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local / state Battalion/Page 3 May 19, 1982 ^ j Camp us names i small am Dr. John B. Coleman of juston, a member of the :xas A&M System Board of jgents, has been awarded an a any in 10 | 0 rary doctor of humanities lim as tlir|gree by Fisk University, his ?lds gnarpa mater. that, theiBoleman is chief of obstetri- ^slil^ej. liansand gynecologists at River- e ight ofif|f G u ne r al 1 i HoS TAj tal and r n ' ° « the Cullen Women s Cen- a P J1 Bn Houston. He is president Ethe Human Enrichment of He Program, president and t birthiiijM rinan ofthe b oar d of KCOH e land, a|[ n l and serves on the Entex Inc. ?ens andlboard of directors, ent, sbBColeman has served on the slow, bilB as Board of Regents its andt^ nce l^, '' iglow Will, D|. Clarence R. (Dick) Creger, i , .Bfessor of biochemistry, nut- e | B>n and poultry science at " (U ‘ |exas A&M, has been named a cooIlT head of the University’s Depart ment of Poultry Science. Creger received his bachelor’s and master of science degrees in nutrition from Kansas State University and a doctoral de gree in biochemistry and nutri tion from Texas A&M. He has served on the faculty since 1958. Dr. Thomas L. Payne, a Texas A&M entomologist has been named winner of the Hum- boldt-Pries Award for science by the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation of West Germany. Payne, an authority on the use of behavioral chemicals to sup press forest insects such as the pine beetle, will conduct his re search for one year at the Insti tute of Forest Zoology at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg, West Germany where he will also serve as a visiting scientist. Braniff s secret closing kept planes from creditors United Press International DALLAS — With Braniff International’s small cash re serves dwindling hourly, its top executives secretly de cided to close swiftly before creditors could start “snatch ing airplanes wherever they could be found.” Braniff s chief spokesman, Sam Coats, offered an inside view of the final days of Amer ica’s eighth-largest airline in an interview with United Press International. Some $1 billion in debt, Braniff declared bankruptcy last Wednesday, a week after the last meeting of stockhol ders on May 6 at which presi dent Howard Putnam said bankruptcy proceedings would be the last resort. Immediately after that meeting, however, a small team of Braniffs top execu tives was cloistered behind closed doors to discuss last- ditch rescue options. Secret talks began with other airlines and potential outside investors, but the news was grim. A 12-member team was assembled on May 10, and told to prepare a plan to close Braniff — just in case. That afternoon, Putnam flew to New York to testify in a suit brought by pilots who would lose their jobs if Braniff leased its South America routes to Eastern Airlines. Putnam called headquar ters almost hourly and Coats said: “We decided then to go ahead and begin lopping off operations and repositioning aircraft.” The team began “creating” mechanical problems with air craft and claiming bad weath er prevented jets from return ing to South America. The group tackled staggering security and logistical prob lems — compounded by the possibility of a leak every time more people were told. As Putnam called again from New York, top financial aide Phil Guthrie said the dreaded words: “We’ve got to start shutting it down. There’s no way we can continue.” Putnam flew back to Dallas and high-level meetings lasted into the next morning. The airline’s bankruptcy counsel, retained several months ear lier, was present. Finally came the point of no return — canceling flights to move aircraft closer to Dallas and out of foreign countries. &M researchers help executives evelop firms’ political clout Public policy and manage- int researchers from Texas M University will present a gram to corporate execu- on developing firms’ poli- klout Thursday in Houston. “Until recently, businesses J laven’t been willing to admit need to devote more re- ilirces in the political arena,” aid Dr. Gerald Keim, a Texas t&M management professor whose current research focuses on corporate political activity. “Now, many have realized the importance of participating in public policy decisions rather than simply to react to them,” he said. Keim heads a team of resear chers from the Business and Public Policy Group at Texas A&M’s College of Business Administration who will present the program with the Social Sci ence Research Group from the College of Liberal Arts. These researchers will pre sent the half-day program to help Houston executives evalu ate their governmental and media relations. The program will cover broadcast media rela tions, strategies for lobbying and political action committees and building corporate constituency programs among shareholders. “Individual corporate stock holders — for a long time the silent partners in big business — may become the political activ ists of this decade,” Keim said. During the program, Keim will talk about the potential for active corporate constituency programs with shareholders. The presentations begin at 9 a.m. in the Houston Lighting and Power Company’s Energy Information Center. The prog ram is open to the public, but seats should be reserved in adv ance through Texas A&M’s Re search Foundation. Registration begins Monday for Bryan swim program Registration for the Learn to jim program offered by the fyan Recreation Division of [e Bryan Parks and Recreation partment begins Monday and 1 continue until June 3. Clas- fesfor the first session will begin ijune 7. Registration for the four pmmer sessions will be held 15 to 7 p.m. on Mondays at liomas Pool in Bryan; on Tues- at the Bryan Municipal il, on Wednesdays at Haswell oday’s rc i almanac | United Press International ■Today is Wednesday, May 19, Be 139th day of 1982 with 226 ould ocfi to follow. /ouldbet I Those born on this date are 0 somep ‘ Un d ei the sign of Taurus, t anieI it 1 American philanthropist ,■ John Hopkins was born May 19, Eji On this date in history: 56 ^ UeS [L 1945, more than 400 hours i i American “Superfortress” s, Sen -j planes bombed Tokyo. ) get Set® In 1964, it was revealed nt that Pnierican diplomats had found ing cap at * east 40 secret microphones ic Soviefr dcien * n t l ie U-S- Embassy in 3 ntrolJ 0!cow ' idents' i| f Defed n. ent on'-I i Rep.Si| ; wanttoi he said s awa)' : e public gress.' 1 ve bya« mtflanb redit ft* it the aft e a geni fCongn icir da' I , and il* irning, mal Mti Pool and on Thursdays at Hen derson Pool. Carla Deviney, a spokes woman for the department, said lessons will last about 45 minutes each, five days a week for two weeks. The first summer session runs from June 7 to 18, the second session from June 21 to July 2, the third session from July 12 to July 23 and the last session fromjuly 26 to August 6. All lessons will be taught by American Red Cross certified instructors. She said lessons will be offered in seven categories: wa ter babies, ages six months to two years; tots, ages three to five years; beginners, six years and older; advanced beginners; in termediates; swimmers; and advanced lifesaving. Classes for water babies, tots and beginners will be given free of charge, she said. The cost for advanced beginners’ lessons and above will be $5. T-S-O Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired BRYAN 216 N. 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