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Texas’ GOP congressmen
among most conservative
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Texas’ six
freshmen Republican congressmen
are among the most conservative in
their class, according to a political ac
tion committee that rated their votes
during their first six months in of
fice.
The Fund for a Conservative Ma
jority said Reps. Joe Barton of Ennis,
Dick Armey of Denton and Tom De-
Lay of Sugar Land, voted 100 per
cent “correct” based on 10 votes se
lected by the group as a barometer
of their conservatism.
Texas’ three other freshmen Re
publicans — Beau Boulter of Am
arillo, Mac Sweeney of Wharton and
Larry Combest of Lubbock — each
scored 90 percent in the group’s rat
ings. All three disagreed with the
FCM on the same vote — emergency
farm aid.
The Fund for a Conservative Ma
jority is a major PAC contributor to
conservative political candidates.
FCM’s chairman, Robert Heck
man, said the study “demonstrates
that the Reagan revolution is alive
and well” and that candidates do not
feel they must become more moder
ate in order to get elected.
Texans elected seven new con
gressmen last year, six of them Re
publican. Four of the Republicans
won seats previously held by Demo
crats. The 28-member Texas dele
gation now has a record 10 GOP
members.
Republicans scored a 76 percent
conservative rate on their votes last
Congress, according to the group.
This year’s GOP freshmen scored 87
f >ercent based on their votes for the
irst six months, or 11 percent more
conservative, FCM said.
Based on the 10 key votes used in
the freshman ratings released by the
organization, the Texas freshmen
scored 95 percent.
Here is a list of the 10 votes and
the position FCM considered cor
rect:
• Military aid to the Contras in
Nicaragua (for).
• Humanitarian aid to the Con
tras (for).
• Humanitarian aid to the Con
tras in supplemental bill (for).
• Economic sanctions against
South Africa (against).
• Funding for MX missile (for).
• Funding for so-called “Star
Wars” defense system (for).
• Emergency farm loans
(against).
• Federal aid for family planning
(against).
• Referral to committee of reso
lution to seat Republican in disputed
Indiana House seat election
(against).
Study indicates rear of plane
safest place to be in crash
Associated Press
DALLAS — Most of the survivors
of major air crashes over the past 15
years have been seated in the rear of
the airplane, according to a study of
National Transportation Safety
Board documents.
Forward sections of downed jets
generally have suffered more exten
sive destruction in crashes, accord
ing to a copyright story in Monday’s
editions of the Dallas Morning
News.
In the Delta Air Lines jet crash
Aug. 2, no one seated in front of
Row 29 lived, the NTSB report said.
The News’ study was based on
NTSB reports on the 16 worst air
line crashes since 1970 in which
some passengers and crew members
survived.
The reports indicated that in nine
of the crashes, most survivors were
sitting toward the rear, the News
said. In only three crashes were most
“Our argument is that we
had better do more about
making sure it doesn’t
strike the ground —
John Galipauh, founder
of the Aviation Safety In
stitute of Ohio.
of those who died sitting in the back
of the plane, the study said.
The newspaper said the reports
also revealed another pattern: Most
victims were not killed by the initial
impact but when collapsing cabin
furniture or debris prevented or de
layed escape from a burning or sink-
ingjet.
Meanwhile, researchers who con
ducted a test crash last year disagree
with the theory that rear seating is
safest.
In a Gongress-approved test crash
program last December, a 24-year-
old Boeing 720 clocked at 170 mph
plunged into the Mojave Desert.
The jet’s 73 passenger seats were oc
cupied by mannequins.
Impact-measuring devices pro
vided researchers with information
that will be included in a report to be
published next spring.
Although conclusions drawn from
the crash have not been revealed, re
searchers apparently haven’t de
cided that the safest seats on a
doomed aircraft are in the rear, the
News said.
NTSB officials said the agency has
never conducted a study of the role
that seat placement plays in crash
survivability.
But the Federal Aviation Admin
istration requires airlines to store
flight voice and data recorders “as
far aft as possible.
Changes in
psychology
curriculum OK’d
By KAREN BLOCH
Staff Writer
The Faculty Senate unanimously
approved a proposal Monday for
changes in the requirements for a
bachelor of science degree in psy
chology.
According to the proposal, Psy
chology 340, Psychology of Learn
ing, will no longer be a required
course. The course will be added to
one of two lists of courses from
which psychology students must
choose three courses (at least one
from each list).
Also, students will be allowed to
apply no more than six credit hours
of Psychology 485, a problems
course, toward a psychology degree.
Exceptions will be made for students
taking 485 honors and those en
rolled in the University Fellows Pro
gram.
A representative from the psy
chology department told the Senate
that the removal of restrictions on
Psychology 305, Personality Adjust
ments, is “in the works.” Currently,
psychology majors do not receive de
gree credit for the course.
The Senate also approved new
undergraduate courses in several
departments including anthropol
ogy, business administration, and
history.
Graduate courses in chemical en
gineering, computer science, electri
cal engineering, genetics and me
chanical engineering were also
approved.
A request for a change in the
course description of Veterinary Mi
crobiology 662, Advanced Immuno
logical Concepts, was denied in a
unanimous decision by the Senate.
The request was to allow that “the
course may be repeated once for
credit.”
The Faculty Senate serves in an
advisory capacity. Curricular recom
mendations will be sent to Texas
A&M President Frank Vandiver for
approval.
Clergy required
to report abuse
Associated Press
AUSTIN — Clergymen must tell
law enforcement officials about sus
pected child abuse cases, Attorney
General Jim Mattox said in an opin
ion released Monday.
“Government regulation of reli
gious conduct is valid if it does not
unduly burden the practice of reli
gion, if the state’s interest in enact
ing the regulation is compelling, and
if there are no alternative means
available which are less intrusive
upon the practice,” Mattox said in
the opinion.
He quoted a U.S. Supreme Court
opinion that said “the right to prac
tice religion freely does not include
liberty to expose the . . . child ... to
ill health or death.”
New A&M Medical Sciences Library opens
By JERRY OSLIN
Staff Writer
The opening of Texas A&M’s new
Medical Sciences Library represents
the close relationship between the
College of Veterinary Medicine and
the College of Medicine, the library’s
director, Virginia Algermissen, said
Monday at the library’s opening cer
emony.
Dr. George Shelton, dean of the
College of Veterinary Medicine,
echoed Algermissen’s sentiments.
“This library will serve as a bond
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official opening of an underground
walkway running under University
Drive and connecting the library
with the University’s veterinary
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the medical school with the veteri
nary school, Algermissen said.
Volunteers moved publications in
the reserve collection from the veter
inary school’s old library to the new
library to keep them available to stu
dents and researchers while the rest
of the 75,000 volumes are being
transferred.
Most of the library’s services
should be available by this weekend,
Algermissen said.
The library was built to hold
about 110,000 volumes but also will
have microfilm and microfiche fa
cilities, she said. It also has a com
puter system which allows the library
to share information over the phone
lines with 40 other institutions, she
said.
The 78,780-foot facility was de
signed to hold extra computer and
electrical outlets and should have a
seating capacity of about 400. It also
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