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10A Thursday, October 2, 2003 STATE THE BATTAIN)! NEWS IN BRIEF Blood supplies at emergency levels ODESSA, Texas (AP) — More numerous hospital operations have contributed to a blood shortage in this West Texas city, along with a drop in donations and fears over the West Nile virus, health officials say. As a result, surgeries at Alliance Hospital have been curtailed, according to the offi cials who add that the blood shortage is also affecting Odessa Regional and Medical Center hospitals. “We’re having to cancel sur geries because we don’t have enough blood,” Alliance spokesman Jason Samp told the Odessa American in Wednesday’s editions. “We have canceled at least two, and we don’t have any blood right now other than for emergency surgeries. We’re canceling the ones that need to be done but aren’t life-threatening.” Keller said MCH’s emer gency supplier, the National Blood Exchange in Bethesda, Md., is currently inaccessible because it is having the same problems. Groundbreaking set for LB) Museum SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Work at a museum dedicat ed to President Lyndon B. Johnson’s collegiate years in this Central Texas city is pro gressing, with a scheduled opening next year. Officials will break ground Oct. 9 for first-floor renovations at the LBJ Museum of San Marcos on the west side of the Hays County Courthouse Square. The museum was estab lished in 1997 to educate the public about the role played in the future president’s life by what was then Southwest Texas State Teachers College. The next year, coun ty commissioners approved a 30-year lease for the and fund-raising began wtiictj has resulted in asbestos abatement, interior demolitioil and completion of exterioi renovations. The next phase will interior finish and electrical work, including space exhibits, a gift shop, informa' tion area, storage as wellasa lobby. JT f \J A. 1 Party finder. 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While a majority wants to toss their caps, a vocal minority urges keeping them, according to a survey conducted by the airline this summer. Hat advocates say it’s an issue of professionalism. The $70 headgear is a symbol, much like their wings, they say. Pilots who support the pro posal to make caps a fashion option say requiring them is out dated and meaningless. They point to Jackie Gleason’s bus driver character from "The Honeymooners” as an example, “There are ... guys that ask, ’How much authority did Ralph Cramden have? And he wore a nice hat,’ “ said Sam Mayer, a member of the Allied Pilots Association who asked the union to adopt a uniform opinion. The association’s board of directors responded recently by narrowly endorsing the optional proposal, union cials said. American’s management says it won’t vote on the mat ter. Either pilots will required to wear them or will be banned. “In an effort to maintain standardized and uniform appearance, it’s an all-or- ing proposition,” the airline wrote employees. Going hatless is nothing new, Flight attendants scrapped their hat requirement decades ago Texas enters this g back collaboration of Vincent Young. UT o pick to point out tha lere is no controvers ‘We like the fact t are playing well," Bn lypress conference. “ ie one-two punch tht This one-two punc lanning harder for o| While the Longhoi itiecollaboration of t\ isas State is just h; ijiiarterback Ell Robei aa two and a half gai to suit up Satun Roberson’s return < bleforthe Longhorns “He can beat you \ draw, the quarterback option and scrambling be can beat you with 1 11 give us as bij will have the rest of t! Kickoff is set for 2 be a I don't think they need the hats, to tell you the truth. I don’t think it makes any dif ference in public ... » recognition — Earl Brunner American Airlines pilot But for some people, idea of pilots without hats is disheartening. Stan Herman, president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, is one of them. “I think the hat is the vestige of authority that pilots do have. It’s the one piece tha keeps them separate from every one else,” said Herman, who helped design pilot uniforms for carriers such as United Airlines and JetBlue Airways. Earl Brunner, who captains MD-80 jets for American, has a different opinion. “I don’t think they need the hats, to tell you the truth,” said Brunner, who’s based at Dallas-. Fort Worth International Airport., “I don’t think it makes anydif-f ference in public recognition.” ! American’s chief pilot, Mark Hettermann, will have the last say on the issue, and he’s not saying whether he’s for or against the proposal/ Hettermann has been in the job for less than a month and the hat debate will be one of the first; issues he discusses with the pilots and the APA. “The chief pilot sat down with our union, and they had a; big discussion,” said Linda Rutherford, a Southwest spokes woman. “They put it to a vote, and the majority did vote to make it an optional item.” Snakebit There is not a more itorically in the Big Oklahoma and unrank Soomshold a 64-5-2 I against the Cyclones, ’ ! mwdahe to show' meetings against Ok I a State’s wins have com of the Big 12. Things aren’t look the Cyclones this tim has 15 players who h season or have missei victims are running b Rutland, out for the n defensive lineman Joi lined indefinitely. “It’s one of the ver Plus — c greatest i