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Thursday, April 13,1989 The Battalion Page 7 ros favors ig elected nmisioner (AP) — The Mexi- in Legislative Caucus itonio Mayor Henry ned the debate over Commissioner Jim job Wednesday, say- ur keeping the job an ion. ority of Texans will ir any efforts to take right to vote," said tinojosa, D-McAllen, the caucus, r, a two-term Demo- come highly contro- ent months. ■arlier angered the dustry by imposing resticide regulations, angered some cattle- ing the effort to sell :e beef to European is Farm Bureau re- that the elected post and a commission of ial appointees be t. could be abolished cause the Texas De- Agriculture is under- eriodic “sunset" re- l state agencies, n Gov. Bill Clements cated whether he i bill to continue the joined at a news con- ither lawmakers and ted that the Mexican- caucus represents rird the votes needed : to pass the aericul- tent bill that already ite approval. IlNTED: cprislng Starters Photo by Fredrick D.Joe From left, Tom Wills, Walter Kitchens and Bob Stewart work on the model of the plane Company windtests model of new airplane at A&M By Stephen Masters SENIOR STAFF WRITER Representatives o,f Vulcan Air craft Corporation began testing a model of a vertical takeoff and landing craft at Texas A&M’s wind tunnel facilities Monday. If funded beyond the planning stages, the Vulcan Spitfire V/STOL would be capable of ver tical and standard takeoffs with out the use of a jet turbine, said Woody Scott, designer and man ager of the project. Scott said that because the Vul can project uses a fan system it is much quieter than the Harrier jet, a VTOL craft used by the U.S. Marine Corps. The Vulcan project has two 4-foot diameter fans used for upward propulsion on two middle wings and two 3- foot diameter fans for forward propulsion at the rear of the plane, Scott said. The plane would have three sets of wings in the rear, middle and front, with spans of 25 feet, 13 feet and 9 feet respectively, Scott said. The rear wings will be movable, he said. Although the plane will likely weigh as much as an average jet helicopter, the Vulcan project will be able to travel further and fas ter using less fuel than a heli copter, he said. This makes the Vulcan plane a better option for emergency medical services than helicopters, Scott said. Helicopters also require a great deal of maintenance because of vibration of the craft caused by stress on the rotors during for ward movement, he said. Because of the use of the fan system, Scott said, the Vulcan plane would not suffer from this problem. The six-passenger craft would be able to travel up to 800 miles depending “on how fast you want to fly,” he said. Cruising speeds would be from 300 mph to 350 mph. Scott estimated the retail cost of around $1.25 million to $1.5 million for the six-passenger plane. He said the price could drop below $1 million for the slower 300 mph crusing speed craft. Vulcan is using the wind tun nel for two weeks and making mi nor adjustments as tests are done, Scott said. isiness starts l it's time to nut expanding ration. Adver- the Classifieds ght person to | ob not only Dod sense; it ts! you have n to sell; a age to get , a product a service ertise...en ding people lit Classi- for fast; rnical and je results! ALL -3611 :al(aii« u History teacher helps students learn emotions of Vietnam War WEST COLUMBIA, Texas (AP) — It’s been 20 years since John Nevels, a Brazoria 19-year-old, was killed in action in Vietnam four months before he was to come home. That was before West Columbia Junior High School students were born, but thanks to an idea of history tea cher Laurie Kincannon and the cooperation of Nevels’ fanyily, the students have come to know the young man who died serving his country. Nevels’ family also gave permission for his story to be used in this article. Kincannon is taking 65 students to Washington, D.C. injune to visit the Vietnam Memorial, the U.S. Capitol, Arlington National Cemetery and the offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. When she visited the Vietnam Memorial two years ago, she was stirred by the sheer number of names en graved on “The Wall.” “I didn’t know any of them, and I was glad in a way, but knowing that each name represents a person who died really got to me,” she says. So when the school agreed to let Kincannon take a group of students to Washington this year, she began thinking about how to make the trip as meaningful as possible for them. That’s when she came up with the project she calls “Vietnam Remembered.” “We are asking to hear from people who lost friends and loved ones in the Vietnam War,” Kincannon ex plains, “so the kids will know a little bit about the people whose names appear on The Wall.” She is asking for letters, copies of photographs or any other biographical information that might help with the project, which has a deadline of May 1. A weekly news paper ran a story about the project, and John Nevels’ family is among those who have responded so far. Shortly after the article appeared, Nevels’ half- brother, Louis Parker of Brazoria, contacted Kincan non by phone to find out more about Vietnam Remem bered. “He said his mother had read about the project and wanted John included, hut even though it had been 20 years since he died she just couldn’t write the letter,” Kincannon says. “So she had asked Mr. Parker to do it.” Parker wrote a two-page letter about Nevels, describ ing a boy who grew up in Wild Peach and liked riding horses, occasionally participating in rodeos. “It was from this activity that (John) earned the nick name ‘One-Jump John,’ ” Parker wrote. “The steer came out of the chute, jumped one time, and Johnny fell off.’” Nevels attended school in West Columbia and was a member of the Future Farmers of America. He raised turkeys for the Brazoria County Fair, and once caused an uproar at home when he used the window screens off the house to build a pen. As the Nevels’ only son, John was exempt from the draft, but the young man volunteered to serve. “When Johnny decided to go into the Army, the fam ily tried to talk him out of it,” Parker wrote. “But he wanted to serve his country and experience being on his own and growing up.” DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES Presennttnim TOPENT OMGAMISATION NEW OFFICEE WOMKSMOjP WHEN: Thursday, April 20, 1989 WHERE: 701 Rudder is REGISTRATION: 6:30 PM GENERAL SESSION: 7:00 PM SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: LYNN HICKEY ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR MORE INFORMATION : STUDENT ACTIVITIES AT 845-1133 MSC JORDAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS 3? JORDAN FELLOWS LECTURES April 17, 1989, 7:00PM, Memorial Student Center, Room 206 Gregory Coleman: Douglas Foreman: Elizabeth Verstegen: Japan Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland Yugoslavia These presentations relate recent student experi ences of research and study in preparation for careers con cerned with international affairs. 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