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January 20, 1982
Ice-snow closing an A&M oddity
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by Tracey Buchanan
Battalion Reporter
Through rain, snow, sleet or
hail — the mail goes out and
Texas A&M University usually
stays open.
When the temperature
plunges and snow and ice make
driving conditions hazardous,
the University may close.
However, there is no formal
written policy about closing the
University because of bad
weather.
One week ago at noon, Uni
versity President Frank Vandiv
er closed Texas A&M because
the weather was bad and getting
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worse, Assistant to the President
Sheran Riley said.
“He was concerned for the
safety of the staff and person
nel,” she said.
When Vandiver closed the
University, snow was falling, it
was 26 degrees and the wind was
blowing from the north at 16
mph to 18 mph, making the
wind chill factor zero. A thin
layer of ice under the snow also
caused roads to be slick.
Howard Perry, associate vice
president for student affairs,
said the last time he remembers
the University closing due to bad
weather was in the early ’60s. No
official record could be located.
Since classes had not begun,
the shuttle buses were not run
ning. If the University closed,
the buses would not run, Jim
Ferguson, manager of adminis
trative services, said.
“If we just had bad weather, it
would be up to me and the man
ager of Transportation Enter
prises to decide if the buses
would run,” Ferguson said. “It’s
never come up, but if it did it
would just be a judgment call.”
Aside from forcing the clos
ing of the University, the freez
ing weather caused other prob
lems.
Ed Kozlowski, associate dire
ctor for maintenance and mod
ification director of the physical
plant, said frozen water pipes
burst causing between $5,000
and $6,000 in damages to the
Chemistry Building and about
$10,000 damage in the Reed
McDonald Building.
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dent found dead in the locked
trunk of her car a block from her
home.
Margaret Everson Fossi, 25,
was found dead Monday. An
autopsy was planned Tuesday to
determine the exact cause of
death.
Fossi was reported missing
Sunday by relatives Wayne and
Cathy Gregory, with whom she
had lived since August.
Police said Fossi went with
fellow students to Gilley’s Club
Saturday night. They later
dropped her off at her car,
parked near the Rice School of
Architecture, investigators said.
One classmate told officers
he watched her drive out of the
parking lot about 2:30 a.m. Sun
day, apparently headed home.
Mrs. Gregory said Fossi did
not usually stay out all night and
was safety-conscious, telephon
ing home if she expected to be as
much as a half-hour late.
Gregory went looking for
Fossi’s car and found it a block
from home. The car reportedly
had two flat tires and was towed
to the police department garage
Sunday. The police discovered
the body inside the trunk when
they inspected the car Monday.
Fossi’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Everson of Lake
Forest, Ill., and her husband
Larry, a law student at Yale Uni
versity in New Haven, Conn.,
flew to Houston Sunday.
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brutality cases.
A mistrial was declared in the
case against Ramos, 33,
Monday after a jury said it was
“hopelessly deadlocked” on
whether Ramos ordered his sub
ordinates to beat a handcuffed
prisoner, violating the man’s
civil rights.
U.S. District Judge Filemon
Vela declared the mistrial after
the jury said it was deadlocked,
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Ramos, who denied'
ordered the Sept. 24,1977,
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an arrest on traffic viol
declined to comment onttii|fcnate himself
trial.
Escamilla testified he
beaten so severely while l
cuffed, he became uneons I ^
and later had to sop up' '
from his face on his shirt,
would not be visible when
ers took his mug shot
. was a sergeant and patrol
visor at the time.
Former colleagues of id
testified the 11-year
veteran had been involtj
several incidents of vioj
against prisoners.
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