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Jones, commandant of the Marine Corps, said De fense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved his re quest that the Defense Department’s top investi gator take control of the inquiry. The investigation was begun last Thursday by Brig. Gen. Timothy F. Ghormley, the Marine Corps inspector general. He headed a team that flew to the Osprey squadron’s base at New River, N.C., and began interviewing all 241 members of the squadron, including the commander, Lt. Col. Odin Fred Leberman. Jones is one of the strongest advocates of the Osprey, an aircraft that uses unique tilt-rotor tech- fiology to take off and land like a helicopter and fly like an airplane. The Osprey is supposed to re place the Marines’ aging Beet of troop transport nelicopters. “While f have comolete confidence that (Ghormley) and his staff would conduct a thor ough, complete and unbiased investigation into these allegations, I am concerned that the nature and gravity of the allegations may invite unwar ranted perceptions of command influence or in stitutional bias,” Jones said. He also noted that the $40 billion Osprey pro gram’s future affects other military services, par ticularly the Air Force. A Marine Corps spokeswoman. Col. Betsy Judge, said Jones decided on his own that the cred ibility of the Osprey investigation would be strengthened if it were conducted independent of the Marine Corps. In a letter released Wednesday, Sens. John Warner, R-Va., and Carl Levin, D- Mich., took the same view. “This program will not be able to move forward unless and until the Defense Department has re stored confidence in the integrity of the V-22 pro gram and the people managing it,” Warner and Levin wrote in a letter to Rumsfeld. Warner is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Commit tee that oversees the Pentagon, and Levin is the committee’s top Democrat The senators said the investigators should be in- rlpnendent of the Naw Deoartment. of which the over two years Marines are a part, since the allegations bear on the “integrity of information” provided to Congress. At the time of a December Osprey crash, the Pentagon was about to decide whether to give the go-ahead for full-scale production. That decision has been put off pending a high-level review. Allegations against Leberman threaten to un dermine congressional confidence in the Osprey program, which already is under intense scrutiny as a result of two crashes last year that killed 23 Marines. The Marines have said they believe the alleged doctoring of maintenance records in Leberman's squadron had no bearing on either of the crashes. The first, last April in Arizona, killed 19 Marines and was blamed on pilot error. The second, last December in North Carolina, killed four and is still under investi gation. Officials said last week they believe the lat est crash was caused by a hydraulics failure. In an anonymous letter to the office of the sec retary of the Navy on Jan. 12, a person who said he was an Osprey mechanic wrote, “What we have been doing is reporting aircraft that are down as in they can’t fly, as being up, as in full mission capa ble. This type of deception has been going on for Mother arrested for child endangerment BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The mother of five children killed in a trailer park fire was ar rested Tuesday on auto theft charges as she left their burial. Hours later, police charged her with five counts of child endan germent. Maria Dulce Martinez, 30, is accused of stealing a 1990 Subur ban last Tuesday, the day before a deadly fire swept the family’s tiny trailer. Police say they feared Mar tinez, a Mexican national, might try to escape across the border af-1 ter her children’s funeral. “We tried to keep our distance out of respect for the children,” said police investigator Orlando Ro driguez. “But we were also very aware of the threat of flight.'' Police.later filed the five counts of child endangerment, one for eaclv of the children who died. RHA Continued from Page l consume alcohol on campus. “Imposing an alcohol ban bn halls would negatively affect the on-campus community,” the res olution states. The majority of students over the age of 21 re ported that alcohol restrictions would decrease their desire to re turn in the fall. The loss of older students would have a grave ef fect on the “diversity of campus,” Bennett said. According to the resolution, it alcohol is eliminated from campus, a new problem of alcohol-related injuries could arise as students will be forced to travel off campus to drink and possibly drive back to campus. The resolution also said thatsub- stance-free housing is available in several halls on campus and will expand to more halls in the tulure On-campus students who preferto live substance-free have housins options. The resolution will be placed on Southerland's desk for consideration within the next few days, said RHA President Josh Kaylor. “We’ve done our part by passios this [resolution] along," he said. Ron Sasse, director of Residence Life, will also draft a recommenda tion to Southerland. A decision from President Dr.Ra; M. Bowen is expected by Feb. 1. -JsTAR ^ pEVENTS r ~Events with Texas Style The Texas Music Revolution $20 General Admission CORY MORROW Saturday Feb. 3, 2001 7pm Roger Creager The Hollisters Dub Miller THE LONE STAR EXPO ARENA MONTGOMERY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS Tickets available at Harlans Supermarkets, Navasota,Tx. For Ticket Information Call: TicketMaster 1-713-629-3700 Sponsored by: KSTAR 103.7 f BUD Country 99.7 \LIGHT»/ ^ONE 696'5570 Thursday: Ladies Night You Know The Drill Friday: i v Live music with 4 Sloppy Joe Sunday: w SUPERBOWL Doors open @ 4:00 DRINK SPECIALS. FOOD. FREE STUFF! 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