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Texas schools luring profs down South See page 5 Educated trainer loves horses See page 3 Schembechler not only woe for Wilson See page 11 The Battalion Serving the University community 76 No. 54 USPS 045360 College Station, Texas Monday, January 18, 1982 tVinds hinder )lane recovery United Press International ASHINGTON — Accident in- plors abandoned salvage efforts mechilling cold Sunday but hope rge with a giant crane will be able ise the tail section of the Air Flor- etfrom the bottom of the Poto- River and recover the plane’s it recorders. lusting 30 mph winds and record- king cold forced diving crews to ail efforts to locate more victims Ike crash. The winds also made isto lift the tail to a bridge 40 feet tethe water too much of a risk, necessitated bringing in the getoday from Indian Head, Md., iniles down the river. “One Of the reasons they don’t it to bring it (the wreckage) up on bridge is because of wind condi- is,"said Francis McAdams, who is fdingthe National Transportation 'ety Board’s investigation of the liter. Police said the attempt to raise the I section was not expected before trnoon. The wreckage would then moved by barge and truck to a opr at nearby National Airport, f lily bodies had been recovered by lurday, including four victims from the bridge that were clipped by the descending plane. Overall, the crash killed 78 persons; five survivors were pulled from the river’s icy waters. Lt. Crndr. Stephen Delaplane of the U.S. Navy, in charge of the diving operation, said recovery crews were searching an area the size of a football field under about 25 feet of water with a visibility of 6 to 8 inches. Investigators said they now have a radar picture of the major portions of the plane, including the engines and cockpit. They estimated it will take 10 more days to complete salvage opera tions. The board is particularly in terested in the tail because that area contains the two vital “black boxes” that record detailed information on what was happening to the doomed plane before it crashed Wednesday about 12 seconds after takeoff from National Airport. The safety experts were reasonably confident the boxes, which are sup posed to withstand an impact up to 1,000 times the force of gravity, are in one piece. Both boxes have been emit ting signals from transmitters con tained within them. Wednesday’s snowfall brought a holiday for Texas A&M em ployees, but the slushy weather also prevented many students from registering for the spring semester. Because of this, students registering Monday and Tuesday will not have to pay a late registration fee. Students registering after Tuesday will have to pay the $10 fee. The registration deadline will not be extended. Delayed registration and drop-add will continue through Friday. Drop-adds are being handled in G. Rollie. Metrical ontracts pproved by Denise Richter Battalion Staff Committee of Texas A&M Uni- lit) System Board of Regents % approved $1.7 million in •nets which include the purchase tquipment for the electrical util- s expansion. TkePlanning and Building Com- taapproved a $194,240 contract Siemens-Allis of Houston for the •tkase of three oil circuit breakers I a $593,943 contract to RTE/ lAfor the purchase of two power isformers. The$5 million utilities expansion i for the campus to receive addi- ialpower from the Brazos Electric >erCooperative and should fulfill University’s electricity needs High the year 2000, said Wesley E. I vice chancellor for facilities mingand construction. The committee also approved a 394 contract to Young Brothers .Contractors to convert the old ■lice football field to a parking itv, Hid for reroofing the All Faiths pel was rejected by the commit- Bids received by the committee ' ^totally out of line” for the pro- Regent H.C. Bell of Austin said, chairs the Planning and Building iniittee. IIcommittee action taken Sunday %t to approval by the full f d.TheBoard will act on the com- Economize Vandiver wants conservation, not panic H.C. Bell Jr. mittee’s recommendations at its meet- ingjan. 26 in the MSC regents annex. A tabulation of bids for the follow ing renovations and construction will be presented when the regents meet as a committee of the whole Jan. 25: — expansion of the Cyclotron In stitute — the Physics Teaching Observa tory to be constructed at Texas A&M — construction of the University Press building on the intramural field behind Duncan Dining Hall — the replacement of windows in Briggs, Gainer and Leonard halls — the replacement of windows in the Agriculture Building. by Daniel Puckett Battalion Staff Panic surrounding a personnel memorandum issued by University President Frank E. Vandiver is un warranted, Vandiver says. The Dec. 17 memo includes two controversial points: a request for layoff plans from department heads and a hiring freeze on all non-faculty employees. Vandiver said the memo was meant only to start people thinking in an “economy mode,” not to make them fear for their jobs. The president said Sunday that one point, the one requiring depart ment heads to submit plans by Jan. 31 United Press International PARIS — Lt. Col. Charles Robert Ray, the assistant U.S. military at tache in France, was shot and killed today outside his home in the second gun attack on a American diplomat in Paris in two months. Ray, 43, was shot through the head at 3 a.m. EST as he left his home in Paris’ well-to-do 16th residential dis trict, said police officer Marcel Lecler. A witness told police he saw a man step forward and shoot Ray from be hind on the sidewalk as he was head ing for his car, parked a few hundred for the layoff of two employees per department, is widely misunder stood. He added th panic over his re quest is unjustified. He said that asking for the layoff proposals did not mean the layoffs would necessarily take place. “I wanted to get people thinking in an economy mode,” Vandiver said, “which may be hard when they ha ven’t had to do it for some time. We had a lot of misunderstanding about the memo — a lot of panic. “If we can bring down our ex penses through attrition, we may nev er have to carry out the layoff plans. I do want the contingency plans avail able, though, just in case I do have to yards away. The gunman escaped into the ear ly morning crowd of Parisians rushing to work, police said. In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Sue Pittman con firmed the diplomat was dead, but said they had no information on the assailant. “We do not know what the motive was, or the reason.” Police said the bullets fired Nov. 12 at U.S. charges d’affaires Christian Chapman, that missed the diplomat, were of the same caliber as those used order layoffs.” Despite the part of the memo that calls for a hiring freeze, the Universi ty is hiring a significant number of new employees. Departments which claim a critical need to replace a de parting employee can apply to the president’s office for special permis sion to do so. Vandiver said his office has re ceived a large number of the special hiring requests, and “only about one percent of those requests have been turned down.” Exactly how much money the move will save is unknown, Vandiver said. But. when he first ordered the hiring freeze, he was hoping to save up to $2 million. military to shoot Ray. The killing appeared patterned on the attack against Chapman, said in vestigators, who speculated both attacks could have been carried out by the same man. No one immediately claimed re sponsibility for Ray’s killing, just as no one did so after the attack on Chapman. Chapman narrowly escaped death when a lone gunman fired six pistol shots at him as he was leaving his home. “Now, I think we’ll be lucky to save $1 million,” he said. One of the major benefits of the freeze, Vandiver said, will be to real locate manpower more effectively. Since economy has not been a priority here for several years, he said, many employees are not being used effi ciently. “We need, not so much to reduce the number of employees, but to re distribute them, to put the manpower where it will do the most good,” Van diver said. “By instituting the freeze, by asking for the layoff plans. I’m trying to get everyone to start thinking — is this job necessary? Can we get along without filling it?” attache Some investigators were fearful an elusive killer organization similar to Italy’s dreaded Red Brigades has emerged in France. The Red Brigades kidnapped U.S. Brig. Gen. James Dozier from a NATO base in Verona, Italy, on Dec. 17. The general so far has not been found in an intensive manhunt. Police commanders held an emergency meeting on how to assure security of the U.S. diplomats. Secur ity measures already were streng thened since the attack on Chapman. Sniper kills U.S. Design updated He Battalion has taken on a look with the new year — we e Updated our design to make it ^lor you to find the news you Texas A&M University is chang- und we want its newspaper to e 9its contemporary outlook. hop you find the new de- 1 Wore attractive and easier to k f Battalion was redesigned totcy Boyce, a senior journal- '.uiajor from Richardson, as a l e 9 for a journalism graphics MSC budget review The MSC Council and Directo rate will conduct its fifth hearing on the annual budget process tonight in the meeting room of the Student Programs Office, 216T MSC. Council President Doug Dede- ker said members are interviewing and going over each committee’s requests for money for next year. The hearings are designed so that any problems over the budgetary process can be worked out before the Council examines the budget for approval Wednesday night. Dedeker said members are look ing at past programing and ex penses of the committees and spe cial programs to determine how much money will be alloted to each group. The budget must be given to Dr. John J. Koldus, vice president for student services, Thursday. The hearings originally were in tended to begin this week, but the date for turning in the budget was moved up. The Council and Directorate have a final budget of almost $2.2 million to work with Dedeker said. Of this amount, around $200,000 is from student service fees. Dates to remember Students hanging brand new 1982 calendars on their dormitory or apartment walls may want to mark the following spring semester dates. — Feb. 2 - last day for dropping courses with no record. Silver Taps will be held for Javier Antonio Gar cia, a sophomore economics maror from Bolivia who was killed Dec. 6. — Feb. 5 - deadline for applying for graduate and undergraduate degrees to be awarded in May. — Feb. 19 - last day for drop ping courses with no penalty (Q- drop). — March 8 - mid-semester grade reports. — March 15-21 - spring break. — May 7 - last day of spring semester classes. Commencement. — May 8 - Commencement and Final Review. — May 10 - first day of spring semester examinations. — May 14 - last day of spring semester examinations. inside Classified page8 Local P a g e 3 National page9 Opinions ,. page2 Sports page 11 State page6 Whatsup P a ge7 forecast Today’s forecast: Overcast and foggy with light drizzle and a 20 percent chance of rain. High today in the mid-50s; low in the low 50s. Tuesday’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with the high in the low 70s and low in the high 50s.