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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 9-1-1988 The BG News September 1, 1988 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News September 1, 1988" (1988). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4822. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4822 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. THE BG NEWS Vol.71 Issue 7 Bowling Groon, Ohio Thursday, September 1,1988 Texas airliner explosion kills 13 GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - A Delta the captain and two other pilots, one of "We didn't make it 50 feet in the air. "You heard the thing crumple so you pieces of luggage. One of the plane's Air Lines 727 jetliner carrying at least whom was working as a flight engineer, We skidded and then the engine ex- knew you were going to crash the whole 107 people burst into flames as it era- he said ploded." said passenger Jim Hammack three engines stood upright about 60 shea and broke open on takeoff Wed- Most of those hospitalized reportedly of Garland. "There was pandemonium. time," said Waugh who was uninjured. yards from the main wreckage, and the nesday, and 94 passengers and crew suffered burns, cuts or broken bones. People were jumping on the plane's "You were just looking for a way to get acrid smell of jet fuel and burned plas- scrambled to safety through the shat- David Rumford, vice-president of wing and burning themselves on it be- out of the plane. You're hoping you tic lingered long after the fire was out. tered fuselage. Thirteen people died, Harris HEB Hospital, said 61 survivors cause it was so red hot. We got out of the weren't going to die." Investigators had no immediate indi- officials said. were brought there and 10 were admit- way fast because we thought it was go- Flight 1141 originated in Jackson, cation of the cause of the crash, said At mid-afternoon, six hours after the ted. At least 25 other people were con- ing to explode. Miss., and was taking off for Salt Lake Michael Benson, a spokesman for the crash at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, De- firmed to have been treated at hospi- City when it went down at 9:03 a.m. It National Transportation Safety Board lta spokesman Bill Berry said that tals. "You could see the fuel running down carried more than 97 passengers and in Washington. NTSB investigators while 13 fatalities were confirmed, the Fire and rescue crews quickly rea- the window and down the wing, and I seven crew members, but the exact were sent to the scene. numbers of victims could continue to ched the wreckage in a level field about wasn't going to get burned, said number was not known because infants Maintenance records indicated the fluctuate. The count was complicated 1.000 feet beyondthe end of the runway. Hammack, whose right sleeve was are not on passenger lists, Berry said. plane, built in 1973, had only "very min- by the difficulty in determining how It was at the opposite end of the airport streaked with jet fuel. The burned-out null, missing much of or" problems in the last five years, many infants were aboard, he said. from the site of the crash of a Delta Perm Waugn, a Dallas attorney who its roof and broken open just ahead of Federal Aviation Administration Thirty-four survivors were hospita- Lockheed L-1011 on Aug. 2, 1965, in was on the flight, told reporters the the tail, smoldered among sunflowers, spokeswoman Bobbie Mardis said in lized, Berry said. Survivors included which 137 people died. plane "never got in the air." four-foot prairie grass and scattered Oklahoma City. Tuesday AIDS strategy accident kills one developed by by Beth Church copy editor housing office contacts and, thus, there is no by Elizabeth Klmes justification for excluding stu- A traffic accident involving staff reporter dents with AIDS from residen- a Bowling Green resident re- tial housing," Keller said. sulted in the. death of Gregory T. Windbigler of Toledo and The Office of Residential Ser- Fayetta Paulsen, assistant injured Aleta M. Habib, also vices has implemented a proce- vice-president of student affairs, of Toledo, Tuesday evening. dure to follow for AIDS-related said the committee to establish situations in the residence units. the guidelines consisted of var- The statement first appeared ious University offices affected Michael R. Hofner. 17924 W. this summer in the manuals of by the new procedure. River Road, was driving a unit supervisers and resident The committee consisted of pick-up truck southwest on advisers. the Campus Police, the Univer- Route 65, five miles northeast A portion of 'the procedure sity Health Center, the Office of of Grand Rapids, at 9 p.m. states: "Requests from a stu- Standards and Procedures, the when he struck the pedes- dent with an AIDS- related dis- Office of Residential Services, trians walking on the side of order, a roommate of that stu- and University counseling ser- the road, according to the dent or of parents to move out of vices, Paulsen said. Wood County Sheriff's Office. an on-campus student "Basically, the procedures room/living unit for the reason tell our staff how to deal with it of AIDS, will not be granted." and to realize it is no different Windbigler, 33, was pro- Barbara Keller, director of than any other illness," Paulsen nounced dead at the scene, residence education, said the said. while Habib, 39, was trans- decision to enact the procedures The procedure states that an ported via the Life Flight he- was based upon the need to be on-campus resident who is Ucoptor to St. Vincent's Med- pro-active if a situation de- known to have an AIDS-related ical Center in Toledo. veloped within the residential condition will be "referred to the She was listed in fair condi- units concerning AIDS. director of the University Health tion Wednesday night. "There is enough stress for Center for a case-by-case evalu- himself/berself if they are di- ation." All information would agnosed with AIDS," Keller remain confidential Neither Hofner nor his pas- said. "The last thing they need is Dr. Joshua Kaplan, director of senger, Robert Voequeli, for someone to become hys- University health services, said 25629 Broad St of Perrys- BG News/Paul Vernon terical. The whole idea of edu- the procedure is in accordance burg, was injured. Mellophones Left All Alone cating about AIDS is the best de- with recommendations made by The Bowling Green Marching Band practices Its formations for the half-time time show for the first home fense against it the American College Health game. The band usually practices without its Instruments first so the members can learn their formations. Association concerning AIDS- The accident is under in- The band has been practicing since Aug. 17 and will have to learn more than 120 formations before the "We are making a statement related incidents. vestigation, according to the year Is over. that no risk is evident in terms of sheriff's office. casual contact or any household □ See AIDS, page 4. Calling cards abused Illinois woman will die Students committing fraud will be charged for murder of teenager COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court Wisconsin. by Tracy Richards "Every year, a new group of students on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of a Coleman was sentenced to death in January 1987 staff reporter conies to the University that do not 26-year-old Illinois woman in one of a series of at Waukegon for the 1964 kidnap murder of Vernita homicides that occurred about four years ago In Wheat, 9, of Kenosha, Wis. He also has been sen- On-campus students are re- realize... criminal charges can be Ohio and three other states. tenced to die for the slaying of Tamika Turks, 7, of quired to nave calling cards if brought up against them." Debra Denise Brown was indicted with Alton Gary.Ind. they wish to place any long- Coleman in the robbery and slaying of 15-year-old In another decision Wednesday, the court sus- distance phone calls. With more -Richard Conrad Tonnle Storey, whose body was found in an aban- pended Columbus attorney John W.E. Bowen, who access codes available, the op- doned building in Cincinnati on July 19,1984. served as a Democratic state senator in the 1980s, At her trial, separate from Coleman's, the pros- from law practice for one year. portunity for card numbers to be were committed, Conrad said. munications system can trace stolen or used without the card- who is placing a call and pin- ecution introduced evidence that she also partici- The Supreme Court's Disciplinary Counsel had holder's permission increases. Although the security system pated in five other slayings during an interstate cited Bowen for a series of infractions stemming has cut the number of fraudulent point the origin of the call —as from his failure to file federal income tax returns While the lure of charging attempts, Conrad said some well as whether the caller is us- spree. calls to another's bill may be at- The Supreme Court overruled a series of claims for the years 1980 through 1983.