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Vol 79 No. 191 CJSPS 045360 26 pages
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United Press International
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
alif. — An Air Force B-I jet
imber, the second of only four
(erbuilt, crashed Wednesday in the
lojave Desert, killing one crew
letnber and injuring two others, of
fals said.
The Air Force said the unarmed
itercontinental jet was on a low-alti-
ide, low-speed test flight when it
ashed at 10:30 a.in. about 10 miles
rrtheast of the sprawling Southern
alifornia base.
Master Sgt. Wally Ross said all
tree crew members were in the
jection capsule,” which “success-
illy ejected” from the craft before
e crash. He said it was not known
owthecrew member was killed.
A new prototype of the plane
lieduled to be introduced next
eek, the B-1B, will have individual
jection seats instead of the capsule.
Airman 1st Class Tom Bernas said
ere were no weapons aboard the
l
“If there were any bombs on it,
icy were inert,” Bernas said. “We
sn’tdo that sort of thing here. This
atest flight facility.”
The injured airmen were flown to
le hospital at Edwards, the Air
orce said. Their conditions were
ot immediately available.
The names were not released pen-
ing notification of relatives.
Lt. Col. Alan Sabsevitz said it was
efirst crash of a B-1 bomber.
“The capsule with three crew
lembets ejected upward and par-
chuted to Earth,” he said. “A quai
led board of officers will be ap-
ointed to investigate. Until then, it
the cause) is pure conjecture.”
Sabsevitz said the plane was the
econd B-l bomber ever built and
tas being used to study handling
haracteristics and avionics for the
tew B-IB.
He said Wednesday’s test was
cheduled to last three hours, 40
ninutes, but the jet crashed a little
iveran hour into the flight .
It was the 127th test flight of the
B-l series, which began in 1974. The
Air Force has described the devel
opment of the plane, which cost up
to $40 million each, as “the most suc
cessful bomber test program in his
tory.”
The crash occurred in a desolate
area near the Kern-San Bernardino
county line, approximately 80 miles
northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
The explosion sparked several small
brush fires.
Kern County Fire Capt. David
Goodell said “wreckage was strewn
all over the place.
“The plane looked as though it
was destroyed.”
The burning jet sent a “large,
black column of smoke” into the sky,
said San Bernardino fire spokesman
Thomas Barnes.
The plane was a B-l A version of
the bomber that was produced dur
ing the Carter administration. It was
one of only four built before Presi
dent Carter scrubbed the program
in 1977 because it was too expensive.
President Reagan resurrected the
controversial program on Oct. 2,
1981, and ordered production of
100 more jets. Funds await congres
sional approval.
The B-l, with a 136-foot wing
span and a maximum speed of 1,451
mph, was designed to replace the
larger B-52, backbone of the Air
Force’s strategic bomber fleet since
the 1950s.
The new prototype, the B-1B
bomber, has not yet flown. It is
scheduled to roll out of Rockewell’s
nearby Palmdale plant next week
and President Reagan may be there
for the occasion.
At the time he gave the go ahead
for the B-1B production, Reagan
initiated a program to develop a
“stealth” bomber to be practically in
visible to radar and other detection
methods.
The B-1B is designed to be in the
field by 1988 as a survivable force
through the early 1990s.
Out with the Old
Photo byK YAI\
For the next two weeks Rudder Fountain and it’s acompany-
ing mall will be an obstacle course. Workmen will be laboring
overhead to add new cross members to the windows on Rud
der Tower. University Center Manager Steve Hodges said
that the crossmembers were being installed to add support to
the new, smaller glass panels also being installed.
2 more inmate stabbinas in TDC
United Press International
HUNTSVILLE — Two more
stabbings reported at the Texas De
partment of Corrections pushed the
number of stabbings involving in
mates this year to 267, including 12
fatal attacks, with 41 stabbings oc-
curing this month.
TDC spokesman Charles Brown
said Wednesday inmate Rickey Lynn
Jones, 21, began fighting inmate
Marcus Jackson, 21, about 10 p.m.
Tuesdtiy in the dayroom of the
Clemens Unit in Brazoria County.
The fight began with an argument
over a radio.
Jackson was stabbed seven times
in the chest, face and stomach. Dur
ing the fight another inmate, Donald
Ray Wilson, 19, attempted to help
Jackson, grabbed the knife as it hit
the floor and stabbed Jones, Brown
said.
Jones, Wilson and another inmate
that entered the brawl are being
held in segregation for questioning.
Jones was treated at the unit infir
mary for multiple lacerations. Jack-
son was in critical condition after un
dergoing surgery at John Sealy
Hospital in Galveston.
Nine inmates were killed in at
tacks in 1983 but Brown said report
ing procedures were more relaxed,
so there is no comparable figure for
the total number of attacks.
One inmate was killed at the
Clemens Unit Monday and another
died in a stabbing at the Wynne Unit
Monday. About 180 inmates at both
units remained confined in their
cells Wednesday, Brown said.
TDC Director Raymond Procu-
nier said inmate violence probably
will continue until officials can install
new techniques, including a reclassi
fication of inmates to isolate the
most violent ones.
Creamery sales room to close doors soon
By SARAH OATES
Staff Writer
opping by the creamery for a
flick milkshake between classes may
oon become a thing of the past for
Host people on campus. Because of
declining sales and a poor location,”
tcording to animal science faculty,
lie creamery sales room will be
iosedon Sept. 7.
But this doesn’t mean dairy prod-
icis produced and sold at the
teamery will no longer be available.
Hie sales room at the meat lab next
loor to the Kleberg Animal and
Food Science Center on the west side
of campus will continue to sell all
creamery products, such as butter,
milk and cheese. The meat lab sales
room, which opened almost a year
ago, offers the products for the same
price as the creamery sales room.
However, for creamery employ
ees, the story isn’t good. Patrons may
have to go out of their way to buy its
products when the sales room closes,
but for the employees, this means
Finding a new job.
“I came to work yesterday and was
told that we were closing and that I
would have to go to personnel and
see if they could find me another
job,” Debbie Matter, a creamery em
ployee, said Wednesday. She said
employees were surprised to hear
the sales room was closing.
Matter, who has worked at the
Creamery for less than a year, said
she “hasn't noticed any drop,” in
sales.
“We have people standing in line
outside by 3 p.m.,” she said.
The employees were given two
weeks’ notice, which is standard pro
cedure at Texas A&M. The 28-year-
old Matter said she doesn’t know
what she will do if the personnel of
fice can’t find her a new job within
the University system.
“I think it’s really sad that they
don’t even try to help us,” she said.
Dr. Ronald Richter, an associate
professor of animal science who was
involved in the decision to close
down the sales room, said no one has
spoken to him about employee prob
lems.
Richter said sales at the Creamery
declined by 30 percent during the
past year. Worn-out facilities, such
as the soda fountain, were another
factor in the decision.
“It would cost about $20,000 to
$30,000 to replace the equipment.
We just couldn’t justify that when
there’s another retail _ outlet on
campus,” he said.
“‘The Creamery is primarily for
teaching and research. The sales
room doesn’t contribute to that.”
Richter said that since Spence
Street was blocked off for construc
tion, the Creamery is no longer ac
cessible enough to justify keeping it
open.
“We used to get a lot of families
who would come in to buy cheese
and butter,” he said, “but we’ve lost
that business because traffic and
parking are so bad now. There’s bet
ter parking at the new place.”
James Dooley, business manager
for the Animal Science department,
said the final decision to close the
sales room was made about two
weeks ago. He said he discussed the
problems with Dr. G.C. Smith, head
of the department, and Richter be
fore a decision was reached.
The Creamery opened in 1956.
Firebomb thrown on steps of capitol
Injures one, causes no other damage
In Today’s Battalion
United Press International
WASHINGTON — A young man
threw a Molotov cocktail on the steps
of the Capitol Wednesday, singeing
Uourist but causing no other dam-
age, police said.
Henry David Briody, 20, was ar
rested and charged with arson and
assault with a deadly weapon, U.S.
Capitol police said.
Police said his hometown was un
known but he was carrying a U.S.
passport that listed his birthplace as
California.
The young man gave no reason
for throwing the firebomb when ar
rested by police immediately after
the incident, a law enforcement
spokesman said.
The homemade device ignited on
the top landing of the center steps
on the east side of the Capitol — the
main tourist entrance. The incident
occurred at about 6:35 a.m. when
few tourists or federal workers are at
the Capitol.
A tourist identified as Steven B.
Rock, no age given, of Hull, Mass.,
received a slight burn on the back of
one of his legs from the brief flare of
the exploding device, police said. He
refused medical treatment.
“The Bermuda shorts he was
wearing had a slight burn,” a police
spokesman said.
Police roped off the area on the
white granite landing where the
bomb ignited, but there was no dam
age except for a light brown stain on
the stone that was virtually undetec
table.
A policeman at the scene said the
broken glass collected afterward on
the landing indicated the man had
put gasoline or a similar flammable
liquid in a brown beer bottle.
The location of the incident is the
primary tourist entrance to the huge
domed building, which has been
ringed with tightened security since
a bombing inside the Capitol last fall.
But police spokesmen said they did
not expect new security measures to
result from this latest incident.
The Capitol has been the target of
bombers three other times.
On Nov. 7, a time-bomb left in a
second-floor Senate hallway ex
ploded, blowing a door off its hinges
in the office of Senate Democratic
leader Robert Byrd and shattering
furniture, paintings and woodwork
outside the nearby Mansfield Room.
No one was hurt, but damage was es
timated at$l million.
An explosion on March 1, 1971,
ripped through a men’s restroom on
the ground floor of the Senate wing.
No one was hurt, but damage was es
timated at $300,000.
In July 1915, a Senate reception
room on the second floor was dam
aged by a bomb, but no one was
hurt.
The most serious terrorist act in
the Capitol came March 1, 1954,
when four supporters of Puerto Ri
can independence opened fire in the
House chamber, wounding five con
gressmen.
Local
• Local Peace Corps looks for increased exposure. See
story page 3.
• Friday is the last day for cable sign up in the MSC. See
story page 4.
State
• The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission delays their
vote on the development of Matagorda Island. See story
page 10.
National
• Economic indicators dropped in June and July. See story
page?.