Parachute jumping provides a natural high
Rv TERRY DIEBOLT
Staff Writer
The 1958 Cessna roared as we picked up speed, bouncing and rattling down the rough strip. Once airborne, the ride became smooth, but the rate at which we were clapping kept my stomach feeling as if I was flying.
We made the climb to 2,800 feet in stomach-turning spirals. Once at 2,800 feet, Mike Loudakis, the pilot, throttled back the little engine and I relaxed for the first time since we had taken off.
I guess I must have relaxed too soon because Loudakis yelled something and with a quick move, he triggered some mechanism that made the door that I was facing spring open like a trap and I found myself staring, terror-strrick, down at the miniature scale model of the earth.
in the paupers yelled another command and the other
paupers Tom Fry, moved over and sat in the
paupers
I WAS TRYING to hang onto anything I could find, for fear of being sucked out the door, when on another command from Louadaks. Fry disappeared out the window and the line of plastic line that was hanging against the side of the plane.
"I'm going to do that?" I asked myself. After parachute jump after all, the certain that I wanted to parachute jump after all.
Loudakis and I, the extremely shaken student, returned to earth to resume the training that would soon place me in the same situation that Fry had been in.
The Greene County Jump Center has been in operation for two years in Kansas.
"urreene County, with its home base in Ohio, is one of the largest jump schools in existence." Rusty Young, a jumpmaster, said. "In the 17 years of our career, we have met more than 70,000 students without a serious in-ury."
LOUAKIS SAID, "We offer a complete first jump course, and hopefully you will jump the same day you begin."
That was why I was there—for the first jump course. Then I referred to it as a "safe and enclosed first jump."
The training usually takes from $2^{1/2}$ to five hours.
The training usually takes from 2% to five hours.
"The jumpmaster must be satisfied that the student has absorbed the material before he can jump." Loudakis said.
Loudakits had been training me that morning until the interruption of Przyjna jump. It was that intrusion that caused Przyjna to fall.
LANDINGS SEEMED easy enough, but I became worried when Loudakis began talking about possible malfunctions or what happens if the parachute does not open properly.
A beginning student's parachute will not open for one of two reasons, Loudakis said. "The static line was not connected to either the airplane or the chute streamers."
A streamer occurs when the parachute comes out, but for some reason does not catch the air.
A static line is a piece of tubing. B to 15 feet long, connected to the inside of the aircraft that pulls the plane through the air.
"IN BOTH INSTANCES you have approximately 23 seconds before you hit the ground," Loudak said.
The thought of either of the two parachute problems did not calm me. Lou达斯 assured me that they worked.
"When one or more lines go over the top of the cannon you can have a Mine Hue," he said. "It is not a problem."
"In a Mae West you are coming down fast, but not free-falling," Loudkite said. "You have a little more
In a Mae West, the jumper will be turning circles. The jumper must pull his reserve chute out by hand and throw it into the direction of the spin. That is to ensure that he doesn't get tangled up in the reservoir.
DAN PAYNE, one of the jumpers from Kansas City, Mo., did a good job of guiding himself to earth, landing within 50 feet of our group. It was his 1,251st jump.
MY LESSONS were interrupted by again three skydivers who had flown in. Louadakis was the pilot, and another skier was the observer.
Tom Bowles had just completed his 340th, and Aneta Wallis finished her 202nd.
The break was fine with me because I wanted time
to practice my landings from the platform and memorize the procedures for malfunctions.
Sayeau said the wind was getting too strong to jump. Louakis agreed with Payne. If the wind did not calm down, I could not be able to make my first jump that day.
B mid-afternoon, the wind was still too strong to jump and I sat in the trainer watching Yong pack the backpack. I was a little nervous.
THE WIND sock, which had been stretched out horizontally all afternoon, began to hang simply from the wall.
"Hey, Mike, why don't you take the student up?" Young said.
I climbed into a pair of coveralls and boots. Young helped me on with the main harness and parachute. Lastly came the reserve, which buckled on to straps running down my chest.
I FELT LIKE a poorly loaded pack mule who was none too excited on the trip ahead.
I knew that we were approaching the drop zone and I asked Loudaiks whether my static line was conditional. No, it wasn't.
I walked out to the plane with the pilot and we were once again heading down the runway.
As we left the cave, I was trying my best to put the worry of danger out of my mind.
When Loudakis cut the engine back, my heart raced full throat. That same time that我 had come.
"DOOR!" Mike yelled as the trap sprung. "Sit in the door!" he sent the command to I adverbially.
I thought of nothing in particular; none of the possible malfunctions crossed my mind. All I knew
The wind pushed by my face at 70 miles an hour.
I moved out into the doorway, with one hand on the wing strut and my foot on the wheel.
"Go," Mike yelled and I dove out the doorway as if I were trying to do a hail fly into a swimming pool.
MY LIFE may have passed before my eyes, but I would not have seen it because they were closed.
"Ready," was the next command. Hell no, I wasn't ready.
I forgot all instructions for exits. I didn't arch my back or reach for my dummy rincord.
However, the static line did its job. I felt a jerk and began swinging in decreasing areas. The chute had
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Bloom has served at Temple University for the last year in the office of research and program development. She was coordinator of the Regional Continuing Education for Women Program, also at Temple, from 1974 to 1977.
Demolition work to begin at site of Pier 1 store
By DAVID LINK Staff Writer
Demolition crews are scheduled to begin work today on the burned-out remains of a downtown building that was destroyed by a fire at the Kearney, The site's owner and yesterday.
Tuesday August 1,1978
The site, at Eighth and Massachusetts Streets, has remained virtually untouched since an early morning explosion last winter that rocked the three-story brick structure, killing two occupants of the building's upper floor and destroying the Pier 1 store housed beneath
Three weeks ago, Kearney, former manager of the Pier I store, announced that he had purchased the site and unveiled plans for clearing the rubble and erecting a two-story building with space for offices and retail shops.
but KEARNY, who purchased the site at 747 Massachusetts St. along with the building beside it on the north, 745 Massachusetts St., said there had been some problems acquiring clear titles to the property that caused a delay in the site's renovation.
She was an educational planning consultant for the General Learning Corporation, a private corporation in Washington, D.C., from 1972 to 1973.
The demolition work for the project has been contracted to the Champney Wrecking Co. of Topeka. George Champney, owner of the company, said that clearing the Pier 1 site and razing the building on the north would take about four weeks.
Before that, Bloom had taught at the community college he helped with, where he was a professional teacher.
A National Transportation and Safety Board report on the explosion to be issued soon is expected to cite the cause of the accident in natural gas line that rails behind the building.
She also will direct projects and research that extend the knowledge of the status of
"WE'RE GOING to have to go real slow and take it down piecemeal because of the weakened condition of the burned-out walls," Champney said. "Also, I understand how much we need to file concerned the explosion and we want to be sure and not destroy any evidence."
Kearney said a wall common to both buildings, left unsupported by the Pier 1 building's destruction, would be the first thing to be demolished.
Director named to career office
Barbara Bloom will be director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource and Career Center, an office in the division of student affairs, Ann Eversole, director of student organizations and activities, said yesterday.
As director, Bloom will coordinate the programs and services of the women's center, including programs in assertiveness training, leadership opportunities and training and an extensive collection of information about women and women's issues.
"THE FIRST thing we want to do is get anything down that's in danger of falling apart."
The plans for development of the site on it is chosen are still tentative, according to a report.
Book beat
Patrick Allenbernd, a second grader at Woodland School, 508
Elm St., proudly puts his name tag on the summer read-
program's bulletin board at the Lawrence Public Library. Each child who reads 20 books this summer may add his name to the bulletin board.
Harper identifies athletic director
By TOM RAMSTACK Staff Writer
Bob Marcum, associate director of athletics at Iowa State University, will be the new KU men's athletic director, Mike Bornstein, student body president, said yesterday.
Harper was a member of the search committee that submitted a list of four top candidates for the athletics director's position to Chancellor Archie R. Dykes last
Harper said Dykes informed him and the rest of the search committee of Marcum's findings.
"We like Bob Marcus's attitude toward the student body, "Harper said. "He thinks they are a priority in terms of being able to work with them.
"AS A BOARD member, I'm looking forward very much to working with Bob Marcum. His attitude is very good. He's very congenial and just a nice man."
The official announcement of Marcum's appointment is expected today at a press conference in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union at 10 a.m.
Dykes had said yesterday, "We can neither confirm nor deny any reports of who the new athletics director is until tomorrow morning."
Dykes said he had held the last of four interviews with the top candidates
which raises money for athletic scholarships; Doug Messler, acting men's athletics director, and Charles Thornton, assistant director at the University of Alabama.
The news of Marcum's selection for the athletics director's position came just after a teammate's retirement.
THE OTHER TOP candidates for the athletics director's position were John Doyle and Robert Woods.
Reports had indicated that Marcum was the overwhelmingly preferred candidate of the seven-member search committee, and he was also the applicants for the athletics director's position.
The position opened up May 24 when Clyde Walker resigned to accept a similar position at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
MARCUM, 41., joined the Iowa State University athletics department in 1971 after serving as a McKinley High School assistant football coach in Canton, Ohio, from 1963 to 1968 and as a public school administrator from 1968 to 1971.
While a public school administrator, Marcum was a member of Ohio State's athletics council and helped recruit for the Buckeye football team.
At Iowa State, he supervised the varsity sports programs of football, baseball, track and field, cross-country and swimming. In 2014, he earned the athletics business office at Iowa State.
A native of Huntington, W. Va., Marcum
was a letterman on the Marshall
University's football team.
MARCUM GRADUATED from Marshall University in Huntington in 1959. He had what promised to be a professional career in football, which was cut short by an injury.
Marcum is married and has one daughter who is a student at Iowa State.
Convenience banking requires special care
BV NANCY FLEEKER
Staff Writer
In the era of 24-hour banking, many customers walk automatic tellers and night deposit services as a great convenience, but carelessness on the part of the customer or bank can cause problems with a bank balance.
Garnet Wrigley, director of the community consumer affairs office, 901 Kentucky St., said her office had received several inquiries from consumers who said they had had problems with bank cards. "She has been working on different balances than the bank statements showed."
The most recent inquiry came from a woman who said she deposited $300 in a night deposit a week and a half ago at Douglas County Bank, Wrigley said.
She said that all but the most recent inquiry had been worked out between the customer and the bank. The mistakes are usually the result of a mathematical error
"MATH ERRORs go either way." Wrigley said. "We've had them with the customers and we've had them with the banks."
One problem with the inquiry was that the deposit was made at night and customers do not receive a receipt at the time that they make a night deposit.
"That's rule No. 1," she said. "When you make a deposit, it's preferable that you get a receipt. Therefore, it is preferable that you pay your deposit during regular banking hours."
Wrigley said the customer should get a receipt at the time of the deposit so that he would have it as a record if a problem did arise.
"Since she did it at night, there's no proof." Wrigley said.
JEAN BAKER, assistant vice president and cashier at Douglas County Bank, said receipts for night deposits were mailed the following day.
"Obviously it's an extension of the bank and you can count on it," she said. "But on the other hand, if I were a two-bit bored I would break into to break into a night deposit than the bank."
The second problem with the case was that the woman deposited only cash. Wristwallet is not.
WRIGLEY said that the bank had no record of the deposit and that bank officials were investigating.
She said it was much safer to deposit a check in a night deposit rather than cash because payment could be stopped on a check.
Judy Kroeger, director of the campus consumer affairs office in the Kansas Union, said it might be safer to use automatic tellers than the night deposit.
"The night deposit is under dual control all the time," she said.
Baker said night deposits were checked in the morning and afternoon by a bank officer.
"That's their statement—that it will show
me if she just looks around." Wrylead said.
"IT'S WORTH it to use that automatic machine and see the balance run up right then," Wrightley said. "At least you know the money is in that machine."
Wrigley said some customers who used the automatic tellers might have problems because they were poor bookkeepers or careless.
"If you are a sloppy person the automatic system is probably not for you," she said.
Wrigley said people who were likely to mislplace their cards or not keep track of
receipts and withdrawals should not use the automatic system.
She said that bookkeeping errors caused many of the discrepancies in night deposits, and that they had been exacerbated.
WRIGLEY SAID that when a discrepancy arose, the customer should check his records for any errors he might have made before assuming the bank made an error.
Baker said that when a customer had a question about his balance he should check with the bank immediately because some banks assume responsibility for errors after 10 days.
Wrigley said many deposits that were held in the bank, as being credited were credited two or more days later.
**WRILEGY SAID** customers should check their license if they said three or four weeks after they found any discrepancy.
She said that sometimes a customer did not account for such service charges as overdraft charges and charges for new checks.
Another charge sometimes overlooked is in accounts that do not have a service charge as long as a minimum amount is kept in the account, she said. The customer has to pay the balance just under the minimum requirement and be charged for checks.
BAKER SAID customers sometimes assumed that the bank statement had the correct balance at the end of the month when there was a discrepancy.
"The customer doesn't allow for outstanding checks," she said. "And you may not believe it, but some people write checks as deposits or write deposits twice."
Wrigley said that if a customer did not find an error in his records, he should take his records to a bank officer and compare the two sets of records.
An error that sometimes occurs on the part of the bank, according to bank officials and Wrigley, is that money is sometimes transferred from a person has more than one account at the bank.
Baker also said the machine that balances accounts at the bank could make a difference.
IF THE customer is not satisfied with the explanation given by the bank after a review of the records, he should bring his records to the consumer affairs office.
Wrigley will then review the records and
necessary she will review the records with the
new manager.
"But we're not some major authority who can cover it in audit a bank's books," she said.
She said that if she and the bank officer could not resolve the problem, she would call the state banking commissioner and send him a copy of the customer's records.
wrangled said it was important that customer receipts and use caution in the transaction.
"They need to habitually keep up their skills. The main objective is to keep yourself."
Vance trip unaltered by Sadat statement
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Cyrus Vance will travel to the Middle East this week on a mediating mission, despite the tensions between him and theament by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
The State Department, responding yesterday to Sadat's announcement that Egypt would not negotiate until Israel agreed to give back all Arab land captured in 1967, was harsher in its criticism of Sadat last year, time since his visit to Jerusalem last year.
"We are very disappointed in Sadat's position," State Department spokesman Hodding Carter said. Nonetheless, Carter said, Vance will leave Friday or Saturday for Jerusalem and Cairo to talk with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and with Sadat.
IN TEL AVIV, an Israeli government spokesman said that Begin expressed satisfaction with the U.S. criticism and that Satad's recent statement proved "the obstacle to peace is the unreasonable extremism reigning in Egypt."
Sadat rejected Israel's compromise offer at the Leeds Castle conference and ruled out further peace talks until Israel recognized that Egypt would not negotiate its demand for Israeli withdrawal from all occupied territory.
SADAT'S ADAMANT at a press conference Sunday stand collided head-on with Begin's statement a week ago that Israel the Arab nation has the right without getting something in return.