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Ilioil >22,! local / state Battalion/Page 3 July 22, 1982 -‘vant, l() ! 0 gy'«!« plinesj staff photo by David Fisher The Texas A&M observatory, currently under construction •bservatory being built [or astronomy classes by Susan Dittman Battalion Staff \n observatory to be used as laid for teaching astronomy foes is being built on Texas fcM property about one mile pth of the Nuclear Science Inter near Easterwood Air- n. 1| Dr. John Lestrade, visiting istant professor of physics, I ne from Rice University to I :rsee the project. Lestrade ]s; d the two-story building will 'jh ve a five-meter dome on the Rond floor which will house a Hlestron 14-inch reflector tele- iSCOpr, ■ The bottom floor, he said, will consist of a classroom, re- ptrooms and a workroom. Sixteen telescopes will be per- pilmently mounted on a plat- 'Orm and will be used by stu dents taking astronomy classes, Lestrade said. “The main purpose of this observatory is the educational purpose,” he said. The cost for the observatory, which Lestrade said will be com pleted in about a month, is approximately $200,000. Dr. Tom Adair, professor of physics, said the observatory will be used for demonstrations and for teaching astronomy courses that are now being taught in the Physics Building. Students taking Physics 306, Basic Astronomy; Physics 307, Ovservational Astronomy; and Physics 314, Survey of Astro nomy, will be allowed to use the new observatory, Adair said. Lestrade said students in Phy sics 307, the laboratory course, will use the observatory every .night while students in the lec ture course will use it about once a semester. Adair said the physics depart ment decided an observatory was needed at Texas A&M ab out seven years ago when enroll ment in the astronomy classes grew to about 300 students per semester. Currently, Lestrade said, ab out 1,000 students enroll in the lecture courses while the lab has about 100 students per year. The proposal was written six years ago and construction on the observatory was finally started three months ago, Adair said. “It is nothing unusual for a university to have such a facil ity,” Adair said. erman leader arrives in Houston for speech answer' ve aretj 1 United Press International } HOUSTON — West German jChancellor Helmut Schmidt ar rived for a goodwill visit in which he was expected to outline perman-American policy and . ..Rview the political organization 11 kJP United States and its ireto tRiantic a i|j es _ We, S'f'f Houston is the first stop on the offlRhmidt’s 10-day U.S. tour, ist, nori which includes a meeting with Rcretary of State George gihultz. uldnol 1 ! Mayor Kathy Whitmire, Ger- atconi!#an Ambassador Peter Hermes or, eve«§M about a dozen Houston dig- ilism i 11 and business leaders ^^eltceted Schmidt at Houston’s niolB^ecubve Air Terminal late ' a Lnl ues d a y- Dressed in a casual javyjacket and light blue pants, chmidt waved at reporters but made no comments. “This is a private visit, but of course he’s taking the opportun ity to clarify our points of view concerning American-German relations,” said Consul Rolf Saligmann of the German Con sulate in Houston. Schmidt attended a private breakfast with business leaders Wednesday. Among the gather ing were officials of the Port of Houston, the Houston Chamber of Commerce and Schmidt’s old acquaintance, former Texas Gov. John B. Connally. Schmidt made no breakfast remarks. A spokesman said, “It was just an informal breakfast.” Schmidt also was slated to de liver a policy address at a lun cheon sponsored by several Houston organizations, includ ing the Chamber of Commerce, the World Trade Association and the Institute on Interna tional Education. The speech is entitled “Atlantic Partnership in its Fourth Decade.” Saligmann said: “It’s a gener al speech he’s giving covering security, economic issues and German-American relations.” Schmidt was scheduled to leave Houston Wednesday for San Francisco. He is due to meet with Secretary of State George Shultz in California. He and Shultz will attend a party thrown annually by the ultra-exclusive Bohemian Club. The 2,000-member club of politicians, world leaders and businessmen holds the party each year in the mountains of northern California. Airline may have to go dry ScivL Ll United Press International AUSTIN — Southwest Air- !, one O' nes faces the loss of its liquor 2 peOWensc and a fine if the Texas ^ypUlwcoholic Beverages Commis- toi'V' £ ( E 0n finds the carrier guilty of her rap' y die 01 3 US. 1 •erving beer to a boy, 14. A hearing to determine if )uthwest Airlines violated li- |uor laws on a flight from Lub- )ck to Austin Jan. 17 con- jluded Tuesday. Leonard Press- h, who at the time was 14 and fore a mustache, told commis- Bon officials the airline served Sim seven beers on a flight from Lubbock to Austin Jan. 17. A decision is expected within 60 days on what, if any, steps should be taken against the air line. A hearing examiner’s re port will be issued in about two weeks, then a final decision will be issued by a commission admi nistrator on Southwest’s inno cence or guilt. 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