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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
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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, eveǤM 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
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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
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•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.
The airline’s attorney sug
gested the youth made the state
ment at the prompting of his
father for use in a possible law
suit against the airline.
Southwest faces a charge of
serving alcohol to a minor, an
offense punishable by revoca
tion or suspension of the air
line’s liquor license and or a fine.
Airport police said Pressley
had seven beer tabs in his pocket
when he was found on an air
port couch and that he appeared
disoriented and had vomited.
Southwest officials said that it
would be virtually impossible for
attendants to serve Pressley and
for him to drink seven beers
during the brief flight.
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