilla said Clements’ veto of Ruiz’ parole was a destructive act, and asked Cle ments to explain his reasons for the action, and to explain why he did not rely on his staff recommendations, as he usually does in parole cases. “While I do not condone in any way the crimes that David Ruiz com mitted, I do believe that this time he should have received parole from the governor. David has credit for almost four-fifths of a 25-year sent ence for armed robbery and has been up for parole 10 times, ” Bonilla said. He said Ruiz has become a symbol for prison reform after educating himself. Bonilla said Ruiz has had to fear physical reprisals from the Texas prison system since he filed a federal suit in the early 1970s challenging the legality of conditions in the prisons.