The Battalion CLASSIFIEDS WISE MOVE To place an ad, phone 845-0569 Yes! We have student airfares^ Page 4 The Battalion Wednesday, March 25,1^ Wedn NASA chief observes final launch Departing administrator Richard Truly 'loved every minute' of reign at agenc; >F 56 London Paris Madrid Moscow Hons Kons Costa Rica $29»* $349* $399* $399* $479* $189* *Fares above are one way from Houston. Restrictions apply. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA Administrator Richard Truly, who re signed under White House pressure, watched his last shuttle launch as chief of the space agency and said the job has "been a thrill." "I wish I was on this Richard Truly Council Itavd flight," said Truly, 54, who flew in space twice. "I think I'm going to put myself on the new astronaut selection list that we're going to announce in a few days." He leaves the agency April 1; the next shuttle mission is set for early May. Truly had waged a losing bat tle with the National Space Coun cil, which had grown impatient with NASA's reliance on manned spaceflight and caution with try ing new approaches. The council is headed by Vice President Dan Quayle. "But I've loved every minute of it. It's been a thrill," Truly said less than an hour after Atlantis be gan an atmospheric research mis sion Tuesday. Truly noted there have been 21 shuttle launches since the 1986 Challenger disaster and all have been safe. The Aerospace Safety Adviso ry Panel reported last week that Truly made the space program safer than his predecessors. "My hopes for the shuttle pro gram is the kind of performance I've seen in the last three years," Truly said. "This is a risky busi ness, and it's still going to be risky after I'm gone. "These missions are goinj on a steady pace, and it's a that frankly is very comfortal Truly became NASA a trator in 1989, eight years aftei served as pilot or the secon tie flight. He announced his resi; in February, and President! this month nominated a suc< — aerospace executive Daniel Goldin. Truly warned these are"! bulent times" for NASA becil of budget-slashing by Congl and changes in the agency's! ministration. (the 2000 Guadalupe Austin, TX 78705 512-472-4931 5 Tuesday. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas said he and Rep. Dan Ros tenkowski, chairman of the Housi Ways and Means Committee have agreed to act on Bentseo: legislation later this session. The provisions, which include a 100 percent deduction of health insurance premiums for the sef employed, were approved month by the Senate. But Bentsen’s package, eluded in the tax bill, wasji soned last week to make it easie for the tax legislation to pass Congress prior to Presided Bush’s March 20 deadline. Tlie tax bill was approved Friday aim promptly vetoed by the president SAH legislati 1993, it the pre: But Texas I industr before 1 "In is not n convenl dia." Cue legislati east jou print rr shield 1; I