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State legislator
accuses FAA of
dragging its feet
Associated Press
GRAPEVINE — The chairman of
a House oversight panel accused the
federal government Monday of
“dragging its feet" in recommending
funding to install advanced airport
equipment that could detect fiar/.ar-
dous weather conditions.
Rep. Norman Mineta, D-Calif.,
head of the House Public Works and
Transportation Subcommittee, is
chairing an Oct. 2 hearing.
Installation of an advanced Dopp
ler radar system called NEXRAD
that can detect wind shears will be
discussed at the hearing, Mineta
^aid.
Mineta said he also wants to dis
cuss the possibility of using a more
advanced terminal Doppler radar
system and on-board aircraft wind
shear and microburst warning detec
tion systems.
"We ll ask the FAA the status of
research and the schedules for im
plementing" Doppler radar equip
ment, he said.
Mineta said there is about $A bil
lion in uncommitted funds in a na
tional airport trust fund that derives
its money from taxes levied on air
line passengers.
‘I'm trying to say ‘don’t keep
holding back these funds,’" Mineta
said. “Let's deploy what we’ve got
right now because we’ve got the
money to do it."
Mineta accused die Office of
Management and Budget of "drag-
B its feet" in recommending
ling for advanced radar deles
tion equipment at airports, and lie
questioned the Reagan administra
tions committment to airline safety
House Majority Leader Jim
Wright of Fort Worth said there ap
pears to be “a disturbing tendenc \ to
compromise safety lot the sake of
saving money." Wright said not us
ing the trust fund money to improve
airline safety “is callous disregard
for the public’s rights."
Wright attributed the OMB’s re
luctance in recommending funding
for additional equipment at airports
to its efforts to “save money every
where.”
Mineta said it would cost about
S900 million to deploy I’Vf Doppler
radar systems at airports, and be
tween $500 million and $600 million
to implement 100 terminal Doppler
radar systems.
A&M’s Silver Taps
to be held tonight
in honor of 8 dead
Groomsmen
(adti treshmen from Company D-l givethe statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross its first shine of the year.
Lawyer claims toxic fumes killed hotel patrons
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Toxic gases
emitted from plastic furnishings
during Fires at Las Vegas' MCM
Grand Hotel in 1980 and the Bev-
erly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky
in 1977 were responsible for the
deaths of 249 people, a lawyer rep
resenting the victims said Monday.
Cincinnati lawyer Stan Chesley
said 84 ol the 85 people killed in the
hotel lire and the 165 who died in
the Covington. Kentucky lire were
the victims of toxic and corrosive
gases from vinyl wall coverings.
During a news conference at the
International Association of Fire
Fighters Symposium, Chesley said
the victims “died as a result of toxic
and corrosive fire hazards from
thermal degrading polymeric plas
tics and other synthetic products.”
Although the cause of the fires
were electrical, Chesley said, the in
terior made the fire spread at a rate
of about 17 to 24 feet a second. T he
interiors of both buildings contained
no wood but had synthetic furnish
ings, he said.
Chesley criticized medical exam
iners in both cities for not perform
ing autopsies on all the Tire victims.
Only 17 randomly selected autopsies
were performed in Las Vegas and
six in Kentucky.
Chesley said research shows the fi
nal cause of death was due to acute
pulmonary edema and the blistering
and erosion of the trachea and bron
chi, both caused by the toxic and co-
rosive gases.
By TAMMY KIRK
Stuff Writer
Fite flags on campus are flying at
half-mast today to honor eight
Texas A&M students who have
died since Spring 1985.
The campus will be hushed and
the lights extinguished for the Sil
ver Taps ceremony to be held to
night at 10:30 in front of the Aca
demic Building.
Silver Taps is a tradition that
dates back almost a century to pay
final tribute to an Aggie who, at the
time of his death, was enrolled in
graduate or undergraduate courses
at A&M. A notice of the deaths is
posted at the base of the flagpole in
front of the Academic Building.
The ceremony begins as the Ross
Volunteer Firing Squad marches in
slow cadence to the statue of Law
rence Sullivan Ross. Three volleys
are fired in a 21-gun salute:
“First order . . . ready . . . aim . . .
fire!”
All is quiet after the third volley
and buglers begin to play “Taps”.
Three times it sounds — once to the
north, once to the west, and once to
the south.
If the deceased was a cadet, his
cadet unit will be formed in com
pany front, standing at attention
and saluting while “Taps" is played.
Although its complete history is
unknown, Silver Taps is said to
have been performed first in honor
of Lawrence Sullivan Ross in 1898.
Ross was governor of T exas from
1886 to 1890 and president of A&M
from 1891 to 1898.
The A&M students being hon
ored tonight are:
• Abdelaziz Gaaloul, 38, a grad
uate student in food science and
technology from Bekalta, Tunisia,
who died April 18.
• Joseph W. Swinney, 21, a ju
nior sociology major from Garland
who died June 13. Swinney was a
band membei of B Battery in the
A&M Corps of Cadets. His fresh
man year, Swinney was named out
standing freshman in his outfit. He
went on to become first sergeant in
his junior year. Swinney was also a
Ross Volunteer.
• Dale R. Bark, 28, a graduate
student in animal science from La-
Crosse, Wis., who died June 17.
• Javier A. Gutierrez, 24, a se
nior petroleum engineering major
from Laredo who died July 13.
• David W. Bradberry, 19, a
freshman pre-med major from Eu
less who died July 13.
• Barbara Jean Kurrus, 19, a
freshman general studies major
from Argyle who died Aug. 5. Kur
rus was district diving champion at
Denton High School. She was an
honor society member, an honora
ble thespian and an honor graduate
before coming to A&M.
• Bobby Joe Adams, 20, a soph
omore computer science major
from Bryan who died Aug. 29. Ad
ams was in the National Honor So
ciety at Bryan High School where
he also received the President’s
Academic Achievement Award. He
was a top social studies and history
student before coming to the Uni
versity to continue his studies.
• Lisa LaRocca, 23, was a De
cember 1984 graduate in elemen
tary education who died June 14.
LaRocca was involved with Memo
rial Student Center Hospitality and
the Baptist Student Union while
she attended A&M.
Silver Taps is a ceremony ded
icated to aeceased Aggies, and
these observances should be re
membered:
• The area between statue of
Lawrence Sullivan Ross and the
Academic Building is reserved for
the friends and family of the de
ceased.
• Observers should not stand or
sit on the benches lining the walk
way between the flagpole and the
statue.
• The darkness and quiet that
will be observed on campus em
phasize the mood for Silver Taps.
Observers should help to retain this
tranquility by covering windows,
keening noise to a minimum, and
walking to and from the ceremony
without talking.
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