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Air Force general claims pilot
did all he could to avoid crash
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - 1 he
military pilot whose flamed out jet.
exploded in it the lobby of the Ra
mada Inn Airport Hotel in India
napolis, killing nine people, “did ev
erything he could” to avoid the
disaster, an Air Force general said
Wednesday
“It’s tiagic, and 1 understand the
anguish, said Brig Gen Joel 1
Hall ol Nellis An Force Base Nev.
which serves as the home base oi
Maj. Bruce L. Teagarden, 35 the pi
lot who ejected safely before Tues
day s crash
But he did the best he could,”
Hall said. “An Force policy is to min
imize the loss of life in a crash and
as best we can detei mine that’s what
he did
Allan McArtoi, administrate! ol
the Federal Aviation Administra
tion, said Teagarden acted taihei
courageously
“This is a vet y n agic ao idem and
it happened aftei a pilot ratlin ton
rageously tried to hi mg in a t rippled
jet under atheist weathtM tonth
lions with a cleat attempt to try to
avoid loss of life and nropeity and
simply was not able to do so, Mt Ai
tor said.
"When he popped out ol the ovei
tasi, whit h was only800feet,lit!
that he v\as in a populated area,
ejected at tin vety last mint)
Mi At u»i said
A six membei Air Force era!
vestigation team spent Wedutst
st mu mg the Ramuda Inn when
jet hit
I he last ol the nine victims-
Ramada Inn employees - y
ideilt ll led \\ ednesdav.
Catholic priest says Contras
held him, friend for 11 days
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MANAtil A. Nicaragua (AP) A
Roman Catholic priest said W ednes
day that he and another clergyman
held by the U A supported Contras
for 11 days were iree, and that they
had been threatened and treated
poorly during then captivity
In Miami, the rebels said Paul
Alan Fisher an American being held
since Saturday, would be treed as
soon as there are secure circum
statu es.
Tire Rev. Enrique Blandon, a Ro
man Catholic priest radioed the
Witness lor Peace office from Was
lala, 118 miles north of Managua
and said he and the Rev . Adolfo Tif
fer, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor
had been released Wednesday.
Contra spokesman Marta Sat asa
sard in Miami the two were freed in
Iront of sever al witnesses at a home
it, Fi Ocotc, about 124 miles north of
Managua, and near W'aslala, where
Blandon and f ittei live.
Blandon, in the radio call heard
by several jour nalists, sard they were
kidnapped by a rebel chief who
called himself “Cantinflas.”
"He threatened us with death and
told us we would he in then power
because we are dangerous people,
he said ,
“1 hey did not treat us well he
sard. 1 o walk between six and seven
hours a day on roads and paths was
u ue tor lur e.
I hey did not accept any argu
merit. They are people you cannot
talk with.’
The Contra spokesman denied
that the two and Fisher a member ol
Witness for Peace, had been kidnap
ped.
“We have advised foreigners wht
are cooperating with the Sandinista
government . . that they have no
reason to he in military zones she
said. “It’s a dangerous situation
lire U.S.-backed Contras origi
nally denied that it was holding
Blandon and Tiffer, who were with
a local peace commission when they
disappeared Oct ID
The Sandinista government has
declared a unilateial partial
fne m four small areas of Nii.n
including a region near Waslala
The dozens of l«Hal peace coimssioiis
it has set up m the zones have in
strut tiotis to seek out anti thst uss
trute terms with rel>el field com
manders.
Contras have rejected the cease-
tire and rebel radio broadcasts have
warned that the commissions would
risk detention it they made contact
with rebels
Scientists find
drug that spue
cold defenses
agi
NEW YORK (AP) - A»
slant e that appears to triggers
mime defenses against soDitj
the viruses that tausecoldsdtj
onsttates the feasibility of a ttl
vat tine says a report to appa
today
Researchers found that as:
them t hemical constructed ,
iniuiu a pmi lion of a certaindi
vn us induced rabbits to prodon
anidu>du-s against theculam
About till percent of 48col!,
i uses tested were recognuedd
attacked h\ the antibodies^
Joseph McCrav and Gud:,t
\\ei net of the SaiidozScieiKeit
stituie in \ ienna. Austria.Ait
port of then research will appe;
> Itritish sciei
in N at
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Company gives ‘miracle drug’ to Third World
WASHING ION (AP)- Merck & Co. a New
Jersey pharmaceutical giant, said Wednesday it
will givt away what Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
called a miracle drug’ to virtually’ rid the world
of a disc a sc £h i < aniiing ie mind millions i< the
i tm ti Wor id.
I lit company s announcement on its discov
cry, iveiuiecun was hailed by senators and drt
heat! of tht World Health Oi gani/ation The
drug was said to offei a vutc for rivei blind
ness ’ spread bv blackilies, which thrivt near
fast flowing rivets, to millions of people in more
than 30 developing countries
' 1 his mil at Ic (hug . . >\ill restore and pre
serve the joy of sight for million of human
b< ings. Kennedy'said.
The sickness causes inn use tubing weight
loss, disfiguring skin irritations and blindness
k Chairman P
earing the nanu
drug
Wednesday fm Itutt
cials. t leai mg the
world w ide
Km Yagelos said
.Mit to an, wasappti
KM by French drug
begin iiiaking itauil
fh. italldau M.tblei directoi geneial of tht
World Health Organization, said It is no small
problem.”
M
liiilt as a single oral dot
an prevent the growthof
lentists say
tizan a year ,
nganisnis that foster i ivei blindness. Mettio
iat 's s.ud ihe drug all but eliminatessevflt
effects I t om earlier treatments
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Dr. Fri ed t age, associate dean of
the vetcrirar y medicine college, said
ail professional ever inary schools
have seen a drop in enrollment over
the past few years. He said reasons
for (his include thinning out of stu
dents caused by new schools that
have opened up recently, the high
cost ot eight years of school and a
growing popularity in tht business
and con ip, v ter science areas
“Our professional reputation and
quality standards bave kept us up in
enrollment Gagt said.
The College jf Fngineerurg also
boasts a quality reputation. Enroll
merit in the engineering college in
creased 0.7 percent this year with 65
new students
“The reasor t lot of students
-ome to die engine:, ing :ollc.ge is
because they think they can find
good paying, stable jobs with our de
grees,” said Dr Ken Hall, associate
dean of the engineering college
“And it s tt ue.
1 he engineering college had the
University’s third highest amount in
es« arch funding, $30.5 million, in
1986, and has the largest number of
students. 9.336, eni oiled at A&M.
Maybe not the largest college, out
perhaps unique, is the College of Ai
ihitecture and Environmental Dc
sign which had an enrollment dc
creast of 0.2 percent a loss of
three students this yeai.
Our college is the most unique on
campus because of our mix of stu
dents ’ saio Melynda Cloud, under
graduate counselor foi the aichitec-
ture and environmental design
college "We have creative students
and technical students. And we have
the only majors, bar ring theater aus
or journalism, where students are
encouraged to show their creative
abilities.
of 0.7
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had the
funding
“We’i e also unique because of
fer the only undergraduate degree
program in building construction in
the whole state.”
Surprisingly, one of A&M most
renown colleges — the College of
Agriculture — exprienced a de
crease
dents.
fht agriculture college
highest amount of research
$61.3 million it 1986
Dr. Harriott Kunkcl dean ol the
College of Agritnhuie said a delay
in the dispersment of their icseanh
funds caused a drop in graduate en
rollmeni.
Kunkei explained the direction
many agriculture students are mov
ing-
“Production agriculture students
ate dropping,” Kunkei said “while
students interested in feeding peo
ple and environmental care and
beauty art increasing. Courses con
cerning social issues are becoming
more popular like horticulture, wild
life and fisheries, recreation and
parks and forest t y.”
he plight of he fanner will turn
around soon, Kunkei said.
Another college affected by the
downturn of an industry is the Col
lege ol Geosciences, which had an
enrollment decrease of 6.9 percent,
or 47 students.
"We vt
downturn i
■ty said ih
nf t he geosc
lice-11 -fleeted bi
n -in |ietroleum a
Me
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-liege. "But«
Held up a lot bt-tiei than somei
schools. We-ie more thansimpk
and gas.
"Our outstanding faculn i
large amount of competitive
seal ih funding, $40.4 millioiiMl
om total $412 million in fundi
keeps atti acting students.”
Geosciences piogratns coif ,r
against othet progiainsfoi reseii-
grants winning 98 percent of il* ■ ^
total research fund ing this wav
The only college not to have:
t rease or decrease in enrolliwf
the College of Medicine, whidiU ^ ?
fixed enrollment number.
"We did start a graduateprtf
ibis p,«st year, ^.lid William"'
associate dean fdi tlte medidaf-
lege. “We expect that to gro*
stay at about 25-30 graduate
dents. With the help of theseP
uate students, we would likes
pand our research potential.
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