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Wednesday, September 5, 1984/The Battalion/Page 7 ^IcCui t>*IVEXW (Z’R fer o, DodfeCa uili injapjt. arc twcnfoo, two-door i or injury jk include ft: >lla, Suban: cvcttcandJ: said. wagont, 0*. own Victor, larquis-i did well, tlass, Buidl icville — i e vehicles- :tec nen and rexaro ^ernmentb 986, dispoB Washinaa: tot be oMipt other staia 1 27,000 ah ar w aste e ure was ast percent a ted fadlin.' «t about ill “pt high-leie as spent fue: Slouch By Jim Earle Military officials unveil bomber to replace B-52 “I think I’ve been threatened. He said that he wanted to take the course under me, no matter how many times he fails.” United Press International PALMDALE, Cdlif. — The first operational B-l bomber, the $220 million aircraft intended to replace the nation’s aging B-52 force, was unveiled Tuesday, less than a week after the crash of a prototype of the strategic jet. Tommie Douglas Benefield, 55, Rockwell International’s chief test pilot who died in last Wednesday’s crash of a B-l prototype, was praised as the man who kept faith through the project’s stormy progress from drawing board to flight pad. Gen. Lawrence Skantze, head of the Air Force Systems Command, said that the bomber rolled out Tuesday was the dead pilot’s legacy. “Doug, wherever you are, we are going to follow through and we are going to do it damn well,” Skantze said during a 50-minute ceremony attended by 1,500 civilian and mili tary guests at Rockwell’s Palmdale facility. Flags at the plant flew at half- mast. Outside, a dozen picketers marched with signs reading “Stop the nucledr arms race” and “Reagan ’84, war ’85.” The Air Force is scheduled to purchase 100 B-lBs and spare parts at a cost of $20.5 billion, figured in 1981 dollars. The first contract in the embattled B-l program was awarded in 1970. The B-1B will he the first long- range, heavy-strategic bomber to join the Air Force inventory since the B-52 entered service in 1953. In a message read by Air Force secretary Verne Orr, President Rea- g an hailed Tuesday’s unveiling as “a enchmark in the defense of our na- “The B-l will significantly en hance our nation’s deterrent strength ind is a symbol of our de termination to keep freedom’s lamp burning,” Reagan’s message said. “May it never fly in anger,” Orr added. MSC INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS COMMITTEE 1st General Committee Meeting Thursday, Sept. 6 at 6:00 p.m. in Rudder 407 Persons interested in increasing International ’ Awareness at A&M please attend. Officer applications available in MSC Student Programs office. £ Reagan resurrected the B-l pro ram in 1981 after President Jimmy arter killed the project in 1977 for being too costly. Critics of the bomber maintain it is obsolete and contend it will be vulnerable to So viet air defenses. The Air Force says its advantages over the B-52 include a smaller size, making detection more difficult, and ability to fly lower and faster with a larger payload and a need for fewer crewmembers, four versus six. In addition, the B-1B can fly over seas and return without refueling. Two bombers, the one rolled out Tuesday and another to be built next year, will be stationed at nearby Edwards Air Force Base as part of the flight test program. Aircraft No. 1 will fly for the First time in October when it makes the short hop from Palmdale to Edwards. Four bombers will be delivered to the Strategic Air Command in 1985, 32 in 1986, 48 in 1987 and 14 in 1988. The program currently is five months ahead of schedule. The dark green and gray bomb ers, colored for camouflage in the European theater, will be stationed at Air Force bases in Texas, Kansas and the Dakotas. An investigation is in progress in the crash of a B-l A that killed Bene field. Two crew members are recov ering from injuries suffered in the accident near Edwards. ■MSCTOW1MHAT.T.. ^APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE Sepl.3-7 lo freshmen and all Ira nsfer students MSC 216 §95-1545 MSP- TOWN • HALL, W Teachers’ strikes leave students idle United Press International Public school students in Chicago enjoyed a final day of summer vaca tion Tuesday following a decision by teachers to extend contract negotia tions, but more than 138,000 stu dents were idled by school strikes in £ix states. I Nearly 77,000 students were kept out of classrooms in nine other Illi nois districts, including Rockford, the state’s second largest. About 54,000 students were idled in nine Michigan districts, and 5,700 were affected by strikes in two Penn sylvania districts. Strikes also af fected smaller numbers in Louisiana and New Jersey. Wages, fringe benefits, class sizes and transfer policies were among the major issues in the strike-bound school districts. Students in Chicago, the nation’s third-largest school district, got ready for their first day of school. A decision reached Monday between the union and the school board guaranteed school will open on time Wednesday for 433,000 students in the state’s largest district. CTU President Jacqueline Vaughn said the union’s House of Delegates voted to honor the con tract that expired at 12:01 a.m. Sat urday until Nov. 1 and continue to negotiate with a mediator. “We’re just delighted school is open ami it gives us a chance to con tinue negotiations,” said Superinten dent Ruth Love, who has not been rehired by the board and is fighting to keep her job in the final seven mouths of her contract. Still at issue is whether the school board will continue to pay for medi cal and dental insurance for union teachers even though the 1984-85 budget called for shifting 25 percent of the cost of of health insurance to employees. Chicago schools opened on time last year, but a three-week strike was called in October when contract ne gotiations failed. Among the strike-bound districts in Michigan is Grand Rapids, the state’s second largest with 1,800 tea chers and 34,000 students. And in the South Fayette School District in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County, 74 teachers are into their second day at the picket lines. NOW IS THE TIME TO GET INVOLVED Join the MARKETING SOCIETY! Membership dues will be taken in the Blocker Building Sept. 3- 14 and at our ALOHA PARTY, 7:30 WED., SEPT. 5 at Bee Creek Park. Come party with us and find out what we are all about. Everyone is welcome. Parkway Medical Clinic 2604A South Texas Avenue 693-0202 or 693-0204 Women's Medical Services IUD—Birth Control Pills—Infections—Physicals Cancer Smears—Pregnancy Testing—Menstrual Disorders ALL SERVICES CONFIDENTIAL 20% Student Discount Board-Certified OB/GYN Doctor on Staff M 4 m -4 OR We Did It! 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