The Battalion
102 ’ No - 168 (6 pages)
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works, a cruise missile and light
ning all hitting the factory,” said
Deputy State Fire Marshall Jerry
Larson. “That’s understandable
given the suddenness and size of
the explosion.”
The blast leveled seven of the
plant’s eight silos and initially in
jured 15 of the 31 employees in
side the refinery. Four remained
hospitalized Sunday night. One of
them, a 49-year-old woman, was in
critical condition with chest and
abdominal injuries.
Concern over pace of
salvage operation mounts
EAST MORICHES, N.Y. (AP) — Feder
al officials are concerned over how long it
is taking to get clues from the wreckage of
Trans World Airlines Flight 800 and that
a terrorist might be getting away.
“It frustrates me,” says FBI assistant
director James Kallstrom. “The reality is,
I need this forensics evidence. Because if I
do have a terrorist, here — I’m not saying
I do — but if I do, it’s another day’s head
start that this individual has to do what
ever he’s doing to cover his tracks.”
For the first time, Kallstrom defined
what scenarios the FBI was considering:
“There was a bomb on the plane, the
plane was hit with a rocket or there was
a mechanical, electrical or some mal
function on the plane that caused the
plane to explode.”
All 230 people aboard the flight died in
the nation’s second worst air disaster.
Navy workers trying to map out what
is believed to be the main piece of wreck
age from the TWA flight were stymied
Sunday when equipment failure kept
them from videotaping the scene.
Investigators planned to try again to
day to identify the 15-foot-high object ris
ing from the ocean floor. A Navy ship left
Norfolk, Va., early this morning to deliver
an unmanned, underwater robot that will
help divers search for wreckage.
“Hopefully, we will find this airplane,”
Kallstrom said.
Searchers planned to videotape the
crash site, which could be as wide as a
mile, before sending down divers. Divers
were sent out Sunday to search for bod
ies, however.
The Boeing 747’s two recorders for
cockpit conversations and flight data,
the so-called black boxes, had not been
found, nor were investigators hearing
any telltale “pings” that are released
from the recorders.
Investigators said if the boxes were ly
ing under certain types of metal it might
prevent the sounds from being picked up.
While officials said there was still no
evidence the plane was downed by a
bomb, they were eager to inspect the fuse
lage for clues. Time was running short,
they said, since the chemical remains of
plastic explosives would begin to fade af
ter a week.
The debris may also hold the passen
gers whose bodies have not been recov
ered, Kallstrom said.
Also Sunday, families of the victims
gathered at dozens of memorial services
across the country. Many said they be
lieved officials were not doing enough to
identify the victims.
“Anger is without question the predom
inant feeling,” among the families, said
Red Cross counselor Dottie Brier. “It is in
creasing and increasing.”
Of the 101 bodies recovered so far, 46
had been positively identified by Sunday
night, said Suffolk County Medical Exam
iner Dr. Charles Wetli.
Wetli said identifying the rest of the
recovered bodies could take “several
more days.”
Gov. George Pataki ordered more
pathologists to the scene so the medical
exams could continue around-the-clock.
Pataki said victims’ families would at
tend a waterfront memorial service today
at Smith Point County Park, on a point of
land closest to the site.
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The Battalion
Marion Peraza Ugel, Carlos Alberto Rubio, Luis Enrique Vargas and Marta
Fontes Sala are members of the Venezuelan quartet.
An international quartet hopes to heighten
cultural awareness through music in Rudder
Theater tonight.
The Cuarteto De Cuerdas America (The
String Quartet of America), includes mem
bers of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orches
tra from Venezuela.
Marcos De Donato, president of the
Venezuelan Student Association and doctoral
student at Texas A&M, said the association
brought the quartet to A&M in hopes of educat
ing students and the community.
“Texas A&M has a great variety of people,” De
Donato said, “But, many people here don’t inte
grate much with people of other cultures, I feel
this would be different if there was more expo
sure to other cultures and their traditions.”
The quartet performed last week in the Inter
national Festival Institute at Round Top, Texas.
Carlos Alberto Rubio, violinist in the quar
tet, said the group overcame tough competition
to be selected to play at Round Top.
“Five quartets were selected worldwide,” Ru
bio said. “We were chosen from the best in the
United States, and the best from Europe. ... We
were the only ones to represent Latin America.
Marion Peraza Ugel said Texas A&M pro
vides the quartet with a new opportunity.
“Performing at this University is a very dif
ferent experience,” Ugel said. “There are many
different citizenships here, and there are high
expectations of us to bring quality music from
our country.”
Daniel Hernandez, a junior international
business and management major, said the
quartet’s performance will be more than an en
joyable evening out.
“A&M is constantly becoming more interna
tional and more diverse, and it is important
that people from other countries see that our
University is one that is interested in learning
about other cultures,” Hernandez said. “In re
turn, it enables other those from other coun
tries to see our University and the culture we
have here.”
See Quartet, Page 6
Pat James, The Battalion
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ftfIL 1996 OLYMPIC
TELEVISION
. SCHEDULE
MONDAY
JULY 22
09 a.m.- noon
Gymnastics-Men’s team
competition
Swimming-Qualifying heats
Rowing-Qualifying heats
L30 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
Gymnastics-Men’s team final
Swimming-Finals
-Women's 400m freestyle
-Men's 100m freestyle
-Women’s 100m backstroke
-Men's 200m butterfly
-Women’s 4x100m freestyle
Basketball-U.S. men vs. Angola
Volleyball-U.S. women's game
11:41 a.m.-1:11 a.m.
Volleyball-U.S. women’s game
Boxing
Water polo-U.S. vs. Ukraine
Wrestling-Greco-Roman matches
Weightlifting-Featherweight final
The H.E.A.T. is on
Program helps stop auto theft
By Erica Roy
The Battalion
Car thieves looking for an easy
time should steer clear of some
Texas automobiles.
The statewide Texas H.E.A.T.
(Help End Auto Theft) program was
established by the Department of
Public Safety in November 1993 to
help prevent automobile theft.
The voluntary H.E.A.T pro
gram enables police officers in
Texas to stop cars with the
H.E.A.T stickers on them, and
ask the driver to prove ownership
of the car between the hours of
1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.
Sgt. Choya Walling of the
Bryan Police Department said, “If
you don’t usually drive your car
during the early hours in the
morning from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m,
then you can register in the
H.E.A.T. program.”
Registering with H.E.A.T. does
not prevent drivers from using
their cars during these hours, but
does allow police officers permis
sion to stop them if they do use
their car.
To register for the program,
vehicle owners must go to a par
ticipating law enforcement
agency, such as the Bryan or Col
lege Station Police Department.
University Police Department
(UPD) does not issue the stick
ers, Lt. Bert Kretzschmar of UPD
said, but it does enforce the pro
gram by stopping cars with the
H.E.A.T. stickers on them.
Any car registered in Texas can
participate in H.E.A.T. by present
ing a valid driver’s license, certifi
cate of title and proof of insurance
or vehicle registration receipt at
any police station.
Two decal stickers are attached
to the car. The rear decal is circu
lar with the words H.E.A.T. and
the State of Texas written on it. It
is red, white and blue and mount
ed on the lower-left comer of the
rear windshield or on the left side
of the rear bumper.
There are two different front
decals, depending on which pro
gram in which the car is regis
tered. The white H.E.A.T. sticker
gives permission for an officer to
stop a vehicle any time it is cross
ing from Texas into Mexico.
The yellow H.E.A.T. sticker al
lows police officers to stop the car
crossing into Mexico between the
hours of 1:00 a.m and 5:00 a.m.
Registration costs 1 cent.
Patty Gonzales, the H.E.A.T.
program supervisor of the De
partment of Public Safety, said,
“It (H.E.A.T.) is funded by the
Automobile Theft Prevention
See H.E.A.T., Page 6
Residence halls get
connected to Ethernet
By Brandon Hausenfluck
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Depart
ment of Resident Life and
Housing is connecting dormi
tories across the campus with
Ethernet, a campus-wide com
puter access network adminis
tered by Computer Informa
tion Services (CIS).
Ron Sasse, director of Resi
dent Life and Housing, said
once all residence halls are
connected to the Ethernet sys
tem it will be a convenient tool
for students on campus.
“The Ethernet will allow stu
dents to have direct connection
to the University computers,” he
said. “This will allow students to
access information much faster
and easier than they could be
fore. We’re trying to develop a
plan to get everyone hooked up
as soon as possible.”
Sasse said 10 residence halls
are already connected and three
more should be completed by
the end of the summer.
Once connected with Ether
net, students will be able to
have direct access to the Inter
net, e-mail, the World Wide
Web, the library on-line cata
log, academic computers, Nin
tendo and other computer re
sources on campus.
Raymond McCauley, sys
tems analyst for the Depart
ment of Resident Life and
Housing, said getting hooked
up to the system will be easy
for students.
“They (students) will have to
buy a card to be installed on
their computers,” he said.
“Then basically all they will
See Ethernet, Page 6