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Page 8/The Battalion/Friday, December 2,1983 Two families will face loss at Christmas time R.I. by Paul Dirmeyer United Press International BOSSIER CITY, La. — John Wells was going to visit friends and looking forward to a family Christmas. Barbara Morrison and her daughter were on a more somber mission, traveling to attend a funeral. Neither par ty made their destination. Wells, 53, and Mrs. Morrison, 36, were among six people killed Wednesday when a Trailways bus skidded off an East Texas surgery for multiple fractures in both legs. highway and plunged into a creek bank- Mrs. Morrison’s daughter, Sharin Faircloth, 12, was one of six injured. Sharin, hospitalized in serious condition, underwent Wells, a retired supervisor for Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp., was making the trip to Houston on his 30th wedding anniversary to visit friends. Join our winning team... Make money while gaining valuable work experience as a Battalion ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Must he a student enrolled in TAMTJ Must have a car Sales experience desired — but we will train For more information, call: k 848-2611 “He didn’t plan to be away long — just a quick trip to see friends and then back,” said his son, John Walter Wells. Wells, 53, was looking for ward to Christmas, when all of his five children would be home. “He told me just the other day, ‘It’s going to be the happiest Christmas I’ve ever spent,”’ the younger Wells said. Barbara Morrison’s grand mother had died of cancer. Morrison did not have the money to pay for a trip to the funeral, so officials of her church in Bossier City gave her two round trip tickets. Mrs. Morrison will be buried in Houston on a family cemetery plot. Sharin will return to Bos sier City to live with her father, relatives said. HA ‘.still wkkino- o/o THAT TERM PAPER? V OOO'.MdiADlDM'T Have to womb! Students chosen from 6 states i ' i 35 to interview President United Press International MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A group of 35 teen-agers will fire ques tions at President Reagan Friday when they interview him as part of a program that gives students a first-hand look at how Washington operates. The sophomores, juniors and seniors from Tennessee, Flor ida, New Mexico, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Texas were chosen from a group of 433 stu dents in Washington this week as guests of the Close Up Found ation, a non-profit, non-partisan group that operates a govern ment studies program. and representatives from the State Department, Pentagon and other parts of government,” said George Thompson, spokes- the foundatic scheduled for 1:30 p.m, int, old Executive Office next to the White House. man for the foundation -long progr > talk first m gram where they get to talk first hand with members of Congress, lob byists, members of the media Over 120,000 students have traveled to Washington to parti cipate in the program since it be gan in 1971. The presidential interview is C-SPAN (Cable SatellitePii lie Affairs Network) willl® f delayed broadcast of the in view session followed by a. call-in show during whichli students will answer quesii® from the public. juniors iVJll 1 grad, vet, rned <74e e*td & >«***• Yearbook Abates teWn3 pio ““ ^mo^Sormakon ca« 693-675 845-2681. ...... t a- rhance! At the Pavilion ^ a - Agg» e ' and yei artoook Continent; plans to fl more cities United Press International HOUSTON — Contineoi Airlines announced Thursday to expand semfi 50 {lights and live cities. Tke lines filed for bankruptcy ganization and drastically services in September. Vice President Phil said service will start from It nver to S>a)t ~Lake OtfanHi orado Springs Dec. 16, Hotisat to Ixtapa, MexicOs {.anAffi Houston (o ft ttaerti acid Pkc - Jan. 15. Flights already dtiled to some cities w The H Ernst and ift to end exas A& Durinf Whinney: the cow fc the Depai resale rep company departme and a mar end of 19 The p •ursuits < he print K rpetuit :ulty m P l Tl Free l MSC renamed continue bartendii Texas Ai Profes Bakes said the airline iso: target with plans to beatDOptt cent of pre-bankruptcy sealiii capacity by next summer At that time, he said, Cm tinental hopes to have 75or percent of its pre-bankru|p work force of 12,000. Dr. Pe Faculty R the Jean it tration. "Rose t banking < markets, search. Ji at variou; Rose e mics froi economic a finance He jo was a Ayt Banking From Center f He also h Bakes said Continentalk hired or re-hired an addition 1,000 employees. Continenli cut the payroll to 4,200 in it reorganization, and nowem ploys 5,21)0 people. Bakes declined comment® ongoing negotiations withtk Air Line Pilots Association which struck Continentalo: Oct. 1. The association charp the airline with reducitigp^ 11 almost one-half and widu* tending hours, a violation of* ion contracts. txafiQtx. a Block of the B Texas A, includin The 2 the seco with two Chair ol romis«l “Both parties havepn not to comment,” Bakes “Negotiations rcatif’pave conducted in privacy to ha«< chance of success.” Continental will defenditsl- ing for Chapter 11 reorgan* don next week against 21» motion to dismiss for lack off tification. The unions I* charged that the filings scheme to cut labor costs But Bakes said Continental 11 on solid legal ground. “We are very confident "I will come out of court withara ing that our filing for CN”' 11 was justified under the la® Bakes said. Since the strikes, Continet* has hired people who nc' ( worked for Continental helot* Continental denies the 111 ions’ charge of “union-bustnf The airline said it - $471 million since l979ano' ,J - on the verge of going out oto u j ness when it filed for Chap® 1 reoganization Sept. 24 and s' 11 pended domestic service for"', days. On Sept. 27, the Continental called burl 1 a tn 1 of its work force at reducedf and longer hours and result' 1 flying to 25 of 78 cities it 11 served. Bakes said Continentals al ' ! is to become the largest 1< national air carrier offeriof! 1 " jor airline service. Since the resumptio" flights, Contine-. expanded service on Oct. a" Nov. 15 and says it is now ba 48.5 percent of pre-bankr^ seating capacity. ntai n Uni] Moi Texas percen Sale th at grei Sale to 2 p.i locatio To sut office The Union of Fligh' A‘ ie " itriW dants joined the pilots in 5 t Continental in October, ^ not involved in the ne ' v | .jof The International ^ sS ° C , ir il:t of Machinists went on ^ when talks failed Aug- 1 ’ fore the bankruptcy-