Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC December 1983 Daily Egyptian 1983 12-1-1983 The aiD ly Egyptian, December 01, 1983 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_December1983 Volume 69, Issue 68 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, December 01, 1983." (Dec 1983). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1983 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in December 1983 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Bill revives Civil Rights 'Daily 'Egyptian Commission WASHINGTON lAP) President Rp.agan revived the Thursday. December I. 1983. Vol. 69. No.68 Southern Illinois University U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Wednesday after waiting until Virtually the last moment to sign legislati(Jll reducing his power to influence Weather, distal Ice called factors the panel. Reagan named the com­ mission's last chairman, Clarence M. Pt'ndieton, to serve on the reconstituted panel and said outgoing staff director Pilot gives opinions on flight Linda Chavez should resume Ih' John Rac'in" her position, although her ap­ Staff Writer pointment is subject to con­ currence by the full com­ Capt. Curtis Welge. Air mission. Illinois' chief pilot, testified Technically, the commission Wednesday that - if he had been e .• died at midnight Tuesday. The at the controls -- he might have bill signed by Reagan revives it, pmceeded with Flight 710 but with greater congressional despite the plane's faulty - and less presidential - generator. control over its makeup. Flight 710 ended in a crash in The 218 C:lreer employees of which the three-member crew the commission. which for 26 and seven pa'>sengers were years has prodded the nation to killed Oct. 11 aoout 25 miles hold fast the battle against north of Carbondale. discrimination, had kept their Welge said, however, that the offices open Wednesday to decision t'l continue would have distribute the commission's been based on variable" such as final report and await Reagan's the weather. He testified for decision on whether to sign the more than three hours during bill or let it die by "pocket the second' day of National veto." Transport.~tion Safety Board In its final report rt'viewing public hearings on the crash in thp course of civil rights during which ten people died. the commission's history. the In a hypothetical situation panel said. "Most of the presented by Air Illinois legislation necessary to spokesman Richard Littell. guarantee civil rights to Welge said he would have women. to the r.ation·s racial. considered factors such as ethnic and religit,us minorities weather, winds, distance to the and to its older and han­ final destination as well as the dicapped persons has already condition of the plane's been enac~ed," with the notable generators and batteries. exception of the Equal Rights "With the information Staff Photo by Neville Loberg Amendment. available at that time would you "In this contexl." the com­ have made the decision to Cape •. Curtis Welge, ehief pUot of Air UliDois' NTSB bearings oa the ()et, ) I crash of Flight 710. r• .issioners said in their 82-page continue?" Littell asked. large plane groap, testified Wednesday at the "Considering several ~~!; ~::h~ati!~T%it=~ variables ... such as the weather, caused the plane's cra:.h. crashed, he said. "There were - Thursday but have been ex­ comrels the continuing I might have proceeded," said Als(\ Wednesday,. NTSB moments of levity in First tended until at least Friday. existence of an independent, Welge, who has been chief pilot Chairman Jim Burnett granted Officer Frank Tudor's voice," Street said that he has been bipartisan federal agency since March of 1983. a request by Littell that British he said_ pleased with the testimony mandated to appraise civil Welge also testified that he Aerospace. the planes makers, Earlier Wednesday. airline offered so far by Air Illinois rights issues and progress would not have entered the provide a second set' of President Roger Street told employees. "We were pleased throughout the nation and to generator problems as "a drawings of the instrument reporters that the tirr.es listed witt. the testimony of most of recommend to the president mechanical discrepancy, but panel so that it would reflect on the CVR transcript would not our witnesses, who provided and Congress, without regard to would have listed it as an in­ " ..... in~erpretation that rules out be correct. "From the in­ accurate and balanced ac­ political ronsiderations. steps it flight 3bnormality." the possibility that the right formation that they have listed, counts." he said. believes necessary to ensure That abnormality occurred generator went back on line." we can guess that the plane was He also announced that the equal opportunity for all during an Oct.2 flight to Ron Schleede, NTSB chief flying anywhere from 50 to 1.500 regional carrier will have a Americans." Springfield when the right investigator. said that the mph." he said. human resources manager generator of the Hawker Sid­ drawings were designed to aid Street was critical of the r-ace beginning Dec. 15. "This dley 748 experienced some the board and the publ •.:: in at which the hearings were position has been created to gus troubles, he said. understanding the pilot's point­ moving. "The snail's pact' at allow :!il personnel the op­ There were no further in­ of-view. which the hearings are portunity to candidly discuss 'Bode cidents with the plane's Burnett directed the Man­ proceeding is resulting in any problems they perceive in chester, England firm to generators so he did not repori r8f:;i~:~h~ ~~f1.!ems for Air any area :Jl the airline's ihe problem. he said. but he did present another set of drawing!. operation," he said. inform the maintenance crew of which show the right generator While one pilot was on the the abnormality. on line. stand TuE'Sday, a night was The program is being started, On Tuesday, Air Illinois pilot Littell also said that the NTSB delayed twO' hours and four he said. in !,ght of information Craig MacArthur testified that should consider crew r.lem';er's flights had to be canceled revealed by individuals with tilt> pl'oblems with the plane's voice tones from the cockpit Wet!nesday. generators began around Sept. voice recorder. In two days of public hearings ~~i~:da;~f!ilJ:S!~~ ~W~~~ Gus says Reagan gave the Civil 22. but were clear~d up at lp(lst The CVR tapes indicated to the board heard te~timony from pilots testified that Smith, who Rights Commission CPR and a week prior to the crash. Welge that the pilots were in only nine of the: 24 :;~heduled .vas in charge of the plane at the then wasbed his mouth out with Previous testimony has in­ agreement on the actions that witnesses. The hea:-ings had time of the crash, sometim~~ soap. dicated that generator failure we being taken l.. efore the plane been expected to conclude on took unnecessary risks. Hearing focuses on teachers' salaries profession and many are going By Phillip Fiorini from teaching becaus~ of the inadequaCies In teacher . throughout me state wouldn't be "screaming. " into private sectors." Staff Writer low salaries offered to teachers. preparation. However,Mulcahey said that The 2o-member commission, "If we paid beginning "We have continued to rely on he wasn't sure whether the About 20 pr(\(essional composed of both sta~e teachers higher salaries, we local property tax, but people solution would be to extend the educators agreed on Wed­ legislators and Pducators. Will wouldn't have to be worrying are screaming about high tax increase or to ask local nesday that if salaries for preSt'nt final recommendations about . teacher p,reparation property taxes a!,d about ~e districts to raise taxes to pay teachers in Tllinois "ontinue to to the General Assembly by the courses in <:'QlIege, ' hp' said. inadequacy in pubhc Buzbee said that last spring's teachers higher salaries. be considerably lower than fall of 1984. The commission is education." Buzbee said. "Putting that responsibility those ;11 industry. the quality of chaired by two Democrats, Sen. state income tax increase, ~ulcahey said there's no which will be phased Gut after back onto the shoulders of the leachp.rs will suffer. as a con­ Arthur Berman of Evanston question that teachers in Illinois local school districL which will s.:quence. and Rep. Richard Mulcahey of this year. wasn't big enough. He public institutior.:s .Are un­ said the state should've asked have to pi<:k up the tab may not TestIfiers at the third of 12 Durand_ derpaid. He said this must be be the answer." he said, hearin/53 across tt>e state by the Testifying before the com­ for a larger income tal( increase .:orret"ted by the General and a decrease in local property remarking that it may be dH­ lllinc;is Commission on the mission, Sen. Kenneth Buzbee, Assembly. flcult to cunvince districts that Improvf!ment of Elementary of Carbondale. said the state taxes. "If you want to get down to quality education, this issue has salaries nt>ed to be higher. ancl SecOlldary Educatior. in the must put a priority on funding He said that if the state relied Mulcahey said he didn't Student Center said that ".!<Iucation to attract the best less on local property taxes to to be addressed," he said. "The students are being drawn away students and to eliminate the suppo~t e~ucation, .people good teachers are leaving the See HEARING, Page 3 Bridge on_ Do Chi 11inh Trail News Roundup-~ in funding for rail relocation llusband uncooperative in case BLOOMINGTON CAP) - A 3O-year~ld businessman whose wife and three children were slain in their home last month By John Stewart Local sources make up the and the main campus.