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Page 12/The Battalion/Tuesday, May 3, 1983 Decaying Capitol always a problem United Press International WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol may be falling down, but underground garage and build a bus station under the back the longest running Washing! battle — what to do about it ton continues. Americans have been fight ing about the place ever since Pierre L’Enfant, the French military engineer who planned the city that was to be Washing ton, chosejenkins Hill, which he called “a pedestal waiting for its monument,” for the Capitol. The opening shot in the latest skirmish came last Wednesday night, when a 6-foot by 15-foot section of sandstone slabs on the Capitol’s oldest remaining por tion fell from a wall into a cour tyard. Construction started 190 years ago, and ever since the Capitol has attracted the pas sionate attention of politicians who thought they were architects, architects who thought they were politicians and a variety of other arsonists, bombers and demolition ex perts. One vice president wanted an outdoor restaurant on the ter race. A former architect of the Capitol, a title more often hon orary than professional, wanted to dig up the front yard for an steps. Through it all the Capitol has remained, along with the Washington Monument, an in stantly recognizable symbol of the United States all over the world. The Capitol, which is really five connected buildings, is the property of a whole nation that does things the hard way, under the rules of democratic proce dure. The recent collapse, officially blamed on “normal weather ing,” exposed the original foundation of the building that was started about 1800. It did not endanger the building, which houses Statuary Hall, where the House of Representa tives met between 1807 and 1857. The incident coincided with action by a House Appropria tions subcommittee recom mending $73 million be spent to expand that area of the Capitol. Included in the project would be the old Senate section, built in 1793-1800, burned by the Brit ish in 1814 and rebuilt in 18IS IS 19; the center section sup porting the great cast iron dome, completed in 1865; and DIETING? Even though we do not prescribe diets, we make it possible for many to enjoy a nutritious meal while they follow their doctor's orders. You will be delighted with the wide selection of low calorie, sugar free and fat free foods in the Souper Salad Area, Sbisa Dining Center Basement. OPEN Monday through Friday 10:45 AM-1:45 PM QUALITY FIRST pss-o Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired BRYAN 216 N. Main 799-2786 Mon.-Fri. 8-5 Sat. 8-1 COLLEGE STATION 8008 Post Oak Mall.. 764-0010 Mon.-Sat. 10-9 p.m. Texas State ec Oeticae k Since 1935. Texas A&M Flying Club sponsors an F.A.A. SAFETY SEMINAR along with regular meeting. F.A.A. representative, Mr. Tiner Lapsley, to present program. All people interested in flying safety are urged to attend. May 3 7:00 p.m. Rudder #301 Warped by Scott McCulfc THE FREEL IWG5 WAVE 7U$f MOVED INTO THEIR NEW SUEURBfKN HOME. THE"/ ARE UNAWARE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE 5/TE OF A PROCESSING PLANT FOR VARIOUS KINDS OF CHICKEN, DUCK AND GOOSE MEAT. SOON THE RESTLESS SPIRITS OF ALL OF THE PERISHED BIRDS THERE BEGAN TO MAKE THEMSELVES KNOWN. FEATHERS STARTED APPEARING EVERYWHERE, OBJECTS BEGAN FLYING AROUND THE ROOM AND PERCHING ON FURNITURE. the old House section. The expansion plan would add 147,000 square feet of space by filling in the open courtyards between the existing building and the broad terraces on the west or Mall side of the Capitol. The outer walls of the new con struction would be exact copies of the originals, leaving the ex terior of the Capitol looking much as it has for more than a ...THE SOUNDS op PECKING AND SCRATCHING WERE CONSTANT, AND) EVERY HOUR A SPECTRAL ROOSTER CROWED FROM OUT OF NOWHERE. BUT IT WAS LITTLE 8 YEAR OLD CAROL ANN THAT FINALLY REALIZED... century. This same method was used to extend the east side of the Capitol by 30 feet in the 1950s, a project that also had people yell ing at each other. But that pro ject was ram-rodded by the last of the speaker-pharoahs, Sam Rayburn, D-Texas. No sooner was that job finished than agitation began to extend the west front, which was said to be rapidly deteriorating. When a chunk of stone fell off the roof in the 1960s, the re sponse was to shore up the en tire building with huge timbers, the remains of which still stand in the center section. That was followed by a plan to expand the building out over the brow of the hill so that the entire system of terraces built in 1874-1892 would have to be re located. One great feature of this plan, according to Vice Pres ident Hubert Humphrey, was it would make room for an out door cafe with a view down the Mall toward the Washington Monument. Compute Vol. 7 (continued from page 1) quired 19 microcomputers within the past year, he said. This has enabled the college to add two new courses and to re structure another course so stu dents can use the microcompu ters. One of the new courses is computer literacy, and is offered to undergraduates. In the course, students are taught how to write computer prog rams in a variety of computer languages. Clark said the course is instruction-oriented and geared toward students who will teach in schools. The computer-related classes are filled quickly during regis tration, he said, and many teachers from local public schools take the courses at night. Clark said the potential for computers in education is great, and he believes that within five years most teachers will know how to teaching. corn putt James R. Scoggins,! the meteorology depart! said the department has ra added a course in meteorology — a class in* er analysis and forecastit Hijacker stays in Cuba; airplane returns to U.S United Press International MIAMI — A Capitol Air jet liner hijacked by an elderly Latin man who said he had a gasoline bomb and wanted to go to Cuba arrived safely Monday with 209 people on board. The Capitol Air DC-8 arrived at Miami International Airport at 6:18 a.m. EDT after a 50- minute flight from Havana, allaying fears of frantic relatives l that some of the Cuban-born passengers might be detained. The Cuban government held only the hijacker and allowed the other 199 passengers and 10 crew members to leave after a mechanic fixed a jammed emergency door. It was the first domestic hi- i jacking to Cuba in more than a year. In February, a small airlin er en route to Dallas from Kil leen, Texas, was commandeered to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. No one was injured. Mariel Lugones, 9, said she was terrified during the flight to Cuba. “I thought the plane would blow apart and everybody would die. I was crying and praying,” Mariel said. “I had a feeling in my heart that something terrible would happen.” The hijacker, who was not identified, w'as described by pas sengers as being thin, Latin, 5- foot-5, and between 60 and 65 years old. Capt. Jeff Miller, 34, the pilot, paid Cuban authorities did not find a bomb or a weapon aboard the jet. The 11-hour ordeal of Flight 236, en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami and Chi cago, began at 7:08 p.m. EDT Sunday 70 miles west of Grand Turk Island when the man said he had a gasoline bomb and would blow up the plane if the pilot did not fly to Cuba, author ities said. Passengers said the hijacker then locked himself in a bath room and left a handful of printed written notes in the aisle which said in Spanish: “I have a bomb. Hunger, unemployment, poverty and destitution forced me to hijack this plane to Cuba. I have a bomb on board, enough gasoline and a firearm, a gun. If you land in Miami, I will explode the bomb. I believe in the philo sophy of Fidel Castro.” Boyd Mesecher, 50, of Fort Lauderdale, an aircraft com pany employee on the plane with his wife and two children. said a stewardess thenora all passengers tositintkt| the plane until it landc Marti Airport in Havanaj) p.m. EDT. During the flight toL Miller said the hijackflf quently opened the ba door and tossed out notl Spanish. One note, Milkj claimed the man had set bomb. “I never heard thehil speak,” Miller said. “Htl wanted to go to Cuba. IgJ man may have been upsew not getting work.” When t he plane landuiP sengei s slid down ei , chutes and Cuban guardtl machine guns whisked ad hijacker, unloaded thel and inspected the plane. NEED CASH? We offer premium dollars on used Books... 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WejustwereacoB* 11 of years late.” Bachir Truman, a Den«w u J! se: ascended to the presidentP h)r. 1945 when Franklin i^ ar Roosevelt died. Roosadl® mrn Truman began many ofthfBj ern i nomic policies the RepublB aer seek to overturn with W^ed letter. lie foi their si The sti Students, on campus, off campus, and graduate, may dine on a meal plan during the 1st Summer Session at TAMU. Students selecting the 7-day plan may dine three meals each day, except Sunday evening; those selecting the 5-day plan may dine three meals each day, Monday through Friday. Meals will be served in Commons. Fees are payable to the Controller of Ac counts, Fiscal Office, Coke Building. Notice dates: Commons will be open for cash business on Registration day, May 30. Meal plans will begin on the first day of class, May 31. Fees for each plan are as follows: 7 Day $195.00 May 31 through July 1 5 Day $176.00 and Plus Tax July 5 and 6 Meal plan validation will begin at 7:30 a.m., May 31, in the Commons Lobby. 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