KANSAN
The University Daily
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Monday, January 18, 1982
Vol. 92, No. 76 USPS 650-640
Most of crash victims never felt river's chill
By United Press International
WASHINGTON - All but one of the Air Florida jetliner crash victims recovered from the icy Potomac River died of severe injuries suffered on impact, medical authorities said yesterday.
James L. Luke, chief medical examiner for the District of Columbia, and Brian Blackbourne, his deputy, said autopsies had shown the victims were killed almost instantly. Their findings indicated that victims could not have been saved even with a speedier rescue attempt.
IT TOOK about 20 minutes for a rescue helicopter to arrive at the disaster area Wed-
The Boeing 737 crashed into a busy commuter bridge and plunged into the river, killing 78 people. All five aboard the flight were killed; the death toll included four people killed in cars on the 14th Street bridge connecting Washington and its suburb in northern Virginia.
According to Harry McKillip, Air Florida's sensor is not reliable, officials still don't know why he can create it.
In an interview with United Press International following a news conference, Luke and Blackbourne explained the victims' causes of death.
"All but one of the victims (who were recovered) died on impact," Luke said. "Some did have water in their lungs, others did not. But because of the nature of the injuries, we were able to determine that all but one of the victims died of severe injuries and not of drowning."
THE DROWNING VICTIM was identified as Arland D. Williams, 46, a balding man with a beard. He was an employee of the Federal Reserve Board in Miami.
The description of Williams was similar to one of six people initially spotted in the river by rescue teams. Witnesses have said "a baling, middle-aged man" refused to glower a lowered life-line from the rescue helicopter and allowed other survivors to take it instead.
Luke and Blackbourne said, however, they could not be certain whether William was the man who had been killed.
Naval L.L. Cmdr. Stephen Delaphae is in charge of the diving operation. He said the recovery crew would make another attempt today to retrieve more bodies.
Divers abandoned their attempts yesterday because of the extreme cold and heavy ice formations in the river. They are trying to recover the flight recorder and the "black box" that
FORTY-XIS victims aboard the jetliner have
been pulled from the river along with four other people killed in cars.
Delapane said that every effort would be to retrieve the 28 bodies from the water, but added, "there is a possibility you might not find all the remaining victims."
He said divers were searching an area the size of a football field, under about 25 feet of water.
Meanwhile, federal investigators were searching yesterday for a car driver who might have been involved in the incident.
At a National Transportation Safety Board briefing yesterday, board member Francis McAdams said the witness, believed to have been driving a Diamond cab, was near the north end of the runway around 4 p.m., just as the Boeing jet was lifting off.
McAdams said that on the evening of the crash the cab driver, who said he was a private pilot, called the accident command center and briefly described what he saw.
CHARLES HUBBS, head of the safety board's witness investigation team, said the cab driver was the only eyewitness the board had spoken to. He also noted that he was one of those who saw the aircraft with its landing gear down.
"We're hoping (the cab driver) saw (the plane) farther back so we have a point of departure," Hubbs said. "That's why this fella's important to us."
So far, board investigators have not found any witness who has seen two crucial operations of the jet: when its nose began to lift while its wings were still retracting, and when it actually lifted off seconds later.
Hubs said the cab driver told the command post that he saw the plane with its gear down departing from the northbound runway, but they stopped to watch it of it when it was about 200 feet off the ground.
Another witness, interviewed earlier, was a man on the 14th Street bridge who works for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to supply aviation. He saw the plane a few seconds later.
He said the plane's right wing dipped slightly, then returned to its wing-level position, before she flew.
The cab driver did not mention seeing the right wine din.
Investigators also said the plane showed two as a blip on a radar screen in the control room. One of them was on fire.
About the same time a radio in the tower picked up a squelch which could indicate there was an electrical stoppage or an attempt to communicate.
Fire-alarm bells ring in students' return to city
By ANN WYLIE Staff Reporter
The number of students returning to Lawrence for the semester might have been one cause of the city's 15 fire alarms this weekend, according to Jim McSwain, Lawrence fire chief.
"It's not students, per se, but any time you add a population increase, you'll have a fire increase because the number of people is related to the number of fires in any community." McSwain said yesterday.
FIREFIGHTERS answered four alarms
friday and 11 Saturday, fire masl. Donald Knight
shoots him in the face.
One call reported a smoke smell at 813 Garfield, but no fire was found. Two other calls were
A fire reported at 10:45 p.m. Saturday did an estimated $15,100 damage to a house at 912 Maine St., Knight said. Another fire, reported at 9:06 p.m., occurred in the same apartment with $15,100 damage to an apartment at W 90th W. 147th H.
THE 14th Street fire began when a cigarette ignited a chair cushion in the living room of a second-floor apartment, Knight said. The fire was confined to that room, but there was a small amount of water damage to first-floor apartments, he said.
The Maine Street fire was caused by a lamp cord in an upstairs bedroom, Knight said. The fire was contained in that room, but there was heavy smoke damage to the rest of the floor.
Smoke on the roof of Muncher's Bakery in the Hillcrest Shopping Center at about 8 a.m. Saturday was caused by an overheated furnace, and $20 damage was done to the wiring in the furnaces.
Other weekend fires included a couch fire which caused an estimated $150 damage at 3:30 p.m. Friday at 1216 New Jersey St., and a grease fire at 6:21 p.m. Friday at 837 Maverick St., Knight said. There was no reported damage in the grease fire.
A fire in a mattress caused an estimated 60 suicides and Theta fraternity at $6 a Saturday, Knights at $4 a Saturday.
KU students pass by Strong Hall Friday afternoon in the second annual march for a Martin Luther King Jr., sponsored by Gertrude Scalebirds Pearson Black Caucus. See related story on page 8.
JOHN HANKAMMER/Kansan Staff
KU loses steam but salaries may rise
By BARB EHLI Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
'TOPEKA-The outcome of Thursday's Board of Regents meeting indicated that while the University of Kansas is losing a substantial amount of steam heat, it could soon be gaining
A report released by the Viron Corp., a Kansas co., will consult formally, showed that KU is losing its business.
"It affects everything on the main campus and everything that's air-conditioned," Tom Anderson, director of Facilities Operations, said yesterday.
THE REPORT was submitted Thursday at the Board of Resents meeting here.
Allen Wiechert, University director of facilities planning, said that Viron's study would be included in the 1884 budget. Facilities actions had already submitted budget items for 1983.
Until that time, FO will attempt to make minor adjustments in the steam-piping system with the following modifications:
receive 8.75 percent more money after June 30, according to action taken by the Regents. For a student who is employed at the federal minimum wage of $3.35, that is an increase of about 30 cents an hour. University classified employees in administrative, technical and service personnel.
THE BOARD of Regents discussed a proposed to percent increase in unclassified salaries for the Board.
The salary increase may not make KU competitive with other learning institutions, but it is a step in the right direction, according to several reports of the Board of Regents and KU officials.
In other business, students who are on the University's classified payroll can expect to
"Generally it is not enough, although the governor did target 1.25 percent for market adjustments within the institution," said David Kraft, dean of the School of Engineering.
John Tolletson, dean of the School of Business,
described the proposed increase as "certainly
satisfactory."
Ernest Angino, professor of geology, and Sandra McMullen, chairman of the Board of Regents, said the 10 percent increase on salaries would have a positive impact on the gap between industry and institutional salaries.
Regents, said that Gov. Carlin had designated 1.25 percent of the increase 'to cope with specific challenges' in the state.
The Board had recommended $20.8 million for unclassified salaries, a 13 percent increase; the KU administration had recommended $24 million, a 15 percent increase.
Many people have expressed concern that the university will lose faculty because of its lower quality.
Kraft said there were now 78 professors in the School of Engineering, and that the school had lost an estimated "five percent of its faculty in the last couple of years."
Tollseid said that of the 64 professors in the School of Business one had left last year—and that he thought one would be leaving at the end of this year.
JOHN CONARD, chief executive officer for the
McMullen said that on average throughout the Regents system, professors were paid $2,400 below professors at their peer institutions. Peer researchers were those with similar populations and living costs.
Overall, Carlin recommended that $34.8 million of the $68.5 million requested by the administration be allocated for the 1983 fiscal year.
Penitentiary's woes dominate agenda
By United Press International
TOPEKA—Joint House and Senate hearings to dissect problems at the troubled Kansas State Pentiency at Lansing dominate this week's agenda for the Leuisturis.
The second week of the session is expected to be filled with Committee action, rather than debate on the floors of the House and Senate, because most of the bills introduced last week have been referred to committees, according to Senate president Ross Doyen, R-Concordia.
Legislators will be haggling over the proposed revamping of the state's juvenile code in the state budget. The Education Committee, legislators will consider a school finance bill, and the House Assessment
See related story, page 2
and Taxation Committee is scheduled to hear from advocates of the classification of property. Sen. Edward Reilly Jr., R-Leavenworth, chairman of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, has joined with Rep. Neal Whitaker, R-Wichita, chairman of that committee in the House, in calling a meeting for 9 a.m. Friday.
Rolly has been here an ardent critic of Secretary of Corrections Patrick McManus and also has been active in meeting with KSP guards to listen to issues of security and better working conditions at the prison.
Both Whitaker and Reilly said they would meet with McMansu by today to determine whether a confidential study on the penitentiary should be made public. McMansu argues that public disclosure would compromise security at the prison.
Space club students broaden horizons
Today will be clear to partly cloudy with a high in the 50s, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Tonight will be cold with a low in the 40s and it will begin tomorrow with a high in the 50s. Winds will be from the south at 10-20 mph.
By LISA GUTIERREZ
The society is the local chapter of a national organization formed in 1975 following the first Princeton Conference on Space Settlements. The society is involved in the development and colonization of space.
Staff Reporter
"I BELIEVE the ultimate necessity for humankind is to get into space or else humankind will not survive." William Adams, president of the Ad Astra S- Society, said Saturday.
Members of the Ad Astra L-S Society believe
the earth will inherit the earth and the rest
will take its place.
Adams was responsible for the campus chapter's formation last semester. Charles Baker, a Topeka special student and vice president of the organization, chose the name Ad
"I would someday like to live in space."
"It's part of the motto and means 'toward'
he said, I thought it was very appropriate.
One of the purposes of the organization is to promote knowledge of space development. Adams said the club was open to anyone interested in space.
"Our members represent all sections of the University." Adams said.
Baker said membership was important for students because it allowed them to obtain in-state tuition.
He said students in business, economics, premedicine, music, and engineering belonged to the same group.
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members can use this information for their matric or career opportunities, he said.
For some members, the L-5 Society is something new. For others, it is old hat.
"In undergraduate school I was a member of the society at Iowa State University," said Michael Allen, Crescent, Iowa, graduate student. "I have a very deep interest in the space program, and I believe it has a future in the United States and in the world."
Allen said that although his own interest in space development was intense, any student
Dave Larsen, Lawrence sophomore and treasurer of the organization, said he joined because the society represented many of his own beliefs.
"I BELIEVE in the colonization of space and
the economic development of space," he said. "The society promotes actual development."
Promoting space development also means supporting legislation that could benefit the space program. The L-S Society, a non-profit organization, has a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. and its staff advises members of the alerts club members to important legislation before Congress, Adams said.
"We want to inform the public and promote any type of development." Adams said.
An important part of the local L-5 chapter is a Bibliography Committee that maintains an active file of reference books and other materials about space.
He said non-members could also use the bibliography, which is in 409 Snow Hall.
BAKER SAID he was expecting membership to increase because of the recent interest in the program.
Membership in the organization can be obtained at any time, Adams said. Regular meetings are on the second Tuesday of every month and meetings on different aspects of space development.
Although the L-5 Society strongly advocates space colonization, it is not something that is just another way of saying "we need to move."
"It'll probably be 50 years or so before we see actual colonies in space," he said.
But the desire to live among the stars is still strong.
"I would love to live in space," Baker said. "I've always liked the idea of seeing not only the Earth, but all of the planets."
The possibility of living in space is not only an adventure, but is also a necessity. Adams said,
"The cost of transportation in space is minimal, and it may be possible to move the bulk of equipment there."
HE SAID any structures in space could be expected to last longer than comparable earth structures because they would not be exposed to the same gravitational pressures.
The necessity of living in space someday is also reflected in the L-S Society's name.
"In space, there are five stable points around the earth-moon system where gravity and centrifugal forces balance each other." Adams states that the best point in which to place a space colony.
And the Ad Astra L-S Society is the place for people who truly believe in the possibilities of
"It's a place for people who care about the future and care about learning."
The next meeting of the Ad Astra L-5 Society is tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Big Eight Room of the Library.