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Wind shear
A&M researching weather sensor for pilots
Researchers at Texas A&M are
working on a wind shear sensor that
aviation experts say could detect the
deadly weather condition and imme
diately alert airplane pilots.
Officials of the aviation company
funding the research, Lockheed-
Georgia Co., said they hope to test
the device next year.
The new sensor would measure
the degree of the wind change and
provide visual and audio signals to
the cockpit, Lockheed-Georgia
spokesman Joe Dabney said.
“It would buy the pilot some time
to respond,” he said. “It may be just
a few seconds but that could make a
difference.”
Wind shear is a violent and sud
den change in wind speed or direc
tion that often is associated with
thunderstorms. It has been cited as a
possible cause of several airplane ac
cidents, most notably the Aug. 2
crash of a Delta Air Lines jet at Dal-
las-Fort Worth International Air
port that killed 137 people.
Other mechanisms exist to detect
wind shear, but the one being
worked on here — a cylindrical tube
mounted on the front on an airplane
— differs in that it is not ground-
based.
Claude Williams, an engineering
manager at Lockheed-Georgia’s
Flight Systems Department, said the
Marietta-based company became in
terested in the on-board aspects of
the device because its airplanes must
have the ability to land in locations
far from air traffic control facilities.
Dabney said development of the
device originally was funded by the
National Aeronautics and Space Ad
ministration, which recommended
that it be further investigated. Lock
heed-Georgia picked up the project,
awarding a $30,000 contract to
A&M to evaluate the device this
year. _
Work on the project currently in
volves tests on the device’s effective
ness and the best way to display the
sensor’s signals in the cockpit. The
device will be installed next year in
Lockheed’s flying laboratory for
aerospace systems, Dabney said.
Town Hall’s concerts keep
group clear of money woes
By KAREN MCINTOSH
Reporter
MSG Town Hall lost almost
$10,000 on the Broadway produc
tion programming budget for its
three shows this fall. But was able to
recoup some of those losses thanks
to a successful concert season.
Town Hall Chairman Wendy
Cochrane says the losses were a re
sult of the shows not selling out and
the bad nights of the week some of
the shows played.
“There are only 2,500 seats in
Rudder, so we have to charge a lot
per ticket to cover a $25,000 show,”
Cochrane says. “If we had more
seats, we could spread it (ticket
prices) out more.”
Cochrane adds that another rea
son for the $2,000 to $3,000 loss per
show was that advertising about the
productions reached the wrong peo
ple.
“It was due to lack of good mar
keting,” she says.
To avoid more losses next semes
ter, Cochrane says the committee
will target their advertising toward
the group most interested in the par
ticular production.
“Instead of advertising to the
whole campus, we’ll just advertise to
people who like The Judy’s, for ex-
MSC Town Hall lost from
$2000 to $3000 on each
Broadway show this fall.—
Chairman Wendy Coch
rane
ample,” Cochrane says. “Or we’ll di
rect Broadway more toward the
community.”
Cochrane is optimistic about the
spring semester Broadway line-up.
“We have two of our biggest
Broadway shows,” she says. “42nd
Street will be here in February and
Brigadoon in March. We’ll also show
The Oldest Living Graduate.”
In spite of Broadway’s losses,
Cochrane says the Town Hall con
certs were so successful this fall that
the committee as a whole came out
$703 ahead.
On the concerts alone, Cochrane
says Town Hall had $11,000 in
gains.
When Cochrane took the position
of chairman at the beginning of this
semester, she set some new goals for
the committee.
“I restructured Town Hall from
one concerts, into one general com
mittee which programs in three
areas,” Cochrane says.
Cochrane says she likes the gen
eral committee, because it gives
members exposure to all aspects of
Town Hall.
In addition to Broadway and
large concerts, Cochrane added a
new type of program called club
programming.
“In club, we book smaller concerts
that cost between $1,000 to $10,000
to perform in Deware or The Gro
ve,” Cochrane says.
In booking concerts, Cochrane
says the committee tries to keep the
variety by evening out the number
of country and rock groups.
“Even though we know that coun
try will always sell at A&M, we want
to have a variety of entertainment,”
Cochrane says.
There are no concerts booked for
next semester, but Cochrane says
that they have gotten some contracts
out. And she says next year’s enter
tainment may show a little wider va
riety of performers.
“We are even looking into some
comedians and Christian singers,”
she says.
San Marcos
man may enter
insanity plea
Associated Press
AUSTIN — A San Marcos
man accused of planting a bomb
on a commercial flight that car
ried his wife and three children
might enter an insanity plea, his
lawyer said Monday.
“He’s in a state of depression,”
attorney Rip Collins of Austin
said of Albert Lee Thielman.
“He’s not responding very well.’”
Thielman, 34, was arrested
Dec. 7 in Las Vegas, a day after
he was named in a federal indict
ment charging he put a bomb on
an Oct. 30 American Airlines
flight from Austin to Dallas-Fort
Worth.
The bomb, traced to Thiel-
man’s wife’s luggage, exploded in
the luggage compartment while
the plane was at the Dallas-Fort
Worth International Airport.
There were no injuries among
the 154 people on board.
If convicted, Thielman, a
salesman, could face up to 20
years in prison and a $250,000
fine. Collins said “the whole facts
of the case” probably would pre
vent Sanders from allowing
Thielman to be freed on bond.
Thielman has not yet entered a
plea. His lawyer said an insanity
defense is a “clear possibility.”
“He is not in a good mental or
emotional state at this time,” said
Collins.
University Police aided
by registration system
By MICHAEL MIESCH
Reporter
Thanks to a move into the com
puter age the University Police now
are able, with the touch of a button,
to block delinquent ticket holders
from registering for classes or re
ceiving a transcript.
By tapping into the registrar’s of
fice and Fiscal office through the
campus computer system, the Uni
versity Police this fall blocked the
registration of 5,100 students with
unpaid tickets, says Bob Wiatt, direc
tor of security and traffic at Texas
A&M.
About 1,200 students averaging
nine tickets each cleared their tickets
within two weeks, creating $125,000
of revenue for the University, Wiatt
said.
The revenue will be added to the
parking facilities fund, which con
tains all revenue collected from tick
ets and registration fees, Wiatt said.
Between September 1984 and Au
gust 1985, a revenue of $896,319
was created from 90,456 parking
tickets, Wiatt said.
The money from the parking fa
cilities fund is used to pay for the op
eration and maintenance of the
A&M shuttle bus system, the cre
ation of new parking and the repair
of the old, as well as a small percent
age of the patrolmen’s salaries, Wiatt
said.
New and Improved
Student Book Exchange
In the spring, a listing of all books for sale
will be made available free of charge!
Come by 2nd floor PAVILLION
December 16-20 and January 16-24 and
register your books to be sold! ^
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# Decide how many alcoholic drinks you
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* Call a friend or taxi if you've had
too much to drink.
•)t Show friends you care by taking away
their keys if they drink too much.
* Consider having non-alcoholic drinks
after you've had a few alcoholic drinks,
* If your hosting a party be sure to
supply plenty of snacks.
Alcohol Awareness Program Department of Student Affairs 845-5826
For The Holidays,
A Gift Of Gold
Gold Coin Jewelry
mountings for all popular U. S. gold coins,
Pandas, maple leaf and krugerrands.
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The University receives no state
funding for these services, he said.
The 1985-86 University budget
lists $2.3 million in expected reve
nue for the parking facilities fund,
while anticipated expenses are $1.3
million, Wiatt said.
The other $1 million will be used
in construction of a new $12 million,
six-floor, 2,000-space garage the
University is planning to build
where the Physical Plant office is
now located, he said.
The parking facilities fund will
not be large enough to cover the
cost, so it will be necessary to raise
money by selling bonds, Wiatt said.
The new Physical Plant office will
be located west of Wellborn Road,
Wiatt said.
Construction on the parking ga
rage should be completed by 1987,
he said.
When it is built it will have cost be
tween $1,000 and $1,200 to create
one new parking space, Wiatt said.
Michael Goldwater, associate di
rector of grounds maintenance, said
costs are high because building a
parking lot is not merely a resurfac-
ingjob.
It includes draining the land, relo
cating utilities when necessary and
installing lighting, curbs, gutters and
storm sewage, he said.
A 715-space parking lot, PA 71,
recently built across the railroad
tracks cost $750,000, he said.
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